COMMUNITY
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2016
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN
MILLIONS OF PIES, OH MY
AMBUSH MAKEOVER
irst ran Sept. 20, 2013: Gayle
Leino told the Ear she was watch-
ing Kathy Lee and Hoda on NBC’s
“Today” show Sept. 12, and “when
I heard Astoria, Oregon, my ears
perked up.”
That’s when she realized that Asto-
rian Teresa Hubbell had been selected
by hairstylist Louis Licari and Today
contributor Jill Martin for a head-
to-toe ambush makeover. You can Theresa Hubbell
watch the segment here: http://tinyurl.
Before
com/teresatoday
Teresa, who was visiting Manhat-
tan with her husband, Joe, and her
mother, Diane, was standing in the
crowd in the plaza outside the show
when she and anther woman were
picked. Licari said he chose the pair
specifically because they “didn’t have
a clue about how glamorous they
could be.”
When asked why she wanted this
After
makeover for her daughter, Diane
exclaimed, “Because she’s a won-
derful daughter. She’s just awesome!” Doting husband Joe
noted, “It won’t take long to make her beautiful.”
As it turns out, Teresa’s hairdresser had been urging her for
some time to color her hair, and that was one of the elements
of the makeover, along with layering, a new hair style, great
makeup, snazzy earrings and an elegant new outfit and shoes.
The before and after photos, courtesy of Today, are shown.
When it was time for the big reveal, and the “new” Teresa
came on stage, her family removed their blindfolds. Her
mother promptly burst into tears (requiring someone to hus-
tle offstage for tissues), and her husband beamed and said,
“Nice!”
Then it was Teresa’s turn to look at herself in the mirror,
and she was truly shocked. She laughed with glee, clapped
her hands, and said, “Thank you!”
“I think I need a makeover, ’cause she looks like my
daughter,” Joe noted.
“She looks wonderful,” Gayle sighed.
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irst ran Feb. 24, 2012: The Ear can’t resist a history nugget.
Did you ever stop to think what kind of games the Lewis
and Clark Expedition might have played in their spare time?
One game they enjoyed was Quoits, which is similar to playing
horseshoes, but the quoits are rings, and a lot harder to toss accu-
rately onto a spike in the ground. The game of Prisoner’s Base
(pictured) was also a popular one in the corps, although the Ear
suspects it may have been too soggy to play it while they were in
this area. Foot races were also popular.
The Ear came across this trivia tidbit in “Frances Hunter’s
American Heroes Blog” (http://franceshunter.wordpress.com), a
real treat for history fans. Enjoy!
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ART GROWS ON TREES
irst ran Feb. 22, 2013: On Feb. 1, there was a story in this
column about Jan Mitchell coming across a carved tree-
face when she was hiking with her dogs out near Cullaby Lake.
She wondered who had left such “a delightful bit of whimsy …
as a gift for the unsuspecting walker.” Art Turigliatto to the res-
cue — he called and said it is Astorian Rick Irish.
Rick told the Ear that he carved the tree by Cullaby Lake
about three years ago. He did one by the fairgrounds, and there
are two more by Klootchy Creek, south of Seaside, as well. He
carves — dead trees or stumps only — with a chain saw with a
carving bar.
“I’ve been carving since the mid 1980s, mostly small folk art
carving, with knives and carving tools,” Rick explained. “I like
to do small stuff in the winter, then do the bigger stuff when the
weather is good.”
So why carve trees? “Always enjoyed carving,” he replied,
“just trying a bigger size to see what I can do … It’s kind of neat
to have someone round a corner and have a wood spirit looking
at them.”
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DODGE DOES BROADWAY
PLANE PLAN
irst ran July 19, 2013: Astoria expatriate Chef Daymon Gar-
rett Edwards, pictured, who now lives in Seoul, Korea, started
by opening Ruby Edwards’ Tartine Bakery & Café, specializing
in homemade pies. The store was a huge hit, and now there are sev-
eral branches open to celebrate a landmark achievement.
“Nov. 15, 2012, we sold our one millionth pie,” Daymon
wrote.” It took us four years and seven months to accomplish this
feat in Korean Pie Baking History. At the rate of our sales now, we
predict that we will sell our 2 millionth pie around April 2014 …
Getting to the one million pies sold mark seems to be the hard part;
the rest has been a piece of pie, so to speak.”
Update: “We have sold an additional 1,800,000 pies since our
last posting Sept. 8, 2014 (2 million pies), 3.8 million since we
opened in April 2008,” Daymon wrote. “We remain Korea’s top
pie café.”
“Hello to all my Astorian friends,” he added. “Believe it or not,
many present and past Astorians visit me here in Seoul, and many
of their friends are told to look me up while they are here. The
world is smaller than we think.”
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I LEFT MY HEART IN ROSBURG
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irst ran May 25, 2012: At a recent Finnish Brotherhood meet-
ing, member John Laine approached fellow member Anita
Raistakka of Naselle, Washington, and asked her to help locate a
Purple Heart recipient.
A woman from McMinnville had purchased the medal at a
garage sale; the back was engraved with the name Elmer J. Laine.
She traced the name as far as Astoria, and she contacted John, a
former Astorian, hoping he was one of Elmer’s relatives. Alas, they
are not related.
But John remembered an Elmer Laine from the Deep River,
Washington, area, who was a good friend of his parents — they
would repair Elmer’s gillnet boats, and in return, Elmer would let
them use the boats for sport fishing.
With that information in hand, Anita called Carol Laine
Ervest, pictured, of Rosburg, Washington, who turned out to be
the late Elmer John Laine’s niece. Although she had inherited her
uncle’s service papers, she did not know about the medal, and was
delighted to receive it.
SKIPANON MEMORIES
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irst ran June 20, 2014: A retired engineer, Bruce Camp-
bell, lives in a Boeing 727-200 in Hillsboro six months a
year (http://tinyurl.com/brucec727). The aircraft, which sits on
a 10-acre lot, is shown in a screen shot from a video by Even
Quatch (http://tinyurl.com/bruce727a).
Campbell’s website, www.AirplaneHome.com explains it all.
The project has cost close to $220,000 so far, not including the
land, and work is ongoing. He’s also working on establishing a
Boeing 747-400 home near Miyazaki City, Japan.
The 727 cabin and cockpit combined make up 1,066 square
feet of living space. He’s got one toilet working, a makeshift
shower, kitchen and sleeping areas, and he enjoys relaxing in the
cockpit. Plus, he plans to use the wings for concert performances.
Airliners make great living spaces, he says on his website. “…
Retired airliners are profoundly well designed, high tech, aero-
space quality sealed pressure canisters that can withstand 575
mph winds and seven G acceleration forces with ease … They’re
among the finest structures that mankind has ever built.”
Plus, they could last for centuries, and are secure and fire
resistant, to boot. Food for thought, living in a subduction zone.
Not to mention, this is taking recycling to a whole new level.
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irst ran Dec. 14, 2012: Astoria artist Bill Dodge has
decided to update his “bucket list” with travel adven-
tures — the first being a visit to Sardi’s in New York City
during the Thanksgiving holiday. “I wanted to see a piece
of my art which has hung there for more than 27 years,”
Bill explained.
Here’s the backstory: “I designed my first ArtExpo
poster at the then new Jacob Javits Center in 1984,” Bill
explained, “and appeared there signing copies of the work
entitled ‘Identified Flying Objects Over Broadway,’ in
which Sardi’s restaurant is prominently featured.” The
print and a detail are pictured, left.
“I was so busy looking down the runway in front of my
booth at the art exhibition at Andy Warhol and his group
of, to say the least, ‘character buddies.’ I was so hopeful he
might stop at my display and at least look at my work, so I
kept my eyes on him as he approached.”
“I felt a tap on my shoulder and a voice said, ‘I would
like to buy this,’” he continued. “I paid no attention to him,
except as a dutiful artist selling art. I was much more inter-
ested in whether the famed Warhol would deign to look at
my humble pieces — but he approached and scurried on
by with his cult followers without paying the least bit of
attention to my art.”
“It wasn’t until I got back to my hotel that night and was
running my credit card purchases for the day that I discov-
ered the gentleman who had bought the signed reproduc-
tion of (my painting) was none other than Vincent Sardi
himself!” Bill exclaimed.
“I felt so badly I had ignored this iconic restaurant fig-
ure,” Bill chuckled ruefully, “and was paying attention to
Andy what’s-his-name.”
irst ran March 9, 2012: Lifelong Warrenton resident Jim
Culp Sr. came in to chat about history, and one company he
mentioned often was the Prouty Lumber & Box Co., a sawmill
that used to be on the Skipanon River. He particularly enjoyed it
when captains of ships docking there would put up a line so the
kids could swing over, drop off into the river and swim.
According to the Skipanon River Watershed History (http://
tinyurl.com/proutybox), Prouty was the largest industry on the
Skipanon in 1950, producing about 175,000 board feet of lumber
a day. The mill actually started in Seaside in 1913, and moved to
Warrenton in 1921, where there were other sawmills and shingle
mills at the time. The logs were boomed up near Warrenton’s Third
Street, Jim said. Incidentally, Prouty was the only mill that ran con-
tinuously through the Depression, closing in 1953.
So, with the old mill in mind, Jim provided a gem of a photo
of a ship’s bow (red arrow in photo) that plowed into the Prouty
docks. He wasn’t sure exactly when the photo was taken. Appar-
ently, there was no tug available, so the captain decided to dock the
vessel all by himself. Clearly, it was not a good plan.
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COMMUNITY NOTES
SATURDAY
Sit and Stitch Group — 11 a.m. to 1
p.m., Custom Threads, 1282 Commercial
St. Knitting, crocheting and needle work.
For information, call 503-325-7780.
Columbia Northwestern Model Rail-
roading Club — 1 p.m., in Hammond.
Group runs trains on HO-scale layout. For
information, call Don Carter at 503-325-
0757.
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 http://astoriafiberarts.
com
SUNDAY
National Alliance on Mental Illness
(NAMI) Support Group — 2 to 3:30 p.m.,
Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway.
Family to Family Support Group, for any-
one with friend or loved one suffering from a
serious brain (mental) illness. For informa-
tion, contact Myra Kero at 503-738-6165, or
k7erowood@q.com, or go to www.nami.org
and enjoy each others’ company. For infor-
mation, call 503-502-3118.
Line Dancing — 5:30 to 8 p.m., Sea-
side American Legion, 1315 Broadway. For
information, call 503-738-5111. No cost;
suggested $5 tip to the instructor.
Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob
Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A,
Seaside. Suggested donation $3 for those
older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than
60. For information, call Michelle Lewis at
503-861-4200.
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.
Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30
a.m., 1111 Exchange St. Cost is $6. For in-
formation, or to have a meal delivered, call
503-325-9693.
Mahjong for Experienced Players
— 1 p.m., Astoria Senior Center, 1111 Ex-
change St. For information, call 503-325-
3231.
Warrenton Senior Lunch Program —
noon, Warrenton Community Center, 170
S.W. Third St. Suggested donation of $5 for
seniors and $7 for those younger than 60.
For information, or to volunteer, call 503-
861-3502 Monday or Thursday.
Diabetes Class — 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.,
Providence Seaside Hospital, Education
Room A, 725 S. Wahanna Road, Seaside.
Free help managing diabetes from certified
diabetes educators. Topic is “Navigating the
Holiday Table.” All are welcome. For infor-
mation, go to www.providence.org/diabetes
or call 503-215-6628.
MONDAY
Chair Exercises for Seniors — 9 to
9:45 a.m., Astoria Senior Center, 1111 Ex-
change St. For information, call 503-325-
3231.
Scandinavian Workshop — 10 a.m.,
First Lutheran Church, 725 33rd St. Nee-
dlework, hardanger, knitting, crocheting,
embroidery and quilting. All are welcome.
For information, call 503-325-1364 or 503-
325-7960.
Mothers of Preschoolers — 10
to 11:30 a.m., Crossroads Community
Church, 40618 Old Highway 30, Svensen.
MOPS group is a time for moms to relax
Astoria Rotary Club — noon, second
floor of the Astoria Elks Lodge, 453 11th St.
Guests always welcome. For information,
go to www.AstoriaRotary.org
Line Dancing for Seniors — 3 to 4:30
p.m., Astoria Senior Center, 1111 Exchange
St. Not for beginners. For information, call
503-325-3231.
Clatsop County Democrats — 6:30 to
9 p.m., Astoria Yacht Club, 300 Industry St.,
Suite 201 (at the West End Mooring Basin,
above Tiki Charters). For information, call
503-717-1614 or go to http://clatsopdemo-
crats.org
TUESDAY
Do Nothing Club — 10 a.m. to noon,
24002 U St., Ocean Park, Wash. Men’s
group. For information, call Jack McBride at
360-665-2721.
Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob
Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue
A, Seaside. Suggested donation of $3 for
those older than 60; $6.75 for those young-
er than 60. For information, call Michelle
Lewis at 503-861-4200.
See NOTES, Page 2B