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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019
New Astoria Column lighting policy approved
A strange and
beautiful sight
By KATIE
FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria City Council
approved a new lighting pol-
icy for the Astoria Column
at a meeting Monday night.
Where before the land-
mark could be lit with col-
ored lights twice a year to
represent different causes
for a month at a time, it will
now only be lit for federal-
ly-recognized holidays or
to celebrate days signifi -
cant to the city’s history and
heritage.
“The intent of enacting
this policy is to reduce the
potential for the Column’s
lighting to be controversial,”
Parks and Recreation Direc-
tor Tim Williams wrote in a
memo to the City Council.
The policy will also “pro-
vide a more equitable frame-
work for the use of colored
lights, since it is infeasi-
ble and inadvisable to allow
every lighting request made
from private or nonprofi t
Jellyfi sh on the beach at Fort Stevens
groups,” Williams wrote.
Last year, the City Coun-
cil asked the Friends of the
Astoria Column, a nonprofi t
responsible for the preserva-
tion and stewardship of the
column, to develop a new
lighting policy.
City Councilor Roger
Rocka said Monday that
the policy change in no way
suggests city leaders don’t
support the causes for which
the Column was once lit.
But he and other council-
ors worried about the “slip-
pery slope” of having city
leaders chose each year
which causes would receive
recognition.
The Column has been
lit in recognition of breast
cancer awareness , sexual
assault awareness, child
abuse awareness and during
local Pride celebrations.
The new policy coincides
with the installation of a new
LED lighting system, which
offers a variety of lighting
effects and colors controlled
by computer. Under the new
The Classical Series Presents
policy, the Column will be
lit for New Year’s Eve and
New Year’s Day, Martin
Luther King Jr. Day, Presi-
dents Day, Astoria’s Birth-
day ( April 12), Memo-
rial Day, the Fourth of July,
the Astoria Regatta , Labor
Day, Veteran s Day, Thanks-
giving, Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day.
The Friends of the Asto-
ria Column also included
the possibility of lighting
the Column for “fun days”
that would not be associated
with any causes.
Rosemary Johnson, a
former city planner, speak-
ing as a citizen, recom-
mended the City Council
also add the annual Asto-
ria Scandinavian Midsum-
mer Festival to the list. She
asked if the council consid-
ered the celebration of the
area’s Scandinavian her-
itage an important Asto-
ria-specifi c event.
“I suspect it would be in
the eyes of many people,”
Mayor Bruce Jones agreed.
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Bill Griesar
Bill Griesar captured photos of jellyfi sh that washed up on the beach at Fort Stevens.
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So many tender, touching,
wacky, crazy fun memories!
You were loved! You will be
missed! You carved a special
place in our hearts and we
will alwayw remember your
lovely smile! And then, smile
back when we think of you
(and your earrings!)
You will always be with us.
Now at peace, February 17, 2019.