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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2016 Friends rally to raise funds for funeral expenses Knoxx loved animals, nature said she couldn’t make pasta inside her tent.” Knoxx was from Chico, California, and graduated from Chico High School. Soon after she left Chico, she set out to explore the world. She worked as a longshore- man. She rode bulls in rodeo. She was employed as a driver for many years for the Cal- ifornia outfi t Jackson RV transporters. McGuire, who owned the company, said she met Ann in the early 1990s and they became close friends. McGuire said Knoxx died of complications from diabe- tes. “She had no money and couldn’t pay for her med- icine,” McGuire said. “So many people say they would give you the shirt off their back. Ann would do anything for you. She was that kind of person.” By EVE MARX For The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Ann Knoxx was fond of Doogers in War- renton where she often got a sandwich. She was a regu- lar at Les Schwab Tire Cen- ter in Seaside. They knew her at Providence Seaside Hospital where she sometimes posted she was “feeling pained.” Rain, even torrential rain, didn’t faze her and she said she preferred the cool summer climate of the north Oregon C oast over Cali- fornia heat. “She was drawn to the coast because she loved the ocean,” her friend Donna Sue McGuire said. “The sea was her thing.” Knoxx, a regular at the By The Way Café and Gift Shop in Gearhart, died in June in Thou- sand Trails, Washington, her favorite campground. She was 67 . A GoF undM e campaign aims to raise $1,000 to send her cremains back to her native California. Knoxx, who lived a tran- sient lifestyle , traveled with her dog, Renee, from campground to campground. Last year she and the dog lived in a tent Linda Goldfarb, the owner of By The Way, purchased for her. “I am sad to hear about Ann,” Goldfarb wrote on Face- book within hours of learn- Lots of friends Submitted Photo Friends say Ann Knoxx never posed for photos, but her Facebook page does contain photos of Knoxx’s dog, Renee. ing of Ann’s death. “She and I became friends about two years ago while she was stay- ing in Gearhart. Just a month or so ago she helped me plant fl owers and paint some things at my shop. She always had a smile and she had a heart of gold.” Butternut squash “She was going to teach me how to make butternut squash ravioli,” said Bobbi Pigeon, a regular at the cafe. “One day when we were all sitting here having coffee, I mentioned some wonderful pre-made pasta they used to carry at FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY 65 54 Intervals of clouds and sunshine Dull and dreary with a couple of showers Cloudy with a couple of showers ALMANAC Tillamook 50/67 Full Salem 53/79 Newport 50/63 July 19 Coos Bay 52/67 New July 26 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 9:48 a.m. 9:51 p.m. Low -1.4 ft. 2.0 ft. Baker 45/74 Ontario 59/85 Burns 43/78 W t r s t pc s s c sh pc t s pc c pc t t r t r pc s pc c sh Wed. Hi Lo 89 75 88 69 90 70 93 56 91 74 91 71 101 76 66 53 86 74 86 72 93 73 103 79 75 61 94 79 92 80 90 76 95 80 92 76 99 77 94 75 92 76 90 63 68 55 73 58 91 76 SPORTS SCHEDULE Klamath Falls 43/79 Lakeview 44/79 Ashland 54/87 Hi 76 74 66 81 62 78 86 70 62 65 Today Lo 45 42 51 49 55 43 56 51 50 52 W c pc pc pc sh pc pc pc pc pc Hi 74 76 64 82 64 79 88 74 63 66 Wed. Lo 40 44 52 52 55 45 58 56 53 54 W pc pc s s pc pc pc s s s City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 66 79 73 83 77 63 72 78 70 80 Today Lo 51 54 56 54 53 54 52 49 54 52 W c pc pc pc pc sh pc pc pc pc Hi 72 80 77 83 79 65 75 81 74 85 Wed. Lo 53 55 60 56 56 55 54 51 59 57 W pc pc s s s pc c s s s Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W t s t s pc t s c pc t pc s pc t pc t t pc pc pc t s pc pc t mook at Astoria Ford, 6 p.m.; Clats- kanie at Warrenton (2), 4 p.m. FRIDAY Junior State Baseball — Mad- ison at Astoria Ford, 5 p.m.; West Salem at Astoria Ford, 7:30 p.m. DEATHS Both women died at the scene. A 13-year-old girl in Simukka’s car wasn’t seri- ously injured but was trans- ported to Ocean Beach Hospi- tal as a precaution. All three people were wearing safety restraints at the time of the collision. The collision remains under investigation. In addition to state patrol, responding agencies included Ilwaco Fire Department, Medix Ambulance Company, Pacifi c County Fire District No. 1 and Long Beach Police. SATURDAY Junior State Baseball — Madi- son at Astoria Ford, 10 a.m.; West Salem at Astoria Ford, 11:30 a.m.; Madison vs. West Salem, 2 p.m.; Warrenton at Clatskanie (2), 1 p.m. LOTTERIES July 3, 2016 DODGE, Betty Lynn, 62, of Astoria, died in Port- land. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. TUESDAY Seaside Library Board, 4 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., regular meeting and executive session, 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Gearhart City Council, 6 p.m., public hearing on short- term rentals, Fire Station, 670 Pacifi c Way. Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., July 5, 2016 PHELAN, Jean Eliza- beth, 81, of Seaside, died in Seaside. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Seaside Planning Commis- sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Cannon Beach City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. WEDNESDAY Seaside Improvement Com- mission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Gearhart City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way. OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 5-5-8-6 4 p.m.: 7-3-1-2 7 p.m.: 3-4-1-3 10 p.m.: 9-0-8-9 Monday’s Megabucks: 7-9-15- 24-33-40 Estimated jackpot: $7 million WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 8-3-7 Monday’s Hit 5: 02-05-13-38- 39 Estimated jackpot: $120,000 Monday’s Keno: 01-12-14-16- 17-20-27-32-35-38-39-42-44- 55-62-66-70-71-72-73 Monday’s Lotto: 13-20-21-22- 26-37 Estimated jackpot: $1.8 million Monday’s Match 4: 05-15-16- 24 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 TODAY Junior State Baseball — Astoria Ford at Tillamook, 6 p.m. THURSDAY Junior State Baseball — Tilla- PUBLIC MEETINGS APPLIANCE YE Sunday. Linda K. Simukka, 59, of Ocean Park, was driving northbound on Highway 101 in a black Hyundai Elantra. Wood’s car crossed the center line, Washington State Patrol said in a press release. Simukka slowed and pulled to the right shoulder to try to avoid being hit, but Wood’s car continued on its path directly into Simukka’s vehicle, which rotated, coming to rest in the vegetation on the shoulder. Wood’s car rotated, coming to rest in the middle of the high- way at Sandridge. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. IN EO Media Group SCOREBOARD TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Hi Lo 89 73 79 68 86 72 89 58 95 75 87 68 103 77 70 54 86 74 84 72 94 74 105 79 76 62 91 78 92 80 86 73 95 81 85 73 97 77 88 73 92 78 94 68 68 54 66 55 89 76 La Grande 49/75 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Tonight's Sky: (1687) Sir Isaac Newton's Philoso- phiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica was fi rst published. Victims in fatal crash identifi ed ILWACO, Wash. — Two local women were killed Sun- day in a head-on vehicular colli- sion half a mile north of Ilwaco when the driver of one car crossed the centerline and the driver of the other was unable to get out of the way, according to the Washington State Patrol. Rhona M. Wood, 58, of Long Beach, was driving southbound in a 2005 silver Kia Spectra on U.S. Highway 101 approaching the Sandridge Road intersec- tion at Black Lake at 2:11 p.m. Roseburg 54/83 Brookings 51/65 Aug 2 John Day 47/79 Bend 42/76 Medford 56/88 UNDER THE SKY High 9.1 ft. 8.0 ft. Prineville 45/79 Lebanon 51/80 Eugene 49/82 Last Pendleton 54/80 The Dalles 56/82 Portland 56/77 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:09 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:32 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 7:06 a.m. Moonset today ........................... 9:58 p.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 Periods of rain Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 54/68 SUN AND MOON Time 2:49 a.m. 4:12 p.m. 63 53 REGIONAL WEATHER Precipitation Monday ............................................ Trace Month to date ................................... 0.07" Normal month to date ....................... 0.19" Year to date .................................... 39.29" Normal year to date ........................ 36.35" July 11 SATURDAY 66 56 Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 66°/57° Normal high/low ........................... 66°/52° Record high ............................ 84° in 1975 Record low ............................. 45° in 2012 First FRIDAY 68 55 54 Partly cloudy THURSDAY Freddy’s that they haven’t had in stock for months. I said I needed to learn how to make it from scratch. Ann said it was easy and offered to make it for me, but said she would have to wait until it wasn’t raining. I said, ‘You don’t make pasta in the rain?’ That’s when she McGuire said Knoxx had lots of female friends. “She loved classical music. She loved opera. She loved hard work and she loved the out- doors and she loved RV-ing. She loved to scuba dive. She loved riding motorcycles. She loved art. She loved a cold beer. Most of all she loved animals and the ocean. She was very connected to the nat- ural world.” McGuire said that Knoxx often said besides her Ger- man shepherd, Renee, she felt alone in the world. “Her parents were dead,” McGuire said. “She had no siblings or cousins. She called me every week but when I didn’t hear from her, I became worried.” Knoxx was found dead by a park ranger in the RV McGuire sold to her last win- ter. Her dog was temporarily homed with the ranger. Knoxx was larger than life. She was lean, rangy and had a striking face . She was described as resembling the singer-songwriter-poet Patti Smith. Born male, she lived for as long as anyone could remember as a woman. If Knoxx had anyone in her life who seemed like a daughter, that would be Cheyenne Bart of Richville, California, McGuire said. Bart opened a GoFundMe page to pay for Knoxx’s cre- mation and to bring her home to her friends and adopted family in California. The target amount needed is $1,000. To contribute to the fund, go to gofundme. com. “Her birthday would be July 7,” McGuire said. “She touched the hearts of so many.” When asked if there were any photographs of Ann, McGuire said, “She really did not want her pic- ture taken. But she loved any and all pictures of Renee.” & 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. 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