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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018 editor@dailyastorian.com KARI BORGEN Publisher JIM VAN NOSTRAND Editor Founded in 1873 JEREMY FELDMAN Circulation Manager DEBRA BLOOM Business Manager Water under the bridge JOHN D. BRUIJN Production Manager CARL EARL Systems Manager Robert Raring, project manager for the North- west Aluminum company construction project, has come west from New York with Richard Peck, NWA executive vice president, to help solve the problem of finding a way to move earth despite rainy weather. Raring is with Parsons-Jurden Inc., the engineer- ing firm assigned to build the $140 million NWA plant near Warrenton. Compiled by Bob Duke From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers The Long Beach Peninsula cranberry crop set a record this year with 17 barrels an acre for a total yield of 52,600 barrels set last year, according to Wilson Blair, manager of the Ocean Spray receiving station. 10 years ago this week — 2008 To Port of Astoria leaders, owning the 40-acre industrial property at North Tongue Point will feel a bit like winning the lottery. So why not use video lottery funds to seal the deal? Port Executive Director Jack Crider has asked to borrow an undisclosed sum of lottery funds from Clatsop County to help finance a down payment on the property, which includes five finger piers and 140,000 square feet of building space. The Port would repay the county’s short-term loan of lot- tery funds when “permanent funding” from a long-term loan is in place, according to the letter Crider sent to the county last week. Astoria residents again demonstrated a deep commitment to their city’s riverfront as about 85 people turned out on a stormy Thursday night to attend an Astoria Riverfront Vision Plan open house, the third one this year. The visioning effort was prompted by public alarm over a spate of developments and propos- als for condominiums, townhouses and hotels to be built along the Columbia River. Residents started worrying about preserving the working waterfront, public access to the river, and views from the hillside homes. Many called for a moratorium on riverfront development. In response to growing concerns, the city embarked on the visioning process. NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc. has asked federal energy regulators to delay their response to legal challenges filed after the September approval of the company’s Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project. In a document filed Thursday, the company’s attorney told regulators delaying a decision on rehearing the case will pre- vent a lawsuit. The states of Oregon and Washington, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and regional conservation and tribal groups have asked the five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Com- mission to reconsider its 4-1 approval of the $650 million facility. 75 years ago — 1943 The pilot of a small navy plane bailed out over the Pacific ocean just off Seaside Sunday, when his plane developed mechanical difficulties, and was rescued by a P-boat from the Astoria naval air sta- tion only a few minutes after he parachuted into the water, it was learned today. The plane crashed and presumably disappeared. 1968 — Signs of the approaching Christmas season are showing up. Among them is the start of hanging Christmas street decorations. Jack Acton of the Asto- ria public works department hangs illuminated green drapery across Duane Street. The federal Aviation Administration has ruled the liquefied natural gas storage tanks proposed for the Oregon LNG project in Warrenton would not be a hazard to navigation at the Astoria Regional Air- port as long as several conditions are met. 50 years ago — 1968 The federal Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife is look- ing for an island in the lower Columbia to use as a refuge to preserve remnants of the herds of Columbia River white- tailed deer, it was learned this week. The bureaus have written the Clatsop County commission- ers regarding possible acquisition of about 150 acres owned by the county on Tenasillihe island. Spokesmen for the bureau said this island is one of several being investigated in cooperation with Nature Conservancy, a private organization. Only remaining white-tail deer in the Northwest number about 400, of which 150 live on Tenasillihe island, bureau officials said. The war production board today inserted a note of happi- ness into the coming yuletide season by announcing that there “probably” will be enough Christmas trees to supply most American homes. Timber counties of the Northwest stand to ben- efit industrially in the postwar period from the new era of wood processing, in the opinion of William Derry, industrial engineer for the Pacific Power and Light Co., and secretary of the Oregon branch of the farm chemurgic council who visited Astoria Tuesday. Clatsop County is one of the counties which should cash in on this coming development, he thinks. Commander James D. “Jimmy” Hirshfield, former com- mander of the USCG cutter Onondaga in Astoria and who fig- ured in a stirring encounter with a German submarine earlier in the year, is paying Astoria a brief visit while in the west on official duties. He is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Halderman. Since leaving Astoria, Commander Hirshfield has been stationed on the east coast. It was while commanding a coast guard ship on north Atlantic convoy duty that a pack of six enemy submarines was encountered. After depth-bomb- ing two, Hirshfield found one of the subs on the surface and promptly rammed and sunk it. His own ship was damaged in the encounter and was later rescued and towed to port. He was later decorated for his achievement. LETTERS Confused, disappointed by Pro-Con choice enjoy a good debate, and welcomed The Daily Astorian’s addition of a Pro-Con fea- ture. It’s good to examine two sides of an idea, good not to take your own views as gos- pel truth. But I was confused and disappointed by the Nov. 16 feature, “Pro-Con: Should the Democrats retain Pelosi as speaker of the House?” An informing issue for that debate would have been whether House Democrats should retain Nancy Pelosi, a centrist Democrat, as speaker of the House, or push for a new, more left-leaning progressive to lead them. Instead, we were presented with a “pro” for Pelosi, set against a rant against her, with no suggestion of an alternative, written by the executive edi- tor of The Heartland Institute, a conservative, libertarian think tank. The Democrats have taken back the House. Who they choose to lead them is of no concern of Republicans, unless, of course, those Republicans are trying to undermine the process. Hopefully, the next issue of Pro-Con will focus on a more instructive pro and con. JULIE SNYDER Astoria I Thanks to CMH rehab department T his letter is to second Dane Jaconet- ti’s positive comments about Columbia Memorial Hospital’s Rehabilitation Depart- ment in the Pavilion Building (“Giving thanks,” The Daily Astorian, Nov. 15). This department is the best I’ve experienced at CMH. Thanks to the impressive skills and knowl- edge of Heather Robinson, I was able to stop walking with a cane and to enjoy walking for the first time in decades. Also, when receiv- ing my physical therapy at the Pavilion facil- ity, I was always amazed at how so many professional therapists managed to help so many patients in the limited space they have available. So, I also thank this “best department” at CMH. AMBER MARCIA Warrenton Enjoy your Thanksgiving Day T he American day of Thanksgiving has an interesting history. It began in 1621, when the Pilgrims celebrated a three-day feast with their Indian neighbors, giving thanks to God, LETTERS WELCOME Letters should be exclusive to The Daily Astorian. Letters should be fewer than 250 words and must include the writer’s name, address and phone number. You will be contacted to confirm authorship. All letters are subject to editing for space, grammar, and, on occasion, fac- tual accuracy. Only two letters per writer are allowed each month. Letters written in response to other letter writers should address the issue at hand and, rather than mentioning the who in his providential care had blessed them with food, shelter and survival in their new land. In 1789, George Washington proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving. Abraham Lincoln pro- claimed a special day of gratitude and praise following the Union victory at Gettysburg. writer by name, should refer to the head- line and date the letter was published. Discourse should be civil and people should be referred to in a respectful manner. Letters in poor taste will not be printed. Send via email to editor@dailyas- torian.com, online at dailyastorian. com/submit_letters, in person at 949 Exchange St. in Astoria or 1555 North Roosevelt in Seaside, or mail to Letters to the Editor, P.O. Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103. Franklin Roosevelt issued a proclamation in 1939, changing the date of Thanksgiving from the fourth Thursday of November to the third Thursday. That was during the Great Depression, and he hoped to stimulate the economy by add- ing more shopping days between Thanksgiv- ing and Christmas. However, many refused to change, so America had two Thanksgiv- ing Days for a time. Often the new one was called “Franksgiving,” and the traditional one “Thanksgiving.” Congress intervened in 1941 by officially designating the fourth Thursday of November as a federal holiday. Enjoy your Thanksgiving Day, but remem- ber God deserves our thanks each and every day. “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” (Psalm 107:1) KEN TIPPS Astoria Church of Christ It is a new day I saw a photo of the new members of the House of Representatives. On the left side was a huge group of women and men, and they were black, and Indian, and red, and white, and Muslim, and Asian, and everything you could imagine. They looked like Amer- ica. On the right side was a group of men who looked like dentists. MARY TANGUAY WEBB Astoria
