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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017
‘How do you feel about April Fools’ Day pranks?
“Within reason, it’s OK.
Sometimes people go a little
too far with their pranks.
Some people’s sense of hu-
mor is not the same as others’
— then feelings come into play.”
“My mom always used to do
them on my dad. Since she
passed away, I’m going to have
to think of something to trick
him. He’s very gullible. I think
they’re fun, to an extent, but there’s no
need to push the limits, or be mean or evil.”
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
“I think they’re
great. I think
they’re fun.”
Jamie
Brownlow, Astoria
Barbara Klein, Warrenton
Molly Moorman, Celina, Ohio
Executive dropped from lawsuit over log exports at Port
ing a traditional export to the
region.
But by 2014, Westerlund
Log Handlers had become
embroiled in a lawsuit with
state-owned China National
Building Materials Import
and Export Corporation and
CNBM Forest Products,
which bought much of the
regional timber exported from
Pier 1 and had loaned Wester-
lund Log Handlers money for
equipment.
Murphy, a former co-owner
of Eugene -based Murphy Tim-
ber Co., stepped in, allegedly
paying $2.55 million three
years ago to settle the case and
release liens on Westerlund
Log Handlers’ equipment. The
Murphy and Westerlund par-
ties signed a contract in Janu-
ary 2014, in which Westerlund
was to transport, store, pro-
cess and prepare logs procured
by Murphy for export. But the
partnership quickly soured.
In July 2015, the two sides
fi led concurrent lawsuits alleg-
ing breaches of their agree-
Westerlund and
Murphy clash
over failed deal
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Roger Nance, the for-
mer vice president of Wester-
lund Log Handlers, has been
removed from the former
log processor’s long-stand-
ing legal battle against timber
magnate Dennis Murphy and
his companies over log exports
at the Port of Astoria.
The terms of Nance’s
removal are kept private by a
protective order. His dismissal
leaves the company, its Presi-
dent David Westerlund and his
wife Lori as plaintiffs against
Murphy and his companies.
Westerlund Log Handlers
brought log exports back to
the Port in 2010 after a long
hiatus. Originally resisted, the
company was later heralded
for creating jobs and return-
Alex Pajunas/The Daily Astorian
Logs belonging to China National Building Materials Forest Porducts pile up at the Port of Astoria’s Pier 3 in 2014.
ment. The cases were later
consolidated.
Westerlund and Nance
claimed they were unfairly
pushed out of the partner-
ship and a profi t-sharing
agreement. The Murphy par-
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
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Variable clouds with a
couple of showers
Overcast with a bit of rain
SUNDAY
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Areas of low clouds, then
some sun
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Mostly cloudy with a
couple of showers
Low clouds
ties claimed they had cov-
ered the expenses of West-
erlund Log Handlers, whose
lease was later terminated and
transferred to Murphy-owned
Astoria Forest Products in
exchange for past-due bills
being paid off.
Astoria Forest Products has
since developed Pier 3 into
a log-processing yard, from
ALMANAC
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ASTORIA
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Tillamook
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Salem
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Newport
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Coos Bay
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Apr 26
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Oct. 23, 1938 — March 23, 2017
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Eugene C. ‘Gene’ Koch
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Eugene (Gene) C. Koch passed away peace- Gearhart on Dec. 28, 1990.
Gene is survived by his wife of 42 years,
fully at the Veteran s’ Home in The Dalles, Ore-
Ruth (Woodworth) Koch; three stepchildren,
gon, March 23, 2017.
Gene’s parents were Eugene (Cookie) and Charlotte (Dave) Link of The Dalles, Mark (Liz)
Woodworth of Golden, Colorado, and
Betty Koch of Seaside, Oregon.
Connie Clementz of Seaside; three
He graduated from Seaside Union
grandchildren, Nikole Davis of Bea-
High School in the Class of 1957
verton, Elizabeth “Libby” (Nathan)
and, after serving his time with the
La Marr Jones of Littleton, Colorado,
National Guard, he went on to a long
and Sean Woodworth of Golden, Col-
career as an electrician, working
orado; and three great-grandchildren,
mainly out of the International Broth-
Harrison, Silas and Oaks Jones of
erhood of Electrical Workers Local
Littleton, Colorado. They called him
48.
GGPA.
He was a union man through and
Private burial will be at Ocean
through. He was also a past exhalted
Eugene Koch
View Cemetery, alongside his
ruler with the Seaside Elks Lodge, a
parents.
member of the American Legion and
Memorial services will be at a
past member of the Moose Lodge.
He loved the game of bowling, and fi nally later date.
Memorial donations, in lieu of fl owers, may
accomplished a bowler’s dream of rolling the
fi rst recognized perfect “300” game by the Sea- be made to the Seaside Elks Lodge or Our Sav-
side Bowling Association at Evergreen Lanes in iour’s Lutheran Church in Seaside.
DEATH
March 27, 2017
JURASIN, Frances Ardell, 89, of Astoria, died in Portland. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in
Astoria is in charge of the arrangements.
MEMORIALS
Saturday, April 1
BOUDREAU, Ronald —
Celebration of life and potluck
at 1 p.m., Mary Todd’s Work-
ers Bar & Grill, 281 W. Marine
Drive.
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
Need a Lift?
release fi shing continues to be
allowed, except in the sturgeon
spawning sanctuaries defi ned
in the 2017 Oregon Sport Fish-
ing Regulations. Sturgeon
retention is also closed on the
Willamette River downstream
of Willamette Falls.
OBITUARY
Baker
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REGIONAL CITIES
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
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John Day
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The rules are based on
recent harvest data that the
105-fi sh harvest guideline will
be met by that time.
The entire Columbia River
downstream of McNary Dam
will now be closed to sturgeon
retention. H owever, catch and
La Grande
39/47
Roseburg
45/54
Brookings
45/56
Tonight's Sky: Low in the west after sunset, the
young moon will be near Mercury.
High
9.5 ft.
8.4 ft.
Lebanon
43/55
Medford
42/55
UNDER THE SKY
Time
3:28 a.m.
4:15 p.m.
Prineville
34/47
Eugene
43/56
SUN AND MOON
Sunset tonight ........................... 7:40 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 6:59 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 8:14 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 9:55 p.m.
Pendleton
40/53
The Dalles
43/59
Portland
42/56
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.27"
Month to date ................................. 14.10"
Normal month to date ....................... 6.80"
Year to date .................................... 31.98"
Normal year to date ........................ 24.19"
First
The recreational sturgeon
season in the John Day Pool
is closing at 12:01 a.m. Thurs-
day under rules announced by
fi shery managers from Oregon
and Washington state.
REGIONAL WEATHER
Westerlunds’ claims.
The attorneys representing
the Westerlunds and Nance
recently dropped themselves
out of the case, citing “pro-
fessional considerations.” The
Westerlunds’ new attorney
recently made a fi rst appear-
ance. Discovery in the case
is expected to continue into
June.
Sturgeon season closes in John Day Pool
The Daily Astorian
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 52°/46°
Normal high/low ........................... 55°/40°
Record high ............................ 75° in 1941
Record low ............................. 28° in 1987
which scaled timber is driven
to Pier 1 for export on bulk log
carriers.
The Westerlunds are still
seeking partial summary judg-
ment for alleged breaches of
agreement with the Murphy
parties, broken promises, mis-
appropriation of trade secrets
and fraud. The Murphy parties
are seeking dismissal of the
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LOTTERIES
JACKSON, Douglas Gene
— Celebration of life from
2 to 5 p.m., Lakewood Cen-
ter for the Arts, 368 S. State
St. in Lake Oswego. All are
welcome.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Cannon Beach Tourism and Arts Commission, 1 p.m., City Hall,
163 E. Gower St.
Astoria Watershed Forest Practices Open House, 6 p.m., City
Hall, 1095 Duane St.
THURSDAY
Clatsop County Recreational Lands Planning and Advisory
Committee, 1 to 3 p.m., fourth fl oor, 800 Exchange St.
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