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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2017
OBITUARY
Lillian Louise Nimmo
Astoria
Aug. 25, 1928 — March 5, 2017
Lillian passed from this life to her eternal years), the Astoria Moose Lodge and the Veter-
home in heaven on March 5, 2017, surrounded ans of Foreign Wars women’s auxiliary.
by friends and family. She is now walking on
She was preceded in death by her husband,
streets of gold, and often said it will be the great- parents and her brother. Lillian is survived by
est reunion of all time. Her love of
her son, Lewis Nimmo, and his wife,
Holly. She is also survived by her
the Lord was shown in every aspect
of her life.
granddaughter, Ashley Nimmo, who
she enjoyed babysitting, going on
Lillian was born Aug. 25, 1928,
to John and Anna Laurila in Clats-
trips with her and most recently, just
talking. She is also survived by two
kanie, Oregon. She attended school
nieces, Anne Dixon and her husband,
in Quincy, Oregon, and Clatskanie,
Scott, and Kathryn Cone and her hus-
Oregon. She graduated in 1946 from
band, Clay. She has two grandnieces,
Clatskanie High School. After high
Tiffany Dixon and Sarahfia Stead-
school, she worked in numerous can-
man-Berkana. She also has two grand-
neries in Astoria before moving to
Lillian Nimmo
nephews, Gabriel Steadman and his
California with several of her cous-
wife, Tonia, and Nicholaus Steadman.
ins. In 1957, she enrolled in dental
She also has several great-great nieces
nursing school in San Francisco, Cal-
ifornia. She worked for several dentists in Cali- and nephews, Alexander, Malaya, Daniel, Mala-
chi, Isaiah, Adriel, Connor, Bellafia and Lucas.
fornia and Astoria, Oregon.
In 1959 she met the love of her life, Clar- She was blessed with three step-grandchildren
ence Nimmo, a U.S. Navy chief. They were in December 2012, Jeffrey Stutznegger, Ryan
married on April 9, 1960. He had seven years Stutznegger and Karmen Stutznegger.
There will be a visitation at Caldwell’s
left in the Navy, so they resided in Astoria and
Oakland, and his last tour was in San Diego. In Luce-Layton Mortuary on March 12, 2017,
1967, a newborn baby boy came into their life. from 6 to 8 p.m.
A funeral service will be held at Peace
She was blessed, and enjoyed being a stay-at-
Lutheran Church at 11 a.m. on March 13, 2017,
home mom.
She loved to travel, making four trips to the followed by interment at Ocean View Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the Peace
Holy Land and two trips to Norway. Lillian
was raised in the Apostolic Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church Memorial Fund or the charity
but began going to Peace Lutheran Church in of one’s choice.
Please sign our online guest book at www.
1998. She was a member of the Astoria Elks
Lodge No. 180 (and was their chaplain for many caldwellsmortuary.com
County commissioners take
more time on preschool study
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
Clatsop County commis-
sioners want more time to con-
sider a universal preschool fea-
sibility study.
In a 3-2 vote, commission-
ers decided Wednesday not to
approve a $350,000 grant from
the U.S. Department of Educa-
tion that would fund the study.
In more than 1 1/2 hours of
deliberations, commissioners’
concerns included the possi-
ble privatization of preschools
and lack of familiarity with the
study.
Commissioners agreed to
discuss the issue again in two
weeks.
Way to Wellville has part-
nered with the county on the
research. The study would col-
lect data to determine whether
free preschool for 600 low-in-
come children would be pos-
sible. At the end of the study,
commissioners would vote
on whether to approve a “pay
for success” model that would
encourage investors to fund
the program or fund the pre-
school another way, if at all.
Should a pay for success
program be approved, the esti-
mated money saved by the
county from the benefits of
having more children attend
preschool — $13 for every
$1 invested, according to one
national study — would out-
weigh the cost, project man-
ager Dan Gaffney said. The
money saved by the county
would then be awarded to the
investor with interest.
But commissioners were
concerned about the idea that
large corporations or wealthy
donors would be involved. A
similar program in Salt Lake
City, for instance, was funded
by Goldman Sachs.
“The fact that we need a
global corporation to buoy
our early childhood educa-
tion system is sad,” Commis-
sion Chairman Scott Lee said.
“Corporations are using it to
go through a back door. I’m
worried that this is going to
take us down a dark path.”
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Legislation would expand
rural self-service gas hours
Change would
not apply to
Clatsop County
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — A bill that
would expand the hours of
self-serve gas stations in
rural counties in Eastern
Oregon is headed to the
floor of the state House.
The legislation by state
Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-On-
tario, expands on a law
passed in 2015 that allowed
self-service between the
hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
in 18 counties with a pop-
ulation of less than 40,000,
including Clatsop County.
Oregon is one of only
two states that prohibit
customers from pump-
ing their own gas at fuel-
ing stations. In 2015, the
Legislature passed a law to
allow customers to pump
gas in rural counties at
night and early mornings
to protect travelers from
being stranded in remote
places.
However, in East-
ern Oregon, some local-
ly-owned gas stations have
been at risk of closure due
to the expense of hiring
fueling attendants to pump
customers’ gas.
“We are trying to pre-
serve these stations out
in the middle of nowhere so
that we have fuel available,”
Bentz said.
“This is a question of
access, not convenience. We
are trying to preserve the
jobs of the owners who own
these stations and not just the
employees at the islands.”
The House Committee on
Transportation Policy voted
8-1 Wednesday to move the
bill to the House floor with a
recommendation for approval.
The proposed change
affects 16 counties in East-
ern Oregon: Malhuer, Union,
Wasco, Hood River, Curry,
Jefferson, Crook, Baker, Mor-
row, Lake, Grant, Harney,
Wallowa, Gilliam, Sherman
and Wheeler.
The original proposal
included Clatsop, Curry and
Tillamook counties. How-
ever, opposition to expanding
self-service hours prompted
proponents to exclude the
coastal counties from the
change.
Opponents feared expand-
ing the hours when self-ser-
vice was allowed would
threaten the jobs of those
who pump fuel for a living.
Another amendment requires
an attendant to be available
to pump gas at stations that
have an attached business,
such as a convenience store or
restaurant.
“We realize there are iso-
lated areas of the state, some
in western Oregon and some
other places that may still
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have issues with fuel avail-
ability,” said Paul Romain, a
Portland attorney represent-
ing the Oregon Fuels Associa-
tion. But proponents agreed to
modify the bill to make sure it
could pass, Romain said.
Rep. Brad Witt, D-Clas-
kanie, a member of the trans-
portation policy commit-
tee, voted against the bill
Wednesday.
“My district is surrounded
virtually by self-serve gas-
oline, two sides by coastal
counties and two sides by
the state of Washington,”
Witt said. “I am very sym-
pathetic to the problems that
they have, but self-serve gas-
oline has now surrounded my
district, and that has created
problems for me.”
The legislation that passed
in 2015 has enabled some
rural stations to remain open
at night for travelers. Yet
some gas station owners have
not had the resources to take
advantage of the 2015 law
because the self-service card-
lock devices used to take
credit cards cost between
$20,000 and $25,000, gas
station owners testified in
February.
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