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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021
THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021 • B1
WATER UNDER
THE BRIDGE
COMPILED BY BOB DUKE
From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers
10 years ago
this week — 2011
M
omentum is again gathering at one of Warren-
ton’s busiest development sites — the North
Coast Business Park.
In the last month, three land sales at the site are signaling
that more retail is on its way, bringing more shopping and
jobs to Clatsop County residents.
The buyers are a Eugene-based company that operates
Taco Bell restaurants throughout Oregon; Ken Leahy, a
developer known in the county for his Bradwood Landing
property; and AutoZone Inc., the nation’s largest auto sup-
ply company.
The county still owns roughly 195 acres remaining of the
park. In May 2009, it sold 75 acres for $8.6 million to North
Coast Retail, which has since been readying spaces for sale
and development.
They look like a team from “Ghostbusters.”
But it’s not ghosts they’re after.
They’re after leaks of hazardous materials, like
ammonia in Astoria Pacifi c Seafoods, and they’re
determined to fi x it.
But this time, it was just a drill.
Eight members of the local hazmat team partic-
ipated in hazardous material training at Pier 2 at
the Port of Astoria.
“We set up our decontamination and the team
has to go into the building and determine what is
leaking and what they need to do to fi x the leak,”
said Astoria Deputy Fire Chief Steve Straily.
Did you know that Clatsop County grew by 1,400 peo-
ple in 10 years?
And during that period the Hispanic and Latino commu-
nity multiplied by almost 80%?
Or how the amount of unoccupied housing — that’s
homes in foreclosure, for sale, for rent or second homes
— continues to increase.
If you checked the 2010 c ensus, you would learn these
details — and more.
After months of waiting, Oregon information is being
released.
Not all of the details are available.
But the fi rst batch of information has been released.
Among some of the most startling of the statistics: the His-
panic community fl ourished by more than 1,200 people
while at the same time the Asian and African American com-
munities have not grown by much.
The Seaside and Astoria Ford Junior State
b aseball teams staged the fi rst Clatsop Clash
showdown of the summer at Aiken Field.
And with two stellar pitching performances, the
Fishermen made off with a clean sweep, scoring a
7-1 win over the Gulls in the fi rst game, followed
by a 7-5 decision in the nonleague second game.
With the exception of one inning, the Seaside
batters were baffl ed for most of the night against
Astoria Ford pitchers Conor Harber and Andrew
Bergeson.
Astoria Ford’s William James slides home to score on a wild pitch as Seaside’s Soren Johansson runs to cover the plate in
2011.
According to Bob Ziak, “someone stole a creek.”
Ziak, now a well-known Knappa spokesperson on ecol-
ogy, also wants the creek culprit held fi nancially responsible
for the alleged theft.
The outspoken Knappa resident isn’t kidding about the
incident. H e recommended to the Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners that they turn the matter over to the district
attorney for possible criminal prosecution. And he insinu-
ated that if the county didn’t act, then outside legal assistance
would be forthcoming.
75 years ago — 1946
Construction of U.S. Bank in Astoria in 1971.
50 years ago — 1971
Two men drowned and another person was hospitalized
in incidents on the northern Oregon and southern Washing-
ton state coasts on Saturday.
It was one of the busiest weekends of the year for U.S.
Coast Guard in Astoria , with 47 cases handled during one
weekend.
Some 300 members of the Local 780 Carpen-
ters, Pile Drivers and Shipwrights District Coun-
cil, including Clatsop and Tillamook counties,
have joined a two-state strike stemming from a
four-week old contract dispute.
An offi cial from the Oregon Council of Car-
penters said that 10,500 carpenters in Oregon
and southwest Washington planned to strike
today after failing to reach a settlement on a new
contract.
FORT PECK, Mont. — A group of Green Berets follow-
ing the 167-year-old trail of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
have reached Montana during their trip to the Pacifi c Ocean.
The 25 man detachment from Fort Bragg, North Caro-
lina, has been navigating the Missouri River in 16-foot mil-
itary assault boats.
Demolition on the old Westport school in 1971.
Gina Sutcliff e, 7, eats a huge helping of strawberry
shortcake smothered with whipped cream at the annual
Strawberry Festival at the Olney Grange in 1971.
The men are expected to continue through the city of
Great Falls and past Montana’s capitol, Helena, by boat to
the headwaters of the Missouri.
It was quiet at the Port of Astoria this morning
as Local 50 members of the International Long-
shore and Warehouse Union joined in a three-state
union strike of 24 ports.
The strike of Oregon, Washington and Cali-
fornia ports was called after contract negotiations
broke off in San Francisco. The union’s fi ve-year
pact with the Pacifi c Maritime Association expired
on Wednesday, with 15,000 Pacifi c coast union
workers ready to mount picket lines.
Authority to issue temporary revocable permission for
the Port of Astoria to conduct civilian and commercial fl y-
ing at the Astoria naval air station was received by air station
authorities Tuesday.
Word came offi cially that the Bureau of Yards and Docks
in Washington, D.C., had authorized the commanding offi -
cer of naval air bases to issue authority to the air station com-
mander to enter into agreement with the Port on details of
the operation.
The Port notifi ed the Navy that it was unable to accept its
off er of joint use of the Astoria naval airport.
R.R. Bartlett, port manager, explained that a provision
in the proposed agreement required the Port to assume full
responsibility for the hangar, buildings and other properties
it had asked to be turned over to the Port in connection with
operation of private and commercial planes. In the event of
fi re, the Port would be obligated to replace the hangar, which
cost $400,000, and other buildings. Insurance costs would
be prohibitive under the circumstances, Bartlett said.
More than 75 Clatsop County dairymen and
their wives were special guests Wednesday noon at
Amato’s for the 12th annual Dairy Day dinner pro-
gram sponsored by the Astoria and Seaside cham-
bers of commerce. Astoria City Manager James
O. Convill presided at the meeting, introducing
the speakers of the occasion and the distinguished
visitors from out of town, who included George
Olson, manager of the Independent Milk Produc-
ers Association of Portland, and A.B Caples, fi eld
representative of the Oregon State Agricultural
Department.
Olson brought the Clatsop County milk pro-
ducers the greetings of the Portland organization
and paid high tribute to the work that has been
done in developing the dairy industry locally, par-
ticularly the market milk section under the direc-
tion of Eugene Chadwich, milk sanitarian for Sea-
side and Astoria.
SOUTH BEND, Wash. — Local oyster-on-the-half shell
experts believe George D. Coma is the new world champion
bivalve-cracker.
Coma shucked 81 gallons of fresh Pacifi c oysters at the
Haines company plant in one eight hour shift, making $40.50
and beating his own previous local record of 69.5 gallons.
Speaking to an aggregation of merchant stu-
dents on tourist relations, M.R. Chessman, pub-
lisher of The Astorian-Budget, outlined the three
tourist attractions of the Clatsop County area
when he appeared before the group on Friday
night at the Clatsop County Courthouse. He was
the second featured speaker to appear before the
newly-formed Astoria tourist school.
The county’s rich historical background, the
Pacifi c Northwest’s most valuable fi shing cen-
ter and the county’s beach resorts are the three
main features the county has to point out to visi-
tors, Chessman said. T here are other attractions,
such as timber and mountain streams, similar to
other Oregon tourist centers, he said. However,
the three main features are the ones that should be
concentrated on in relations with visitors, Chess-
man continued.
As most of the merchants assembled were
familiar with Chessman’s three topics, he laid
the most emphasis on the fi rst feature, Clatsop
County’s historical background. He devoted
most of his talk to an explanation of origin
of the nomenclature of the county’s famil-
iar landmarks, including the countless Indige-
nous names which have been attached to rivers,
mountains and hamlets of the county.