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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016
‘How do you feel about April Fools’ Day pranks?’
“They’re
good
as long as they
are not harmful or
embarrassing.”
Robert McClelland,
Astoria
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
“They’re
ridiculous.”
“I got married on April
Fools’, so it was a big prank
on my parents. After the
vows, we turned around and
said, ‘April Fools!’ My father
refused to open the champagne
until he saw the signed documents. It’s 36
years on Friday.”
Mike Kempson,
Astoria
Carol Thomas, Astoria
OBITUARIES
Family sentenced in Depoe
Bay angling license scam
Timothy and Julie Harmon
pleaded guilty alongside their
daughter, Eva, to violating a
state wildlife law.
An Oregon State Police
news release says the Har-
mons have agreed to sell the
company and permanently
leave Oregon’s ¿ shing char-
ter industry.
Both parents have to pay
$3,500 in court ¿ nes. Their
Associated Press
PORTLAND — The com-
pany involved in a Depoe Bay
¿ shing license scam has been
sentenced to refund customers
and pay state agencies almost
$100,000 in restitution.
The Oregonian reported
that Tradewinds of Depoe
Bay, Inc. pleaded guilty to
felony racketeering. Owners
Lynda Rae Douglas
Seaside
July 25, 1944 — March 14, 2016
daughter is required to pay
$3,000.
Investigators found the
company pocketed money
from selling thousands of ¿ sh-
ing licenses at $16.75 each.
Customers who were
given receipts instead of a
daily angling license can con-
tact the Lincoln County Dis-
trict Attorney Victim’s Assis-
tance Department.
Judge OKs sale of Haggen to Albertsons
owned by the Bellingham-based company.
The Bellingham Herald reported U.S.
Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross signed an
order approving the sale on Tuesday.
Haggen bought 146 stores in 2014 when
Safeway and Albertsons merged but Haggen
failed to convert the stores successfully.
Albertsons says it plans to keep the Haggen
name on 15 stores in Washington.
Associated Press
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A judge has
approved a bid by Albertsons to take over the
remaining Haggen grocery stores, bringing
Haggen’s bankruptcy proceedings essentially
to a close.
Albertsons will pay about $106 million for 29
stores in Washington state and Oregon that were
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ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Oregon Weather
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tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
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lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
Clear
45°
Thursday
The Dalles
40/75
Astoria
45/62
Portland
44/73
Corvallis
41/71
Eugene
40/70
Pendleton
41/66
Salem
42/71
Albany
39/71
Ontario
39/69
Bend
28/65
Friday
Burns
30/64
Medford
40/74
Sunshine and mild
Klamath Falls
29/66
While her children attended McKay Ele-
Lynda Rae Douglas, retired nurse, mother
of three and grandmother of six grandchildren, mentary in Beaverton, Lynda was very active
passed away at 4:44 a.m. on the March 14 at in the PTA, fundraisers, Cub Scouts and the
West Hills Soccer Club, in which her children
Providence Milwaukie Hospital.
Lynda had a series of unfortunate
participated. Lynda took great pride
in all of her endeavors, and was well
medical issues which caused her
respected by her family and peers.
kidneys to fail. She was well cared
She cultivated relationships that she
for by the doctors and nurses, and
cherished for the rest of her life.
comforted by her family and friends
In 1981, Lynda moved her fam-
at Providence Milwaukie Hospital
ily to their second home in Seaside,
when she crossed over.
Oregon. While she helped her hus-
Lynda was born on July 25, 1944,
band set up and open a denturist
in Bellingham, Washington, to Lee
company in Astoria, Lynda began
Peterson and Donna (Hammond)
her second nursing job at the North
Peterson. The ¿ rst of four children,
Lynda Rae
Coast Medical Center. Lynda worked
Lynda was preceded in death by her
Douglas
closely with Dr. Gordon Wolfe, Dr.
brother David (Pete) Peterson (Feb
Ben Cockcroft and the other doc-
26, 1949 — March 6, 2015). Her two
younger sisters are Leoma Lavier and Debby tors who owned and operated the clinic before
it was merged with Providence Seaside Hos-
Tietz.
The Peterson family was raised in the Glad- pital. Lynda retired from her nursing career in
stone area, after ¿ rst moving to St. Johns in 2006. She remained involved for years with
1955. Lynda spent her elementary school years the annual Festival of Trees fundraiser hosted
at Gladstone Grade School. Lynda graduated by Providence Seaside, and volunteered at the
from West Linn High school in 1962. She hospital as well.
Rod and Lynda loved visiting the estuar-
went on to a nursing program and received
her license as a practical nurse . She began her ial regions of the South Umpqua River and the
nursing career as a licensed practical nurse at upper northwest area of Washington, speci¿ -
Physicians’ and Surgeons’ Hospital in n orth- cally the San Juan Islands, Bellingham, Blaine
west Portland in 1964, where she worked for and Mount Vernon. These regions were the
homelands of Rodney and Lynda’s extended
16 years.
In the summer of 1968 she met her life families . Lynda was forever stating the impor-
partner and future husband, a Navy veteran tance of loving and honoring one’s family and
and dental technician, Rodney Dean Doug- friends. She took great pride in her six grand-
las. After a short courtship, Rodney and Lynda children: Dante, Diega, Saoul, Jordan, Parker
were married in 1969 in Stevenson, Washing- and Ruby.
One of Lynda’s greatest acts of kindness
ton, in a simple ceremony attended by her best
was dutifully nursing her beloved husband,
friend, Renee Gionet and her husband.
Using a small veterans home loan, Rod and Rod Sr., through his second and ¿ nal bout
Lynda built a custom home on a 2 -acre parcel with cancer in May 2015. Her life’s work
owned by Rod’s family in rural Tigard, Ore- was caring for and easing Rod into the after-
gon. During this time they also began growing life, which she accomplished with dignity and
their family. In June 1969, a daughter, Juliet pride. Her ¿ nal days were spent with her sis-
Renee; in October 1970, a son Rodney Dean ters, her children, grandchildren and her close
(II); and in February 1972, a daughter, Kris- friends.
No service is planned at this time.
ten Grace.
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
Michael Thomas Sopko
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Sunday
Rather cloudy with
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47°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 61°
Low ............................................ 34°
Normal high ............................... 55°
Normal low ................................. 40°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.00"
Month to date ........................ 12.10"
Normal month to date .............. 7.01"
Year to date ........................... 34.38"
Normal year to date .............. 24.65"
Sunset tonight .................. 7:42 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ............. 6:56 a.m.
Moonrise today ................ 1:43 a.m.
Moonset today ................ 11:22 a.m.
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Tonight's Sky: Pluto (mag of 14) is 7 degree
southeast from the moon (mag of -12).
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
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8:55 p.m. 6.3 ft.
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In the comfort of his home, Mike Sopko
passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2016. He
was born March 11, 1950, in Seaside, Ore-
gon, where he was raised by Joseph and Shir-
ley Sopko.
He graduated from Seaside High School in
1969, and from Clatsop Community College in
1972.
On July 8, 1972, he married the love of his
life, Cheryl Gustafson, of Astoria. She survives,
living in Warrenton, Oregon. Also surviving
is his son, Matt, and daughter-in-law Tricia
Sopko, along with his grandchildren, Cadence
and Cohen Sopko, all of Warrenton, Oregon;
his mother, Shirley Sopko of Seaside, Oregon;
his brothers, Ron Sopko of Georgetown, Del-
aware, and Joe Sopko of Seaside, Oregon; and
his sister, Susan Jarmer of Portland, Oregon. He
is preceded in death by his father, Joseph Sopko,
and his brother, Rance Sopko.
Funeral services will be held at Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria, on Friday,
April 1, at 1 p.m. A graveside service follows
at Ocean View Cemetery. Viewings will be on
Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m., and Friday from 9
a.m. to 12 p.m.
Memorial contributions can be made to
Lower Columbia Hospice.
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Warrenton
March 11, 1950 — March 27, 2016
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DEATHS
MEMORIALS
March 29, 2016
KAWASOE,
Melvin
“Dutch,” 90, of Gearhart, died
at home. Ocean View Funeral &
Cremation Service in Astoria is
in charge of the arrangements.
Friday, April 1
ABRAHAMS, Patricia Van
Cleave — Graveside service at
1 p.m., City View Cemetery,
390 Hoyt St. S., in Salem.
Saturday, April 2
BERGESON, Chief Master
Sgt. Alan Todd — Celebration
of life from 1 to 4 p.m., Surf-
sand Resort, 148 W. Gower St.,
in Cannon Beach.
MILLER, Roger — Memo-
rial and celebration of life at 2
p.m., Seaside Seventh-day
Adventist Church, 1450 N.
FULMER, Wayne Calvin,
64, of Seaside, died in Port-
land. 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.
LOTTERIES
OREGON
Tuesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 6-0-6-9
4 p.m.: 7-9-0-8
7 p.m.: 8-0-5-5
10 p.m.: 7-9-9-0
WASHINGTON
Tuesday’s Daily Game: 5-5-7
Tuesday’s Keno: 01-11-14-21-
22-26-28-30-31-33-40-45-53-
54-65-68-70-74-75-78
Tuesday’s Match 4: 02-05-08-24
Roosevelt Drive, in Seaside.
BURNETT, Ed — Celebra-
tion of life at 3 p.m., Iredale Inn,
159 S. Main Ave., in Warrenton.
Sunday, April 3
MENO, Michael John III
— Celebration of life from 1
to 3 p.m., The Loft at the Red
Building, 20 Basin St.
ALBERTSON, Elizabeth
Ann “Liz” — Celebration of
life and potluck from 1 to 3
p.m., Warrenton Community
Center, 170 S.W. Third St., in
Warrenton.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Cannon Beach Fire District
Board, 1 p.m., executive
session to discuss the hiring
of a public offi cer (fi re chief),
Cannon Beach Fire Station, 188
Sunset Blvd.
THURSDAY
Clatsop County Recreational
Lands Planning and Advi-
sory Committee, 1 to 3 p.m.,
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