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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018
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Water
under
the bridge
Compiled by Bob Duke
From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers
10 years ago
this week — 2008
Cloaked in darkness and enveloped in fog, the Port of Port-
land’s 16-story container crane snuck under the Astoria Bridge
at 5:30 this morning while most of the town was still asleep.
For a few bleary-eyed onlookers, a glimmer of light atop
the loaded Chinese ship Zhen Hua 17 gave the only indication
of just how close it came to touching the span as it slipped by.
According to Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Mike Tier-
ney, who was at the helm during the crossing, it came pretty
darn close. Three Port of Portland engineers perched on the
185-foot crane measured just 4 feet of clearance.
“They high-fived the beam as they went underneath it,”
said Tierney.
As Tierney and Bar Pilot Capt. Gary Lewin steered the
ship toward the bridge, they had to speed up to beat a wall of
fog rolling in. Thick fog could have delayed the crossing by
blocking the laser the engineers use to measure the clearance.
Not so fast, Clatsop County.
Opponents of the Bradwood Landing liquefied
natural gas project may still find a way to block the
recent approval of the land use application for the
$600 million LNG receiving terminal and sendout
pipeline 20 miles east of Astoria.
Last week, after six months of deliberation, the
Clatsop County Board of Commissioners signed the
paperwork approving 27 changes to county land use
laws that grant Bradwood Landing project devel-
oper Northern Star Natural Gas Inc. a Land Use
Compatibility Statement, a key local piece of the
federal LNG permitting process.
Since then, a group of county residents has been
working on a ballot referendum that, if passed,
would reverse on the county’s approvals and punch
a hole in the project.
The referendum would ask voters if they approve
of the county board’s decision to allow natural gas
pipelines to run through land zoned for open space,
parks and recreation (OPR) with a conditional-use
permit. Before the Bradwood landing decision, pipe-
lines were not a permitted use in OPR zones.
50 years ago — 1968
The City Council will seek a consultation with the Clatsop
County commissioners regarding future use of the property at
Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson
The 16-story container crane arrives in Hammond in 2008 after making a monthlong, 5,800-mile journey across
the Pacific Ocean from Shanghai, China.
Sixth and Commercial which the city has used as a children’s
playground for many years.
The county owns the property and recently asked the city
parks and recreation commission that it be returned to the
county for use as a parking lot.
The parks and recreation commission recommended to the
council that the city retain the property for playground use.
Astoria-bound barge 535, owned by Pacific
Inland Navigation company of Vancouver, turned
turtle at 1 a.m. Wednesday at the western tip of
Wallace Island near Westport, spewing part of its oil
cargo into the Columbia River.
Coast Guard sources said oil could be traced
from the site of the mishap around Puget Island and
as far west as the mouth of the river.
Extent of the impact of Tongue Point Job Corps Center on
the economy of Astoria and Clatsop County is indicated in
a report issued by the University of Oregon, which operates
the center under contract with the federal office of Economic
Opportunity. The report covers cost information from the cen-
ter’s inception to Oct. 31, 1967.
Between Dec. 15, 1965, when work was started to con-
vert the former naval air base into a training facility for dis-
advantaged youth, and the end of October 1967, total expen-
ditures of the center were $14,360,773. This included salaries
and wages, payroll assessments, materials and services, travel,
equipment overhead and modification and rehabilitation of
the base.
While not all of the $14,360,773 total was spent in the
immediate area, much of it was, a center spokesman said.
75 years ago — 1943
Operations of Astoria’s laundries are at a stand-
still today as a result of a decision of members of
the local laundry workers union and truck driv-
ers union at a special meeting Wednesday night to
cease work until their demands for higher wages are
granted.
Waters near Grays Harbor, Washington, were being
searched today for three Navy flyers missing after heavy seas
Saturday swamped both a medium-sized Navy plane and a
larger craft trying to rescue its crew members.
Astoria hotel operators are facing a critical situ-
ation today by reason of the closing of the two local
laundries Thursday morning. While rumors of mil-
itary intervention are rife on the street, there are no
actual developments in the laundry situation.
Alleged troubles from food rationing is no excuse to
give for the closing of restaurants, George Peeke, chairman
of the food panel of the rationing board, declared today in a
sharp rebuke to a number of eating places which have closed
recently.
The ration board is not trying to put any restaurant out of
business, Peeke declared. Rather, this is a time when every
restaurant is needed as the city’s population continues to grow.
Astoria laundry workers are back on the job
today at the Troy and Crystal laundry plants, closed
since Thursday morning.
GUEST COLUMN
Roley honored with ‘breaking barriers’ award
W
hen I moved from Portland to live at
the coast, my friends were concerned
that I would be lonely and isolated.
What they didn’t know was that I had come to
a community of beauty and talented people.
Dr. Sheila Roley, superinten-
dent of the Seaside School
District, is one of those
special individuals who lives
in our coastal town.
I first heard about Roley
when she was the Seaside
CINDY
High School principal. A
GOULD
grandmother of one of her
students told me how she
started the high school’s talent show — she
came out on stage singing, “I’m so excited.”
The audience roared. Our Seaside AAUW
(American Association of University Women)
branch joins in cheering for her.
Not only does Roley instill energy in her
students, she tackles large projects with great
enthusiasm as well. Our branch had the honor
of working with her as we supported the
effort to pass the new school bond. The bond
passed with overwhelming support from the
community.
Having become aware of her accomplish-
ments, the Seaside AAUW honored Roley with
our Breaking Barriers Award at its “Spring into
Fashion” style show in April 2017. Recipients
are chosen based on their exceptional ability to
break barriers for women and children. We then
put her name into nomination for recognition
by the Oregon AAUW. Much to our delight,
she was selected and the state organization
will honor her with their statewide Breaking
Barriers Award on April 21 in Hillsboro. She
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Seaside Principal Dr. Sheila Roley hugs students during the 2016 Seaside High School
graduation ceremony.
will be honored for her accomplishments
in promoting education and equity for girls
and women, not only in Clatsop County but
throughout the state, as a mentor for aspiring
school leaders.
Roley has been a part of the educational
community of Seaside since 1990, serving as
a teacher, elementary school principal, middle
school principal, high school principal and now
superintendent of the school district. She was
Seaside’s first female high school principal and
superintendent.
She graduated from college in the field
of fisheries biology from the University of
Washington. She later obtained her teacher
certification from Seattle University and ulti-
mately her doctorate in education from Lewis
and Clark University.
She says she “chose education as a career
because I thought it would not be that hard,
I would have lots of time off and I probably
would not do it very long. Turned out it was
really hard work, not much time off and I am
still at it after 30 years. And it is the best career
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decision I could have
made.”
Indeed, we are
lucky to have such
a dedicated woman
leading our young
people and educators
in Seaside. Dr.
Douglas Dougherty,
superintendent emer-
itus, writes, “Sheila
Sheila Roley
Roley is one of the
very best administra-
tors I have had the pleasure to work with. I feel
fortunate to have her dedication and expertise
serving the staff, students and parents of
Seaside School District.”
The Breaking Barriers award is presented
annually at the “Spring into Fashion” style
show, which raises money for local schol-
arships. One of the ways we carry out our
mission to advocate for women and girls is to
give three scholarships annually — to women
returning to school, girls who are the first in
their family to attend college, and a woman
or girl who has demonstrated an exceptional
ability to break barriers.
This year the style show will be held May
12 at the Astoria Golf and Country Club, from
2-4 p.m. The cost is $30 for adults and $20 for
students. More than 10 merchants will feature
their clothing. Finger sandwiches and dessert
will be served. Tickets are available at Beach
Books in Seaside or by contacting Linda at
SHARLU@hotmail.com.
Cindy Gould is president of the Seaside
chapter of the American Association of Univer-
sity Women.
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