The daily Astorian., May 05, 2016, Page 23, Image 32

MAY 5, 2016 // 23
BOOK SHELF // GLIMPSE // WILDLIFE // POP CULTURE // WORDS // Q&A // FOOD // FUN
NW
word
nerd
By RYAN HUME
Gearhart
[gɪər•härt]
noun
1. A quaint city of 1,462
located on the Clatsop Plains
three miles north of Sea-
side on U.S. Highway 101.
First developed as a resort
following the completion of
the railroad between Astoria
and Seaside in the late 19th
century, Gearhart Park, as
it is sometimes known, has
many restaurants, hotels, the
Pacifi c Northwest’s oldest
golf course and plenty of
beachfront homes along the
dunes
Origin:
First appeared as a variant
of the Old German surname
Gerhard in 1629, which
means “spear-brave” and was
most likely given to a fi erce
Prussian warrior.
Gearhart, Oregon is
named for Phillip Gearhart,
a pioneer from Missouri
who began buying the
PHOTO BY MATT LOVE
Clemente’s Cafe & Public House is located at 175 14th
St., Suite 180, in Astoria.
PHOTO BY JEFF TER HAR
A herd of elk look both ways before crossing a street in Gear-
hart. Gearhart residents aren’t surprised to fi nd an elk or two
— or 50 — in their yards. The town has experienced an in-
creased presence of elk in the last few years.
land that the current city
would come to occupy in
1848.
“‘Gearhart by the Sea’ is the way the
hotels there tell of its location. It is more
than ‘by the sea.’ It is also by the forest
and by the mountain. Indeed, almost
every charm that can be desired by a
Summer resort is possessed by Gearhart.
No wonder it is a popular place.”
Crossword Answer
N
A
M
I
B
R
U
B
Y
S
L
I
P
P
E
R
N
A
M
E
A
V
I
D
D
E
R
M
H
E
M
P
A
G
R
O
L
O
M
A
U
T
E
P
PHOTO BY ALEX PAJUNAS
—“Hotel Gearhart ‘By-the-Sea,’” La
Grande Evening Observer, April 19, 1911,
P. 6
—“Gearhart is Mecca of Large Summer
Colony,” The Sunday Oregonian, June 11, 1911, P. 7
F
A
C
T
S
Gearhart Golf Links is one of
the golf courses in Gearhart.
“Gearhart park is a high class
resort and has already been selected
by more than 200 families of the
northwest for the beach home.
The many beautiful cottages and
bungalows are the scene of many
week-end parties in the summer
months and during the winter time
Portland people often spend weeks
at Gearhart.”
O
M
A
H
A
A G E
L E T
L E C H
M
H
P O
O K I
T E D A
E N A D
L O Y E
O
P
E
R
A
C
R
I
T
I
C
K E
U M
R I
T
M
O
D
I
S
H
A
D
E
S
T
E
P
A
U
L
P
I
E
R
C
R E
A
S M
H O
R
H O
E N
S
T S
E R
R S
T
A
N
G
I
E
R
S
O
W
N
G
O
A
L
D
I E
D A
O D
A
M I
O M
N
T S
E L
A
S
H
R
E
E
L
L
I
C
E
N
S
E
F
E
E
S
A
C
E
Y
I
D
D
O
L
D
E S
R I P
R I
N E S
E D A
A
N
T O
E T T
S S A
T
K
G E
O A N
U M P
T E A
S T I
T I N
E M S
P E
I
C
E
F
O
G
S
E
R
A
P
H
G
A
R
R
E
T
R
G
I C E
L U R
L E M
U
N
I
O
N
S
T
R
I
K
E
E R O S
T A N E
D J U L
A S A
M S
H
C
G C A R
O C U
S T E
S
M
E
E
T
A
R
S
S
P
E
E
I
K
I
D
D
O
S
E
E
S
T
A
N
E
E
D
I
N
G
H
E
L
P
T
I
N
G
E
N
E
E
T
T
I
E
U
P
V
E
R
S
E
A G LIMPSE I NSIDE
An OCCASIONAL FEATURE
BY MATT LOVE
Clemente’s Café & Public House
Everyone needs a place
to unwind after a bad day
on the job. Whenever the
lessons or interactions don’t
go well for me in the class-
room — like today — I visit
Clemente’s Café & Public
House on Astoria’s Riverwalk
and begin to rally.
It was my father, a
master teacher of 40 years,
who taught me: “If a teacher
doesn’t rally after a bad
day, he’s dead.” That rally,
my father added, must be
a conscious eff ort, too. Ask
yourself the tough ques-
Mr. Doobees
Always eliminates
the Beast
or Sadness
in your Day
tions. What did I do wrong?
How can I get better? How
much mercy do you give?
I have no idea how the
Clemente’s habit started.
One Friday afternoon, I just
found myself sitting alone at
the bar next to an antique
lantern so big I almost
mistook it for a patron and
said, “Hello.”
The interior and exterior
views from the bar are stun-
ning: the Columbia River,
the bar pilot boats coming
and going, the 14th Street
Pier, the Trolley, wandering
Fun in the Sun or
at the Beach Always
starts with Visit to
Mr. Doobees
tourists, birds, historical
fi shing photographs of the
Tarabochia Clan, and a vin-
tage Bumblebee Tuna seat
cushion stuck in the rafters,
near the ceiling.
What this Astoria cultural
artifact is possibly doing
there is a profound mystery
to me. I do know that one
day I’d like to pull the cush-
ion down and sit on it at the
bar. I’d laugh a little laugh
knowing that I was most
likely the only teacher in the
world trying to rally after a
losing day in the classroom
while sitting on a Bumble-
bee Tuna seat cushion.
Sometimes I order up
crab cakes or local albacore
sashimi, in a lime, soy and
cucumber marinade, the
latter my favorite appetizer
in town. Sometimes I even
fi nish my beer. Sometimes I
talk rock ’n’ roll with a rock ’n’
roll bartender. Mostly I just
sit in silence, writing a bit
here and there, and thinking
about the job. By the time
I’m out the door of Clem-
ente’s, the rally is complete.
Matt Love is the author/editor of
14 books and teaches at Astoria
High School. His books are avail-
able at coastal bookstores or his
website, nestuccaspitpress.com
Highest Quality
and Best Prices
on Top Shelf products
grams: $4 & up
Concentrates: $18 & up
10mg edibles: $5 & up
100mg Tinctures: $24 & up
2 oz. Salves & Lotions: $14 & up
Pure RSO Oil: $38 & up