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The Year in Review 1999-2000 CONSTRUCTION

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Robley Mangold, President Cheri Folk, Vice Pres.

W. Louis Larson, Secretary Ward Cook, Treasurer Ted Natt - in memoriam Jerry L. Ostermiller, Executive Director

Board of Trustees Graham Barbey Dennis Bjork Peter Brix* Richard T. Carruthers * Dan Dutton Jon Englund Fred Fields J.W. 'Bud' Forrester, Jr.*. . mmemonam Walter Gadsby, Jr. Alan C. Goudy E.H. (Ted) Halton, Jr. Don M. Haskell Senator Mark Hatfield S. Kenneth Kim Captain Rod Leland Don Magnusen Thomas F. Martin James McClasky Duane McDougall John McGowan * Don Morden Ken M. Novack Larry Perkins Jack Schiffer Hugh Seppa Charles Shea Senator Sid Snyder June Spence Joseph Tennant Willis Van Dusen Bruce Ward Samuel C. Wheeler Harold Wilde Ted Zell * Trustee Emeritus

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Last winter I remember a late-night talk.show host musing about what kind of year we were in for. There was talk of the "New Millennium" and getting rich without working by investing in "tech stocks." I even remember someone saying we would meet a comet head-on, and the world would come to an end. It was, after all, the "New Millennium."

Aside from putting new batteries in our flashlights, this past year was as far from the end of the world as one could imagine. For the Columbia River Maritime Museum the past 12 months have been nothing short of phenomenal! Our Board of Directors voted to move ahead forcefully with our well thought-out Capital Campaign and begin construction and renovation of the building.

Within a month of that decision, we received $500,000 from the Ford Family Foundation and met our $5 million project goal.

Three years of architectural planning resulted in the final construction drawings.

We bid the project, value engineered it, and then we rebid it to get the best possible price and the highest quality general contractor.

Constrnction contracts have worked their way through rigorous local design review committees. Finally, the long-awaited

permits have been issued. Meanwhile, we are working on research and designs for the new exhibits.

Throughout all this unbelievable extra work, the Museum finished another great year with many worthy accomplishments. We purchased the last remaining pieces ofland from the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad. This land will complete the campus that RolfKlep, our founder, only dreamed about. Our tour ship operations have expanded to the point that the City of Astoria is building another addition to the docks. Our visitation has remained strong and our store sales are excellent. Best of all, our educational programs are now reaching thousands of children and adults. These programs are innovative, exciting, thought-provoking, and of the highest quality.

Finally, we have completed another year financially in the black. The conservative, yet forward-looking vision of our Board of Directors has led us through one of our most challenging years ever.

This year will no doubt be remembered as one of our most remarkable. And next year will certainly prove to be even more outstanding. After all, this year was just the first year ofthe ''New Millennium." It is only appropriate, then, that we should be moving full steam ahead.

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2000 in Review The year 2000 was a year of "firsts" for the Columbia River Maritime Museum.

We brought out our first CDRO Ms, our first book, and we celebrated the beginning of our expansion and renovation project with a groundbreaking ceremony.

Finally, we reached the $5 million mark for that project.

"BZ CRMM" read the flags on November 17, signaling "Well done, Columbia River Maritime Museum" in naval code. Close to 100 well-wishers gathered on the plaza for the Museum's groundbreaking ceremony, marking the beginning of our long-awaited expansion and renovation project. The Museum will stay open throughout the construction process. In fact, we are showcasing project plans with models and sketches in the lobby and the Great Hall.

With the gift of$500,000 from the Ford Family Foundation, the Museum reached the $5 million mark for the building renovation and expansion. Thanks to several large grants and generous donations from you, the Museum has started construction work on the building as well as the design of four exciting new interactive exhibits.

An American Journey: Photographs fivm the CRR1 Collection is an interactive computer disk (CD-ROM) that uses 250 images selected from the 3,000 photographs donated to the Museum by the Columbia River Packers Association. It tells the history of the fishing industry in Astoria during the 1940s. The CD has proved to be extremely The Quarterdeck, Vol. 27 No. I

popular with the public- over 300 copies have been sold to date.

The Museum's other CD-ROM, The Columbia River Bar, tells the story of one of the most dangerous bars in the world through interviews with bar pilots, Coast Guard personnel, and local fishermen. The CD began as an Education Department project,

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The Foosteps History project. This project paired ninth-grade students from Astoria High School with Museum volunteers who helped them compile personal recollections from local residents. Anna Henningsgaard, a member of the high school team, took the oral histories and created the CD-ROM. Copies of the CDs are free to educators requesting them.

The Museum teamed up with the University ofldaho press to publish Columbia River: Gateway to the West. Awardwinning author and photographer Carlos A. Schwantes has captured the dramatic history and current personality of the Great River of thf- Wf-st in fast-par,e<l prose an<l stunning photographs. It is a coffee table book par excellence that the Museum is proud to present.

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Charting a New Course

Dear Friends and Members,

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We are pleased and proud to announce that the Columbia River Maritime Museum has met its $5 million goal for our renovation and expansion project. The recent grant of $500,000 from The Ford Family Foundation, no small feat in itself, brought us up to the mark. Now is the time to celebrate a truly enormous success: we have met an ambitious financial goal in a mere 24 months. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and bring you up-to-date on the status of the Capital Campaign.

Our success in reaching our goal has been partly due to our ability to secure significant grants: $1.2 million from the Meyer Memorial Trust and $500,000 each from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust and The Ford Family Foundation. We received those grants because the trustees kicked off the Capital Campaign with individual donations that totaled $1 .3 million. In addition, the Museum received another $1.2 million in individual pledges

from you. It was those individual pledges that created a positive climate for review of our grant applications.

Thanks to your early and continued commitment, we have met our core goal to fund a superb facility. With the momentum we have now, there will never be a better time to add more value to that facility by showcasing it in a setting that it deserves by enhancing the grounds. In addition, as could be expected, costs have gone up since we originally designed the project. As a result, we estimate that we will need to raise an additional $700,000. Given our past record in raising money, we are confident that we can succeed in meeting this challenge.

We want to thank you again for the help you have given us in meeting our core project goal. We invite you to help us meet this final fund raising challenge so that we can make the Museum a truly world class institution.

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Robley Mangold President and Campaign Chair

On The Cover

Bergerson Construction Co. at work preparing the plaza for the future building expansion.

Fair weather and skilled contractors have kept the project on schedule.

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Treasurer's Report The following is the report ofthe financial condition for the Columbia River Maritime Museum's fiscal year, which ended September 30, 2000.

General Operating Fund: This fund experi-

enced revenues of $761,000. Expenditures were $731,000, resulting in a positive balance of $30,000.

Special Projects Fund: This fund reflects gifts

and grants given to the Museum for education, new exhibits, and specific programs including An American Journey: Photographs from the CRPA Collection and Columbia River: Gateway to the West. The beginning fund

balance was $44,000, which represents a number ofprojects spanning multiple years.

Gifts, grants, and interest payments for this fiscal year were $62,000 and expenditures were $67,000, leaving an ending balance of $39,000. Expenditures of these funds will continue through the next fiscal year as the projects are completed.

Capital Campaign: This fund has been

established for a major building renovation and new exhibits with a goal of $5 million.

As of September 30th, $4,410,000 had been received and pledged for the project.

CRl\1.M Endowment: This endowment was

created with funds received from a Charitable RemainderTrustin 1998. Thefundhada market value of $182,000 at the beginning ofthe year and ended the year with a market value of $232,000. Nine thousand dollars of income were used to support the Museum's general operations, as specified by the donor. These funds are managed by Union Bank of California's Trust Department and overseen by the Trustees ofthe Museum.

Museum Income Fund: This fund, created

in 1993 by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, is used to hold the earnings from the Rolf &Alice Klep Charitable Trust and mirrors that portfolio asset composition.

Earnings from the Klep Trust and the Income Fund are used for general operations as specified by the Trust. This fund began the year with a market value of$495,000 and ended with a market value of$240,000.

Projects funded from this source were Phase One of the Museum's roofreplacement and acquisitionoftheBurlingtonNorthemRailroad property located immediately north of the old Astoria depot. These funds are managed by the Trust Department ofU.S. Bank.

Rolf & Alice Klep Charitable Trust:

Although this trust is not owned by the Museum, we are the beneficiary of earnings that are transferred to the Museum Income Fund. This portfolio has a current market value of $3,208,000. This trust is managed, with an emphasis on growth and earnings, by the Trust Department ofU.S. Bank, Union Bank of California, and Rutherford Investment Management. During the year, two parcels of downtown commercial real estate were liquidated, and proceeds were invested in short-term, high-grade, fixed income securities.

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This has been an exciting and challenging year for the Curatorial Department. After years of planning, this past year we have completed the packing and moving of about 20,000 artifacts from the on-site collections storage facility. This is all being done so that construction crews can start working on the remodeling of the building. The library has also been closed down and boxed up for safekeeping during the expansion. These have both been huge projects, and never could have been completed without our dedicated team of volunteers who helped us every step of the way.

This past year the department worked on over 250 research questions for the public. This is a number that continues to grow as word of the Museum's large archives travels. As the remodel begins, we have been forced to close down all of our research operations for the next 11 months.

When we reopen in the new library, we will be able to accommodate even more access to the collection, including the ability to search the library listing on-line from your home computer.

The Museum's collections continue to grow. Many new artifacts have been added and put on display. Some of the highlights include 169 photographs, 17 ship models, 60 books, three ships' bells, three marine engines,

and two new small boats.

The Curatorial Department is proud to announce the completion of the Museum's first multimedia presentation. It was released to the public this fall. The interactive CD-ROM,An American Journey: Photographs from the CRPA Collection, features over 250 images from the Columbia River Packers Association operations in Astoria in the 1940s. These images, all scanned into a digital database, have been accompanied by oral history interviews with the people then employed by CRPA. Combined with music from the 1940s the CDs ' are the perfect gift for any history buff

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Education one step further and created an interactive CD-ROM, The Columbia River Bar, which is offered free of charge to educators.

The Education Department continues to sponsor the popular Adopt-a-Ship/Adopt-aClass outreach program to local classes.

Warrenton Grade School fourth-grade classes have adopted the USCG Cutter Steadfast for the second year in a row.

USCG Cutter Alert will be involved with a fifth-grade class atAstor Elementary. The new C.O. of the Steadfast was so excited about this program that the ship will adopt The Education Department's goal continues to be improving existing programs as well as developing new ones to reach a broader audience. The past year was an exciting one.

Our Museum in the Schools program presented 199 programs to over 5,000 students.

The Department received a cost-share grant from the National Park Service to create an activity book about Lewis and Clark which is being distributed to 4 th through 6th grade teachers in the state.

A major goal for the Museum's education and outreach program is to present the Museum as an educational resource to teachers, students, and the community. This school year the Education and Curatorial Departments partnered with Astoria High School in a year long project with talented and gifted ninth-grade students. Entitled Senior to Senior, the project paired students with seniors in the community to collect oral histories. The Senior to Senior project was made possible through generous grants from Trust Management Services, LLC, and Quest for Truth Foundation.

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another class, this one at Gearhart Elementary. This year the USCG Buoy Tender Cowslip has agreed to adopt a middle school class.

The Museum presented many adult education classes this year which were very popular. "Sealore: Seafarers, Sirens & Serpents" was presenle<l by Twilu Sd101iekl.

A talk about Hawaiiki by Pat Quesnel was delivered to a packed Kem Room audience.

Captain Wayne Stolz talked about the transportation system of the Columbia River Bar Pilots.

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From the Museum Store Your Museum Store prospered again in 2000. The purchasing habits of the general public indicated an overall confidence in the national economy that translated into purchases of$5.93 per visitor. Total gross sales for the year came to $178,737. The yearend transfer to the General Fund was $30,500.

The Museum Store strives to provide visitors with the most educational and best quality merchandise. This year's new products include Lewis and Clark woolen throws; a new Lightship Columbia coffee mug; a Butterfly Fleet "floatie" pen; a new interactive CD-ROM produced in our Curatorial Department, An American Journey: Photographs from the CRPA Collection; and our recently published book, Columbia River: Gateway to the West.

This corning year brings increased excitement and challenge. Plans for an

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expanded Store and the addition of a coffee shop have inspired us to research food service/store combinations, retail sales via the internet, store design, and more efficient inventory systems. The projected 1,400 sq. ft. space also presents merchandising and staffing challenges that require some forethought. As the new Museum Store develops, we hope to simultaneously expand the Store's presence on our website.

The introduction of a food service area into the equation has been an idea that the Museum has experimented with for several years through espresso and hot dog carts on the plaza during the summer months. The prospects appear promising that food service will enhance the museum experience. We look forward to this exciting new opportunity to better serve our visitors.

Available at the Museum Store Discover the "Great River of the West" through fast-paced narrative and stunning photographs, many taken by the author from the deck of a ship. The ultimate coffee table book for the lover of the Pacific Northwest --past and present.

Columbia River Gateway to the West

by Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes Foreword by Jerry L. Ostermiller

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Marketing and Public Relations This year articles about the Museum appeared with great regularity in local newspapers. Our biggest splash came from a front-page story in The Daily Astorian on the Astoria Middle School's visit to the USCG Buoy Tender Cowslip through the AdoptA-Ship/Adopt-A-Class program.

The article was picked up by the Associated Press and ran in newspapers statewide.

Three other stories ran in statewide media, including an article on the CRPA CD-ROM and the Scuttlebutt Saturday program on scrimshaw.

The Marketing and Public Relations Department's efforts resulted in a total of 229 stories or 2941 inches of free newspaper space worth $41,774 (the cost to purchase the same amount of advertising). This past year we spent nearly $19,000 on advertising; however, compared to the total value of exposure gained through press coverage, we got a return of nearly 2 to 1 for our dollar.

This conservative number reflects a limited portion of the actual articles that ran.

The Department is continuing a media outreach program where we personally contact individuals in the media. These visits create relationships that help the Museum place information at a minimal cost in a variety of publications around the Northwest. This outreach program, in turn, increases the effect of our paid advertising.

During 2000, the Department focused on increasing the number of people we can reach by advertising in more regional and statewide media. We also initiated a Zip code survey of visitors to help us more objectively place advertising in the future.

The Museum is now meeting regularly with the Oregon Tourism Commission's Attractions Group, the Portland Oregon Visitors Association, and the Astoria/ Warrenton Chamber of Commerce's Lower Columbia Tourism Committee (LCTC).

Partnerships with these organizations allow the Museum to participate in cooperative advertising that otherwise would be cost prohibitive.

The Museum received a $5,000 grant from the Oregon Tourism Commission designed to increase visitation to the Museum and the north coast of Oregon. The grant helped the Museum develop additional partnerships with the Cultural Tourism Task Force and the Oregon Tour and Travel Task Force, which focuses on attracting group travel to the state. The grant also funded an off-season promotional campaign with the Red Lion Inn, which is the kind ofjoint effort the Depmiment hopes to continue to foster.

The Museum participated in the Quality Service Initiative, a state-funded program run through LCTC, to both study and improve tourism locally. In addition, Mary Davis initiated and chaired a public relations committee for LCTC. With the assistance of a professional PR agency, the committee developed a press packet promoting the Astoria/Warrenton area.

We anticipate continuing our strong media relationships as well as building more partnerships that will bring the Museum increased recognition and visibility in the future.

Museum Staff:

Russ Bean Celerino Bebeloni Chris Bennett Julie Broughton Frances Burham Karen Custer Betsey Ellerbroek Josh Gianuario Churlotte Juckson Jim Nyberg Jerry Ostermiller David Pearson Sheila Radich Arline LaMear Hampton Scudder JefJSmith Jill Thurston Zoe Ulshen Patric Valade Shelley Wendt Rachel Wynne Christina Ynung

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News and Notes

The Quarterdeck Volume 27, No . 1 The Quarterdeck is published four times a year by the Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, Oregon 971 03.

Telephone: (503)325-2323 Fax: (503)325 -2331 E-mail us at: information@crmm.org website: www.crmm.org Editor: Zoe Ulshen Editorial Staff: Betsey Ellerbroek Jerry Ostermiller David Pearson Jeff Sm ith Jill Thurston Printed by Pacific Design Team Corvallis, Oregon

In November, workers moved the 44foot motor lifeboat, which had been stored at the east end of the building, to the plaza. She will remain there until renovations for the new Great Hall are finished, when she will take her place as the central exhibit in the Great Hall.

U. S. Bank awarded the Museum $18,000 for the Museum in the Schools (MITS) program.

The U.S. Bank award will allow the Education Department to expand the area that it can serve.

Qwest made a $2,000 donation in Hank Heilman's name as his retirement gift. "It is unusual for companies to make donations in the name of an employee," said Jerry Ostermiller, Executive Director of the Museum. "We've worked with Hank over the years and we think he's great."

The Museum would like to thank the sponsors of this year's Holiday Open

House: Bank of Astoria, The Daily Astorian, and New Northcoast Broadcasters. Nearly 400 people attended an enjoyable Sunday afternoon program of music and children's activities.

Wadsworth Electric was one of two recipients of the Oregon Bankers' Association's Community Applause awards for its community service. Wadsworth gave its $1,000 charitable donation to the Museum in recognition of the Museum's work in the community.

Hail and Farewell We bid farewell to Claudine Rehn, Fiscal Officer. We wish her well in her new job with Tillamook County where she now works much closer to her home and family.

Shelley Wendt is our new Fiscal Officer. Shelley comes to us from the Clatsop County Public Health and Human Services Department.

Silver "Shy" Fox, Administrative Secretary for two years, also left our ranks.

She and her husband moved to Lincoln City where new challenges await them.

We welcome Jill Thurston as our new Administrative Secretary. Jill has been an administrative assistant at Clatsop Community College.

We also welcome Trustee Capt. Rod Leland, USCG ret. and former Astoria City Manager, who will be serving as volunteer construction manager and liaison to the Board of Trustees.

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Thanks to Our Volunteers

Nancy Anderson Graham Barbey Dave Bennett James Benoit Lorraine Berg Beatrice Bergey Roma Bigby Harvey Black Peter Brix Orabelle Bruneau Ben Cadman Courtney Cameron Aaron Campbell Wilma Caplan John Carlson Richard Carruthers Greg Casad Kristy Ann Chamberlain Bob Chamberlin Bob Chopping Jeanne Clifford Jim Closson Byron Cochrane Margie Cochrane Lila Collman Dorothy Comstock Ward Cook Buddy Custard Luke Cutburth LindaDean Irene Drage Lucille Easley The Quarterdeck, Vol. 27 No . I

Barbara Engbretson Jon Englund Amor Estandian Betty Farmer Richard F encsak Cheri Folk Al Gabel ChrisGilde KennyGinn John L. Goodenberger Peggy Goodenberger Matt Goodrich Alan Goudy Donna Gustafson Evelyn Hankel Judy Hansen Jonathan Harms Don Haskell Senator Mark Hatfield Doris Hay Anna Henningsgaard EllaHill Thome Hilts Rich Hoffinan John Holmstedt Scott Holmstedt JimHoltz Paul Jackson Florence Jacobson Lynne Johnson BillKing HelenKing KenKim Jim Lanzarotta Louis Larson Rod Leland Britta Lundin EdLuoma William MacLean Don Magnusen JimMaher Rob Mangold JoanG.Mann JohnMann Laura Martin

Jim McClaskey John McGowan Hugh McKenna Dr. Bud McKinney Jean McKinney Walt McManis Annabell Miller Carol Moore Anne Morden Don Morden Jennifer Mortensen Robert Neikes Gurie O'Connor Dick Olsen Myrna Patrick Larry Perkins Bob Peterson Lori Peterson Earl Philpott BrianPuhl Carol Ray Charles Ray Peggy Roeser Byron Ruppel Pat Samuelson Jack Schiffer Fred Schott Freddy Sennhauser Hugh Seppa Jim Servino Ryan Snyder June Spence Yvonne Starr Frankye Thompson Dan Townsend Willis Van Dusen Matt Weidman Samuel Wheeler Nancy Wilcox Tom Wilcox Harold Wilde Bill Williams Ted Zell

Our dedicated volunteers donated an astounding total of 5,909 hours to the Museum. We are continually amazed at their energy and commitment. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Chris Bennett, Volunteer Coordinator, at 325-2323.

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2000 Capital Campaign Donors We want to thank our donors for their invaluable contributions. Their generosity continues to astound us.

Mrs. Viola Abrahamson Mr. & Mrs. Jack Acton Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Aho Mr. & Mrs. Michael Aho Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Arnold E. Andersen Mr. Wesley J. Anderson Mrs. Beverly Aspmo Astoria Warehousing, Inc. Governor & Mrs. Victor Atiyeh Mr. & Mrs. Ken Austin Mr. & Mrs. Robert 0.

Backlin Mrs. Anna Mae Baker Bank of America Bank of Astoria Mr. & Mrs. Graham J. Barbey Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. Barrows Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Battles Mr. Frank A. Bauman, II Mr. & Mrs. Roy Baxter Mr. Glen Bay Mr. & Mrs. Ike Bay Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Roger Berg Mrs. Beatrice W. Bergey Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Berney Ms. Virginia L. Beugless Mr. & Mrs. Max Bigby Jr. Mrs. Roma Bigby Ms. Evelyn Billington Mr. Frank Billington Dr. & Mrs. Daryl Birney Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bish Mr. C.M. Bishop

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Mr. & Mrs. William H. Bishop Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bisio Mr. & Mrs. John C. Bleakmore Mr. Ronald Bline Mr. Ronald J. Bolin Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Borland Roy & Dorothy Boyle Ms. Kathleen Brady Capt. & Mrs. Nicholas Brower, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Brown Ernest & Ebba Brown Ms. Muriel Bruning Mr. Robert B. Brunner Mr. & Mrs. Cebert Bryan Dr. & Mrs. Michael Buchman Mr. Gene Buell Mr. & Mrs. Les Buell Mr. & Mrs. Theodore T. Bugas Mr. Darryl Bullington Mrs. Mary C. Butler Louise Ratto Calcagno Mr. Worth Caldwell Andy & Doris Callahan Jim & Judy Capellen Mr. Gerald Capps Mr. & Mrs. Wade Ca1ter Mr. & Mrs. Allen V. Cellars Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Charlton Dr. Tzu Sung Chiang Ms. Geraldine Chisholm Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Chopping Mr. & Mrs. Robert Chopping Mr. & Mrs. Chris S. Christensen Mr. & Mrs. John L. Christie, Jr. Clark Foundation Mr. Frank L. Clarke Mr. & Mrs. John Clemson, Jr. Capt. James Clune Ms. Borghild Coleman

Captain & Mrs. Raymond Collins Collins Foundation Commercial Adjustment Co. Community Foundation For Southwest Washington Mrs. Laura Comrie Continental Western Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Patrick L. Craig Mr. & Mrs. David Crawford The Daily Astorian Mr. Tim Dalrymple Mrs. Mary Dant Mr. John G. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Donald De Francq Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. DeArmond Ms. Linda Dean Mr. & Mrs. Frederic C. Delbrueck Capt. Deborah Dempsey Mr. Raymond A. Dodge Mr. Robert Drucker Mr. & Mrs. George P. Ducich Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Dudley Ms. Estelle Duggan Mrs. Donna Mary Dukich Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. Dukich Mr. & Mrs. Sam Dunkin Mr. & Mrs. Trygve Duoos Mr. & Mrs. James Durkheimer Mr. Dan M. Dutton Mr. & Mrs. Joe Easley Mrs. Thomas E. Edison Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Eimick Ms. Barhara A. Enghretson Mrs. Freda Englund Mr. & Mrs. Jon A. Englund Mr. Dan Evans Ms. Sally Holloway Evans Mrs. Betty Fanner Capt. William Farr

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Farrens Mr. & Mrs. Ed G. Fearey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Fields Mr. & Mrs. Bob Finzer Mr. & Mrs. Del Folk Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Forrester Mr. & Mrs. L. Samuel Fort Mr. & Mrs. Jack Foster Mr. Michael Foster Vernon & Nancy Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Walter Fransen Capt. & Mrs. Mark Freeman Mr. George Fulton Mr. & Mrs. Hal E. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Charles Garman Mr. & Mrs. Tom Georges Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ginn Ms. Trudy Glein Frank & Roberta Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Mike Godsil Mr. & Mrs. Don A. Goodall Rev. & Mrs. John Goodenberger Mr. & Mrs. Alan C. Goudy Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Goudy Mrs. Leonora Dart Graham Mr. & Mrs. Alan Green Jr. Mrs. Nancy L. Grimberg Mrs. Charlotte Hallaux Mr. & Mrs. James Hamilton Rev. Edwin Beebe Harris, S.J. Jane & Larry Harris Mr. Kenneth Harris Mr. & Mrs. L.W. Harris, III Ms. Maria Louise Harris Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Harrison Mr. & Mrs. John C. Hart Mrs. Marcella L. Hatch Ms. Doris Hay Mr. Edmund Hayes Mr. Philip Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Heinz Ms. Evelyn Helmhout Mr Robert G. Hemphill Caroline Henderson Mr. Michael Henningsen Mrs. Elnora Hertig The Quarterdeck. Vol. 27 No. I

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Mrs. Florence Kelly Karen Kenyon & Ralph Wirfs Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Kessler Mr. Mike Killion Mr. & Mrs. Fred King Mr. & Mrs. James Kirker Mr. & Mrs. Karl R . Klep Mr. Martin Knutsen Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kohnstamm Mr. Leroy Koski Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Kuske Mr. & Mrs. Cliff LaMear Mr. Kenneth Lampi Shirley Landwehr-Wiley Mr. & Mrs. Gary D. Larsen Mr. & Mrs. Vern 0. Larson Mr. & Mrs. W. Louis Larson Mr. H. Kirke Lathrop Mr. & Mrs. Richard Laurion Capt. & Mrs. Mike Leback Richard & Linda Lee Captain & Mrs. Rod Leland Mrs. Edith Leslie Mrs. Florence Lindgren Dr. & Mrs. Charles Linehan Mrs. Doris Lofgren Lovell Auto Company Mr. & Mrs. Eugone Lowe Mr. Lee B. Lowenson Mr. & Mrs. Dave Lum Mr. & Mrs. James Maggert Mr. & Mrs. Donald Magnusen Helen Malarkey Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Chris Maletis, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Malone Mrs. Caryl D. Mangan The Reverend & Mrs. John Mann Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Mannex Mr. Donald E. Manzer Mr. & Mrs. Jack G. Marincovich Mr. & Mrs. Kent Martin

MARITIME Mrs. Richard B. Mathiot Mr. Eugene Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Maveety Captain & Mrs. James McAvoy Mr. & Mrs. James A. McClaskey Mr. Tod McClaskey Mr. Marshall D. McCollum Mr. & Mrs. Paul McCracken Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. McDaniel Mrs. Anne McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Duane McDougall Mr. & Mrs. George McKelvey Dr. & Mrs. Curtis H. McKinney Mr. & Mrs. Arthur McLain Mr. Robert E. McNannay Mr. Ken McRae Mr. Roger S. Meier Mr. Gilbert Meigs Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Merritt Mr. Steve Merryman Mr. & Mrs. William Merzke Meyer Memorial Trust Mrs. Dorothy R. Mickelson Mt:. Annabell Miller Mr. & Mrs. Clarke P. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Don Miller Mr. James Miller Dr. Rodney Miller Mr. & Mrs. William Milwee Miss Gainor 0 . Minnott Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Mitchell Captain & Mrs. Jack Mitchem Mr. & Mrs. Bill Moir Mr. & Mrs. Myron Molnau Dr. & Mrs. R. P. Moore Major Duffy E. Morgan Ellison C. Morgan Mr. Gary Muehlberg Murdock Charitable Trust

MUSEUM Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Murray Mr. & Mrs. David M. Myers RR Donnelley & Sons Company Mr. David Natt Mrs. Diane Natt Mrs. Hester H. Nau Mr. & Mrs. Harold Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Newberg Mr. Max Nicolai Mr. Phil Nock Mr. Ronald Nordstrom Northwest Natural Gas Company Ms. Sara-Jane Babbitt Norwood Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Novack LTC. & Mrs. Victor L. Nunenkamp Mr. & Mrs. Martin Nygaard Mr. & Mrs. Scotty O'Neal Laurie & James Odlum The Oregon Community Foundation Oregon Bankers Association P & C Construction Mr. & Mrs. Sam Patrick Dr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Patrick Mr. & Mrs. Robert Patterson Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Paulsen Mr. & Mrs. David Pedegana Mr. & Mrs. Larry Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Bob W. Peterson Mrs. Jean Peterson Mr. John Philbrook Mr. Earl P. Philpott Mr. & Mrs. John Power Mr. & Mrs. Wallace L. Preble

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Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Quinn Qwest Communications Ms. Shirley Randles Mrs. Patricia M. Reese Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Reiser Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Richard Mr. & Mrs. Clarence L. Richrod Mr. Donald V. Riswick Mr. & Mrs. Anthony C. Robnett Roger Rocka & Janet Mitchell Earl & Mary Rogness Mr. & Mrs. Doug Ross Dr. Philip Ross Mr. & Mrs. William A. Rouzie Rutherford Investment Management LLC Mr. & Mrs. Roderick Sarpola Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schroeder Judge & Mrs. Herbert M. Schwab Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sealy

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Seafarer Memorial Paul Seamons & Dee Vadnais Col. Arnold W. Seeborg Mr. & Mrs. Jim Servino Ms. Ruth Shaner Mr. & Mrs. James C. Sharp Mr. & Mrs. James R. Shaw Shea Foundation Ron & Mary Sherriffs Evelyn Shirk Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Skille Mr. & Mrs. Jack E. Smethurst Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Barry Smith Ms. Dorothy May Smith Mr. Jerome G. Smith Snow Family Foundation Mrs. Harvey Somers Mrs. June Spence Mr. James W. Spencer Mr. Henry Steinbrugge Mr. & Mrs. Dean Stickler Mr. Peter Stott Ms. Frances Straumfjord

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Sunrise Shipping Agency, Inc. Mr. John Supple Pat Swearingen Mr. & Mrs. Glen Swift Mr. & Mrs. George H. Talbott Mr. Joseph Tennant Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Tevis Mr. & Mrs. Ken Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Scott Throm Ms. Susan Trabucco & Mr. Steve Ferber Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust Ms. Debbie Twombly & Mr. Larry Moore Mr. & Mrs. Warren J. Ulrich US Bankcorp Foundation Mrs. Marie J. Vandewater Mrs. Susanna von Reibold Mr. Don Waggoner Mrs. Margaret Waisanen Mrs. Carol Welch Mr. Theodore Weller Wells Fargo Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Sion Wentworth

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Westerberg Mr. & Mrs. Craig Weston Captain & Mrs. C. S. Wetherell Mrs. Coleman Wheeler, Jr. Mr. Samuel C. Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Whitten Dr. & Mrs. David I. Williams Mr. Frank M. Wolfe Mr. Daniel Yates Mr. & Mrs. James Young Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Ziessler

Museum Recognizes First Supporters At the groundbreaking ceremony, the Museum recognized individuals who worked closely with Rolf Klep as plankowners: Allen Cellars, Eric Hauke, Mel Hjorten, Bob Chopping, George Fulton, and Frankye Thompson standing in for Margaret Thompson.

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Pilot Mr. and Mrs . StephenA. Forrester

Statesman Mrs. Nicki Hopper Ensign/Individual Membership Mr. Tyler Friesen Mr. Charles H. Shropshire Crew/Family Membership Mr. & Mrs. Carl Dominey Mr. & Mrs. E. Roger Friesen Mr. & Mrs. Mike Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Pete Mangold Mr. & Mrs. Doug Peters Mr. & Mrs. Tom Stringfield Mr. & Mrs. Chester N. Wachsmuth, Jr. Helmsman Mr. Dan Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Donald Skinner Boatswain Mr.& Mrs. Christopher Swain Navigator Lindblad Expeditions Commodore Mr. & Mrs. James Mack

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Welcome Back to Membership October 1, 2000 December 31, 2000 Ensign/Individual Membership Mr. G. Michael Stanley Crew/Family Membership Mr. Peter Wilcox Boatswain Mr. & Mrs. Clarke P. Miller

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Ensign/Individual Membership Mr. E. Robert Nassikas Crew/Family Membership Mr. Gary Foster Helmsman Mr. & Mrs. RobertE. Ivey Mr. William Leahy Mr. & Mrs. Fred Schuneman Mr. & Mrs. John E. Walker Boatswain Mr. & Mrs. Arnold E .

Andersen Mr. & Mrs. Donald De Francq Dr. & Mrs. Dale McGinty Mr. & Mrs. Lonn Taylor Pilot Mr. &Mrs. GeorgeG. Skou Navigator Ms. Libby Holden Mr. Allan Maki

Memorial Donations October 1, 2000 December 31, 2000 Kathryn "Kitty" Anderson Mr. Allan Maki Robert Samuel Boebert Mr. Donald V. Riswick Captain Peter F. Buttler Mrs. Dorothy Butler Marie Louise Cathcart Mr. & Mrs. Robert Roeser

Geraldine Claxton Mr. & Mrs . Robert M. Oja Mary Cosmos-Morice Mr. & Mrs. Trygve Duoos Louise Cosmos-Watts Mr. & Mrs. Trygve Duoos GenoEttro Mr. Donald V. Riswick Mr. Walfred Hendrickson Brian & Ann Catterall Mr. & Mrs. James Jenison Mr. & Mrs. Eldon E. Korpela Mr. & Mrs. Duane Olson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Thompson William Holaday Mr. & Mrs. David Hallin Ms. EthelMaeihander Mr. & Mrs . Don E. Link Thelma Johnson Mr. &Mrs. Orville Myers Edmund Karnofski Mr. & Mrs. David Hallin NickKuluris Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Knutsen Mr. & Mrs. Ward Paldanius Laila Marie Luthe Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Curtis, Jr. Mrs. Gertrude M. Oja Mr. & Mrs. Hugh A. Seppa Mr. & Mrs. James S. Stacy Ms. Esther Walman Niclaus Marineau Mr. George F. Beall Mr. Eino M. Mattson Mr. Allan Maki Jerry Ostermiller/Lynne Johnson Carol McCown Mr. & Mrs. Harry Dichter Helen Myklebust Mr. & Mrs. David Hallin

Bob Nelson Mr. & Mrs. George P. Ducich Mr. & Mrs. John Ducich Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Johanson Lampi Niemi Barbara Carrigan BenNiemi Barbara Carrigan Mrs. Esther Nordlund Mrs. Lucille Perkins Curtis Roth Barbara Carrigan Pamela Erickson Kristina Bankston Gretchen Starika Captain Stan Sayer Capt. & Mrs. Joseph Bruneau Mrs. Laura T. Schroeder Mr. & Mrs. Harry Dichter Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Knutsen Ward H. Smith Mr. & Mrs. David Hallin Gary Waddell Mr. & Mrs. David Hallin John Wastradowski Mr. & Mrs. David Hallin Louise Watts Mr. Lars Gjovik Geraldine Weaver-Nielsen Mr. & Mrs. Mervin Andersen

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