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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2015
TaNinJ care of community
er, planninJ for hoZ many
volunteers Zill help deliver
each year ³is a crapshoot,´
he said.
³,¶ve learned, Zhoever
shoZs up, Must to maNe it
ZorN,´ he added.
,n past years ² the le
Jion has done the proJram
³for many, many years
noZ,´ 3ost &ommander Dan
2¶5eilly said ² &ub 6cout
3acN , &annon %each
)ire and 5escue, the 6easide
3olice Department, 6ea
side +iJh 6chool and other
Jroups have sent volunteers
to help on distribution day.
This year, the helpers Zere
feZ, but all the recipients Jot
their bo[es ahead of &hrist
mas (ve.
The bo[es contained an
array of items, dependinJ on
the household si]e. AmonJ
the items Zere Zhole tur
Neys, veJetables, apples,
canned Joods, dried ramen
noodles, croutons for stuff
inJ and more. The pacNaJ
es contained a special treat
from %ruce¶s &andy .itch
en, as Zell. &hildren also
received presents Zrapped
earlier in the ZeeN by mem
bers of the American /eJion
Au[iliary.
About households ²
or appro[imately peo
ple ² received bo[es this
By KATHERINE
LACAZE
EO Media Group
&A1121 %(A&+ ²
6ometimes a lot of volun
teers shoZ up to help Zith
American /eJion 3ost ¶s
&ommunity &hristmas %as
Net 3roJram sometimes
only a handful participate.
%ut Zithout fail, they Jet the
Mob done, deliverinJ sever
al do]en bo[es of food and
toys to loZincome house
holds throuJhout &annon
%each to briJhten the holi
day season.
3reparation for the annu
al proJram started Dec. ,
and durinJ the ne[t feZ days,
food and other supplies Zere
brouJht to the American /e
Jion and put into assembled
bo[es, or the ³&hristmas
basNets.´ At the breaN of
daZn Dec. , leJion mem
bers Jathered to distribute
the bo[es at the (lN &reeN
Terrace Apartments, the
6horeZood Apartments and
other households throuJhout
toZn.
Don %oehm, Zho has
participated since and
oversees the proJram, said
most volunteers ³looN for
Zard to´ helpinJ Zith the
proJram and come bacN
time and aJain. +oZev
Jane Scarbach/Submitted Photo
Flooding at Skamokawa, Wash., in late November. (The elk trophy was placed in the old truck to add to the scene’s
visual interest.)
)or rainy Astoria, a record Zet December
EO Media Group
/21* %(A&+, :ash. ²
+ail, rain sTualls and sprin
Nles in the &olumbia3aci¿ c
reJion combined for an all
time record for December
precipitation.
As of this morninJ, the ar
ea¶s of¿ cial 1ational :eather
6ervice station at the Asto
ria:arrenton 5eJional Air
port recorded . inches so
far this month, surpassinJ the
previous record of .inch
es set in December .
6ince the of¿ cial ³Zater
year´ beJan 2ct. , . inch
es have been recorded at the
airport, . inches more than
the normal value of . inches.
The Zeather station at
:ashinJton 6tate 8niversity¶s
/onJ %each facility recorded
. inches of precipitation
throuJh 6unday , compared to
a lonJterm averaJe throuJh
that date of .. 5ainfall Zas
recorded every day betZeen
Dec. and Dec. , ranJinJ
from a nearly dry . inch
es on &hristmas D ay to very
damp . inches on Dec. .
The constant days of rain
compares to the modern re
cord of days set betZeen
1ov. and Dec. , .
2n Dec. , 3ortland broNe
its alltime monthly precipita
tion record for December. ³At
A0 their total Decem
ber rainfall Zas . inch
es, e[ceedinJ the previously
monthly record of . inch
es,´ 8niversity of :ashinJton
meteoroloJist &liff 0ass ob
served. ³6ince then 3ortland
has had another tZothirds of
an inch. And there is a third
of the month left! The record
there is JoinJ to be smashed.
1ot even close.´
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ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Oregon Weather
Shown is
tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
Clear and cold
30°
Friday
Scott Mitchell Rice
Astoria
30/46
Portland
28/39
Corvallis
24/41
Eugene
24/41
Cannon Beach
July 29, 1955 — Dec. 21, 2015
The Dalles
22/31
Pendleton
12/21
Salem
25/42
Albany
24/41
Ontario
6/16
Bend
9/26
Saturday
Burns
1/16
Medford
22/41
Plenty of sunshine
Klamath Falls
2/22
Plenty of sunshine
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
46°
30°
44°
Sunday
44°
34°
Monday
Partly sunny
Chance of a
little rain in the
afternoon
35°
46°
37°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 44°
Low ............................................ 31°
Normal high ............................... 49°
Normal low ................................. 37°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.00"
Month to date ........................ 20.53"
Normal month to date ............. 9.59"
Year to date ........................... 73.77"
Normal year to date .............. 66.96"
Sunset tonight .................. 4:39 p.m.
Sunrise Friday .................. 7:58 a.m.
Moonrise today ............... 11:35 p.m.
Moonset today ................ 11:24 a.m.
Regional Cities
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Last
New
First
Full
Jan 1
Jan 9
Jan 16
Jan 23
Under the Sky
Today
Hi Lo W
19 2
s
24 9 pc
48 31 s
40 24 pc
44 35 s
24 2
s
43 22 pc
43 31 s
50 32 s
Hi
17
26
47
41
46
22
41
45
50
Fri.
Lo W
0
s
6
c
31 s
20 pc
35 s
-1
s
20 pc
31 s
31 s
Hi
52
42
23
31
29
29
44
29
83
29
34
47
65
46
83
45
52
45
40
46
38
24
50
39
48
Fri.
Lo
34
29
17
14
12
23
33
24
69
21
17
32
43
28
70
24
45
32
21
32
25
10
37
27
30
National Cities
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
Yakima
Today
Hi Lo W
36 19 pc
24 12 c
39 28 pc
43 26 pc
41 25 pc
44 34 s
18 7
c
37 26 pc
28 10 c
Hi
37
21
39
44
42
46
16
37
26
Fri.
Lo
21
12
25
26
23
33
6
22
11
W
pc
c
pc
pc
pc
s
c
pc
c
Tonight's Sky: At magnitude 4, Comet Catalina
is below Arcturus before dawn.
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
6:16 a.m. 8.2 ft.
6:13 p.m. 6.6 ft.
Time
12:31 p.m.
none
W
c
s
pc
s
s
c
c
c
pc
s
s
s
s
pc
pc
pc
r
pc
pc
pc
s
s
s
pc
pc
Low
3.0 ft.
Fronts
Cold
Warm
Stationary
Showers
T-Storms
Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
-10s
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
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.
CLATSOP
POWER
EQUIPMENT, INC.
SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS
The family and friends of 6cott 0itchell 5ice. +e is survived by a son, &ory 5ice of
5ice mourn his passinJ on Dec. , . +e )lorence, 2reJon his Zife, 6usan 5ice of &an
Zas a beloYed member of his community, and non %each, 2reJon his mother, %everly 5ice
of 6easide, 2reJon a brother, *reJJ 5ice and
is deeply missed.
his Zife, -ulie, of /os %anos, &ali
%orn in /os AnJeles, &alifornia,
fornia a sister, Alison 5ice and her
he attended (dison +iJh 6chool in
husband, 3aul, of 3leasant 9alley,
+untinJton %each, &alifornia. +e
2reJon a sister, 9iNNi 5edhaZN of
moYed to 2reJon in , Zhere he
9ancouver, :ashinJton his nieces,
ZorNed at the &annon %each &hris
5ose 6teZart and Dory 6teZart of
tian &onference &enter as a Jrounds
0endocino, &alifornia a stepson,
assistant. :hile there he met his Zife,
Tim %urNe, and his Zife, &assia, and
6usan, and they Zere married in .
son, Thomas, of %remerton, :ash
After ZorNinJ in the construction in
inJton and a stepdauJhter, Deborah
dustry for several years, he started his
%urNe of 1eZ <orN &ity.
oZn company Zith a shoZroom in
Scott Rice
There Zill be a memorial ser
*earhart 605 &onstruction.
vice at &annon %each &ommunity
+e loved sNy divinJ, hanJ Jlid
&hurch on 6aturday, -an. , at p.m.
inJ, Zas a licensed pilot, avid mo
,n lieu of À oZers, donations in 6cott¶s mem
torcyclist, and enMoyed NayaNinJ and playinJ
practical MoNes. As elder for buildinJs and ory may be made to the AnJel Tree 3roMect of
Jrounds at &annon %each &ommunity &hurch, 3rison )elloZship, &annon %each &hristian
he Zas instrumental in JettinJ the steeple built. &onference &enter or &annon %each &ommu
Also, he orJani]ed the AnJel Tree 3roMect of nity &hurch.
+uJhes5ansom 0ortuary is in charJe of
3rison )elloZship at the &ommunity &hurch
the arranJements. An online Juest booN may
every &hristmas, this year included.
+e is preceded in death by a son, 5yan be siJned at ZZZ.huJhesransom.com
Lotteries
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s National Weather
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
59 41 c
Boston
45 32 pc
Chicago
29 14 c
Denver
24 7 pc
Des Moines
23 12 pc
Detroit
34 25 c
El Paso
52 36 c
Fairbanks
35 13 pc
Honolulu
83 66 pc
Indianapolis
33 22 c
Kansas City
32 13 pc
Las Vegas
48 29 s
Los Angeles
65 42 s
Memphis
46 33 c
Miami
84 73 pc
Nashville
46 30 c
New Orleans
58 47 sh
New York
48 37 pc
Oklahoma City 39 23 pc
Philadelphia
50 36 pc
St. Louis
37 24 pc
Salt Lake City
24 5 pc
San Francisco
50 35 s
Seattle
40 27 pc
Washington, DC 54 36 pc
OBITUARIES
OREGON
Wednesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.:
4 p.m.:
7 p.m.:
10 p.m.:
Wednesday’s
Mega-
bucks:
(stimated MacNpot mil
lion.
Wednesday’s Powerball:
, 3oZerball
(stimated MacNpot
million.
WASHINGTON
Wednesday’s
Daily
Game:
Wednesday’s Hit 5:
(stimated
MacNpot
Death
Nov. 24, 2015
1250A1, -acTueline -., , of 6easide, died in %end. &aldZell¶s /uce/ayton 0ortuary in
Astoria is in charJe of the arranJements.
On the record
Assault
At a.m. 6unday,
:arrenton 3olice arrested
5obert &harles 5idenour, ,
of %oise, ,daho, for fourthde
Jree assault after an alleJed
domestic dispute at the 6outh
-etty ,nn.
Theft
At p.m. Tuesday,
:arrenton 3olice cited &o
rey (li]abeth -ones, , of
Astoria, for thirddeJree
theft after she alleJedly
stole a pair of blue leJJinJs,
Yalued at ., from 5ite
Aid.
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