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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
Dozens of Oregon hikers rescued amid wildfi res
One fi re likely
caused by
fi reworks
“It’s horribly smoky,”
Gubele said. “Ash is com-
ing down. It’s like a Mount
Saint Helens eruption all over
again.”
On Saturday, 14 hikers
were brought out and returned
to Eagle Creek and three hik-
ers were rescued by National
Guard helicopter.
Authorities say the wildfi re
had grown to almost 5 square
miles by Sunday. The U.S.
Forest Service says the wild-
fi re was human-caused and is
under investigation by the Ore-
gon State Police.
About 130 homes in Cas-
cade Locks were under evac-
uation orders because of the
fl ames. A Red Cross shelter
was set up at the Skamania
County Fairgrounds, across
the Columbia River in Steven-
son, Washington.
As fi re teams make prog-
ress protecting the coastal
town of Brookings from the
state’s largest wildfi re, focus
has shifted to the inland side of
the fi re.
The Statesman Journal
reported the blaze called the
Chetco Bar Fire in southwest
Oregon had burned about 223
square miles.
So far, fi refi ghting efforts
have focused on Brookings, a
town of 6,500 on the southern
Oregon Coast, but it has not
moved closer in recent days.
In the meantime, the fi re
has been spreading east across
the rugged Kalmiopsis Wilder-
ness in the direction of the Illi-
nois Valley.
That has made some resi-
dents of Selma and Cave Junc-
tion, south of Grants Pass,
nervous.
The state fi re marshal says
an Excessive Heat Warning
continues through Monday
will contribute to the spread of
new and existing fi res.
Associated Press
HOOD RIVER — Crews
helped rescue more than 100
hikers stranded in the moun-
tains overnight after a wild-
fi re closed their trail and they
were trapped between two
blazes.
The Hood River County
Sheriff’s Offi ce said Sunday
afternoon that the fi nal group
of hikers left the Wahtum
Lake area at the bottom of the
trail and were headed by bus
to meet with their friends and
family.
Deputy Joel Ives says no
hikers were missing but one
hiker was taken out by ambu-
lance for exhaustion and
dehydration.
Many of the hikers had
gone up the Eagle Creek Trail
on Saturday to swim at the
popular waterfalls and pools,
but a fi re broke out near the
Columbia River Gorge trail
about 90 miles east of Port-
land. The blaze was burning
on the Eagle Creek Trail, and
the only other way out was
longer and more diffi cult, and
it was getting dark, so offi cials
told them to spend the night
near Tunnel Falls. Moun-
tain Wave Search and Res-
cue dropped supplies to the
hikers. A portion of the Eagle
Creek Trail had been closed
for weeks because of another
fi re that erupted July 4.
Mountain Wave president
Russ Gubele says search and
rescue teams headed up the
second trail on Sunday morn-
ing and led the hikers out
the 14 miles toward Wahtum
Lake.
Mark Graves/The Oregonian
‘It’s horribly
smoky. Ash
is coming
down. It’s
like a Mount
Saint Helens
eruption all
over again.’
Russ Gubele,
Mark Graves/The Oregonian
Round-Up host says ‘no’ to group that sells
Confederate fl ags given political climate
3:45 p.m. to report they were missing and
last seen near Clatsop Spit.
A Coast Guard crewmember from Sta-
tion Cape Disappointment rescued the three
people after walking down a jetty and help-
ing them out of the canoe. They had minor
injuries, according to the Coast Guard.
WARRENTON — A mother and her two
children stranded in a canoe near Fort Ste-
vens Sunday afternoon were rescued by the
Coast Guard.
The woman’s husband called 911 about
Associated Press
PENDLETON
—
Round-Up week’s most visi-
ble purveyor of the Stars and
Bars won’t be back on Pend-
leton’s Main Street this year.
The East Oregonian
reported that Round-Up host
The Main Street Cowboys
didn’t accept the application
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TUESDAY
Remaining warm with
clouds and sun
Sunshine and patchy
clouds
ALMANAC
Tillamook
60/79
Salem
66/98
Newport
55/67
Last
New
Sep 12
Coos Bay
57/72
First
Sep 19
Baker
50/99
Ontario
60/99
TUESDAY
Port of Astoria Commission,
4 p.m., Port offi ces, 10 Pier 1
Suite 209.
Lakeview
56/96
Ashland
66/97
OREGON
Sunday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 2-7-0-4
4 p.m.: 6-0-6-0
7 p.m.: 3-8-7-2
10 p.m.: 2-6-2-8
Sunday’s Lucky Lines: 02-08-
10-15-FREE-19-24-28-31
Estimated jackpot: $51,000
Saturday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 8-7-3-3
4 p.m.: 9-0-7-8
7 p.m.: 3-6-0-6
10 p.m.: 4-7-8-0
Saturday’s Lucky Lines: 02-06-
11-16-FREE-20-24-27-31
Estimated jackpot: $50,000
Saturday’s Megabucks: 10-33-
40-42-46-47
Estimated jackpot: $6.7
million
Saturday’s Powerball: 06-21-
41-52-62, Powerball: 26, Power
Play: 2
Estimated jackpot: $68 million
Friday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 4-5-1-8
4 p.m.: 3-8-3-2
7 p.m.: 8-2-5-7
10 p.m.: 6-7-2-0
Friday’s Lucky Lines: 01-07-11-
13-FREE-18-23-28-32
Estimated jackpot: $49,000
Friday’s Mega Millions: 04-
13-31-50-64, Mega Ball: 12,
Megaplier: 5
Estimated jackpot: $53 million
54-55-58-65-67-69-72
Sunday’s Match 4: 02-04-10-22
Saturday’s Daily Game: 3-7-4
Saturday’s Hit 5: 04-05-11-
12-15
Estimated jackpot: $100,000
Saturday’s Keno: 04-05-07-08-
12-17-18-32-34-40-41-47-51-
55-57-65-69-73-74-76
Saturday’s Lotto: 10-17-21-29-
33-45
Estimated jackpot: $2.5
million
Saturday’s Match 4: 05-11-
19-24
Friday’s Daily Game: 5-3-6
Friday’s Keno: 05-07-10-16-18-
30-31-34-36-42-43-46-47-50-
51-58-59-66-78-79
Friday’s Match 4: 10-13-14-22
WASHINGTON
Sunday’s Daily Game: 5-9-1
Sunday’s Keno: 04-14-23-25-
32-37-38-43-45-46-49-50-53-
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Burns
53/99
Klamath Falls
56/94
Liberty Flags & Gifts
owner Viola Moody says she
thought that she and Blagg
had reached a compromise
for the 2017 event during a
recent talk.
But Moody says she
recently learned that their
application was denied. She
says they’re “dumping” on
the group’s free speech.
Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer
District Board, 6 p.m., 34583
U.S. Highway 101 Business.
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Cannon Beach City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
Tonight's Sky: At 2.9 million light years away, the
Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is visible above the eastern
horizon.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
7:45 a.m.
7:55 p.m.
Low
-0.6 ft.
1.1 ft.
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Hi
100
96
79
98
78
97
102
101
74
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Today
Lo
50
57
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63
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Hi
99
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67
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Tues.
Lo
51
56
59
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60
54
65
62
56
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City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
92
99
101
102
103
84
90
100
100
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Today
Lo
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61
69
65
66
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60
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66
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Hi
99
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79
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Tues.
Lo
58
63
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60
OBITUARY POLICY
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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
La Grande
50/96
Roseburg
65/94
Brookings
58/67
Sep 27
John Day
62/101
Bend
57/96
Medford
67/99
UNDER THE SKY
Today
Hi Lo
85 69
80 66
87 58
94 54
83 54
84 57
94 68
65 43
86 71
90 63
89 59
103 81
88 71
87 73
90 80
88 69
89 74
80 69
94 68
82 68
93 64
97 68
79 66
89 65
84 71
Prineville
55/100
Lebanon
65/96
Eugene
61/91
Sunset tonight ........................... 7:48 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 6:41 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 7:13 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 4:49 a.m.
High
8.1 ft.
7.6 ft.
Low clouds, then perhaps
some sun
Pendleton
61/97
The Dalles
63/102
Portland
69/100
SUN AND MOON
Time
1:03 a.m.
2:03 p.m.
Partly sunny with a
shower
69
53
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
59/78
Precipitation
Sunday ............................................. 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 0.00"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.18"
Year to date .................................... 50.06"
Normal year to date ........................ 38.28"
Sep 5
FRIDAY
68
56
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 87°/54°
Normal high/low ........................... 69°/52°
Record high ............................ 87° in 2017
Record low ............................. 39° in 1956
Full
THURSDAY
74
55
59
A moonlit sky
WEDNESDAY
78
57
of Liberty Flags & Gifts.
Last year the vendor was
criticized for displaying and
selling Confederate fl ags.
Host director Johnny
Blagg says the current polit-
ical climate and the media
scrutiny were factors in
the organization’s deci-
sion to pass on the vendor’s
application.
LOTTERIES
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
LEFT, Fire
burns in the
Eagle Creek
area of Co-
lumbia River
Gorge on
Saturday.
Mountain Wave Search and
Rescue president
Coast Guard rescues three in canoe
The Daily Astorian
ABOVE, Fam-
ilies reunite
after campers
were evac-
uated from
a forest fire
in the Eagle
Creek area of
the Columbia
River Gorge
on Sunday.
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Tues.
Hi Lo
86 67
86 65
71 48
71 49
72 47
73 51
93 68
61 51
87 71
76 51
75 48
105 81
84 68
80 60
90 80
77 57
88 74
86 68
81 55
88 66
77 53
96 67
81 64
95 65
88 66
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
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