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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 College robotics team heads to NASA MORE INFORMATION: Only team in the state to advance in competition To donate to the robotics team, send a check to Clatsop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria, OR 97103, with “ROV team” in the memo line. The team is also on Facebook. tor Dennis Degner introduced him to the program and men- tored the team the fi rst year. By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Second Home After beating out the likes of Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon State University in Newport, Clat- sop Community College is the only collegiate team in the state heading to NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Labora- tory in Houston for Marine Advanced Technology Edu- cation’s underwater robotics competition. The college’s team, nick- named SQUAD (Specialized TasQ-force for Underwater Advanced Development), will go up against 31 other mostly research universities from 12 states and 10 countries to see who has the best submersible robot. Leading the group is CEO and mathematics major Georges Oates Larse n, who has put in more than 1,500 hours designing Magnifi cus “Maggie” Praesegmen (Latin for Magnifi cent Scrap), the Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Clatsop Community College’s underwater robotics team is headed by physics instructor Pat Keefe, left. From left to right are team members Georges Oates Larsen, Sam Diare, Darby Cullen and L Goyena. college’s most advanced robot ever. The robot will have to complete an underwater obsta- cle course transitioning an oil rig into an artifi cial reef. Team project Helping Larsen are stu- dents Darby Cullen, the vice president of research and design; Sam Diare, the vice president of manufacturing; and L Goyena, the vice presi- dent of publicity. The team has spent $1,300 building Maggie, while Cullen said some of their competition can spend $20,000 or more on their robots. The team has sub- sisted largely on donations, scavenged parts from previous robots and the personal credit card of p hysics instructor Pat Keefe, who oversees what he said is the most advanced robotics team the college has ever fi elded. “They’re totally self-mo- tivated,” he said. “I try to squelch them, because I can see my credit card maxing out.” Keefe buys a lot of the parts, and said he charged FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY 61 49 48 Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers Periods of rain SUNDAY 62 48 MONDAY 63 50 Clouds and sun with spotty showers 61 48 Clouds breaking, a shower Mostly cloudy the airfare for the group to his credit card. He said the team needs about $1,000 in donations to recoup what he spent on airfare, and could spend up to $500 more on materials for Maggie, which still needs pressure sensors and an operable claw for the competition. Keefe was around in 2006, the fi rst year the college qual- ifi ed for internationals, also in Houston, and placed fourth for their class and in the top 10 over the next four years. He said former maritime instruc- County supports property tax break to benefi t Goodding’s family The Daily Astorian ALMANAC Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 48/61 Tillamook 49/59 Newport 49/57 Eugene 49/65 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:06 p.m. Sunrise Friday ............................. 5:24 a.m. Moonrise today ......................... 10:32 a.m. Moonset today .......................... 12:04 a.m. June 12 Last June 20 Coos Bay 51/61 New June 27 Medford 54/69 July 4 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 12:23 p.m. none Low 0.0 ft. 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 The Sunset Empire Trans- portation District is holding two open houses this week, Klamath Falls 45/63 Lakeview 45/66 Ashland 52/69 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 76 70 61 66 59 72 81 62 59 63 Today Lo 49 43 49 49 51 45 54 48 49 52 W pc pc c c sh pc pc sh c c Hi 59 60 60 65 59 63 69 63 57 62 Fri. Lo 39 35 46 45 51 32 46 47 47 49 W pc sh sh sh sh c sh sh sh sh City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 62 79 64 71 64 60 73 67 62 76 Today Lo 46 51 52 53 51 51 49 49 51 47 W c pc sh c sh sh pc c sh pc Hi 62 67 64 67 64 59 59 64 63 72 Fri. Lo 46 47 51 48 49 51 46 46 50 45 W s pc t t pc s pc pc pc pc pc s pc s t s s s s s pc s pc c s Hi 92 68 91 92 94 79 101 72 83 91 92 102 77 94 88 94 90 77 91 78 95 98 69 64 80 Fri. Lo 72 53 72 64 74 66 76 52 73 69 73 77 60 72 77 68 76 60 70 60 73 72 54 50 66 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s pc t t s s pc pc pc pc s s pc s t s t s pc s s pc pc sh s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT, INC. SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS from 6 to 8 p.m Friday at the Astoria Transit Center, 900 Marine Drive, and from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Seaside Factory Outlet Cen- PACIFIC COUNTY, Wash. — With the start of the Pacifi c Northwest’s normally bone- dry summer still two weeks away, a sharp drop in precipi- tation this spring has reversed local water supplies built up during a notably wet winter. Pacifi c County is experi- encing its lowest stream fl ows on record in the Willapa and Naselle Rivers, the Pacifi c County Emergency Manage- ment Agency said Tuesday. The Naselle River, which fl ows into Willapa Bay in south-central Pacifi c County, is currently at 40 cubic feet per second, the lowest for the date in 86 years of record keeping. It was 60 cfs at this time last year. The long-term average stream fl ow for June 7 is 156 cfs. The Willapa River, which enters the bay from the coun- ty’s northeastern and eastern hills, currently has stream fl ow of 52 cfs, lowest on record for this date in 61 years of record LOTTERIES DEATH OREGON Wednesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 2-0-3-5 4 p.m.: 4-4-5-2 7 p.m.: 5-5-2-5 10 p.m.: 6-0-8-3 Wednesday’s Megabucks: 7-8-19-28-35-46 Estimated jackpot: $5.9 million Wednesday’s Powerball: 12-25-37-60-69, Powerball: 20 Estimated jackpot: $141 million WASHINGTON Wednesday’s Daily Game: 4-0-1 Wednesday’s Hit 5: 09-23- 30-32-39 Estimated jackpot: $150,000 Wednesday’s Keno: 03-04- 05-09-21-22-27-36-44-45- 48-52-53-54-57-66-69-71- 78-80 Wednesday’s Lotto: 06-29- 30-34-44-48 Estimated jackpot: $2.2 million Wednesday’s Match 4: 01- 06-12-14 keeping. It was 64 cfs at this time last year. The long-term average for the date is 207 cfs. “The National Weather Ser- vice indicates that while we are looking at much cooler tem- peratures over the next week, with a little precipitation, it will not result in any major changes to stream fl ow,” emer- gency managers said. These dry conditions will create an increased risk of wildfires in the coun- ty’s vast area of industrial forestland. June 8, 2016 WUCHERPFENNIG, Steven Lee, 67, of Seaside, died in Seaside. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary Crematory in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Visit www.hughes-ransom.com to share memories and sign the guest book. PUBLIC MEETINGS THURSDAY Seaside Convention Center Commission, 5 p.m., 1225 Avenue A. Gearhart Planning Com- mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way. Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Mar- ket Road, Svensen. 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The Daily Astorian Ontario 58/78 Bend 43/60 killed in February trying to arrest a man on a felony assault warrant. The bill was supported by various law enforcement asso- ciations. State Sen. Betsy John- son was one of the sponsors. Goodding is survived by his wife, Amy, and two daughters. Transportation district holds open house Baker 49/59 John Day 45/61 Roseburg 53/67 Brookings 48/62 UNDER THE SKY Time 5:34 a.m. 7:01 p.m. Prineville 44/62 Lebanon 49/65 The county’s approval fol- lows a new state law that allows counties to grant prop- erty tax breaks up to $250,000 to a surviving spouse. It could benefi t Seaside Police Sgt. Jason Goodding’s wife . Goodding was shot and La Grande 51/59 Salem 51/64 SUN AND MOON Full Pendleton 51/67 The Dalles 50/70 Portland 52/64 Precipitation Wednesday ....................................... 0.00" Month to date ................................... 0.09" Normal month to date ....................... 0.82" Year to date .................................... 37.31" Normal year to date ........................ 34.43" First The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution Wednesday sup- porting a property tax break to the surviving spouses of police offi cers and fi refi ghters killed in the line of duty. REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 65°/54° Normal high/low ........................... 63°/49° Record high ............................ 82° in 1932 Record low ............................. 39° in 1933 The formation of the cur- rent team started when Larsen, a homeschooler, came to the college for an orientation. “I saw (Larsen) and said ‘that kid’s mine,’” Keefe joked. By the end of orientation, Larsen was helping Keefe untangle a tether to the old underwater robot. Larsen reconnected with Diare, a childhood friend, at a vol- unteer event creating elec- tric cars for children with dis- abilities and talked him into joining. Cullen, who is helping Larsen build another robot to search for shipwrecks off the Oregon Coast with the Mari- time Archaeological Society, said he met her in an engi- neering class, saw her man- ufacturing abilities and said he needed someone com- petent to build props. Goy- ena was friends with Cul- len, squeezed her way into the team’s weekly meetings and has taken charge of the group’s fundraising. Only Diare is returning next year, while Larsen heads to Portland State University to study theoretical mathemat- ics. Goyena and Cullen are attending Oregon State Uni- versity to study pharmacol- ogy and mechanical engineer- ing, respectively. The team estimates more than 2,300 hours spent between them designing Mag- gie, fundraising and readying for the regional and now inter- national competitions. “This is our second home, pretty much,” Goyena said. If the team wins at NASA, Keefe said, all they get is a plaque. But for the team members, the competition has been more about their bud- ding friendships and getting to NASA. “I don’t think it’s as much about winning this as it is about the opportunity,” Cul- len said. “I’m excited about the doors it will open.” The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. 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