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deep slough between the pussy willows growing along the
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sure when some good fairy left an armful of the little gray
blooms on my back steps. This time they’ll share space with
camellias or daffodils. What a nice surprise. Thank you,
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that casket. After all we heard the following few days about
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had already gone to his reward, which should be consider-
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the North Coast Symphonic Band concert in Astoria. It’s
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master of the baton. He’s so full of suppressed energy; so
precise in his starts and stops — always a thrill to watch.
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been and gone a couple of weeks ago? It was probably a Fat
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but didn’t get the chance.
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Vendors at the Ghost Conference.
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o the guy who slapped the Trump bumper
stick on the back of my 2004 Audi A4, ha ha
ha. Who’s outside of Sunset Family Fitness in
Seaside at 7 a.m. with an inclination to do such
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looking for the Trump SEEN FROM SEASIDE
supporter in Clatsop
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a team of campaign workers placing guerrilla bumper stick-
ers on people’s cars.
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If that was a lousy way to start the day last Thursday, but
things got better fast. First of all it was beautiful in Seaside,
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little less than a year ago, all sun and blue sky and clean air
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sured us that the project is still on schedule to be completed
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This week they’re working on the curbs, the last step
prior to asphalt going on.
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ley said.
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Hood to ‘ghost’
Also looking for treasures of a different kind recently
were attendees of the Oregon Coast Conference.
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He and other occultists were poking around Seaside’s mys-
tical past, present and future in a fair that presented astrol-
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than Seaside.
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quickly learned of the city’s ghostly lore — enough so that
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spots of interest.
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county sheriff, a Seaside constable and his deputy.
With a little help from the Seaside Historical Society,
Smith gleaned the story of an itinerant named Charles Wil-
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the arson of the home of a U.S. senator, Charles Fulton.
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constable got shot in the leg — then Willard gets back up.
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more help, but each time they realize Willard’s hanging on.
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Charles W. Fulton, a U.S. senator who played a role in a
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object, be it a book or some-
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and tragic end — can be found on ghostweb.com.
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bumper a sticker on an inno-
cent bystander’s car? That’s I’d like to know who affi xed
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found the gold coin instead!
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since all three applied for and were hired as Deputy Dis-
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unbiased judge for the people of Clatsop County.
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Josh Marquis
Astoria
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