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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021
THE ASTORIAN
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TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 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
hat exactly constitutes or qualiﬁ es as a sports
dynasty?
Because with their 4-1 victory over North
Valley in the 4A state championship baseball game,
the Astoria Fishermen can now rightfully claim — or
should be able to make a strong case for — the dynasty
label.
One deﬁ nition: “A sports dynasty is a team that domi-
nates their sport or league for multiple seasons or years.
Such dominance is often only realized in retrospect.”
Yep, that pretty much describes Fishermen baseball.
When Astoria won a state title in 2006, no one knew
it at the time, but the Fishermen weren’t just a “one year
wonder.” They had signed up for the deluxe dynasty
package.
Five years later, the numbers back it up: Three state
championships, ﬁ ve appearances in the title game and
six straight Final Four appearances, with a league
record (88-2) that may never be equaled over a six-year
span.
The fact is, no team in the history of Oregon high
school baseball has put together a six-year span like
that of the Astoria Fishermen.
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“Goonies never say die.”
One of the most popular lines from the 1985
ﬁ lm classic; one line that lives on in Astoria on
the 26th anniversary.
“The Goonies” celebrated the milestone on
Tuesday — the day the movie made its debut
in theaters — and marked the launch of the
Oregon Film Museum’s second phase, which
includes long-term, interactive exhibits.
That second phase would not be complete
without new Goonies movie memorabilia,
including a replica of the Fratelli’s Jeep. The
museum includes a “hot set,” with interactive
movie sets to ﬁ lm a scene.
Fans got a sneak peak of the second phase
Tuesday. Around 20 people came for the preview.
“It’s kind of unreal. I can’t believe this day has
ﬁ nally come,” said Astoria senior Bronson Gardner fol-
lowing the senior awards and scholarships event at the
Liberty Theatre.
Ninety-four graduates received more than $1.6 mil-
lion in scholarships — the largest amount in the history
of Astoria High School.
“It is a very special evening for Astoria,” said Larry
Lockett, Astoria High School principal. “We brought
our most prized possession, our graduates, into the
jewel of Astoria, the Liberty Theatre. It is the perfect
setting for the perfect event. All these graduates have
excelled academically, artistically and athletically.
They are so intelligent. I am very proud of the Class
of 2011.”
50 years ago — 1971
More than 230 Astoria High School seniors received
diplomas Friday night at ceremonies held in the high
school gym before a packed audience.
Lestor Spoﬀ ord, school board chairman, handed
seniors their diplomas. Dan Cliﬀ ord, the senior class
president, read the list of graduates.
The 2011 4A state baseball champion Astoria Fishermen show oﬀ their hardware after slaying the Knights of North
Valley 4-1.
‘Here’s Johnny!’ announces David Rule, of Seattle, while
re-enacting the famous scene from ‘The Shining’ and
being recorded by Noah Beasley, of Seattle, inside the
new hot set exhibit at the Oregon Film Museum in 2011.
The landing attack cargo ship, USS Mobile, arrived at Astoria in 1971 for an overnight stay while en route to the Portland
Rose Festival.
Legion Department of Oregon.
The cruiser Astoria set sail for Puget Sound
after a 46-hour visit in Astoria. T he ship’s 75
oﬃ cers and 770 men were ready before they
left to sing the praises of the entertainment
provide by Astoria citizens.
Eight diplomas and 80 associate degrees
will be awarded at Clatsop Community Col-
lege commencement ceremonies on Friday in
the college auditorium.
Clatsop County graduates number 33 from
Astoria, ﬁ ve from Seaside, seven from Knappa,
six from Warrenton and two from Hammond.
Twenty-four graduates are from elsewhere in
Oregon, ﬁ ve from Washington, six from other
states and one from Nigeria.
One of the largest raft of peeler ﬁ r logs, the qual-
ity product of Oregon forests, is now waiting scaling in
the Wallooskee River. It is estimated to contain about
750,000 feet. This raft is one of seven peel er rafts and
40 other miscellaneous rafts taken out of the scattered
stands of timber near Jewell by the Larson Logging
Co., which is operated by Carl Larson and Fred Hart-
strom. Just at the end of the year, the company took out
a peeler raft containing 502,000 feet.
At the price for peeler logs, the latest raft is valued
at almost $30,000. The butt logs range in diameter from
54 to 80 inches. Previous peeler rafts have been pur-
chased by the Harbor Plywood company of Aberdeen,
Washington. Other rafts of non-peeler type have gone
to the Longview Fibre Co.
The Green Beret soldiers following the Lewis and
Clark Expedition’s route to the Paciﬁ c Ocean are report-
edly in the Dakotas. The Associated Press reported that
the 25-member group had left Omaha.
The men are on a route that is to take them along the
Missouri River through the central Dakotas, to Mon-
tana in Three Forks then overland to Fort Missoula, on
to the Snake River and then into the Columbia. They
are set to arrive in Astoria around Sept. 5.
Work leading to renovation and improve-
ments of the Astoria Yacht Club area boat
ramp began recently through Clatsop County
funds acquired from the state marine agency
on a matching basis. The county road depart-
ment has been doing some of the preliminary
work.
Some of the biggest ﬁ sh stories ever to come out of
Astoria are likely to develop as the governors of two
states and the Lions Clubs of two cities participate in
the ﬁ rst annual Fish-In, sponsored by the Astoria Lions
Club.
In the two-way salmon ﬁ shing derby, Gov. Tom
McCall of Oregon will vie against Gov. Cecil Andrus
of Idaho. T he massed forces of the Lions Club of Boise
and the Astoria Lions Club will compete for angling
supremacy.
All persons aboard a disabled charter ﬁ sh-
ing boat were reported safe after the vessel
struck a submerged object and grounded on
the northwest corner of Clatsop Spit, accord-
ing to the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria.
75 years ago — 1946
The ﬁ rst commercial canning of rockﬁ sh on the
Paciﬁ c coast will begin at the Sebastian-Stewart Fish
Co. c annery as soon as the ﬁ sh come in.
Announcement of canning the ﬁ sh was made by H.C.
Making a gutsy decision to tag up from third base on a
ball hit to shallow right ﬁ eld, Astoria’s Jacob Davis slides
into home ahead of the tag by North Valley’s Joe Schmoll
in the state championship game in 2011.
The 82-foot U.S. Coast Guard cutter Point Bennett held
open house in Astoria in 1971 while en route from her
home port of Port Townsend to the Portland Rose Festival.
Timmerman, local manager of the ﬁ rm which recently
completed building a new modern cannery at the foot
of Ninth Street. Volume of the pack will be determined
by the demand of the product on the market. Timmer-
man said he was proceeding with plans for substantial
production.
Timmerman said he would pay 5 ½ cents a pound
for rockﬁ sh.
Astorians are much interested in the war-
ship that bears the city’s name, judging from
the crowds of them who swarmed aboard Sun-
day evening at Pier 2 of the Port of Astoria ter-
minals after the vessel docked.
The Astoria arrived from the Portland Rose
Festival.
Immediately, she was boarded by an oﬃ -
cial welcoming party including Mayor Orval
Eaton; P eter Cosovich, president of the cham-
ber of commerce; Frank Berg, chamber of
commerce naval aﬀ airs committee chairman;
and Neil Morﬁ tt, captain of the American
Raising of the 800-ton sunken minesweeper
AM 360 in the Tongue Point ship anchor-
age will begin on Friday, according to sal-
vage plans of Marine Contractors Co., which
is engaged in salvaging the 180-foot partially
completed war vessel.
The steel hull will be buoyed by pumping
air into her compartments. A maximum lift of
more than 400 tons can be furnished by the der-
rick barge Cairo, the largest craft of its kind in
the world. This barge was recently acquired by
Marine Contractors Co. and remains in com-
mand of its wartime skipper, Bill Karvonen,
formerly of Clatskanie. Salvage of the mine-
sweeper is the ﬁ rst civilian job undertaken by
the Cairo.
The U.S. Maritime Commission has authorized the
establishment in Youngs Bay of a permanent mooring
site for 500 vessels of its reserve merchant ﬂ eet.
The maritime commission is understood to have
taken ﬁ nal action on approval of the Youngs Bay site at
a meeting in Washington, D.C., earlier this week.
Establishment of the mooring site in Youngs Bay
will bring to Astoria a payroll estimated at around 750
men for the next two years and around 500 men there-
after on a permanent basis to care for and maintain the
ships; and annual payroll of around $2 million.
The ships will be kept in “live storage” status and
will not constitute a boneyard, for the ships must be
kept in condition to be put into service at once. The pro-
gram of maintenance for the ships will be comparable
to the U.S. Navy’s program for keeping its 19th ﬂ eet
ships at Tongue Point in condition for immediate ser-
vice if required.