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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016 %ills supportinJ rape victims head to %roZn for siJninJ ‘Cowgirl Up’ as GOP women gather in Seaside By EVE MARX For EO Media Group ‘I decided to call the meeting ‘Cowgirl Up — Freedom IS a Big Deal’ because that’s what we need to be doing.’ SEAS,DE ² 5epublican Zomen are hopinJ an aJJressive ³Jet in the saddle campaiJn´ can Jive a biJ boost to state and national Republi- can efforts this election year. 2reJon Federation of Republican :omen 3resident Janice :illiamson said her 1 years experience Zith rodeo, Jymkhana, Mackpot rodeo and barrel racinJ plus ZorkinJ horses for the track tauJht her the impor- tance of puttinJ shoulder to harness and saddlinJ up. ³:e’ve Jot a lot of Zork to do,´ :illiamson said from her home in Salem. T he state federation meets at the Seaside Civic and Convention Cen- ter on 0arch 1 to kick off their tZo- day sprinJ board meetinJ. ,nspired by the theme, ³CoZJirl 8p,´ about 1 Zomen are expected to attend. ³, decided to call the meetinJ µCoZJirl 8p ² Freedom ,S a %iJ Deal’ because that’s Zhat Ze need to be doinJ,´ :illiamson said. :illiamson said she sees the fed- eration as a Zay to build numbers and strenJth for the state federation, the 1ational Federation of Republi- can :omen and the 2reJon Repub- lican 3arty. ³,’m in a unique position to help us Jet a voice at the table Zith 2re- Jon Republican 3arty,´ she said. ³,t Zill make us stronJer, more promi- nent to increase our membership.´ Associated Press SALE0 ² State House laZmaNers passed tZo bills almost unanimously :ednes- day that Zill NnocN doZn hur- dles in the courtroom for vic- tims of rape. Senate %ill 16 Zould remove the existinJ 12-year statute of limitations on first-deJree sex crimes Zhen there’s additional corroborat- inJ evidence, even if there’s no D1A evidence available. Senate %ill 171 Zould require laZ enforcement aJencies to test all rape Nits, includinJ the existinJ bacNloJ of thousands that have Jone untested for years. 2reJon folloZs only a handful of other states that have addressed the bacNloJ of untested rape kits and set requirements for future testinJ throuJh leJislative action. ,t also Moins about 3 other states Zith no statutes of limitations on rape crimes. %oth proposals Zill Jo to *ov. .ate %roZn, Zho is expected to siJn them into laZ. Janice Williamson Submitted Photo Carrie Almond, president of the National Federation of Republi- can Women. National president Carrie Almond, president of the 1ational Federation of Republi- can :omen, Zill be the luncheon speaker on 0arch 11. Almond Zas elected president at the 38th %ien- nial Convention in 3hoenix and took office in January. A resident of Chillicothe, 0is- souri, Almond is the former pres- ident of the 0issouri Federation of Republican :omen, and served as the national federation’s second vice president and treasurer. ³3ull- inJ ToJether in an Election <ear´ Zill be her speech topic. 2reJon Jubernatorial candi- dates Dr. %ud 3ierce and %ob Oregon Federation of Republican Women president 1iemeyer Zill be the afternoon speakers. The 2reJon Federation of Republican :omen meets at the same time and place as the 2nd Annual Dorchester Conference, the popular Republican JatherinJ. Sixty to 8 attendees is the norm, but because this is an elec- tion year, :illiamson said she anticipates at least 1. ³:e schedule our meetinJ so that the ladies can attend Dorches- ter at the same time and participate in that,´ :illiamson said. ³That’s Zhere they introduce neZ can- didates and sittinJ leJislators so people can meet them in a casual atmosphere.´ 2%,T8A5< ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Mostly cloudy 46° Friday Elizabeth Ann Albertson Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Corvallis 41/62 Eugene 41/62 Pendleton 38/64 Salem 41/63 Albany 40/62 Ontario 36/64 Bend 31/59 Saturday Burns 27/53 Medford 39/64 Periods of rain from late morning on 56° Cloudy; an a.m. shower or two, then rain 47° 59° Sunday 53° Mostly cloudy with spotty showers 43° 52° Klamath Falls 33/55 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 45° Monday Breezy and cooler with occasional rain 41° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 56° Low ............................................ 45° Normal high ............................... 53° Normal low ................................. 38° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.52" Month to date .......................... 1.57" Normal month to date ............. 0.53" Year to date ........................... 23.85" Normal year to date .............. 18.17" Sunset tonight .................. 6:05 p.m. Sunrise Friday .................. 6:48 a.m. Moonrise today ................ 2:52 a.m. Moonset today ............... 12:30 p.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Astoria Dec. 17, 1962 — Feb. 22, 2016 The Dalles 35/61 Astoria 46/56 Portland 43/62 New First Full Last Mar 8 Mar 15 Mar 23 Mar 31 Hi 56 59 61 62 54 55 64 59 62 Fri. Lo 42 42 51 47 49 39 46 49 51 Hi 59 35 37 64 51 34 85 22 82 44 62 79 69 57 84 51 70 38 74 40 53 60 66 56 44 Fri. Lo 38 25 30 34 34 22 51 2 67 33 37 57 55 43 67 34 50 27 44 27 44 40 58 46 33 W pc pc c c r pc c r c National Cities City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 56 40 sh 58 38 sh 59 43 sh 66 43 sh 61 41 sh 56 49 sh 51 33 sh 57 42 sh 61 33 pc Hi 56 64 62 65 63 56 55 59 60 Fri. Lo 44 49 50 48 49 49 44 49 40 W r pc r c r r pc r pc Tonight's Sky: Constellation Orion due south around 7 p.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 8:48 a.m. 8.1 ft. 10:41 p.m. 7.0 ft. Time 2:57 a.m. 4:09 p.m. Low 3.6 ft. 0.8 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 55 42 r Boston 34 25 s Chicago 34 24 sn Denver 67 36 pc Des Moines 41 30 c Detroit 33 17 sn El Paso 81 51 pc Fairbanks 22 3 s Honolulu 81 67 pc Indianapolis 39 30 sn Kansas City 52 30 c Las Vegas 84 56 pc Los Angeles 71 50 pc Memphis 57 41 r Miami 82 69 pc Nashville 44 35 r New Orleans 78 55 t New York 38 30 pc Oklahoma City 66 38 s Philadelphia 40 31 pc St. Louis 48 36 r Salt Lake City 64 39 pc San Francisco 64 57 r Seattle 56 44 sh Washington, DC 43 34 pc W pc sn pc s pc pc s s pc pc pc pc c s pc pc s sn s sn pc pc c r sn Eli]abeth Albertson left us Zith Jrace and scapinJ to cannery ZorN in Astoria. She Zas beauty )eb. 22, 216, in 3ortland, 2reJon, after devoted to her family and loved ones. Her hobbies a tZo and a half year battle Zith staJe 4 meta- included readinJ, collectinJ anJels and campinJ. Li]’s passinJ Zas in a peaceful and beautiful static breast cancer. settinJ, Zith music from a harpist and Eli]abeth Zas born to Don and surrounded by neZ friends. Anna Albertson Dec. 17, 162, in Li] Zas preceded in passinJ by 0onticello, .entucNy. She arrived her father Donald older brother 3ar- in :arrenton at 6 ZeeNs old Zith her ris; and nieces Tammy Albertson and family, and her mother still resides Crystal Hardy. there. Eli]abeth is the fourth of ¿ ve She is survived by her siJni¿ - children Zith siblinJs Linda, 3arris, cant other Dennis .arns of Astoria; :illiam and 0ary. mother Anna Albertson of :arren- Eli]abeth attended :arrenton ton; sister Linda Hardy of Florida; Jrade school and hiJh school. After brother :illiam Albertson of Sea- hiJh school Li] lived in :ashinJ- Elizabeth side; sister 0ary Albertson of Salem; ton state, 0ontana and AlasNa before Albertson and several nieces and nepheZs returninJ bacN home to :arrenton. A celebration of life Zill be ,n 18, Li] met the love of her life, Dennis .arns. DurinJ her struJJle Zith announced at a later date. 3lease siJn our online Juest booN at ZZZ. cancer, Dennis stayed by her side to the end. Li] ZorNed various Mobs in her life from land- 2cean9ieZAstoria.com LOTTERIES Under the Sky Today Hi Lo W 54 27 sh 55 31 sh 59 46 sh 62 41 sh 55 49 sh 57 33 sh 63 39 sh 57 48 sh 61 46 sh Policy platform :illiamson said the federation did a lot of Zork in 214, but needs to do more to Jet more Republicans elected in 2reJon, Zhere Democrats dominate. The primary issues for Zomen in the state are Mobs and hiJh unemployment. ³:hat’s JoinJ on in the capital is terrible riJht noZ for the 2reJon people,´ she said. ³,t’s only JoinJ to be Zorse raisinJ the minimum ZaJe,´ ³The other problem is the health care system in this state only bene¿ ts people on 0edicaid,´ she continued. ³They’ve spent all the health care money. The state isn’t JoinJ to Jet any more money back from the f eds, so Ze’re left to fend for ourselves to Jet insurance and the insurance com- panies are raisinJ their rates. This is terrible for sinJle mothers Zith children.´ From her home in 0issouri, Almond said there are 23 mil- lion unreJistered voters in the 8.S. Zho lean Republican. ³,n 214 the 1ational Federation of Republican :omen loJJed over 4.2 million vol- unteer campaiJn hours,´ she said. ³,f you put that at 1 an hour, that means Republican Zomen Jave 42 million Zorth of our time for our candidates across the country. There are 6 million Zomen belonJinJ to the n ational f ederation. :orkinJ side by side Zith the Republican 1ational Committee, Ze Zill take back the :hite House.´ 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 DEATH OREGON Wednesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 8-2-7-6 4 p.m.: 5-1-5-1 7 p.m.: 1-6-5-4 10 p.m.: 5-3-0-9 Wednesday’s Megabucks: 4-8- 11-27-42-43 Estimated jackpot: $1 million Wednesday’s Powerball: 12- 13-44-52-62, Powerball: 6 Estimated jackpot: $40 million Tuesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 8-4-0-7 4 p.m.: 9-8-1-9 7 p.m.: 7-6-7-3 10 p.m.: 9-0-8-6 WASHINGTON Wednesday’s Daily Game: 3-7-8 Wednesday’s Hit 5: 15-18-21- 23-30 Estimated jackpot: $310,000 Wednesday’s Keno: 01-07-08- 10-13-15-27-35-37-38-44-49- 53-54-58-59-61-62-63-65 Wednesday’s Lotto: 03-05-19- 24-35-44 Estimated jackpot: $7 million Wednesday’s Match 4: 14-19- 23-24 Tuesday’s Daily Game: 9-4-4 Tuesday’s Keno: 1-3-6-8- 1-11-18-22-28-3-33-3-36- 46--6-64-74-76-77 Tuesday’s Match 4: 09-19-22- 23 Tuesday’s Mega Millions: 1- 2-33-34-, 0eJa %all: 6 Estimated jackpot: $135 million March 2, 2016 J21ES-.ELL<, Lee Ann, 73, of Astoria, died in Sea- PUBLIC MEETINGS THURSDAY Astoria Design Review Com- mittee, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Seaside Parks Advisory Committee, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. MONDAY Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. ON THE RECORD DUII arrest At 12:36 p.m. Satur- day, Clatsop County Sheriff’s 2f¿ ce arrested Amanda 0arie 0cDonald, 2, of :estport, for driYinJ under the inÀ uence of intoxicants, harassment and menacinJ on 2ld 0ill ToZn 5oad in :estport. At 6:47 p.m. Tuesday, 2reJon State 3olice arrested Jeffrey E. Linquist, 37, of 1aselle, :ashinJton, for D8,, and recNless driYinJ on +iJhZay 22 mile post 7 in Astoria. Linquist’s blood alcohol content Zas measured at .13 percent, accordinJ to police. Crash At 2:17 p.m. Tuesday, 2reJon State 3olice responded to a three-vehicle crash on 8.S. +iJhZay 26 near mile post 8 after a tree fell across the hiJhZay. The tree fell on a Zestbound vehicle, Zhich then veered into the east- bound lane and collided Zith an eastbound vehicle. At the same time, another east- bound vehicle, ahead of the other one, could not avoid the tree and drove over it, bloZinJ out a front tire and sheerinJ off the trucN can- opy. The driver of the Zest- bound vehicle Zas seriously inMured and taNen to LeJacy Emanuel +ospital in 3ort- land. The tZo occupants in the other vehicles Zere trans- ported to Columbia 0emo- rial Hospital. OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, Ior Yeterans, a À aJ symbol at no charJe. The deadline Ior all obituaries is a.m. the business day prior.2bituaries may be edited Ior spellinJ, proper punctuation and style. Death notices and upcominJ serYices Zill be published at no charJe. 1otices must be submitted by a.m. 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. 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