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THE DAILY ASTORIAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2016 COMMUNITY 1B THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE TIDE NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION? IT HAS NO SUPERIOR ndre Hagestedt, of Oregon Coast Beach Connection, noticed that the beach sand bends farther out from the shore in front of Twin Rocks in Rockaway Beach, and that there seems to be a “bump” in the water between the rocks and the tide line (http://tinyurl.com/ twockscape). A Google Maps screenshot of the area is shown. He brought these oddities to the attention of North Coast geologist Tom Horning of Horning Geosciences. “When the waves hit a rock or sea stack like that, they warp around it and they lose energy,” Horn- ing explained. “So it dumps sand directly behind the sea stack,” cre- ating the bump. The result is a tombolo, “a sand or gravel bar that connects an island to the mainland or to another island,” according to Dictionary. com. “It’s pretty far out and pretty deep,” Horning said. “Since the bar is high, at low tide it makes the shoreline appear to stick farther out into the ocean.” All of which is good news for current and would-be property own- ers in the area, as Hagestedt noted that the property lines of the ocean- front homes at Twin Rocks jut farther out to the west than the rest RI5RFNDZD\%HDFK%HWWKH\¶UHFURVVLQJWKHLU¿QJHUVWKHWD[PDQ doesn’t notice. A BEER BATH regon is loaded with beer lovers, so it comes as no surprise WKDW$PHULFD¶V¿UVWbeer spa has opened in the Beaver State. The only surprise is its location: It’s not in Portland, or on the North Coast. Nope, Sisters is the home of the brand new Hop in the Spa (www.hopinthespa.com), according to a story on NewSchoolBeer. com (http://tinyurl.com/hopspa). Massage therapist Sally Champa owns the spa, and Deschutes Brewing provides the beer. Customers start in the lounge with a pint before they soak in the hops concoction. “We actually go downstairs and brew the soaking liquid an hour to an hour and a half before the customer arrives,” said Mike Boyle, Champa’s business consultant. The tubs are shown, in a still from the spa’s website. After the soak comes a massage by Champa with hop essential oils, then a beer or two more, to keep that relaxed vibe going. Skoal! O inda Fenton-Mendenhall of Warrenton posted the photo shown of a totally wrecked car on Facebook recently, and caused quite a stir. She found the car on the beach this week, near the South Jetty viewing tower. You can see the jetty in the background. So where did it come from, and how did it get there? Is it tsunami debris? Possibly, as that particular stretch of beach gets TXLWHDELWRIÀRWVDPIURPWKH-DSDQHVHGLVDVWHU2UKDVLW been there for who knows how long, buried in the sand, and just now popping back up again? ,WORRNVOLNHDPDQJOHGPHVVEXWDSSDUHQWO\VRPHLGHQWL¿DEOH WUDLWVDUHVWLOOYLVLEOH³0\KXVEDQGZRUNVLQWKHDXWRPRWLYH¿HOG and thinks it is a smaller car or truck from the 1960s,” Linda said. So the question must be asked: Is anyone missing a car? In the meantime, there it sits. “We could name it The Peter Cardale,” she quipped. L he Ear came across an old publication, The West Shore, Published in 1883 by L. Samuel of Portland (http://tinyurl. com/wshore1883). The featured article is about Astoria (popu- lation then about 8,000), declaring that “for beauty and health- fulness of location, Astoria has no superior on the coast,” but also noting that “the business portion of the city is built upon SLOLQJDERYHWKHWLGHÀDWV'UDLQVUXQLQWRWKLVIURPWKHKLOODQG WZLFHDGD\WKHHEEWLGHEHDUVDZD\WKH¿OWKDQGFRPSOHWHO\ SXUL¿HVWKHFLW\´7KHSLOLQJVZRXOGEH$VWRULD¶VGRZQIDOO Included in the lengthy paean to Astoria is an up-to-1883 history of the city, descriptions of many of the downtown build- ings and businesses, what they manufactured and a mind-bog- JOLQJDPRXQWRIIDFWV¿JXUHVDQGQDPHVDQGVHYHUDOLOOXVWUD- tions (a portion of one is shown). The writer even ventured into DQH[FUXFLDWLQJO\GHWDLOHGVWHSE\VWHSDFFRXQWRIWKH¿VKFDQ- ning process, starting with how to make the cans, and ending with putting the labels on the completed product. Ironically, the writer also noted that “Astoria is protected IURP¿UHE\WKHEHVWYROXQWHHUGHSDUWPHQWLQWKHVWDWH7KHUH are two engine companies and a hook and ladder company, one of them recently declared champion of the state at the tournament in Salem. Two steamers, an Amoskeag and a Silsby, costing about $5,000 each (about $12,000 each now), a hand engine, hose carts, hook and ladder truck, etc., com- prise the apparatus.” A new waterworks system was set to go into effect in August, SURYLGLQJ¿UHK\GUDQWVWKHUHDUHQRZDQGZDWHUSUHV- sure that “will throw three streams from each hydrant at a dis- tance of 80 feet through a nozzle 1.25 inches in diameter.” Unfortunately, the story was written in June, before the new waterworks system could be installed. On July 2, 1883, WKH¿UVWJUHDW$VWRULD¿UHRFFXUUHGFRPSOHWHO\GHVWUR\LQJWKH business district as it quickly swept from piling to piling, and building to building. Luckily for us, 1883 Astoria lives on in The West Shore’s pages. T WANT SOME BRAGGING RIGHTS? WHAT’S IN A NAME? A ‘NICELY NASTY THRILLER’ ome might remember that some scenes from the movie “Green Room´ZHUH¿OPHGLQ$VWRULDDQG:DUUHQWRQ2FW $IWHUDOOVHYHUDOORFDOVZRUNHGDVH[WUDVRQWKH¿OPZKLFK stars Sir Patrick Stewart, of “Star Trek” and “X-Men” fame. He is pictured, front and center, in a publicity still from the movie. 7KH ¿OP ZKLFK LV DERXW SXQN URFNHUV YV VNLQKHDGV DQG entails the murder and mayhem that ensues when they clash, has been taking a long and winding road to get to wide release. It pre- miered at the Cannes Film Festival last year, and Jerry Olson, ZKRNHHSVDZDWFKIXOH\HRQDOOWKLQJV$VWRULD¿OPUHODWHGLV VXUHWKDW¶VWKH¿UVWWLPHDPRYLHWKDWZDVWRWDOO\RUHYHQSDUWLDOO\ ¿OPHGLQ$VWRULDPDGHLWWR&DQQHV Jerry recently spotted Marc Mohan’s Jan. 29 “The Week in Movies” column (http://tinyurl.com/grnroom). Mohan called the movie a “nicely nasty thriller” in a review after its Ameri- can premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Colorado in Jan- uary. Want a taste? You can see the trailer at www.facebook.com/ GreenRoomMovie. 7KH86UHOHDVHGDWHRI³*UHHQ5RRP´KDV¿QDOO\EHHQVHW April 15. It’s a date that’s easy to remember, formerly being Tax Day, so keep your eyes open for those local scenes and faces. S SOSIGENES’ CHOICE ttention North Coast artists: The Wildlife Center of the North Coast (www.coastwildlife.org) has been holding a logo contest, and the deadline has been extended to Feb. 29. Logos should be two to three colors maximum, in digital vec- tor format, simple to reproduce in several sizes and mediums, and clearly represent the work of the Wildlife Center and the area it serves. For information, or to submit an entry, contact Agnes Wal- iser at agklak@yahoo.com. The winner will receive “thanks and adoration, along with bragging rights” from the grateful QRQSUR¿W The Wildlife Center is always a busy place. “This week, we were able to release two northern fulmars that came in malnourished over the winter,” the center’s Facebook page reports (http://tinyurl.com/wcncFB). “Also, we were able to release a red-tailed hawk that came in about 2.5 months ago with a compound fracture in her wing. The wound became infected, so her stay with us was a little longer than we would have liked.” One of the fulmars is pictured, left, and the red-tailed hawk is pictured, right, courtesy of WCNC. Want to help? You can make a PayPal donation to the Wildlife Center on the website or Facebook page, or you can mail a check to P.O. Box 1232, Astoria, OR 97103. Volunteers DUHDOZD\VQHHGHGWRR&DOOWR¿QGRXWKRZ you can lend a hand. Or two. A hef Daymon Garrett Edwards recently held a naming con- test for his new restaurant in Seoul, Korea. “Well ... business is a roller-coaster ride!” he said this week. “As it turns out, the restaurant, that is named Rusty did not register their name with the government.” So, a new name wasn’t needed after all, and he could call his restaurant Rusty’s Smokehouse. Pictured, the signs are going up. “But,” he added, “the contest did result in some interesting names and concepts, which we want to use.” And the winners are: Jon Chambreau for “Crusty’s”; Rachel Sheldon for “Only you can prevent hunger at __’s Smokehouse”; Bobbi Donnell for “Stirrups BBQ, We stir-up good food”; Kari Gauthier for “Rusty Nails Smokehouse ... We will use Rusty but not Nails”; and, in the “name that would not be used by a restaurant” cate- gory, Arnie Hummasti for “Giddy-up Cow Chip.” Each winner receives a voucher for a barbecue dinner at Rusty’s and pie and beverages at Tartine Itaewon, and one ticket to “The Real Lewis and Clark Story (or How the Finns Discov- ered Astoria!),” donated by the Astor Street Opry Company. And, of course, bragging rights. C LQFH0RQGD\LVRI¿FLDOO\DLeap Day, consider these historical nuggets, courtesy of BBC.com (http://tinyurl.com/BBCleap): The Romans observed a 355-day calendar with an extra 22-day month every two years. Emperor Julius Caesar (pictured left) didn’t like having the feast days slip-sliding around into different seasons under this messy arrangement, so he ordered his astrono- mer, Sosigenes, to tidy things up. Sosigenes’ solution was to create the calendar we have now — 365 days, with one extra day every four years. So how did the short month with the occasional extra day wind up being February? Ian Stewart, emeritus professor of mathemat- ics at Warwick University, says it was essentially an exercise in HJRÀH[LQJ During Julius Caesar’s reign, February had 30 days. However, when Caesar Augustus (pictured right) became emperor, he felt slighted that the month named for him, August, only had 29 days — after all, Julius Caesar’s month, July, had 31. To solve the prob- lem, Augustus swiped a few days from February to make August have 31 days like July. And who was going to stop him? S COMMUNITY NOTES SATURDAY Sit and Stitch Group — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Custom Threads, 1282 Commercial St. Knitting, cro- cheting and needle work. For infor- mation, call 503-325-7780. Family Support Group, for anyone with friend or loved one suffering from a serious brain (mental) illness. For information, contact Myra Kero at 503-738-6165, or k7erowood@q. com, or go to www.nami.org Columbia Northwestern Mod- el Railroading Club — 1 p.m., in Hammond. Group runs trains on HO-scale layout. For information, call Don Carter at 503-325-0757. Line Dancing — 5:30 to 8 p.m., Seaside American Legion, 1315 Broadway. For information, call 503-738-5111. No cost; suggested $5 tip to the instructor. Spinning Circle — 1 to 3 p.m., Astoria Fiber Arts Academy, 1296 Duane St. Bring a spinning wheel. For information, call 503-325-5598 or go to httpastoria¿berarts.com SUNDAY National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Support Group — 2 to 3:30 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway. Family to MONDAY Scandinavian Workshop — 10 a.m., First Lutheran Church, 725 33rd St. Needlework, hardanger, knitting, crocheting, embroidery and quilting. All are welcome. For information, call 503-325-1364 or 503-325-7960. Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- nation $3 for those older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than 60. For information, call Michelle Lew- is at 503-861-4200. Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30 a.m., 1111 Exchange St. For information, or to have a meal deliv- ered, call 503-325-9693. Warrenton Senior Lunch Pro- gram — noon, Warrenton Commu- nity Center, 170 S.W. Third St. Sug- gested donation of $5 for seniors and $7 for those younger than 60. For information, or to volunteer, call 503-861-3502 Monday or Thursday. Astoria Rotary Club — noon, second Àoor of the Astoria Elks Lodge, 453 11th St. Guests always welcome. For information, go to www.AstoriaRotary.org Knochlers Pinochle Group — 1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Cost is $1 per regular session per person. Players with highest and second highest scores split the prize. Game is designed for players 55 and older, but all ages are welcome. Line Dancing for Seniors — 6 to 7:30 p.m., Astoria Senior Center, 1111 Exchange St. For information, call 503-325-3231. Astoria Toastmasters — 6:30 p.m., Hotel Elliot conference room, 357 12th St. Visitors welcome. For information, go to www.toastmas- ters.org or call 503-894-0187. Stewardship Quilting Group — 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., First Lu- theran Church, 725 33rd St. All are welcome. Donations of material al- ways appreciated. For information, call Janet Kemp at 503-325-4268. Do Nothing Club — 10 a.m. to noon, 24002 U St., Ocean Park, Wash. Men’s group. For informa- tion, call Jack McBride at 360-665- 2721. Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- nation of $3 for those older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than 60. For information, call Michelle Lew- is at 503-861-4200. TUESDAY World War II Warbirds — 8 a.m., Labor Temple Diner, 934 Duane St. Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30 a.m., 1111 Exchange St. The cost is $5. For information, or to have a meal delivered, call 503- 325-9693. Astoria Kiwanis Club — noon, El Tapatio, 229 W. Marine Drive. For information, call Robert McClelland at 503-894-0187 or Susan Brooks at 503-741-0186 or 503-338-4994. Astoria Lions Club — noon, Astoria Elks Lodge, 453 11th St. Prospective members welcome. For information, contact Charlene Larsen at 503-325-0590. Blood Drive — 1 to 6 p.m., Seaside Elks Lodge No. 1748, 324 Ave. A, Seaside. To make an ap- pointment to donate blood, go to www.redcrossblood.org or call 800- 733-2767. See NOTES, Page 2B
