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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015
Coast Guard rescues
boaters near Skamokawa
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Boaters had apparently
struck navigational buoy
Firefighters work the scene of a small fire at the Columbia Bank building at 11th and
Duane streets Wednesday. The fire was reportedly confined to the computer server room.
People watch
from across the
street as fire-
fighters work the
scene of a small
fire at Columbia
Bank at 11th and
Duane streets
Wednesday.
Photos by
JOSHUA BESSEX
The Daily Astorian
ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Oregon Weather
Shown is
tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
Mostly cloudy
49°
Friday
The Dalles
50/71
Astoria
49/60
Portland
50/66
Corvallis
47/66
Eugene
45/64
Pendleton
47/70
Salem
46/66
Albany
47/65
Ontario
52/64
Bend
39/61
Saturday
SKAMOKAWA, Wash. — Three boaters
were rescued from a beach near Skamoka-
wa Tuesday night after they apparently
struck a navigational buoy in the Columbia
River and their boat began taking on water,
according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Boaters aboard the Midnight Rock-
et made a mayday call at about 11 p.m. A
Coast Guard helicopter crew guided the
boaters to a beach near Skamokawa, Wash.,
where, according to the Coast Guard, they
grounded the boat to avoid sinking and be-
coming a hazard to other vessels.
A rescue boat crew took the stranded
boaters up river to Cathlamet.
“These boaters had the proper equip-
ment and did exactly what they need-
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WARRENTON — U.S.
Coast Guard crews respond-
ed to a boat fire at the mouth
of the Columbia River
Wednesday.
A rescue boat crew from
Station Cape Disappoint-
ment, Wash., arrived after
the fire was extinguished
by onboard suppressant
systems. The Coast Guard
secured any source of po-
tential pollution while
towing the disabled 34-
foot vessel to Ilwaco,
Wash.
Watchstanders at Sta-
tion Cape Disappointment
received a call for help on
VHF-FM radio channel 16
at 11:57 a.m., from the fish-
ermen aboard the Sea Nile,
saying that they had a fire
in their engine room and
were adrift. A 47-foot motor
Times of clouds
and sun
Mostly cloudy
60°
59°
Sunday
Monday
More clouds than
sun
62°
47°
Variably cloudy
with a brief shower
50°
65°
51°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 57°
Low ............................................ 49°
Normal high ............................... 60°
Normal low ................................. 45°
Precipitation
Yesterday .............................. Trace"
Month to date .......................... 1.15"
Normal month to date ............. 1.53"
Year to date ........................... 26.52"
Normal year to date .............. 31.57"
Sunset tonight ..................
Sunrise Friday ..................
Moonrise today ................
Moonset today .................
Regional Cities
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Today
Hi Lo W
63 44 pc
59 39 sh
59 48 c
66 45 c
63 49 c
59 39 sh
68 50 sh
57 47 c
60 50 c
8:40 p.m.
5:43 a.m.
3:53 a.m.
4:44 p.m.
New
First
Full
Last
May 17
May 25
June 2
June 9
Under the Sky
Hi
59
61
58
64
59
55
66
56
58
Fri.
Lo
41
35
47
46
50
33
47
48
50
Hi
78
68
77
66
79
76
83
79
84
81
79
67
69
84
87
83
82
75
80
76
84
62
63
67
78
Fri.
Lo
66
53
61
41
64
62
59
49
70
64
64
52
57
69
77
65
74
62
65
62
69
47
52
51
66
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sh
pc
c
pc
pc
sh
c
pc
pc
National Cities
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
Yakima
Today
Hi Lo W
68 45 c
67 47 c
72 50 c
70 50 sh
70 46 c
64 49 c
70 50 c
71 48 c
72 46 c
Hi
66
70
66
65
66
61
73
67
80
Fri.
Lo
48
49
51
50
48
50
50
49
50
W
pc
pc
pc
c
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
Tonight's Sky: Before midnight, emerging low
SE is Scorpius, the scorpion. Its brilliant orange
star is Antares, the heart of scorpion.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
12:04 p.m. 7.7 ft.
none
Time
6:00 a.m.
5:59 p.m.
Low
0.0 ft.
1.0 ft.
Seaside
Dec. 10, 1913 — May 9, 2015
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Maude Luella Wieting died May 9, 2015, at Wieting, who died in Sioux Falls in 1995.
She and her husband lived and raised their
the age of 101 in Astoria, Ore. She had moved
daughters in New York City, Wash-
to Seaside, Ore., in 2008.
ington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio,
She was born in Lennox, S.D.,
before returning to live in Sioux Falls
Dec. 10, 1913, to Maude (Jacobs)
in 1990. Both of them had strong ties
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to South Dakota their entire lives, and
of seven children. Sisters Marion and
visited relatives often.
Sanna (Martin), and brothers Arthur,
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vegetable gardener, reader, quilter,
ceded her in death.
embroiderer, and traveler. She made
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many trips back and forth to Sweden,
survives in Sioux Falls, S.D. She is
England, and Oregon to visit her
also survived by three daughters and
their spouses, Whitney Lind in Swe- Maude Luella daughters and their families. She was
Wieting
a member of the Methodist church in
den, Christine Wieting in England
Columbus and Sioux Falls.
and Jan Wieting in Gearhart, Ore.;
She will be buried at the Lennox Cemetery
two grandsons, Erik and Karl Lind; and two
great-grandchildren, Anton and Emma Lind. in South Dakota, joining her parents, siblings,
She was married in 1934 to Charles Maurice and husband.
Deaths
Tomorrow’s National Weather
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
84 67 s
Boston
65 49 s
Chicago
65 55 pc
Denver
73 47 pc
Des Moines
64 58 r
Detroit
66 51 s
El Paso
83 63 pc
Fairbanks
77 49 pc
Honolulu
82 69 pc
Indianapolis
71 58 pc
Kansas City
72 62 r
Las Vegas
73 53 pc
Los Angeles
65 58 sh
Memphis
81 67 pc
Miami
87 77 pc
Nashville
83 63 pc
New Orleans
87 74 c
New York
73 56 s
Oklahoma City 81 64
t
Philadelphia
73 54 s
St. Louis
71 65
t
Salt Lake City
71 50
t
San Francisco
65 51 sh
Seattle
65 49 c
Washington, DC 72 56 s
ing of the fishermen helped
ensure they were safe and
that help was coming once
the incident occurred. With-
out their preparedness, a sit-
uation like this could have
turned deadly.”
Coast Guard pollution
responders determined there
is no current threat of pollu-
tion from the damaged ves-
sel. Coast Guard vessel in-
spectors are performing an
investigation into the cause
of the fire.
The helicopter crew was
released from the response
and continued with sched-
uled operations.
There were no injuries re-
ported.
Weather at the time of
the incident was reported as
cloudy, with light winds and
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Klamath Falls
39/55
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015
50°
lifeboat from Station Cape
Disappointment immediate-
ly responded, and an MH-
60 Jayhawk helicopter from
Air Station Astoria launched
to assist as needed.
Arriving on scene, the
lifeboat crew worked with
the fishermen to minimize
any further potential for
fire or pollution. It towed
the vessel to Ilwaco, where
it was met by Coast Guard
vessel inspectors.
“The vessel’s fire sup-
pression system worked
as intended and a potential
life-threatening
situation
was quickly under control,”
said Chief Petty Officer
Matthew Degerolamo, an
operations specialist at Sec-
tor Columbia River. “The
vessel’s onboard equipment,
along with the quick think-
OBITUARIES
Burns
41/57
Medford
50/66
ed to do in an emergency, which was
to call for help to ensure their safety,”
Petty Officer 1st Class Richard God-
sey, an operations specialist and Sector
Columbia River watchstander, said in a
statement.
“Transiting the coastal and river wa-
ters here in the Pacific Northwest can be
challenging due to weather, tides and cur-
rents. This is especially true at night when
visibility can be greatly reduced. Cas-
es like this highlight the reason boaters
need to be prepared with essential safety
equipment.”
The Coast Guard later found a 1-inch-
by-8-inch gash in the hull of Jim Crow
Lighted Buoy 22A — at mile 30 along the
river — about five miles from the ground-
ed Midnight Rocket. Crews are address-
ing the damage, according to the Coast
Guard.
Fronts
May 12, 2015
DOUGLAS, Rodney Dean
“Rod,” 71, of Seaside, died
in Seaside. Hughes-Ransom
Cold
Warm
Stationary
Showers
T-Storms
Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
-10s
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
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.
CLATSOP
POWER
EQUIPMENT, INC.
SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS
78, of Astoria, died in Portland.
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mor-
tuary in Astoria is in charge of
the arrangements.
Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648
Svensen Market Road, Svensen.
Warrenton Budget Com-
mittee, 5:30 p.m., Warrenton
City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave.
MONDAY
Cannon Beach Farmers
Market Committee Meet-
ing, 10 a.m., Cannon Beach
City Hall 163 E. Gower
St.
Astoria City Council, 7
p.m., Astoria City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
Estimated jackpot: $100
million
WASHINGTON
Wednesday’s Daily Game:
1-5-0
Wednesday’s Hit 5: 10-11-
21-29-38
Estimated
jackpot:
$100,000
Wednesday’s Keno: 01-11-
14-18-24-25-32-33-38-42-47-
49-54-55-56-58-65-69-70-72
Wednesday’s Lotto: 01-
13-18-32-36-43
Estimated jackpot: $3.2
million
Wednesday’s Match 4: 01-
06-22-23
Tuesday’s Daily Game:
3-2-3
Tuesday’s Keno: 01-06-
14-15-19-24-31-32-33-45-47-
48-50-52-54-71-74-78-79-80
Tuesday’s Match 4: 04-06-
16-23
Tuesday’s Mega Mil-
lions:
14-30-33-36-44,
Mega Ball: 2
Public meetings
TODAY
Cannon Beach Emergen-
cy Preparedness Committee
Work Session, 2:30 p.m.,
Cannon Beach City Hall 163
E. Gower St.
Wickiup Water District
Lotteries
OREGON
Wednesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 4-1-9-4
4 p.m.: 3-0-7-9
7 p.m.: 8-4-8-1
10 p.m.: 4-3-0-1
Wednesday’s
Mega-
bucks:
08-10-17-26-37-
38
Estimated jackpot: $3.4
million
Wednesday’s Powerball:
01-25-29-31-47, Powerball:
7, Power Play: 3
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