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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2017
College robotics team competed
in international technology event
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Oil tanker runs aground
on the Columbia River
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Clatsop Community Col-
lege’s underwater robotics
team, Lazarus Industries,
placed 21st out of 25 teams
in the top-tier Explorer class
of the Marine Advanced
Technology
Education’s
international competition in
Long Beach, California, last
weekend.
More than 600 teams
applied to be in the compe-
tition. Two came from Ore-
gon, including the college
and Portland’s Jesuit High
School, which placed sev-
enth in the Explorer class.
The Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology
placed fi rst.
The college’s team con-
sisted of CEO Haley Werst,
Chief of Business Opera-
tions Jennifer Jordan, Head
of Research and Develop-
ment Georges Oates Larsen,
Chief of Manufacturing Sam
Daire and Sean Sullivan.
Advising the team is college
physics instructor Pat Keefe.
The team collectively
spent more than 7,200 hours
designing and building their
competition robot, Lazarus.
Submitted Photo
Clatsop Community College’s underwater robotics team,
Lazarus Industries, included (from left) Head of Research
and Development Georges Oates Larsen, Sean Sullivan,
CEO Haley Werst, Chief of Manufacturing Sam Daire and
Chief of Business Operations Jennifer Jordan. Advising
the team is college physics instructor Pat Keefe.
Larsen, who has been with
the team for several years,
won the MVP award for
product presentation.
Larsen and Jordan are
now teaching youth sum-
mer camp courses at the col-
lege on robotics and video
game design. Lazarus Indus-
tries will participate in the
Astoria Regatta parade in
August, showcasing Lazarus
and promoting involve-
ment in science, technology,
engineering and mathemat-
ics. Some of the team mem-
bers are working on creating
an educational video series
outlining
waterproofi ng
methods they have devel-
oped, how the subsystems
of Lazarus work and how
they communicate with each
other, and how to build an
advanced robot on a shoe-
string budget.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
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Burns
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Roseburg
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Brookings
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July 30
John Day
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Bend
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Medford
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Klamath Falls
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By MARTHA BELLISLE
Associated Press
SEATTLE — An engineer
was driving an Amtrak passen-
ger train too fast in Washing-
ton state on Sunday and caused
it to derail as it headed north,
offi cials said Thursday.
Amtrak spokeswoman Ver-
nae Graham said an investiga-
tion found that the train failed
to slow down to the 40 mph
speed limit while approach-
ing the Chambers Bay draw-
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
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Butler Hansen National Wild-
life Refuge in between Cath-
lamet and Skamokawa in
March 2016.
Petty Offi cer 1st Class Levi
Read said there have been at
least fi ve groundings in the
past 16 months in the area of
Skamokawa, where the ship-
ping channel is narrow and the
river bends. “It’s obviously a
dangerous part of the river ,”
he said.
Read said the Argent Cos-
mos was sent to Longview,
Washington, for repairs and
further inspection.
bridge, about 45 miles south of
Seattle.
The excessive speed acti-
vated a special “derail switch”
that’s designed to avoid a
catastrophe if the drawbridge
is open as a train approaches,
she said.
That sent the locomotive
and baggage car and four pas-
senger cars off the track, she
said. Eight passenger cars and
the rear locomotive remained
upright on the tracks.
Some of the 267 passen-
gers suffered only minor inju-
ries in the derailment in the
town of Steilacoom. Some of
the injured passengers were
treated at a local hospital and
released.
After investigators deter-
mined the derailment was
caused by human error, the
train’s engineer was sus-
pended, Graham said.
“The safety of our passen-
gers and employees remains
our number one priority,” she
said.
OBITUARIES
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
the safety of the environment
and the ship’s crew.
Two tugs are on scene to
assist the vessel as the water
rises with the incoming tide.
The
Columbia
near
Skamokawa has been the
site of several recent ground-
ings. The Nenita, a Marshall
Islands-fl agged bulk carrier
loaded with grain, lost pro-
pulsion and ran aground in
November. The Rosco Palm,
a 751-foot Hong Kong-fl agged
cargo ship, ran aground twice
in August. The bulk carrier
Sparna grounded near the Julie
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The tanker Argent Cosmos ran aground in the Columbia
River near Skamokawa, Wash.
High speed caused Amtrak
derailment in Washington state
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Tonight's Sky: The waxing gibbous moon will be to
the upper right of Saturn.
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Sunset tonight ........................... 9:09 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday ........................ 5:33 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 7:56 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 4:35 a.m.
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ASTORIA
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Precipitation
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Month to date ................................... Trace
Normal month to date ....................... 0.27"
Year to date .................................... 49.57"
Normal year to date ........................ 36.18"
July 8
TUESDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Thursday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 66°/54°
Normal high/low ........................... 67°/52°
Record high ............................ 91° in 1908
Record low ............................. 42° in 1932
Full
MONDAY
SKAMOKAWA,
Wash.
— An oil tanker ran aground
near Skamokawa on Thursday
morning.
The Argent Cosmos lost
the use of a fuel pump and
ran aground around 6:30 a.m.
before notifying the U.S.
Coast Guard. The Panama-
nian-fl agged tanker is carry-
ing 1.63 million gallons of
ethanol, 6.65 million gallons
of glycol, 458,074 gallons of
high-sulfur oil and 99,064 gal-
lons of low-sulfur oil. Accord-
ing to vessel-tracking service
Marine Traffi c, the vessel was
outbound after stopping at Port
Westward, a Clatskanie-area
terminal that includes ethanol
exports.
An air crew aboard an
MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter
from Air Station Astoria fl ew
over at 9 a.m. and reported no
signs of pollution. There are
also no reports of fl ooding on
the vessel or injuries to crew
members.
The Coast Guard sent an
inspection team to assess the
vessel. Capt. Bill Timmons,
commander of the Coast
Guard’s Sector Columbia
River, has placed a no-move-
ment order on the vessel until
Coast Guard inspectors ensure
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Kelly Marie Mahnke Gottesman
Astoria
May 29, 1962 — July 3, 2017
Kelly Marie Mahnke Gottesman
years, Steve Gottesman; her mother,
was born May 29, 1962, in Seattle,
Barbara Westman Mahnke; brother
Washington. She died July 3, 2017,
Mike Mahnke and his wife, Mag-
at home in Astoria.
gie, and their son, Carl, and Mag-
The family moved to Astoria in
gie’s daughters, Angie and Nicki;
1968 where Kelly spent the rest of
brother Tim Mahnke of Virginia and
her life. Her father, Carl “Butch”
his daughter, Kristina Crabtree, and
Mahnke, preceded her in death.
his son Dylan Mahnke ; and Barba-
ra’s sister, Cheryl Westman Oja, and
She graduated from Astoria High
her husband, George Oja, and cous-
School and Clatsop Community
College and worked as a nurse for Kelly Marie Mahnke ins Eric Oja and Kristen Oja.
Gottesman
A memorial is 1 p.m. Tuesday at
more than 30 years before retiring
Peace Lutheran Church, 565 12th
from Columbia Memorial Hospital.
Kelly is survived by her husband of 32 St., in Astoria.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Cannon Beach City Council,
5:30 p.m., meeting and work ses-
sion, City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Astoria City Council, 6 p.m.,
special meeting on the Astoria
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
SIDEWALK SALE
Column, Astoria Column, 1
Coxcomb Drive.
Youngs River Lewis & Clark
Water District Board, 6 p.m.,
34583 U.S. Highway 101 Busi-
ness.
MEMORIAL
LOTTERIES
Monday, July 10
LOGAN, Althea Merle — Service at 11 a.m., Calvary Episco-
pal Church, 503 N. Holladay Drive in Seaside.
DEATHS
July 7, 2017
WALL, Bradford Lin-
wood Jr., 91, of Tillamook,
died in Wheeler. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary in
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
Up to
50
%
July 4, 2017
MEHRER, Jimmy Lee,
32, of Gearhart, died in Gear-
hart. Ocean View Funeral
& Cremation Service of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
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