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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Fallen cable knocks out
radio station’s transmitter
OBITUARIES
David Russell Brooks Sr.
Astoria
Oct. 5, 1932 — Feb. 15, 2017
Antenna
damaged in
windstorm
David Russell Brooks Sr. passed away peace- eral local fi shing boats that have been admired
fully at home on Feb. 15, 2017.
by many for their excellent craftsmanship.
David was extremely proud of his four chil-
David was born on Oct. 5, 1932, in Hoquiam,
Washington, the third son of William and Shir- dren, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchil-
dren. They all knew how important
ley Dahlgren Brooks. Two weeks
his family was to him.
after his birth his family moved to
After retirement Dave and Car-
Astoria, where he lived most of his
olyn journeyed to Yuma, Arizona,
84 years.
where they enjoyed the sun and many
As a child he spent summers with
wonderful friends.
his paternal Finnish grandparents
David is survived by his wife, Car-
in Eden Valley, Washington. David
olyn; brother, Bill Brooks of Salem,
loved bringing his kids there in later
Oregon; daughter and son-in-law,
years to experience the joy he had
Nancy and Bill Tynkila; daughter
known there as a child. His maternal
and son-in-law, Judy and Mike Mad-
grandfather was a Tillamook Rock
David Brooks
son; daughter and son-in-law, Cathy
lighthouse keeper — a piece of family
and Douglas Holly; and son, David
history of which he was very proud.
Brooks Jr.
David was a 1950 Astoria High
Dave was preceded in death by his parents
School graduate. He met his wife, Carolyn
Logsdon, there. After high school he started his and brother, Roger Brooks.
A private graveside memorial is planned. The
professional career in automotive service.
David married Carolyn, his wife of 66 years, family requests memorial contributions be made
on Dec. 2, 1950. They made their home in Asto- to Lower Columbia Hospice.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary and Crematory in
ria, and raised their four children. When Dave
wasn’t working to provide for his family, he Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. Please
enjoyed painting, gardening, fi shing and wood- visit www.hughes-ransom.com to share memo-
working. He meticulously built replicas of sev- ries and sign the guest book.
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Down but
not out for Seaside radio sta-
tion 94.9 after a wind-blown
cable blew off and damaged
the station’s antenna.
“Saturday morning, I’m
listening and I hear us go off
the air and wondered what
the issue was,” Mark Evans,
SpinLogic Enterprises pres-
ident , said Monday. “So I go
up, and sure enough the trans-
mitter was off, and I tried to
turn it on, and it wouldn’t
come back on again. It took
about a day to diagnose what
it was, and we realized it
was the cable on the tower
that slammed against our
antenna.”
The piece of cable that
fell was more than 20 feet
long, he said. “Unfortunately,
when it made contact with
our antenna, a short went
into the line, right into our
transmitter.”
Evans’ local FM stations,
KBGE 94.9 in Seaside and
KEUB 93.3 in Gearhart, are
among 18 antennas leasing
space on the tower, owned
Submitted Photo
Downed cable at the SBA Communications tower in
Seaside.
by SBA Communications
and located off Rippet Lane.
KEUB, was not affected, nor
were any of the others leasing
space.
“We’re the only ones suf-
fering because we’re the
only ones who got hit by the
cable,” Evans said.
Evans was able to fi nd
a temporary replacement
antenna to keep the station
on the air, but the piece of
equipment is “not anywhere
near the amount of wattage
we normally have,” he said.
“We’re at reduced power
until we can get this repaired.
Thirty-fi ve -hundred watts is
our typical broadcast range;
right now we’re at about
50 watts, so we’re reduced
dramatically.”
The low-wattage antenna
keeps 94.9 FM from web
streaming as well as radio
broadcasting.
Evans said he hopes to be
back on the air in “a couple of
days at the most.”
“The owner of the tower
has people coming to climb
up the tower to move that
because if I put up another
transmitter the way it is now, it
would blow the next transmit-
ter,” Evans said. “We’re in the
process of getting the cable
removed, and replace or repair
the existing transmitter.”
Police searching for witness to crash
The Daily Astorian
Oregon State Police is
searching for a witness to a
single-vehicle crash on U,S.
Highway 26 last Wednesday.
A black Dodge Chal-
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Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
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a Hillsboro resident shows a
group pushing the structure to
the ground on Aug. 29.
Duncan says the leads in-
vestigators followed in the case
didn’t pan out.
Anyone with information
about the incident is asked to
contact the Tillamook County
Sheriff’s Offi ce.
Wyden to visit
DEATHS
The Daily Astorian
Feb. 20, 2017
DONEY, Allan L., 69, of
Warrenton, died in Portland.
Ocean View Funeral & Cre-
mation Service of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
Feb. 16, 2017
NADON, Dorothy Irene,
93, of Astoria, died in Asto-
ria. Hughes-Ransom Mortu-
ary & Crematory in Astoria is
in charge of the arrangements.
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for DUII. Witnesses alleged Hilton was verbally
fi ghting with someone near the Fred Meyer gas
station before entering the vehicle. Her blood
alcohol content was .18.
• At 11:43 p.m. Sunday, Dancee Renee Cas-
tle, 26, of Clatskanie, was arrested by the Warren-
ton Police Department on the 500 block of South
Main Street for DUII. An offi cer, who was sit-
ting in a car on the side of South Main Street,
alleged that a vehicle driven by Castle almost hit
the back of the police car before turning into the
center lane. The offi cer then pursued the vehicle.
With a blood alcohol content of .26, Castle was
taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital before
being booked in the Clatsop County Jail.
Feb. 15, 2017
TOMEK, Lucia, and KOCH, Stefan, of Ocean Park, Wash-
ington, a boy, Oscar Valentino Tomek-Koch, born at Columbia
Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Grandparents are Ona and Vaclav
Tomek of Ocean Park and Hildegard and Peter Wickerath of
Cologne, Germany.
APPLIANCE
IN
Assault
• At 8:55 p.m. Friday, Joshua R. McBride,
19, of Hammond, was arrested by the Warrenton
Police Department at 329 Seventh Avenue for
assault. McBride’s 54-year-old stepfather alleged
that he struck him four times.
DUII
• At 1:16 a.m. Saturday, Stephanie Anne
Rodriguez, 32, of Hammond, was arrested by the
Warrenton Police Department on the 500 block
of Ridge Road for driving under the infl uence of
intoxicants. Her blood alcohol content was .203.
• At 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Crystal Lee Hilton, 38,
of Portland, was arrested by the Warrenton Police
Department in the Youngs Bay Plaza parking lot
BIRTH
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
YE
SALEM — Nearly six
months after video captured a
group of people toppling a pop-
ular sandstone rock formation
at Cape Kiwanda, state police
say they’ve been unable to track
down the perpetrators.
The Statesman Journal re-
ported that Lt. Mark Duncan
says the investigation into the
vandalism remains open but is
inactive until police receive new
information.
The sandstone pedestal,
known as the “Duckbill,” was
knocked over at Cape Kiwanda
State Natural Area.
Cellphone video captured by
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Roseburg
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Brookings
39/47
Mar 20
John Day
20/31
Bend
18/36
Medford
36/46
UNDER THE SKY
High
8.2 ft.
7.3 ft.
Prineville
18/37
Lebanon
32/44
Eugene
33/46
Full
Pendleton
27/41
The Dalles
31/44
Portland
32/45
Sunset tonight ........................... 5:50 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:07 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 3:43 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 1:14 p.m.
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Cloudy and chilly with
occasional rain
Tillamook
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SUN AND MOON
Time
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ASTORIA
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Precipitation
Monday ............................................ 0.55"
Month to date ................................. 10.87"
Normal month to date ....................... 5.19"
Year to date .................................... 16.68"
Normal year to date ........................ 15.39"
Feb 26
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with a shower
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SATURDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 48°/42°
Normal high/low ........................... 52°/37°
Record high ............................ 65° in 1916
Record low ............................. 25° in 2011
New
FRIDAY
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Rather cloudy, a little
rain; chilly
ALMANAC
but left before police arrived.
Anyone with informa-
tion about the crash can call
OSP North Plains Sgt. Darin
LaDick at (503) 647-7631
or NCC Dispatch at (503)
375-3555.
Police seek new leads in ‘Duckbill’ toppling
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
lenger went off the road-
way just after 1 p.m. near
the east side of Nehalem
County Park and came to a
rest on a steep embankment,
OSP said. A possible witness
spoke to medical personnel
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