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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2017
‘How do you feel about regifting?’
“I’m an artist. So is
my friend who lives
in Cathlamet. We ex-
change things all the
time. Well, one day I
went to her house and
saw my painting at her
yard sale. But if you can’t use
it, it’s foolish to keep it. I don’t
believe in storing stuff.”
“I feel it’s OK. Some-
times you get some-
thing that’s really,
really, really nice, but
you don’t have a place
or a use for it. But, then
you think of someone who could use it.
Why waste a perfectly good gift? I’ll give
it to that person.”
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Ellen Kachel-Bewley, Astoria
“I think it’s better
than buying things
that nobody else
needs.”
Julia Mabry, Astoria
Kathi Morlock, Astoria
Food parade takes Astoria
The Daily Astorian
Don’t be surprised if you
see fire engines decorated
with lights and hear Christ-
mas music blaring in your
neighborhood.
The 29th annual Astoria
Fire Department Christmas
Food Parade gets underway
tonight evening and will con-
tinue through Friday. Santa
will be handing out candy
canes while the fire depart-
ment collects nonperishable
food items and donations for
OBITUARIES
town, North Slope areas.
On Friday, the last day of
the parade, expect to see fire
engines on the west side of
town and toward Astoria’s
South Slope. Complete route
information is available on the
city’s website.
Donations can be taken
to the fire engines in bags or
made visible as the parade
winds through the neighbor-
hood. Bags of donations can
also be dropped off at the
Astoria Fire Department at
555 30th St.
needy families this Christmas.
The parade starts all three
evenings at 6:30 and runs
through 8:30 p.m., hitting dif-
ferent parts of Astoria each
night.
On Wednesday, fire
engines will be on the east side
of the city at Emerald Heights,
the Alderbrook neighborhood
and in Uppertown from 37th
to 31st streets, going as far up
the hill as Harrison and down
to Marine Drive.
On Thursday, the parade
will wind through the down-
Ronald Leroy ‘Ronny’ Fisher
Astoria
March 28, 1960 — Nov. 17, 2017
Recreational crabbing open in some areas
The Daily Astorian
Commercial ocean crab-
bing is still delayed until
Dec. 16, but some parts
of the Oregon Coast have
opened for recreational
crabbing.
The Oregon Department
of Agriculture and the Ore-
gon Department of Fish and
Wildlife announced Tuesday
that recreational crabbing is
now open from the north jetty
of the Coquille River to the
Columbia River. The reopen-
ing applies to crab harvested
in ocean waters, bays and
estuaries and on beaches,
docks, piers and jetties.
An area from Tahkenitch
Creek, north of Winchester
Bay, to Cape Foulweather,
north of Newport, was closed
due to elevated levels of the
naturally occurring marine
toxin domoic acid.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
55
33
37
54
37
Fog in the a.m.;
otherwise, mostly sunny
Clear
SUNDAY
54
35
Fog in the a.m.;
otherwise, mostly sunny
54
36
Partly sunny
Ronald Leroy Fisher, 57, of Astoria, died nephews.
He is survived by a brother, Robert Fisher;
Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 in Portland, Oregon,
peacefully, after many years of suffering from two sisters, Kathi (Rick) Martin and Kristy
(Gary) Baird; and eight nieces and four
the disease of alcoholism.
nephews, Michelle Smith, Mindy
He was born March 28, 1960,
Wheatley, Miranda (Chris) Rob-
in Coos Bay, Oregon, to Marvin
erts, Melissa Cokley, Jennifer
“Sonny” and Lydia Fisher. They
(Chris) Bergerson, Sara (Joel) Jen-
moved back to the Warrenton
sen, Nicole Baird (Frankie Leland),
area, and then to Astoria, where he
Brianna Baird, Randy (Fawn) Lay-
attended school.
man, Brian VanGundy, Luke Van-
He worked in restaurants, in fish
Gundy, and Jason Baird. He also
canneries and even at a pig farm
has numerous great-nieces and
in North Carolina, but the job he
nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and
was most proud of was the 20 or
dear friends.
so years he spent as a commercial
Ronald Fisher
He was preceded in death by his
fisherman. He lived all over, from
parents, Sonny and Lydia; a brother,
Astoria-Warrenton to North Caro-
Randall; and a sister, Kimberly.
lina, Idaho and Alaska.
The family asks that when you think of
He had a deep love for family, and if he
knew you and called you friend, then in his Ronny, think of him with compassion, and
remember what a kind heart he had, his
heart you were family.
In his younger years he loved fishing, unconditional love, support and loyalty to
hunting, canning, camping, sitting around the family and friends, and his awesome sense of
campfire and anything in the outdoors. He is humor.
There will be a private family memorial.
remembered as a hard worker, and took great
Memorial contributions can be made in his
pride in that.
Ronny was never married and had no honor to Jordan’s Hope for Recovery, P.O.
children, but he adored all of his nieces and Box 1388, Astoria, OR 97103.
Patricia Yvonne Greget
Clouds and sun
Bellingham, Washington
April 21, 1958 — Nov. 19, 2017
ALMANAC
REGIONAL WEATHER
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
37/55
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 49°/33°
Normal high/low ........................... 50°/37°
Record high ............................ 59° in 1908
Record low ............................. 22° in 2013
Tillamook
34/54
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 0.93"
Normal month to date ....................... 1.77"
Year to date .................................... 77.24"
Normal year to date ........................ 59.14"
Salem
28/47
Newport
39/56
Sunset tonight ........................... 4:30 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 7:44 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 8:19 p.m.
Moonset today .......................... 10:37 a.m.
Dec 9
New
First
Dec 17
Coos Bay
37/58
Full
Dec 26
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
9:54 a.m.
10:38 p.m.
Low
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Klamath Falls
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Lakeview
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Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
Tonight's Sky: Auriga, the charioteer, is low in the
northeast at nightfall and passes directly overhead
by around midnight.
High
8.5 ft.
9.4 ft.
La Grande
19/41
Roseburg
30/48
Brookings
43/61
Jan 1
John Day
20/47
Bend
16/42
Medford
27/49
UNDER THE SKY
Time
4:20 a.m.
3:36 p.m.
Prineville
15/42
Lebanon
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Eugene
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SUN AND MOON
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The Dalles
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Portland
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DEATH
Dec. 4, 2017
SPAIN, Marjorie Kay, 77, of St. Helens, died in Astoria. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Ser-
vice of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements.
MEMORIALS
Saturday, Dec. 9
BURNS, David H. — Memorial at 3 p.m.,
Redmond Christian Church, 536 S.W. 10th St.
in Redmond.
Monday, Dec. 11
BIDDLE, Troy (father) and Baden (son)
— Memorial at 1:30 p.m., The Loft at the Red
Building, 20 Basin St.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
THURSDAY
Northwest Oregon Housing Authority, 10
a.m., NOHA office, 147 S. Main Ave., Warren-
ton.
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
Need a Lift?
Patricia Yvonne Greget, 59, of Bellingham, especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed rais-
Washington, died peacefully at 9:45 p.m., Sun- ing two of them, Dustin and Briana, and watch-
day, Nov. 19, 2017 at home, surrounded by her ing them mature into responsible young adults.
loving family. She was born April 21, 1958, in
Patricia loved to cook, and Sunday dinner
Santa Monica, California, to Adrien
was a very important event in her
household. She also loved her ani-
Kerbrat and Joanne Farris.
mals and her country life in Belling-
Stuart Bishop, who has been the
ham. Patricia had many enjoyable
love of her life since July 12, 1997,
jobs in her lifetime, which include
survives Patricia. Also surviving her
waitressing, management and many
are her mother; her children, Yvette
others.
Hardesty, Stephanie Balicki (Jer-
emy), Michele Apeles (Ted) and
In lieu of flowers, please make
donations to ovarian cancer research,
Michael Greget. Her grandchildren
which was the disease she battled for
are Dustin, Briana, Mirage, Mason,
over six years. The family wishes to
Olivia, Jakob and Tegan. Her sur-
viving siblings are Sabrina (Tim), Patricia Greget extend gratitude to Seattle Cancer
Care Alliance, University of Wash-
Theresa (James), Anthony (Shelly),
ington Gynecologic Oncology, What-
Joseph, Jeannette (Dave), David and
Dennise (Gary). Numerous uncles, aunts, neph- com Hospice, and many other caring physicians
ews, nieces, friends and co-workers also survive and nurses for their support.
A celebration of life will be in her honor at a
Patricia. Her father and her siblings Yvette, Mat-
thew and Dennis preceded her in death.
later date for family and friends.
We will all miss her beautiful smile. The
Patricia became a resident of Bellingham,
Washington, in 1997, after leaving her child- light of her life continues to shine through for
hood home in Astoria, Oregon. Patricia loved all of us.
Please share your thoughts and memories of
life. She loved to travel, doing arts and crafts,
reading, and most of all, she loved her family, Patricia online at www.sigsfuneralservices.com
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