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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015
Of¿ cials using mussels to
track pollution in Puget Sound
Associated Press
‘What should the city of Astoria
build to replace the giant hole
in the ground, otherwise known
as Heritage Square?’
“Another parking lot would do
well for the city. Most cities charge
for parking. A parking lot with
a coffee shop — but then, I like
coffee.”
Sheryl Pettit, Astoria
BELLINGHAM, Wash. —
Biologists with the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife
are using cages ¿ lled with native
Penn Cove mussels to track how
much stormwater pollution is
entering the Puget Sound.
The Bellingham Herald re-
ports that starting Monday, vol-
unteers will anchor mussels in
73 spots around the sound. The
cages will remain in the water
until February and will track
what contaminants are washing
from land into the sound during
the fall and winter.
Stormwater washes over
hard surfaces and into local
waterways instead of soak-
ing into the ground. It can
carry pollutants such as oil,
fertilizers, chemicals and pet
Husband of Clatskanie mayor pleads not guilty
Associated Press
CLATSKANIE — The
64-year-old husband of the
Clatskanie mayor has pleaded
not guilty to 30 counts of public
indecency.
Raymond S. Pohl pleaded
not guilty Monday in Colum-
bia County Circuit Court to
charges that he exposed his
genitals repeatedly to a woman
who works at a drive-thru cof-
fee stand.
Court documents say the in-
cidents occurred at least twice
a week for nearly two years
until September. Police say the
victim told them the incidents
were unsolicited and unwanted
and that she feared retribution.
Pohl is a member of Clats-
kanie’s planning commission
and the husband of Mayor Di-
ane Pohl.
KGW-TV reports he has re-
signed from the planning com-
The Associated Press
Judy Hall, Astoria
“Something with a roof over it.
That would be really nice. I was
very surprised they didn’t do that
with the Garden of Surging Waves
park. Or a basketball court.”
Buddy Cropp, Astoria
SALEM — Oregon is see-
ing an increase in reports of
abuse of the elderly as the pop-
ulation of older Oregonians
continues to grow and people
get better about reporting.
A state report issued last week
found a 10-percent increase in
the number of investigations
conducted into the abuse and
mistreatment of vulnerable peo-
ple. That includes older adults
and people with disabilities.
Some of the increase is due
to more reporting, researcher
Joe Merri¿ eld of the Oregon
Of¿ ce of Adult Abuse Preven-
tion and Investigations told the
Statesman Journal.
In 2014, more than 38,000
cases of possible abuse were re-
ported, up from 35,000 in 2013.
In both years, the most common
type of abuses were ¿ nancial ex-
ploitation and neglect. The num-
ber of cases that were investigat-
ed rose 10 percent to 18,185.
Many of the abuse reports
come from people such as bank-
ers and ¿ nancial service workers
who are not required by law to
report suspected abuse. Census
data shows that since 2010, more
than 50,000 Oregon residents
have turned 65 annually, Merri-
¿ eld said. The annual growth of
aging baby boomers is expected
to continue for another decade,
adding nearly 300,000 older
adults to the state’s population.
“Obviously, not everyone
over 65 is vulnerable,” Merri-
¿ eld said. “Many are living lon-
ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
OBITUARIES
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Doris A. Curran
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Mostly cloudy
46°
Thursday
Oregon Weather
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tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
Corvallis
44/65
Eugene
45/65
Pendleton
48/64
Salem
45/65
Albany
45/63
Ontario
37/68
Bend
37/61
Friday
Burns
33/66
Medford
46/71
Considerable
cloudiness
Klamath Falls
34/67
Periods of clouds
and sunshine
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63°
44°
Saturday
64°
Sunday
Mostly cloudy
62°
45°
48°
Mostly cloudy
66°
48°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 65°
Low ............................................ 50°
Normal high ............................... 60°
Normal low ................................. 44°
Precipitation
Yesterday .............................. Trace"
Month to date .......................... 2.06"
Normal month to date ............. 3.23"
Year to date ........................... 33.30"
Normal year to date .............. 43.47"
Sunset tonight .................. 6:19 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ............. 7:41 a.m.
Moonrise today ................ 3:05 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 12:29 a.m.
Regional Cities
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Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Today
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80
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53
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Boston
58 51 c
Chicago
76 50 c
Denver
49 38 r
Des Moines
75 50 c
Detroit
75 53 sh
El Paso
77 52 t
Fairbanks
34 18 c
Honolulu
89 77 s
Indianapolis
76 57 pc
Kansas City
82 58 c
Las Vegas
77 59 pc
Los Angeles
84 61 s
Memphis
83 58 s
Miami
85 75 pc
Nashville
79 50 s
New Orleans
81 67 pc
New York
75 56 s
Oklahoma City 80 64 pc
Philadelphia
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St. Louis
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Salt Lake City
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San Francisco
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Seattle
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Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
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72 51 s
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ger, healthier lives, but it’s likely
we’ll continue to see an increase
in the number of cases reported
as well as the number of cases in-
vestigated and the number of vul-
nerable adults abused as a result.”
Rebecca Fetters, the quality
assurance and prevention coor-
dinator at OAAPI, said ¿ nancial
exploitation tends to be more
common in the community,
where vulnerable adults might
be isolated in their homes and
not have family or other social
support systems nearby.
Seaside
May 15, 1919 — Oct. 11, 2015
The Dalles
48/68
Astoria
46/63
Portland
49/64
mission. Pohl has posted bail
and has another court appear-
ance set for March.
Mayor Pohl, meanwhile, is
facing a recall election in No-
vember stemming from her re-
sponse to reports of racist com-
ments from the city’s former
police chief.
Reports of Oregon elder abuse on the rise
“Oh boy. High-rise parking.
Astoria really needs parking.”
Tonight
waste into the water.
Mussels do not metabolize
contaminants, so any pollution
will remain in their tissue.
The effort is part of the
Stormwater Monitoring Pro-
gram, which is funding about
40 sites.
Tonight's Sky: Orionid meteor shower peaks
tonight (20 per hour).
Doris Curran, age 96, graduated to heaven on Park, Washington. Doris loved the ocean and col-
Oct. 11, 2015, at her Seaside residence. Doris was lecting sand dollars that she hand-painted for gifts.
Doris and Willie would have 42 years of mar-
born May 15, 1919, in New Sharon, Iowa, to El-
mer and Sarah Reed, the third of their six children. riage before his passing in 2004, then Doris made
her ¿ nal home in Seaside, Oregon.
After high school graduation, Doris
She became infamous for her yearly
moved to San Francisco to live with
climbing of the Astoria Column on
her older brother, Ernest Reed. While
her birthday, up to the age of 94. The
there she worked at the World’s Fair as
Daily Astorian would write an article
a concierge on Treasure Island. Later
of her climb, and many would take her
she moved to Southern California, and
photo, with her permission. Upon her
worked at Lockheed as a “Rosie the
95th birthday, Doris was recovering
Riveter” during World War II.
from a major hip surgery, so she sat
Her next move was to Paci¿ ca to
at the Column’s base and looked on
become a restaurant owner and captain
as her great-nephews climbed in her
of her own ship. After a few years, Do-
Doris
honor.
ris left the B ay A rea and headed to the
Curran
Doris is survived by her sister and
Sierra Nevada , where she would own
only living sibling, Patricia Smith, and
a gift/jewelry boutique in the Donner
Lake Lodge Resort. Here is where she would meet her husband, Merle, of Arizona; Willie’s three
daughters, Sherlynn, Wilana, and Shauna; as well
her husband-to-be, William (Willie) Curran.
Doris’ favorite career years were spent as a as many nieces, nephews, and greats of both. Do-
supervising of¿ ce clerk for the California Depart- ris was beloved by all, and is greatly missed by
ment of Forestry and, of course, as the wife of the family and friends.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of
supervisor of Truckee, Willie Curran. Doris and
Willie would retire to Fallon, Nevada, and even- the arrangements. An online guest book may be
tually buy a second home on the coast of Ocean signed at www.hughes-ransom.com.
Lotteries
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
9:50 a.m. 7.2 ft.
9:31 p.m. 7.3 ft.
Time
3:09 a.m.
3:46 p.m.
Low
0.7 ft.
2.4 ft.
Tomorrow’s National Weather
OREGON
Tuesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 5-2-8-9
4 p.m.: 5-9-4-6
7 p.m.: 5-1-9-0
10 p.m.: 7-2-1-4
WASHINGTON
Tuesday’s Daily Game: 0-8-2
Tuesday’s Keno: 11-12-
13-17-20-28-37-38-41-42-46-
47-50-53-55-56-64-67-69-70
Tuesday’s Match 4: 01-
06-08-13
Tuesday’s Mega Mil-
lions: 06-25-35-38-52, Mega
Ball: 4
Estimated jackpot: $93
million.
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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WEDNESDAY
Seaside Tourist Advisory Committee, 3
p.m., Best Western Ocean View, main ball-
room, 414 N. Prom.
Clatsop County Board of Commission-
ers, 5 p.m., work session, Judge Guy Boying-
ton Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria.
Sunset Empire Park & Recreation
District Board Meeting, 5:15 p.m., Bob
Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Ave. A,
Seaside.
THURSDAY
Sunset Empire Transportation District
Board, 9 a.m., Astoria Transit Center Confer-
ence Room, 900 Marine Drive.
Cannon Beach Planning Commission, 6
p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Memorial
Sunday, Oct. 25
SHAW, Barbara F. — Celebration of life from 2 to 5 p.m., Arch Cape Fire Station, 79279 U.S.
Highway 101, Arch Cape.
CLARIFICATION
Committee makeup incor-
rect — State Sen. Betsy John-
son plans to propose a bill next
year to create a new legislative
committee to hold state agen-
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