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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MAY 29, 2017
One killed, several injured
in Highway 101 crash
The Daily Astorian
U.S. Coast Guard
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria hoisted a
man after his vessel capsized in the Lewis and Clark River Friday.
Coast Guard rescues
capsized boater
Grant awarded for student
habitat enhancement project
The Daily Astorian
The U.S. Coast Guard res-
cued a boater who capsized
near the Lewis and Clark
B ridge near Warrenton Friday.
Sector Columbia River
watch standers at Air Sta-
tion Astoria answered a call
from local 911 dispatchers of
an overturned vessel near the
bridge with a man clinging to
the side.
The watchstanders vec-
tored in a nearby Colum-
bia River Bar Pilot helicopter
crew, who stayed on scene with
the man until the Coast Guard
arrived. An MH-60 Jayhawk
helicopter from the air station
and a 29-foot small response
boat from Station Cape Dis-
appointment launched to
respond.
The Coast Guard helicop-
ter crew safely hoisted the man
U.S. Coast Guard
A boat capsized in the Lewis and Clark River Friday and
has since been reported sunk.
and transported him to the air
station, where he was released .
“In this case, the man in
the water was not wearing a
life jacket,” Petty Offi cer 1st
Class John Bennett, an opera-
4 and State Route 401 in
Naselle. The caller said he
had noticed a man was still in
the same spot where he was
seen the day before.
Sheriff Scott Johnson
found the man’s body in the
tall grass near the business.
Offi cers from Long Beach
Police and Washington State
Patrol assisted with a death
EO Media Group
NASELLE, Wash. —
While investigating a report
of a “suspicious person”
Thursday, police discovered
a body.
At about 8 p.m., the Pacifi c
County Sheriff’s Offi ce was
called to a business near the
intersection of State Route
tions specialist with the sector,
said in a statement. “Thank-
fully, nearby assets were able
to quickly respond before this
man could fi nd himself in any
more trouble.”
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
investigation, which closed
the surrounding area for sev-
eral hours.
The investigation is ongo-
ing, but police do not suspect
any type of foul play, accord-
ing to a statement posted on
the Sheriff’s Offi ce’s Face-
book page. The name of
the dead man has not been
released yet.
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Overcast with a passing
shower
Variable clouds with
showers, mainly later
THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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Mostly cloudy with a
shower in places
Mostly cloudy
The Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board has
awarded $31,515 to the
Lower Columbia Estuary
Partnership for the North
Coast Outreach Project.
The award was one of 89
grants totaling more than
$9.3 million provided to
local organizations state-
wide to support fi sh and
wildlife habitat and water
quality projects.
The North Coast Out-
reach Project provides
fourth- to sixth-grade stu-
dents and teachers along the
Mostly cloudy, showers
around in the p.m.
Clatsop Community Col-
lege has received a new
$305,486 grant lasting fi ve
years from the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education to con-
tinue funding the Upward
Bound Program.
Upward Bound is one of
three federally-funded TRiO
outreach and student ser-
vices programs at the col-
lege. The program helps 73
high school students in Asto-
ria, Warrenton and Seaside
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
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Precipitation
Sunday ............................................. 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 5.79"
Normal month to date ....................... 3.02"
Year to date .................................... 47.03"
Normal year to date ........................ 33.06"
Salem
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Newport
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First
June 1
Full
Last
June 9
Coos Bay
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New
June 17
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
12:09 p.m.
none
Low
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City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Denver
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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
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Ontario
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Burns
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Klamath Falls
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Lakeview
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Ashland
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PUBLIC MEETINGS
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sn-snow, i-ice.
tee, noon, 10 Pier 1 Suite 209.
Astoria City Council, 6 p.m.,
library work session, City Hall,
1095 Duane St.
OREGON
Sunday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 9-2-5-4
4 p.m.: 3-9-2-6
7 p.m.: 3-9-7-6
10 p.m.: 6-8-6-5
Saturday’s Megabucks: 06-16-
18-23-31-34
Estimated jackpot: $6.4 million
Saturday’s Powerball: 05-10-
28-55-67, Powerball: 9, Power
Play: 3
Estimated jackpot: $275 million
Saturday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 0-6-9-2
4 p.m.: 8-6-2-8
7 p.m.: 4-8-1-7
10 p.m.: 4-5-9-5
Friday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 4-7-1-7
4 p.m.: 6-3-3-9
7 p.m.: 1-0-7-2
10 p.m.: 3-0-0-9
Friday’s Mega Millions:
25-26-28-37-56, Mega Ball: 5,
Megaplier: 3
Estimated jackpot: $58 million
Saturday’s Daily Game: 0-0-4
Saturday’s Hit 5: 04-14-28-
31-32
Estimated jackpot: $170,000
Saturday’s Keno: 08-09-10-11-
20-24-26-31-37-44-50-51-53-
55-57-64-66-68-70-71
Saturday’s Lotto: 04-08-20-25-
45-47
Estimated jackpot: $7.3 million
Saturday’s Match 4: 03-13-
17-19
Friday Daily Game: 2-5-8
Friday’s Keno: 02-04-12-15-
18-22-29-30-33-34-40-42-44-
57-63-64-66-71-73-77
Friday’s Match 4: 02-11-14-16
WASHINGTON
Sunday’s Daily Game: 9-9-2
Sunday’s Keno: 10-13-17-19-
21-27-28-31-32-33-37-46-47-
50-59-60-65-68-73-78
Sunday’s Match 4: 05-06-15-18
REGIONAL CITIES
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
Tonight's Sky: After sunset, the thin waxing cres-
cent moon will pass the Beehive cluster (M44) as it
moves up to pass Regulus, in Leo.
High
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La Grande
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Roseburg
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Brookings
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June 23
John Day
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Bend
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Medford
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UNDER THE SKY
Time
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6:45 p.m.
Prineville
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Lebanon
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Eugene
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SUN AND MOON
Sunset tonight ........................... 8:57 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 5:29 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 9:50 a.m.
Moonset today .......................... 12:02 a.m.
Pendleton
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The Dalles
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Portland
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The other TRiO programs
are Talent Search, which also
works with high school stu-
dents, and Student Support
Services, which works with
college students.
The programs work with
low-income and fi rst-gener-
ation college students, focus-
ing on academic achieve-
ment, college and career
preparation, fi nancial aid,
student advocacy, com-
munity and cultural expo-
sure, tutoring services and
skill-building.
LOTTERIES
REGIONAL WEATHER
Tillamook
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to fi nish high school and go
on to college. Upward Bound
also matches students with an
adult advocate who serves as
their adviser.
The college has had an
Upward Bound program
since 1992.
Over the last four years,
100 percent of Upward
Bound students have grad-
uated high school, while 83
percent started college the
fall after high school gradu-
ation, above the national rate
of 68 percent.
The Daily Astorian
TUESDAY
Port of Astoria Budget Commit-
ALMANAC
shed up close,” Peter Grauff,
a teacher at Lewis and Clark
Elementary School, said
in a release. “Students also
improve the watershed and
our community by removing
invasive Scotch broom. At
the end of the fi eld trip, stu-
dents leave with a sense of
accomplishment, along with
a greater connection to the
land and the watershed.”
Funding for grants comes
from the Oregon Lottery,
salmon-themed license plate
revenues and f ederal Pacifi c
Coast s almon r ecovery funds
from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
College gets Upward Bound grant
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 58°/51°
Normal high/low ........................... 62°/48°
Record high ............................ 81° in 1922
Record low ............................. 38° in 1973
Columbia River from Asto-
ria to Scappoose the oppor-
tunity to plant native trees,
remove invasive plants to
enhance habitat, paddle
the estuary in canoes and
explore and learn about their
watershed outdoors. The
project will take place over
the 2017-18 school year.
“The Estuary Partner-
ship’s classroom lessons on
stream health, habitats and
the importance of native
plants properly prepares stu-
dents for fi eld trip activities
at Fort Stevens State Park,
where they have the unique
opportunity to study a water-
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Dead man found near Naselle intersection
TONIGHT
WARRENTON — A collision between a
car and a box truck on U.S. Highway 101 in
Warrenton early Sunday left one person dead
and several injured.
According to the Oregon State Police, a
2007 Ford Focus driven by 18-year-old Ron-
ald Cable of Elma, Washington, was traveling
northbound on U.S. Highway 101 near mile-
post 7.5 when it crossed over the center line
into the path of a 2017 Freightliner truck oper-
ated by 45-year-old Freddy Pina-Lopez.
Cable was taken to Columbia Memorial
Oregon State Police
Hospital with serious injuries. Back-seat pas-
senger Devon Brearty, 19, from Elma, was According to the Oregon State Police,
taken to Columbia Memorial and later Oregon a passenger car hit a box truck on U.S.
Health and Science University with serious Highway 101 Sunday morning.
injuries. Fellow back-seat passenger Eliana
Brearty, 16, from Elma, was taken to Colum- release the names of deceased minors. Fatigue
and marijuana use are being considered as con-
bia Memorial with minor injuries.
A 15 year old front-seat passenger, also from tributing factors in the crash.
Pina-Lopez was taken to Columbia Memo-
Elma, died as a result of injuries sustained in the
crash. Sgt. Jeff Proulx said state police do not rial with minor injuries.
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