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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015 Holiday closures start Thursday The Daily Astorian ‘What is a favorite Christmas memory?’ “Watching my children sit on Santa’s lap at Lipman and Wolfe in Portland. He was a former teacher of mine when I was young. I was looking at him, and he was looking at me and my children, and we were both crying.” Mary De La Salandra, Astoria In observance of Christ- mas Day , all federal and state offices are closed Fri- day. Clatsop County offices 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 Thurs- day and Friday. Gearhart and Seaside city halls and services are closed Friday. All U.S. post offices are closed Friday, and there is no mail delivery. Astoria, Jewell, Knap- pa, Warrenton/Hammond, Seaside (including Can- Lotteries Rinda Johansen, Astoria “When I was 10 years old, my mom and dad got me and my brothers and sisters a horse. He was a Shet- land-Morgan cross. My dad came leading him down the driveway. From my childhood, that’s the only Christmas I remember. It outshined all the rest.” Kathy Gaskins, Astoria The Daily Astorian WASHINGTON Tuesday’s Daily Game: 1-4-0 Tuesday’s Keno: 02- 03-04-15-20-21-28-29-31- 32-37-39-42-50-55-60-65- 74-76-78 Tuesday’s Match 4: 02-05-12-23 Tuesday’s Mega Mil- lions: 11-21-40-50-70, Mega Ball: 15 Estimated jackpot: $94 million. ® ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Cloudy with showers 38° Thursday Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs The Dalles 31/42 Astoria 38/47 Portland 36/43 Corvallis 34/44 Eugene 34/43 Pendleton 31/39 Salem 35/43 Albany 36/44 Friday Burns 15/25 Medford 33/41 Cloudy with a couple of showers 47° 36° Saturday Clouds and sun with a shower in the area 47° Cloudy with occasional rain 38° 46° 38° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Tuesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 48° Low ............................................ 37° Normal high ............................... 48° Normal low ................................. 36° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.44" Month to date ........................ 18.62" Normal month to date ............. 7.07" Year to date ........................... 71.86" Normal year to date .............. 64.44" 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 33 17 sn 34 22 sf 46 37 r 45 34 sh 48 42 r 33 24 sf 44 33 sh 46 38 r 49 38 r 4:33 p.m. 7:56 a.m. 3:37 p.m. 5:43 a.m. Full Last New First Dec 25 Jan 1 Jan 9 Jan 16 Under the Sky Hi 28 32 44 43 47 30 41 45 48 Thu. Lo W 11 sf 16 c 34 sh 31 sh 41 sh 13 sn 26 sn 35 sh 36 sh National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 71 66 r Boston 52 49 r Chicago 61 37 r Denver 39 14 sf Des Moines 47 29 r Detroit 61 45 c El Paso 63 46 s Fairbanks -2 -20 sf Honolulu 84 72 pc Indianapolis 65 42 r Kansas City 57 32 sh Las Vegas 58 39 pc Los Angeles 66 45 pc Memphis 75 54 t Miami 84 76 pc Nashville 72 59 t New Orleans 79 66 r New York 62 61 r Oklahoma City 62 38 s Philadelphia 66 64 r St. Louis 69 39 r Salt Lake City 34 19 sf San Francisco 56 45 c Seattle 44 37 sh Washington, DC 65 62 r Klamath Falls 24/30 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 35° Sunday Cloudy 45° Ontario 26/32 Bend 22/32 City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 44 35 sh 42 31 c 46 36 sh 44 36 sh 46 35 sh 48 42 r 32 25 sn 45 37 sh 39 22 c Hi 43 39 43 42 43 47 31 42 36 Thu. Lo W 29 c 24 c 33 sn 32 sh 31 sh 39 sh 21 c 33 sn 18 c Tonight's Sky: The Northern Cross, which is also known as Cygnus the Swan, stands almost straight up from the northwest horizon before midnight. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 12:24 a.m. 8.2 ft. 11:50 a.m. 10.3 ft. Time 5:52 a.m. 6:55 p.m. Low 2.7 ft. -1.1 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Thu. Hi Lo W 75 66 c 68 54 c 45 30 pc 32 16 pc 39 28 pc 51 35 pc 65 42 s -15 -28 s 83 74 sh 54 41 pc 47 29 pc 55 40 pc 62 46 c 75 58 pc 84 76 pc 74 57 pc 78 67 t 74 60 c 59 35 s 76 60 t 57 38 s 34 19 c 52 44 r 44 33 c 75 62 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. 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 non Beach) and the city of Warrenton with a normal service day of Friday will receive service Saturday. Peninsula Sanitation (cov- ering the Long Beach Pen- insula) customers whose regular service day is Fri- day will have their gar- bage picked up Thursday. Recology Western Oregon and Peninsula Sanitation’s transfer stations are closed Friday. The Sunset Pool in Sea- side 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 Uppertown Firefighters’ Museum is closed for the winter. Capt. Gray’s Port of Play and Lil’ Sprouts are closed Thursday and Friday. Fort Clatsop and the Co- lumbia River Maritime Mu- seum are closed Friday. The Seaside Museum is closed Thursday and Friday. Sunset Empire Transpor- tation (“The Bus”) is not running Friday. The Daily Astorian offic- es are closed at noon Thurs- day and all day Friday. There is no Friday newspa- per. Learn to help others stay warm OREGON Tuesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 6-6-2-0 4 p.m.: 4-7-8-3 7 p.m.: 0-9-9-1 10 p.m.: 1-2-3-2 “Unwrapping the stockings Christ- mas morning with our two kids — we usually had gag gifts in there.” non Beach and Gearhart schools) and Ocean Beach School District schools and Clatsop Community Col- lege are closed for winter break. The Astoria Library, Warrenton Library and all Timberland libraries in Washington state, includ- ing Ilwaco, Ocean Park and Naselle, are closed Thurs- day and Friday. The Seaside Library is closed Friday. The Port of Astoria offic- es and services are closed Thursday and Friday. Garbage collection through Recology Western Oregon (covering Astoria, Seaside, Gearhart and Can- 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. The Astoria Warming Cen- ter in the First United Meth- odist Church, 1076 Franklin Ave., is holding a volunteer training from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday. The Warming Cen- ter is in the lower level of the church. Enter through the double doors on the 11th Street side of the building. The public is invited to FRPH¿QGRXWPRUHDERXWWKH Warming Center and the vol- unteer opportunities . Attend- ing a training does not commit anyone to volunteering. For information, write to drewherzig@yahoo.com or call 503-325-1895. ‘Of Orcas and Men’ author shares lessons of ‘remarkable creatures’ Awe-inspiring creatures are threatened By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group SEASIDE — Seattle-based investigative journalist and author David Neiwert knows a lot about orcas, or killer whales, some of which he shared during a presen- tation on his recently published book, “Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us,” at the Seaside Public Library. More than two dozen audi- ence members left the presenta- tion Thursday having learned a thing or two about the carniv- orous mammals, as well. They OHDUQHG WKH VFLHQWL¿F QDPH 2UFLQXV RUFD UHÀHFWV :HVWHUQ civilization’s early fear of the whales, as the Latin roughly translates into killer or messen- ger from hell. They also learned orcas are successful predators in the waters they roam and KDYHFRPSOH[VRFLDOVWUXFWXUHV Neiwert, the author of sev- eral books and a contributing writer for the Southern Poverty Law Center, is a longtime nature enthusiast. “Of Orcas and Men ” F RPELQHG VFLHQWL¿F UHVHDUFK cultural history and environ- PHQWDOUHSRUWLQJWRH[SORUHRQH of the earth’s most elusive and remarkable creatures. “These creatures inspire awe, even when you see them in captivity, behind the glass and concrete tank,” Neiwert said. “They’re still so large and so beautiful and so intelligent that they have a real presence about them.” Katherine Lacaze/ EO Media Group Seattle-based author and investigative journalist David Neiwert gives a presentation on orcas at the Seaside Public Library Thursday. He shared information from his recently published book, “Of Orcas and Men: What Kill- er Whales Can Teach Us,” about the history of orcas and their relationship to various cultures throughout history. Laurentiis, shows how little the general public knew about the mammals, even into the 1970s. Many people interact only with orcas in captivity, which is “nothing like seeing the animal in its real element,” said Neiw- ert, who has spent a lot of time observing and researching the RUFDVLQWKH3DFL¿F1RUWKZHVW The initial captivity of or- cas, such as Namu, one of the ¿UVWNLOOHUZKDOHVWREHSXWLQDQ aquarium in the 1960s, helped change the public perception of the mammals. Many people be- came enamored with them, per- ceiving them as sort of aquatic panda bears, Neiwert said. For the orcas, however, putting them in SeaWorld theme parks, the Miami Seaquarium and other marine parks is detrimental be- cause of their size, intelligence DQG FRPSOH[ VRFLDO VWUXFWXUH Their life spans on average are VLJQL¿FDQWO\VKRUWHUWKH\H[KLE it signs of frustration, grinding Smart and sensitive their teeth or, on rare occasions, Orcas inhabit every ocean harming humans in their tanks, RQWKHSODQHWDQGDUHWKHDSH[ Neiwert said. A changing perception Some people in the cap- predator in those environments, The human relationship to tive-orca industry disagree the Neiwert said. Their success is aided by their social structures orcas has varied throughout environment negatively affects and enormous size — adult time and cultures. Some coastal the mammals. They claim they male orcas grow to be about 32 indigenous cultures respected are educating children about or- feet long and weigh between the orcas as their ancestors and cas. However, the presentations 12,000 and 14,000 pounds and creatures of great spiritual and give limited information about adult female orcas grow to be physical power. The Greeks the whales themselves, Neiwert about 24 feet long and 8,000 saw orcas as terrifying and de- said. “What they’re actually sell- pounds. Orcas originally were monic messengers of hell, the grouped into one species, but antithesis of angelic and sacred ing is this spectacle: the specta- scientists since have learned dolphins — although orcas cle of humans seemingly con- they are part of a species com- are part of the oceanic dolphin trolling these large and amazing SOH[ FRPSULVHG RI GLIIHUHQW family. By the 20th century, it animals,” he said. “But all the ecotypes. Some scientists be- was not unusual for people in trainers I’ve ever talked to, that lieve the cultural and genetic WKH3DFL¿F1RUWKZHVWWRVKRRW have left SeaWorld, will tell differences between the eco- orcas, Neiwert said. The movie you it’s purely an illusion. The types are so pronounced they “Orca,” produced by Dino De orcas are very much in charge.” are fundamentally different species. ,Q WKH 3DFL¿F 1RUWKZHVW there are three different types of orcas: the southern orcas who reside along the entire West Coast; Bigg’s, or transient, or- cas; and offshore orcas. There are multiple other populations elsewhere across the world. Orcas are very empathetic and intelligent, Neiwert said. They have a capacity for echolo- FDWLRQWKDWLVDNLQWRDVL[WKVHQVH “We’re just starting to delve LQWRKRZGHHSDQGFRPSOH[WKLV sense is,” Neiwert said. 7KHLUVRFLHWLHVDUHFRPSOH[ and matriarchal. The mammals have a unique sense of self, different from what land mam- PDOVH[SHULHQFHKHVDLG ³:H WHQG WR H[SHULHQFH things as individuals,” Neiw- ert said. “Their sense of self is really bound up in each other. This is why their pods are so important, so critical to their social lives. They remain with their families their entire lives.” On the record DUII arrest • At 10:50 p.m. Friday, Oregon State Police arrested Jonathan Michael Johnston, 36, Seaside, for driving under WKHLQÀXHQFHRILQWR[LFDQWVDW U.S. Highway 101 and Ave- 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. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. nue A in Seaside. Johnston’s blood alcohol was measured at 0.14 percent, according to police. 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