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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
‘What do you like best about fall?’
“The colors, the
weather, the decora-
tions in the win-
dows. Orange! The
beginning of a new
time — soup time, pie
time …”
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Carine LaPointe, Astoria
“I like the changing of the leaves.
The beauty. And I like the fact
that the tourists go home, and I
can cross the bridge in a timely
manner. I’m glad the tourists
were here, though, so everyone
can make some money.”
“I don’t like the rain,
but … the kids go
back to school, the
leaves changing. I
like the anticipation
of the holidays com-
ing up.”
Thomas Bowen, Chinook, Washington
Desiree Franco, Astoria
OBITUARIES
Arthur John Jessen
Darrel James Ferguson
Astoria
Feb. 12, 1949 — Sept. 5, 2016
Astoria
July 26, 1964 — Sept. 10, 2016
Arthur John Jessen lost his life to heart dis- as a long haul truck driver for Swift, and also
ease on Sept. 5, 2016, at the age of 67. He for Jim Benson as a log truck driver.
was born in Astoria, Oregon, to Peter Freder-
In his later years, John enjoyed the com-
ick Jessen and Hulda Maria (Simonson) Jes- panionship from his rescued cats. They were a
sen on Feb. 12, 1949. He grew up
great comfort to him.
in the Olney community, and as a
John is survived by fi ve broth-
teen belonged to the Olney Teenage
ers and sisters, Richard (Junko) Jes-
Club.
sen of Astoria, Alice (Jerry) Camp-
He was active in the Air Force
bell of Berthoud, Colorado, Edward
from 1968 to 1972, serving as a
(Judy) Jessen of Tucson, Arizona,
fl ight simulator maintenance spe-
Irene (Gale Downer) Jessen of Ros-
cialist for the Strategic Air Com-
coe, Illinois, and Ruth Huckey of
mand. John was stationed at Barks-
Oregon City, Oregon; a nephew,
dale Air Force B ase in Louisiana
Carl Campbell of Windsor, Col-
and Loring Air Force B ase in Maine,
orado; nieces Christine Lebeda
Arthur Jessen
traveling up the East Coast with the
of Loveland, Colorado, Andrea
simulator.
(Jayson) Holmstedt of Astoria and
Motorcycling was a favorite pas-
Deborah Luty of Portland; and
time for John. He rode across the U.S., and great-nieces and nephews Mathew Lebeda of
even convinced his sister, Irene, to ride along Colorado, Amanda Lebeda of Colorado, Jona-
bringing her to Colorado from Oregon.
than Luty of Washington, Jessen Luty of Port-
John was an avid cross stitch artist. He had land, Dodger Holmstedt of Astoria and Nay-
created over 25 pieces of art for his family that omi Holmstedt of Astoria.
will be treasured forever. He also enjoyed mak-
Please join the family on Saturday, Sept.
ing beautiful bowls out of many types of wood. 17, 2016, at 1 p.m. at the Olney Grange to
One of his jobs was dressing up in buck share memories of John’s life. Finger foods
skins while working at Fort Clatsop. He also and beverages provided.
worked doing maintenance at Lewis and Clark
In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to
School. John traveled around the U.S. driving St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Darrel was born July 26, 1964, in Ana-
Darrel is survived by his wife, Darcy;
heim, California. He later moved to Knappa, his parents, Janice and Jerry Ferguson; his
Oregon, with his family. Darrel
sister, Debbie (Les); his brothers,
was the youngest of four children.
Dean (Irene) and Dana (Coco);
Darrel was an avid hunter,
his daughter, Brittany (Tony); his
fisherman, clam digger, sports
granddaughter, Avery; his step-
lover and logger. He worked for
son, Cody White; very special
Nygaard Logging for more than
longtime friends Ron Kelly, Bill
30 years, a job he loved dearly.
High and Spike Barendse; and
Darrel coached and assistant
numerous aunts, uncles, nieces
coached football at Knappa High
and nephews. He was preceded in
death by his daughter, Whitney.
School for 14 years. Darrel played
A memorial service for Darrel
football for Knappa High School
in the Shriners game in Baker City Darrel Ferguson will be held at the Clatsop County
Fairgrounds Sunday, Sept. 25, at
in 1983. He participated, men-
2 p.m.
tored and guided for the Make A
In lieu of flowers, the family requests
Wish hunting program.
Darrel loved fishing in Bristol Bay, donations be made to the Knappa High
School Football Program.
Alaska, with his family.
Oregon registered voters surge
under novel ‘motor voter’ law
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FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
52
ALMANAC
Mainly cloudy, a shower
in the afternoon
Tillamook
46/68
Periods of rain
Salem
47/82
Newport
48/61
Last
New
Sep 23
Coos Bay
45/65
First
Sep 30
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
7:06 a.m.
7:22 p.m.
Low
-0.7 ft.
0.7 ft.
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Burns
29/74
Klamath Falls
32/76
Lakeview
30/74
Ashland
45/85
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Hi
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Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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73
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91
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71
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79
94
Baker
30/76
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Tonight's Sky: In the southeast before sunrise,
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Procyon is
well to its upper left.
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Roadwork
scheduled for
Seaside next
La Grande
34/77
Ontario
43/78
Bend
40/76
Medford
47/87
Oct 8
John Day
44/78
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sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
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since this time last year.
Like more than 25 per-
cent of all registered voters
in Oregon, most newcom-
ers did not choose a politi-
cal party.
Oregon was the first state
to put such a law into effect
and others are now follow-
ing suit
State crews at work on the
Youngs Bay Bridge this week
Roseburg
48/85
Brookings
48/65
UNDER THE SKY
High
8.3 ft.
7.9 ft.
Prineville
41/79
Lebanon
45/83
Eugene
44/83
Sunset tonight ........................... 7:28 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 6:54 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 6:27 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 4:16 a.m.
Pendleton
50/80
The Dalles
53/87
Portland
52/80
SUN AND MOON
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
Areas of low clouds and
fog, then some sun
68
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Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
52/70
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 1.07"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.79"
Year to date .................................... 41.91"
Normal year to date ........................ 39.14"
Time
12:27 a.m.
1:22 p.m.
SUNDAY
68
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 80°/48°
Normal high/low ........................... 68°/50°
Record high ............................ 91° in 1957
Record low ............................. 33° in 1970
Sep 16
70
53
Areas of low clouds, then
sun and nice
Partly cloudy
Full
SATURDAY
70
52
SALEM — Oregon’s
new “motor voter” program
is fueling a surge in newly
registered voters in the state
under a new law that auto-
matically registers anyone
who gets or renews a driv-
er’s license.
The Secretary of State’s
offi ce said Tuesday nearly
300,000 people have regis-
tered in the past 12 months and
more than 75 percent of them
those did so under the new law
that took effect in January.
The increase represents
a 14 percent uptick in reg-
istered voters in the state
Crews from the state
Department of Transporta-
tion are doing maintenance
work on Youngs Bay Bridge
this week.
“We’re trying to fill ruts
and patch-pave those rough
areas,” Lou Torres, a public
information officer for the
department, said. “It’s pretty
much normal maintenance,
but we’re pushing it pretty
hard right now because we
have this kind of narrow
window of nice weather.
W e don’t know when that’s
going to change.”
Next week, crews are
scheduled to do roadwork
in and around Seaside, fol-
lowed by work near Beer-
man Creek Road.
Typically, after Labor
Day w eekend when traffic
levels decrease, the state
focuses on those areas of
U.S. Highway 101 .
“What we can tell motor-
ists is there’ll be some
delays — hopefully mini-
mal delays,” he said. “We try
to keep the traffic moving
pretty well through there,
but there will be times when
there’ll be flagging traffic,
and people should expect
some delays, especially over
the next week or two, as long
as we have nice weather.”
For alternate routes to
and from Astoria, Torres
said drivers might consider
using the Old Youngs Bay
Bridge or the Lewis and
Clark Bridge.
Torres asks people for
their patience as the depart-
ment tries to get as much
work done as possible
before the rainy season. He
encourages travelers to con-
sult tripcheck.org.
Bella Ridge Apartments hearing postponed
The Clatsop County Board
of Commissioners is postpon-
ing its hearing on a proposed
48-unit apartment complex in
Miles Crossing to give more
time to sort out concerns with
sewer and water capacity.
Developer
Richard
Krueger appealed the Plan-
ning Commission’s decision
to deny the Bella Ridge Apart-
ments project based solely on
contention surrounding sewer
capacity.
Krueger claims the Plan-
ning Commission’s denial
LOTTERIES
MEMORIAL
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in July was based on a for-
mality and not on actual
requirements.
The Board of Commis-
sioners agreed last month to
hear the appeal and take a
fresh look at the proposal. The
hearing, originally scheduled
for today, will be held Oct. 12.
OREGON
Tuesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 0-0-3-2
4 p.m.: 8-1-8-4
7 p.m.: 9-8-0-3
10 p.m.: 5-3-7-1
Sunday, Sept. 18
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WEDNESDAY
Seaside Tree Board, 4 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St., Astoria.
Astoria School Board, 6:15
p.m., study session, 7:30 p.m.,
regular meeting, Capt. Robert
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Gray School third-fl oor board-
room, 785 Alameda Ave.
Wickiup Water District Board,
6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Mar-
ket Road, Svensen.
THURSDAY
Cannon Beach Parks Com-
mittee, 9 a.m., City Hall, 163 E.
Gower St.
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