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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2015 Christmas closures planned Brown hopes for quick action The Daily Astorian In observance of Christmas Day , all federal and state of¿ c es are closed Friday. Clatsop County of¿ ces and Astoria City Hall and city services close at noon Thursday, and are closed Friday. Cannon Beach and Warrenton city halls and services are closed Thursday and Friday. Gearhart and Sea side city halls and services are closed Friday. All U.S. post of¿ ces are closed Friday, and there is no mail delivery. Astoria, Jewell, Knappa, WarrentonHammond, Sea side (including Cannon Beach and Gearhart schools) and Ocean Beach School District schools and Clatsop Commu nity College are closed for winter break. The Astoria /ibrary, War renton /ibrary and all Timber land libraries in Washington state, including Ilwaco, Ocean Park and Naselle, are closed Thursday and Friday. The Sea side Library is closed Friday. The Port of Astoria of¿ ces and services are closed Thurs day and Friday. Garbage collection through Recology Western Oregon (covering Astoria, Seaside, Gearhart and Cannon Beach) and the city of Warrenton with a normal service day of Friday will receive service Saturday. Peninsula Sanitation (cover ing the Long Beach Peninsu la) customers whose regular service day is Friday will have their garbage picked up Thursday. Recology Western Oregon and Peninsula Sani tation’s transfer stations are closed Friday. The Sunset Pool in Seaside is closed Friday. The Astoria Aquatic Center is open from 5 to 11 a.m. Thursday and closed Friday. The Clatsop County Her itage Museum, Oregon Film Museum, Flavel House and Carriage House are closed Thursday and Friday. The Up pertown Fire¿ ghters’ Museum is closed for the winter. Capt. Gray’s Port of Play and Lil’ Sprouts are closed Thursday and Friday. Fort Clatsop and the Columbia River Maritime Museum are closed Friday. The Seaside Museum is closed Thursday and Friday. Sunset Empire Transpor tation (³The Bus´) is not run ning Friday. The Daily Astorian of¿ c es are closed Friday, and the newspaper is not printed. Public meetings MONDAY Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. tee, 9 a.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Clatsop Care Health District Board, noon, Clatsop Care Memory Community, 2219 S.E. Dolphin Road, Warrenton. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., 225 S. Main Ave. TUESDAY Cannon Beach Public Works Commit- ® ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Mostly cloudy with a touch of rain 40° Tuesday Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs The Dalles 36/43 Astoria 40/48 Portland 39/46 Corvallis 38/49 Eugene 39/49 Pendleton 34/43 Salem 39/48 Albany 37/47 Wednesday Breezy; a shower in the morning, then rain 40° Thursday 45° Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 38° Friday Cloudy with a shower Clouds and sun with a shower in the area 37° 47° 38° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High ........................................... 50° Low ............................................ 43° Normal high ............................... 48° Normal low ................................. 36° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.80" Month to date ......................... 17.00" Normal month to date ............. 6.45" Year to date ........................... 70.24" Normal year to date .............. 63.82" Sunset tonight .................. 4:32 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .............. 7:55 a.m. Moonrise today ................. 2:10 p.m. Moonset today ................. 3:22 a.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Hi 38 42 52 51 50 38 48 51 54 Today Lo W 24 sn 24 sn 45 r 39 r 44 r 31 r 40 r 41 r 44 r Full Last New First Dec 25 Jan 1 Jan 9 Jan 16 Hi 32 37 50 49 48 38 47 49 53 Tues. Lo W 24 sn 29 r 40 r 35 r 44 r 28 r 36 r 42 r 41 r City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Hi 45 47 50 52 52 51 35 49 38 Today Lo W 35 r 34 sh 39 r 43 r 39 r 44 r 24 sn 38 r 23 sn Hi 44 43 46 49 48 48 32 45 39 Tues. Lo W 34 r 34 c 38 r 40 r 38 r 44 r 23 sn 39 r 27 c Tonight's Sky: The December solstice, which marks the start of winter in the Northern Hemi- sphere, occurs at 8:48 p.m. PST. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 10:12 a.m. 10.0 ft. 11:29 p.m. 7.9 ft. Time 4:01 a.m. 5:16 p.m. Low 2.5 ft. -0.4 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Tues. Hi Lo W 70 62 r 55 43 c 44 42 pc 45 22 c 47 38 pc 49 40 pc 65 45 pc -6 -20 pc 83 71 pc 50 48 c 55 47 pc 60 45 pc 66 51 sh 70 63 c 83 75 c 68 59 c 73 63 r 62 51 c 66 48 pc 64 52 c 54 51 pc 40 27 sn 60 49 c 45 37 r 63 51 c SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown spoke about problems in Oregon’s child welfare sys tem Friday at the ¿ rst meet ing of an advisory committee the governor appointed last month to oversee a review and improvements to the system. “I see your role as really critical as we move forward, in terms of making sure we have a foster care system that enables our children in the system not only to survive but to thrive,” Brown said. “I want you to hear it from me. In no way do I see this level of services as being acceptable.” The governor is respond ing to the state Department of Human Services’ failure to take action against licensed children’s services providers with known problems. News coverage highlighted the is sues this fall, starting with a story in Willamette Week that revealed child neglect and misuse of public funds by the Portland foster care program Give Us This Day. Although thenDHS director Erinn Kel leySiel and other top of¿ cials knew of the problems, includ ing detailed ¿ ndings from an Oregon Department of Justice investigation, the state contin ued to send children to Give Us This Day. “I really see your role as holding people’s feet to the ¿ re,” Brown said to the new committee on Friday. The state is close to award ing a contract to a consultant who will review several as pects of the state’s child wel fare and foster care programs, and recommendations from the consultant and advisory committee could result in leg islation as soon as the short Fronts Cold legislative session in Febru ary. Several members of the ad visory committee said the state has cut money for these pro grams during previous reces sions and never restored fund ing. Brown said she would work with the L egislature to increase funding for child wel fare, although she did not spec ify when. At the same time, state Sen. Sara Gelser, DCorvallis, said a lack of resources cannot be the excuse when the state fails to take action to protect kids, such as the foster children at Give Us This Day. “The problems that bring us around the table, there is no excuse, there is no policy, there is nothing in the state of Oregon that Musti¿ es what happened to these kids,” Gels er said. “We can’t allow our selves to fall into that. We need to remember why we’re at the table.” Gelser said the problem was that Department of Hu man Services managers and the agency’s previous director knew about problems at Give Us This Day yet continued to send children there, “which suggests there is a culture that accepts bad places.” Director ultimately responsible Interim DHS Director Clyde Saiki said the agency’s director has to make clear he or she is ultimately accountable. “I think that part of the culture change that has to happen within the department is leadership has to say we are accountable, and if bad things happen, that’s on us,” said Saiki, whom Brown ap pointed as interim director af ter KelleySiel resigned and it was revealed another interim director had also failed to re spond to the problems at Give Us This Day. Brown complimented Saiki Friday on his handling of the agency . “I think his work has been stellar,” Brown said. “I hope you’re feeling that on the ground, as well.” Members of the advisory committee, who include leg islators and representatives of service provider and interested community groups, discussed some of the areas in which the Department of Human Services could improve. One of their concerns was transparency. Lenp Garrett, executive direc tor of Court Appointed Special Advocates in Marion County, said even though advocates have court orders granting them access to information on foster children’s cases, they still often struggle to get the information they need from the department . The group advocates for the in terests of abused and neglected children in the court system. Gelser also said it seems like she has had to “wrestle for ev ery public record” she request ed from the department . Children reluctant to report abuse The committee also wel comed two newly appointed members on Friday, both from the Oregon Foster <outh Con nection program for current and former foster kids: Katie Robertson and Nicole Stapp. Children in foster care are often worried about issues that might not come up in media cover age or lawmakers’ discussions, such as that if they report abuse or other problems, they could be moved to a different home and separated from a sibling or friend, Robertson and Stapp said. The committee is expected to meet again in January. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Me- dia Group and Pamplin Media Group. Active shooter training available The Daily Astorian Under the Sky National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 61 55 pc Boston 53 47 pc Chicago 50 35 r Denver 44 30 pc Des Moines 36 28 c Detroit 49 41 r El Paso 60 36 s Fairbanks -6 -10 pc Honolulu 82 72 sh Indianapolis 53 40 r Kansas City 41 28 s Las Vegas 55 43 pc Los Angeles 64 55 pc Memphis 67 53 sh Miami 82 75 pc Nashville 62 56 sh New Orleans 73 62 r New York 54 50 pc Oklahoma City 57 33 s Philadelphia 56 51 pc St. Louis 63 35 c Salt Lake City 43 38 sn San Francisco 58 56 r Seattle 43 37 r Washington, DC 54 49 pc Klamath Falls 31/38 Breezy with periods of rain 48° By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau Consultant will review programs Burns 22/33 Medford 40/47 48° Ontario 30/37 Bend 24/37 to ¿ [ child welfare system The Lower Columbia Hu man Resources Management Association is holding a sem inar with a focus on active shooter training, presented by Matt Armstrong, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 6 at Buoy Beer Co. . Armstrong will provide a brief overview of Alert, Lock down, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate training (www.ali cetraining.com), which is de signed to prepare an individual, business or school for an active shooter event, and to give peo ple options to increase their chances of surviving the event. This program has one primary focus: survival of those who ¿ nd themselves under attack. Membership in the associ ation is not required to attend. Register online at www.lchr ma.org. The cost, including lunch prepared by Buoy Beer, is $15 for association members, $12.50 for students and $20 for nonmembers. Cancellations must be received no later than 5 p.m. Jan. 4 for a full refund. For information, contact Stacey Brown at president@ lchrma.org Warm CORRECTION 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. K lem p Fam ily D en tistry... W e h elp keep fam ilies sm ilin g! W e lo v e new p atients! C o m e and see h o w co m fo rtab le d entistry can really b e... “This is truly “family dentistry” because the moment you enter the state of the art office you are greeted and treated just like you are a part of Dr. Klemp’s family. Everyone is caring and patient and cares K lem p Fa m ily D en tistry o ffers a b ro a d ra n ge o f th era pies a lo n g with a ll yo u r gen era l d en tistry n eed s. about your every concern...” another smiling family KLEMP F A MILY D ENTISTRY 1006 West Marine Drive, Astoria (503) 468-0116 www.klempfamilydentistry.com No charges ¿ led — Lt. Andrew Merila, a spokesman for the Oregon State Police, said an administrative error resulted in an erroneous re port that Blake Painter, 36, of Astoria, was arrested by the state police Wednesday for seconddegree criminal tres pass. Merila said Painter was not charged with the crime and that the release was acci dental. The arrest was listed in an On the record item on 2A of Friday’s newspaper. mation Service in Astoria is in charge of the arrange ments. Dec. 17, 2015 ELLSWORTH, Joseph Allan, 64, of Seaside, died in Portland. Caldwell’s LuceLayton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the ar rangements. Deaths Dec. 12, 2015 BUTLER, James Edward, 77, of Ocean Park, Wash ington, died in Ocean Park. Ocean 9iew Funeral Cre Lotteries OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 0100 4 p.m.: 552 7 p.m.: 494 10 p.m.: 954 Saturday’s Megabucks: 142127313342 Estimated Mackpot: $3. million. Saturday’s Powerball: 23041596, Powerball: 10 Estimated jackpot: $202 million. Saturday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 2637 4 p.m.: 1527 7 p.m.: 502 10 p.m.: 7076 Friday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 7353 4 p.m.: 4650 7 p.m.: 0350 10 p.m.: 079 WASHINGTON Sunday’s Daily Game: 463 Sunday’s Keno: 0110 1417293137404450 535659616667072 7677 Sunday’s Match 4: 01 01321 Saturday’s Daily Game: 204 Saturday’s Hit 5: 0215 222536 Estimated jackpot: $190,000. Saturday’s Keno: 0111 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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