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From the Wheelhouse Afterguard Capt. Rod Leland, President Thomas V. Dulcich, Vice President Cheri Folk, Past President Don Magnusen, Treasurer Prudence M . Miller, Secretary Jerry L. Ostermiller, Executive Director

Board of Trustees George F. Beall Dennis Bjork Peter Brix* Richard T. Carruthers * Fred Fields Walter Gadsby, Jr. Alan C. Goudy * W. Dennis Hall E.H. (Ted) Halton, Jr. Jonathan Harms Don M. Haskell Senator Mark Hatfield * Rep. Betsy Johnson Dr. Russell Keizer S. Kenneth Kim W. Louis Larson Robley Mangold * Thomas F. Martin James McClaskey John McGowan * Kon M. Novack Larry Perkins David W. Phillips Hugh Seppa June Spence Joe Tennant Willis Van Dusen * Bruce Ward Samuel C. Wheeler Bill Wyatt Ted Zell

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For most people, museums are about the interesting items, stories and artistic displays that make up the exhibits. However, a few weeks ago one of our visitors wanted to find out more about the Columbia River Maritime Museum. He was a member of the board of directors for a maritime museum located on the east coast, and was vacationing aboard one of the river cruise ships that visit Astoria.

The visitor was interested in the number of visitors we have each year (98,000), the size of the Museum (40,000 square feet of exhibits, three buildings and a lightship located on a 13-acre campus), what our dependency on tax dollars is (none), and the numberoffulltime employees (14). He was astounded to learn just how "lean and mean" our operation was compared to his own and even more impressed with the fact that we have never borrowed money or operated in the red. It soon became clear however, that his true interest was in our "professional commitment" as a collecting and educational institution.

As it turns out, his museum was struggling to meet its mission to collect and preserve the cultural materials ofhis region's maritime history and he was interested to learn how we met this challenge. I shared

with him our "three pillars" philosophy Exhibits, Education Programs and our Collections. Our exhibits, as I mentioned, are highly visible and successful, they receive the highest of praise. Our emerging education programs continue to develop and expand. We offer inhouse programs for students K-12 as well as Elderhostel and adult tour groups. The Museum's field instructor, with our new "education mobile", takes the Museum into the classrooms in 5 counties and in 2 states, to deliver face-to-face programs for over 14,000 children each year.

I then explained our plans to build the most significant collections program on the west coast by describing our outstanding library and archives, soon to be the best and most complete anywhere. Describing the attrition that is taking place to the historic boats and machinery of the region, and the need to acquire representative collections of our unique maritime culture before it is too late, I told him about our recently acquired 40,000 square foot collections storage building. This structure is being renovated to create the first "Maritime Repository" on th~ w~st coast. It is designed to house our growing collections of small craft, marine engines, and the many thousands of artifacts that comprise the actual fabric of our maritime history.

Needless to say our visitor was impressed with the vision of our museum and was anxious to share the details of our operation with his own institution. In discussing this visit with Dave Pearson, our Curator, he suggested that we dedicate this issue of the Quarterdeck to the Museum as a Collecting Institution. You know, I couldn't agree more.

-Jerry Ostermiller, Executive Director

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Planning for the Growth of Collections As the Museum enters its 43 rd year of operation, the time seems right to reflect back on one of the primary missions ofthe Museum as a collecting institution. The Columbia River Maritime Museum accepted its first artifact in May of 1962, a framed oil painting of an English Gun Ship of 1780, given to the Museum by our founder, RolfKlep. Since that time the Museum has accepted over 35,000 objects into its care. In addition, 15,000 historic photographs have been collected, and an 8,000 volume dedicated maritime research library has been built. But these numbers mean nothing without a solid collections focus and strong programs to put these incredible resources to beneficial use.

The Museum strives to document, preserve and interpret the maritime heritage of areas influenced by the Columbia River, extending throughout the Pacific Northwest region to include Oregon, Washington, and, where directly appropriate, parts of northern California, British Columbia, and Alaska. All of the ports, maritime and naval activities, social and economic institutions and industries related to this waterway,

particularly its lower reaches, are the concern of the Museum.

The Museum first opened in leased quarters at the former Astoria City Hall in 1963. From the onset, the facility limited the collecting ofmaritime material, the bulk of which is large, heavy industrial material and craft. To solve this problem the Board of Trustees began to raise funds for a new museum building to be built on Astoria's waterfront. The building was designed by the Astoria architectural firm of Brown, Brown, & Grider. Within the contemporary wave design of the building RolfKlep reserved over 10,000 square feet for curatorial storage. This was an incredible amount of space and museum resources at the time, but showed they planned for a healthy growth of the Museum and its collection of artifacts.

The new building opened to the public on May 11 th 1982, the 20th anniversary of the Museum's founding.

And grow it did, 5 years later the space had nearly filled to capacity. In 1987 the Museum received the Astoria Train Depot Building through a generous donation from Burlington Northern. It gave the Museum a Continued pg 5

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Baskets and hat made by Queets Indians These items shown are part of a collection of31 Northwest Indian baskets recently given to the Museum. They mostly date from the 1920s and are representative of the type of work done

by Pacific coastal Indians in the early 20th century for trade and sale. The donor's family were homesteaders in Evergreen on the Queets River in Washington, and these pieces obtained by their family were made by Indians living in the region.

Historically, the Queets Indians, along with the Quileute, Hoh, and Quinault of the Olympic Peninsula coast were part of the vast maritime trade network that included the Columbia River, encountered by EuroAmericans as they explored the Pacific Northwest.

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This pocket watch, a recent gift to the Museum by Thomas and Karen Klosterman, was originally given to Captain John H. Wolf (Thomas' great uncle) in 1862 by the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. Capt. Wolf was given this watch in appreciation for many years of faithful service. Lewis & Dryden sMarine History of the Pacific Northwest relates the following: "Capt. John H. Wolf, who saw more years of continuous service with the Oregon Steam Navigation Company and its successors than any other captain in their employ, was born in Germany in 1824 and came to Oregon in 18 52 on the schooner Emhous, which he left soon after arrival and commenced steamboating on the old Multnomah with Capt. Richard Hoyt, Sr. Quick to learn, and a general favorite with everyone, the young

man was soon promoted, in due season became captain of the Belle, and from this position rose steadily until he was in command of the best steamers owned by the Oregon Steam Navigation Company.

At various times during his long career he handled nearly every steamer belonging to that corporation, with the exception of the Willamette Riverboats. Captain Wolf was a thorough steamboat man in every respect, and no night was too dark, and no fog too thick, to baffie his skill. Withal he was a genial, kind-hearted gentleman, whose name will always awaken a flood of pleasant memories in the minds of those who knew him. He continued on the Columbia until a few weeks before his death, which occurred in Portland, October 14, 1885, after a third of a century of continuous service on river steamboats."

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RolfKlep talking to an unidentified guest about the Columbia River Bar Pilot pulling boat from the Museum's collection.

great opportunity for growth and development and much needed storage space. The space became a boat building shop and later a storage facility for the Museum during the expansion. Today this space is the focus of planning for a majorre-use, as the Museum explores different ideas for putting the proud historic structure to better public and community use.

Later, as the collection continued to develop, the Museum was compelled to lease another storage building (the old Darigold building in downtownAstoria) to accommodate a small craft collection, now at 33 vessels, and a growing marine engine and outboard motor collection. And still the collection continued to grow.

In 1996 the Museum again began an aggressive building campaign to renovate and redesign its now aging building and exhibits.

On May 11 1h, 2002 on the Museum's 40th anniversary, the Museum opened a 6.5 million dollar expansion to the public with a new orientation theater, innovative exhibits, a new The QuarterDeck, Vol. 30 No. 3-4

museum store, and expanded meeting rooms for public events. Within this space, the architects Fletcher Farr Ayotte, were given the charge, this time to include over 2,000 square feet of space for the museum's growing library. Vital space and museum resources were dedicated to this goal. This was the first step in a long term plan to better utilize our growing collections.

The Ted M. Natt Maritime Library was built to help accomplish the goal of creating a lifelong learning center. To meet this ambitious goal the Museum needs to provide education, information, and research services to a broad section of the Museum's audience, thereby conveying an appreciation for the maritime history of the Pacific Northwest and a sense ofthe historical maritime importance of the Columbia River. The library has come to play an invaluable role in supporting the interpretation of the Museum mission for the education and enjoyment of our visitors.

The Museum has the only nationally accredited, specialized maritime library in the Pacific Continued pg 7

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Featured Item from the Collection Builder's Plate from the Peter Iredale On October 25, 1906 the British, fourmasted iron bark, Peter Iredale, hull no.

59 from the Ritson & Company shipbuilders, grounded on Clatsop Spit during heavy weather about a mile and a half from the mouth ofthe Columbia River.

The crew and captain were rescued by PointAdams Life Saving crew and the vessel was declared a loss. The underwriters sold their interests for $500 to the Pacific Iron Works ofAstoria who thoroughly dismantled the ship and sold what was left to other scrappers. The hulk remaining was left to sink into the sand.

Over the years the Peter Iredale wreck has become one of the most photographed landmarks of the Oregon Coast.

This cast brass relic oflocal significance was recently given to the Museum by a

Seattle couple who had purchased it a number of years ago. The husband always wished it to go to the Columbia River Maritime Museum, and after his recent passing, his wife fulfilled that wish and made the donation. We are pleased and honored to have this significant piece oflocal maritime history here at the Columbia River Maritime Museum. Future plans to renovate the Peter Iredale exhibit include placing this item on display for all to see and appreciate.

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The cavernous 130' x 80' upstairs to the armory building.

This will house the majority of the Museum's collections.

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Northwest. The scope of the collections held in the Ted M. Natt Maritime Library is directly related to the Columbia River and the Northwest Coast. These include photographic materials, periodicals, shipping papers, manuscripts, ships' plans, corporate records, marine drawings, and cannery labels. Manuscript holdings include memorabilia from ship launchings, logbooks, customs house records, Bar Pilot Logs, and Navy cruise books.

The library works to offer applied research information to anyone who contacts the Museum with inquiries. This research supports the Museum's mission by allowing a better understanding and encouraging education about the maritime heritage of the Columbia River and Northwest Coast. This includes scholarly research, from high school Senior Projects to graduate level thesis work.

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included working with the History Channel, National Geographic, and National Public Radio.

The second step in this long term plan is to find suitable offsite storage, with the goal that all the Museum's collections be stored under one roof. What began 42 years ago as a small collection and a dedicated staff of one, has grown into the second largest collection of maritime items on the west coast (second only to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.) With this reorganization, the economy ofthe building's location cannot be ignored. The closer the storage building is to our main building the easier it will be to manage, giving it a much better chance of meeting all of our goals. With this in mind the Museum Trustees made the decision to purchase a new storage building, one with room to grow for the next twenty years.

The USO Recreation Building, which later became the Oregon National Guard Armory, was completed in 1945; this giant 40,000 square foot structure is sited just east Continued pg 9

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Featured Item from the Collection Photo of the Sir Thomas J Lipton This artful image by noted Pacific Northwest photographer Fred Wilson shows the 1,588 ton four-masted lumber schooner Sir Thomas J Lipton tied up on the west side of Tongue Point, circa 1925.

The darkening sky and the setting sun silhouetting the rigging ofthis fine vessel evoke the somber feelings of the donor who remembered from his youth the waning days of sail in Astoria. This photograph was a wedding gift to the donor back in 1940, the same year the vessel was acquired by Island Tug & Barge Co. of Victoria and was transferred to Canadian registry as a barge. The print now finds a home here at the museum along with other artifacts from the Sir Thomas J Lipton.

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of downtownAstoria,just a block away from the Maritime Museum. Built to government standards, the armory was built to last. After many changes in owners and mixed success, the building again came on the market in 2002. Recognizing the need for space, and the Museum's mission as a collecting institution, the Trustees made the decision to acquire the property. The building was purchased outright; the Museum assumed no debt.

Planning has now begun to develop this facility into the Pacific Northwest Maritime Repository, making the Columbia River Maritime Museum one ofthe largest maritime artifact collectors on the west coast. For this to happen, a great amount of work must occur. The facility needs upgraded lighting, upgraded security, fire protection, and heat and humidity controls to create a stable and secure storage facility.

When this project is completed the Pacific Northwest Maritime Repository will be a museum quality environment for the Museum's artifacts and small craft collection. This will be the third such building in the country designed as a repository of maritime artifacts, an ambitious undertaking for any museum. The The QuarterDeck, Vol. 30 No. 3-4

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other two, which have opened within the last three years, are Mystic Seaport, in Mystic, Connecticut and The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia. This facility, the first of its kind on the west coast, will provide scholars and visitors with research space and better facilitate public viewing of our collections, and continue RolfKlep's vision of the Museum as a collecting institution for decades to come.

The Museum is proud to announce the support of the James F and Marion L. Miller Foundation in reaching this goal of creating the Pacific Northwest Maritime Repository. The Miller Foundation has pledged $150,000 in a matching grant to the Museum, a strong first step towards our goal of one million to complete the project. For more information about the Pacific Northwest Maritime Repository and how you can help support this exciting project contact John Gibbens, Director of Development at (503) 325-2323.

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brought us almost 2,000 participants in Family Programs and 35 day campers. This is a particularly enjoyable time as parents and When I moved back to Astoria in 2002 children participate in storytelling, lectures and I was hired as the Education Assistant for ' hands-on activities. Each replica or artifact ~e Col~mbia River Maritime Museum. My used in all the education programs has a story Job ent~iled teaching the history ofAstoria, to accompany it and that is what museum the Pacific Northwest maritime trade, and education entails, the stories of the past using many other subjects, in a five county radius vivid imagery.

(Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, Pacific, and It is always interesting to visit with other Cowlitz). I would become the Museum in agencies that offer similar programs. They the Schools (MITS) lady, or better known often have a staff consisting of more than five as Miss Cheryl. educators that present to around 1O 000 Remembering the words of my father, ' students per year at a cost to the participating "Tell the stories of the past," I eagerly began school district. As the MITS program grows I researching and writing programs that the .. ' envision our education staff increasing in Museum could offer to the schools. Becomnumbers also. Unlike other education proing the characters of the fur trade and grams, the MITS program is still FREE to the sharing artifacts and replicas with the schools. The Museum is proud of this accomchildren opened their eyes to their own plishment and feels a strong commitment to community. Watching a six-year-old make a the Museum in the Schools program and its funny face while looking through a Fresnel contribution to the education of young people. lens and then explaining its purpose to As an educational institution it is our goal to another child is why we need this outreach provide quality programs and resources to program, to educate our young about the schools. Wouldn't it be great to expand wealth ofhistory in the Pacific Northwest.

MITS into the Portland and Beaverton areas?

The MITS program started with the Imagine all of the students educating their 1996 - 1997 school year presenting 162 parents about the fur trade, commerce on the pro~rams to 4,000 students in Clatsop and river, weather, watersheds, marine life, and Pacific counties. At that time, the programs history. Imagine the students sharing the were offered three days a week and were stories. free of charge. By 2001 - 2002 school Every day the education staff encounters year, the program expanded into five students and their parents who have particicounties including: Clatsop, Tillamook, pated in past programs. This summer in Columbia, Pacific, and Cowlitz, and particular, I have had a number of students boosted student participation to 7,000 from the St. Helens area bring their parents to students. The MITS program continued to the Museum because of the MITS program increase in popularity with teachers and presented in their classroom last year. One of students and in 2003 - 2004, the program my favorite comments was from a parent was expanded to five days a week. MITS stating, "Miss Cheryl, my son explained the program participation ballooned to 543 salmon cycle-he is only five! The MITS presentations and served 13, 921 students. program must continue in the schools as When school is out, students plan for one of the most valuable learning resources summer fun and teachers take a break, but we have that is free to our educators. " the Columbia River Maritime Museum's St. Helens teachers wrote to the Museum Education Department encounters its recently and pointed out several Oregon Dept. busiest time by presenting Family Programs of Education content standards the MITS and Summer Day Camp. This summer

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program touches on, stating, "This program has been so valuable to us at any grade level here in St. Helens. Cheryl has made available to us so many lessons, teaching in such a way that students have a vivid picture of whatever concept she is imparting. As teachers, we watch in amazement all the lessons she has researched and executed. All the tools and materials she has collected to enhance each lesson are impressive. Due to her tremendous research and teaching style, she has enabled our students to learn beyond normal standards.

These programs blend in well to our curricula and Oregon benchmarks. "Kathy Keudall, Melody Biggs, Marcy Ramey, Kendra Griffin, Melissa Lake, and Laurie Beisley (McBride Elementary, St. Helens, Oregon).

The Education Department's role is to bring history to life. And that is the point. I am an educator who uses storytelling to explain history to our children. What better investment could we make in the next generation? As those children grow, I hope they will remember their roots and support organizations such as our Museum, the Columbia River Maritime Museum, the place I call home.

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Education Takes to the Open Road!

With a generous donation from the Quest for Truth Foundation the Columbia River Maritime Museum was able to purchase a Toyota Minivan for the Museum in the Schools Program.

Having the vehicle will allow a greater choice of programs for the classrooms at each school and will offer a chance to highlight the Museum's commitment to the program and the community.

A special thanks to Lum'sAuto Center in Astoria for their expert assistance in helping us acquire the right vehicle for our needs.

Stay tuned for more updates as we take the show on the road.

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The human animal is a collector. It is our nature to become enamored of certain objects and begin to amass them. Some people begin to collect because they just love the objects themselves; some do it for the investment possibilities and others simply because they can't help themselves. Whatever category of collector we may fall into we could all use some help when it comes to the care of our precious collections. Your Museum Store understands this and stocks several titles pertaining to the collection and preservation of the objects of our desire. We also carry titles that focus on maritime related collecting and investigation offamily heritage.

Caring For Your Collections, Preserving and Protecting Your Art and Other Collectibles: Paintings, Furniture, Ceramics, Glass, Books, Manuscripts, Stamps, Photographs, Works on Paper, Musical Instruments, Textiles, Ethnographic materials, Metal and Stone Objects, National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, Arthur W. Schultz, General Editor, Abrams Books, NewYork,1992, HB $40.00/36.00 This book is divided into chapters according to materials. The authors concentrate on the importance ofpreventative maintenance, outlining the dos' and don'ts ofroutine carefrom cleaning and examination to display, shipping and storage. An excellent resource.

Marine Art & Antiques, Jack Tar, A Sailor's Life 1750-1910 by J. Welles Henderson and Rodney P Carlise, Antique Collector's Club, Suffolk, England 1999 HB $65.00/58.50 The author focuses on the 'ordinary' seamen in the American and British navies who manned and worked the ships and he follows their story through manuscripts, journals, diaries, log books, rare books, paintings, prints, sketches, wood carvings, ceramics, textiles, scrimshaw, medals, instruments, ship models, statues and photographs.

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China For America, Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries, by Herbert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer Schiffer Publishing Ltd.,Atglen, PA 1980 HB $39.95/35.96 The importation of Chinese porcelain to America was only a small part of the early Sino-American commercial trade. From the first voyages ofAmerican ships to China in 1784,Arnerican vessels brought cargoes of varied types and origins dominated by tea, silk and a coarse cotton fabric known as nankeen.

But even before American ships went to China, porcelain was made for, and used in, America. Colonial family crests, initials, names and original design decorations are explored within this extensive book.

Tracing Your Naval Ancestors, by Bruno Pappalardo, The Cromwell Press Ltd., Trowbridge, Wiltshire, GB 2003, PB $24.95/22.46 A comprehensive and up-to-date guide for family and naval historians, archivists, librarians and medal collectors. This book explains the wide and diverse range of records and secondary sources to trace genealogical and career information. This book focuses primarily on those who may have served in the The QuarterDeck, Vol. 30 No. 3-4

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Royal Navy and in the naval reserve or auxiliary forces formed to serve it, from 1660 to modem times.

Plugging Into Your Past, How to Find Real Family History Records Online, by Rick Crume, Betterway Books, Cincinnati, OH 2004, PB $19.99/17.99 Step-by-step strategies for effectively using revolutionary resources available at your fingertips. A friendly, accessible guidance manual that makes it easy to find vital clues about your family history with online marriage and census records, tombstone transcriptions, military and immigration records.

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\ .~ S E A A C H D F With the Annual Membership Meeting just Famous Shipwrecks ahead of us and the world renowned author and lecturer, Mr. James P. Delgado as our featured speaker, it is only prudent that we JAMES P. DELGADO highlight a few of his many books available in your Museum Store. I'm sure you will want to stop in after the meeting and pick up one, or Across the Top of the World, The Quest maybe several. for the Northwest Passage, by James P. Adventures ofa Sea Hunter, James P. Delgado, CheckmarkBooks, New York, Delgado, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, NYHB 1999, $35.00/31.50 B.C 2004 HB $25 .00/22.50 In the Great Age ofExploration, the Together with author Clive Cussler, James quest for the fabled Northwest Passage lured Delgado hosts an international television series, the era's boldest adventurers to the icy The Sea Hunters, that takes its viewers along Arctic. For nearly four centuries they risked on dives to discover and explore famous and sometimes lost their lives in search of a shipwrecks. The dramatic stories in this book sea route connecting Europe with Asia. are based on Sea Hunter episodes and on Across the Top ofthe World tells their story Delgado's own underwater explorations.

- an epic tale of tragedy, determination and Lost Warships, An Archaeological Tour human struggle. of War at Sea , by James P. Delgado, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, B.C., 2001 HB Don't forget your Museum $50.00/45.00 Store for all your holiday A lavishly illustrated tour of war at sea shopping. Your membership around the world and through the ages by discount gives you a great tracing the three-thousand-year archaeological history of these events. Follow the author as price on some truly special, he investigates the ancient conflicts in the one-of-a-kind gifts.

Mediterranean and on China's rivers and lakes through to the lost ships and sea battles Call or visit your Museum of the Second World War

Store today!

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News and Notes

Museum Staff: Russ Bean Celerino Bebeloni Ann Bronson Valerie Burham Cheryl Cochran Betsey Ellerbroek John Gibbens Helen Hon! Charlotte Jackson Kathy Johnson Arline LaMear Jim Nyberg Jerry Ostermiller Robin Parker David Pearson Molly Saranpaa Hampton Scudder Jeff Smith Cynthia Svensson Patric Valade Shelley Wendt Rachel rfynne

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Thanks go to the Autzen Foundation for their generous grant to fund a new cardiac defibrillator for the Museum. The Museum has taken this proactive step to insure the best possible response to a cardiac emergency at the Museum. As part of the new American Heart Association training program, all Museum staff will undergo training to operate the new defibrillator.

Thanks to Darryl Bergerson and the crew ofBergerson Construction for equipment and services to construct a new floating camel log system at the 17th Street Pier for the Lightship Columbia. The old camel had been severely damaged during the storms oflast winter.

Ifyou were not in Astoria during the Regatta this August you missed the Museum's entry in the Grand Land Parade.

Staff and volunteer, Ken Charters, spiffed up Peace and Friendship, the replica of Capt.

Robert Gray's jolly boat, for the parade.

Summer day camp participants rode in the boat waving and smiling to the crowd. We were a great hit and had lots of fun.

Lightship off to Drydock The Lightship Columbia is off to Sundial dry dock in Troutdale to have her hull and decks painted. Columbia is tentatively scheduled to be pulled away from the dock the second week in October. From there she will be towed up river with the generous donation of a tug and crew from the expert boat handlers at Tidewater. Thanks to Peter J. Brix, The Kinsman Foundation, Rose Tucker Charitable Trust, and the many individual donors for their generous support to help fund renovation ofthe Lightship Columbia.

We also wish to thank the Oregon Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society for donating $1,500 to assist us in restoring the upholstery for the chairs and bench in the mess deck. Both ofthese improvements will help restore her to the significant Historical National Landmark that she is. We hope that you will come visit upon her return.

The Education Department received a grant from U.S . Bank for $1,500 to be used in conjunction with our Museum in the Schools outreach program. These funds will allow us to purchase replicas, models, and other items that pertain to our expanding list of programs. U.S. Bank has been a staunch supporter of our education programs and a valued partner. We thank them for their continued support, allowing us to offer quality experiences to children.

The Friends ofthe Columbia River Maritime Museum have started holding their monthly meets again for the 2004-2005 season. The Friends meet every 4th Wednesday ofthe month and offer a distinguished lecturer, interesting conversation and of course a great lunch. If you are interested in learning more about the Friends ofthe Columbia River Maritime Museum, contact the Museum.

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two weekly shifts aboard the Lightship Columbia and Bill has been working in the There are many more hands on the Curatorial Department. Try multiplying a 40 CRMM deck this autumn. The Museum hour work week by a 52 week year and you Store welcomes Peggy Hines, Sheila Parsons, will see how impressive this gift to the and Celia Tippit, along with long time CRMM Museumis. friend Charlotte Jackson as new weekly Ken Charters received a special award for volunteers. The Curatorial Department is all the work he has done in updating the pleased to have Mike Soderberg join its Docent Gallery Notebooks. But the highlight volunteer staff. ofVolunteer Appreciation Night was the Children involved in Family Programs and presentation of"The Man of the Hours" Museum Day Camp have enjoyed the lively help award to Bill Williams for his curatorial ofnew volunteers Cindy Benson, Carol Camey, accomplishments. Bill received a handsome Wendy Gartrell, and high school student Lulu brass ship's clock found in the Museum Store.

Wyeth. Carol Camey has also completed the The Museum Store brings this article to a docent training program along with Ken Weber final bit of volunteer news. Gurie O'Connor and Jean Williams. And CRMM's own Chris has retired after 17 years of service to the Bennett is now a volunteer in the Lightship Museum. She donated over 2,700 hours of Program and a number of other special projects, her valuable time to help customers have a as well. Welcome aboard, all! more rewarding, enjoyable, and memorable Excellent and friendly volunteers are one of experience at the CRMM. Thank you, the biggest factors in attracting still more Gurie. A hearty thanks to all the volunteers! volunteers and CRMM is richly endowed wilh If you are interested in getting involved them. A look at the 2003 recognitions from please call Cynthia Svensson at the Museum.

Volunteer Appreciation Night is indicative of just how dedicated our volunteers are. Those Upcoming Events: contributing over 100 hours within one year Castles Lecture were: Frances Burham, Ben Cadman, Kristy October 30 2:00 P.M. Ann Chamberlain, Bob Chamberlin, Ken Molly Gloss and Robert Pyle, both NorthCharters, Bob Chopping, Jeanne Clifford, west authors, will present a lecture that will Kenny Ginn, Doris Hay, Rod Leland, Walt address the construction of the Big Foot McManis, Gene Mellott, Carol Moore, Larry myth and the Pacific Northwest landscape.

Nordholm, Gurie O'Connor,Al Olson, Earl Molly Gloss is the author of Outside the Philpott, Peggy Roeser, Byron Ruppel, Fred Gates. Robert Pyle has written Where Schott, and Bill Williams. Al Olson and Doris Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide.

Hay also received pins for working over 300 Free to Museum Members and 500 cumulative hours respectively.

Rivers that Were The 1000 Hour plaque hanging next to the November 27 2:00 P.M. Columbia Theater has two new names this Barbara Bernstein, a radio producer, year. Kristy Ann Chamberlain volunteered for musician, and composer, draws on her two shifts in the Museum Store each week to award-winning public radio documentary to help put her over the 1000 hour mark. Earl explore the consequences of redesigning Philpott has worked weekly shifts both aboard rivers in the west. Through lecture, discusthe Lightship Columbia and in the Museum sion, audio clips, and a slide show Barbara Store to reach the same impressive status. will recreate the landscapes, wildlife, and Ben Cadman and Bill Williams joined the cultures that once flourished throughout the select circle of those contributing over 2000 Columbia River Basin. cumulative hours this year. Ben has worked Free to Museum Members

Volunteer Ranks Swell

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Development Focus on the Future When it comes to focusing on our future, we're indebted and grateful to friends and supporters who have included the Columbia River Maritime Museum in their own personal estate plans. Through these planned gifts, it is possible for us to focus a measure of our attention on the future.

Planned gifts provide a way for anyone to fulfill philanthropic objectives, establish a lasting legacy, and often take advantage of a number of attractive tax benefits at the same time.

These planned gifts also provide an opportunity for the donor to specify how their gift is to be used. Whether it's to support the Museum in general or to be designated for a specific program the Museum will administer any gift in accordance with a donor's specific wishes.

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There are some unusually favorable tax benefits to be derived from using a charitable trust to provide a future gift. At the same time, the trust can be designed in a way that provides a lifetime income to the donor. The following example illustrates the benefits, as well as the basics ofhow a charitable trust works.

Ralph and Sally Brown, age 70, are recently retired. One of the assets they own is a second home with a value of $265,000.

The home originally cost the Browns $28,000. The couple has considered selling it and giving part of the proceeds to the Museum, but reconsidered after learning about the unfavorable tax consequences of a sale.

The couple learned that a charitable trust might make it possible for them to achieve their objective with much more favorable tax

benefits.

Highly appreciated assets, like the Browns' second home, may be transferred into a charitable trust and subsequently sold by the trust without the imposition of a tax on the capital gain. Most of the value is preserved by using this simple plan. There are, in addition, income as well as estate tax benefits that are derived.

After selling the second home, the trust reinvests the proceeds from the sale, and the Browns will receive income from this reinvestment for the remainder oftheir lives. Upon their deaths, the value remaining in the trust is transferred to the Museum.

Other planning tools exist, and offer unique opportunities to derive the highest levels of value from any assets that have appreciated over the years.

An increasing source of support for the Columbia River Maritime Museum is coming from wills and trusts. And if we're to successfully meet the challenges of tomorrow, this kind of focus on the future is essential.

If you would like more information about how you can plan now for a future gift to support the Museum, please call the Development Office at 503-325-2323 or send a note to us at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR 97103.

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Membership New Members April 21, 2004September 15, 2004 Statesman George Lamb Paul Weeks Melissa Weissman John F. Williams Ensign/Individual Robert Earle Maryla Fitch Gary Hubka James Mockford Darren O'Brien Mr. and Mrs. Richard Seppa Terry Shumaker Crew/Family George and Sue Brice Kelly and Bill Bums David and Pat Densmore Richard Dominey & Susan Kauffman Ed and Kathy Flowers Jana Fussell and Karen Hightower Robert Galante Gretchen and Stephen Gaydos Tilzer and Martha Hargraves Timothy and Kathryn Haslach Raymond and Margaret Johnson Chris Kelly Patrick and Sandra Killion William L. Lang & Marrianne Keddington-Lang Steven Miller & Dhyana Kearly Matt and Bree Phillips Julia and Matt Richert Howard and Michelle Rub Richard Schramm & Particia Bugas-Schramm The QuarterDeck, Vol. 29 No. 2

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Don and Lucille Seeback Dan and Melody Strite John and Linda Taggart Eugene andAngela Wallace Ken and Katie Weber Marcia and Stuart Weiss Helmsman Mickey and Eric Anderson Corey and Kim Brunish Kathy and Jeff Carlson Phillip Cooper and Claudia Vargas Raymond and Louise Denny Richard and Margaret Field Clifton Heitz & Nikki Nisco-Heitz Dennis and Judy Hollinger Jerry and Cindy Howe Mark and Rhoda Ihander Mr. and Mrs.Arthur McArthur WilliamMcLoughlin and Cynthia Marsh Kenneth and Margaret Nelson Capt. and Mrs. Lonny Rodgers Gale and Beverly Scobie Ronald and Deborah Taylor Boatswain Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Dobbin John and Merikay Ducich Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Harris, III

Increased Memberships April 21, 2004September 15, 2004 Ensign/Individual Allen County Public Library Jeanne Clifford Lorraine Street Crew/Family Gloria Jones and Richard Covert James and Esther Kirkland Carol Moore

MARITIME Dr. and Mrs. Donald Pachal Helmsman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Erickson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gearin Richard and Daphne Green Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hoff Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Lemeshko D .B. Lewis and Cindy Ymgst Nancy E. Masters Kevin & Nancy Miller Kris andAnca Nickelson Robert Olds Mr. and Mrs. JackG. Robinson Gary Sunderland & Family Don and Meredith Tuschoff Boatswain Elizabeth K. Barker Robert and Sheryl Ginn Mamoru Inouye Mr. and Mrs. Irv Iverson Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kischner Mr. & Mrs. John M. McClelland, Jr. Ken and Rose Marie Paavola Mr. and Mrs. Audrey J. Pricher Susan and John Spring Russell and Donna Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Wyatt Pilot Mr. and Mrs. Dave Johnson Mr. William B. Pope Mr. and Mrs. Wilson

MUSEUM Welcome Back to Membership April 21, 2004 September 15, 2004 Statesman TimDahymple Ensign/Individual Philip Hubert, III John Markham Crew/Family Mr. and Mrs. HaroldAllsup Michael and Katie Autio Mr. and Mrs. George Dolaptchieff Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hill E.R. and Ben Flodquist Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hoppes Peter and Jennifer Miller Bernadette Murray and Family Gary Nothstein Stephen Poyser and Carolyn Phelps JohnPylkki Stephen Sable Charles and Sandra Sarin Helmsman Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Boyle Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Byers Errol and Gail Eshaia John Hopkins and Christine Lolich William Switzenberg Alan and Linda Takalo Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Vlahos

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COLUMBIA Memorial Donations April 21, 2004 September 15, 2004 Viola Abrahamson Kati Tuominen Dr. Bernard Berenson James and Debra Berenson Dr. Berenson and Ms. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. DaleA. Russell Kingsley and Betty Sheppard Kathryn T. Browning Mr. and Mrs. William C. Elder Ruth Howe Cavens Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Oja Bob Clement Harry Phillips Shirlex Dichter Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dichter Harry and Leslie Dichter PaulDoumit Mr. and Mrs. Albin E. Thander Rosalie Driggers Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dichter Wally Erp Kathleen Slotte ArthurE. Farr AMVESCAP FredAlger Management, Inc. Alliance Bernstein Richard and Nancy Anders Atlanta SosnoffCapital, LLC Bank oflrelandAsset Management Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Barnes Raymond H. Barnes Charles and Diane Bingham Brotherhood Bank and Trust Callan Associates

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Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Calley James W. Cook and Wendy Hutchins-Cook Richard Crooke DalmasAccountancy Corp.

Steve and Peggy Dawson Mr. and Mrs. Mel Emberland ENERFAB Fiduciary Management Associates, LLC Foss Maritime Company Freeman Associates Investment Management Froley, Revy Investment Company Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gadsby,Jr. Melinda Gordon Evelyn P. Gutowsky Mary Jane Hall Hayes Mechanical HGK Management, Inc. Local 7 6 IBEW/NECA IBEW Pacific Coast Pension Fund Grant Johnson Gordon and Katherine Keane JohnA.Kcmp Kennedy and Associates Real Estate Counsel, Inc. Lazard Asset Management Lindquist, LLP Loomis Sayles and Company JonLund Larry and Carolyn McKinney McMorgan & Company Mr. and Mrs. WarnerD. Nelson Cristina Noyes Daniel and Karen O'Connell Johanna and WtlliamH. Padie Propeller Club of the U.S. Prudential Financial Margaret Rawlinson The Segal Company

MARITIME Kay Slater Martin and Toni Sosnoff State Street Global Advisors Trust Company of the West UBS Global Management VEF Group Management, LLC Wall StreetAssociates Karen and Heinz Weiser George and Norma Winters Sheila Fitzgerald Astoria City Hall Employees Dennis and Debbie Dokken Edith Hickam Carol Kindred Capt. Robert Gibson Capt. & Mrs. Joseph Bruneau Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mestrich Richard Green Staff ofAMCO Rod Grider Capt. & Mrs. Joseph Bruneau Herman Haggren Mr. and Mrs. Albin E. Thander Uorothx Hanson Mabel Herold Harlan Olsen Roxce Hendrickson Vern and Gloria Larson Dr. Arthur Huber Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Oja Ellen Pietila Esther K. Jerrell Captain Fred Jerrell Arthur Johanson Alice Codd and Stacey Sundquist Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Link Niemi Oil Company Clifford Johns Mr. and Mrs. Elmer T. Hjorten

MUSEUM Virginia M. Kaufinan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Erickson Betty Korpela Mr. andMrs.AlbinE. Thander Mr. and Mrs. Ward Paldanius Mr. and Mrs. Peter Strandberg Capt. Calvin (Mike) Leback Gladys Halsan Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Jackson Clifford M. Johnson Dorothy Labiske Mr. and Mrs. Toivo Mustonen Esther Lind Curtis Olson Peter Lindguist, Sr. Vern and Gloria Larson JackLove Harry Phillips Richard Maize Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Knutsen Carroll and Lydia Seabold Captain Kenneth McAlpin Capt. & Mrs. Joseph Bruneau Hugh McKenna Carol Moore George Moskovita Daughters ofNorway Mr. and Mrs. Cecil R. Botkin Jeanne Clifford Judie Dreyer Mr. and Mrs. Clarence 0.

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COLUMBIA AllanMaki Yvonne Rothwell Thomas and Judith Rudol:fi Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Story Mr. and Mrs. Martin Tomich Leonard Osmus Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Tadei Lucille Perkins Marilyn J. Anderson Andy and Doris Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Norman Forney Marie McLaughlin Anna Smith, Candy Lockhart and Tommy Stevens Loreen Phillips Harry Phillips Captain Ed Quinn Capt. & Mrs. Joseph Bruneau Dr. Rodi Harry and Leslie Dichter Nick Rusinovich AllanMaki Rusinovich and Pass Families Captain Stanley Sayer Capt. & Mrs. Joseph Bruneau Ellen McMindes Scott Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Knutsen Arthur L. Smith Frances Anderson Jim and Michele Leqve Margery J. MacLean EdNimmo Mr. and Mrs. Michael Randell Gene and Linda Smith G. Marlain Van Hoof Tim and Eileen Wyatt Helen Sorkki EllaP. Hill Mr. and Mrs. John Jensen

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Dan L. Stephan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mr. andMrs.AlbinE. Cordiner Thander William Crandall John Supple Dolores Ducich Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas D. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Za:firatos Hjorten Joe Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Elmer T. Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hjorten Cameron Bruce Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Erickson Jackson Walter and Joean Fransen Mr. and Mrs. William R. Marva Jean Frisbie King Harold Hendricksen Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mr. and Mrs. Walfred Knutsen Hendrickson Kenneth & Esther Lampi EllaP.Hill Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Link Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Hill Mr. and Mrs. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Albin E. Paldanius Thander Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert V. Weaver Jack VanH)'.ning Kamara Eldon Korpela Eldon Korpela Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Larsen Bill Vernon AllanMaki Mr. and Mrs. John L. Christie, Jr. Betty Markham Mr. and Mrs. RobertM. Oja RoyWoods Mr. and Mrs. Grant Orr Curtis Olson Arden Wright Harry Phillips Myron and Bonnie Salo Mr. and Mrs. Wesley J. Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeE. Anderson Siverson Ronald andAnitaAngberg Dr. and Mrs. LeroyW. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Steinmann Bakkensen Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Tadei Patricia Berry Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Mr. and Mrs. David R. Thompson Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mr. and Mrs. Theodore T. Westerholm Bugas Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mr. and Mrs. Allen V. Westerlund Cellars Ben and Jackie Wilcox Mr. & Mrs. William R. Kenneth W. Thompson Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Englund Marine Supply Andersen Co., Inc. BenBay Mr. and Mrs. Erland John and Lucille Bowles Fahlstrom

MUSEUM Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Frame Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Griffin Donna M. Gustafson Mardelle Hartlauf Mr. and Mrs. Donald Helligso Gerry Henry Mr. and Mrs. WillardA. Ivanoff Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Jackson Kaarlo and Katherine Karna Bob and Virginia Kearney Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Knutsen Marian Leonardo Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Link Gerry Loomis John McGowan Richard Morse Inez PiukstaIT Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pouge Joyce Ricker Carroll and Lydia Seabold Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Seppa Mr. and Mrs. George E. Siverson Ray and Carlene Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ron Westerlund Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas D. Za:firatos

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You are invited to attend the Annual Meeting of the Membership Friday, November 19, 2004 Join us at the Museum for an exciting evening presentation, Adventures of a Sea Hunter,

by James P. Delgado.

James P. Delgado has led, or participated in, shipwreck expeditions all across the globe. His undersea explorations include RMS Titanic, the discoveries of Carpathia, and the ghost ship Mary Celeste. Recent expeditions have lead to the discovery of two previously unknown U-boat wrecks in the North Atlantic. Delgado is the Executive Director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Vancouver, British Columbia. When he is not at the Museum he is the co-host of the new National Geographic International television series The Sea Hunters along with best-seller author, Clive Cussler. Delgado's other television credits include specials for the Discovery Channel, A&E, the History Channel, and ABC. Dinner is $30.00 per person, Please reserve early, seating limited. 503-325-2323

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