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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 18, 2016
After 30 years, popular organist takes her leave
fter playing the organ for
Sunday services, funer-
als and weddings for three
decades, on July 31 , Carol
Abraham will play one last
time at Grace Episcopal
Church.
Interestingly enough, the
large piped instrument that
Abraham has played for 31
years isn’t her main discipline,
as she still describes herself as
“a village piano teacher.”
Since she moved to Astoria
in 1965, hundreds of young stu-
dents have come to Abraham’s
living room studio fi lled with
various instruments, includ-
ing two full pianos. With her
13 -year -old corgi, Dash, at her
feet, she teaches everything
from simple note scales to Bach.
While Abraham spends
an average of six hours a day
playing or teaching, one would
think that she’d been playing
since she was born. In fact,
she didn’t begin until she was
a teen; older than most of her
students start.
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There was never a piano
around the house. Growing up
on a farm near Happy Valley,
Abraham’s father said music
instruments were unnecessary
and for rich people. However,
when she had earned enough
money from biking around
town to babysit, he begrudg-
ingly helped wrestle an old
piano into the house.
“My mom knew I was
excited, but she told me I was
only allowed to play when my
father went outside to milk
the cows or do other chores,”
Abraham said.
In college, Abraham began
playing piano in churches . It
was at that time that she discov-
ered the connection between
worship and music.
Eli Stillman/The Daily Astorian
Carol Abraham will retire from playing piano and organ for Grace Episcopal Church at
the end of this month. She will continue to teach private lessons.
“Words are clothing for
ideas, and I feel that music can
take us deeper into the art and
understanding of those ideas,”
she said.
“The study of music is
engrossing that there’s always
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
69
57
58
Mostly cloudy with a
shower in the area
Last
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Salem
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Newport
54/64
Coos Bay
55/67
First
Aug 2
GRAYS HARBOR, Wash.
— The crew of a U.S. Coast
Guard 29-foot response boat
rescued a man who was
swept out to sea while wad-
ing in the water near the Grays
Harbor north jetty at Ocean
Shores, Washington, Sunday.
The man, in his early 20s ,
drifted approximately 300
yards past the tip of the jetty.
He was rescued, treated for
Aug 10
John Day
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La Grande
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Baker
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Ontario
59/93
Bend
48/72
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Lakeview
41/79
Ashland
56/82
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hypothermia and taken back
to Station Grays Harbor,
where he was met by local
emergency medical services.
Watch standers at Sector
Columbia River received
the call from personnel at
Grays Harbor County 911
dispatch and launched an
MH-60 Jayhawk helicop-
ter and small boat crew.
“This case illustrates the
possible dangers beach go-
ers can face along the Ore-
Aquatic Center closes Tuesday
due to nearby waterline work
Burns
44/83
Klamath Falls
44/77
erend of the Grace Episcopal
Church.
“Christmas was coming up
and they were desperate for
someone to play organ during
the holidays,” Abraham said.
“I don’t regard myself as an
Man who was swept out to sea
rescued near Grays Harbor
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Roseburg
58/78
Brookings
50/60
UNDER THE SKY
Today
Hi Lo
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92 71
88 68
89 62
89 74
91 64
99 75
58 52
88 77
86 69
93 74
105 82
80 63
95 79
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95 75
92 79
93 72
94 73
95 76
96 78
97 75
69 55
75 60
96 76
Prineville
51/77
Lebanon
57/77
Medford
59/82
Tonight's Sky: High above the southwest, Leo nose
dives toward the west and Virgo stretches to its
southeast.
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Atlanta
Boston
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Denver
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Detroit
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Miami
Nashville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
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San Francisco
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Washington, DC
Mostly cloudy and
comfortable
Pendleton
58/81
The Dalles
60/83
Portland
62/78
Eugene
55/78
Sunset tonight ........................... 9:01 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 5:43 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 7:57 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 4:42 a.m.
High
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7.3 ft.
70
56
Pleasant with clouds
and sun
Partly sunny and nice
Tillamook
56/67
SUN AND MOON
Time
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2:35 p.m.
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ASTORIA
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Precipitation
Sunday ............................................. 0.01"
Month to date ................................... 1.10"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.67"
Year to date .................................... 40.32"
Normal year to date ........................ 36.83"
July 19
FRIDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 67°/58°
Normal high/low ........................... 68°/53°
Record high ............................ 90° in 1908
Record low ............................. 43° in 1930
Full
70
53
Partly sunny with a
shower in spots
ALMANAC
THURSDAY
more to learn,” she said. Even
after giving lessons for years,
Abraham still considers herself
a student and chooses to take
classes across the Northwest.
In the 1980 s, Abraham was
approached by a former rev-
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The water to the Astoria
Aquatic Center is being tem-
porarily shutdown from 8 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday due to the
relocation of the waterline to
accommodate the building of
the new Columbia Memorial
Hospital c ancer c enter. Because
there will be no running water
for restroom facilities, the
pools and fi tness studio will
be closed. The Aquatic Cen-
ter building reopens as soon as
the work is completed. The sec-
ond phase of the waterline relo-
cation takes place next week . It
is not expect to affect the water
usage at the Aquatic Center.
Also on Tuesday, the Public
Works Department is installing
a gate valve by the fi re hydrant
located on the west side of the
Aquatic Center parking lot.
Big River Construction is
closing Exchange Street from
18th to 20th streets on Monday
and Tuesday, detouring traffi c
to Marine Drive from 7 a.m. to
5 p.m.
For questions, contact Terra
Patterson at tpatterson@asto-
ria.or.us or call 503-325-7027.
DEATH
July 15, 2016
ASHBAUGH, Clarence William, 90, of Astoria, died in Asto-
ria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of
the arrangements.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Astoria City Council, 6 p.m.,
work session on aff ordable
housing, 7 p.m., regular meet-
ing, City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
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organist, but I told them I’d d o
it for 90 days.”
After brushing up on a few
lessons and working through
the holidays, 90 days turned to
31 years as the ability to wor-
ship through music became
Abraham’s driving motivation.
“It’s a beautiful church and
area to pray, so staying for me
has been very easy.”
Now on the last Sun-
day of the month, which hap-
pens to be her 82nd birthday,
the beloved organist will play
one fi nal service on the bench
where she’s sat for all these
years.
She will continue to attend
the Sunday services and be
a part of the church, but she
wants to spend more time with
her family. However, Abraham
wants young adults to con-
tinue to learn music and plans
to continue her private lessons.
“I will retire from teaching
when no one knocks on my
doors,” she said.
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