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Newspaper Page Text2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017 Two more arrests made in counterfeit scheme By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian Two additional arrests have been made in an alleged counterfeit scheme. Conrad Allyn Weirup, 38, of Astoria, and Kaneeya Pratt, 28, of Kelso, Washington, were arrested over the week- end and charged with ﬁ rst-de- gree forgery. The arrests come after Astoria Police arrested Neil Dowell, 29, of Astoria, for allegedly passing fake $20 bills twice at Burger King on Marine Drive last Wednesday. Soon after he left the restaurant the second time, police stopped Dowell in downtown Astoria and charged him with two counts of ﬁ rst-degree forgery, two counts of third-degree theft and driving under the inﬂ u- ence of intoxicants. Police then executed a search war- rant on Dowell’s car two days later and found addi- tional counterfeit currency along with a small amount of heroin. OBITUARIES Donald Eugene Laird After additional investiga- tion, police executed another search warrant at a motor home located at U.S. High- way 30 and Ivy Station Road. P olice found more counter- feit currency at the motor home. Weirup and Pratt were not present, but they were later arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Ofﬁ ce. Anyone with informa- tion about the case can con- tact Ofﬁ cer AJ Duryea of the Astoria Police Department at 503-325-4411. Combat veteran honored for cross-country bike trip A fundraiser clam chowder and garlic bread dinner is being held in her honor at 4 p.m. at Post 12. There is a minimum donation of $5 for dinner, and the event is open to the public. All proceeds will go to Warrior Expeditions, which helps combat veterans transition from their mil- itary service by participating in long distance outdoor expeditions, at no cost to the veteran. The Daily Astorian Amanda Neff, a U.S. Navy veteran who is riding her bike cross country from Virginia to Astoria on the TransAmerica Trail for War- rior Expeditions (https://warriorexpeditions. org), is arriving at Clatsop Post 12 American Legion Wednesday afternoon. Warrenton Jan. 3, 1958 — June 24 2017 Donald Eugene Laird, 59, died June ried to Ruthetta Staulcup Torrez in the sum- 24, 2017, of natural causes, at his home in mer of 1986. They had no children, and later divorced. Warrenton. Don was the ﬁ fth of six children, and leaves Don was born in Sasebo, Japan, on Jan. his siblings to mourn his death: 3, 1958, to Charles and Mary (Fil- Mary Briggs (Charles) of Tigard, liger) Laird, while his father was on Oregon, Richard Laird (Janne) active duty in the U.S. Navy. of Vancouver, Washington, Liz Don attended Lewis & Clark O’Brien (Tim) of Portland, Oregon, District 5 Grade School, Astoria Patty Hawk (Steve) of Big Lake, High School, and graduated from Alaska, and Mike Laird (Margi) of Warrenton High School in 1977. Seaside, Oregon. Cousins include While in grade school he joined the Bill Fuller (Julie) of Seattle, Wash- school circus, under the direction of ington, Father John Fuller of Bos- Max Bigby, as a ﬁ re-ater. Don was ton, Massachusetts, Jeffrey Fuller active in horsemanship in both 4-H of Boulder, Colorado, Greg Fil- and the Future Farmers of Amer- Donald Laird liger (Sue) of Seaside, Oregon, Jan ica. His talent of ﬁ re-eating earned Morrison of Warrenton, Oregon, him a trip to the FFA National Tal- Kelly Filliger of Ashland, Oregon, Scott Fil- ent competition in 1973. After high school, Don joined the U.S. liger of Warrenton, Oregon, Stu Laird (Cindy) Navy Seabees, and spent seven years in the of Bend, Oregon and Julie Laird of Fresno, service before being honorably discharged. California. He is also survived by numerous Upon leaving the Navy, he had various jobs nieces, nephews and friends, and his little working with heavy equipment and driving dog, Julie. A funeral service will be held at Our Lady truck, and he loved the work. He was most recently employed by Trails End Recovery, of Victory Catholic Church, 120 Oceanway in until he was forced to stop for medical rea- Seaside, on Saturday, Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. Fol- sons. His love for animals led him to spend lowing the service, there will be a reception at some time volunteering at the Clatsop County the church hall. In lieu of ﬂ owers, memorial contributions Animal Shelter. Don loved to dance, sing karaoke and can be made to the Clatsop County Animal was a talented photographer. He was mar- Shelter. Class offered on safely crossing Columbia Bar The Daily Astorian The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 62 at Cape Disappointment, Washing- ton, is offering a class about safely crossing the Columbia River and Tillamook bars. Topics will include sea- worthy vessels, dangers, reading tide table charts, how to use nautical charts, under- standing weather service forecasts, bar reports, safety equipment, boating in strong waves, distress calls, equip- ment and protocols. The auxiliary will have Clara I. Miller classes from 1:15 to 4:45 p.m. Saturday in the conference room at Englund Marine and Industrial Supply at 95 Ham- burg Ave., in Astoria. The cost is $10. For more infor- mation, contact Dave Phillips at dwphillips67@gmail.com or 503-440-9130. Astoria May 24, 1926 — June 26, 2017 FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 69 57 57 Areas of low clouds, then some sun Cloudy ALMANAC Full Last Aug 7 Salem 58/89 Newport 53/65 Coos Bay 57/68 New Aug 14 Aug 21 Baker 48/89 Ontario 66/96 Bend 59/91 Burns 52/88 DEATHS Klamath Falls 55/84 Lakeview 50/82 Ashland 67/93 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 10:31 a.m. 10:48 p.m. Low -1.2 ft. 1.2 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 90 92 66 90 69 85 96 91 65 67 Today Lo 48 59 56 55 59 55 68 56 53 56 W pc pc pc s pc t s s pc pc Hi 89 91 67 88 66 84 95 88 65 68 Wed. Lo 54 57 55 54 58 51 65 56 53 56 W pc s pc s pc t s s pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 88 95 89 92 92 71 90 90 88 97 Today Lo 55 62 61 61 58 58 61 57 59 61 W s pc s s s pc s s s s Hi 81 97 86 90 89 68 93 88 85 99 Wed. Lo 54 64 59 60 57 57 64 56 58 64 W s pc s s s pc s s s s TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 89 67 82 95 94 80 92 66 89 80 93 92 82 95 93 92 91 71 98 81 94 82 74 86 83 John Day 62/93 La Grande 56/93 Roseburg 61/90 Brookings 55/68 Tonight's Sky: Low west at sunset, Mercury will be to the left of the thin waxing crescent moon. Today Lo 73 58 65 62 77 62 74 53 76 62 75 81 66 77 81 74 76 63 74 69 77 71 58 59 68 Prineville 57/94 Lebanon 57/89 Medford 68/95 UNDER THE SKY High 8.7 ft. 8.2 ft. Pendleton 62/97 The Dalles 65/95 Portland 61/86 Eugene 55/88 Sunset tonight ........................... 8:54 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:51 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 8:35 a.m. Moonset today ......................... 10:28 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 Comfortable with clouds limiting sunshine Clouds and sun Tillamook 54/70 SUN AND MOON Time 3:46 a.m. 4:53 p.m. Areas of low clouds, then sun 71 56 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 57/69 Precipitation Monday ............................................ Trace Month to date ................................... 0.10" Normal month to date ....................... 0.86" Year to date .................................... 49.67" Normal year to date ........................ 36.77" July 30 SATURDAY 70 54 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 71°/53° Normal high/low ........................... 68°/54° Record high ............................ 91° in 1928 Record low ............................. 44° in 2008 First FRIDAY 69 55 W pc c pc t pc s pc c s pc pc t s pc pc pc t sh pc pc pc t pc s pc Hi 92 76 89 83 88 85 93 70 89 86 93 98 83 97 92 94 92 78 99 83 99 89 74 82 83 Wed. Lo 74 62 72 61 70 70 73 55 75 73 72 83 66 77 81 76 76 67 77 67 77 72 56 58 72 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc s pc pc t pc pc sh s s pc pc pc s pc s pc pc s pc s pc pc s pc July 25, 2017 KNICK, Barbara Colleen, 88, of Asto- ria, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay- ton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. ON THE RECORD DUII • At 1:59 p.m. Friday, Edwin Francis Thatcher, 60, of Astoria, was arrested by the Astoria Police Department on West Marine Drive and Florence Avenue and charged with driving under the inﬂ uence of intoxicants and reckless driving. He was driving a car that crashed into another vehicle prior to his arrest. LOTTERIES PUBLIC MEETINGS PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 TUESDAY Port of Astoria Commission, 4 p.m., executive session (closed to public), 5 p.m., regular meeting, Port oﬃ ces, 10 Pier 1 Suite 209. Warrenton City Commission, 5:15 p.m., work session on asset sales, 6 p.m., regular meeting, City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Library Flag Room, 450 10th St. 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. Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce, noon, 818 Commer- cial St., Suite 203. 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. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 www.dailyastorian.com O VER Mattresses, Furniture 3 A 0 RS TSOP C LA U Y C O NT Assault • At 9:13 p.m. Saturday, Bobby Ward, 48, of Warrenton, was arrested by the War- renton Police Department on the 500 block of Seventh Avenue and charged with fourth-degree assault. He allegedly punched a man in the face and gave him a bloody nose. July 6, 2017 PITTS, Bria and Riley, of Astoria, a girl, Ivy Lilliana Pitts, born at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Grandparents are Bill and Suzy Pitts of Knappa and Joe and Terra Rudolﬁ of Astoria. APPLIANCE IN July 19, 2017 McLARTY, Wayne Thomas, 87, of Warren- ton, died in Warrenton. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. BIRTH Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. YE Clara, 91, passed away peacefully at her designing real and silk ﬂ owers for friends’ home after a brief illness. homes. Clara was a member of the St. Mary, Star Clara was born in Budapest, Hungary, and raised by her grandparents. During World of the Sea Catholic Church, and also a mem- ber of the Astoria Senior Center War II, she met her future husband, and the American Legion Auxil- Steve Miller, in Germany. Clara iary. She served as past president, came to the U.S. in 1947 from Hun- historian and sponsor of the Eta gary, and resided in New York with Chapter of the Alpha Iota business her mother. sorority. Clara was preceded in On Nov. 8, 1952, she married death by her husband Steve Miller Steve in New York City, New York. (1988); her father, Sandor Szilagyi Steve was in the medical ﬁ eld, and (1985); her mother, Gizella Tak- served for over 25 years in the U.S. acs (1999); and her brother, San- Air Force. His duty assignments dor Szilagyi (1991). Clara is sur- le d them to many locations in the Clara Miller vived by her son, Bob Miller, and U.S. until his retirement in 1966 his family, of Salem, Oregon; her in Naselle, Washington. The fam- cousins, the Frank Gal family in ily moved to Astoria after his retire- ment, and have resided in the same home ever New South Wales, Australia; and many close friends. since. A memorial service will be held on Satur- Clara loved visiting with family and friends and enjoyed her cats. She had many day, July 29, 2017, at 11 a.m., at Caldwell’s hobbies, which included cooking Hungarian Luce-Layton Mortuary, 1165 Franklin Ave., food, knitting afghans for the Lions Club and in Astoria, Oregon. Private interment will be held at Ocean baby hats for Columbia Memorial Hospital. Her greatest passion was ﬂ ower arranging and View Cemetery in Warrenton, Oregon. & More! 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