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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 Oregon offi cials replacing signs warning of road curves says offi cials will change 50 to 75 percent of the signs on state-managed roads, mostly by bumping up the recom- mended speed by 5 or 10 mph. According Fuller, many of the recommended speeds date back to the 1930s or 1940s, when road managers often took a more conserva- tive approach. The depart- Associated Press BEND — Oregon trans- portation offi cials plan to increase the recommended speed on signs advising drivers to slow down while approaching a curve. The Bulletin reported that state Department of Transpor- tation spokesman Tom Fuller OBITUARIES Capt. James Timothy Clune Rancho Mirage, California Sept. 5, 1925 — May 9, 2016 ment will be using mod- ern equipment to set the new recommendations. Fuller says the change is part of a federal push to make such signs more consistent across the country. ODOT offi cials say many signs along highways in cen- tral and Eastern Oregon have already been replaced. Capt. James Timothy “Jim” Clune (U.S. the Small Business Administration Program at Coast Guard, retired) passed away peacefully in Clatsop Community College, mentoring busi- his sleep on May 9, 2016, in Rancho Mirage, ness owners on the North Coast. He retired a California, with family present. He was 90 years second time in 1993, and spent much of his old. time playing golf and supporting Jim grew up in New York City, charity organizations including the where as a child he worked for the United Way, American Cancer Soci- Daily News. He graduated from the ety, United Good Neighbors, Kidney Association of Oregon and Clatsop U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1948, Community College Foundation. excelling in mechanical engineering, Jim was a member of Astoria track and fi eld and wrestling. He was Golf and Country Club, served on a member of the Academy’s Athletic its board, and was a four-time chair- Hall of Fame. Jim also held a mas- man of the Oregon Coast Invitational ter’s degree in industrial management Golf Tournament. He was an honor- from Purdue University. Capt. James ary member of the club at the time of As an aviator, Jim fl ew search and Clune his death. rescue missions including numerous In 1999, Jim and Jean began open ocean and land based fl ights in Alaska, the South Pacifi c and Atlantic Ocean. spending winters in Palm Desert, California, From 1969 to 1971, he served as group com- moving there permanently in 2012. He is sur- mander at the Coast Guard Air Station in Asto- vived by his wife of 68 years; daughter, Wendy; ria. Later, he served as the chief of U.S. Coast three sons, Tom, Mike, and Jim; eight grand- Guard Aeronautical Engineering in Washington children; fi ve great-grand children; and a sister, Kathleen. D.C., retiring with the rank of captain in 1973. In lieu of sending fl owers, the family requests After retiring from the Coast Guard, Jim and wife Jean returned to Astoria, where they that donations be made to the Columbia River opened two small businesses. Jim later founded Maritime Museum and Habitat for Humanity. Hunters up reward in bighorn poaching reward fund and $1,000 from the Oregon Chapter of the Foundation for North Amer- ican Wild Sheep. This latest illegal bighorn killing was the third in the area this spring. “This bighorn case has riled up hunters across the state, as this is an iconic spe- cies that was once extirpated from Oregon by settlers,” Jim Akenson, the conserva- tion director for the hunters association, said in a state- The Daily Astorian Chapters of the Ore- gon Hunters Association, including the local Clatsop County c hapter, have pooled resources to increase the reward to up to $8,300 for information leading to who- ever poached a bighorn ram out of season in early April off Interstate 84 . The previous reward con- sisted of a standard $500 from the Turn In Poachers ment. “Sportsmen helped bring bighorns back, and sportsmen shepherd this fl ock vigilantly.” The association’s Clatsop County chapter contributed $500 to the higher reward. The Oregon State Police is requesting anyone with infor- mation on this incident to contact Senior Trooper Jub- itz at 541-705-5330 or the TIP hotline at 800-452-7888. A caller may remain anonymous and still collect the reward. Clarence Roy ‘Chuck’ Gleason Warrenton Oct. 29, 1930 — March 6, 2016 Corrections deputies to graduate basic training lic Safety Standards and Training’s basic corrections training. The graduation will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Oregon Public Safety Acad- emy in Salem. A reception will follow the ceremony. Polk County Sheriff Mark The Daily Astorian Clatsop County Sher- iff’s Offi ce corrections dep- uties Jamie Burch and Tessy Workman are among 38 offi - cers and deputies across the state to graduate from the Oregon Department of Pub- Garton will be the guest speaker. The state Department of Public Safety Standards and Training provides training to more than 25,000 students each year through the state at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem. FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 60 47 49 ALMANAC 62 49 Mostly cloudy with a passing shower Clouds and sun with a brief shower or two Last Salem 48/72 Newport 48/60 May 29 Coos Bay 51/63 First June 4 May 16, 2016 RUMMELL, Marie Clara, 85, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Baker 40/76 MEMORIAL Ontario 50/82 Klamath Falls 41/78 Lakeview 40/76 Ashland 53/85 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 6:18 a.m. 6:10 p.m. Low 0.6 ft. 1.8 ft. City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 72 74 71 74 60 74 86 75 59 63 Today Lo 40 44 53 47 51 41 53 47 48 52 W s s pc s pc s s pc pc pc Hi 76 76 67 73 58 78 84 70 60 62 Wed. Lo 45 39 50 49 49 41 50 48 48 49 W pc pc pc pc c pc pc c c c City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 74 77 77 80 77 62 75 76 75 82 Today Lo 45 52 51 52 48 49 53 48 49 52 W pc s pc s pc pc pc s pc s Hi 64 80 71 77 72 59 76 74 69 82 Wed. Lo 44 48 49 51 48 50 46 49 49 46 W c pc c pc c c pc pc c pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES W t pc sh r pc c t pc sh r sh pc pc t t t t sh r sh r pc s pc r Hi 80 61 63 63 67 64 70 64 86 67 65 90 76 73 86 72 85 69 65 66 69 74 72 66 66 Wed. Lo 62 50 42 42 46 44 56 42 74 45 46 70 59 58 75 53 73 52 54 49 50 56 54 48 51 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c pc s pc s s t pc pc pc pc s pc pc t c t pc c pc pc c s c sh Tacoma, Washington, for DUII and careless driving on U.S. Highway 101. Criminal trespass • At 11:24 a.m. Sunday, Rob- ert John Miller, 29, of Rupert, Idaho, was arrested for sec- ond-degree criminal trespass at the Flavel House Museum. He was released from jail, and arrested again for second-de- gree criminal trespass at the museum at 4:56 p.m. Sunday. WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 1-0-2 Monday’s Hit 5: 07-11-12- 32-34 Estimated jackpot: $200,000 Monday’s Keno: 07-13-19-20- 26-27-30-33-36-39-43-47-53- 57-63-65-68-69-76-79 Monday’s Lotto: 03-17-31- 38-40-49 Estimated jackpot: $2.9 million Monday’s Match 4: 02-05- 13-19 Port of Astoria Commission, 5 p.m., executive session (closed to public), 6 p.m., regular meeting, old Port offi ces, 422 Gateway Ave. Seaside School District, 6 p.m., 1801 S. Franklin St. WEDNESDAY Cannon Beach Parks Master Plan Advisory Committee, 10 a.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Seaside Tourism Advisory Committee, 3 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Sunset Empire Parks and Rec District, 5 p.m., 1225 Ave. A, Seaside. Seaside City Council, budget meeting, 5 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Cannon Beach Budget Com- mittee, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. OBITUARY POLICY PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 O VER Mattresses, Furniture 3 A 0 RS TSOP C LA U Y C O NT DUII arrest • At 6:29 p.m. Friday, War- renton Police arrested Debra Kay Meeuwsen, 55, of War- renton, for driving under the infl uence of intoxicants, reck- less driving and possession of a controlled substance after she struck a guardrail on the Ski- panon River Bridge. • At 12:53 a.m. Saturday, Warrenton Police arrested Dennis Kelly Norton, 28, of TUESDAY Astoria Historic Landmarks Commission, 5:15 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Shoreline Sanitary District Board, 7 p.m., Gearhart Hertig Station, 33496 West Lake Lane, Warrenton. Clatsop County Human Services Advisory Council, 4 to 5:30 p.m., 800 Exchange St., Room 430. APPLIANCE YE ON THE RECORD OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 0-6-7-6 4 p.m.: 2-9-9-3 7 p.m.: 0-6-8-3 10 p.m.: 4-2-3-4 Monday’s Megabucks: 10- 18-19-23-32-40 Estimated jackpot: $4.4 million PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. IN LOTTERIES Friday, May 20 GERRITZ, Gerald Vern “Gerry” — Graveside service at 11 a.m., Ocean View Cemetery in Warrenton, followed by a recep- tion at 1 p.m. at the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 50 hiring hall, 491 Industry St. Burns 38/77 REGIONAL CITIES Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hi 76 69 57 49 67 62 83 49 85 59 62 81 74 75 85 73 81 67 62 62 59 68 78 71 58 La Grande 46/76 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Tonight's Sky: The waxing gibbous moon will be near Regulus of Leo. Today Lo 63 51 40 40 45 43 59 40 73 46 45 66 59 56 77 53 71 52 50 50 47 50 55 51 51 DEATH Roseburg 52/77 Brookings 54/68 June 12 John Day 47/79 Bend 44/76 Medford 53/84 UNDER THE SKY High 7.0 ft. Prineville 46/79 Lebanon 47/73 Eugene 47/73 New Pendleton 52/80 The Dalles 55/77 Portland 51/71 Sunset tonight ........................... 8:44 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:39 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 4:46 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 3:59 a.m. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers Tillamook 46/61 SUN AND MOON Time 12:23 p.m. none 61 46 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 49/60 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.01" Month to date ................................... 0.42" Normal month to date ....................... 1.84" Year to date .................................... 36.78" Normal year to date ........................ 32.13" May 21 SATURDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 61°/52° Normal high/low ........................... 61°/46° Record high ............................ 82° in 1952 Record low ............................. 35° in 1986 Full 59 46 Mostly cloudy with a shower Partly cloudy FRIDAY Chuck was born Oct. 29, 1930, in Garib- He is survived by his wife, Betty Gleason, 80, of Warrenton, Oregon. They have been aldi, and died March 6, 2016. He had four sons, Dennis Gleason of War- married more than 40 years. A private burial has already been held. renton and Greg Gleason, Marshall Gleason and There will be a celebration of life Laurence Gleason, who preceded him and campout at Lower Nehalem in death; fi ve stepchildren, Terry Yaa- Road, mile 7.8, two miles past kola, Cliff Yaakola, Tim Yaakola, and Spruce Run Campground in Sea- Ron Yaakola of Astoria, and David side, Oregon. Yaakola, who preceded him in death; Services will start at 1 p.m. on and some 25 great-grandchildren and June 11, with a eulogy and potluck. grandchildren. A beach barbecue and bonfi re will Chuck will be remembered for be held the same day at 7 p.m. There his business at Astoria Auto Wreck- will be a rafting derby the following ing, his campouts at Spruce Run day (age 18 or older), and a campout and his kindness. He repaired vehi- Clarence throughout the weekend. cles for the less fortunate and for the Gleason Some campsites are available. local churches. He participated in Friends and family are invited to the local regattas, raced cars in the Clatsop Speedway Derby, and was an active attend. Please contact Mary Martin at 503-861- 2830 to reserve a camp spot. member of the Eagles Club in Astoria. & More! HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 • SATURDAY 9-5 • SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a fl ag symbol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 9 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. Death notices and upcoming services will be published at no charge. Notices must be submitted by 9 a.m. the day of publication. Obituaries and notices may be submitted online at www.dailyastorian.com/forms/obits, by email at ewilson@dailyastorian.com, placed via the funeral home or in person at The Daily Astorian offi ce, 949 Exchange St. in Astoria. 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