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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020
THE ASTORIAN
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TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020
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WATER UNDER
THE BRIDGE
COMPILED BY BOB DUKE
From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers
10 years ago
this week — 2010
hen each fi rework exploded in a gigantic
ball of red light, it lit up the entire Colum-
bia River. People sitting in lawn chairs by the
river were bathed in the fi ery glow and kids squealed in
delight as the crack of the explosion reached their ears.
It was the Fourth of July — the country’s 234th, to be
exact — a holiday every American has come to know as
barbecues, parades and the essential fi reworks display.
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The recent disappearance of monitoring
equipment at a restoration site at Fort Clatsop
near Warrenton is a mystery in more ways than
one.
Not only is there no suspect in the apparent
thefts, there doesn’t seem to be much to gain
from stealing the equipment — custom nets
and fi sh boxes — in the fi rst place.
“That’s the really bewildering part of this
whole thing,” said Micah Russell, director of
the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce.
“The equipment is so specifi c to science. I’m
not sure how it could possibly be sold.”
Crest biologists have been working with
park staff at the South Clatsop Slough resto-
ration site, just south of the Lewis and Clark
National Historical Park’s visitor center, moni-
toring for water quality, salmon and plants.
The color guard walks in front of the Army Humvee carrying the Warrenton parade grand marshals in 2010.
Anchovies: salty, pungent and way to fi shy, right?
Not in Astoria.
With some vinegar, oil and spices, the Pier 2 fi sh pro-
cessor Pacifi c Seafood is testing out a new fi shery, new
recipes and new markets for anchovies.
Marinating hand-fi lleted fi sh and packaging them
in-house, the company is transforming a traditional West
Coast bait fi sh into a classic Mediterranean menu item:
boquerones.
Cured in oil and vinegar, the tangy little fi sh are
already making star debuts in high-end restaurants and
grocery stores in Astoria, Portland and Seattle.
Along with grass seed, hazelnuts and Christ-
mas trees, Oregon is becoming a national leader
of another kind.
The rate at which Oregonians are falling
into foreclosure unexpectedly jumped 20% in
the fi rst quarter, making Oregon No. 3 in the
country.
The crew on board an Astoria Pacifi c Seafood fi shing boat
hauls in a purse seine net full of anchovies in 2010.
50 years ago — 1970
Large and small motels in Seaside, Gearhart and
Cannon Beach not only housed record crowds this past
weekend, but many persons were also turned away for
lack of room. Even trailer courts were reported fi lled to
capacity as thousands of visitors came to the Clatsop
County coast for the Fourth of July holiday.
Recreation spots were widely used, although the
golf courses received large crowds only while the good
weather lasted.
Steve Campbell, chairman of the Seaside Jaycees,
which sponsored the annual fi reworks display Saturday
on the P rom in Seaside, estimated persons watching the
colored lights numbering about the same as last year,
which was reported to be 30,000.
SEASIDE — The Miss Oregon Scholar-
ship Pageant on Wednesday brings to Seaside
19 contestants for the three day whirlwind of
activities all being the result of a year’s plan-
ning by the 13 offi cers of the Miss Oregon Pag-
eant of Seaside Inc. More than 300 area citi-
zens will be participating in some phase of the
production of the p ageant as either committee
members, chaperons and hostesses, advisory
directors or stage and technical personnel.
The frenzy of preparation has subsided to a
low roar as last minute details and plans have
been worked out. The city and the pageant
will soon be ready and anxious to welcome the
reigning queens from all over the state.
Beginning Wednesday and going through
Sunday, July 12, the 19 contestants will face the
true test of beauty, poise, ability and stamina.
The fi reworks show on the beach in Seaside was enjoyed
by thousands of people in 2010.
The Miss Oregon pageant opens with the fi rst formal group pose in 1970.
without invasion of the home islands.
On that basis, invasion may be expected to
be the next major step, and within a short time,
because American military policy is based on
ending the war as quickly as possible.
The state Highway Division estimates it would cost
$800,000 to widen Marine Drive in Astoria between
Sixth and 14th streets in order to alleviate the traffi c
load on Marine Drive. The reason: the sidewalks would
have to be narrowed and the walks are supported only
by posts.
A letter from the state with that fi gure was read to
the Astoria Planning Commission Tuesday night. The
state agency said the $800,000 fi gure would be “prohibi-
tive” from their standpoint. The reaction of the planning
commission members was that city offi cials would have
to try to fi nd what would be feasible in rerouting traffi c
downtown.
CAMP RILEA — The advance party for the
Oregon National Guard’s annual fi eld train-
ing at Camp Rilea has arrived and is preparing
the facility for the approximately 800 National
Guardsmen due to arrive Saturday.
The advance party of 60 to 70 troops will set
up mess halls, headquarter, commissary and
other facilities for the two-week training exer-
cise which ends July 25.
The National Guardsmen will be involved
in all phases of Army training, particularly
anti-aircraft and surface fi ring. Firing will be at
both surface targets and low-fl ying radio con-
trolled targets.
An Astoria Pacifi c Seafood boat pulls in a load of anchovies
in a purse seine net in 2010.
Donald Hogg, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hogg, in
N avy service in Louisiana , recently fi gured in the thrill-
ing and partially successful attempt to avert the drown-
ing of two twin girls at a New Orleans beach resort,
according to word received here today.
Hogg and another sailor organized the rescue attempt
and succeeded in getting the bodies of both girls from
the water. Artifi cial respiration was called into play but
despite the best efforts of the former Astoria E agle S cout
and member of the Flying Cloud S ea S cout ship crew,
only one of the girls was revived.
Hogg took his life saving instruction under Eldred
Jeffers at the Astoria YMCA.
Members of the Oregon National Guard at Camp Rilea in
1970.
75 years ago — 1945
volunteering for a minimum of 10 hours of duty per
week with the Astoria unit of the U.S. Coast Guard tem-
porary reserve.
This call, aimed at recruiting at least 40 business, pro-
fessional and working men, was made today by Lt. Rich-
ard H. Ball, Astoria photographer, and commander of
the temporary reserve division which includes the Asto-
ria unit.
An opportunity to learn the handling of small boats
and to serve the nation’s armed forces is offered to men
Military authorities are generally agreed
that the war against Japan will not be ended
There is a dangerous forest fi re burning in
northwest Tillamook County — just over Clat-
sop County’s southeast corner, and south of the
Wolf Creek H ighway.
The blaze has crawled and jumped around
through a 3,000-acre tract. Not all of the green
trees, down timber and high-lead slash has
burned. But some of it has.
Some of the news stories written in Portland,
quoting fi re wardens, say the blaze is checked,
or “trailed.” That isn’t quite true. The only
thing that checks a 3,000-acre forest fi re is the
weather. A trail isn’t worth a box of Copenha-
gen if the weather is wrong. So the Tillamook
County fi re, although quiet now and then,
remains a powder keg.