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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2018
Chamber: Snow earns lifetime legacy award
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“She is seen as a strong
leader, and someone who is
fair and reliable in her deal-
ings with others,” LaMear
said.
Flues volunteers with the
Assistance League of the
Columbia Pacific, the Clatsop
Community College Foun-
dation, the Astoria Regatta
Association, Astoria Down-
town Historic District Asso-
ciation, the Rotary Club of
Astoria, United Way of Clat-
sop County, Oregon Tour
and Travel Alliance and the
chamber. Before the maritime
museum, Flues was a local
manager with the American
Red Cross.
Warrenton Mayor Henry
Balensifer presented Dick,
a serviceman with the util-
ity company, the Richard
Ford Distinguished Service
Award, named after a former
city inspector, fire chief and
avid volunteer. The award
was established in 2000 and
has gone to more than 20
individuals.
A native of Wheeler, Dick
has been with Pacific Power
more than 40 years. He volun-
teers his time and specialized
aerial line-servicing equip-
ment to hang decorations
during holidays, and helps
prepare the nets, lights and
poles at the Warrenton Soccer
Complex. Dick supports War-
renton High School Scholar-
ships Inc. and the Assistance
League, and volunteers with
local fire departments.
“He’s a guy who will help
a neighbor in need, organizing
co-workers to help her move
furniture on a weekend, and
picking up boxes to take to
the recycling center for some-
one unable to make the trip for
themselves,” Balensifer said.
State Sen. Betsy John-
son presented the chamber’s
first lifetime legacy award in
honor of Hal Snow, the for-
mer city attorney for Astoria
and Warrenton who died last
year. The award was given to
his son, Jeremy.
“This man was a pillar
of Clatsop County,” John-
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
A panorama shows the Van Dusen Building in down-
town Astoria, painted a deep shade of blue by the new
tenant, Astoria Maker Industries.
Makers: The
group started in
a warehouse in
Miles Crossing
Photos by Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
Julie Flues, left, a membership and communications manager for Columbia River Mari-
time Museum, got emotional after winning the 2017 George Award, Astoria’s citizen-of-
the-year honor, and being presented a bouquet of flowers from her son Logan, right.
LEFT: Gary Dick, left, a serviceman with Pacific Power, received the 2017 Richard Ford
Distinguished Service Award from Warrenton Mayor Henry Balensifer. RIGHT: State Sen.
Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, presented a lifetime legacy award to Jeremy Snow, the
son of longtime Astoria and Warrenton City Attorney Hal Snow, who died in 2016.
son said. “Born and raised in
Astoria, he epitomizes what
both George and Ford awards
represent. He never sought the
spotlight, but was always first
in line to respond to commu-
nity needs.”
A chamber president’s
award was given to Van
Dusen Beverages, run by for-
mer Astoria Mayor Willis Van
Dusen.
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Astoria Makers founder
Glen Herman owns the
building with business part-
ner Stephan Eiter, a former
programmer,
makerspace
member and student in Clat-
sop Community College’s
historic preservation pro-
gram. Astoria Makers occu-
pies most of the building,
except for Frank’s Barber
Shop.
The group started in a
warehouse in Miles Cross-
ing, but a poll found more
support for a downtown
location, Eiter said. They
looked at multiple locations
downtown before connect-
ing with The Harbor, which
needed the extra capital from
the building’s sale.
Astoria Makers’ first
mark on the Van Dusen
Building was replacing the
faded pinkish exterior with
a deep shade of blue with
white trim.
“It let people know we’re
here, we’re doing some-
thing,” said Lucy Barna, a
local artist.
Behind covered win-
dows along Duane and 10th
streets, the group has been
building out the corner retail
space and a small manufac-
turing space. Upstairs, the
group is building artist stu-
dios, for which Barna said
the group already has a wait
list.
The operation of Astoria
Makers will include custom-
ized manufacturing projects,
retail sales, membership and
education. Herman envisions
the makerspace turning out
items like furniture, custom-
ized to certain dimensions,
that clients can see being
made at the makerspace.
“They call it distributed
manufacturing,”
Herman
said of the concept.
There’s no timeline for
the makerspace’s opening
as Astoria Makers continues
to paint, install utilities and
build a second stairwell. The
group will eventually install
full windows in the cor-
ner retail space and a large
garage door on Duane Street
for their future projects.
“Having events like this
are good for giving us a
deadline,” Herman said.
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