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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015
Winter: Sun expected to return in Clatsop County on Saturday
Continued from Page 1A
highs were 61 in Portland, 62
in Hillsboro and 66 in Sa-
lem.
Forecasters said the high
pressure ridge responsible
for the summerlike weath-
er weakened enough by
Wednesday for some clouds
and a drizzle. The high pres-
sure is expected to rebuild
over the weekend and into
next week.
In Clatsop County, the
sun and warmer weather is
expected to return Saturday
for several days.
“Typically when there is
a big ridge over the West
Coast, it happens when
there is a big trough over the
East Coast. So when they
get their bad weather, often
we get the good weather,”
said Kirby Cook, a mete-
orologist for the weather
service.
Mild temperatures have
meant headaches for skiers
and snowboarders. Nearly
all ski resorts in western
Washington have partial-
ly closed their operations
or shut down completely.
There hasn’t been enough
snow.
That’s a result of El
Niño, the weather phenom-
enon that warms the equa-
GARY HENLEY — The Daily Astorian
GARY HENLEY — The Daily Astorian
A day off, plus a strong east wind, equaled good kite surfing conditions at Trestle Bay in
Fort Stevens State Park Monday.
torial waters of the Pacific
Ocean. Usually when El
Niño is around, the North-
west gets drier winters and
wetter falls.
Although this year, Cook
said El Niño went from
weak to neutral.
Still, the effect is felt
throughout the region.
At a garden store in Se-
attle, foot traffic of eager
gardeners has come early
this year.
“Usually this time of the
year in Seattle it’s dreary
and drizzly, we’re pretty
slow. But we’ve definite-
ly been seeing a lot more
inspiration in gardeners.
Veggies are growing in the
ground early. We’re seeing
plums and cherries are al-
ready in full bloom,” said
James Raebel, a landscape
designer who works at the
Magnolia Garden Center.
That’s good news for
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ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Mostly cloudy with
a shower in spots
43°
Friday
Shown is
tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
The Dalles
40/56
Astoria
43/53
Portland
42/54
Corvallis
41/55
Eugene
40/55
Pendleton
40/51
Salem
40/55
Albany
41/54
40°
Burns
27/47
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015
35°
Monday
Plenty of sunshine
33°
Klamath Falls
26/51
Mostly sunny
55°
Sunday
55°
Plenty of sunshine
57°
35°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 57°
Low ............................................ 41°
Normal high ............................... 52°
Normal low ................................. 37°
Precipitation
Yesterday .............................. Trace"
Month to date .......................... 5.41"
Normal month to date ............. 4.70"
Year to date ........................... 14.60"
Normal year to date .............. 14.90"
Sunset tonight .................. 5:46 p.m.
Sunrise Friday ................... 7:11 a.m.
Moonrise today ................ 7:24 a.m.
Moonset today ................. 7:15 p.m.
Regional Cities
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
36/58
Bend
27/50
Medford
36/58
53°
Today
Hi Lo W
54 30 pc
54 27 pc
63 44 c
58 40 c
54 44 c
59 26 pc
60 36 pc
54 43 c
58 42 c
Hi
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50
60
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58
53
56
Hi
39
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20
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34
12
76
28
78
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41
77
67
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65
31
65
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60
15
31
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66
53
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Fri.
Lo
31
4
18
23
26
10
52
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66
17
29
50
54
35
59
28
58
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National Cities
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
30 17 s
Boston
27 2
sf
Chicago
5 -4 s
Denver
59 26 s
Des Moines
15 11 pc
Detroit
6 -10 sf
El Paso
77 48 s
Fairbanks
24 5
s
Honolulu
82 70 pc
Indianapolis
8 -6 s
Kansas City
21 15 pc
Las Vegas
76 50 s
Los Angeles
70 54 pc
Memphis
27 20 pc
Miami
59 39 s
Nashville
19 7
s
New Orleans
53 39 s
New York
20 4
sf
Oklahoma City 53 37 s
Philadelphia
18 1
sf
St. Louis
18 11 pc
Salt Lake City
60 35 s
San Francisco
63 49 pc
Seattle
54 45 sh
Washington, DC 22 4
s
First
Full
Last
New
Feb 25
Mar 5
Mar 13
Mar 20
Under the Sky
Fri.
Lo
29
20
42
36
41
23
31
40
38
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
Yakima
Today
Hi Lo W
56 39 c
53 40 pc
54 42 c
58 42 pc
58 40 c
54 44 c
44 31 c
54 41 c
56 30 c
Hi
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Fri.
Lo
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29
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Tonight's Sky: Nicolas Copernicus' birthday
(1473).
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
2:14 a.m. 9.4 ft.
2:13 p.m. 9.7 ft.
Time
8:20 a.m.
8:41 p.m.
Low
0.7 ft.
-0.6 ft.
Tomorrow’s National Weather
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Raebel’s job, but as a pas-
sionate skier, this winter has
also brought bummer news.
“It’s been a terrible, ter-
rible snow year. It’s rough,
but it’s good, at least, in half
of my life,” he said.
Cook cautioned, though,
that last year, the region
also had a mild winter at the
beginning.
“The weather can make
up for shortfalls,” he
said.
GARY HENLEY — The Daily Astorian
A day off, plus a strong east wind, equaled good kite surf-
ing conditions at Trestle Bay in Fort Stevens State Park
Monday.
Cutler: Resignation ‘purely professional’
Changes in Seaside
Continued from Page 1A
Oregon Weather
Saturday
Variable clouds
with a passing
shower
A day off, plus a strong east wind, equaled good kite surfing
conditions at Trestle Bay in Fort Stevens State Park Monday.
Fronts
Cold
Warm
Stationary
Showers
T-Storms
-10s
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands
are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities.
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
Spring w ill be here soon.
X534, X300 S elect S eries
42” d eck
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D125 La w n Tra cto r
$ 1 00 o ff
Justin Cutler
the goal of filling the po-
sition no later than June
1.
Cutler said his decision
to resign was “purely pro-
fessional,” as opportuni-
ties for new and different
career challenges don’t
come often.
Some time in late
March, Cutler will start
as the recreation division
manager for the city of
Westminster’s
Depart-
ment of Parks, Recreation
and Libraries. In that po-
sition, he will oversee
an indoor soccer facility,
four community centers,
hundreds of employees
and other services and
facilities.
“The appeal for me is
that there isn’t an oppor-
tunity like this in Oregon,”
he said.
He was not seeking a
new job but was invited
to apply and decided to
do so as he felt, regard-
less of the outcome, “I
wasn’t losing anything,” he
said.
While under Cutler,
who started as general
manager June 2012, the
district has seen changes in
structure, atmosphere and
personnel. During his ten-
ure, a press release states,
the district got a $280,000
grant from the Oregon
Community Foundation to
expand after-school pro-
grams for middle school
students, renovated the
pool lobby, completed a
long-term vision plan and
conducted a facility au-
dit to plan for capital im-
provements for the next 10
years.
Cutler said one of the
best impacts he had on the
district was developing the
staff.
“We have a great team
of people who are doing
the best for Seaside and
the park district,” he said.
“It’s pretty amazing what
they’ve accomplished.”
He’s confident their re-
silience will make the tran-
sition go smoothly. He also
will make himself avail-
able to the staff during the
transition period.
“I want this community
to be successful,” he said.
He recommended IT
and Marketing Manager
Darren Gooch to serve as
interim general manager,
a decision the board will
make at the next board
meeting in March.
The position will be
posted on the district’s
website at www.sunsetem-
pire.com and questions
can be directed to Cut-
ler at 503-738-3311, ext.
103.
Death
Public meetings
Feb. 18, 2015
O’CONNOR, Gurie Helen, 92, of Astoria, died in Asto-
ria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of
the arrangements.
TODAY
Seaside Transportation Ad-
visory Commission, 6 p.m., Sea-
side City Hall, 989 Broadway.
Lotteries
Sa vin g s a re here n o w !
$ 5 00 o ff
The board members ac-
cepted the resignation, ex-
pressing their regret that
Cutler is leaving.
“We’ll miss you. You
know we’ll miss you,”
board
member
Carol
O’Donovan said.
Board Chairman Mi-
chael Hinton said Cutler’s
recently completed evalu-
ation identified the work
he’s done as “highly com-
mendable.”
“I am proud of what
the district has been
able to accomplish un-
der Cutler’s leadership,”
he said. “He has proved
himself a valuable mem-
ber of our community and
we will miss him and his
family.”
The board voted to use
the Special Districts Asso-
ciation of Oregon for sup-
port and guidance in the
recruiting and replacement
process.
The board will pay the
association about $1,000
for help with accepting and
prescreening applications,
doing reference checks and
other tasks on behalf of the
board.
The board also ap-
proved
small
chang-
es to the job descrip-
tion and compensation
packet.
The board will accept
applications for the posi-
tion — now to be titled ex-
ecutive director — through
March 16. The board then
will interview candidates,
accept finalists, conduct
subsequent interviews and
negotiate a contract with
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