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OPINION 6A Founded in 1873 STEPHEN A. FORRESTER, Editor & Publisher LAURA SELLERS, Managing Editor BETTY SMITH, Advertising Manager CARL EARL, Systems Manager JOHN D. BRUIJN, Production Manager DEBRA BLOOM, Business Manager HEATHER RAMSDELL, Circulation Manager Water under the bridge Compiled by Bob Duke From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago this week — 2006 The bright sunshine is usually a no-show at the annual Daily Astorian ,QYLWDWLRQDO²WKHDQQXDOWUDFNDQG¿HOGHYHQWXVXDOO\PDUNHGE\DFRPEL- nation of hail, wind, rain and cold. %XWWKHVXQZDVPRUHWKDQDOLWWOHV\PEROLFLQWKLV\HDU¶VPHHWKHOG XQGHUPRVWO\FOHDUVNLHV0RQGD\DIWHUQRRQDW$VWRULD+LJK6FKRRO 7KDW¶VEHFDXVHWKHUHDUHVRPHEULJKWDWKOHWHVRQWKHKRUL]RQRQWKH1RUWK 2UHJRQ&RDVW$QGWKRVHDWKOHWHVPDGHLWDUHFRUGVHWWLQJGD\RQWKH$VWR- ria track. )LYHPHHWUHFRUGVZHQWGRZQLQWKLV\HDU¶V,QYLWDWLRQDOZKLFKVKRZ- FDVHVVRPHRIWKHEHVWDWKOHWHVLQWKH/RZHU&ROXPELDUHJLRQ 7RSSLQJWKHOLVWZDVIUHVKPDQ&KDUOHQH+DUEHUZKRZRQWZRHYHQWV DQGVKDUHGWKH¿HOGDWKOHWHRIWKHPHHWKRQRUZLWKIHOORZ$VWRULDIUHVKPDQ /DXUD%REHN 7KHMXU\LQWKH8SSHUWRZQODQGVOLGHFRXUWFDVHJRWD¿UVW hand look Friday at the damage suffered by properties in the east Astoria neighborhood from land movement three years ago. The 12 jury members and six alternates toured the structures, whose owners are suing contractor Jim Wilkins for more than $3 million for damage they claim he caused by improperly excavat ing the hillside below their properties at 32nd and Marine Drive. The trial, in Clatsop County Circuit Court in front of visit ing Judge Paul Crowley of Hood River, began Wednesday and is H[SHFWHGWRODVWIRXUWR¿YHZHHNV Wilkins excavated the base of the hillside for a commercial devel opment planned by Skip Hauke beginning in April 2003. Around the time of the digging, nearby property owners discovered cracks in walls and foundations and broken water and sewer lines. 50 years ago —1966 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 Astoria’s J.C. 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GUEST COLUMN Childhood should be a wonderful time By JULIA MABRY For The Daily Astorian This photo of one of the Russian fishery vessels off Newport was made by Henry Kalfholm, Astoria, from an airplane piloted by James Campbell, also of Astoria. $ ODUJH 5XVVLDQ ¿VKLQJ ÀHHW HVWLPDWHG WR EH LQ H[FHVV RI ERDWV VZHSWDFURVVERWWRP¿VKLQJJURXQGVRIIWKHFHQWUDO2UHJRQFRDVWRYHUWKH ZHHNHQGGULYLQJ$PHULFDQ¿VKHUPHQLQWRWKHLUKRPHSRUWV /RZHU&ROXPELD5LYHUDUHD¿VKHUPHQH[SUHVVHG³JUHDWDODUP´WKDWWKH 5XVVLDQVZRXOGFOHDUWKHJURXQGVRIVSDZQLQJDQGLPPDWXUH¿VKDQGOHDYH WKHPEDUUHQIRU\HDUVWRFRPH )LVKHUPHQ FKDUJHG WKH\ FRXOG QRW HYHQ ¿VK LQ SUHYLRXVO\ SURGXFWLYH DUHDVEHFDXVHRIWKH5XVVLDQERDWV³7KH\¶YHUXQXVULJKWRIIWKHJURXQGV´ RQH¿VKHUPDQDQJULO\VWDWHG A new and less costly route for a proposed canal linking the Columbia River with Puget Sound has won support from the State Canal Commission. Based on preliminary reports by Army Engineers, the new route could cut more than $160 million from the project’s origi nal cost estimate of $500 million. The commission endorsed the general route location at a meeting late Monday. One of the chief departures from earlier suggested routes is the canal’s connection with Puget Sound. Instead of terminating at Budd Inlet in Olympia, the canal would join the sound at Eld Inlet to the west. The main link from Grays Harbor at Aberdeen would paral lel the Chehalis and Black River channels. 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