2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015 Public meetings WEDNESDAY Seaside Tourism Ad- visory Commission, S.m., City +aOO Confer ence 5oom, 99 Broad way. ‘How do you feel about regifting?’ ³,WKLQNLW¶V¿QH,¶P¿QHZLWKLW ,IVRPHRQHJDYHPHVRPHWKLQJ, GLGQ¶WZDQW,¶GJLYHLWDVDJLIW´ Stephanie Roley, Astoria ³,WKLQNLW¶VJUHDWEHFDXVH\RXFDQ WDNHVRPHWKLQJ\RX¶YHHQMR\HG DQGDUH¿QLVKHGZLWKDQGJLYHLWWR VRPHRQHHOVHWRHQMR\´ Nancy Stambaugh, Astoria ³,WKLQNLW¶VDOOULJKW,WKLQNSHRSOH WKDWGRQ¶WQHHGVRPHWKLQJFDQJLYH LWDZD\´ Cathy Van Horn, Astoria THURSDAY Astoria Parks and Recreation Master Plan Citizens Adviso- ry Committee, a.m., Astoria Recreation Center, 1 W. 0arine DriYe. Clatsop County Recreational Lands Planning and Advisory Committee, 1 to S.m., fourth fOoor, ([ change St. Cannon Beach Parks and Community Ser- vices Committee, 9 a.m., City +aOO, 16 (. Gower St. Cannon Beach De- sign Review Board, 6 S.m., City +aOO, 16 (. Gower St. Seaside Transporta- tion Advisory Commis- sion, 6 S.m., City +aOO, 99 Broadway. Tonight Considerable cloudiness and becoming rainy 44° Thursday Portland 41/50 Corvallis 42/55 Eugene 43/55 Salem 43/55 Albany 41/54 55° 46° Saturday 51° Sunday Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers Periods of rain 50° 50° 44° 42° City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 35 16 sn 39 29 c 49 44 r 47 43 r 49 45 c 37 29 c 46 39 c 48 45 r 51 47 r Sun and Moon Astoria through Tuesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 44° Low ............................................ 35° Normal high ............................... 48° Normal low ................................. 36° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.35" Month to date ........................ 12.02" Normal month to date ............. 4.96" Year to date ........................... 65.26" Normal year to date .............. 62.33" Sunset tonight .................. 4:30 p.m. Sunrise Thursday ............. 7:52 a.m. Moonrise today ............... 11:23 a.m. Moonset today ................ 10:35 p.m. First Full Last New Dec 18 Dec 25 Jan 1 Jan 9 Under the Sky Thu. Hi Lo W 31 30 sn 46 39 r 54 48 r 55 45 r 53 47 r 42 34 r 51 43 r 55 46 r 59 49 r National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 70 58 pc Boston 44 37 s Chicago 52 30 sh Denver 33 14 pc Des Moines 40 27 pc Detroit 51 36 sh El Paso 49 26 s Fairbanks 0 -13 pc Honolulu 84 72 s Indianapolis 56 30 sh Kansas City 40 25 pc Las Vegas 50 31 s Los Angeles 63 41 s Memphis 63 38 sh Miami 83 73 pc Nashville 68 40 pc New Orleans 79 59 t New York 52 46 pc Oklahoma City 52 25 s Philadelphia 57 48 pc St. Louis 58 31 pc Salt Lake City 32 17 sn San Francisco 55 43 pc Seattle 44 37 c Washington, DC 57 45 s Klamath Falls 29/42 Almanac Regional Cities City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 43 34 c 37 24 sn 46 41 c 47 44 r 48 43 c 50 45 c 32 18 sn 45 40 c 42 28 c Thu. Hi Lo W 47 40 r 35 32 i 50 45 r 56 48 r 55 45 r 54 47 r 31 29 sn 51 46 r 34 29 sn Tonight's Sky: The "Dog Star", Sirius, rises in the southeast in the mid-evening. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 5:42 a.m. 8.4 ft. 5:20 p.m. 7.9 ft. Time 11:42 a.m. 11:50 p.m. Low 2.7 ft. 0.8 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Thu. Hi Lo W 67 40 r 52 47 r 36 24 c 22 13 sf 35 22 pc 41 27 c 51 25 s -3 -12 pc 83 72 pc 39 26 pc 36 23 pc 51 35 s 68 45 s 53 33 s 84 74 t 52 31 pc 66 46 pc 59 50 r 47 24 c 60 47 r 43 28 s 33 26 c 57 45 pc 45 40 r 56 41 r 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. Lift chairs starting at $599. Side pocket to keep remote control handy at all times Battery support ensures lift mechanism works for one cycle without electricity. Available in a wide selection of fabrics and special-order fabrics ZERO GRAVITY device that supports legs, back, and neck Astoria - (503) 325-1535 1555 Commercial • www.robysfurniture.com 11 Tuesday’s Mega Mil- lions: 147161, 0ega BaOO (stimated MackSot 74 miOOion. Dec. 14, 2015 (B(R/<, Betty, 96, of Seaside, died in Seaside. +ughesRansom 0or tuary in Seaside is in charge of the ar rangements. Dec. 15, 2015 0(AD, Janet, 4, of Astoria, died in Astoria. 2cean 9iew )uneraO Cre mation SerYice in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. +ighway cOosed with cuOYert coOOaSse /ane untiO further notice because of a cuOYert faiO ure caused by Oast week¶s fOooding. A detour is in SOace at WaOOuski /ooS. W ideOoads, or oYersi]e 1wheeOers, are not Sermitted at this time. 0otorists are adYised to e [Sect deOays and Sroceed with caution. Ilwaco, Washington Dec. 16, 1944 — Dec. 8, 2015 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 41° WASHINGTON Tuesday’s Daily Game: 9 Tuesday’s Keno: 1 471161679 444461467 Tuesday’s Match 4: Jerry Wayne Benning Burns 17/35 Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers miOOion from the )ederaO AYi ation Administration the Port receiYed to reSaYe a runway. Kobes said bids on the SroMect are due 7hursday, af ter which the Port wiOO take a week or so to reYiew and seOect the best bidder. 7he Port had SreYiousOy gone out to bid for the SroMect. But Weston said onOy one bid was receiYed, and it was about 1 miOOion more than the Port e[Sected. Kobes said the Oack of bids Oast time was because grant money came in Oate, forcing the Port to oSen bidding Oate in the year, when contractors OargeOy had their sOate of SroM ects ¿ OOed. 7his time, he said, the Port can e[Sect seYeraO bids at more comSetitiYe Sric es. OBITUARIES Ontario 26/35 Bend 29/46 Friday Rain OREGON Tuesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 771 4 p.m.: 691 7 p.m.: 1 10 p.m.: 616 7he 2regon DeSart ment of 7ransSortation has cOosed +ighway at miOeSost 6 near 2rdway Pendleton 24/35 Medford 39/51 Kobes, as a consuOtant through his comSany /andside Resources, ,nc., wiOO handOe SOanning and management of the airSort for an hour. 0uch of his focus wiOO be on heOSing the 3ort¶s efforts to ¿ nd a SriYate ¿ [edbase oS erator for the airSort. Kobes heOSed bring forth the commit tee¶s recommendation Oast year of seeking a SriYate oSerator. ³7here are a Oot of issues surrounding that,” he said of ¿ nding an airSort oSerator, ³and then obYiousOy the run way SroMect is a big endeaY or.” 7he 3ort has receiYed about , from the state De Sartment of 7ransSortation¶s Connect 2regon 9, infrastruc ture grant Srogram. 7he grant is meant as a OocaO match on Lotteries 7KH'DLO\$VWRULDQ The Dalles 34/38 Astoria 44/55 7he 3ort of Astoria has hired Gary .obes, a SiOot and member of the AirSort AdYiso ry Committee, as an indeSen dent contractor to be interim manager of the Astoria Re gionaO AirSort. 7he Sosition was SreYious Oy heOd by former Director of Business DeYeOoSment and 2Serations 0ike Weston, who Oeft the 3ort Oast month after signing a seSaration agreement with the agency. ³, aSSroached the 3ort,´ Kobes said of how he got the Sosition. ³, actuaOOy aSSOied for a different Sosition, and when 0r. Knight saw my resume and my e[Serience, he said µ, think , haYe a SOace , can use you.¶´ Dec. 14, 2015 )/A9,1, Richard John ,7, of .naSSa, died in .naSSa. +ughesRan som 0ortuary is in charge of the ar rangements. Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs By EDWARD STRATTON 7KH'DLO\$VWRULDQ Deaths ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Port hires SiOot to run airSort OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian pub- lishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a flag symbol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 10 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctua- tion and style. Death notices and upcoming services will be published at no charge. Notices must be submitted by 9 a.m. the day of publication. Obituaries and notices may be submitted online at www.dailyastorian.com/forms/ obits, by email at ewilson@ dailyastorian.com, placed via the funeral home or in person at The Daily Astorian office, 949 Exchange St. in Astoria. For more information, call 503-325-3211, ext. 257. Jerry Wayne Benning was born on Dec. 16, South Dakota, and .im Gehrke, 5aSid City, he is 1944, to George and Beatrice Benning in Sturgis, surYiYed by daughters Jeanne oI 3ortOand, Sandy SoutK DaNota. $Iter ¿ nisKing KigK scKooO and coO 0ike oI 0enOo and Sherry 0ark oI 9ancouYer. Oege, Ke enOisted in tKe 8.S. 1aYy. 8Son Kis return +is grandchiOdren were a constant source oI to South Dakota he married Candy Moy to him. Jordan was a Yery Oarge 3Oumb on Jan. , 1966. +e moYed with Sart oI his OiIe, and OiYed with him and his IamiOy to the /ong Beach 3eninsuOa Grandma Candy Ior aOO oI her schooO in 1967. years. +e OoYed them aOO eTuaOOy and +e was emSOoyed at Sid¶s 0arket was aOways bragging about them aOO. as a butcher untiO he Moined the /ong +e wiOO IoreYer be OoYed and remem Beach 3oOice DeSartment. +e started bered by each and eYery one oI the grandchiOdren. Jerry has 1 grandchiO working with the 3aci¿ c County Sher dren, 1 greatgrandchiOdren and one iII¶s DeSartment soon aIter. Jerry was greatgreatgranddaughter. Jerry¶s heart the resident deSuty in 1aseOOe in the was IuOO +e was a Yery sSeciaO ³¿ OO in earOy 197s, and brought his IamiOy to Jerry Iather´ to so many young SeoSOe who 5aymond in 1974. +e was emSOoyed Benning sSent many hours under his OoYing care. with the 3aci¿ c County SheriII¶s De +e OoYed you aOO. Sartment Ior most oI his Oaw enIorce Jerry was a huge Sart oI the community and ment years. +e serYed the Oast 1 years oI his 1 enMoyed being actiYe in many OocaO cOubs and year tenure as the 3aci¿ c County SheriII. Jerry was Sreceded in death by his Sarents a grouSs. +e was Yery actiYe in 0asonic Oodges, in Ioster son, COayton 0oraYec and his ¿ rst wiIe oI cOuding 2ccident /odge 1o. 99 )$0 oI ,Owaco, 4 years, Candy. +e is surYiYed by his brother, and the 3aci¿ c County Democrats. +e enMoyed Sar James Beth Benning oI SSear¿ sh, South Dakota. ticiSating in eYents with the Beach Barons and the Jerry married +eOen 5. SheSSerson in 3ied /ower CoOumbia COassics Car COub. )ishing and mont, South Dakota, on June , 1. She sur hunting were two sSorts he did to reOa[, but time YiYes at the IamiOy home in ,Owaco. Jerry and sSent SOaying cards, dancing and Oaughing with +eOen went to high schooO together in Sturgis, and IamiOy and Iriends ¿ OOed his heart $ ceOebration oI OiIe wiOO be heOd at 1 S.m. Satur rekindOed a OoYing reOationshiS aIter years aSart, reuniting a Oarge IamiOy in which they had started day, Dec. 19, 1, at the 2cean Beach 3resbyterian years beIore with the birth oI their daughter, Deb Church, 1 3Oace, SeaYiew, Washington, with a receStion IoOOowing. ,nterment wiOO be at 7he BOack bie, in 196. Jerry was a Yery Sroud man. +is Sride was Yery +iOOs 1ationaO Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota. +is guest book is aYaiOabOe at www.Sentti aSSarent when he sSoke oI his chiOdren. $Oong with daughter Debbie Bob oI BOack +awk, OaschaSeO.com Ansel Wayne Lahti Warrenton Oct. 13, 1930 — Dec. 11, 2015 $nseO Wayne /ahti Sassed away on Dec. king oI the camS, Oanding the troShy deer 11, 1, in Warrenton, 2regon. $nseO was which had the biggest set oI antOers. born on 2ct. 1, 19, to his Sarents, $nseO was Sreceded in death Wayne and /enore SundTuist /a by his Sarents, Wayne and /enore hti, in $storia, 2regon. $nseO gradu /ahti his wiIe, /a9ona 3idcock ated Irom Warrenton +igh SchooO in /ahti and son, 7erry /ee 0anary. 1949, and aIter graduation enOisted $nseO is surYiYed by his daughter, in the 8.S. $rmy. Susan 0anary Johnson and her $nseO IoOOowed in his dad¶s Ioot husband, ,rYin and Iour grand steSs, becoming a commerciaO ¿ sh chiOdren, 7erry, Jason, Jenny and erman. +e OoYed being on the ocean Drew. +e had nine greatgrand ¿ shing Ior saOmon and tuna, and in chiOdren and two greatgreat grand the IaOO, crabbing. chiOdren. +e wiOO be soreOy missed. Ansel $nseO OiYed a IuOO and e[citing 1o serYices are SOanned. Lahti OiIe. +e enMoyed aOO oI those sSeciaO +ughes5ansom 0ortuary is in charge of the arrangements. An hunting triSs in the IaOO. +e enMoyed camSing and being around aOO oI his Iriends onOine guest book may be signed at www. more than the hunting. 2ne year $nseO was hughesransom.com 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. 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