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DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2017
145TH YEAR, NO. 96
ONE DOLLAR
HONOR AND SERVICE
Clatsop Community College rededicates hall honoring veterans
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Current and former members of the armed forces prepare to participate in a Veterans Day event at Clatsop Community College on Saturday.
A VETERANS DAY DINNER
American Legion opens door to homeless, those in need
Ceremonies,
music, speeches
mark rededication
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
O
n Nov. 11, 1921, hun-
dreds of local residents
and schoolchildren gath-
ered to honor the anniversary of
the armistice that ended World War
I to dedicate the newly built Patriot
Hall to Clatsop County’s veterans.
Rev. William S. Gilbert, who
suggested the name Patriot Hall,
talked about the significance of
Armistice Day “predicting an
understanding between the civ-
ilized nations of the world that
would banish wars for all times
and result in nations settling inter-
national disputes without blood-
shed,” according to an article in the
Astorian Budget the following day.
Congress in 1954 changed
Armistice Day to Veterans Day to
honor all those who served.
On Saturday, Clatsop Com-
munity College leaders gathered
the community to honor Veterans
Day and to rededicate the recently
S
EASIDE — Veterans, includ-
ing the homeless and those in
need, knew they could find a
holiday meal and good friends Sat-
urday night at Seaside American
Legion Post 99.
The post held its annual Veter-
ans Day dinner, with an open invite
to all service vets. Legion First
Commander Kim Wright headed
up the kitchen, accompanied by a
staff of four.
“We have got quite a few peo-
ple in our area, unfortunately, who
hit hard times,” said Wright, a
retired 32-year veteran, speaking
to the sharing nature of the eve-
ning. “Tonight is for homeless vet-
erans and people who can use a
free meal.”
The event is one of several the
Seaside Legion presents for peo-
ple in need each year, including
an upcoming Christmas holiday
See DINNER, Page 7A
Gretchen Jolly serves up plates of spaghetti at the American Legion Post 99 in Seaside
on Saturday during a Veterans Day event.
See COLLEGE, Page 7A
Astoria ferry makes most Winds spark
power outages
endangered places list
Boat built in 1924 to
work the Columbia
By KATIE
FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Wind knocked out power
for a number of North Coast
residents overnight, and
some customers remained
without electricity this
morning.
Power went out across all
of Clatsop County for three
minutes early in the morning
when wind affected a trans-
mission line between Clat-
sop and Tillamook counties,
Restore Oregon has named the ferry
Tourist No. 2 one of its 12 most endan-
gered places in 2018.
The nonprofit Astoria Ferry Group
is restoring the 93-year-old vessel to
be used for river excursions and other
events.
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
See FERRY, Page 7A
A freshly painted Tourist No. 2 went for a recent
cruise on the Columbia River.
according to a Pacific Power
spokesman.
Pacific Power crews
determined an outage off Fort
Clatsop Road was caused
by wind. Crews addressed
other small power outages in
neighborhoods near Seaside,
west of downtown Asto-
ria and off of Highway 202
near Olney into late morning.
Several hundred customers
were affected, a spokesman
estimated.
See OUTAGES, Page 7A