V28 N1/2 Museum Celebrates 40th Anniversary in Grand Style

A review am/ newsletterfi·om the Columbia River .Maritime Museum at 1792 Marine Drive in Astoria, Oregon

Afterguard

Cheri J. Folk, President

Ward V. Cook, Vice President

Robley Mangold, Past President

W. Louis Larson, Secretary

Don Magnusen, Treasurer Jerry L Ostenniller, Executive Director

Board of Trustees

Graham Barbey in memoriam

Dennis Bjork

Peter Brix *

Richard T. Carruthers *

WardV . Cook

Jon Englund

Fred Fields

Cheri J. Folk

Walter Gadsby, Jr.

Alan C. Goudy

W. Dennis Hall

E.H. (Ted) Halton, Jr.

Don M. Haskell

Senator Mark Hatfield

Rep. Betsy Johnson

S. Kenneth Kirn

W. Louis Larson

Captain Rod Leland

Don Magnusen

Robley Mangold

Thomas F. Martin

, James McClaskey

Duane McDougall

John McGowan *

Prudence M . Miller

Don Morden

Ken M. Novack

Larry Perkins

Hugh Seppa

Charles Shea

Senator Sid Snyder

June Spence

Joseph Tennant

Willis Van Dusen

Bruce Ward

Samuel C. Wheeler

Harold Wilde in memoriam

Ted Zell

* Trustee Emeritus

IA RIVER MARITIME M

From the Wheelhouse

On May 11, 2002, the vision and dreams of many that have served before me became a reality . Not only was the Museum celebrating its 40 th Anniversary since its founding

by RolfKlep, but, how fitting to celebr~te this milestone with the Grand Re-Opemng of the New Columbia River Maritime Museum! The expansion of the Museum with its new exhibits, the wonderful spaciousness of the book store a~d r~search library, the great introduct10n m the theater, and the classic experience of existing collections against the visual backdrop of the Columbia River all come together for an exhilarating experience.

One of the great strengths of the Museum lies in the continuity of vision and personal commitment of its Board of Trustees, both current and over the past 40 years. It was interesting to note the early vision of past President Peter J. Bnx as stated in the Twenty-five Year Anniversary Report from 1987. An excerpt reads, "Foremost among our goals is to broaden the scope of the Museum's activities. We will add new exhibits, demonstrations, and interpretation to help fulfill our larger mission of relating our maritime heritage to the widest possible audience."

We are grateful to Rob Mangold's leadership through the arduous task of the $5 million dollar Capital Campaign and to the trustees, staff, foundations, members, volunteers and public entities that believed in the Museum and gave so generously to make our vision a reality. This project seemed to happen flawlessly because Jerry Ostermiller, Executive Director and his

staff devoted their heart and souls to this project to make sure every detail wa~ handled to our expectation. I know they put m long, stressful days, month after month, to completion. The reward for all came on May 11 th as we watched in awe as 6,700 visitors attended the Grand Re-Opening weekend. The smiles on their faces and the wonderful comments confirmed the success of this project.

The Museum is on a new course! I look forward to opportunities afforded us to enhance our storage facilities and future development of the Depot. More important are opportunities for professional staff development and the visibility their associations will bring to the Museum. I am very pleased that Jerry Ostermiller has been elected to serve as the president of the Council of American Maritime Museums. This is a national organization and they will hold one of their meetings at the Columbia River Maritime Museum. Congratulations Jerry!

In a recent summary report on the completion of the expansion, Jerry Ostermiller said it best. "As we enter this new visitor season, the Columbia River Maritime Museum has a completed and expanded campus, ne\YlY remodeled facilities, outstanding state of the art exhi~its, a large new storage facility, renewed vigor for the staff and trustees, and a strong vision for our future. With modest overhead, no debt of any kind, a respectable endowment that is growing, good cash flows from our operations, the CHARTING A NEW COURSE project has been a most remarkable and positive experience for this special institution, The Museum of the Great River of the West."

Cheri J. Folk President, Board of Trustees

In this issue of the Quarterdeck the Museum is proud to feature the writings of accomplished historian Dr. Dennis Noble for our feature story. Dr. Noble was part of the planning team for the Coast Guard exhibit as an advisor and also followed the efforts made by the Coast Guard crews to help restore the motor lifeboat 44300 to her original glory.

Taking on such a daunting project were the tireless crews of Station Tillamook Bay and the National Motor Lifeboat School. As the project progressed interest continued to build throughout the Coast Guard and eventually caught the eyes of Retired Vice Admiral Howard Thorsen, Chairman of the Foundation for Coast Guard History. We are proud to announce that the commanders of both Station Tillamook Bay and the National Motor Lifeboat School were awarded the Special Appreciation Award from the Foundation for Coast Guard History. The awards were presented at the Museum in front of the motor lifeboat display.

The Restoration of ·u. S. Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat 44300

by Dennis L. Noble

Framed in the Columbia River Maritime Museum's new large bay window facing Marine Drive is the former U. S. Coast Guard 44-foot motor lifeboat, the 44300. 1 The motor lifeboat is the focal point of an enhanced display of the U.S. Coast Guard on the Columbia River. The exhibit features the motor lifeboat as it would look crashing through high waves. A very brief history of the CG 44300 will show that it is appropriate that this particular boat be in the Museum.

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The 44-foot class of motor lifeboat was built in the U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland It marked a change from the former 36-foot wooden motor lifeboat, in that the new boat would be made of corten steel. The boat, like its predecessor, was self-bailing and selfrighting. (Even though the boat is selfrighting, that does not mean people can not be injured during a roll over.)

The prototype, CG 44300, was delivered to the West Coast in 1961. Chief Boatswain's Mate Giles Vanderhoof received orders to test the new lifeboat. Vanderhoof and his crew stuck the prototype into heavy seas of the Pacific Northwest. "Heavy seas" is a classic surfman's understatement. Vanderhoof and his crew pushed out into 35-foot seas. Every day the Chief and his crew went into the surf. He ran bow into the waves; he then turned the stem to the seas and let the motor lifeboat be hurled by the strength of the seas. Vanderhoof deliberately broached (turned the boat sideways to the waves), an almost fatal maneuver for boats and waited for the crash. Afterwards, he brought CG 44300 back to the engineers and welders so they could repair it. Vanderhoof also picked shards of glass out of his wet suit.

Every night the engineers would put stronger and stronger glass into the windshield and every night Chief Vanderhoof brought back shattered glass from the green seas. At the end of five days, the main cabin was crushed and holed, the aft cabin was smashed, the screws (propellers) and struts had been tom loose from the hull, the engine mounts had given way, and both engines were lying .askew in an engine room smeared with oil. But CG 44300 was still afloat.

How dependable was the 44-foot motor lifeboat? By 1995, CG 44300 had rolled over six times, pitchpoled (gone

On the Cover :

A sp ec ia l thank y ou to architectural photographer Michael Mathers for the stunning photos featured throughout this issue of the Quarterdeck. Michael Mathers is a nationally known photographer featured in such magazines as Architectural Digest. Also a Museum member, and Astoria resident , Mr. Mathers is an avid rowe r and explorer of Cathlamet Bay.

Seaman Alice Wik-Crosby works on equipment near the motor lifeboat 44300. The restored motor lifeboat is now the focal point of the U. S. Coast Guard exhibit in the newly expanded Columbia River Maritime Museum .

end-over-end) three times, and once was rammed by a freighter. Nearing the end of her life, the old workhorse of maritime search and rescue was serving at the National Motor Lifeboat School, across the river from the Columbia River Maritime Museum. While serving as a back-up boat for the Cape Disappointment Station, the motor lifeboat hlew an engine while helping in a search and rescue case Shortly thereafter, it was decided to put the boat out of service and in 1997 the Columbia River Maritime Museum obtained the CG 44300 on permanent loan from the U. S. Coast Guard. In 1990, the U. S Coast Guard began testing a prototype 4 7foot motor lifeboat. 2

Generations of U. S. Coast Guard boat crews who pushed out into the heavy seas at the dangerous Columbia River bar swore by the 44-foot motor lifeboat. Face the steep, high seas at the bar and you will understand just how much those who depended on the 44-foot motor lifeboat grew to respect and love it. This shows through

during the restoration of the CG 44300. The people who serve at the U.S. Coast Guard's rescue station have a pride in their profession of saving lives. When Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Lars B. Kent, officer-in-charge of the Tillamook Bay Station, located at Garibaldi, Oregon, learned of the restoration needed on the CG 44300, he volunteered to work on the motor lifeboat, as did his Executive Petty Officer, Chief Boatswain's Mate Jon W. Gagnon. Master Chief Kent has twentythree years ofU S. Coast Guard service, with duty at six rescue stations, while Chief Gagnon has fifteen and a-half years of service and duty at four stations. In other words, Kent and Gagnon brought a combined experience level of over thirty-eight years and ten stations to the project. Due to the rapid tum-overs in personnel at the stations, both Master Chief Kent and Chief Gagnon, with their many years of experience, were in charge and actually doing the work. As the project progressed, however , other people made the hour's

drive to Astoria to help. Seaman (SN) Christine Calceta, Boatswain's Mate Second Class (BM2) James Clark, BM3 Louie Furtado, BM3 Brian Hannum, Fireman Apprentice (FA) Mat Lopez, BM2 Jason Pinsky, Fireman (FN) Adam Prater, and SN Alice Wik-Crosby all helped. Chief Gagnon pointed out that with the "transition to the 4 7-foot motor lifeboats, which requires almost no painting, the art of making a 44footer gleam is being lost. [The Master Chief and I] have enjoyed showing the crew members the dying art of making a highmaintenance boat something to be proud of." 3 The crews of the U. S. Coast Guard's small boat stations put in long duty hours. The fact that they would willingly volunteer to work on maintaining a boat on their off duty time speaks volumes about how they feel about their profession.

· When asked why a veteran oftwentythree years of service would volunteer to do the dirty work of sanding and painting the CG 44300, Master Chief Kent replied, "I have fond memories of battling the seas

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ChiefBoatswain 's Mate Jon W Gagnon(left) and Seaman Alice WikCrosby work at restoring the wheelhouse. The angle of the boat shows why Master Chief Kent said, "Trying to hang on, hold a paint tray and paint all at the same time was a trick. "

and pounding through the surf in the 44foot motor lifeboat and I wanted to do something to help preserve her memory and honor the vessel that time and time again and sometimes against all oddsbrought me home safe and sound."

Both Master Chief Kent and Chief Gagnon sanded the boat. Then everyone began the painting. Boat owners, and veterans of the U. S. Coast Guard and U. S. Navy, may have expected to see Kent and Gagnon swinging a brush full of paint. Instead, they used a small roller. Both commented that the small roller makes it "easier to control the amount of paint being applied and that helps prevent runs and sags." Veterans, however, will be pleased to know that the roller applied paint is followed "lightly with a brush in an attempt to get the best gloss out of the paint and make the boat look its best."

Colors used on the boat are: for the hull, international high gloss white; for the decks, gun metal gray; for the U.S. Coast Guard stripe on the bows, Coast Guard

Red and Coast Guard Blue; for the bits (used to tie up and tow) and deck fittings, spar; the fire fighting riser, fire engine red; for the fueling fittings, yellow; and for the navigational light screens, flat black. The boot topping is a gloss black and the underwater body is bilge red. The paint normally used for the underwater body is toxic, so for the exhibit the crew used a house paint.

Visitors to the exhibit will notice the deck areas of the boat have a grainy appearance. Master Chief Kent said, "The deck areas are coated with non-skid. Simply put, the decks are rolled out with an epoxy primer, and while the paint is still wet, we coat the area with sand and allow the paint to dry. Once dry, we sweep off the loose sand and then roll a coat of gray over the remaining sand to seal it in._ This ' is done to produce a non-slip surface to walk on to prevent us from slipping off the boat in rough weather."

Both Master Chief Kent and Chief Gagnon said the most difficult job was "trying to work on a surface that was set at a 30 degree pitch and a 30 degree roll. Trying to hang on, hold the paint tray and paint all at the same time was a trick."

In addition to painting the motor lifeboat, the Tillamook Bay station crew worked on reconditioning the brass work. This the crew "bead blasted," then polished up the areas that were normally polished . The U.S. Coast Guard volunteers from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Steadfast (WMEC-623), which moors by the Museum, also repaired damage to the stanchions (the metal pole-like devices that the lifelines pass through) and lifelines. The crew also remounted the electronic gear, replaced the grab lines-the lines along the side of the lifeboat that survivors in the water can grab onto-replaced damaged rub rails, replaced the decals, replaced dogs-the handles that close the water tight hatches (doors) on the lifeboat- and

"just overall maintenance that we did in all the boats over the ir forty year history."

The v isitor to the exhibit who thinks that a working 44-foot motor lifeboat would be beat-up and never be this sparkling clean would be mistaken As Master Chief Kent said, "We took a lot of pride in our motor lifeboats . Once a year we hauled them out for a yard period where we repainted them and did any necessary maintenance. In addition, we constantly touched them up and maintained them."

The author spent a few years painting a motor lifeboat, plus during the past six years traveled to stations throughout the United States, with the majority of time in the Pacific Northwest, and can attest to just how well the crews kept the craft. In the Pacific Northwest, for example, each time a 44-foot motor lifeboat returned from any type of underway tirrie, the first things boat crews did was refuel and then scrub the boat down. This kept the boats clean and helped in holding back rust from sea water. Station crews wanted visitors to see their boats and took an immeasurable pride in them. The only dirty location you would ever find on a boat th<;tt had just come in from being underway was a dark area near the exhaust. This, too, would soon be scrubbed away The CG 44300 will be a . perfect example of a 44-foot motor lifeboat from a station that has pride in their boats. When Master Chief Kent was asked what . he would like visitors to learn from this exhibit, he replied, "What a noble, worthy servant the old girl was . I also hope people think of the men and women who served on them Perhaps people will see what it must have been like to be out all night in a storm on this craft, only partially protected from the weather and battling the cold, being wet from the rain and the surf and the spray, the winds hitting the motor lifeboat and making it shake and the crew, with all this, trying to fight back sleep "

In the year 2001, the U S Coast Guard

saved 4,200 lives. Of this total, the small boat rescue stations throughout the United States saved 2,341 people, which was 55.7% of all the people rescued by the service. In the same year, the U. S. Coast Guard saved property valued at $72,978,277 and of this large amount the small boat stations were responsible for saving $66,511,870, or 91.1 % of all the property saved by the U.S. Coast Guard. 4 Yet all too often the men and women who serve at the U.S. Coast Guard's small boat rescue stations are forgotten by the people they serve. The work of the Columbia River Maritime Museum, along with the restoration work of the CG 44300 by Master Chief Lars B. Kent, Chief Jon W. Gagnon and the crew of the Tillamook Bay Station, will ensure that the work of the brave men and women who go out into storms so that others might live will be better known.

1. The U. S. Coast Guard's system of numbering their small craft has the first two numbers representing the length of the craft and the last three numbers the boat number. Thus, 44300 is a 44-foot boat, whose number is 300.

2. History of the CG 44300 comes from: Michael Parfit, "They Learn to Work Calmly While Instinct Warns They're About to Die," Smithsonian, 18, No. 2 (May 1987): 98-102, 104, 106-108; Dennis L. Noble, Lifeboat Sailors: Disasters, Rescues, and the Perilous Future of the Coast Guard's Small Boat Stations (Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 2000), 87-89.

3 . Unless otherwise noted, all quoted material from Kent and Gagnon comes from BMCM Lars B. Kent, e-mail <ltd January 14, 2002, to Dennis L. Noble and BMC Jon W. Gagnon, emails dtd January 15, 2002 and January 24, 2002, to Dennis L. Noble

4 Statistics are from Capt. D.A. Goward, Chief, Office of Boat Forces, U.S Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D C , e-mail <ltd January 25 , 2002, to Dennis L. Noble.

The finished product now on display at the Columbia River Maritime Museum 's new Coast Guard Exhibit.

Museum Director Jerry Ostermiller welcomes crowds and invites them to join in the christening of the new remode led Museum

May 11, 2002

Celebrating 40 years of Success

After nearly seven years of planning, two years of fundraising, and a full two years of construction, the volunteers, staff, and trustees of the Columbia River Maritime Museum proudly re-christened the newly remodeled museum. Under a rare perfectly clear blue sky, with a plaza full of people, past Museum President Robley Mangold broke a bottle of champagne against the flagpole, officially christening the Museum. As a tribute and thank you to the community, the Museum was open free of admission for the first weekend, welcoming over 6,700 guests through our doors.

"Now let's cut that ribbon and go have some fun!" exclaimed the Museum's Executive Director Jerry Ostermiller. The Museum renovation began in October 2000 and increased the facility to 44,200 square feet. This new space houses

interactive exhibits that combine history with cutting-edge technology and numerous Museum acquisitions. Visitors of all ages will experience what it is like to pilot a tugboat, participate in a Coast Guard rescue on the Columbia River Bar, and live in Astoria during the height of salmon fishing . Huge windows make the Columbia River a living backdrop for the exhibits, allowing a perfect vantage point for storm watching, viewing pilot transfers, and even witnessing the welcome return of summer season salmon fishing on the Columbia.

The Museum's expansion features many interactive exhibits, the largest, a 44-foot Coast Guard motor lifeboat placed at a 30 degree angle, as it works its way through a 20-foot swell. This centerpiece exhibit is enclosed with glass-paned walls, making the boat visible from the highway. A new entrance extends the dramatic wave-like

line of the Museum's roof and an expanded Museum Store is adjacent to the new lobby. Visitors start their visit in the new 40-seat orientation theater to watch the award winning film produced for the Museum, The Great River of the West. Across the lobby, a multi-purpose room provides space for educational programs, as well as social events. The Ford Family Foundation Education Center is now also open serving both as a meeting space and as a family-learning center for our visitors. Through a generous grant from the Ford Family Foundation the Museum is able to have a dedicated space, with a full river view, reserved for children and family programs. The programs focus on different hands-on activities that the family can do at the beginning, or the conclusion of their visit to the Museum. Families are encouraged to participate in such activities as making a fishing boat

model, learning about the life cycle of salmon, or spelling out their names with signal flags.

At night, extensive new lighting on the building, and the Coast Guard Exhihit, make the Museum a prominent feature on Astoria's waterfront. On the east side of the building, a newly designed office space includes a full research library, curatorial space, and a new conference room featuring complete views of the river from Tongue Point to Cape Disappointment.

"The project," Jerry Ostermiller told the crowd, "is a notable achievement for a facility in as small a community as Astoria. Of the total project cost of 6 million, $1.3 million came directly from the trustees themselves. As a private non-profit business, the Museum has never used tax dollars, and did not borrow or accept any debt to complete the project, a remarkable

The Museum 's Double-ended Bowpicker on exhibit just a Jew yards away from its old fishing grounds.

A young visitor exploring the different types offish in the Columbia River

achievement for any museum."

Since the opening in May, the Museum has seen remarkable growth in our visitor attendance, an average of 6 new Museum memberships a week, and regular media visits, as word spreads of the innovative new exhibits. The Museum has hosted a production crew from National Geographic, numerous newspapers from across the Northwest, and Portland TV and radio stations, all to great reviews.

One of the most exciting improvements will be the ability to host our own Annual Meeting at the Museum. With meeting space overlooking the Columbia River, few locations could be better suited. The Annual Meeting this fall will be the first in over a decade to be held at the Museum, and promises to be a special evening. We will let all our members know when the final date has been selected.

Some of the work remains to be completed, notably the landscaping and parking lot improvements, which are being held up until the Oregon Department of Transportation completes its planned work on Marine Drive, directly in front of the Museum. The river walkway will be completed this July, and the Museum is undergoing a complete power washing this. summer. But as Jerry Ostermiller explained to the crowd at t hc opening "The completion of the new addition is the end of one phase and the beginning of a new phase. Our hope is the Museum will never be completed."

When Rolf Klep founded the Museum on May 11, 1962, few other than himself would have ever dreamed his vision of a world class maritime museum would ever go so far.

Thank You!

Volunteers for Grand Opening Weekend May 10-12, 2002

Dave Bennett

Evelyn Bennett

Lucille Easley

Rosemary Johnson Charlie Ray

Barbara Engbretson Bill King

Capt. Thran Riggs

Lorraine Berg Richard F encsak Helen King Frankye Thompson Jake Bowser Dan Ferrell Capt. Jim Maher Yvonne Starr Kathy Bowser Eva Ferrell Dr. Bud McKinney Fred Schott

Ian Brown Bobby Forbes Jean McKinney Peggy Roeser

Orabelle Bruneau John Gilliland Doris McManis Dick Thompson

Ben Cadman Donna Gustafson Walt McManis Margaret Thompson

Ken Charters Doris Hay Anne Morden Matt Weidman

Bob Chopping Claudia Hilts Al Olson Jack Wendt

Jeanne Clifford Thome Hilts Carol Olson Nancy Wilcox

Robyn Dezendorf Rich Hoffman Bob Peterson Tom Wilcox

Edith Donnell Laura House Lori Peterson Bill Williams

Blaine Dymock Kathleen Hughes Earl Philpott Bethany Wilson Sylvia Dymock Lynne Johnson Carol Ray

volunteers.

The new Great Hall deck ties in all the boats and allows visitors a dock-side view of the vessels.

A special THANK YOU to all our

We couldn't have done it without you!

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Curatorial

Ted M. Natt Maritime Library Opens

Housed within the newly expanded Museum's east end offices, the Ted M. Natt Maritime Library is now open for researchers. After an extensive 18-month shutdown the library's collections have been safely transported, unpacked and reshelved in the new facility. The beautiful new library allows researchers better use of its constantly growing collection of historical resources pertaining to the maritime history of the Columbia River and the Pacific Northwest. Considered one of the best repositories in the country for Pacific Northwest maritime material, the Library has been vital to the Museum's mission of education, and serves scholars from all over the United States and abroad

The new facility includes a rare book room for storing primary and rare secondary historical resources Also provided for in the new space is an expansive chart

table, allowing safe and easy access to an extensive collection of ships plans; from the Astoria Marine Construction Company to the Museum's own Columbia River Sailing Gillnetter. Charts of the Columbia River date back to the early 1840s, and include excellent illustrations of jetty construction at the mouth of the river. Photographs of thousands of vessels are also housed here. This non-circulating reference collec tion is available for scholarly use, byappointment only, to insure availability of staff and materials. Please call, email or fax the curatorial staff at least one week in advance to schedule an appointment. When we receive your request, we will call you within a few days to let you know what types of materials we have to offer and our best suggestions for how to pursue your research.

Education

Enriching lives by inspiring interest in maritime history and culture involving the Columbia River is the Museum's core purpose. Our education programs have certainly succeeded in inspiring young people this past school year. The "Museum in the Schools" outreach program, sponsored by a generous grant from US Bank, continues to expand. A contribution from Foss Maritime allows us to visit schools one additional day each week. This successful program now serves schools in five counties in Oregon and Washington and is offered free to teachers requesting the programs. By the end of the 2001-2002 school year, over 6,500 students participated in this hands-on approach to s~ience topics and the history and culture of the Columbia River.

A new Museum-In-A-Trunk was developed last summer and tested by 313 students this year . The teachers requesting the "Lighthouses" trunk were enthusiastic about its contents. The trunk contains information about lighthouses in general as well as specific information on Oregon lighthouses. Teachers can choose from a variety of lessons and experiments that are included in the curriculum.

Lightship Columbia, a new program, was offered to teachers this year who wanted an interactive, hands-on program at the Museum . Funded by a grant from Trust Management Services, LLC . it covers the history oflightships and incorporates learning stations on board the lightship The small group sizes provide a unique learning experience for the students using Museum staff and volunteers to run the stations The children have a chance to raise signal flags, sound or measure the depth of the river, gather weather data, spell their name in Morse code, and make rope

This was the second year that the Museum hosted a district National History Day

competition. Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students participated from Scappoose Middle School , Star of the Sea and Astoria Middle School. It was exciting to see the interest that these students had in history and the amount of research and work that went into their projects. The video club at Astoria Middle School created a fantastic documentary on the Astoria Fire. This group of students went on to represent our district at the state competition in Salem and won second place in their division. Because of their placement at that competition they then traveled to Maryland in June to participate in the national contest of National History Day.

This summer we are offering a summer day camp, as well as family programs The oneweek camp sessions are full of hands-on activities and exploration walks. Highlights from the camp are simulating a rescue in a 20-person life raft, touring a fish market and sampling the different seafood, and taking a jet boat ride.

Museum Staff:

Barbara Abney

Russ Bean

Celerino Bebeloni

Chris Bennett

Ann Bronson

Cheryl Cochran

Jim Dwyer

Betsey Ellerbroek

Charlotte Jackson

Arline LaMear

Lynne Leland

Robin Markham

Jim Nyberg

Jerry Ostermiller

David Pearson

Sheila Radich

Brian Roland

Elaine Rusinovich

Molly Saranpaa

Hampton Scudder

Jeff Smith

Patric Valade

Shelley Wendt

Rachel Wynne

Through funding that we received from US Bank, we are able to extend our educa~ tion programs for children and families

Museum Store

The Grand Re-Opening of the Columbia River Maritime Museum in May was a complete success for everyone. The Museum, its staff and of course our membership are enjoying the fruits of our long labors and their generous donations As Manager of the Columbia River Maritime Museum Store I am filled with genuine pride by the countless compliments given on a daily basis by our new and returning visitors. I have worked at the Museum for 20 years and have heard many good things from people over the years; however, nothing prepared me for the overwhelmingly positive feedback about the new expansion. A prominent part of the expansion includes a beautiful new Museum Store that has our visitors slaying longer and shopping more . The wrap around windows in the Store avail the shoppers of a spectacular view of the Columbia River making shopping a pure pleasure.

We have stocked the new store with many new book titles in a wide range of

maritime subjects. We now carry a new line of outerwear fleece that in our unseasonably cold spring and summer is selling very well. The selection of maritime videos has expanded tremendously and samples may be viewed on our new big screen TV. There are many new items carrying our Museum logo, for example, we have a beautiful new champagne glass, a newly designed double old-fashioned glass, a new coffee mug, and a nice selection of branded impulse items for children. The Store also boasts a very nice selection of scrimshaw items done on fossil ivories and bone, fancy brasswear for your boat and maritime thematic jewelry . If you are looking for a special gift this is where you can find it and as members of the Columbia River Maritime Museum you also' enjoy a 10% discount on all merchandise. We are always happy to meet our members and would be happy to show off the Store to you .

News & Notes

• We also welcome aboard Barb ara Abne y as our new Office Secretary . Barbara worked at Amgen for 11 years as an Administrative Coordinator. She and her husband both love sailing and have recently moved to Astoria. Welcome Aboard!

In Memoriam

• The Museum has acquired a new storage facility, the old Astoria Armory . The enormous 40,000 square foot building takes up a good part of a city block, and is located just a block away from the Museum at 17th and Exchange Streets. The space will be used to house the Museum's eyer growing collection of maritime objects and small craft

• The Museum's new orientation film The Great River of the West received second place in the 33 rd Annual International Film and Video Festival in Los Angeles. The film, produced exclusively for the Museum by Odyssey Productions of Portland, was selected out of over 1,500 entries from around the world in the category of Visitor Center Presentations and Museums for the Silver Screen A ward.

• Thanks to volunteers Helen and Bill King's generous contribution, the Lightship Columbia recently received new safety netting under the gangway. The old netting was beyond repair. The ship will also have netting installed around the railings for added safety.

• A warm welcome to three new members of our crew. Cheryl Cochran joined the Columbia River Maritime Museum as bducat10n Assistant. Cheryl brings a background in creative writing and theater arts drama to the Museum.

• Ann Bronson has joined our crew in Visitor Services . She worked for the Astoria School District part-time before being hired by the Museum

• It is with great sadness that we note the passing of three dedicated Museum advocates. Museum Trustee Graham Barbey has passed away. Graham took over the family business in 1948 and built on his father's success by packaging premium quality salmon for the New York and Boston markets. A strong supporter of the Museum~ Graham joined the original Board of Trustees 40 years ago, serving ever since. His stories and laughter will be missed

• We note the passing of Past Museum Trustee Eugene Lowe One of the original founders of the Museum , Eugene made his career by opening the Astoria Public Market. Later he was director of the South County Food Bank for several years, which was one of his passions. Always an avid supporter of the Museum and active in community service, we will miss Eugene's dedication .

• Museum Trustee Harold Wilde has passed away. A tireless volunteer for the Museum, Harold created and initiated the planned giving program at the Museum. · Harold worked with a variety of companies as an expert in specialized heating equipment, eventually nmning his own businesses. A dedicated visionary in the future of the Museum, Harold established the Harold and Lenore Wilde Endowment for Professional Development, to insure the vitality of the museum . Harold's . friendly smile and dedication will be greatly missed by all of us at the Museum .

New Members

RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Ritchey Increased Memb e rsh ip s Mr. & Mrs . Rob Pearson

October 17, 2002 Mr & Mrs. John Salsbury

October 17 , 2001- Mr. Clarence Richrod July 8 , 2002 Mr & Mrs Dave Stevens July 8 , 2002 Capt. Thron Riggs Dr. & Mrs. F.R. Sutherland, Mr. & Mrs . Norman C . Statesman MD

Crew/Family Me mbership Whitten

Clarence Aulenbacher

Todd Thorton & Moria Golub Lisa G . Paterson

Laurence Gellerman & Kathleen F. Hughes

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Webb Lucy Walmsley Patricia Hartle Emory W. Readen

Mr. Gregg Webber

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