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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017
Question: What is your favorite ‘Goonies’ memory?
“When Chunk and
Sloth were in the
basement scared of
each other and then
eventually becoming
friends. That was
cute.”
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Astoria was re designated
a U.S. Coast Guard c ity in a
service held Monday at the
17th Street Dock.
“I would say the Coast
Guard’s relationship with
the city of Astoria is grow-
ing, it’s robust and we’re
very appreciative of every-
thing,” said Capt. Bill Tim-
mons, commander of Coast
Guard Sector Columbia
River to the Astoria City
Council .
Timmons and Mayor
Arline LaMear attended
the service as well as Com-
mander Patrick Culver,
commanding offi cer of
Coast Guard c utter Alert, Lt.
Cmdr. Thomas Condit, com-
manding offi cer of Coast
Guard Station Cape Disap-
pointment and Chief Petty
Offi cer Darren Culvier of
the Coast Guard c utter Fir.
The designation of Astoria
as a Coast Guard c ity was not
for life. The city must reapply
every fi ve years, to “ensure
the designation remains accu-
rate and meaningful,” accord-
ing to information from the
Coast Guard.
LaMear said she didn’t
realize the city would have
to reapply.
“They
would
have
dragged me kicking and
screaming through the
streets if we hadn’t been
(recertifi ed ) because it’s
such an important collab-
oration between the city
of Astoria and the Coast
Guard,” she said. “We look
forward to a long future
with you.”
Astoria is home to more
than 1,000 members of
the Coast Guard and is the
home port for three cutters
as well as a 225-foot sea-go-
ing buoy tender and the Aids
to Navigation Team. Across
the river there is Station
Cape Disappointment and
the National Motor Life-
boat School. Two new 154-
foot fast response cutters
will also call Astoria home
by 2021, providing a fi nan-
cial boost to the city and
further cementing the Coast
Guard’s presence here.
Timmons spoke of his
own warm welcome to the
community and how his
kids are “products of the
school system here.”
“We have people buying
property in town and every
sector commander for the
last three times, when they
retired, they stayed here,” he
said. “So there’s something
special about this place.”
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
55
ALMANAC
Cloudy with a shower
Last
New
June 17
Salem
57/66
Newport
54/59
Coos Bay
55/61
First
June 23
Prineville
58/67
Lebanon
57/65
La Grande
59/70
Baker
51/69
Ontario
61/78
Burns
49/64
Roseburg
58/67
Brookings
51/58
June 30
John Day
59/65
Bend
55/64
Medford
58/71
Klamath Falls
51/64
Lakeview
52/64
Ashland
57/67
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
UNDER THE SKY
REGIONAL CITIES
Tonight's Sky: After sunset, the bright star low in
the northwest is Capella of Auriga.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
7:53 a.m.
7:37 p.m.
Low
-0.5 ft.
2.6 ft.
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Hi
90
85
60
75
61
78
84
78
62
65
Today
Lo
51
55
53
55
55
51
58
57
54
56
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Hi
69
64
57
64
58
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71
64
59
61
Thu.
Lo
43
39
49
47
51
40
51
47
48
50
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City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
79
89
80
80
77
64
90
77
79
93
Today
Lo
55
61
59
58
57
55
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56
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63
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi Lo
80 63
66 54
76 54
79 54
85 60
73 54
93 69
77 59
87 74
71 52
81 57
104 77
71 59
83 60
86 77
80 56
86 69
69 56
83 59
69 54
82 58
98 71
68 57
79 57
71 57
Pendleton
61/69
The Dalles
63/71
Portland
59/66
Eugene
55/64
Sunset tonight ........................... 9:04 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 5:25 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 7:19 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 4:44 a.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
Mostly cloudy with a
couple of showers
Tillamook
56/59
SUN AND MOON
High
8.8 ft.
7.3 ft.
Rain tapering to a couple
of showers
58
49
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
55/60
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 0.18"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.61"
Year to date .................................... 47.31"
Normal year to date ........................ 33.97"
Time
12:55 a.m.
2:12 p.m.
SUNDAY
59
50
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 68°/46°
Normal high/low ........................... 63°/49°
Record high ............................ 90° in 1912
Record low ............................. 39° in 1933
June 9
60
48
Rather cloudy with rain
tapering off
Occasional rain
Full
SATURDAY
60
48
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Hi Lo
78 63
71 54
82 61
86 56
86 63
76 57
94 72
83 63
88 74
76 56
82 61
102 75
74 59
80 60
89 78
77 57
85 68
72 55
85 64
72 55
82 63
96 67
69 55
63 50
75 59
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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Police search for car theft suspect
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
Police searched Coxcomb
Hill on Tuesday for a possible
car thief, temporarily blocking
access to an area that includes
Astoria Middle School.
A Clatsop County Sheriff’s
Offi ce deputy spotted a 1993
Subaru Impreza on 12th Street
near Duane Street shortly after
11 a.m. The car was reported
stolen from Yakima, Washing-
ton, on Sunday.
When the deputy attempted
to stop the vehicle, a scraggly
looking man with a long, white
beard quickly drove off. The
deputy decided not to chase
the vehicle since it was near
a populated section of down-
town, Astoria Police Deputy
Chief Eric Halverson said.
Police located the vehi-
cle abandoned on the cor-
ner of 11th Street and James
Street minutes later. Witnesses
reported seeing the suspect fl ee
near the middle school, lead-
ing to a brief lockout.
After searching on foot
for a little more than an hour,
police located someone who
they believed to be the suspect,
but he was later cleared of any
wrongdoing.
No arrests have been made
in connection to the incident.
Protesters line Capitol to jeer
lawmakers’ education plans
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Legislators on
the Joint Committee on Ways
and Means had to walk through
crowds of jeering protesters
Tuesday to vote on a state edu-
cation budget.
The Ways and Means Com-
mittee voted to approve the
$8.2 billion, two-year budget,
but e ducators say it won’t be
enough money.
Several hundred demonstra-
tors gathered at the Capitol to
challenge legislators to set aside
more money . Before the meet-
ing, they formed a human tun-
nel leading into the commit-
tee’s hearing room and chanted,
“$8.2 just won’t do.”
“Members of the Senate
came down here before mem-
bers of the House, and they
walked through the entire
confl ict, not just the short
ga ntlet … to get here,” said
state Sen. Richard Devlin,
D-Tualatin, co-chairman of
the Ways and Means Com-
mittee. “I respect the peo-
ple’s right to actually protest
what action we’re taking, but
I was disheartened by this,
because I don’t think the peo-
ple out there understood all
of the diffi cult decisions each
of you who serves on one of
our subcommittees has made
… to get to $8.2.”
Paris Achen/Pamplin Media Group
Demonstrators form a tunnel to the Joint Ways and Means
Committee meeting Tuesday to protest an $8.2 billion,
two-year education budget.
Three weeks
thrive and succeed,” Gomberg
said.
Even though the amount is
more than 11 percent greater
than the existing education bud-
get, some school offi cials say
increases in expenses mean
they will have make reductions
in spending, including potential
cuts in staff, services or hours.
“The budget … does not
really address the cost drivers,
so it’s not going to help us to get
more teachers and reduce class
sizes,” Rep. Gene Whisnant,
R-Sunriver, said, referring to
increasing costs in pension and
health insurance .
Whisnant and two other
Republicans, House Minority
Leader Mike McLane of Powell
Butte and John Huffman of The
Dalles, voted against the educa-
tion budget.
Oregon students attend
class an average of three weeks
per year less than other public
school students in the nation,
said Rep. David Gomberg, a
Democrat who represents the
central coast.
“After 12 years, our kids are
suffering a year less time in the
classroom than average kids.
Certainly, that affects their abil-
ity to go out in the world and
Several demonstrators burst
into the meeting carrying a ban-
ner that said, “No Toxic Budget!
People Over Profi t.” The mes-
sage was identifi ed on the ban-
ner as coming from the Demo-
cratic Socialists of America.
Sen. Rod Monroe, D-Port-
land, later chastised the
demonstrators.
‘Budget is sound’
“This budget is sound. It is
over $150 million more than
current service level. More than
current service level,” Monroe
repeated with emphasis. “It is
certainly hundreds of millions
of dollars more than the gover-
nor recommended.”
“We ought to be applauded,
not jeered,” he added.
After the vote, protesters
marched through the main
fl oor of the Capitol chant-
ing slogans such as “Ore-
gon can’t wait.” Their voices
boomed against the interior of
the Capitol dome and could be
heard in the state building’s
basement.
“I am going to add my voice
to those who are expressing the
point that this isn’t enough. This
is the best we can do as of this
week, as of this day,” said Rep.
Nancy Nathanson, co-chair-
woman of the Ways and Means
Committee.
“I remain committed to look-
ing for additional resources. It’s
not over ’til it’s over.”
Less than fi ve weeks remain
of the legislative session.
The Capital Bureau is a col-
laboration between EO Media
Group and Pamplin Media
Group.
MEMORIALS
Saturday, June 10
KNOP, Michael William — Celebration of life party at 2 p.m. at Cheri’s Café, 239 N. Hemlock
St., in Cannon Beach. Those attending are requested to wear casual, colorful clothes.
Sunday, June 11
MORFORD, Lois Margaret — Memorial at 1 p.m., Shively Hall in Shively Park, 1530 Shively
Park Road.
CORRECTION
Incorrect councilor —
Astoria City Councilor Tom
Brownson suggested a sun-
set clause to a proposed $3
fee on residential water cus-
tomers to help pay for parks,
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sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
Side pocket to keep
remote control handy
at all times
Alan Carmichael,
Astoria
Talisha Hall, Astoria
Miouo Nance, Arizona
Astoria celebrates
Coast Guard city status
By KATIE
FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
“At the end when
the ship sails out.”
“When Chunk
gets locked in the
freezer.”
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LOTTERIES
according to City Coun-
cilor Cindy Price. A 1A
story Tuesday incorrectly
said City Councilor Bruce
Jones made the suggestion
to Price.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Port of Astoria Budget Com-
mittee, noon, Port offi ces, 10
Pier 1 Suite 209.
Seaside Improvement Com-
mission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Gearhart City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way.
THURSDAY
Seaside Convention Cen-
ter Commission, 5 p.m.,
Convention Center, 415 First
Ave.
Clatsop Diking Improvement
Company No. 9, 6 p.m., Lewis &
Clark Fire Station, 34571 High-
way 101 Business.
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