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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016
‘What would you like to see happen with Heritage Square?’
“A new library.
Let’s vote it
back up again
by public de-
mand.”
Mary Muniz, Astoria
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
“They could make a park
of it. Possibly a contin-
uation of the Chinese
g arden. Or fi ll in the
hole and plant trees —
perhaps cottonwood, like
in Alamogordo, New Mexico.”
John Miller, Astoria
PORTLAND — Advo-
cates for wild horses have
sought an injunction to stop
researchers from surgically
sterilizing more than 200 wild
mares at a facility in Hines.
The U.S. Bureau of Land
Management has said the
research slated to begin this
summer would help deter-
mine whether the three
methods to be studied are
safe, effective options for
controlling the wild horse
population.
But the nonprofi t group
Front Range Equine Rescue
describes the procedures as
unnecessary and barbaric.
Group President Hilary
Wood said in a statement that
performing unproven surger-
ies is contrary to the Bureau
of Land Management’s con-
gressional mandate to care for
wild horses, especially when
an existing vaccine works as
effective birth control.
The Bureau of Land
Management, which has
said the vaccine isn’t effec-
tive enough, did not have
an immediate response to
the lawsuit, which was fi led
Monday in Washington, D.C.
Of the three methods,
the advocates are most con-
cerned about a procedure that
involves removing ovaries
from sedated, pregnant mares
in various gestational stages.
The veterinarian reaches into
the mare’s abdomen through
Bonnie (Roberts) Oathes
Astoria
Nov. 29, 1941 — July 23, 2016
Bonnie Susan Oathes, 74, passed
away peacefully surrounded by her
family in Astoria, Oregon.
She was born and raised in San
Antonio, Texas, where she met and
married her husband of 52 years,
Donald.
Bonnie moved to Astoria in 1980,
upon her husband’s retirement from
the U.S. Coast Guard. She was a
librarian at Astor Library and Asto-
ria High School, a licensed histori-
the vagina to sever and
remove the ovaries.
“BLM’s intention to
engage in the blind excision
of mares’ ovaries, with the
hope that they get it right, is
dangerous, inhumane, poten-
tially fatal, and arbitrary
and capricious,” the lawsuit
states.
The decision to carry
out the research comes on
the heels of the Bureau of
Land Management’s lat-
est annual population esti-
mate that shows about 67,000
wild horses and burros roam-
ing public lands in 10 West-
ern states.
The agency says that’s
more than double what it con-
siders healthy for the animals
and the rangeland.
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Lakeview
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PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.
— Scientists are looking into
the deaths of hundreds of sea-
birds in the eastern part of the
Strait of Juan de Fuca in Wash-
ington state.
About 300 rhinoceros auk-
lets, which are closely related
to puffi ns, have washed ashore
since May, the Peninsula Daily
News reported. Julia Par-
rish, executive director of the
Coastal Observation and Sea-
bird Survey Team, says there’s
no clear explanation.
“We’ve never seen any-
LONGVIEW, Wash. —
Offi cials are still investigating
after a Sunday night fi re shut
down the Export Grain Termi-
nal at the Port of Longview.
The Daily News reported
that fire crews responded
to the blaze Sunday night.
They arrived to find black
smoke billowing from a
tower.
Longview Fire Chief Phil
Jurmu says the fi re started
inside the drive tower, which
powers one of the main con-
veyor belt systems. The smoke
rose up through that tower and
spread along the conveyor belt
LOTTERIES
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OREGON
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4 p.m.: 5-6-1-3
7 p.m.: 0-3-5-8
10 p.m.: 0-4-3-9
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thing like 300 rhinoceros auk-
lets wash ashore in the eastern
Strait,” she said. “There’s defi -
nitely something going on.”
Dead birds have been found
at Discovery Bay, Dungeness
Spit near Sequim and across
the strait near Victoria, Brit-
ish Columbia. Some have
been sent to the U.S. Geolog-
ical Survey National Wildlife
Health Center for testing.
About 72,000 of the birds are
successfully breeding on Protec-
tion Island, a wildlife refuge near
the mouth of Discovery Bay, Par-
rish said, so a lack of food doesn’t
seem to be the issue.
Scientists also are look-
ing into possible contagions
or poisons, but if that were
the case, Parrish said she
would expect more to have
washed up. She also said
there could be a small algae
bloom adding toxins to the
food supply.
The organization has hun-
dreds of trained volunteers
monitoring the beaches in the
Strait and recording what they
fi nd, she said.
The British Columbia
Beach Bird Survey is record-
ing the dead birds found on the
Canadian shore.
Offi cials investigate cause of grain terminal fi re
Associated Press
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sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
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Mary (Lewis) Larson died July 23, 2016, at where Julius passed away in 1976. Mary helped
Providence Seaside Hospital, at 92 years old.
with Halvin’s business after 1976, and worked
She was born March 9, 1924, in Burbank, at various service jobs, including at the Seaside
California, to Edward and Mary Lewis. When Senior Center, where she received a commenda-
tion for excellence.
she was a child, the family moved to
Halvin passed away in 2010, and
Longview, Washington, where they
Mary moved back to Astoria in 2012,
owned a grocery store. She attended
where she was a member of Beth-
Longview Grade School, but later
any Lutheran Church. Her hobbies
quit school early to work in her par-
included gardening, sewing and bird-
ents’ store.
watching. She enjoyed taking small
She had three brothers, Robert
trips.
Francis and David, all World War
She is survived by her daugh-
II veterans. Mary built warships in
ter, Starla Galant of Astoria, Oregon;
Longview and Bremerton, Washing-
a niece, Janet Lewis of Anacortes,
ton, where she met Julius Larson, her
Mary Larson
Washington; and a cousin, Jesse
husband. After the war, they moved
Ridenour of Longview, Washington.
to Clatskanie, Oregon, and had two
A memorial service is being held
children, Starla and Halvin.
Then they moved to Astoria, where Julius at Bethany Lutheran Church at 6 p.m. Sunday,
was a Youngs River bridge tender. In 1974, July 31, with a reception following. Memorial
Mary, Julius and Halvin moved to Seaside, contributions may be made to the church.
Hundreds of seabirds washing
up dead off Olympic Peninsula
La Grande
55/94
Roseburg
62/97
Brookings
58/75
Aug 24
John Day
57/98
Bend
54/93
Medford
64/103
UNDER THE SKY
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Prineville
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Eugene
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Pendleton
63/98
The Dalles
63/101
Portland
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Sunset tonight ........................... 8:51 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 5:53 a.m. Coos Bay
Moonrise today ......................... 12:44 a.m. 56/71
Moonset today ........................... 2:51 p.m.
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Mostly sunny and
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Tillamook
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High
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8.6 ft.
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ASTORIA
59/74
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 1.12"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.92"
Year to date .................................... 40.34"
Normal year to date ........................ 37.08"
Time
9:25 a.m.
9:15 p.m.
SUNDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 69°/59°
Normal high/low ........................... 68°/54°
Record high ............................ 85° in 1899
Record low ............................. 42° in 1930
Aug 2
71
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Patchy fog, then sun and
breezy
Partly cloudy
New
SATURDAY
Bonnie Oathes
cal researcher alongside her business
partner John Goodenberger, and a
long time columnist/creator of “Water
Under the Bridge” for The Daily
Astorian.
She was an avid reader and loved
to travel. She organized many mem-
orable family road trips, including
ones with herself and beloved grand-
son, Kyle.
She is survived by her adoring
husband Donald; son, Eric; daughter,
Mary Ramona Larson
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
Pat Milliman, Astoria
OBITUARIES
Advocates sue to stop
plan to spay wild horses
By STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press
“I love the idea of the farmer’s
market there in the summer season,
it pulls people into that space. And
since the library is not going to be
there, we need parking available so
people can wander around downtown,
where wonderful things are happening.”
WASHINGTON
Tuesday’s Daily Game:
2-4-4
Tuesday’s Keno: 01-08-14-
15-17-18-22-31-34-36-44-49-
53-54-55-60-65-66-71-77
Tuesday’s Match 4: 11-16-
17-24
Tuesday’s Mega Millions:
01-04-31-36-54, Mega Ball: 9
Estimated jackpot: $20
million
Saturday, July 30
SHEPHERD, Jay — Cele-
bration of life from 2 to 4 p.m.,
McTavish Room, Liberty The-
ater, 1203 Commercial St.
to another tower where grain is
weighed.
One fi refi ghter slipped on
some stairs and strained his
back. No other injuries were
reported.
Offi cials say the fi re caused
a conveyor belt to split and it
wasn’t clear when regular ter-
minal operations can resume.
HENDRICKSON, Hubert
“Hugh” — Memorial at 2
p.m., St. Catherine’s Episcopal
Church, 36335 N. U.S. High-
way 101 in Nehalem.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Housing Au-
thority Board, 5 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St., Astoria.
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington Build-
ing, 857 Commercial St.,
Astoria.
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