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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015 “Negatively. Disrupts my schedule one way or another. It throws off your circa- dian rhythms.” “I’m retired, so I don’t care. I take care of my 84-year-old mother, and sometimes she goes to bed with the chickens. It’s nice for people on vacation, though — they get an extra hour of daylight.” Dane Webb, Hammond Gloria Negron, Astoria “I eat dinner later and go to bed later.” “It’s daylight earlier, so I can get going with my day. It’s wonderful in the morning, with the spring air and birds chirping.” “I’m dreading it because it’s an hour’s loss of sleep, to me.” Laura O’Donovan, Astoria Kerri Zell, Astoria Rebecca Graham, Astoria ‘How does the change to Daylight Saving Time affect you?’ Fake IRS phone scam ongoing The Daily Astorian con- tinues to receive complaints from local citizens about phone calls from someone purporting to be from the In- ternal Revenue Service claim- ing they owe taxes. 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To learn more about this W\SHRIVFDPYLVLW)LQ&(1¶V LQIRUPDWLRQSDJHDWZZZ¿Q- cen.gov/alert.html. Brownsmead tide gate break not an emergency, Corps says By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian %52:160($'²7KH$UP\&RUSV of Engineers deemed the broken tide gate over a culvert near Grizzly Slough a mainte- nance issue, rather than an emergency. The designation means Clatsop County will not be eligible for federal funding for a permanent tide gate replacement. As a result, the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners withdrew plans to approve DQHPHUJHQF\GHFODUDWLRQ:HGQHVGD\ If it would have been a high water event or huge storm, County Commissioner Dirk 5RKQHVDLGWKHFRXQW\PD\KDYHTXDOL¿HG for federal funding. Instead, repair cost will fall on the Clat- VRS 1R 'UDLQDJH ,PSURYHPHQW &R ZKLFKRYHUVHHVDERXW¿YHPLOHVRIGLNHVLQ the Brownsmead area where the tide gate broke. 2Q 0RQGD\ ORFDO ODQGRZQHUV DORQJ with the Drainage Improvement Co., 6KHULII¶V2I¿FHDQG$UP\&RUSVZRUNHG to install a temporary tide gate made of sheet metal. 1RVWUXFWXUHVRUURDGZD\VÀRRGHGIURP the broken tide gate off Penttila Road, which ZDV ¿UVW QRWLFHG 6XQGD\ E\ WKH 'UDLQDJH Improvement Co. ³2QFH WKDW UHSDLU ZDV HIIHFWLYH WKH Army Corps) thought there is no longer an emergency,” Rohne, a Brownsmead resi- dent, said. Drainage Improvement Co. Chairman &UDLJ:HDYHUVDLGIHGHUDOIXQGLQJPD\QRW JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Brownsmead residents watch as crews pull out the door of the broken tide gate near Grizzly Slough Monday. A metal sheet will be placed over the tide gate to act as a temporary stopgap. have come anyway from the Army Corp, so he already planned on having to fund the re- pairs. The Drainage Improvement Co. taxes per acreage and per house in Brownsmead, collecting about $7,000 to $8,000 per year. :HDYHUVDLGLWPD\WDNHWKUHHWRIRXU\HDUV of tax revenue to cover the costs of repairing the tide gate. Costs already include the temporary JDWHWKHEDUJHXVHGWRLQVWDOOLWDQGDQLQÀDW- able “air bladder” to help plug the culvert. The “air bladder” cost $1,000 per week to UHQW:HDYHUVDLG “It’s going to add up pretty quickly,” :HDYHUVDLG :HDYHULVFROOHFWLQJELGVIRUDSHUPDQHQW aluminum tide gate, which depending on the responses, could be delivered in the next two weeks. The old tide gate, built by the Army Corps in 1963, was made of cast iron. ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight A moonlit sky 35° Thursday Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Portland 33/61 Corvallis 33/62 Eugene 30/61 Pendleton 26/59 Salem 32/63 Albany 32/61 Ontario 19/56 Bend 17/59 Friday Burns 15/57 Medford 28/66 Partly sunny Klamath Falls 21/60 Times of clouds and sun Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 56° 38° Saturday 58° Sunday Mostly sunny and pleasant 58° 40° 39° Partly sunny 58° 41° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Tuesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 57° Low ............................................ 29° Normal high ............................... 53° Normal low ................................. 38° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 0.10" Normal month to date ............. 0.79" Year to date ........................... 15.58" Normal year to date .............. 18.18" Sunset tonight .................. Sunrise Thursday ............. Moonrise today ................ 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Lo W 33 pc 32 pc 38 pc 39 s 36 pc 39 pc 28 pc 35 pc 29 pc “Turtle Vision,” will show each day at 10:30 The Columbia River a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 Maritime Museum began p.m. showing two new 3-D mov- “Turtle Vision,” is the ies this week. follow-up to “Panda Vision The 22-minute movies, DQG³6263ODQW´7KHPRY- “Galapagos” and “Turtle ie follows a sea turtle Sam- Vision,” will show every my and his friends through day of the year except for the ups and downs of life Christmas and Thanksgiv- on land and sea. Views ing, starting this week until will watch Sammy swim Dec. 31. through colorful coral reefs, “Galapagos,” will show enjoy a ride on a fun-lov- each day at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., ing octopus and dive into noon, 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., icy polar waters to meet a 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., friendly whale. 3:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 4:30 Admission is $5 for each p.m. ¿OP IRU DJHV DQG ROGHU “Galapagos,” the name and includes museum ad- of a remote volcanic is- PLVVLRQ7KH¿OPVDUHIUHH ODQGVLQWKH3DFL¿F2FHDQ for museum members. is a movie narrated by Jeff Those in attendance will Corwin and follows the be given RealD 3-D glass- how life developed over es that can be comfortably millions of years in relative worn over prescription isolation. lenses. RealD 3-D is a top- The movie shows the RIWKHOLQH ¿OPLQJ SURFHVV nature, collection of plants according to the museum, and animals that have and generic 3-D glasses adapted to the environment will not be effective. The such as giant half-ton tor- museum asks that people toises, marine iguanas and recycle the glasses in a bin tropical albatrosses. after the show. By The Daily Astorian Redmen Hall kicks off season 6.$02.$:$ :DVK — Redmen Hall, 1394 State Route 4 in Skamokawa, :DVK LV RSHQLQJ LWV VHDVRQ with two weeks of an An- tique Sale, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and from noon to 4 p.m. Sat- urday, Sunday, and March 12-15. Tonight's Sky: Regulus, the brightest star of Leo, is climbing higher into the evening sky. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 1:16 a.m. 8.4 ft. 1:07 p.m. 8.4 ft. Time 7:14 a.m. 7:34 p.m. Low 1.6 ft. 0.4 ft. The sale is organized by antique specialist Keith Hoofnagle. A portion of the proceeds from the sale will go toward painting Redmen Hall. For information, go to http://redmenhall.blogspot. com, email fos1894@gmail. com or call 360-795-3007. Foot chase nets stolen property LFNVRQ :KHQ FKDOOHQJHG police said, Erickson left Astoria police recov- the bag and ran. ered a military duffel bag 2IILFHUV FKDVHG KLP RQ full of stolen tools Tuesday foot through several yards after a warrant arrest near in the area before a Clatsop the 300 block of Alameda County Sheriff’s deputy Avenue. tackled him. 'HWHFWLYH 1LFROH 5LOH\ Erickson’s bag had sev- saw a man, later identi- eral tools in it, and he said fied as Thomas Erickson, he was present when some 28, Astoria, leaving a res- of the tools were stolen idence on Alameda Ave- from residential burglaries. nue with a military duffel Astoria Police are bag that appeared to be searching for reports that heavy. relate to the recovered Riley coordinated with tools. other officers to contact Er- Astoria Police are re- By The Daily Astorian The Dalles 27/63 Astoria 35/56 New 3-D movies debut minding residents that marking property with a name, business or favorite thing can help police iden- tify stolen items. “Even marking things with sharpie is better than having no ID on a tool,” Ri- ley said. To claim the stolen property, contact the As- toria Police Department at 503-325-4411. Erickson was arrested and booked on a warrant for failing to appear in court for a first-degree bur- glary charge. Death Memorial March 1, 2015 HECKARD, Alan Jay, 48, of Raymond, :DVK IRUPHUO\ RI $VWRULD GLHG DW :LOODSD +DUERU +RVSLWDO LQ 6RXWK %HQG :DVK 2FHDQ View Funeral & Cremation Service in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. FRIDAY, MARCH 6 0(/,1*52%(57$)²0HPRULDODW SP:LOODPHWWH1DWLRQDO&HPHWHU\ S.E. Mount Scott Blvd., Portland. Those at- tending are asked to arrive 30 minutes early for an escort to the service. 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