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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2016
‘How do you feel about the old Astoria Ferry
being back home in time for the Regatta?’
“I think it’s won-
derful. I think it’s
going to be really
cool. I work on
the trolley, and
we talk it up quite
a bit.”
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Rob Johnstone, Astoria
“I think it’s wonderful, and I’m de-
lighted. The minister who married
us took the ferry across to visit his
then-teenaged girlfriend, now wife.
He lives in Portland now, and I
told him to come see it. I’m so glad
people have come together to do this.”
“Awesome. I’ve
been following
this ‘getting
it here’ since
Jake Jacob fi rst
started talking
about it.”
Jan Mitchell, Astoria
Brian Burke, Astoria
Court leans toward allowing cormorant cull to continue
Judge fi nds
birds are not
endangered or
threatened
stands , the Corps will be
allowed to continue culling
the birds, oiling their eggs and
destroying their nests this year
and for the next two years at
East Sand Island in the Colum-
bia River near Chinook and
Ilwaco, Washington.
Although the court found
that the Corps and the Fish and
Wildlife Service violated the
National Environmental Policy
Act “by failing properly to con-
sider reasonable alternatives in
developing the management
plan for d ouble-crested cormo-
rants,” it left the Corps’ cormo-
rant management plan in place.
T he plaintiffs argued
that the Corps should have
considered other alterna-
tives, such as hydrosystem
changes, before acting on its
cormorant management plan,
and the c ourt ruled in favor
of this particular complaint
while denying other issues
brought by the plaintiffs.
Simon left the management
Columbia Basin Bulletin
PORTLAND — Saying
that double-crested cormorants
are not an endangered or threat-
ened species, but that many of
the salmon and steelhead they
feast on in the Lower Colum-
bia River estuary are, U.S. Dis-
trict Court Judge Michael H.
Simon’s tentative ruling would
allow the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ to continue culling
cormorants in the estuary.
The tentative ruling was
released to attorneys for the
plaintiffs and defendants, just
prior to fi nal oral arguments
last week in a lawsuit that
began in April 2015.
If the tentative decision
EO Media Group/File Photo
A double-crested cormo-
rant nests on top of the
man-made tunnel used by
researchers to traverse the
colony on East Sand Is-
land.
plan in place “because it pro-
vides some benefi t to salmo-
nids that are listed as endan-
gered or threatened under
the Endangered Species Act,
whereas d ouble-crested cor-
morants are not listed as either
endangered or threatened. ”
Conservationists
want cull to end
the lawsuit in late April 2015 in
the U.S. District Court of Ore-
gon, fi ling an injunction to stop
the Corps from culling and
harassing double-crested cor-
morants on East Sand Island.
Simon denied that request.
Joining Audubon as plain-
tiffs in the suit are the Center
for Biological Diversity, Wild-
life Center of the North Coast,
Animal Defense Fund and
Friends of Animals. They are
represented by Dan Rohlf of
Earthrise Law Center.
The Corps, the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and the
U.S. Department of Agri-
culture Wildlife Services,
are defendants, represented,
among others, by Bradley Oli-
phant and Stephen Finn, both
with the U.S. Department of
Justice.
Lots to consider
Five conservation and ani-
mal welfare groups had fi led
After listening through
a three-hour oral argument
period Aug. 3, Simon said
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
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Some clouds
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Tillamook
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Newport
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Full
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Last
Aug 18
New
Aug 24
Danny Griffi th passed away at home in Asto-
After a workplace accident in the early
1980s, he moved back to New York and worked
ria, July 12, 2016, at the age of 65.
Danny was born in Antwerp, Belgium, July as a diamond setter. He visited Astoria several
12, 1951, to Jack and Edith Brauberd. His father times, and made a fi nal move in 2001.
He loved traveling, horses, surfi ng,
was from Czechoslovakia, and his
pro football, James Bond, “MASH,”
mother from Hungary. His parents
seafood and fl ying airplanes with
were separated during World War II,
John Seaman — along with watching
but reunited after the war in Prague.
the stock market oil prices.
The family moved to New York
His work injury left him with dis-
in 1953. Danny graduated from high
abilities that kept him from doing a
school in the Bronx. He then joined
lot of the things he loved.
the Navy, and was honorably dis-
He is survived by his brothers
charged in 1970.
William and Allan, who reside in
He later worked as a roustabout
New York.
in the oil industry, and traveled to
Danny Griffith
You will be missed, “little buddy”!
many places. One of Danny’s favor-
Something is truly rotten in
ite places was Singapore, where he
Denmark!
worked offshore.
A small get-together will be held at the Silver
Danny never married or had children, but
came close to wedding his true love, Sarah, who Salmon in September. Details will be announced
at a later date.
lived in Singapore.
Ontario
54/90
Burns
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Klamath Falls
44/87
Lakeview
47/86
Ashland
59/97
Ronald R. Hubbard
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Tonight's Sky: First Quarter Moon (11:21 a.m.)
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Astoria
July 12, 1951 — July 12, 2016
Clouds breaking for
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Pendleton
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The Dalles
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Sunrise Thursday ........................ 6:10 a.m. Coos Bay
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Astoria
Dec. 20, 1927 — Aug. 8, 2016
Ronald R. Hubbard passed away peacefully David Hubbard (Lori) of Astoria; grandchildren
in his home at Clatsop Retirement Village on Kimberly Kueker (Chris) and Tami Riser, both
Aug. 8, 2016. He was born in Astoria on Dec. of San Diego, and Andrea Larsen (Michael) of
20, 1927.
Astoria; and great-grandchildren Karina, Ryan
Ron enlisted in the Navy at age
and Bryce Kueker and Breanna Long,
17, serving on the USS Bayfi eld tour-
all of San Diego. He was preceded in
ing China, Hawaii and Japan. When
death by his wife, Janet Hubbard; and
two grandsons, Erik Hubbard and
he returned home, he married his
Troy Riser.
high school sweetheart, Janet Ger-
Ron and his family were very
ritz. He then attended school for his
thankful for all the Clatsop Retire-
career in marine construction, then
ment Village family and friends for
worked in Alaska, Washington state,
their special care and support.
Oregon and California. He took an
A celebration of life will be held
early retirement to enjoy life and
at the Clatsop Retirement Village,
travel with his wife and many friends.
He enjoyed the outdoors, and was an Ronald Hubbard Thursday, Aug. 11, at 3 p.m. on the
second fl oor.
avid fi sherman and hunter.
Memorial contributions can be
He is survived by his daugh-
ter Ronda Severini (Rocky) of San Diego; son made to Lower Columbia Hospice.
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Citing a study by Fish
and Wildlife Service biol-
ogist Dr. Steven Haeseker
on compensatory mortal-
ity, Rohlf said that killing
cormorants will provide
minimal benefits to actual
salmon productivity. Fur-
ther, Rohlf said that the
Corps and the Fish and Ser-
vice knew of the Haeseker
study and ignored or sup-
pressed the information.
Finn, attorney for the
defendants, said the Haese-
ker study should not be char-
acterized as a product of
the Fish and Wildlife S er-
vice and that it had yet to
go through the peer-review
process when the agency
completed its depredation
permit.
“The agency did take
his work and submit it for
review,” Finn said. “Science
processes go on and legal
processes can be on a differ-
ent schedule.”
OBITUARIES
SUNDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.07"
Month to date ................................... 0.40"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.23"
Year to date .................................... 40.74"
Normal year to date ........................ 37.42"
Aug 10
75
57
Clouds giving way to sun
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 67°/59°
Normal high/low ........................... 69°/54°
Record high ............................ 86° in 2001
Record low ............................. 44° in 1975
First
SATURDAY
this is just a tentative opin-
ion, that there “obviously is
a lot of scientific and legal
complexity in these issues.
“The bad news is that I
get to learn about all the mis-
takes I made and revisit the
decision, and the good news
is I get to learn about all the
mistakes I made and revisit
the decision,” he said with a
smile. His best estimate for a
final decision is 60 days.
In objecting to facts in
the decision, Rohlf listed
seven issues, including the
National
Environmental
Policy Act issue. However,
much of his argument had
to do with what he said is a
failure by the Corps and the
Fish and Wildlife Service to
properly analyze the bene-
fits to salmon productivity
by killing cormorants, and
the fear that culling would
bring the West Coast popula-
tion of cormorants to below
a sustainable level.
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MEMORIAL
Saturday, Aug. 13
PERKINS, Donald Jon
— Celebration of life at 1
p.m., Wickiup Grange, 92683
Svensen Market Road in
Svensen. Come join his fam-
ily, have lunch and share mem-
ories of Don.
OLSON, Winifred “Wini” —
Celebration of life at 2 p.m., Asto-
ria Recreation Center (old Yacht
Club), 1555 W. Marine Drive.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St., Astoria.
Astoria School Board, 6:15
p.m., work session, 7:30 p.m.,
regular meeting, Capt. Robert
Gray School third-fl oor board-
room, 785 Alameda Ave.
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