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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?’
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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.
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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
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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
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Deaths
ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Port hires SiOot to run airSort
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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
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