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B1 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020 • B1 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE COMPILED BY BOB DUKE From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago this week — 2010 I f the North Coast’s three chambers of commerce were to change their slogans to “We Have It All!” who could blame them? Amid bright and consistent sunshine for the fi rst time this year, the region from Cannon Beach to Oysterville, Washington, enjoyed a couple of days where residents and visitors alike could not complain there was nothing to do. The exciting boat races on Cullaby Lake attracted scores of spectators and participants who enjoyed an action fi lled spectacle. The Seattle Outboard Associa- tion’s annual event featured close races and a few spills to keep the crowd entertained. About 70 people joined hands across the sand at Cannon Beach Saturday during a national “Hands Across the Sand” demonstra- tion against offshore drilling. Demonstrations also were planned in Seaside and Short Sand Beach in Oswald West State Park. ARCH CAPE — Conservation work at Texas A&M University on the two historic cannons recovered from the beach at Arch Cape in February 2008 is starting to show results. The cannons, found by teen beachcomber Miranda Petrone while walking at Arch Cape with her father, were recovered from the ocean shore by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department with help from Arch Cape offi - cials. The cannons were heavily coated by a concretion — a thick, hard layer of solidifi ed sand and rock — after being buried deep on the beach for an unknown amount of time. It is possible the two cannons are the remnants of the 1846 wreck of the USS Shark, a U.S. Navy vessel that sank on the Columbia Bar. Three of the Shark’s cannon broke away from the wreck, and one was recovered from the Arch Cape area in 1898. The other two were never found. The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard c ut- ter Alert is a long way from home — the 210- foot Astoria-based ship is now doing fi sheries patrols off the coast of Alaska. The diversion into unfamiliar territory is unusual, and the cutter has not made an Alas- kan port call in years, said Cmd r. Brad Mynatt, the Alert’s commanding offi cer. The crew has resupplied and trained in Kodiak and is now underway for a Bering Sea patrol. “Although I have had work trips to Alaska in the past, this is my fi rst time taking the cut- ter to Alaska,” Mynatt said. About 70 people joined hands across the sand in Cannon Beach in 2010 during a national ‘Hands Across the Sand’ demonstration against off shore drilling. LEFT: Nearly all concretions were removed from the cannons found in Arch Cape and the cannon barrel was separated from the wooden base in 2010. RIGHT: The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alert, a 210-foot medium endurance cutter, arrives in Kodiak, Alaska, in 2010. The Alert’s crew attended the Kodiak-based North Pacifi c Regional Fisheries Training Center before undertaking a patrol in the Bering Sea. 50 years ago — 1970 There appears to be little of the heroic in the nature of Coast Guardsmen at Cape Disappointment motor life- boat station. They may perform heroic deeds daily, or perhaps twice and thrice or more daily, but little bravo is appar- ent to the observer, because heroism of one degree or another is the day-by-day duty of g uardsmen at the Cape. Each year they save many lives and recover the bod- ies of those whose lives were beyond saving, but most of all they tow, tow, tow. Some 85% of the cases on which the eight Cape Dis- appointment motor lifeboats are called while patrolling the rugged and deceptive Columbia River B ar are of a “routine nature” and require nothing more than a tow job across the bar and back to the Ilwaco B oat B asin or har- bors on the Oregon side of the river. Boaters who run into trouble and require assistance from the Coast Guard’s Columbia River B ar patrol undergo an extensive inspection of their vessel and its equipment before the Coast Guard is through with them. Every boat towed to port by the motor lifeboats is boarded, either at the Cape station or at whatever boat basin on the Washington or Oregon side of the river to which it is towed. Lots of tourists but they’re not spending so much money. That seems to be the picture at the beginning of July as Clatsop County plays host to out-of- area travelers. Carol McCallister reports more persons are stopping in at the state Travel Information Offi ce by the Astoria Bridge this year than last to ask about attractions in the area. Motel operator Carl Labiske, in Astoria, reports his business running below last year’s and Astoria restaurant operator Pete Antoniou said business is clearly “slow” this summer. And yet the Columbia River Maritime Museum reports more than 100 persons com- ing through daily, and Ranger Paul Haertel at the Fort Clatsop National Memorial says the number of persons through the site of the Lewis and Clark winter fort is up by 25% over 1969. The Angora Hiking Club will observe it s 50th anni- versary with a celebration at 8 p.m. Friday in Shively Community Hall, Shively Park, and a climb of Saddle Mountain the next day. The Saddle Mountain climb will commemorate the club’s inception at the summit of that mountain July 4, 1920. “The Angora Club has always been small in mem- bership but large in work and deeds,” writes Mrs. Axel Ramvick, club historian, in reviewing the half-century of the organization’s life. 75 years ago — 1945 The cost of battle in money and men was dia- grammed starkly for Astorians Saturday night on Gyro Field by veteran infantrymen who re lived a concen- A U.S. Coast Guard motor lifeboat from Cape Disappointment assists a gasless 16-foot ‘Kicker’ in 1970. Eleven Canadian students and two adult supervisors sailed these canoes 1,260 miles down the Columbia River in 19 ½ days, arriving in Astoria in 1970. Teri Lynne Bowers prepares to become the youngest person in the United States to solo a helicopter in 1970. The Seaside High School senior made her fl ight on her 16th birthday. trated fraction of the war that is “hell and infantry.” The doughboys dug into the dirt of the city’s football fi eld and made it a grim scene of battle for 5,000 spec- tators, fi ring 3,400 rounds of blank ammunition. “Tonight the setting is a football fi eld in Astoria,” said the loudspeakers. “Last Tuesday it was a barren island in the Pacifi c. Tomorrow it will be Tokyo ... A fi ghting infantryman does the toughest work of the war and it’s high time that people appreciate it.” “Sure, sure, come and sit down with us, we’re just having breakfast. What’ll you have? Hey, Gracie, this is the press — what did you say your name was? We’re glad to see you, aren’t we, Gracie?” And that, you may believe me, was the way George Burns, radio star of the team of Burns and Allen, greeted us Monday noon over at the Hotel Astoria coffee shop, when we dropped in on them in line of duty, of course. If there had been any question about the identity of Mr. and Mrs. Burns, which inci- dentally there wasn’t, it would have been quickly dispelled when we entered Austin’s dining room. The table with the youngsters cluttered about with their autograph books was a cinch to be where the radio stars were. It’s probably an old story to George and Gracie, this business of autographs and meet- ing the representatives of the newspapers, but neither of them let on by word and ges- ture that they weren’t having the time of their lives and really enjoying the experience. Plans for the big crow shoot up in Browns- mead Sunday are complete, according to Clatsop County Rod and Gun Club offi cials and a commit- tee of Brownsmead grange members. Albert Barendse is the spokesman for the farmers, and Angus Walker for the gun clubbers, and under their direction the fi nal plans for the “battle” are being worked out here today. Members of the gun club will meet here at 7 o’clock Sunday morning in the Safeway parking lot across the street from the C ity H all where transporta- tion will be provided to the shooting grounds, accord- ing to Walker. Competing teams will be organized when the gun club members arrive at the Brownsmead district and generally have expressed a willingness to cooperate with the local shotgun enthusiasts.
