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9A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press Hurricane Irma brings death, destruction to the Caribbean SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Irma has killed at least 10 people as the dangerous Category 5 storm continued its destructive march across the Caribbean early today. At least eight people were killed and 23 injured in French Caribbean island territories, France’s interior minister said. Speaking today on French radio France Info, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said the death toll in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy could be higher because rescue teams have yet to finish their inspection of the islands. “The reconnaissance will really start at daybreak,” Collomb said. At a news conference, Collomb also said 100,000 food rations have been sent to the islands, the equivalent of four days of supplies. “It’s a tragedy, we’ll need to rebuild both islands,” he said. “Most of the schools have been destroyed.” Most Florida flood zone property not insured FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida, an Associated Press analysis shows a steep drop in flood insurance across the state, including the areas most endangered by what could be a devastating storm surge. In just five years, the state’s total number of federal flood insurance policies has fallen by 15 percent, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency data. Florida’s property owners still buy far more federal flood insurance than any other state — 1.7 million policies, covering about $42 billion in assets — but most residents in hazard zones are badly exposed. With 1,350 miles of coastline, the most in the continental United States, Florida has roughly 2.5 million homes in hazard zones, more than three times that of any other state, FEMA esti- mates. And yet, across Florida’s 38 coastal counties, just 42 per- cent of these homes are covered. Florida’s overall flood insurance rate for hazard-zone homes is just 41 percent. Fannie Mae ostensibly requires mortgage lend- ers to make sure property owners buy this insurance to qualify for federally backed loans, and yet in 59 percent of the cases, that insurance isn’t being paid for. Donald Trump Jr. heads to Capitol to explain 2016 meeting WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s oldest son is scheduled to make his first appearance on Capitol Hill today as part of a Senate investigation into Russian meddling in the pres- idential election and a meeting he had with Russians during his father’s campaign last year. Donald Trump Jr. will be interviewed by staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is one of three congressional com- mittees investigating the meddling and possible Russian links to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Trump Jr. released a series of emails in July that detailed preparations for the June 2016 meeting. The emails show he took the meeting expecting that he would be receiving damag- ing information about Democrat Hillary Clinton as part of what was described to him as a Russian government effort to aid the Trump campaign. Special counsel Robert Mueller and the House and Sen- 651 Help Wanted 651 Help Wanted Request for Proposal for Community Property Management for Local Condominium HOA MCMENAMINS Sand Trap Pub is Now Hiring LINE COOKS! **SIGNING BONUS** **$300.00 signing bonus for Line Cooks after 90 days of successful employment!!! 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General summary of position: Perform and oversee the day-to-day management needs including administration activities, property management, resident relations, oversees contractors and service providers, budgeting, and attends monthly board meetings. Experience required: Minimum two years’ condominium management experience. Has proficient knowledge of ORS Chapter 100, Oregon Condominium Act. If you or someone you know is interested, contact Jean Danforth at jean.danforth@gmail.com for more information. Deadline: Friday, Oct. 13th www.DailyAstorian.com Tyack Dental Group seeks full time business office assistant/data entry. Required skills include excellent multi-tasking, basic secretarial skills, familiarity with computer and multi-line phone, professional demeanor and great people skills. Starting pay 15/hour with merit raises thereafter. Warrenton-Hammond School District We offer Medical, HSA, dental, vacation, holiday, and retirement plan. WHSD seeks a full-time Preschool Assistant. Applications and job details are available online at www.warrentonschools.com or contact (503) 861-2281. Tyack Dental Group 433 30th St. Astoria, Or 97103 (503)338-6000 tyackdental1@gmail.com AP Photo/Carlos Giusti A man drives through rain and strong winds during the passage of Hurricane Irma in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The U.S. territory was first to declare a state of emergency. ate intelligence committees are also investigating the meeting, which was attended by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and then-campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. A grand jury has heard testimony about it. Staffers are expected to focus on the 2016 meeting but could also probe any other possible connections Trump’s family had with Russia. Trump Jr. agreed to the interview in July after Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sub- poenaed him and Manafort. The committee withdrew the sub- poenas after the two agreed to be interviewed privately by staff, and Grassley said they both would eventually be questioned by senators in a public hearing. Tough path for GOP on immigration — and Trump made it harder NEW YORK — On immigration, there were few easy answers for the Republican Party’s most vulnerable members. And Presi- dent Donald Trump just made things harder. Endangered Republicans from California to Colorado and Nevada to New Jersey have struggled in recent days to defend their president’s decision to end the program that offered deporta- tion protections for young people living here illegally who came to this country as children. The Trump administration gave Con- gress six months to agree on an alternative, yet it’s far from cer- tain that a divided Congress can do so. And on the ground in key states and swing districts across America, a concerned Hispanic community is getting even angrier at Trump’s Republican Party as next year’s midterm elec- tions loom. “Those candidates who need Latino voters are on their own, and they’re struggling,” said Alfonso Aguilar, executive direc- tor of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles. “If he continues with this behavior and this rhetoric, things could get worse.” In isolated instances, Republicans facing difficult re-elec- tions joined Democrats in condemning the president’s move to end protections for young immigrants. The vast majority, how- ever, praised Trump for ending what they viewed as an unconsti- tutional Obama-era program, even as they vowed to find a com- passionate solution. New Myanmar fires in empty Rohingya village raise questions BANGKOK — Journalists saw new fires burning today in a Myanmar village that had been abandoned by Rohingya Mus- 652 Work Wanted NOTICE: Oregon Landscape Contractors Law (ORS 671) requires all businesses that advertise landscape contract- ing services be licensed with the Landscape Contractors Board. This 4-digit number assures the business has a bond, insurance and an asso- ciated individual contractor who has fulfilled the testing and experience require- ments for licensure. For your protection call (503)378-5909 or use our web site: www.lcb. state.or.us to check license status before contracting with the business. Persons doing landscape maintenance do not require a LCB license. 807 Fuel, Heating & Firewood FREE WOODEN PALLETS Available for pick up at The Daily Astorian loading dock. 949 Exchange St, Astoria NOTICE TO CONSUMERS Oregon Firewood Law requires advertisements quote a price and also express quantity in units of a cord or fractional part of a cord. Ads must also identify the species of wood and whether the wood is unseasoned (green) or dry. SEASONED MIXED SPECIES FIREWOOD Rounds U-Split $170/cord Split Wood $200/cord Delivery May Apply (503)717-3227 Oregon state law requires anyone who contracts for construction work to be licensed with the Construction Contractors Board. An active license means the contractor is bonded and insured. Verify the contractor’s CCB license through the CCB Consumer Website www.hirelicensedcontrac- tors.com Buying Gold, Silver, Estate Jewelry, Coins, Diamonds, Old-Watches. Downtown Astoria- 332 12th St Jonathon’s, LTD. (503)325-7600 664 Services 828 Misc for Sale *ATTENTION READERS * Readers respond to mail/ phone order ads at their own risk. If in doubt about a particular offer, check with the Better Business Bureau or U.S. Postal Service before sending any money. The Daily Astorian ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR MAIL ORDER ADVERTISERS. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS about a Business or School Advertised, we advise you to call: The Consumer Hotline in Salem at (503)378-4320, 9AM-1PM, Monday-Friday or in Portland at (503)229-5576 667 Loans & Financing NOTICE TO CONSUMERS The Federal Trade Commission prohibits telemarketers from asking for or receiving payment before they deliver credit repair services, advance fee loans and credit, and recovery services. If you are asked to render payment before receiving any of the preceding services, please contact the Federal Trade Commission at: 1-877-382-4357 814 Jewelry lims, and pages ripped from Islamic texts that were left on the ground. That intensifies doubts about government claims that members of the persecuted minority have been destroying their own homes. About two dozen journalists saw the fire in Gawdu Zara vil- lage in northern Rakhine state on a government-controlled trip. The U.N. says about 146,000 Rohingya in the region have fled to neighboring Bangladesh in less than two weeks since Rohingya insurgents attacked police outposts in Gawdu Zara and several others Aug. 25. The military has said nearly 400 people, most of them described as insurgents, have died in clashes and that troops have conducted “clearance operations.” It blames insurgents for set- ting villages on fire, without offering proof. Rohingya say the fires were set by troops and Buddhist mobs who attacked them and drove them from their homes. Reporters saw no Rohingya in any of the five largely destroyed villages they were allowed to tour Thursday, making it unlikely they could have been responsible for the fires. An ethnic Rakhine villager who emerged from the smoke said police and Rakhine Buddhists had set the fires. The villager ran off before he could be asked anything else. H-bomb or not, experts say North Korea near its nuclear goal TOKYO — North Korea’s latest nuclear test was part theater, part propaganda and maybe even part fake. But experts say it was also a major display of something very real: Pyongyang’s mas- tery of much of the know-how it needs to reach its goal of becom- ing a full-fledged nuclear state. It remains unclear whether North Korea tested, as it claims, a hydrogen bomb ready to be mounted on an ICBM. But Sunday’s test, the sixth and most powerful North Korea has conducted since its first in 2006, was a stunning advance in its demonstrated ability to build high-yield nuclear weapons. The explosion is believed to have ranged from 140 kilotons to poten- tially double that — or more — if it was conducted at a greater depth than has been calculated. The power of the blast is important. It will likely prove to be at least 10 times stronger than anything the North tested before. That’s an important indicator of whether the device was the hydrogen bomb North Korea says it was. Syrian army: Israeli air raid on military position kills 2 BEIRUT — Israeli warplanes struck a military position in western Syria early today, killing two soldiers and causing mate- rial damage, the Syrian army said, in what appeared to be the far- thest airstrike north by the Jewish state since Russia joined Syr- ia’s war two years ago. The army said the air raid targeted a facility near the western town of Masyaf, close to the Mediterranean coast, a stronghold of President Bashar Assad. The army said the Israeli warplanes fired several missiles while in Lebanese air space, and warned of the “dangerous reper- cussions of such hostile acts on the security and stability of the region.” There was no immediate comment from Israel. While largely staying out of the Syrian civil war, Israel has carried out a number of airstrikes against suspected arms ship- ments believed to be headed to Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group, which is fighting alongside President Bashar Assad’s forces. Israel has also struck several Syrian military facilities since the conflict began, mostly near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices AB6448 ln the Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Clatsop ln the Matter of the Estate of Willard Ray Harrison, Deceased. Case No. 17PB05537 Notice to Interested Persons Notice is herby given that Paul D. Harrison has been appointed personal representative of the above entitle estate. AII persons having claims against the estate are required to present them to the undersigned personal representative in care of the under- signed at: 18315 NE 308th St, Yacolt, WA 98675, within four (4) months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, or such claims may be barred. All persons whose right may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the personal representative or the attorney for the personal representative. Dated and first published: August 24, 2017 Paul D. Harrison, Personal Representative, 18315 NE 308th St, Yacolt, WA 98675 Attorney for Personal Representative Kelly M. Stearns, Attorney at Law, OSB A867L7 1139 Exchange St Astoria, OR 97103 503-468-3100 office kmstearns@gmail.com Published: August 24th, 31st, and September 7th, 2017 AB6470 CITY OF ASTORIA PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Astoria Community Development Department has received the following request(s): 1.Exterior Alteration EX17-05 by Rickenbach Construction to replace existing steel windows, on the north elevation only, with new aluminum windows at 904-936 Commercial in the C-4, Cen- tral Commercial, Zone. Davidson 701D one color printing press Clean and in excellent shape. Has been running daily. New 208 ac motor. Extra supplies and parts. Services & parts manuals. 2.Exterior Alteration EX17-10 by Larry Bensel and the Larry Bensel and Miser Family Trust to replace all of the windows with the essence series by Millard which are wood clad and to remove and reinstall exterior siding at 3680 Grand Ave in the R-2, Medi- um Density Residential, Zone. For information, call or write the Community Development Department, 1095 Duane St., Astoria OR 97103, phone 503-338- 5183. $2,000 you haul. Available Oct 1 in Astoria, OR you haul. In accordance with Astoria Development Code Articles 3, 6, 9, & 12, a decision on the request(s) will be processed administrative- ly by the Community Development Department. Contact Tom or Carl at The Daily Astorian 503-325-3211 The Community Development Director reserves the right to modi- fy the proposal, no further public notice will be provided. If you want results... 74% of Clatsop County Residents read The Daily Astorian and rated Classifieds #1 for the most read section!! (From 2010 Astoria Market Study, by Marshall Marketing & Communications, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA) (503)325-3211 ext. 231 or (800)781-3211 classifieds@dailyastorian.com www.dailyastorian.com Materials pertinent to the request(s) are available for review at the Community Development Department, City Hall, 1095 Duane Street, or may be obtained by calling (503)338-5183. All inter- ested parties are invited to express their opinion for or against the request by letter addressed to the Community Development Department, 1095 Duane St, Astoria OR 97103. Comments from interested parties must be received within 15 days of the date this notice is published. Only those parties who comment in writing on the proposed development will receive first class mailed notice of the decision on the permit. THE CITY OF ASTORIA Anna Stamper, Administrative Assistant Published: September 7th, 2017