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Get ready to cruise with the classics History & Hops: ‘Gillnetting:
WARRENTON —
Lower Columbia Clas-
sics Car Club is hosting
its 19th annual 50’s Cruise
Reunion 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat-
urday, June 1, at Camp
Rilea. You do not need
to own a classic car to
join the fun, only be a car
enthusiast ready to let the
good times roll.
The fi rst car show was
“The 50s Cruise” started
by Sonny Collier in down-
town Warrenton. In fact,
the DJ was set up on the
roof of the Dairy Maid
drive-in! The show quickly
outgrew that location and
is now held at Camp Rilea.
The show is open to
all hot rods, antiques and
special interest cars and
trucks. There are more
than 40 trophies, including
President’s Choice, Com-
mander’s Choice, Best of
Show, Best Club and Lon-
gest Drive.
a Way of Life – All but Gone’
1923 Ford Roadster
Judging runs 10 a.m. to
noon. A DJ will spin 50s
sounds, there will be food
vendors and 50/50 raf-
fl e. B
Proceeds benefi t Clat-
sop Community College
Automotive Technology
Program and other local
youth education and men-
toring automotive pro-
grams. Spectator park-
ing is $2 per person in car.
Active military are free
with current military ID.
Children under 12 are free
when accompanied by an
adult.
For more information,
call Burt Young at 503-
338-8719. This is a “Rain
or Shine” event.
SEASIDE — In the
mid-19th century, men in
boats powered only by sail
or oar, fi shed with nets at
the mouth of the Colum-
bia River. Facing great dan-
ger, the gillnetters had to
contend with fi sh traps,
horse seiners and numer-
ous adverse conditions.
During 1880, more than
200 fi shermen drowned. By
the 1950s, dams, pollution
and negative effects of fi sh
hatcheries severely reduced
returning salmon runs in
the Columbia River. As the
fi shing industry declined,
many fi shermen left for
Alaska and some left the
industry, altogether.
Former Seaside munici-
pal judge, Robert Moberg,
will share some of the 150-
year history of gillnet fi sh-
ing at 6 p.m. Thursday, May
The
Illahee
Apartments
Gillnet fi shing near Astoria in 1937.
30, during Seaside Muse-
um’s History & Hops series
held at the Seaside Brewing
Co., 851 Broadway. He will
discuss the work that was
their joy, but is now “A Way
of Life – All but Gone.”
Moberg was born and
raised in Astoria. He started
gillnet fi shing with his
father on the Columbia
River at age 10 and contin-
ued for some years in Bris-
tol Bay, Alaska, ultimately
putting himself through
college and law school by
fi shing.
The Seaside Museum
and His-
torical
Society
Robert
is a non-
Moberg
profi t edu-
cational
institution with the mis-
sion to collect, preserve and
interpret materials illustra-
tive of the history of Sea-
side and the surround-
ing area. The museum is
located at 570 Necanicum
Drive and is open Mon-
day through Saturday from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More
information is at seasideore-
gonmuseum.com
Sale
about Indio Plants.
In June, the group plans
to tour various members
gardens and Seaside High
School’s garden.
Through their shared pas-
sion for plants and garden-
ing, the group members cul-
tivate a deep-rooted sense of
companionship.
Pilger said her favor-
ite part of being a mem-
ber is meeting and becom-
ing friends “with people
you wouldn’t have known
otherwise.”
Somers agreed, adding
their mutual enthusiasm
is “part of what helps the
organization and increases
the camaraderie we have.
We’re doing something
together that we enjoy
that in turn benefi ts the
community.” CW
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— was moved to a church
and then the Convention
Center.
Although the plant sale
is the club’s main event, the
group also meets the fourth
Wednesday of each month
at the community center
and engages in various pro-
grams such as fi eld trips and
workshops.
They also host guest
speakers, who in the past
have included Kathleen
Sayce, who shared her
extensive knowledge of
indigenous plants, Nansen
Malin, who demonstrated
how to make topiaries and
Brittany Boles who spoke