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B1 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019 • B1 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE COMPILED BY BOB DUKE From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago this week — 2009 G ood news has been hard to come by lately for the business community. So the announce- ment that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Oregon Department of State Lands approved fi ll permits last week for the new Costco site in Warren- ton has some community leaders giddy. State Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, is one of them. She said that she had spoken with members of the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners and had even toured the retail store’s new site while the com- munity waited for permits to be issued. “I’m very enthusiastic for this opportunity for Clat- sop County,” Johnson said in her gregarious manner. “I’ve been up and toured the site — marched around in waist-high sticker bushes.” 2009 – A Harvey Award will be presented to Mark John Chadwick and Gigi Gray for the restoration of 1143 14th St. 2009 – Edward and Karen Campbell will receive a Harvey Award for their restoration of 591 15th St. The city of Astoria Historic Landmarks Commission has selected six award recipients and one honorable mention recipient for the 2009 Dr. Edward Harvey Historic Preserva- tion Awards. They will receive framed certif- icates from Mayor Willis Van Dusen at Mon- day’s meeting of the Astoria City Council. “The awards are intended to celebrate the best in preservation by individual property owners. They demonstrate the great pride we all take in the community’s heritage,” said David Pearson, the HLC’s chairman. “This has been an amazing year for historic preservation.” Two residential properties were selected for the award. • Edward and Karen Campbell for restor- ing a Craftsman-style home at 591 15th St. that was built in 1907-08; • Mark Chadwick and Gigi Gray for restor- ing a Craftsman-style home at 1143 14th St. that was built circa 1915. The Obama administration will spend $26.6 million in economic stimulus money to complete a project to deepen 103 miles of the Columbia River. The money will help the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers complete the dredging next year, fi ve years after work began. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said money for the Columbia deepening was not included in the admin- istration’s original list of stimulus projects. That changed after Murray spoke with top administration offi cials about its importance. More than 40,000 jobs in the region depend on maritime commerce, she said. Murray also cited the Columbia’s huge overall economic impact on the Northwest. If you have a teenager at home, you might have noticed it’s been a little quieter the last few years. Instead of spending hours talking to each other on the phone, teens are using phones to text each other — a nearly silent form of communication. Ask Astoria High School senior Jordan Crownover, co-president of student govern- ment, and she’ll tell you it’s a way friends keep in touch on a constant basis. “Overall, it’s a way to talk about anything and everything,” Crownover, 18, said. 1969 – This ‘stairway to the stars’ was created while demolishing an old house at 9th and Exchange streets. 75 years ago — 1944 The Astoria Bicentennial Celebration committee will soon have a presence downtown on the riverfront. Monday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. is the grand opening of the Astoria Bicentennial Storefront at No. 1 12th St., on the 12th Street Dock. It will be the offi cial headquarters for the Bicentennial. A ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. will kick off the event, with Astoria Mayor Willis Van Dusen wield- ing the giant pair of scissors. 50 years ago — 1969 Passage of a bill on Astoria’s submerged and sub- mersible lands Saturday in the House of Representa- tives brought criticism in Astoria. City Manager Dale Curry said the House mem- bers in Salem “haven’t done the city of Astoria any favor.” He expressed hope that the bill might be amended in the State Senate to eliminate objectionable aspects. By a 49 to 3 vote, the House passed a bill that would have the state quitclaim title and interest to some 400 acres of fi ll land within the Astoria city limits and turn over to the Clatsop County commissioners the dispo- sition of it. Demolition of the Ocean House Hotel in Gearhart will mark the passing of the third of the older hotels in that residential commu- nity. Only the old Gearhart Hotel will stand as a reminder of the golden age that preceded today’s modern luxury motels and motor hotels. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Barbey, Astoria, recently purchased the land that the Ocean House has occupied for 40 years, with the intent of building private residences — prime lots for vistas of the Pacifi c. The Northwest Aluminum Co. asked the Port of Astoria Commission Tuesday night to sell it 500 acres at the mouth of the Skipanon River, including land 1944 — Pencil drawing of fi shing boat. where Northwest could build wharfage for ships bring- ing bauxite ore to its planned plant in Warrenton. The commission said it wanted fi rst to explore the possi- bility of selling revenue bonds to fi nance its own con- struction of such a wharf. No settlement has been reached in the strike by members of the Inlandboatmen Union, now in its 14th day. Some 250 workers are directly involved, and members of allied unions and crafts are honoring the IBU picket lines. Federal mediator Leroy Smith plans to meet with both sides, the deckhand’s union and the Columbia River Towboat Association. Improvements in the water clarifi cation system at Crown Zellerbach’s Wauna mill have effectively solved the effl uent problem there, according to a spokesman for the Oregon Sanitary Authority. The OSA said they have been in contact with Crown in the past on com- plaints received by them, from various sources, about apparent pollution of the Columbia River. TILLAMOOK — Circuit Judge J. S. Bohannon has ruled that Sunset Cove Inc., cannot remove sand from Necanicum Spit beach near Seaside. Bohannon said today the state owns the property where the company was removing sand for a million-dollar housing development at the mouth of the Columbia River. The Columbia River fi shing industry at Astoria, which has been way up and way down in the 78 years since the fi rst salmon cannery was started at Eagle Cliff, Washington, is in an uproar. The reasons are simply: Instead of suffering from the smallest salmon pack since 1870, the town and fi shing industry are fat, sassy and in the money. 2. A ballooning fl eet of offshore boats are dragging, netting and hook- ing almost every living thing that populates the teeming North Pacifi c ocean. 3. The fi shermen are capitalizing on wartime markets. The fi shing industry is now serving up fi sh delicacies to government and civilians, are con- verting into currency a variety of ocean-fl oor fi shes that fi ve years ago were sniffed suspiciously by mink. The fi rst two “Astoria-type” deep sea drag fi shing boats, a type destined to be much heard of as the Columbia River boat building indus- try ultimately paces the rapidly increasing off- shore fi shing activities, are now under con- struction at the Astoria Marine Construction Company. Rapidly approaching the launching date, the hulls are being built along side three YMS fi ghting ships. The craft are a portion of deep sea fi shing boats being slotted priorities in the Northwest as the government presses its “more fi sh food as a weapon” program. Seventy feet in length, the “Astoria-type” was designed by W.H. “Hainie” Dole, ranking Northwest marine architect, who has been with the fi rm the past fi ve years. There is a U.S. Navy carrier somewhere in the Pacifi c today with a piano aboard, given by the people of Clifton. The piano was part of the Clifton school, which was built by the people about 10 years ago. When the Clif- ton pupils moved to Westport school the people decided to give their piano to the carrier, a request for which had come from the chaplain. The Navy grabbed the piano offer, sent a truck to Clifton to get it, and it is now part of the equipment on a fi ghting ship. Another piano was offered by Mrs. H. Lindstrom of Astoria; and it was being sought by the chaplain of another carrier.
