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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016
Daily Astorian wins
regional SPJ awards
areas of the United States,
some of its most densely
populated, and everything in
between, including Alaska,
Washington, Idaho, Montana,
and Oregon,” according to
the group’s website .
The Daily Astorian com-
peted in the medium category
against daily print and online
publications with a staff of
11 to 25. The Astorian has 11
regular full-time newsroom
staffers.
General Excellence: Sec-
ond place, staff
Arts & Entertainment:
First place, Translating nature
into art, Rebecca Sedlak
Cannon Beach
Gazette earns
key honor, too
The Daily Astorian
The Daily Astorian and
its sister publication, Can-
non Beach Gazette, com-
bined to win eight awards in
the Region 10 Society of Pro-
fessional Journalists contest.
The contest is the largest
of its kind in the nation , with
2,300 entrants and 150 cate-
gories. “The contest covers
some of the least populated
OBITUARIES
Steven Lee Wucherpfennig
Seaside
Dec. 10, 1948 — June 8, 2016
It is with great sadness that the family of 1983 to manage the Sprouse Ritz store. From
Steve Wucherpfennig announces his passing on there he worked in various roles and was
the morning on June 8, 2016, at the age of 67. involved in the Elks Club, as well as the Amer-
ican Legion. He always had a smile,
He spent his last earthly days enjoy-
sarcastic joke, or a laugh for anyone
ing a bowl of popcorn, a Diet Coke,
who crossed his path.
and had his family at his side.
Steve is a spirit that will be truly
Steve will be lovingly remem-
missed by all of his family and
bered by the love of his life and wife
friends. He worked hard to provide
of almost 40 years, Sharon, whom
and care for his family, and loved
he met in Fairbanks, and married at
them all the way through to his last
the Santa Claus House in North Pole,
breath and beyond. However, his
Alaska. He will also be greatly missed
love and jokes will be carried on by
by his children, Christy Wucherpfen-
his family, friends and everyone who
nig and Leesa Wright, and son-in-law
was blessed to know him.
Jim Wright. Papa will also be remem-
Steven
His family will be holding a cel-
bered fondly for his jokes and silly
Wucherpfennig
ebration of life from 2 to 4 p.m. on
nature by his grandchildren, Mia and
Sunday, July 17, at the Seaside Amer-
EJ Wright. Steve is also survived by
his brothers and sisters, Dave, Chuck, Ann, The- ican Legion.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary in Seaside is
resa, Julie and Pat.
Steve started his journey to become a in charge of the arrangements. Go to www.
long-standing and well-loved member of the hughes-ransom.com to share memories and sign
Seaside community when he moved here in the guest book.
Arts & Entertainment:
Second place, Goonies fans
turn out for bonfi re, Erick
Bengel
Business Reporting: Sec-
ond place, Cowan Dairy: A
family affair, Edward Stratton
Column: Second place, In
One Ear, Elleda Wilson
Editorial & Commen-
tary: Third place, Daily
Astorian editorials, Steve
Forrester
Best Photo Portfolio:
First place, Joshua Bessex
Portfolio
In the nondaily category:
General Excellence: Third
place, Cannon Beach Gazette
Oregon court limits out-of-state police
in neighboring states could
avoid punishment by crossing
into Oregon.
The appeals court says
there is an exception for out-
of-state police to stop people
suspected of having commit-
ted a felony if the police are in
“hot pursuit” of the suspects
and chase them into Oregon.
that the court overturned the
2011 conviction of 40-year-
old James Edward Keller of
Beaverton. It found last week
that the Washington trooper
had no authority under Ore-
gon law to stop Keller.
The ruling could send a
message that unruly driv-
ers and low-level criminals
Associated Press
PORTLAND — The Ore-
gon Court of Appeals has
reversed a drunken-driving
conviction because the driver
was pulled over by a Wash-
ington State Patrol trooper
after he crossed into Oregon.
The Oregonian reported
Three arrested in unlawful bull elk killing
The Daily Astorian
Highway 202 closed for repairs near Fishhawk Falls
ment. This is in the vicinity of Fishhawk Falls.
No detour is available.
For information contact Jeff Rusiecki at
503-338-6411.
The Daily Astorian
Oregon Highway 202 is closed today and
Wednesday at milepost 25 for culvert replace-
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
65
53
51
Partly cloudy
FRIDAY
64
51
65
50
Mostly cloudy with spotty
showers
Times of clouds and sun
SATURDAY
69
52
Showers around in the
morning; cloudy
Troopers from the Oregon
State Police Fish and Wild-
life Division have arrested
three suspects for their roles in
unlawfully killing and wasting
two bull elk near Scappoose in
Columbia County.
A n anonymous tip led
troopers from the Astoria, St.
Helens and Portland offi ces
Tuesday to two residences in
n ortheast Portland, where they
interviewed and arrested Esgar
Garcia, 31, Lionzo Garcia-Ro-
driguez, 41, and a 16-year-old.
Troopers seized 12 rifl es,
shotguns and handguns during
the interviews, as well as
unlawfully taken deer ant-
lers and two homemade sound
suppressors.
Garcia was charged with
two counts of the unlawful tak-
ing of bull elk, two counts of
leaving the animals to waste,
and being a felon in possession
of a fi rearm. He admitted to
shooting the animals at night
in the Sauvie Island Wildlife
Area, in addition to shooting
other deer and cow elk that he
had left to waste.
Garcia-Rodriguez
was
charged with aiding in the
unlawful take of bull elk.
The 16-year-old was
charged with the unlawful tak-
ing of a bull elk and wasting of
Mainly cloudy
DEATHS
ALMANAC
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
51/65
Tillamook
46/64
Salem
50/76
Newport
49/62
New
June 27
First
July 4
Coos Bay
51/66
Full
July 11
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
9:45 a.m.
9:46 p.m.
Low
-1.0 ft.
2.6 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
MEMORIAL
Ontario
51/91
Friday, June 24
RAITANEN, John “Pete” — Memorial at 3 p.m., United
Methodist Church, 241 N. Holladay Drive in Seaside. Reception
follows service.
Burns
41/84
Klamath Falls
44/79
Lakeview
44/81
Ashland
51/84
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Hi
75
77
71
79
63
80
88
74
63
67
Today
Lo
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Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
71
80
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76
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi Lo
90 72
85 63
83 63
95 61
87 70
83 61
98 77
60 49
85 74
85 65
93 75
115 86
87 65
95 78
86 78
91 74
90 75
86 67
95 74
88 68
91 77
97 66
75 55
72 54
89 71
Baker
38/82
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
Tonight's Sky: The sun will begin moving southward
later this week and the days will soon begin to grow
shorter.
High
8.8 ft.
7.5 ft.
La Grande
45/81
Roseburg
52/78
Brookings
51/66
July 19
John Day
45/86
Bend
43/77
Medford
52/84
UNDER THE SKY
Time
2:39 a.m.
4:18 p.m.
Prineville
46/80
Lebanon
47/78
Eugene
46/78
SUN AND MOON
Sunset tonight ........................... 9:11 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:24 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................ 10:02 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 6:52 a.m.
Pendleton
52/83
The Dalles
55/81
Portland
54/74
Precipitation
Monday ............................................ Trace
Month to date ................................... 1.57"
Normal month to date ....................... 1.92"
Year to date .................................... 38.79"
Normal year to date ........................ 35.53"
Last
June 18, 2016
NIEMI, Barbara J., 89, of Warrenton, died in Warrenton.
Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
June 19, 2016
BOYER, Marlys Yvonne Stordalen, 79, of Brookings, died at
home. Redwood Memorial Chapel in Brookings is in charge of
the arrangements.
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 67°/53°
Normal high/low ........................... 64°/51°
Record high ............................ 86° in 1902
Record low ............................. 42° in 1947
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91 72
78 60
79 66
84 62
95 66
82 66
103 78
69 49
85 73
82 73
98 73
113 85
82 62
95 78
90 79
94 75
90 75
85 65
96 74
88 68
100 82
95 70
71 55
69 56
89 70
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Port of Astoria Commission,
6 p.m., budget hearing, 6:15
p.m., regular meeting, old Port
offi ces, 422 Gateway Ave.
Shoreline Sanitary District
Board, 7 p.m., Gearhart Hertig
Station, 33496 West Lake Lane,
Warrenton. Clatsop
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 989 Broadway.
WEDNESDAY
Astoria Parks and Recreation
Board, 6:45 a.m., ARC, 1555 W.
Marine Drive.
iff’s Offi ce arrested Michael
Sasso, 29, on Saturday for two
counts of DUII and one count
of reckless endangerment.
• Oregon State Police
arrested Anita Talevski, 42, on
Saturday for DUII .
Meet with
Councilor
Herzig on
Saturday
The Daily Astorian
The public is invited
to meet with Astoria City
Councilor Drew Herzig
from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sat-
urday in the Flag Room at
the Astoria Public Library .
All are welcome to
come and share their
thoughts,
suggestions,
questions and concerns
about Astoria.
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TUESDAY
Warrenton-Hammond School
Board, noon, special meeting
to name football complex, dis-
trict offi ces, 820 S.W. Cedar Ave.
County Human Services Ad-
visory Council, 4 to 5:30 p.m.,
800 Exchange St., Room 430.
Astoria Historic Landmarks
Commission, 5:15 p.m., City
Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Seaside School District, 6
p.m., 1801 S. Franklin St.
Seaside City Council and Con-
vention Center Commission,
6 p.m., work session, City Hall,
989 Broadway.
DUII arrests
• The Clatsop County
Sheriff’s Offi ce arrested Ryan
Huddleston, 19, on Saturday
for driving while under the
infl uence of intoxicants.
• The Clatsop County Sher-
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IN
a game animal. The juvenile
admitted to shooting at the elk
with an AR-15.
Oregon State Police was
notifi ed on May 29 of the dead
bull elk in the area near Baker
Point. Fish and Wildlife troop-
ers located them, and an inves-
tigation revealed were likely
shot on or around May 28.
A reward of up to $1,000 —
$500 from the Oregon Hunters
Association Turn-In-Poach-
ers program and $500 from
the Oregon Hunters Associa-
tion Columbia County Chapter
— had been offered for infor-
mation leading to an arrest and
conviction.
The investigation is ongoing.
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