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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017
‘Since there’s more rain ahead in the forecast, what is your favorite rainy day activity?’
“Watching it from
inside.”
Stacey Agee, Astoria
Peggy Mills, Astoria
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
OBITUARY
Seaside
April 13, 1933 — April 4, 2017
Humo r, laughter and a sunny disposition and delivered The Oregonian.
were what Wayne Ledford was all about. He
Wayne will be dearly missed by his daugh-
passed peacefully on April 4, 2017,
ter, Jennifer; son-in-law, Randy;
with family at his side.
grandson, Deejay; former wife,
Wayne was born April 13, 1933,
Winifred; his brother, Vince; sisters
in Willow, California, and grad-
Linda and Carol; and many nieces
uated from Arcata Union High
and nephews. He was predeceased
School in 1951. During and after
by his brother, Rodney; sister, Che-
high school, he worked at various
rie; and partner, Patricia Harney.
dairy farms with his mother, Agnus
Special thanks to all the cous-
Hedlund. He lovingly helped sup-
ins in the Bartlett and Allen fam-
port her and his younger siblings,
ilies, and longtime friends Butch
who looked up to him like a father.
and Lori Hennessee, Rhonda and
He relocated to San Bernardino, Wayne Ledford Dennis, and Pastor Jackson. Their
where he opened Wayne’s Chain-
continuous support were an inspi-
saw & Power Tool Shop. He met and
ration for him. His niece, Debbie
married Winifred Kellems in 1960.
Wallace, and friend, Marcy, helped
Two years later, Jennifer was born.
orchestrate his care and well being
Wishing for a better life for his family,
in Port Haven, and his desired move
he made the move to Brownsmead,
back to Clatsop County. A sincere
Oregon, in 1967, and later to Svensen.
thanks, as well, to the hospice and
He became a tree faller for
staff at Avamere.
Crown Zellerbach and Arvo Aho
Wayne was a very memorable
Logging. In the early 1980s, his next
character, a hard working man’s man
adventure was driving log trucks.
with a generous heart and contagious
He started Wilco Logging, and
laughter that will be missed by all
became a well-known sight on the roads with that knew him.
his self-loading log truck. In his later years, he
A celebration of life is being held on Satur-
lived with Patricia Harney in the Jeffers Gar- day, April 29, at 2 p.m at Knappa Assembly of
dens area, where he had a shop, scrap business God, with a reception following.
EO Media Group
LONG BEACH, Wash.
— Ending the longest closure
since 2002, state shellfi sh man-
agers have approved a fi ve-day
razor clam dig that began this
morning on the Long Beach
Peninsula.
Twin Harbors, Copalis and
Mocrocks beaches also will be
open.
The Washington Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife
approved the opening after
marine toxin tests showed that
clams at all four beaches are
safe to eat.
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West Coast salmon runs
have been hit hard in recent
years by drought conditions in
their native rivers and El Niño
conditions in the Pacifi c Ocean
that reduce their food sources.
While fi shermen up and
down the coast are in for a
tough year, those who depend
on Klamath River salmon are
already calling for help. Fish-
ing groups and Native Amer-
ican tribes plan to ask Cal-
ifornia Gov. Jerry Brown
to declare a fi shing disaster
so they can receive federal
assistance.
The salmon returns for
other Oregon streams and the
Columbia River look healthier
than the Klamath, according
to state reports. And Washing-
ton state is expecting average
to good Chinook returns for
Puget Sound salmon and other
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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Ecola State Park will be
closed to visitors through at
least April 20.
The road leading into the
park is sliding and unsafe for
drivers, according to Oregon
State Parks . The park will also
be closed to walk-in access
April 10, 2017
SCHEVE, Robert, 74, of Astoria, died at home. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary & Crematory in
Astoria is in charge of the arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
DUII
• At 1:48 a.m. Saturday,
Sean M. Davies, 24, of War-
renton, was arrested by the
Warrenton Police Department
in the Young s Bay Plaza park-
ing lot for driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants. He
allegedly hit a curb on the
round about west of the New
Young s Bay Bridge and was
missing a tire when arrested.
• At 4:39 p.m. Saturday,
Brendan Alspaugh, 29, of Sea-
side, was arrested by the War-
renton Police Department on
Ridge Road near Fort Stevens
State Park for DUII and refus-
ing to take a breath test. He
was given a test by a drug rec-
ognition evaluator.
• At 10:53 p.m. Saturday,
Stanley Elliott, 46, of Gear-
hart, was arrested by the
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WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St.
Astoria School Board,
6:15 p.m., study session,
7:30 p.m., regular meeting,
Capt. Robert Gray School
third-floor boardroom, 785
Alameda Ave.
Warrenton Police Depart-
ment on U.S. Highway 101
west of the New Young s Bay
Bridge for DUII . His blood
alcohol content was 0.18
percent.
• At 3:45 a.m. Monday, a
17-year-old boy from Portland
was arrested by the Seaside
Police Department at the 30
block of North Holladay Drive
for DUII .
LOTTERIES
Saturday, April 15
HILL, Doris Alma — Memorial at 2 p.m., Cannon Beach
Community Church, 132 E. Washington St., in Cannon
Beach.
OBITUARY
POLICY
since parking is unavailable.
Road work is underway
to reopen the park. It could
reopen April 20 unless heavy
rain hits the area.
DEATH
MEMORIAL
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
Side pocket to keep
remote control handy
at all times
coastal rivers. However, some
Washington coho salmon
stocks are expected to have
low returns, and that triggers
restrictions on other salmon
fi sheries.
The North Coast of Ore-
gon and Washington will
have minimal seasons that are
a little better than last year,
according to Butch Smith,
who chairs an advisory panel
that helps the council set
salmon seasons.
Smith said the fi shing sea-
sons from Florence to San
Francisco are so grim they will
likely qualify for fi shing disas-
ter assistance. Managers were
only able to allow fi sheries
in that whole region to catch
about 800 Klamath River fi sh
to protect what is projected to
be smallest run ever of Klam-
ath River fall Chinook.
Ecola State Park closed for road repairs
Lakeview
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About 200 miles of the
West Coast will be closed to
ocean salmon fi shing this year
to protect a record-low run of
Klamath River Chinook.
Fishery managers with the
Pacifi c Fishery Management
Council voted Tuesday for a
total closure of ocean salmon
seasons from southern Oregon
to northern California.
Commercial troll fi shing
seasons will be closed from
Florence to Horse Mountain,
which is south of Eureka, Cal-
ifornia. Sport fi shing seasons
will be closed from Humbug
Mountain south of Port Orford
to Horse Mountain. The rest
of the coast will have limited
fi shing seasons.
The Daily Astorian
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“Toxin levels there and at
the other three beaches are
all well within state health
standards.”
Tests on Sunday found a
maximum level of domoic
toxin of 10 parts per million in
p eninsula clams, well below
the 20 ppm threshold at which
clamming is not safe.
Long Beach and Twin Har-
bors will both be open for
fi ve straight days of digging,
while Copalis and Mocrocks
will open on alternating days.
All four beaches will be open
on morning tides, with no dig-
ging allowed after noon.
Ontario
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REGIONAL CITIES
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
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Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
UNDER THE SKY
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Brookings
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May 10
John Day
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Medford
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Tonight's Sky: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes
the fi rst human to enter outer space when he is
launched into orbital fl ight in Vostok 1. (1961)
High
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Prineville
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Lebanon
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Eugene
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Sunset tonight ........................... 7:59 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 6:33 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 9:37 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 7:39 a.m.
New
Pendleton
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Portland
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SUN AND MOON
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ASTORIA
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Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.22"
Month to date ................................... 3.44"
Normal month to date ....................... 2.16"
Year to date .................................... 35.77"
Normal year to date ........................ 27.00"
Time
3:09 a.m.
4:02 p.m.
Clouds and sun, a couple
of showers; cool
SUNDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 57°/35°
Normal high/low ........................... 56°/41°
Record high ............................ 80° in 1904
Record low ............................. 31° in 1991
Apr 19
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Rather cloudy and breezy
with showers
Cloudy with a little rain
Last
SATURDAY
Dan Ayres, a state coastal
shellfi sh manager, noted that
the upcoming dig marks the
fi rst time Long Beach and
Ocean Park beaches will open
for clam digging this sea-
son, which began in Octo-
ber. Marine toxin levels at
the beach had exceeded state
health standards since last
fall, but not anymore, Ayres
said.
“We know that people
have been waiting to dig razor
clams at Long Beach for a
long time, and we’re pleased
we can fi nally add that beach
to the line up,” Ayres said.
Fishery managers close portion
of Oregon Coast to salmon fi shing
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
THURSDAY
Constance Waisanen, Knappa
Clam dig cleared for
Long Beach Peninsula
Wayne Ledford
TONIGHT
“Quilting. I’m a fi ber artist.
I like nothing better than
sitting in front of my sewing
machine and having it purr. It
puts me in my happy place.”
“A rainy day activity
would be riding in the
woods on my ATV.
My daughter would
say mud wrestling.”
Wickiup Water District Board,
6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Mar-
ket Road, Svensen.
THURSDAY
Seaside Convention Center
Commission, 5 p.m., Conven-
tion Center, 415 First Ave.
Advance Astoria Community
Forum, 6:30 p.m., Hampton Inn,
201 39th St.
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