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Newspaper Page Text2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017 Former teacher, councilor instrumental in Seaside ‘I’m not sure there’s anybody that cared more about Seaside than Larry did.’ Haller dies at 83 By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — A guiding force for civic involvement and community spirit, Larry Lee Haller, 83, died Sunday. Haller, a city councilor for more than 20 years, touched lives as a member of the Sea- side Kids, Jaycees, Rotary, Miss Oregon Pageant, Masonic Lodge, Providence Seaside Hospital board, Seaside Civic and Convention Center board and the Seaside Chamber of Commerce. “He was a fun-loving, won- derful man to be around,” City Manager Mark Winstanley said . “Every time he was asked to step up to the plate and do something, he just gave it his all. I’m not sure there’s any- body that cared more about Seaside than Larry did.” “Larry was, to me, he was Mr. Seaside just because of his enthusiasm for life and his love of this community, and his willingness to always step up to the plate and to help, whatever he was asked of,” City Coun- cilor Dana Phillips, a longtime friend, said . “If he was given a job he gave it 110 percent.” Phillips, retired execu- tive director of the Miss Ore- gon p ageant, said Haller was “instrumental in keeping the Miss Oregon p ageant going in the community.” Mark Winstanley Seaside city manager Larry Haller He worked on the pageant for more than 40 years, she said, serving as judge’s chair- man on the executive board judges’ panel. “When Larry was solicit- ing ads for the pageant’s jour- nal, no one dared say ‘no’ out of respect for the man — and they knew he would come back until they did,” Phillips recalled. Teacher, mentor Haller was born in Sweet Home to Alma and Joseph Haller. He graduated from Mil- waukie High School. He received a bachelor of science degree from Oregon State Uni- versity and a master’s degree in administration from the University of Oregon. He married Joyce Cum- berland in 1956. In 1960, he moved with his family to Seaside, where he taught and coached at Seaside High School until he retired in 1989. “He moved here in 1960 and he hit the ﬂ oor running with being involved in the com- munity,” his daughter Kristi Haller-Shaffer said. “There’s a lot of years in with Miss Ore- gon, Seaside Kids, City Coun- cil, Jaycees and all that.” Winstanley was one of Haller’s students at Seaside High School. “I’ve known Larry for darn near 50 years, because he had me as a fresh- man in high school,” Winstan- ley said. “He was a very good teacher. He cared very much about his students.” Stubby Lyons, a former Seaside High School teacher and coach and later a mem- ber of the City Council, called Haller “one of the bright- est men I’ve ever known. He always had the right thing to FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 60 47 50 ALMANAC Mostly sunny, nice and warm Pleasant with a blend of sun and clouds First Full June 1 Salem 46/66 Newport 46/60 Coos Bay 49/63 Last June 9 June 17 Baker 42/65 Ontario 58/76 Bend 43/68 Burns 44/70 Klamath Falls 47/76 Lakeview 47/76 Ashland 53/76 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 7:10 a.m. 7:02 p.m. Low -0.8 ft. 1.5 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 86 88 69 84 60 88 96 82 60 63 Today Lo 42 43 52 45 50 47 55 45 46 50 W s s s s pc s s s s s Hi 65 68 69 67 58 76 80 64 60 62 Wed. Lo 36 35 48 43 49 35 46 47 45 48 W pc pc pc pc c pc pc c c pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 76 89 82 89 84 61 82 85 81 95 Today Lo 44 47 49 52 46 50 47 46 48 49 W s s s s s pc s s s s Hi 63 67 64 74 66 58 63 68 62 73 Wed. Lo 43 46 50 48 47 49 46 43 48 47 W c pc c pc pc c pc pc c pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES W t pc t pc sh c s sh pc c pc s pc c s pc t c t c t s s s r Wed. Hi Lo 74 56 67 54 61 51 79 51 66 48 72 58 95 70 61 37 85 69 64 53 64 46 101 75 75 57 68 53 92 77 69 54 78 60 74 59 71 50 77 58 68 55 84 53 68 55 64 50 73 61 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W t pc sh s pc r s c sh r pc s pc c t sh pc pc s pc sh s pc c pc Astoria landlady Nov. 22, 1935 — March 9, 2017 Lois was born in Oakland, California, on She loved traveling, gardening and children. Nov. 22, 1935, and passed on March 9, 2017, She was an elder of the Oregon Country Fair, attending and working for the event for 37 years. at age 81. After graduating from high school in 1953 She was an original member of the OCF Wrist- band Crew. at age 17, she moved to Ellensburg, Washington, to attend college. Within Lois is survived by her partner of the year she was married, and had four 37 years, Wm. Paxton Hoag of Asto- children before graduating from Cen- ria, Oregon; her four children, Kevin tral Washington State College 10 years Morford of Chug ach, Alaska, Shairn later, in 1963. The following year she Villa of Vancouver, Washington, and completed an interdisciplinary psy- Margo O’Connell and Kirk Morford, chology/sociology master’s degree at both of Portland, Oregon; her eight the University of Oregon. grandchildren, Corinna and Julian She taught second grade in Oak Michels, Conor and Mickey O’Con- Harbor, Washington, for three years, nell and Alicia, James, Mateo and Lois Morford then moved to Astoria in 1967, teach- Elena Villa; and by one of her twin ing psychology and child develop- brothers, Douglas Taynton, and his wife, Leah Taynton. Her other brother, ment at Clatsop Community College until 1977. After a year of travel, she was a men- Donald Taynton, preceded her in death by two tal health consultant to Head Start for 10 years. years, and is survived by his wife, Mary Taynton. A memorial event will be held at Shively Hall Her proudest accomplishments were rais- ing her four children by herself, after her hus- in Astoria Sunday, June 11, at 1 p.m. Memorial donations can be made to Schol- band skipped out in 1970, her volunteer work in clinics and refugee camps in Central America arships, Culture Jam, Oregon Country Fair, 442 during the violence of the 1970s and 1980s, and Lawrence St., Eugene, OR 97401. Lois spon- in providing comfortable, affordable housing to sored four of her grandchildren to attend Cul- many beginning Astorians by renting rooms in ture Jam, a summer youth camp by the Oregon Country Fair. her house for over 40 years. May 23, 2017 WIESE, Mary Rose, 93, of Gearhart, died in Seaside. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mor- tuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. May 22, 2017 CHAVIS, Georgia C., 66, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mor- tuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. KIBBEE, Teresa E., 63, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Cald- well’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. May 21, 2017 DUDLEY, Nadine Eliz- abeth, 95, of Seaside, died in Seaside. Hughes-Ran- som Mortuary & Crematory in Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. AZEVEDO, Frank E., 77, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary & Crematory in Astoria is in APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 O VER Mattresses, Furniture 3 A 0 RS & More! HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 • SATURDAY 9-5 • SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell charge of the arrangements. May 17, 2017 BROWN, Shirley Put- tkamer, 97, of Gearhart, died in Gearhart. Hughes-Ran- som Mortuary & Crematory in Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. May 13, 2017 KNOP, Michael William, 59, of Cannon Beach, died in Bend. Hughes-Ransom Mortu- ary & Crematory in Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. LOTTERIES DINTLEMAN, Taylor, and LARCOM, Lyric, of Seaside, a boy, Wolfric Ray Larcom, born at Providence Seaside Hospi- tal. Grandparents are Pamela Cleveland of Medford, Jeff Dintleman of Seaside, and Lisa Larcom and Darrick McCost- lin, both of Kelso, Washington. PUBLIC MEETINGS PACKAGE DEALS TSOP C LA U Y C O NT Lois Margaret Morford May 16, 2017 SEARS, Dana, and WEYL, Harley, of Ocean Park, Wash- ington, a girl, Alaina Eliz- abeth-Mae Weyl, born at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Grandparents are Jeannie and David Weyl and Daniel Sears. APPLIANCE YE “Larry’s the reason why I’m on the council,” Phillips said. “After the brain tumor, he knew it was time to step aside. He called me, and said, ‘Dana would you consider thinking about running?’” In 2010, Haller had this advice for would-be council- ors: “You are here to help the public,” he said. “Don’t come with a speciﬁ c agenda. Be a team player and be prepared to work closely with the city manager and the C ity C oun- cil. That’s what I think is most important.” Haller is survived by his wife, Joyce; daughter, Kristi; son-in-law, Todd Shaffer; son, Scott; daughter-in-law, Cheryl Harrison; a brother, Bill; and several nieces and nephews. “My brother and I were raised to give back to the community in which we live, and he lived that,” Haller-Shaffer said. A celebration of life is planned for later this year. OBITUARIES BIRTHS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. IN Council legacy Haller was instrumental in the formation of the city’s ﬁ rst Trail’s End and Greater Seaside urban renewal dis- tricts, which brought improve- ments to the Broadway area from Holladay to the Prom. “I thought meetings were a magic place where dad- dys went when I was a little kid,” Haller-Shaffer said. “It really gave me a big sense of community.” “We got a lot of bridges done,” Lyons said. “We got a lot of service done in the infra- structure around town. We started this business of get- ting it done — and I’m really happy about that.” At his retirement in June 2010, Mayor Don Larson said Haller was instrumental in developing the Seaside Civic and Convention Center. Without the convention center, we would be a small, hardly used community,” Lar- son said in 2010. “Larry was a prime mover behind that.” “He was a doer and a get ’er doner,” Johnson said Mon- day. “He was part of the ‘secret seven’ of the instigation of the convention center — he, my dad, and a handful of other cit- izens formed a committee and ﬁ gured out we needed a con- vention center. Didn’t seem to hurt us any I don’t think.” When Johnson joined the City Council, Haller served as Johnson’s mentor and teacher on the council. Haller played a similar role for Phillips. DEATHS Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hi 74 70 66 62 63 74 89 57 85 74 63 98 81 79 91 79 82 74 68 73 74 80 71 77 70 John Day 46/66 La Grande 46/64 Roseburg 52/74 Brookings 52/73 Tonight's Sky: Vega, Altair and Deneb of the Sum- mer Triangle will emerge from the eastern horizon after 10:30 p.m. Today Lo 64 57 52 40 51 55 60 37 70 57 47 76 59 57 79 60 66 59 47 56 53 59 52 48 58 Prineville 44/69 Lebanon 45/68 Medford 55/80 UNDER THE SKY High 9.4 ft. 7.8 ft. Pendleton 47/67 The Dalles 53/69 Portland 49/64 Eugene 45/67 Sunset tonight ........................... 8:51 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:33 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 4:37 a.m. Moonset today ........................... 6:17 p.m. 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 69 51 Tillamook 46/58 SUN AND MOON Time 12:20 a.m. 1:22 p.m. 72 52 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 50/60 Precipitation Monday ............................................ Trace Month to date ................................... 5.78" Normal month to date ....................... 2.42" Year to date .................................... 47.02" Normal year to date ........................ 32.46" May 25 Partly sunny SATURDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 84°/49° Normal high/low ........................... 61°/47° Record high ............................ 88° in 1941 Record low ............................. 37° in 1960 New 65 49 Mostly cloudy and breezy with a shower Mainly cloudy and windy FRIDAY say and the right thing to do.” “I knew Larry clear back when I was in high school,” former City Councilor Don Johnson said. “He was the teacher, I was the student.” Winstanley said Haller served as councilor during two separate periods, from 1981- 92 and from 2001-10. TUESDAY Clatsop Care Health District Board, noon, meeting and annual preliminary budget pre- sentation, Clatsop Retirement Village, 947 Olney Ave. Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Astoria Library Flag Room, 450 10th St. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Seaside Airport Advisory Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Astoria Planning Commis- sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. WEDNESDAY Astoria Parks Board, 6:45 a.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Port of Astoria Budget Com- mittee, noon, 10 Pier 1 Suite 209. Cannon Beach Budget Com- mittee, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St. The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. 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