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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015 Memorial Day closures In observance of Memorial Day on Mon- day, all federal, state, FRXQW\DQGFLW\RI¿FHV and services, including Astoria, Warrenton, Gearhart, Seaside and Cannon Beach city KDOOV DUH FORVHG $OO 86 SRVW RI¿FHV DUH closed and there is no mail delivery, including express mail packages in Astoria. Astoria, Jewell, Knappa, Warrenton/Ham- mond, Seaside (including Cannon Beach and Gearhart schools) and Ocean Beach School District schools and Clatsop Community College are closed. The Astoria Library, Seaside Library, Warrenton Library and all Timberland librar- ies in Washington, including Ilwaco, Ocean Park and Naselle, are closed. 7KH 3RUW RI$VWRULD RI¿FHV DQG VHUYLFHV are closed. Garbage collection through Recology Western Oregon (covering Astoria, Seaside, Gearhart and Cannon Beach), city of War- renton garbage collection, and Peninsula Sanitation (covering the Long Beach (Wash.) Peninsula) are not affected by the holiday. Recology Western Oregon’s and Peninsula Sanitation’s transfer stations are open. The Sunset Pool in Seaside is open from noon to 5 p.m. The Astoria Aquatic Center is open from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Clatsop County Heritage Museum, the Oregon Film Museum and Flavel House are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the Carriage House is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 SP 7KH 8SSHUWRZQ )LUH¿JKWHUV¶ 0XVHXP is closed. Capt. Gray’s Port of Play and Lil’ Sprouts are closed. Fort Clatsop is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Columbia River Mar- itime Museum is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Seaside Museum is closed. Sunset Empire Transportation (“The Bus”) is running, and operating buses on the regular route schedule, but the Transit Center and Seaside Kiosk are closed. 7KH'DLO\$VWRULDQRI¿FHVDUHFORVHGEXW the newspaper will be printed and delivered as usual. Companies OK contract for West Coast dockworkers The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A spokesman says the compa- nies that employ West Coast dockworkers have approved a proposed contract that restored labor peace to sea ports that had all but stopped moving cargo earlier this year. Steve Getzug, a spokesman IRU WKH 3DFL¿F 0DULWLPH$VVR ciation, said Wednesday its 71 voting member companies had overwhelmingly approved the ¿YH\HDU FRQWUDFW ZLWKLQ WKH past few weeks. The dispute between the association and the Internation- al Longshore and Warehouse Union disrupted international trade at 29 West Coast ports that each year handle about $1 tril- lion worth of goods. Union leaders have endorsed the pact. Votes cast by members will be counted Friday. Negotiators for both sides agreed on a tentative contract in February. The association represents shipping lines and operators of port terminals. ® 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 51° Friday The Dalles 60/75 Astoria 51/61 Portland 56/71 Corvallis 52/71 Eugene 51/69 Pendleton 56/76 Salem 53/71 Albany 53/70 Ontario 51/77 Bend 48/66 Saturday Burns 45/64 Medford 57/75 Mostly cloudy Klamath Falls 44/64 Clouds and sun with a stray shower Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 61° 51° 60° Sunday Monday Rather cloudy 60° 48° More clouds than sun 51° 62° 50° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 63° Low ............................................ 52° Normal high ............................... 61° Normal low ................................. 46° Precipitation Yesterday .............................. Trace" Month to date .......................... 1.18" Normal month to date ............. 2.23" Year to date ........................... 26.55" Normal year to date .............. 32.27" Sunset tonight .................. 8:48 p.m. Sunrise Friday .................. 5:35 a.m. Moonrise today ................ 9:03 a.m. Moonset today ........................ none Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 70 46 t 69 48 t 62 51 c 71 51 c 60 52 pc 65 44 t 73 57 t 57 50 c 60 53 c First Full Last New May 25 June 2 June 9 June 16 Under the Sky Hi 68 66 62 69 60 64 75 58 60 Fri. Lo 48 40 49 47 51 37 49 49 52 Hi 79 68 63 61 74 65 87 82 82 72 64 74 69 75 90 76 84 75 63 74 74 64 65 66 77 Fri. Lo 61 47 44 45 54 40 62 53 69 47 50 58 59 60 77 54 75 50 57 48 56 50 55 52 53 W t t pc pc c pc pc c c National Cities City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 74 51 pc 77 56 t 76 56 c 71 56 c 75 53 c 63 52 c 81 55 pc 76 54 c 82 57 pc Hi 67 76 71 73 71 62 82 71 80 Fri. Lo 49 54 53 51 49 51 54 52 57 W c t c pc c c t c t Tonight's Sky: Low above the western horizon at sunset, brilliant Venus above the young crescent moon. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 4:26 a.m. 8.4 ft. 6:02 p.m. 7.6 ft. Time 11:27 a.m. 11:33 p.m. Low -0.3 ft. 2.8 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 77 56 pc Boston 65 50 c Chicago 66 46 pc Denver 60 45 t Des Moines 72 48 pc Detroit 67 46 pc El Paso 78 57 c Fairbanks 77 50 pc Honolulu 83 69 sh Indianapolis 60 46 pc Kansas City 66 46 pc Las Vegas 79 61 pc Los Angeles 68 58 pc Memphis 67 51 pc Miami 90 76 t Nashville 67 47 pc New Orleans 88 72 t New York 64 53 c Oklahoma City 67 53 c Philadelphia 63 51 r St. Louis 65 50 pc Salt Lake City 69 53 c San Francisco 66 56 pc Seattle 73 54 pc Washington, DC 60 54 r W s c s c c pc s s pc s t c pc pc t s t pc r pc pc c c c s Fronts Cold Warm Showers 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 Public can comment on budget at school board’s June meeting By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group SEASIDE — Seaside School District’s Budget Committee finished work on a proposed $21 million budget for the next school year. The committee held its second meeting before the regular Seaside School Board of Directors meeting Tuesday and unanimously approved the budget with- out changing what was proposed by district staff. The committee will recom- mend the proposed budget to the s chool b oard at its June 16 meeting, when the board will hold a public hearing and may enact res- olutions to adopt the bud- get, to make the appropria- tions and to declare the tax levy. The proposed $21 mil- lion budget includes in- creased compensation for all employees by at least 2.25 percent with steps when applicable, according to Justine Hill, the district’s business manager. Funds also have been designated to implement a full-time kindergarten pro- gram at Seaside Heights El- ementary School and Gear- hart Elementary School. The program will be phased in at both schools with a soft transition and staggered start for students. Two projected offsets will allow the district to in- crease allocations in school Memorial Day services planned for Uniontown, Fort Stevens morial Park. She will always be remembered.” All of the names on the Maritime Memorial The Uniontown Association is dedicating a :DOOZLOOEHFDOOHG3HRSOHVKRXOGEULQJÀRZHUV Memorial Day service to Estella “Lol- to place on the water when the name ly” Rytsala, who died in September at of their loved one is read. Coffee and 95. cookies will be served following the service. The 3 p.m. service will be held Meanwhile, Fort Stevens Veterans Monday under the Astoria Bridge at of Foreign Wars Post 10580 and its Maritime Memorial Park. auxiliary will hold a Memorial Day Rytsala, who was very active in the service at 11 a.m. Monday at the Fort community, owned Lolly’s House of Stevens Post Cemetery, followed by Fashion in downtown Astoria for 34 WKHDQQXDOÀDJFKDQJLQJFHUHPRQ\DW years. She retired when she was 80 years old. “Lolly was a big supporter Estella “Lolly” 12:30 p.m. at the Warrenton Post Of- ¿FH60DLQ$YH of the Uniontown Association, be- Rytsala Any veteran who would like to FRPLQJRQHRIWKHLU¿UVWPHPEHUVLQ 1971,” Lydia Seabold said. “And, she was very WDNHSDUWLQFKDQJLQJWKHÀDJVKRXOGFDOO/H5R\ SURXGWREHD¿UVWPHPEHURIWKH0DULWLPH0H Dunn at 503-861-1004. The Daily Astorian May 18, 2015 WEBER, Anna and LI- BERTO, Sam, of Astoria, a girl, Bernadette Lucia Liberto, born at home. Grandparents are Noel and Lucy Weber of Boi- se, Idaho, and Sam and Joyce Liberto of Hobart, N.Y. Great-grandmother is Hallie Confer of Palmyra, N.J. City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Cannon Beach Design Review Board, 6 p.m., Can- non Beach City Hall 163 E. Gower St. TUESDAY Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Astoria Public Li- brary Flag Room, 450 10th St. Warrenton City Com- mission, 6 p.m., Warren- ton City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Wednesday’s Powerball: 01-12-28-35-44, Powerball: 25, Power Play: 3 Estimated jackpot: $121 million WASHINGTON Wednesdays Daily Game: 1-5-2 Wednesday’s Hit 5: 14-24- 26-37-38 Estimated jackpot: $190,000 Wednesday’s Keno: 01-04- 06-07-15-17-20-23-31-43-45- 46-55-60-61-63-64-67-69-73 Wednesday’s Lotto: 08- 14-26-34-40-43 Estimated jackpot: $1 mil- lion Wednesday’s Match 4: 02- 06-17-19 Public meetings TODAY Cannon Beach Afford- able Housing Task Force, 3 p.m., Cannon Beach City Hall 163 E. Gower St. Warrenton Budget Com- mittee, 5:30 p.m., Warrenton Lotteries OREGON Wednesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 1-2-3-5 4 p.m.: 8-1-3-1 7 p.m.: 4-8-1-2 10 p.m.: 0-7-0-8 Wednesday’s Megabucks: 08-12-21-23-36-41 Estimated jackpot: $4 mil- lion The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103- 0210 www.dailyastorian.com MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. 34912 HWY 101 BUS • ASTORIA 503-325-0792 • 1-800-220-0792 year 2015-16 without mak- ing reductions, according to Superintendent Doug Dougherty. First, the Greater Seaside Urban Renewal District is set to expire at the end of this fiscal year, which will increase the property tax value calculation and trans- late into more revenue col- lections for the school dis- trict. The extra funds will be used to cover the district’s new full-day kindergarten program. Second, the district’s Public Employees Retire- ment System rates will de- crease. The reduction, Hill said, will provide about $300,000 in savings, which will cover salary increas- es and associated payroll costs. If the budget allows, the district wants to add a spe- cial education teacher and assistant to address the so- cial, emotional and behav- ioral needs of students, par- ticularly at the elementary level. A majority of the revenue for the general fund, which is designated for the dis- trict’s main operating costs, comes from local sources, such as property taxes, and state sources, such as tim- ber revenue. Federal sourc- es are expected to provide only $7,000. In other news, the school board: • U nanimously approved a monetary gift from Thom- as Briggs, a retired Boeing employee who has been vol- unteering with Seaside High School’s robotics team and at Seaside Heights Elemen- tary School. His gift, which is in the form of 100 shares of Janus funds from an in- vestment portfolio, is es- timated at $5,908 and will be split between the four schools with the contingen- cy that at least $500 must go to the high school’s robotics team. • U nanimously approved an interdistrict transfer pro- posal, which states the dis- trict will accept the follow- ing number of students from other school districts for the upcoming school year: one for seventh grade; two for eighth grade; and 20 for ninth through 12th grades. A letter of interest must be received by Dougherty by July 31. Preference is given to previously approved trans- fer students who regularly attended a Seaside school this school year or students who regularly attended a Seaside s chool but have a new residence outside of the district. The transfers, Seaside High School Principal Shei- la Roley said, allow the county’s principals to sup- port each other and better serve students by allowing them to go to an out-of-dis- trict school for specific rea- sons. For instance, some dis- tricts do not offer certain curricular programs or ex- tracurricular activities that other districts do, and the interdistrict transfer gives students the opportuni- ty to go where their needs will best be met, Roley said. 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