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THEASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020
IN BRIEF
Cannon Beach man dies
in crash on Highway 101
A Cannon Beach man died Tuesday morning in a
crash on U.S. Highway 101 south of Cannon Beach.
Officials say Van Nordquist, 70, was heading
southbound on a motorcycle when he crossed into
the northbound lane while going around a curve. He
collided with a Freightliner semitruck and sustained
fatal injuries.
Lanes were closed for almost five hours near
milepost 32 as officials investigated the crash.
Seaside man dies in crash
in Clackamas County
A Seaside man died Monday night after being
struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 26.
Troy Harrison, 55, was reportedly trying to cross
the highway by foot near milepost 19 when he was
struck by a Honda Accord heading eastbound.
Emergency crews responded to the scene at
about 8:15 p.m.
State offers free fishing weekend
Fishing is free in Oregon on Saturday and
Sunday.
The state will not require fishing licenses or tags
to fish, crab or clam. Fishing regulations regarding
closures, bag limits and size restrictions still apply.
There are also special restrictions in place on the
coast due to the coronavirus. Nonresidents are not
allowed to clam or harvest mussels statewide on the
coast to reduce the amount of unnecessary travel.
Crabbing is closed to nonresidents in the Colum
bia River and in ocean areas north of Cape Falcon.
An annual conservation closure for razor clams
is also in effect on Clatsop Beach.
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The Astorian
Pacific County virus cases
linked to social clubs
LONG BEACH, Wash. — Health officials
reported nine new positive COVID-19 cases, with
three of the new cases linked to social clubs in south
Pacific County.
The new cases bring the county’s total count up
to 55.
Three of the new cases are connected to social
clubs. On July 29, Pacific County Health and
Human Services warned of a possible exposure for
members of Ocean Park social clubs such as the
Loyal Order of the Moose and the Fraternal Order
of the Eagles.
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Chinook Obsen’er
DEATHS
Aug. 11,2020
NORDQUIST,
Van,
70, of Tolovana Park,
died in Cannon Beach.
Hughes-Ransom
Mor
tuary is in charge of the
arrangements.
Aug. 10, 2020
STEELE, Patrick, 70,
of Seattle, died in Sea
side. Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
Aug. 8, 2020
FLETCHER,
Brian,
51, of Vernonia, died in
Elsie.
Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge
of the arrangements.
TERRANOVA, Mark,
65, of Seaside, died in
Seaside. Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
MEMORIAL
Saturday, Aug. 15
HESS, Dale Charles — Graveside memorial gath
ering at 1 p.m., Ocean View Cemetery, Lot 31, 575
18th St. in Warrenton.
Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian
Mila Giliga, left, gifts Debra Jones a picture she painted at an art and music camp at the Astoria Art Loft. The weeklong camp gave
10 local children lessons in fine art, music and dance, while ensuring social distancing by separating tables and requiring the
use of face coverings. The camp — along with a second session scheduled for Saturdays starting in September — was partially
funded by the Clatsop County Cultural Coalition and the Oregon Cultural Trust and supported by Grace Episcopal Church.
Ilwaco Boatyard invests in infrastructure
By LUKE WHITTAKER
Chinook Observer
ILWACO, Wash. — The
dust swirled in the summer
wind at the Ilwaco Boat
yard on Monday afternoon
as construction and contract
ing crews worked to com
plete several upgrades at the
facility.
The
work
includes
improvements to the storm-
water and pressure water sys
tems, part of a $2.4 million
investment in modernizing
the boatyard infrastructure,
according to Port Manager
Guy Glenn Jr.
A
more
eco-friendly
pressure-wash water sys
tem is among the boatyard
improvements.
“Our existing wash water
filtration system is almost
30 years old. It is a closed-
loop system that filters and
reuses the water for pressure
washing,” Glenn said. “The
new pretreatment system
will filter out materials from
the used wash water and be
injected into the sanitary
sewer system operated by the
city of Ilwaco. Port staff will
continue to monitor our filtra
tion systems to comply with
permitting benchmarks.”
Luke Whittaker/Chinook Observer
Construction
crews
assemble
deconstruction facility in June.
A more extensive storm-
water filtration system is
expected to better manage
surface water.
“Two additional catch
basins, and new filtration
canisters, are being added
and routed through our exist
ing stormwater filtration
vault,” Glenn said.
“These additional catch
basins work in conjunction
with grading and leveling the
yard to better manage surface
water,” he said. “About 1,600
tons of new gravel is being
uniformly added in all areas
of the boatyard providing a
better year-round surface for
the
frame
of
a
vessel
our operations.”
The new Vessel Decon
struction Facility is on sched
ule to be completed before
this fall, Glenn said. The
facility will perform vessel
deconstruction activities and
maintenance while provid
ing sufficient space to receive
boats and store equipment.
An estimated 15 jobs will
be created in Ilwaco for the
facility. West Coast Vessel
Recycling will be responsi
ble for boat deconstruction.
“This new indoor facility
will be able to accommodate
any vessels we haul out. It
will be used for vessel decon
Adolphson: ‘He never backed down. He was true to himself’
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BIRTH
Aug. 4, 2020
CEPEDA, Danielle, and ROGERS, Garret, of Astoria,
a boy, Nathaniel Bruce Rogers, bom at Columbia Memo
rial Hospital in Astoria. Grandparents are Kari Rogers, of
Seaside, and Kris Wentworth, of Evergreen, Colorado.
ON THE RECORD
Criminal trespass
• Christa Schultz, 22, of Astoria, was arrested
Wednesday off of Old U.S. Highway 30 for criminal
trespass in the second degree and disorderly conduct
in the second degree.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
THURSDAY
Seaside Civic and Convention Center Commission,
5 p.m., Seaside Civic and Convention Center, 415 First Ave.
Gearhart Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 698
Pacific Way.
Warrenton-Hammond School Board, 7 p.m., (electronic
meeting).
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struction in addition to ves
sel maintenance and repair
activities. Our boatyard pro
vides regional benefits and is
an integral part of our marina
operations, including rou
tine vessel maintenance and
repairs. We are also consid
ered a harbor of safe refuge
and able to assist the U.S.
Coast Guard with emergency
haul outs for vessels in dis
tress,” Glenn said.
Boatyard customers will
find the yard is now easier to
maneuver around.
“It has been a long time
since the boatyard was pro
fessionally graded and lev
eled,” Glenn said.
“Port staff routinely main
tain the surface but the exist
ing gravel has broken down
over the years and it has
become more challenging to
manage. Potholes develop in
the winter and it can become
dry and dusty in the summer.
The new gravel being added
is better quality and should
be more durable.”
A new 75-ton Marine
Travelift is anticipated to
be in operation before the
end of this year, Glenn said.
The new lift will replace an
aging 1977 50-ton Marine
Travelift.
“And he really, really did.
He never backed down. He
was true to himself and he
died the way he lived, which
was on his own terms.”
Adolphson grew up on
Alameda Avenue, the only
child of his mother, Dorothy,
a hairdresser.
People described him as
regal and dashing. He paid
attention to detail in the way
he dressed and accessorized.
That same attention to detail
translated into his love for cut
ting hair, Asian art, cooking
and gardening. He created a
sanctuary in his backyard with
over 50 types of Japanese
maple trees, which he learned
how to prune, then taught the
skill to others.
He ran One Six Five West
Bond with his partner of 23
years, David Drafall.
Although they separated
in 2012, Drafall remained
Adolphson’s closest compan
ion until the end of his life.
They worked together to pre
serve and renew Uniontown
and Suomi Hall. For years,
Adolphson and Drafall also
kept up the landscaping of the
Astoria Library, the Maritime
Memorial and the Doughboy
Monument.
Adolphson had a wide
range of friends. His famous
Astoria Regatta and holiday
parties drew in people from
throughout the community,
including elected officials.
Dea Helligso, the president
of the Finnish Brotherhood
Auxiliary, remembers getting
her hair cut by Adolphson’s
mother as a child.
“And
LeRoy
would
always make ugly faces at me
David Drafall
LeRoy Adolphson and David Drafall in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,
in 1998.
and then we’d get in trouble
because my hair always ended
up a little shorter,” she said.
When they got a little bit
older, Adolphson practiced
styling Helligso’s hair.
His dream was to be a
landscape architect, but it was
too much schooling and he
decided to do what he already
knew and start earning money.
He moved to Portland, but
soon returned to take care of
his mother, who died of can
cer in 1969.
“She had some time as she
was passing and she didn’t
really have any money (so)
she spent some of the last time
of her life canning for him,
making canned goods like
canned peaches and jams and
things because that is how she
could still care for him when
she knew that she was going
to pass,” said Jessica Schleif,
an artist and gardener and
landscaper who spent decades
gardening with Adolphson
in his backyard and in public
spaces.
“It was beautiful and really
showed her care and her
love,” she said.
Adolphson moved back to
Portland, but returned again,
this time to look after his
grandmother.
Adolphson’s
clos
est friends say that no one
shaped him more than his
grandmother.
Adolphson purchased the
home his grandmother lived
in during the 1930s and cared
for her there until she died.
“He had a real respect for
the women in his life,” Schleif
said. “A real respect that car
ried over into the ways that
he treated people in his hair-
cutting. ... He was brought up
by women. I think he had a lot
of respect for what his mother
and his grandmother did to be
able to provide him with the
bits of carefree childhood that
he did have.”
Drafall said Adolphson’s
clients became his family over
the years, and were the reason
he loved doing hair.
“He always said that he
was bom in Uniontown, he
was raised in Uniontown, he
worked in Uniontown, he’s
going to die in Uniontown,”
Drafall said. “And he did.”
Two days after Adolph
son died, Drafall went back
to work. He could imagine
Adolphson saying: “‘Get over
it. Move on. I’m dead.’”
Bouquets of flowers and
cards from friends and cus
tomers covered the coun
tertops. All day, Drafall
answered a steady stream of
phone calls.
“I didn’t realize how many
people he touched,” he said.
Many of Adolphson’s cli
ents watched the work he did
over the years to lift up the
community, and the way he
supported his friends when he
quietly drove them to doctors’
appointments in Portland or
to the grocery store. He took
care of them through cancer,
even cutting their wigs. And
he opened his home up to peo
ple who needed housing.
“He was just a gentle, kind
person,” said Liz Banholzer,
Adolphson’s friend of more
than 40 years. “When my hus
band was sick, he came up
and cut his hair at home and
he did that for a lot of differ
ent people. He was loved. He
truly was loved in this city.”
Irene Jue, who had been
getting her hair cut by Adolph
son since 1967, was part of his
loyal following.
“We sort of grew old
together,” she said. “He was a
very good hairdresser. He was
one of the few at the time that
knew how to handle Asian
hair, which is difficult if you
don’t know how to handle it.”
She had her last appoint
ment with him a few weeks
before he died. She could tell
he was sick.
“He said, ‘This is the last
time I’m going to do you.’
And it was,” Jue said.
“It was amazing when he
started failing how many peo
ple surrounded him. Because
he had done all those wonder
ful, good things — helping
people all his life.”