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B1 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2021 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2021 • B1 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE COMPILED BY BOB DUKE From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago this week — 2011 C ANNON BEACH — Nearly a year after the dedication of Cannon Beach’s Lagoon Trail, it’s up for adoption. The mile-long, inner city trail between East Monroe and Second streets will be divided into 10 contiguous sections. The sections should be manageable for main- tenance projects done by individuals, families, friends or groups, said Barbara Linnett, chairwoman of the Friends of the Trail Committee. “It will be divided by easy-to-identify landmarks — from the kiosk to the bench, from the bench to the bridge, and so on,” Linnett said. Patterned after the Adopt-A-Highway program off ered by the Oregon Department of Transportation, the trail’s adopter project was developed by the Palette Group, a subcommittee of Friends of the Trail. EUGENE — On Saturday, the Astoria High School m arching b and and c olor guard trav- eled to the University of Oregon to compete in the 2011 Festival of Bands c ompetition. With only 28 members on the fi eld, they outscored the other eight bands in their divi- sion, winning the fi rst place trophy for single A c lass. This put them into the fi nals show for the fi rst time. Finals feature the top 15 bands from all divisions. The Astoria band then placed eighth over- all against the top bands . “What makes this special is the size of our band,” said band director Scott Cuthbert. “It is very diffi cult for a band our size to compete well against ‘normal’ size marching bands — but compete well they did, earning special accolades from all of the judges and roaring standing ovations from the specta- tors. They are very much the crowd favor- ites and we continue to receive tons of fan mail from parents, staff and members of other bands from all over the Northwest.” People and their dogs gather at the beach to participate in the 14th Annual Dog Show on the Beach in Cannon Beach in 2011. Haystack Rock is seen from a clearing on Haystack Hill in Cannon Beach in 2011. 50 years ago — 1971 Of the criticisms and doubts raised about the pro- posed aluminum-reduction plant in Warrenton, one mentioned frequently is that the Northwest can’t aff ord another aluminum plant if the region faces a power shortage. It’s certainly true that aluminum-reduction plants use lots of power — more than one-quarter of all elec- tricity in the Northwest, and, as of 1960, more than 4% of all power in the country. Big surges of electricity are used in reduction plants to convert granulated alumina and other ingredients into molten aluminum. As to the power shortage, Bernard Goldhammer, power manager for the Bonneville Power Adminis- tration, said the Northwest will face a serious scarcity only if there is signifi cant delay in construction of the Trojan nuclear plant and other power-generating facil- ities scheduled now in the Northwest. With Tillamook Head Lighthouse visible in the distance, a clammer uses the end of his shovel to search for signs of razor clams at low tide on Crescent Beach in Ecola State Park in 2011. As a means of policing the resort oper- ators who preyed on the traveling public, Kirkham proposed a code of ethics, publish- ing of rent charges and the identification of operators affiliated with the association. By building up a powerful membership, the association can impose its will on a few recalcitrant operators, Kirkham said . Port of Astoria Manager C.E. “Ted” Hodges criticized Tuesday night what he called “envi- ronmentalists who go off half-cocked” and said Clatsop County residents should encour- age new industry, particularly American Metal Climax. “AMAX is not the ideal industry but it is the only one we will get,” Hodges said. The Angora Hiking Club has proposed to Oregon’s c ongressional delegation and to Gov. Tom McCall that the actual tongue of the Tongue Point area be devel- oped into a public park. Reuben Jensen, the club’s president , has written to U.S. Rep. Wendell Wyatt, U.S. Sen. Robert Pack- wood, U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfi eld and McCall champi- oning Tongue Point’s park potential. The letter was accompanied by a folder containing a map of the pro- posed park area and aerial and surface photographs. 75 years ago — 1946 The waterfront has something to chuckle about, but is enjoying its fun discreetly when Capt. Frank E. Craig is nearby. “The old man ran her aground,” is the story whis- pered around. This whispering is about the pilot schooner Colum- bia running on the lower end of Sand I sland Friday morning. At the time, the schooner was outbound, tak- ing Capt. K.P. Parker, bar pilot, to board the heavy cruiser Fall River. A mariner of the old days, Craig, master of the Columbia, checked on the course and went down in the galley for a cup of coff ee. Tongue Point seen from the air in 1971. The Astoria High School marching band and color guard perform at the Festival of Bands at the University of Oregon in 2011. Birds gather around a power pole in Astoria in 1971. In the strong fl ood, the pilot schooner was carried to the edge of Sand I sland. She grounded by the stern, fast on the sandy bottom of a channel cut across the island. Swallowing his professional pride, like a cup of bit- ter coff ee, Craig called for U.S. Coast Guard assistance. The Coast Guard rubbed its eyes and wondered what the world was coming to. Craig is respected as a skipper who keeps his ship on course just like the Spo- kane, Portland & Seattle Railway keeps its trains on the track. The visibility was bad, but the C oast G uard motor lifeboat Triumph located the Columbia in her agony. In about an hour, the Columbia fl oated and sailed, with Craig at the wheel. The tourist industry is menaced from within by unscrupulous operators in the resort busi- ness who jack up prices and off er poor service at high cost to the vacationing public. This criticism of the industry was made by Arthur Kirkham, of Portland, who spoke to the 1946 convention of the Oregon Coast A ssociation at Gearhart on Sunday night. The Port of Astoria in 1971. Announcement by the U.S. M aritime C ommission in Washington, D.C., that it will spend $1.4 million for development of a permanent reserve fleet site in Astoria means that development of the Youngs Bay site for a reserve merchant fleet base is assured, chamber of commerce officials declared today. This will bring a billion dollars worth of reserve merchant ships to Astoria for permanent storage and mean a large, permanent payroll of 500 or more men for maintenance of these ships, the chamber said. One of the less lordly fish of the Columbia River was honored this morning when Uncle Sam’s fighting fish, the USS Catfish, nosed into the river . In her wake sailed the Fall River, a heavy cruiser with a raked bow. She is of a late class. This vessel retains, however, the time-honored tradition of the U.S. N avy. As she slowly moved upstream in the channel, with a river pilot aboard, there was a blue jacket in the chains, handling a sounding line. A former naval officer on the dock at the pilot station explained that the sounding was done out of tradition and custom and that no one really listened to the leadman’s depths. The Fall River attracted small crowds to the dock. She is bound, with the submarine, for Portland to observe Navy Day.