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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017
Windswept: No injuries were reported
Halloween: ‘It’s our
way to give back to
the community’
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This year, the storytell-
ing baton passes to Ilwaco,
Washington, resident Wil-
liam Ham, a community
theater actor, radio host at
KMUN and Coast Week-
end contributor, who antic-
ipates using his experi-
ence to deliver a unique
performance.
“Halloween is always a
great time to get theatrical
and to do something off the
beaten path,” he said.
Entertaining the audience,
pulling them into the spirit of
the event, is what motivates
him.
“It’s nice to bring an
audience along with what-
ever story you’re trying to
tell, whether it’s a play or a
reading or something along
these lines,” he said. “It’s
gratifying when you get an
audience in the palm of your
hand.”
The unpredictability of
a live performance aboard a
haunted trolley may require
a certain spontaneity. Ham
sees this as part of the fun —
and a way to bond with the
crowd. A child-packed audi-
ence and the special setting
also make the Halloween
Night Run a rare opportunity
for him.
“That’s probably part of
the reason I’m psyched about
doing this, because it is a lit-
tle bit different,” he said.
“And kids, of course, are
sometimes the best audience
when you’re telling stories
or performing. They are so
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As sparks flew from the
power line in the first few
minutes after the collapse, the
three men tried to reroute traf-
fic until authorities arrived.
The building had been
vacant since last year, when
Dane Gouge opened the new
Astoria Ford at the North Coast
Retail Center in Warrenton.
Barry Hess, owner of NAPA
Auto Parts in Mill Pond, is in
the process of buying land on
the site to build a new store.
Demolition crews had torn
down part of the building, and
construction had begun on the
side closest to the highway.
Hess had hoped to move
into the location by Janu-
ary and, while damage is still
being assessed, he is optimis-
tic the project will remain on
track. He had already planned
open to things. You get them
on your side, and they’ll fol-
low you anywhere.”
The crew decorates the
trolley about a week before
Halloween, so people who
don’t take the Halloween
ride can still see it decked
out during a regular week-
end ride.
A community courtesy
The Astoria Riverfront
Trolley, a self-sustaining
nonprofit, tries to offer free
rides on Halloween — and,
typically,
Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year’s
as well — as a treat to local
residents. Those are occa-
sions when locals often have
family and guests visiting
from elsewhere, and they
can experience Astoria in a
way only accessible via the
trolley.
“It’s our way to give back
to the community,” Winiarz
said.
The trolley, built in 1913
and fondly known as “Old
300,” is operated by about
40 certified conductors and
motormen who are all vol-
unteers. During the summer,
it runs six hours a day, seven
days per week, at $1 per ride.
In the fall, the trolley usu-
ally operates on weekends,
weather permitting.
This year, Winiarz said,
except for a few special
events, the trolley will shut
down for winter after Hal-
loween for engine mainte-
nance. Runs should resume
in late February or early
March.
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Visitors to Fort Stevens State Park endure high winds on
Wednesday as the National Weather Service predicted
sustained winds on the North Coast up to 45 mph with
gusts as high as 65 mph possible in some areas.
to replace the front wall, and
the roof itself did not appear to
sustain any damage. The back
part of the building facing the
bay — and the wind — did not
have windows at the time of
the collapse
Starting next week, work-
ers will begin constructing a
new wall and lifting the roof.
The project’s timing will
depend largely on scheduling.
“We didn’t really lose any-
thing of value. It’s just the time
loss that is going to hurt,” Hess
said. “It does not look like it’s
going to be a big deal.”
Police and fire person-
nel also responded to downed
power lines, street signs and
fences as high winds swept
through Clatsop County.
A sheet metal roof atop an
abandoned building at 1233
Duane St. flew off just after
1:30 p.m. The roof hung from
another building before com-
ing to rest underneath the side-
walk. No damage or injuries
were reported.
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Some food cart vendors
across from Astoria City Hall
are looking for new locations
because of uncertainty about
the future of the property.
Food carts: Some worry about losing foot traffic
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For the food cart vendors,
the property was a convenient
location in the heart of down-
town. Though the danger of tax
foreclosure has passed, some
of them have opted to close up
shop.
The owners of Nourish
Juice Bar see the situation as
an opportunity to jump into
a brick-and-mortar location
elsewhere, a move they had
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Passengers are seen reflected in the windows of the
Astoria Riverfront Trolley during the 2015 Halloween
Night Run.
planned to take eventually.
“We couldn’t be more
excited,” said Jackson Boone,
co-owner of Nourish.
The juice bar will reopen
on the ground floor of the his-
toric Astor Hotel on Commer-
cial and 14th streets.
Boone said they plan to
open the juice bar sometime in
early November with expanded
food offerings and indoor seat-
ing. Their cold press juice and
smoothie options will remain
similar to what their cart
offered.
For Olaf Ydstie, owner of
Good Bowl, the future feels less
certain. He is actively looking
for a new location but said there
are few options downtown. He
estimates that the majority of
his regular customers worked
downtown and walked to his
cart for lunch. If he has to move
too far away he worries he will
lose that foot traffic.
Food cart vendors said they
had understandings with Judith
Stokes to operate on the prop-
erty and paid rent to her. Stokes
owns the makeup store Flou-
rine and Co. and the food cart
Snackle Box.
Stokes said she has an agree-
ment to continue to manage the
property and do business. “The
two food carts Nourish and the
Good Bowl left at their own
will before the agreement was
attained,” Stokes said in a state-
ment. “Moving on.”
Chinook: The Coast Guard is looking into Martinez’s death
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Patana, 63, said he went in
after Albelo Martinez after he
fell into the water, but couldn’t
pull him back on deck. It was a
while before help reached them
in the ocean a couple of hun-
dred miles from Ilwaco.
They usually spent a cou-
ple of weeks on the Sum-
mer Breeze before returning
to shore. After the accident,
Patana sailed alone, making
the day-and-a-half-long trip to
bring Albelo Martinez home.
He said he wakes up at
night, wondering what he could
have done to prevent his death.
Death at sea
The Coast Guard is look-
ing into it, too. Petty Officer
1st Class Levi Read said it’s
routine to investigate any acci-
dent that resulted in a death at
sea.
Read said there are fewer
than five deaths at sea, on aver-
age, a year in Pacific Northwest
waters.
When Albelo Martinez
first came to work for Patana,
he thought the younger man
had a lot to learn. Patana soon
decided he liked Albelo Mar-
tinez because he hadn’t done
the same kind of work before
so he didn’t have bad habits.
He wasn’t one of those young
guys who want to do it their
way either.
Albelo Martinez, an expe-
rienced forklift operator and
cranberry farmer, didn’t talk
much. He watched and learned,
Patana said.
“I had high hopes for him
and he pretty much exceeded
my hopes,” Patana said. “He
understood we were out there
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He was a fast learner and
he worked hard, Patana said. A
deckhand with those qualities
isn’t easy to come by these days.
“Most people think hard
work kills you,” Patana said.
“Guys like Juan, they look at
grizzly old guys like me and
they think, ‘I could do that.’”
Patana often lets his deck-
hand sleep in because he gets
up about an hour before day-
light. Albelo Martinez was the
one waking Patana up in the
morning.
“He was a proud guy,”
Patana said. “He didn’t want
to be someone who was only
doing part of the job.”
The lighter side
Being serious about his
work didn’t stop him from jok-
ing around. On days when they
weren’t catching much, Albelo
Martinez would tell Patana he’d
be so broke by the time they got
home, he’d have to ride a don-
key around town if their luck
didn’t change soon.
Albelo Martinez liked to call
his family before he went to bed
at night. He leaves his partner
of 20 years, Lourdes Sebastian
Salvador; his daughter, Ana, 20;
and son, Juan Manuel, 15.
Donations can be made for
Lourdes at any Bank of the
Pacific branch.
Patana is organizing a bar-
becue dinner and auction to
raise money for the family. He’s
looking for volunteers who can
help and anyone who wants to
donate items to for the live and
silent auctions. The fundraiser
is scheduled from 4:30 to 7:30
p.m. on Nov. 11 at the Chinook
Gymnasium.
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