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About The Columbia press. (Astoria, Or.) 1949-current | View Entire Issue (May 29, 2020)
May 29, 2020 T he C olumbia P ress 5 Astoria Regatta names its 2020 court, despite cancellation of this year’s event Astoria Regatta’s directors cancelled all major events for 2020 even as it named this year’s Regetta Court. Five young women, in- cluding Warrenton’s Mara Dowaliby, who was named queen during last year’s fes- tivities, will represent area high schools during talks and other activities on behalf of the Regatta. “We are incredibly disap- pointed that we will not be Thoughts on the quarantine B y B ruCe d ustin The Columbia Press The best day I’ll remember is tomorrow. I know tomorrow is going to bring more grandiose things into my life. I go to sleep at night wondering if the big one will be tomorrow, or is it somewhere down the line. I don’t spend much time trea- suring the past, although I trea- sure it. I feel it’s over and gone. And is influencing who I am and what I do today. But I do feel strongly that to- morrow will greatly overshad- ow yesterday and today. Some- times, I feel a barely controllable trembling inside and have to stop thinking about tomorrow for fear I won’t finish today. There is that time in the day, though, when I start filing it away and begin anticipating to- morrow. It’s like being on a swing or sliding down a hill -- when you get the momentum going and your face busts through the air, eyes wide open, as wide as you can get them. It isn’t the hill behind me that excites me, or where I’ve been on the swing. It’s where I’m go- ing, what will happen in the val- leys, a feeling of flying into outer space, that excites me more than anything else. celebrating Regatta and likes to paint, this year,” association write, run, and go President Erik Thors- clamming, crabbing en said in making the and hunting. announcement. “Our • Gabrielle Mor- newly selected Regatta rill – Gabby attends Court, Regatta digni- Knappa High School taries and all our vol- and enjoys spending unteers were looking time with her family, Mara Zoey Mia Gabrielle Annalyse forward to creating a playing music at her Dowaliby Alexander McFadden Morrill Steele fantastic 2020 Regatta church, swimming celebration.” taries are Skip Hauke, admi- career as a speech therapist. and acting. Astoria Regatta, which cel- ral; Loran Mathews, admi- • Annalyse Steele – An- • Zoey Alexander – Zoey ebrates the region’s maritime ral’s aide; and grand marshals attends Seaside High School nalyse attends Astoria High culture and industry, is one Jon and Mary Jean Englund. and works at a local coffee School, where she is on the of the state’s oldest festivals, stand. She enjoys hiking, bi- cross country team and is vice 2020 r egatta C ourt dating to 1894. Regatta cele- president of the Key Club. She • Queen Mara Dowaliby cycle riding and reading. brations also were suspended – Mara graduates this year • Mia McFadden – Mia plays flute in the Columbia during World War I, World from Warrenton High School attends Warrenton High River Symphony and is active War II and after Astoria’s and plans to attend Oregon School and is the school’s in her church youth group. devastating fire of 1921. The young women will re- State University in the fall, photography manager. She This year’s Regatta digni- where she’ll work toward a plays softball and volleyball ceive scholarships.