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Newspaper Page Text2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 Unity slate divides state GOP convention A conﬂ ict over party rules and Oregon Small Business Association. When some party members saw the ballot for at-large dele- gates, they stopped proceedings and argued that the ballot vio- lated rules the party adopted in October. The rules called for the party to vote for their top 10 choices for at-large delegates. The 10 candidates who received the most votes would win seats on the delegation, while those who ranked 11th to 20th in num- ber of votes would win posts as alternates. Instead, Republican Party Chairman Bill Currier instructed party members to vote for 10 delegates and 10 alternates, and he rejected the challenge to the ballot. A party member then requested a vote on whether to uphold or reject Currier’s deci- sion. Currier held a standing vote in which a majority rejected his decision and clariﬁ ed that the body would be voting only for their top 10 choices. The top 10 choices would become del- egates; the second top 10 vote getters would serve as alternates. By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — A slate of candi- dates seeking positions as Ore- gon delegates to the Republi- can National Convention ran on a platform that they would help unify the party. Instead, the slate and a conﬂ ict over ballot rules caused division in the party during the statewide convention in Salem Saturday. The slate included 48 candi- dates — mostly political insid- ers — to ﬁ ll every position in the delegation. Among them were state Reps. Bill Post, R-Keizer, and Greg Barreto, R-Cove, Sen. Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer, and Ourania Yue, the wife of Repub- lican National Committeeman Solomon Yue Jr. The slate came to the con- vention with campaign materi- als, set out on attendees’ chairs, and endorsements from 13 orga- nizations, including the Ted Cruz and Donald Trump cam- paigns, Oregon Right to Life Failed to follow rules Yamhill County Precinct Committeeman Jim Bunn, a for- mer U.S. representative for Ore- gon, said the ballot failed to fol- low the rules adopted in October and also gave the grassroots unity slate an advantage. “The rules were very clear, and they didn’t accommodate a slate,” Bunn said. “I am not going to judge people’s motives, but the ballot would have given an advantage to the slate.” If the slate had just 51 per- cent of the vote, it could have selected both the 10 delegates and all 10 alternates, he said. “There are people who are not running on slates, and with a slate and that kind of ballot, you can lock down all of the voices on the delegation,” Bunn said. “I don’t know if the slate has 51 percent of the body, but one group shouldn’t get together and control the whole delegation.” Yue, the national committee- man, said party leaders faced a dilemma when they determined the ballot instructions because some candidates had ﬁ led only as alternates. A vote for the top 10 choices for delegate would have effectively forced those candidates out of the running for alternate, because party mem- bers would only be casting votes for delegates. “In a democratic society, candidates have a right to stand for election, and voters have the right to vote for the candidates they want,” Yue said. “If you ask the body only to vote for 10 and the other 10 get elected by default, I think that’s a prob- lem, but I have respect for the body’s decision, if that is what they want.” ‘Something in common’ Yue said he disagrees the ballot to vote for 10 delegates and 10 alternates gave the unity slate an advantage. The body may vote for whichever mix of candidates they choose, he said. “The slate is a group of peo- ple who decided to get together because we have something in common so let’s run together,” Yue said. The grassroots unity slate was running on the premise that they would unify the party. All of the candidates had to sign a pledge to refrain from chang- FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 67 53 53 Areas of low clouds Partly sunny ALMANAC Tillamook 49/67 Newport 51/64 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:04 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 5:25 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 7:20 a.m. Moonset today ......................... 10:36 p.m. June 20 Coos Bay 53/69 New June 27 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 10:09 a.m. 10:08 p.m. Low -1.5 ft. 2.3 ft. Klamath Falls 56/88 Lakeview 53/87 Ashland 68/96 Today Hi Lo 81 68 84 63 79 55 80 56 81 55 80 55 99 74 59 41 83 73 83 57 85 55 106 81 72 59 88 67 89 80 87 64 90 76 85 68 87 61 87 68 89 61 95 66 72 56 85 59 86 68 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 91 92 75 91 66 91 101 89 65 69 Today Lo 54 59 56 57 55 56 67 58 51 55 W pc pc s s pc c s s s s Hi 92 88 65 89 63 88 98 87 64 68 Tues. Lo 56 58 54 55 53 52 63 55 52 56 W t pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 88 100 91 95 92 67 95 91 89 103 Today Lo 51 64 62 63 59 54 66 54 60 64 W s s s s s pc s s s s Hi 81 97 88 93 89 65 93 88 86 101 Tues. Lo 51 67 59 59 57 53 65 52 57 65 W s pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc s TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES 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 Burns 53/92 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Tonight's Sky: Emerging in the eastern night sky are the three stars of the Summer Triangle - Vega of Lyra, Deneb of Cygnus and Altair of Aquila. High 9.5 ft. 8.1 ft. Ontario 65/99 Roseburg 63/93 Brookings 55/66 July 4 Baker 54/92 John Day 64/95 Bend 59/88 Medford 67/98 UNDER THE SKY Time 3:04 a.m. 4:35 p.m. Prineville 61/93 Lebanon 56/89 Eugene 57/89 Last La Grande 58/93 Salem 59/89 SUN AND MOON Full Pendleton 64/97 The Dalles 65/98 Portland 62/88 W t pc pc t s t c r pc pc s s pc s t s t s s s s pc pc pc s Tues. Hi Lo 88 63 79 60 68 52 82 58 76 55 68 49 100 74 66 51 83 72 70 54 77 58 108 83 74 60 85 62 87 79 82 56 92 75 85 62 88 66 85 62 78 57 90 66 73 56 82 55 85 61 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s pc pc t s pc pc pc pc s s s pc s t s s pc s pc s t pc s pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. H a v e yo u w a ited u n til the en d o f the yea r to u tilize yo u r in su ra n c e ben efits? K lem p Fam ily D entistry now offers CE RE C by Siron a cera m ic d en ta l restora tion s. You r n ew crown s ca n be com pleted in a sin gle a p p oin tm en t! Typical restorations require uncomfortable temporaries and impression trays, and returning for a secondary appointment for fillings, veneers or full crowns. CEREC restorations are all color matched, metal free and highly durable. 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Patricia Ann Lupton Astoria March 12, 1948 — May 4, 2016 Cloudy with a couple of showers Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 53/67 Precipitation Sunday ............................................. 0.00" Month to date ................................... 0.09" Normal month to date ....................... 0.51" Year to date .................................... 37.31" Normal year to date ........................ 34.12" June 12 61 48 Mostly cloudy with a shower Mostly cloudy represent the state at the national convention in Cleveland in July. Eighteen of the delegates are pledged to Trump; ﬁ ve each are pledged to Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Out of the 28, three are cho- sen from each of Oregon’s ﬁ ve congressional districts. Another 10 are elected to ﬁ ll at-large posi- tions, and three so-called “auto- matic delegates” serve by virtue of their positions as state chair- man, national committeeman and national committeewoman. OBITUARY FRIDAY 62 48 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 70°/58° Normal high/low ........................... 63°/49° Record high ............................ 88° in 1898 Record low ............................. 40° in 1988 First THURSDAY 65 51 ing the “main elements of the Republican Party Platform.” That includes the party’s princi- ples of pro-life, traditional mar- riage, the right to bear arms, free enterprise, smaller government and lower taxes. Yue said the slate’s dual endorsements by the Cruz and Trump campaigns were unique. Cruz, a U.S. senator from Texas, suspended his campaign after losing the Indiana primary in May. Trump, a billionaire busi- nessman, is the party’s presump- tive nominee. “Oregon has the only grass- roots slate endorsed by the Trump and Cruz campaign,” Yue said. “In other states, they are still ﬁ ghting each other. In Oregon, we are already working together.” In the end, nine of the 10 at-large delegates elected were from the unity slate. More than 800 people attended Saturday’s convention. Out of those, 654 were precinct committeepersons who were responsible for voting for the party’s delegates and alternates. The party was scheduled to select a total of 28 delegates to Patricia Ann Lupton, 68, passed children, Robert and Noelle. In addi- away unexpectedly on May 4 at her tion to her daughter, grandchildren, home in Astoria. Patti lived a full life, and beloved doggies, Patti leaves behind her partner of 15 years, David. during which she was a daughter, a Patti is remembered as a woman mother, a grandmother, a partner, a of high intelligence, humor and wife and a devoted friend. beauty. She was hysterically funny Patti grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, and incredible fun to be around. For the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Allyn those reasons and so many others, we Cole Jr., who preceded her in death. will miss Patti each and every day. Later in her life, Patti found and Patti is survived by many grate- established a loving relationship with Patricia Lupton ful family and friends who knew the her biological mother, Dixie, who treasure of her unconditional love, passed away several years ago. She and the strength of her unwavering was also blessed with two half-sisters support. Please help us celebrate Pat- in the early 1990s, after spending most ti’s life by donating in her name to of her life an only child. Jeanie, who Sisters of the Road (http://sistersoft- resides in California, and Teri, who heroad.org) or the Oregon Humane also passed in 2011. Society. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Patti A celebration of life will be held in lived in Portland, Oregon, after attend- mid to late June at the Astoria Moose ing the University of Portland. By the Lodge. mid-1990s, she had made her home in Hughes-Ransom Mortuary in Astoria, Oregon. Astoria was in charge of the arrange- Patti was a loving and supportive mother to her daughter, Catherine, and a strong ments. An online guest book may be signed at and loving presence in the lives of her grand- www.hughes-ransom.com LOTTERIES OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 6-9-4-9 4 p.m.: 6-8-4-7 7 p.m.: 2-4-7-2 10 p.m.: 1-4-5-7 Saturday’s Megabucks: 1-6- 9-17-41-45 Estimated jackpot: $5.7 million Saturday’s Powerball: 16-20- 22-43-64, Powerball: 17 Estimated jackpot: $123 million Saturday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 8-9-6-9 4 p.m.: 1-6-9-9 7 p.m.: 3-9-7-2 10 p.m.: 0-3-5-5 Friday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 9-0-4-4 4 p.m.: 0-8-9-9 7 p.m.: 8-1-0-7 10 p.m.: 2-6-4-1 WASHINGTON Sunday’s Daily Game: 8-6-7 Sunday’s Keno: 01-03-04-05- 06-07-10-16-22-26-37-38-44- 46-47-48-53-55-70-75 Sunday’s Match 4: 07-11-19-21 Saturday’s Daily Game: 8-6-9 Saturday’s Hit 5: 12-21-28- 34-36 Estimated jackpot: $100,000 Saturday’s Keno: 10-12-22- 29-38-40-44-49-50-52-56-60- 70-72-73-74-76-77-78-79 Saturday’s Lotto: 10-28-37- 41-45-46 Estimated jackpot: $2 million Saturday’s Match 4: 02-05- 18-19 Friday’s Daily Game: 2-9-2 Friday’s Keno: 13-14-15-18- 21-23-27-29-35-43-55-57-59- 63-67-69-71-72-75-77 Friday’s Match 4: 06-09-16-17 Friday’s Mega Millions: 32- 54-65-66-71, Mega Ball: 10 Estimated jackpot: $251 million DEATHS June 4, 2106 MYERS, Annabel Mar- garet, 90, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. OLMSCHEID, Wayne Jay, 88, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Ocean View Funeral & Cre- mation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Busi- ness. Knappa School District, 6 p.m., budget committee, 6:30 p.m., board meeting, Knappa High School library, 41535 Old U.S. Highway 30. Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall 1095 Duane St. TUESDAY Seaside Community Center Commission, 10 a.m., 1225 Avenue A. Port of Astoria, 10:30 a.m., workshop, noon, budget committee, old Port offi ces, 422 Gateway Ave. Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., City Hall, 1131 Broadway. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Seaside Planning Commis- sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Cannon Beach City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. CLARIFICATION Scope of crimes — The series of crimes that Vincent David- son-Gilbert was involved in nearly a decade ago included bur- glary and assault. The scope of his past crimes was not included in a story on Davidson-Gilbert’s struggle with drugs and crime on p age 1A May 30. OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obitu- ary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a ﬂ ag sym- bol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 9 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spell- ing, proper punctuation and style. Death notices and upcom- ing 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 Asto- rian ofﬁ ce, 949 Exchange St. in Astoria. 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