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ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
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Month to date .......................... 0.24"
Normal month to date ............. 2.16"
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TUESDAY
Cannon Beach City Council,
5:30 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
Warrenton-Hammond
School Board, 6 p.m., budget
committee, 7 p.m., regular
meeting, Warrenton High
School library, 1700 S.E. Main
Ave.
Clatsop Community College
Board, 6 p.m., executive
session (closed to public) for
labor negotiations, 6:30 p.m.,
regular meeting, Columbia
Hall Room 219, 1651 Lexing-
ton Ave., Astoria.
Lewis & Clark Fire Depart-
ment Board, 7 p.m., main fi re
station, 34571 Highway 101
Business.
Warrenton-Hammond
School Board, 7 p.m., Warren-
ton High School library, 1700
S.E. Main Ave.
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop Soil and Water
Conservation District Board,
10 a.m., 750 Commercial St.,
Room 207.
Cannon Beach Aff ordable
Housing Task Force, 1 p.m.,
City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington Build-
ing, 857 Commercial St.
Astoria School Board, 6:15
p.m., study session, 7:30 p.m.,
regular meeting, Capt. Robert
Gray School third-fl oor board-
room, 785 Alameda Ave.
Wickiup Water District
Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648
Svensen Market Road,
Svensen.
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Monday’s Pick 4:
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4 p.m.: 6-9-1-7
7 p.m.: 3-6-8-9
10 p.m.: 8-2-6-4
Monday’s Megabucks: 12-13-
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Estimated jackpot: $1.4
million
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Monday’s Daily Game: 1-8-8
Monday’s Hit 5: 04-14-16-21-
29
Estimated jackpot: $120,000.
Monday’s Keno: 06-16-18-20-
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Monday’s Lotto: 21-34-36-40-
44-47
Estimated jackpot: $9.2 million
Monday’s Match 4: 02-03-04-
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