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Infl uential Astorians to be honored, remembered
Liberty Theatre
hosts A Gathering
of Gratitude event
for Foster, Snow
much to make the Liberty’s
restoration happen,” said
former Liberty president,
Steve Forrester. “Our board
feels obliged to honor them
publicly.
“Hal Snow was corporate
secretary from the mid-
1990s until about 2006,”
Forrester added. “Michael
Foster was a board member
from the moment we began
to envision a new perform-
ing space, at the Liberty or
somewhere else in Astoria.”
Through the Snow Fam-
ily Foundation, Snow made
a succession of gifts to the
theater — for the chandelier
restoration, the canopy man-
ufacture and the box offi ce
restoration.
ASTORIA — Prominent As-
torians Michael Foster and
Hal Snow died in late 2016.
To honor them and their
legacies, the Liberty Theatre
will host A Gathering of
Gratitude at 1 p.m. Sunday,
March 19.
At the event, which is
free and open to the public,
people will talk about the
roles that Snow and Foster
played in the lives of many
area nonprofi t organizations.
“Hal and Michael did so
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Michael Foster
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“Hal would sit back
quietly observing, and then,
when he spoke up or gently
planted ideas for other to act
upon, everyone listened,”
said Cheri Folk, previous
and current theater board
member. “I loved hearing
him tell of his mother work-
ing in the ticket booth as a
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young girl.”
Foster brought gold from
his foreign travels to gild the
theater’s plaster ornamen-
tation. “Michael was our
dreamer,” said Folk. He also
fl oated the idea of creating
the second-fl oor reception
area that later become the
McTavish Room, underwrit-
ten by Shawn Teevin.”
“Michael was patient
in helping the board fi nd a
chandelier for the McTavish
Room,” said Forrester. Jerry
Gustafson underwrote the
purchase in honor of his
wife, Marilyn.
According to Forrester,
“Without the contributions
of Michael and Hal — fi nan-
cial, emotional, and intellec-
tual — the restoration would
have been much different.”
Other organizations that
will speak are the Astoria
High School Scholarships
Fund, Lower Columbia
Youth Soccer Association,
Friends of Astoria Column,
Clatsop County Historical
Society and the Oregon
Community Foundation.
Following the 3 p.m.
fi nish of the event, there will
be refreshments and con-
versation in the McTavish
Room. The theater is located
at 1203 Commercial St.
Persons wanting to
speak should notify Liberty
Theatre Director Jennifer
Crockett by calling 503-325-
5922, ext. 33.