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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016 Seaside High School names new principal By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — The Seaside School District has named Jeff Roberts the new principal at Seaside High School. Roberts, the high school’s assistant principal, will replace Sheila Roley, who plans to retire at the end of June. Superintendent Doug Dougherty said both the school board and the administration were involved in the selection process. “Jeff is very involved with our community,” Dough- erty said. “Both he and his wife Nissa. I would say what has impressed us all is Jeff’s desire to really support students. For an assistant principal in charge of discipline, he is one of the most supportive people. The students love him.” Dougherty said Roberts is involved in providing activities and programs for students with a wide range of interests. “He has been working so closely with Sheila, and Sheila has supported him 100 percent, involving him in day-to-day decisions for quite some time,” Dougherty said. A graduate of Lin¿eld Col- lege, Roberts received his mas- ter’s degree in teaching at Paci¿c University. OBITUARIES Louise Birkenfeld Seaside Oct. 25, 1928 — Feb. 15, 2016 Louise Birkenfeld, a long- group. In earlier years her work was time resident of Seaside, was a beautiful, gracious person who displayed in local galleries, also. loved life and lived it to its full- She also had watercolor paintings that were accepted est. She loved gar- and judged by the dening and nature, Oregon Watercolor and especially Society. Her favorite enjoyed her artwork. thing to do, other than Louise was so happy spend time with fam- to retire from being ily and friends, was to an of¿ce manager at paint. An educational an industrial paint- fund has been estab- ing contracting ¿rm lished at Trails End and get to work on Art Association in her her art whenever she Louise Birkenfeld name. wanted to. She will be very She was a mem- much missed by ber of Trails End Art Association in Gearhart and her sisters, Doris Fales and also Pallette Puddlers of Can- Virginia Collins; her daugh- non Beach. Her artwork has ters, Madolyn Irene Smith and been displayed for years each Carey Teresa Birkenfeld; her Memorial Day and Labor Day grandchildren, Keith Smith, at the Cannon Beach Informa- Sally Tietz, Tim Smith, Cas- tion Center building with other sandra Swain and Jeremy Sis- members of the Cannon Beach seck; and her great-grandchil- dren, Travis Smith, Zachary Smith, Sarah Tietz, Ian Tietz and Zachary Lane. She was so happy being together with family at Christmas. Louise was born to Esther May Drake Williams and Ernest Eugene Williams on Oct. 25, 1928, in Scott City, Kansas. She was married to Frank William (Bill) Birkenfeld in 1951. They were married 29 years until Bill’s death in 1980. Louise also had a son, Tracy William Birkenfeld, who died in 1987. Services will be held at Hughes-Ransom Mortuary in Seaside today at 3 p.m. Hughes-Ransom Mortu- ary & Crematory in Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. Visit www.hughes-ransom. com to share memories and sign the guest book. EO Media Group The Boardman power plant. Republican senators Thursday called for Oregon’s public utility commissioners to testify on a bill to double the state’s renewable energy mandate DQGSURKLELW3*(DQG3DFL¿&RUSIURPEX\LQJSRZHUJHQHUDWHGE\EXUQLQJFRDO State senators want PUC to weigh in on energy bill By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — Republi- can state senators Thursday called for Oregon’s pub- lic utility commissioners to testify on a controver- sial bill to double the state’s existing renewable energy mandate. The legislation would also require the state’s two investor-owned utilities, Paci¿Corp and Portland General Electric, to stop buying coal power to serve Oregon customers. In a press release, Sen- ate Republicans pointed to an article published Wednesday in The Orego- nian which said members of the Public Utility Com- mission had concerns about the bill but were silenced by the administration of Gov. Kate Brown. Paci¿- Corp and Portland General Electric are state-regulated monopolies, and the Pub- lic Utility Commission is responsible for vetting the utilities’ requests to raise rates. Republicans sent the request in a letter to the chairman of the commit- tee holding hearings on the bill, state Sen. Lee Beyer, D-Springfield. The Senate Committee on Business and Transporta- tion is scheduled to hold another public hearing on Lawrence Fred ‘Larry’ Lumbra Westminster, Maryland Jan. 23, 1924 — Feb. 12, 2016 Artist, bon vivant, lover of years, Larry was involved in dogs and children, Larry Lum- the sale of wholesale quantities bra died in a hospice in West- of dairy products and granite. minster, Maryland, on Feb. 12. A very Vermont combination. Larry was born Concluding a in St. Johnsbury, successful career in sales, Larry was Vermont, to Daniel and Beufah Lum- able to retire, com- fortably, at the age bra. He had a sister, of 59. Having lived Evelyn, who prede- in Bloomington, ceased him by sev- Indiana, for sev- eral years. He was eral decades prior to fortunate to spend retirement, he was his entire childhood ¿nally able to totally in St. Johnsbury and himself it was there that he, Lawrence Lumbra immerse in his one true pas- at 16, met Elaine sion, which was the Jones. She was 14. Elaine, truly, was the love ¿ne arts. Bloomington is the home of his life, and they celebrated their 71st anniversary on Jan. of Indiana University, and it 27, 2016. Born of this mar- was there that he spent several riage were two children, Greg- years taking art history and ory Lumbra and Alison Gibbs. ¿ne arts courses. Following his They, their spouses, Carla eventual move to Astoria, he Lumbra and Richard Gibbs, also was involved in many art Elaine Lumbra and numer- classes at Clatsop Community ous grandchildren all survive College. In the ensuing years he produced hundreds of stone Larry. Following World War II, and wood sculptures, and later after being honorably dis- in life, many oil paintings. In the late 1980s, Larry and charged from the Navy, he attended the University of Ver- Elaine moved to Astoria, Ore- mont. Utilizing the GI Bill, gon, where they spent sev- he was able to get a degree in eral years lovingly restoring business. During his working an older home on Exchange Street. During the mid-1990s they once again moved east, residing in Massachusetts and Florida. In 2001, they returned to Astoria and bought a house in the Alderbrook neighborhood. During their almost 20 years in Astoria, they were faithful members Grace Epis- copal Church. They always went to early service, and then joined their fellow parish- ioners at The Blue Scorcher for coffee. They remained in Astoria until the end of 2014, when they moved to Mary- land to live with their daugh- ter, Alison Gibbs, and her family. Recently, when asked how he was doing , he said, “My only problem is I’m so damn old.” He had a really good life and will be sorely missed by friends and family. the bill Monday afternoon, and could also then vote on the legislation. The House passed the bill last week. Beyer could not be reached for comment late Thursday afternoon. “The unwillingness of the governor to listen to the con- cerns of utility regulators — experts on how Oregon’s util- ities function, is concerning,” the Republicans wrote in the letter to Beyer, who is a former public utility commissioner. The letter was signed by Sen- ate Minority Leader Ted Fer- rioli, R-John Day, and eight other Republicans. The public utility commis- sioners have expressed con- cern in emails and other cor- respondence released by the state that the legislation would be costly for ratepayers yet do little to reduce carbon emis- sions in Oregon. Even if the public util- ity commissioners testify before the Senate commit- tee, they might not be able to say whether the utilities have produced reasonable esti- VOLUN T E E R PICK OF THE WEE K Peggy Six-yea r-o ld Am erica n Sho rtha ir. Tincture o f tim e is the best m edicine to hea l w o unds o f the spirit, a nd lo ve brings w ho leness to the hea rt. W A NTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 ◊ mates of how much the legis- lation would cost consumers. Paci¿Corp and Portland Gen- eral Electric estimated the bill would cause rates to increase by roughly 1 percent annu- ally, on top of any other rate increases. This week, the EO Media Group/Pamplin Media Group Capital Bureau reported the Public Utility Commission still had not ¿nished vetting the cost projections from the utilities. House Bill 4036, which was written by the two utili- ties and environmental groups along with the Citizens’ Util- ity Board of Oregon, would require Portland General Elec- tric and Paci¿Corp to use renewable power sources such as wind and solar to serve at least 50 percent of their cus- tomers’ energy demand in Oregon by 2040, up from the current state mandate of 25 percent renewable energy by 2025. 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