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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021
THE ASTORIAN
• TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021
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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 — 2011
I
n the world of neurology, doctors dealing with
stroke victims have a saying: “Time is brain.”
When a person has a stroke, the next minutes are
crucial. Doctors and nurses need to work fast before the
brain is damaged.
Doctors in rural counties like Clatsop County have
experience in just about everything but may not feel confi -
dent in making certain calls during a medical emergency. It
helps to have a specialist’s opinion in the emergency room.
H ospitals in the county don’t have resident neurolo-
gists or many specialists but they do have robots.
A mobile telemedicine unit provides two-way video
and audio communication. It brings the eyes and ears of
a specialist into emergency and exam rooms through what
is, at its bare bones, a video conference-type of unit.
“It’s like Skype on steroids,” said Dr. Miles Ellenby,
head of the Oregon Health & Science University telemed-
icine program, who helped recently introduce the technol-
ogy to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria.
SEASIDE — There are two parts in every
track and fi eld season on the North Coast — the
rainy season and districts.
T he rainy season hit a new low — or high,
depending on how you view the season.
The Seagulls of Seaside were hosting the
annual Daily Astorian Invitational.
“T his is the wettest meet I’ve ever seen at Sea-
side,” said Seaside coach Jeff Kilday. “And I’ve
been coaching middle school and high school
here for 15 years.”
So — just for fun — Kilday decided to make a
little competition out of it.
“Astoria had such a wet Daily Astorian meet
last year, I wanted to beat them, and I think we
did,” he said.
CANNON BEACH — When they thought about the
future of the forest east of the picturesque and environmen-
tally sensitive Cannon Beach, city offi cials didn’t want to
leave the job of managing it to another agency.
So they devised an intricate plan involving the pur-
chase of eight parcels of privately-owned timberland to
trade with the Oregon Department of Forestry in exchange
for 805 acres of state-owned land in the Ecola Creek
Watershed.
A $4 million bond measure, narrowly approved by
Cannon Beach voters, would pay for the private land.
All the planning paid off . Last September, the state
Board of Forestry approved a land exchange that resulted
in Cannon Beach’s ownership of what is known as the
Ecola Creek Forest Reserve.
The forest reserve connects to 220 acres of the Ecola
Creek W atershed already in city ownership. Cannon Beach
Mayor Mike Morgan said that the combined 1,025 acres is
nearly as large as the 1,300-acre Ecola State Park north of
Cannon Beach.
50 years ago — 1971
The executive committee of Astoria’s downtown plan
study committee settled on eight recommendations which
will be submitted to the Astoria Downtown Committee
before going to the Astoria Planning Commission and
Astoria City Council.
The recommendations include:
• T wo-way U.S. Highway 30 traffi c be established
along the south boundary of the Burlington Northern
railroad right-of-way, with ultimate relocation of U.S.
Highway 30 south of Astoria, behind the hills.
• M uch of the area acquired near the railroad to relo-
cate the highway should undergo civic development.
• O ff -street parking be provided on either side of Com-
mercial Street within one-half block of Commercial.
• That there be easy pedestrian and vehicle access to
the area north of the railroad tracks to encourage the
fullest utilization of the scenic waterfront.
• A shopping mall be developed on Commercial
Street with property and-or-business owners encour-
aged to improve the exterior of their buildings.
Although the priesthood is an all-the-time job,
Father Wilfred Wyff els, assistant priest at St.
Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church, doesn’t
see his work as confi ned in the church building.
Instead, he feels his calling is to the whole com-
munity — that means being out where people live
work and play.
Ecola Creek fl ows through the lush forest of the Ecola tract toward Cannon Beach in 2011.
Jewell high jumper Randi Harhart makes a 5-foot clearance
attempt, arching her back above the bar in 2011.
“People are persons,” he said. “Therefore, I
don’t simply deal with people because they are
Catholics or in order to sell Catholicism. I’m most
interested in helping people develop as people.
“The priest must walk a tightrope, leaving
himself open to criticism, for how can he know
what people are living, thinking, saying and
believing unless he is sharing in their common,
everyday experiences.
“One who hibernates in his room with a prayer
book and is not out communicating in every liv-
ing situation cannot be eff ective in the world of
today,” Wyff els said.
Rhonda Morrell, of Laurel, Mississippi, was named
Miss Tongue Point during ceremonies at the Job Corps
Center.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a
young man from rocks off Indian Beach at Ecola
State Park after receiving a report that the surf
was breaking over the rocks and over him.
Dennis Manning, 20, of Portland, suff ered
only minor scratches from the ordeal. He had
been surfi ng and became stranded on the rocks.
SALEM — Attorney General Lee Johnson fi led suit
today in Astoria to block construction of a 175-unit condo-
minium in Cannon Beach.
Johnson is claiming that the oceanfront hillside owned
by developers should be public property on the basis of
long-standing public use.
75 years ago — 1946
Health offi cers, following their campaign to immunize
Clatsop County individuals from smallpox, toured Wauna
and Westport, delivering vaccine shots to residents of the
upriver communities.
ILWACO, WASH. — Victor Estergreen, sea-
man fi rst class, stationed at Tongue Point, fell 60
feet from the brow of North Head to the jagged
Choreography and photography coupled with the
recorded score from ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ was used in
1971 by a group of Astoria residents.
rocks below, when he slipped while on a fi shing
trip on Saturday night. He was knocked uncon-
scious and suff ered severe injuries.
More than 100 years ago , a covered wagon arrived
in Astoria , coming up from the south. His feet dangling
over the buckboard, Orville Ewing, of Pritchett, Colorado,
drove into town along Taylor Avenue and staked out for
the night at 11th and Bond streets.
His wagon was propelled by an ox and a burro. Other
animals in the party were goats and dogs. The sound of
cackling coming from within suggested that there were
chickens.
Ewing rode his wagon to the San Francisco fair and
later shipped his outfi t to Colorado from where he headed
for the New York fair. From there he returned to Colorado,
a state where the burro is ideally suited for traveling in the
high altitudes.
If he remains long here, Ewing may pick up a few
ducks to add to his wares.
Trees will still be the big factor in the economic
life of Clatsop County in future generations if
modern forestry practices are adopted, Frank
Mackaness, agricultural agent for the Portland
General Electric Co., told the Astoria Rotary.
The great part of the land in the U.S. is adapted
to nothing but the growing of tree crops and sci-
entifi c research is necessary for future crops, he
said.
CHINOOK, Wash. — The oldest motor vehicle in
active service in the lower Columbia tonight will pass to
a new owner in the school gym in Chinook at ceremonies
directed by the Progressive Club of Chinook.
Proceeds from the disposal of the 32-year-old Ford fi re
truck will be used to purchase new fi re fi ghting equipment
and providing town lights in Chinook.
Years ago, the fi re truck, which has the copper radiator
and other claims to automotive antiquity, served as a fi re
truck in Raymond, Washington. Built in 1914, the truck
has wooden wheels and small tires.
Boat operators for the Astoria Salmon Derby
are exempted by law from the necessity of obtain-
ing boat operators’ licenses, according to U.S.
Coast Guard Adm. F. Zeusler.
H owever, the Coast Guard believes that “for
the protection of the public and in an endeavor
to prevent marine casualties, it is recommended
that moral suasion be used in inducing operators
to be licensed,” Zeusler said.
From left, Richard Balkins, Joseph Sakrisson and Larisa Zimmerman reconstruct two deteriorating sides of the North
Head Lighthouse barn in 2011.
Despite the end of the war and an anticipated slacking
off of postal traffi c in this area, the post offi ce in Astoria
noted the fi rst quarter of this year with a marked increase
in all types of p ostal business over the fi rst quarter of 1945,
according to fi gures released today by Postmaster Pearl
Euna Burke.