T he C olumbia P ress
October 19, 2018
Americana art is Polish immigrant’s specialty
“America is a Great
Place to Live,” a variety
of paintings by Justy-
na Kisielewicz, opens
the 2018-19 exhibition
season at Clatsop Com-
munity College’s Royal
Nebeker Gallery, 1799
Lexington Ave., Astoria.
Kisielewicz won the
solo show award for
the Au Naturel exhibit,
which runs through Nov.
1.
A reception for the art-
ist was held Oct. 18. The
exhibit is free and open to the
public.
Kisielewicz, originally from
Poland, now lives in Califor-
nia. She received her mas-
ter’s degree in fine arts from
the Academy of Fine Arts in
Warsaw.
Her work has been fea-
tured in many magazines,
including Elle, Harper’s
Bazaar, Glamour, Busi-
ness Insider and Paint
Pulse. She has exhibited
her work nationally and
internationally and was
granted an EB1-1 visa, or
green card, for extraordi-
nary abilities in the arts.
The paintings includ-
ed in the exhibit tell the
story of her life’s jour-
ney, beginning with her
childhood fascination of
and longing for America.
“America for me is
about clean water, forests,
wildlife, birds, flowers and
plants,” she said.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. weekdays.
Mayor’s Message
by Henry Balensifer
Owning marina just the beginning for Hammond
This week’s Mayor’s Mes-
sage is about the Hammond
Marina Task Force, but be-
fore I get into that, I thought
you’d like to hear some fun
history about the former
twown of Hammond.
Originally
incorporated
in 1899 as New Astoria, the
townspeople voted to change
the name in 1915 to Ham-
mond, after Andrew B. Ham-
mond.
Before the name change,
Andrew had enthralled the
town with a proposal to build
a major sawmill in the city
and, after receiving a major
subsidy of cash and land from
some Astoria businessmen,
he began making plans for a
great city.
Unfortunately, despite the
honor of having a city named
after him and receiving land
and cash subsidies, Andrew
Hammond decided to buy
a mill in the Alderbrook/
Tongue Point area instead of
investing in his namesake.
Since timber was not to be
in Hammond, it capitalized
on its ocean proximity and
became a fishing town and
its economy has largely been
tied to its marina ever since.
In the early 1990s, the town
of Hammond disincorporat-
ed and was annexed into the
city of Warrenton.
With Congress forcing the
Army Corps of Engineers to
transfer its long-held owner-
ship of the marina to the city,
the city commission decided
to appoint a task force, led by
Commissioner Pam Ackley,
to look at the property and
determine the best way to re-
vitalize the marina, as well as
Hammond’s downtown.
They reviewed the previous
and current marina master
plans, economic conditions
in fishing and recreation, and
determined what businesses
would be feasible and a good
fit.
Her task force’s report will
be posted on the city website
soon, but here’s a sneak peek:
• Dredging is paramount.
This will cost up to $1.2 mil-
lion (the city already has
budgeted over $700,000) in
the near term. After dredg-
ing, dock improvements and
bank stabilization should be
prioritized.
•Development should follow
a design standard that evokes
the town history and provides
a sense of place for residents
and visitors alike, an example
of such a look would be the
old Point Adams Coast Guard
Station (now NOAA’s Field
Biological Station).
• We need to develop the
boardwalk and Seafarers
Park. Add more benches and
connect the Warrenton Wa-
terfront Trail System to the
Fort Stevens Trail System.
There were more recom-
mendations than I have col-
umn inches to write, but
stay tuned as this is only the
beginning of the work to im-
prove the Hammond area.
7
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
Hopis sentenced to Alcatraz
Oct. 19, 1645: After four
years of war, the Hudson
River Valley Indians and the
Dutch agree to peacefully co-
exist.
Oct. 20, 1754: The French
and Indian War erupts due
to disputes over land in the
Ohio River Valley. George
Washington had led a small
group of American colonists
to victory over the French in
May and then built Fort Ne-
cessity in the Ohio territory.
Two months later, the fort
was attacked by the French
and Washington surrendered
it and retreated.
Oct. 21, 1867: The largest
U.S.-Indian conference to
date begins near Medicine
Lodge Creek at Fort Dodge,
Kan. Signers of the Kiowa
and Comanche Treaty in-
clude Satanta, Satank, Black
Bird, Kicking Bird and Lone
Bear. The United States is
represented by Commis-
sioner N.G. Taylor, William
Harney, C.C. Augur, Alfred
H. Terry, John B. Sanborn,
Samuel F. Tappan. and J. B.
Henderson.
Oct. 22, 1813: The Creek
War is instigated by Gen. An-
drew Jackson, who sought
to end Creek resistance and
obtain their land for the U.S.
government. The Creek Na-
tion was defeated and lost 14
million acres, or two-thirds
of their tribal lands. Soldiers
cut off noses to make it eas-
ier to count the Creek dead,
piling up 557. It was the sin-
gle largest land grab in the
Southeast.
Oct. 23, 1895: Chief Loma-
hongyoma and 18 other Hopi
Indians are sent to Alcatraz
for their resistance to farm
on individual plots away from
the mesas and for refusing to
send their children to govern-
ment boarding schools.
Oct. 24, 1785: U.S. rep-
resentatives attempt to hold
a treaty conference with the
Creek Indians, but few attend
the meeting.
Oct. 25, 1805: The Chero-
kee sign a treaty with Return
Meigs on the Duck River at
Tellico, covering land north
of the Tennessee River in
Kentucky and middle Ten-
nessee.
Ellis is an author and his-
torian working on a book
about American Indians.