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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015
Deaths
‘What do you think of the
idea of using a fake orca
to scare off Astoria’s
sea lions?’
“I think the orca is awesome. But
put it somewhere else.”
Michelle McGinness, Astoria
May 22, 2015
BUCHANAN, Jeffery,
61, of Warrenton, died
in Portland. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary in
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
May 25, 2015
LOUTZENHISER,
Shirley J., 73, of Warren-
ton, died in Warrenton.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary
in Seaside is in charge of
the arrangements.
May 26, 2015
MADISON, Joanne M.,
81, of Seaside, died in Sea-
side. Hughes-Ransom Mor-
tuary in Seaside is in charge
of the arrangements.
May 27, 2015
EASTMAN, JoAnn Eve-
lyn, 78, of Warrenton, died
in Warrenton. Ocean View
Funeral & Cremation Ser-
vice in Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
“I think whatever it takes, we
should try. There is a good possi-
bility of success. Something’s got to
happen.”
Paul Lewicki, Knappa
“I think: Get seven real ones, bring
them in the bay, and let them eat
‘em up.”
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ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Tonight
Partly cloudy
50°
Thursday
Oregon Weather
Shown is
tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
The Dalles
57/89
Astoria
50/63
Portland
57/83
Corvallis
51/83
Eugene
50/82
Pendleton
52/84
Salem
53/83
Albany
51/83
Burns
41/76
Medford
54/88
63°
49°
Saturday
Low clouds
followed by some
sun
65°
51°
Variable cloudiness
63°
53°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 65°
Low ............................................ 51°
Normal high ............................... 62°
Normal low ................................. 47°
Precipitation
Yesterday .............................. Trace"
Month to date .......................... 1.29"
Normal month to date ............. 2.82"
Year to date ........................... 26.66"
Normal year to date .............. 32.86"
Sunset tonight ..................
Sunrise Thursday .............
Moonrise today ................
Moonset today .................
Regional Cities
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Today
Hi Lo W
68 40 t
75 41 s
64 51 s
78 50 pc
62 50 c
76 42 s
86 54 s
58 49 pc
63 53 pc
8:54 p.m.
5:30 a.m.
2:58 p.m.
2:38 a.m.
Full
Last
New
First
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 24
Under the Sky
Hi
76
80
64
82
63
79
88
58
63
Thu.
Lo W
43 pc
46 s
51 pc
51 s
49 pc
47 s
58 s
48 pc
52 pc
Hi
84
77
83
72
80
81
92
70
82
84
79
94
77
85
87
85
86
84
81
86
85
68
66
78
90
Thu.
Lo W
68 t
60 t
64 s
47 c
66 t
61 s
63 t
50 c
69 c
65 s
66 t
72 s
61 pc
69 t
74 pc
65 pc
73 pc
67 t
67 t
68 pc
70 t
51 t
54 pc
56 s
71 t
National Cities
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
81 67 t
Boston
85 63 pc
Chicago
77 59 pc
Denver
73 50 t
Des Moines
82 60 s
Detroit
80 58 t
El Paso
93 64 pc
Fairbanks
79 53 pc
Honolulu
82 68 pc
Indianapolis
80 61 t
Kansas City
80 61 pc
Las Vegas
92 68 pc
Los Angeles
72 59 pc
Memphis
83 69 t
Miami
87 75 pc
Nashville
84 62 t
New Orleans
87 74
t
New York
84 69 t
Oklahoma City 80 67 t
Philadelphia
87 70 t
St. Louis
84 67 t
Salt Lake City
70 52 pc
San Francisco
66 54 pc
Seattle
74 55 pc
Washington, DC 87 72 t
Klamath Falls
42/79
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015
50°
Sunday
Partly sunny
64°
Ontario
49/83
Bend
41/80
Friday
Low clouds
followed by some
sun
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
Yakima
Today
Hi Lo W
76 48 pc
77 52 pc
78 57 pc
83 55 s
79 53 pc
66 50 c
76 54 pc
78 53 pc
84 54 s
Hi
79
84
83
86
83
67
79
82
90
Thu.
Lo W
48 s
56 s
58 s
56 s
54 s
49 pc
58 pc
55 s
57 s
Tonight's Sky: The Milky Way Galaxy is along
the horizon at nearly 360 degrees.
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
10:35 a.m. 6.2 ft.
10:49 p.m. 8.0 ft.
Time
4:38 a.m.
4:27 p.m.
Low
1.7 ft.
1.9 ft.
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.
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Forrest “Merrill” Ginn passed away on 25, 1959, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea
May 17, 2015, age 93, at home in Astoria, Church in Astoria, and they had three chil-
dren; Diane, Steven and Kenny.
Ore. He was born Oct. 6, 1921, in
Merrill enjoyed working at his
Salem, Ore., to Forrest Westley
office overlooking the Colum-
Ginn and Ruth Ellen (Aspinwall)
bia River in Astoria, flying his
Ginn.
Piper airplane, playing golf as a
In 1929 the family moved from
member of the Astoria Golf and
Salem, to Lodi, Calif., and then to
Country Club, and working out-
Astoria in 1937. Once Merrill ar-
side around the house. His biggest
rived in Astoria, he joined his fel-
enjoyment was being with family
low high school friends in the Sea
and friends, from visiting with the
Scouts and sailed on The Flying
guys in their weekly coffee klatch
Cloud. These were friends that he
Forrest “Merrill” and playing cards with friends in
kept throughout his life.
Ginn
their poker club, to visiting with
Upon his graduation from As-
family, whether around the dining
toria High School in 1939, Merrill
room table or at the large extend-
attended the San Francisco Col-
ed family gatherings.
lege of Embalming and became
Merrill is survived by his wife,
a licensed mortician to join his
Rita; his daughter, Diane Forst
father in the family business. In
and husband, Jim, of Astoria;
August 1942, he joined the U.S.
sons Steven Ginn of Hillsboro
Coast Guard, was sent to Colum-
and Kenny Ginn of Astoria; his
bia University in New York, and
brother, Bob Ginn and wife, Sher-
commissioned as a pharmacist’s
yl, of Sitka, Alaska; and many
mate. He served on Beach Patrol
nieces and nephews. He was pre-
in Seaside and Cannon Beach,
ceded in death by his parents and
then in 1944 aboard the CGC Au-
brother, Kenneth Ginn.
rora until his discharge in March 1946.
There will be a family and friends gath-
Merrill and his mother owned the Ginn
Gift Shop on Ninth and Commercial un- ering Saturday, June 6, to disperse Mer-
til it was sold in 1955. He then went to rill’s ashes in the Columbia River.
Donations in Merrill’s name may be
work as a dispatcher and office manager
for Arrow Tug & Barge, which eventually made to the Columbia River Maritime
became Knappton Towboat, until his re- Museum, where his son, Kenny Ginn,
has demonstrated making rope for 25
tirement in 1987.
Merrill married Rita Hakanson on April years.
Signa Leah Kilponen
Deep River, Wash.
Jan. 3, 1918 — May 23, 2015
Signa Leah Kilponen, 97, a lifelong res- where her pickled fish and prune tarts were
ident of Deep River and Salmon Creek, savored. She also enjoyed attending the an-
died in Astoria on May 23, 2015.
nual Naselle Fire Department crab
The daughter of Finnish immi-
feed. Signa seldom ventured far
from home; didn’t have a driver’s
grants Anton and Sofia Hanninen,
license and never carried personal
she was born in Astoria on Jan. 3,
identification. She worked hard
1918. In 1920 the family moved
her entire life and took pride in her
to Deep River, Wash., settling in
family.
a nine-room house, “a mile up the
Signa is survived by her daugh-
Deep River Logging Railroad from
ter, Lois (Bill) Bighill of Naselle;
Appelo’s (store).”
son, Cliff (Debi Faber) Kilponen
Signa walked the mile to the
of Naselle; sister, Sylvia Mowrey
four-room Deep River School.
Signa
of Astoria; four grandchildren;
Signa had many memories of her
Kilponen
eight great-grandchildren; and a
youth in Deep River, the Finn-
nephew and two nieces. She was
ish neighbors and the events in
town, including going to the movies “for 35 preceded in death by her husband, Eugene,
and son, Jerry.
cents.”
Graveside service will be held at noon
Signa helped her mother can vegetables
from the garden, do the washing by hand on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at Salmon
and read at night by kerosene lantern. Signa Creek Cemetery, rural Naselle. A reception
met Eugene Kilponen “by the railroad track follows at the Naselle Lutheran Church.
in Deep River,” and they were married in Her casket will be open Wednesday, 10
Ilwaco in 1938. The couple settled in Salm- a.m. until 4 p.m. at Penttila’s Chapel by
on Creek, where Signa was a homemaker, The Sea in Long Beach. Memorials are
wife and mother to three children. She also requested to either the Naselle Luther-
worked for a time at the Deep River Hotel. an Church or the Naselle Fire Depart-
Signa took pride in her Finnish heritage ment, in care of Penttila’s Chapel by
and was known as an excellent cook and The Sea, P.O. Box 417, Long Beach, WA
baker, especially her cookies and pies. She 98631.
Her guest book is available at www.pent-
enjoyed knitting and crocheting, vegetable
gardening, clamming, and family dinners tilaschapel.com
Birth
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Oct. 6, 1921 — May 17, 2015
May 12, 2015
ROBINSON, Wendi, of Warrenton, a girl,
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Committee, 1 to 3 p.m.,
fourth À oor, 800 Exchange
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Cannon Beach Emergen-
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Work Session, 2:30 p.m.,
Cannon Beach City Hall 163
E. Gower St.
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2015-2016 Budget Hearing,
9 a.m., Astoria Transit Center
Conference Room, 900 Ma-
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