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THE DAILY ASTORIAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016
‘If you could have a spring break, where would you go?’
“Arizona. Nice dry,
hot weather. Get away
from my arthritis. In
fact, I’m getting ready
to go there next month.”
“Cook Islands. Never
been there.”
“Florida. My mom
lives there.”
April Helligso,
Astoria
Andy Peitsch,
Houma, Louisiana
Blake Stinner, Long
Beach, Washington
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Warrenton mayor, city manager to discuss goals
and City Manager Kurt Fritsch will
talk about the city goals for this
year and development along U.S.
Highway 101. The program starts
at 5:30 p.m.
Coffee and cake are being pro-
vided by Lum’s and ENCORE. For
information, call Erhard Gross at
503-468-0752.
The Daily Astorian
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WARRENTON — Explor-
ing New Concepts Of Retirement
Education and Lum’s Auto Center
present “Warrenton Expanding!”
from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Lum’s
Auto Center .
Warrenton Mayor Mark Kujala
Unexpected treasures at beach cleanup
By LYRA FONTAINE
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH —
Beach visitors who help
clean up the shoreline
may ¿ nd unexpected trea-
sures, like the three glass
À oats which washed up
recently. They may collect
bottle caps, small plastics
and ground-up debris that
appears to be from the Jap-
anese tsunami.
These are only a few
things Tracy Sund, with the
Cannon Beach Public Works
Department, and volun-
teers ¿ nd along the Cannon
Beach shoreline.
Cannon Beach will par-
ticipate in the annual state-
wide SOLVE Spring Oregon
Beach Cleanup from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on Saturday
Along with the unex-
pected, volunteers can be
assured a role in keep-
ing the area’s shoreline
clean and litter-free. Can-
non Beach normally has
several hundred volunteers
for the spring cleanup. Last
year, about 200 volunteers
removed 4,620 pounds of
trash.
Volunteers “keep com-
ing back” and bringing more
volunteers with them, said
coordinator Jeneé Pearce-
Mushen, who supports vol-
unteers, whether by provid-
ing safety information or a
pair of gloves.
The cleanup, which aims
to keep beaches healthy and
minimize impact on marine
life, covers the shoreline
from Arch Cape to Ecola
State Park.
The most common items
found on Oregon beaches are
tiny bits of plastic and ciga-
rette butts, which can nega-
tively impact shorebirds and
marine life, according to
SOLVE.
®
ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Rain at times
43°
Thursday
Shown is
tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
Mostly cloudy
with a couple of
showers
51°
52°
54°
Portland
45/53
Mostly cloudy with
a bit of rain
51°
Corvallis
44/55
Eugene
45/56
Salem
44/55
Albany
45/55
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Hi
51
49
56
56
51
55
61
53
55
Hi
74
46
47
50
40
61
70
41
82
61
50
75
79
62
84
67
77
62
61
75
59
57
66
50
76
Thu.
Lo W
50 t
43 sh
32 r
27 pc
25 sn
32 r
42 s
21 s
68 sh
33 r
27 s
55 s
54 s
38 t
74
t
41 t
55 t
54 pc
35 s
57 pc
33 c
40 pc
52 s
41 r
57 pc
National Cities
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
72 55 s
Boston
58 37 c
Chicago
49 39 r
Denver
36 23 sn
Des Moines
54 31 t
Detroit
47 41 sh
El Paso
72 39 s
Fairbanks
35 11 c
Honolulu
81 68 sh
Indianapolis
64 56 c
Kansas City
75 34 pc
Las Vegas
69 50 s
Los Angeles
75 52 s
Memphis
71 61 pc
Miami
80 72 pc
Nashville
71 57 pc
New Orleans
77 65 pc
New York
69 50 pc
Oklahoma City 78 39 s
Philadelphia
70 49 pc
St. Louis
70 56 c
Salt Lake City
48 35 sn
San Francisco
65 51 s
Seattle
52 43 c
Washington, DC 72 53 pc
Klamath Falls
34/55
40°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 55°
Low ............................................ 43°
Normal high ............................... 54°
Normal low ................................. 40°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.13"
Month to date ......................... 11.00"
Normal month to date ............. 5.43"
Year to date ........................... 33.28"
Normal year to date .............. 23.07"
Sunset tonight .................. 7:32 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ............. 7:10 a.m.
Moonrise today ................. 8:01 p.m.
Moonset today ................. 7:24 a.m.
Full
Last
New
First
Mar 23
Mar 31
Apr 7
Apr 13
Under the Sky
Thu.
Lo W
29 c
29 c
42 c
41 c
44 r
27 c
38 c
44 sh
44 c
place to respond to the
worst-case scenario.”
The Maritime Fire & Safety
Association and Clean Riv-
ers Cooperative deployed
response vessels, booms and
personnel after the grounding.
The tugs PJ Brix and Paci¿ c
Escort are on scene to keep the
Sparna stabilized. The Coast
Guard has not closed the river
channel.
Svensen
Dec. 29, 1929 — March 20, 2016
Ontario
38/59
Bend
37/49
Regional Cities
Today
Hi Lo W
51 32 pc
53 37 pc
56 46 pc
58 45 pc
53 46 r
53 34 pc
60 43 pc
54 45 c
57 47 sh
between federal and state
representatives continues to
ensure the safety of the envi-
ronment and the safety of
the crew aboard the motor
vessel Sparna,” said Capt.
Dan Travers, commander of
Sector Columbia River, in
a release. “Although there
has been no pollution aspect
to this point, we have pre-
pared and have people in
Patricia Van Cleave Abrahams
Pendleton
43/52
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
39°
Sunday
42°
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Ducks pass by the bulk carrier Sparna on Monday. The
bulk carrier ran aground near Cathlamet, Wash.
OBITUARY
Burns
34/52
Breezy with
periods of rain
Mostly cloudy
CATHLAMET, Wash. —
The bulk carrier Sparna, which
ran aground in the Columbia
River Monday near Cathlamet,
has sustained signi¿ cant dam-
age to its hull, according to the
U.S. Coast Guard.
The
vessel
brieÀ y
grounded near the Julie But-
ler Hansen National Wildlife
Refuge in between Cathlamet
and Skamokawa, before lay-
ing anchor in 43 feet of water.
A damage assessment ¿ nished
Tuesday morning showed
multiple fractures in the hull,
most notably a 25-by-5-
foot fracture with a boulder
lodged inside. Damage was
contained within two À ooded
compartments.
The vessel will be moved
to the Port of Longview as
conditions permit. Before the
grounding, it was outbound
and loaded with grain and
more than 250,000 gallons of
fuel. No pollution has been
noted.
“The
cooperation
The Dalles
44/57
Astoria
43/51
Medford
43/61
Saturday
The Daily Astorian
Oregon Weather
Friday
42°
Grounded bulk carrier Sparna
sustained considerable damage
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
Yakima
Today
Hi Lo W
52 41 r
57 43 pc
57 45 c
62 47 pc
57 44 c
53 46 r
49 40 pc
55 44 c
61 39 pc
Hi
50
52
53
59
55
51
49
52
59
Thu.
Lo W
37 r
37 c
43 sh
40 c
42 sh
44 r
33 c
43 sh
34 c
Tonight's Sky: Jupiter above the full moon (5:01
a.m.).
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
2:44 a.m. 8.6 ft.
3:03 p.m. 8.0 ft.
Time
9:03 a.m.
9:08 p.m.
Low
0.7 ft.
1.0 ft.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Tomorrow’s National Weather
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.
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Patricia Van Cleave, of Svensen, passed ing, gardening, her family, grandchildren and
away Sunday, March 20, 2016, in Astoria.
extended family. Patricia also enjoyed remem-
She was born Dec. 29, 1929 in Portland, Ore- bering birthdays, anniversaries and sending
gon, the only child of John and Patricia Dens- cards to family and friends. Her Christmas card
more. The family moved to Scio,
list exceeded a hundred, with each
person receiving a hand written note.
Oregon, in the fall of 1930. Patricia
Patricia had two children; son
graduated from Scio High School
John Van Cleave of Sweet Home, and
with the class of 1947. She attended
Valda Van Cleave Susac, who passed
Oregon State College for two terms
away April 1, 1985.
and for one year of business school.
Survivors include her husband,
She married her high school
Donald Abrahams of Svensen; her
sweetheart, Rolland J. Van Cleave, on
son, John, and his wife, Sandy; her
Sept. 16, 1949. He passed away June
grandchildren, Kevin Van Cleave
24, 1994.
and his wife, Celeste, and their chil-
At her 50th high school reunion
Patricia Van
dren, Hayden and Rynn , of Sweet
in 1997, she renewed her acquain-
tance with Donald Abrahams. They Cleave Abrahams Home and Carissa Wallis and her
husband, Stetson, and their children,
married in November 2001 in Long
Beach, Washington, and have lived in the Carson and Colby, of Salem; her stepchildren,
Mike Abrahams and his wife, Michele, of Asto-
Svensen area of Astoria since that time.
In her lifetime, Patricia lived in Salem, ria and their children, Miranda and Mykka, and
Albany, Scio, Roseburg, Clackamas, Bend, Judy Anderson and her husband, Jon, of Astoria
Stayton and Astoria. She worked for Paci¿ c and their children, Brian and Jordan, and Susan
Northw est Bell as a service representative in Green of Seaside and her daughter, Tesa.
A graveside service is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Salem, Albany and Roseburg. She also worked
for four years as assistant treasurer for the credit Friday, April 1, 2016, at City View Cemetery in
Salem.
union in Bend.
Memorial contributions may be made to
She is a former member of Order of Eastern
Star. Patricia enjoyed traveling, music, walk- your local hospice.
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WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Housing
Authority Board, 5 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St., Astoria.
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St., Astoria.
THURSDAY
Sunset Empire Transportation
District Board, 9 a.m., Astoria
Transit Center Conference
Room, 900 Marine Drive.
Cannon Beach Planning Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E.
Gower St.
DEATH
March 20, 2016
Raitanen, John Alan “Pete,” 71, of Ket-
chikan, Alaska, and Seaside, died in Seaside.
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No service is planned at this time. Hughes Ran-
som Mortuary in Seaside is in charge of the
arrangements.
MEMORIAL
Sunday, March 27
FITZPATRICK, Mary “Shannon” — Celebration of life and
informal reception at 4 p.m., The Relief Pitcher, 2795 S. Roos-
evelt Drive in Seaside.
ON THE RECORD
DUII arrest
At 2:40 p.m. Monday,
Oregon State Police arrested
Darren Scully, 53, of Asto-
ria, for driving under the inÀ u-
ence of intoxicants and reck-
less driving on U.S. Highway
101 mile post 6 in Warrenton.
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At 5:17 p.m. Monday,
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Steven Joshua Rubel, 33, of
Astoria, for DUII and pos-
session of a controlled sub-
stance at U.S. Highway
101 and Ensign Lane in
Warrenton.
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