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Business and development tidbits
Se n io r
Mo m e n ts
with Emma Edwards
How hair helped us stay in touch
Recently, I got to thinking
about how long Good House-
keeping magazine has been in
my life.
The first issue was pub-
lished by Hearst Magazines
on May 2, 1885, almost 150
years ago. It has mostly fea-
tured articles of interest to
women and a key component
has been product testing.
An article in the June 24
issue by Becca Miller was
brought to my attention. It
is about how families and
others can stay close, even
during times of separation.
Upon reading it, I realized
separation anxiety can affect
all of us, no matter our age or
gender, but communication
is especially important for the
elderly. And especially during
our limited visitation orders
due to the pandemic.
The story provided informa-
tion about an interactive ap-
plication that can help fam-
ilies have a fun virtual game
night that also will help them
stay connected.
The article can be found on-
line by searching for “I threw
a houseparty with my par-
ents.”
In one of my nostalgic
moods, I thought of how one
of my friends and I used to
give each other Toni perma-
nents. In doing research, I
found that home permanent
kits still are available and for
reasonable prices, to boot.
We women used to solve a lot
of the world’s problems as we
spent the day perming each
other’s hair.
Many fun things such as
Toni paper dolls grew out
of that industry. In fact, I
learned recently that the 1953
Toni dolls are selling online
for $75 to $150 each. Yes, the
Toni perms were quite a nec-
essary product back in those
days.
And talk about hair, I re-
member how special a wid-
ow’s peak was, and probably
still is these days.
Doing research, I learned
it’s described as the hairline
in the center of the forehead
with varying degrees of the
peak.
It has not only been de-
scribed as a mark of beauty,
but also as a “dominant in-
herited trait,” not so com-
mon, but found in both gen-
ders.
While we are having fun
with our hairlines, it would
be remiss of me not to men-
tion the pesky “cowlick”
common to many. Early on, I
learned that my stylist had to
deal with my cowlick.
Usually, our hair grows
from one central point and
grows straight out from the
growth point.
However, as in my situa-
tion (and common to many),
there is a portion on one part
of my scalp that, if the hair
is cut wrong by the stylist, it
will grow straight up in the
air. It’s called a cowlick, as
some of you know the way a
mother cow likes to lick her
young in sort of a swirl mo-
tion!
“Housekeeping ain’t no
joke,” attributed to Louisa
May Alcott, is a Good House-
keeping quote from years
ago.
But here is another from El-
eanor Roosevelt that I think
is good, too: “There are prac-
tical little things in house-
keeping which no man really
understands.”
a viation repair Business
Port of Astoria commis-
sioners approved a new lease
on the executive hangar at
Astoria Regional Airport that
previously had been rented
by Life Flight, which recently
completed its new headquar-
ters elsewhere at the airport.
Varlay Aviation, owned by
Warrenton resident Steve
Varlay, is the new tenant.
Varlay is an airframe and
powerplant mechanic li-
censed by the Federal Avia-
tion Administration.
“I believe the use is a very
good one for the airport,”
Airport Director Gary Kobes
said.
Varlay will pay the port
$699 per month to lease the
hangar.
f uture port asset ?
The state has asked port au-
thorities if they might be in-
terested in buying a building
at East Mooring Basin in As-
toria that once was used as a
seafood laboratory by Oregon
State University.
The building, last used as
a veterinary clinic, has been
empty for a while.
The port has arranged for a
walk-through of the building,
Executive Director Will Isom
told port commissioners on
Tuesday.
g earhart f ire
Residents of Gearhart have
spoken and they’d like to see
their new fire station built on
North Marion Avenue.
The new Highpoint Station
would be more than 60 feet
high.
Property negotiations are
under way, Mayor Matty
Brown said, and building es-
timate are being finalized.
The high building at the
chosen location – one of
three recommendations –
would survive 95 percent of
tsunami flooding scenarios,
Brown said.
g earhart parks
The city recently received a
$15,000 grant from Oregon
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment to develop a parks and
recreation master plan. The
gift requires a $4,000 match
from the city.
A citizens advisory commit-
tee appointed by the mayor
met for the first time Tuesday
night.
They’ll be tasked with as-
sessing park facilities and
their maintenance; ensuring
the needs of underserved
populations, such as the el-
derly and disabled, are met;
coordinating bike and walk-
ing trails; and identifying fu-
ture funding sources.
The process is expected to
take a year to a year and a
half.
Skipanon: Flood-control agency to disband
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With only Bruce Francis and
Robert Stricklin left, there ar-
en’t enough board members to
call for a vote.
County commissioners are
tasked with deciding whether
the dissolution is in the best
interest of the county and its
residents and whether it would
be possible to find people will-
ing to serve on the board.
The district has two major as-
sets: a flood-control structure
at Cullaby Lake and the Eighth
Street Dam. The district also
has $40,000 to $50,000 in the
bank, which would go to the
county for asset maintenance
and dissolution costs.
The money also could fund
placing the question on the
November ballot.
“You definitely could make
the case that they have failed
to regularly elect board mem-
bers,” said Joanna Lyons-Ant-
ley, a lawyer working on behalf
of the county. “If you choose
to forego an election, you’d
immediately go to (the next)
step.”
County Commissioner Liane
Thompson said the predica-
ment is unusual.
“It’s all new territory to me.
I’m puzzling about precedent,”
Thompson said. “I know there
was a lot of consternation in
Warrenton about that dam and
I don’t know if there are any
implications. I don’t want any-
body to get tripped up on this.”
The county will schedule an-
other meeting on the issue and
invite Warrenton officials to
join.
Last September, members of
the district’s governing board
told county commissioners
they were ready to disband,
saying the current board had
served multiple terms and no
one else would step up to the
plate.
The county would become
owner of the Cullaby Lake
flood-control structure, which
was remodeled in 2007. The
city of Warrenton would be-
come owner of the Eighth
Street Dam, an earthen struc-
ture beneath a dirt bridge that
has been the subject of political
and legal battles in the last de-
cade.
The district has insisted the
1960s-era dam is obsolete. It
has no overflow spillway, does
nothing to prevent flooding,
and the removal of its tide
gates in 2002 improved fish
passage.
Some city leaders and resi-
dents have worried removing
the tide gates created a flood
risk. But when the city asked
the Army Corps of Engineers
for direction, it learned new
environmental rules would
bar the city from returning the
removed gates to the dam or
replacing them with the same
type. And installing approved
gates that facilitate fish pas-
sage would be expensive.