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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015 Food bank holds volunteer training ‘What was your favorite summer job?’ The Daily Astorian “Grooming poodles in Tucson, Arizona. I was 16 or 17.” Carol Thomas, Astoria “Working at the Nehalem Bay State Park as a seasonal interpretive ranger. It was fun going on nature walks with the kids, and making arts and crafts out of nature’s goodies.” Lynn Hadley, Astoria “Being a clown at the senior cen- ter, and being in several parades. Be a clown! And then, there was the summer I dealt blackjack in Alaska ...” Laura Hutson, Astoria The Clatsop Emergency Food Bank is holding a vol- unteer training from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday in the sanc- tuary of the First Presbyte- rian Church, 1103 Grand Ave. This training and orien- tation is mandatory for vol- unteers, and is the second being held in June to attract new volunteers and get ev- eryone trained and on the same page. T here are 50 volunteers keeping the food pantry open Tuesday through Fri- day from 3 to 4 p.m.; the longest-serving have been volunteering for 20 years. For information, contact Julene West at 503-325- 7351. Death June 23, 2015 RASMUSSON, “Clegg,” 66, of Warrenton, died in Warrenton. Ocean View Fu- neral & Cremation Service in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. ® ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Mostly cloudy 55° Thursday Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs The Dalles 62/97 Astoria 55/72 Portland 61/90 Corvallis 55/93 Eugene 52/91 Pendleton 60/94 Salem 57/92 Albany 54/92 Friday Burns 52/93 Medford 60/99 Partly sunny 72° 58° Saturday Mostly sunny; breezy in the afternoon 73° 58° Partial sunshine 72° 57° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Tuesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 73° Low ............................................ 47° Normal high ............................... 65° Normal low ................................. 51° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 0.71" Normal month to date ............. 2.13" Year to date ........................... 27.37" Normal year to date .............. 35.49" Sunset tonight ................... 9:11 p.m. Sunrise Thursday ............. 5:25 a.m. Moonrise today ................ 1:44 p.m. Moonset today ................. 1:06 a.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 86 48 s 83 49 pc 69 55 pc 87 52 pc 65 56 pc 89 49 s 94 60 pc 63 51 pc 67 53 pc First Full Last New June 24 July 1 July 8 July 15 Under the Sky Hi 87 89 74 91 66 95 99 65 68 Thu. Lo W 50 s 55 s 58 pc 58 s 57 pc 56 s 65 s 53 pc 56 pc National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 95 76 t Boston 80 62 s Chicago 81 65 pc Denver 90 61 t Des Moines 84 70 t Detroit 80 62 s El Paso 90 72 t Fairbanks 83 62 pc Honolulu 88 75 pc Indianapolis 82 67 pc Kansas City 92 76 c Las Vegas 109 82 s Los Angeles 82 60 s Memphis 95 77 pc Miami 92 79 pc Nashville 91 70 pc New Orleans 93 77 t New York 84 68 s Oklahoma City 93 72 s Philadelphia 86 66 s St. Louis 90 78 pc Salt Lake City 96 68 s San Francisco 68 54 pc Seattle 80 59 pc Washington, DC 86 69 s Klamath Falls 49/95 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 58° Sunday Cloudy to partly sunny and warm 77° Ontario 65/98 Bend 49/89 City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 81 55 pc 88 60 pc 85 61 pc 89 58 pc 86 57 pc 67 55 pc 86 61 pc 85 60 pc 92 60 pc Hi 86 94 90 94 92 68 89 89 98 Thu. Lo W 57 s 62 s 64 s 65 s 63 s 58 pc 63 pc 63 s 64 s Tonight's Sky: Mercury at greatest elongation, 23 west of Sun in morning sky. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 8:43 a.m. 5.8 ft. 9:05 p.m. 7.7 ft. Time 2:53 a.m. 2:31 p.m. Low 2.0 ft. 2.0 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Thu. Hi Lo W 95 75 t 79 61 s 74 56 t 85 59 t 83 66 pc 70 57 t 94 74 t 80 59 c 89 75 s 85 65 t 88 68 t 110 85 s 80 59 s 97 77 pc 91 79 pc 96 74 pc 93 77 s 83 67 t 93 72 s 86 68 t 93 70 t 97 68 s 77 57 pc 84 61 s 87 71 t 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. Need a Lift? Roby’s can help. 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For more information, call 503-325-3211, ext. 257. Contributed photo This sea otter found June 16 is the third one that washed up dead in the area. It was near the Seaview 30th Street drainage. Third sea otter washes up on Peninsula Toxin likely didn’t cause death, but LVGH¿QLWHO\WREODPHLQVHDOLRQGHDWK deaths from Tillamook to the Peninsula. ,WLVUDUHWR¿QGDVHDOLRQWKDW SEAVIEW, Wash. — is still fresh and that has clearly A third dead sea otter has died as a result of domoic acid, washed up on the Long Beach she said. Most of the dead pin- Getting the data Peninsula . nipeds they encounter have been “Right now it’s kind of a shot. Many more are too decom- The otter found near Seaview June 16 was too ‘wait and see’ scenario,” said Jim posed to determine what might bloated to provide samples for Rice, stranding coordinator for have killed them. Though sam- testing, so biologists with the the Oregon coast based out of the ples from all of these animals U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- +DW¿HOG 0DULQH 6FLHQFH &HQWHU are stored, it is rarely worth it to vice don’t know exactly how in Newport . the different agencies that deal “Fortunately, we’re not see- with marine mammals to pay it died, but say a deadly ma- rine toxin that has shut down ing a big effect from domoic for further testing. VHYHUDO:DVKLQJWRQVWDWH¿VK acid, yet,” Rice added, explain- What they know eries in the last two months — ing this could be because, right Researchers and biologists domoic acid — is likely not to now, California sea lions are leaving Oregon and Washington know one thing for sure right blame. The same could not be for their breeding grounds farther now: Domoic acid is out there. said for other marine mammal south. Depending on how long The phytoplankton that produc- the bloom persists, however, the es it is there and smaller animals deaths on the Peninsula. On May 20, an employee sea lions could hit it again when are eating it up. These animals with the Washington Depart- they return in the late summer are being eaten by larger ani- mals and some of those larger ment of Fish and Wildlife vid- and early fall. The sea lion that died on the animals are acting weird. eo taped a California sea lion In any other year, Dyanna having seizures on a beach Peninsula last month was a sur- prise. Such high levels of domoic Lambourn, marine animal re- near Long Beach. The animal was euthanized acid had not been seen in a sea search biologist with WDFW, and its samples sent out for lion before in Washington, and said testing for domoic acid in testing. Now those samples are were still low compared to what dead animals would be low on back and it is clear high levels has been found in sea lions off the department’s list “because of domoic acid caused its bi- the California coast where out- we just haven’t seen these high zarre behavior — the highest breaks of domoic acid are more levels up in Washington.” There are other diseases that can cause levels recorded in a sea lion on common. “Historically ( central Cal- similar symptoms, after all. the Washington coast. “If this event continues, Last week, NOAA an- ifornia) has been the ground nounced it was sending out re- zero for mortality attributed to there may be a need to do more searchers to examine the largest domoic acid, especially among screening on animals if they toxic algal bloom in nearly a California sea lions,” Rice said. start presenting the symptoms,” decade on the West Coast. The The toxin can cause permanent Lambourn said, adding, “Since bloom, stretching from Monterey brain damage, destroying the we do know there are high lev- Bay, Calif., to Homer, Alaska, part of the brain that deals with els of domoic acid out there ... involves three different harmful memory, which in turn affects it’s higher on our list that, gee, algae and has already led to the the animal’s ability to travel and that could be why.” California sea lions are “the HDUO\FORVXUHRIUD]RUFODP¿VK navigate ocean and river waters, poster children” for domoic -ac- eries in Oregon and Washington and can cause seizures. “It was a little unusual for id-related mortality, but sea birds DQG'XQJHQHVVFUDE¿VKHULHVLQ XV´VDLG'HERUDK'XI¿HOGDEL and other seals and sea lions are southern Washington. Though one of the results of ology professor at Portland State also potential victims. Lambourn such blooms, domoic acid, rarely 8QLYHUVLW\'XI¿HOGDORQJZLWK and other biologists are looking affects sea otters, state and feder- research assistant Dalin D’Ales- at species in California that have DOELRORJLVWVVD\WKHVFLHQWL¿FOLW sandro, investigates numerous been affected by large concentra- erature shows that these blooms, marine mammal strandings and tions of the toxin. By KATIE WILSON EO Media Group and domoic acid in particular, can destroy sea lions. They are worried what the blooms could mean for these and other marine mammals and birds. On the record Assault • At about 7:38 a.m. Sunday, the Seaside Po- lice Department responded to a 911 call about an in- cident near 26 Avenue A. Jorge Resendiz-Urtiz, 29, of Seaside, was arrested and charged with assault in the fourth-degree. The police report on the incident has not been finalized. DUII arrest • At 10:16 p.m. Mon- day, Clatsop County Sher- iff’s Office arrested Bonnie Jane Hudson, 46, Perris, Calif., for driving under the influence of intoxi- cants on Claremont Road in Astoria. WASHINGTON Tuesday’s Daily Game: 8-3-1 Tuesday’s Keno: 06-07-10- 13-16-19-21-22-23-26-31-33- 35-39-43-59-62-69-71-73 Tuesday’s Match 4: 05-12- 14-23 Tuesday’s Mega Millions: 06-13-38-56-70, Mega Ball: 2 Estimated jackpot: $52 mil- lion lege Board of Directors, 7 p.m., special meeting to ap- point interim president, Tow- ler Hall Room 206, 1651 Lex- ington Ave. THURSDAY Recreational Lands Plan- ning and Advisory Commit- tee, WR SP IRXUWK ÀRRU 800 Exchange St. Cannon Beach Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St., Can- non Beach. FRIDAY Cannon Beach Emer- gency Preparedness Com- mittee 10 a.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St., Cannon Beach. Lotteries OREGON Tuesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 6-1-5-9 4 p.m.: 9-7-3-3 7 p.m.: 3-5-6-3 10 p.m.: 4-8-4-1 Public meetings WEDNESDAY Clatsop County Housing Authority Board, 5 p.m., Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St. Clatsop Community Col- 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. 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