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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018 ‘What are you looking forward to in spring?’ “To be happy and healthful.” Kevin Kinney, Astoria THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK “Dry weather, for one thing. And sunshine — we need our Vitamin D. And lon- ger days. I wish we could stay on daylight saving time all year. “There are so many things I could say. Sun- shine, and everything being fresh and new again. And the flowers are coming out, making the season special.” Scott Leahing, Astoria Kathy Wigutoff, Astoria Warrenton woman arrested for cooking her dog alive By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian A Warrenton woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly cooking a Chihua- hua alive in an oven. Noel Moor, 28, allegedly cooked the 7-year-old dog Monday night. She has been charged with first-degree animal abuse in the dog’s death. Moor had been involved in several disturbances in the past month that have led to interactions with Clat- sop Behavioral Healthcare, according to a police report. After a person close to Moor reported the incident Tuesday, Warrenton police arrested her while she was at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Barber seeks full term as Seaside mayor By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian Oregon State Police A small plane crashed Tuesday afternoon near Clatskanie. Small plane crashes into Columbia near Clatskanie Vancouver, Washington. He was not injured. Pflugradt told authori- ties he was trying to land on a sandbar of the island because of mechanical issues. the crash happened about 1:30 p.m. on Wallace Island. The Coast Guard res- cued the pilot, Douglas Paul Pflugradt, 67, from Mat- tawa, Washington, and took him to Pearson Field in Associated Press A small plane crashed on the Columbia River Tuesday afternoon near Clatskanie. Oregon State Police said Oregon jobless rate holds steady at 4.1 percent Associated Press PORTLAND — Oregon’s unemployment rate did not budge in February. The state Employment Department said Tuesday the jobless rate was 4.1 percent — the same as in December Recent figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics show Oregon — at 2.7 percent — had the coun- try’s fifth-fastest job growth between January 2017 and January 2018. It trailed Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Washing- ton state. and January. The month saw strong job gains in retail, con- struction and health care. Payroll employment has grown by 43,700 jobs over the past year, with construc- tion and the leisure-and-hos- pitality industry faring partic- ularly well. CORRECTION Restaurant operators omitted — A 2A story Monday about Cullaby Coffee, a new business on Sunset Beach Lane in the former Bakery & Deli by the Sea, omitted the deli’s previous oper- ators Julita and Wayne Johnson. FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY 48 37 39 ALMANAC 51 37 Cloudy and chilly with a little rain Chilly with rain Tillamook 42/47 Mostly cloudy with a shower in places Salem 43/49 Newport 40/47 Last Mar 31 Coos Bay 40/47 New Apr 8 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 11:52 a.m. 11:41 p.m. Low 0.3 ft. 2.3 ft. Hi 51 36 41 61 48 43 81 24 82 43 55 73 68 56 82 50 69 36 66 33 49 63 65 58 36 Ontario 49/60 Burns 38/52 W pc sn pc pc pc pc pc pc c pc pc c r pc s s s sn s sn pc c r r sn Hi 58 41 48 72 50 46 87 25 82 47 65 70 63 62 74 58 69 42 74 45 48 65 58 48 47 Thu. Lo 39 30 31 45 35 25 61 7 73 28 44 55 55 48 53 39 52 32 56 29 41 46 46 37 31 Lakeview 36/45 Ashland 42/47 Hi 54 54 54 55 50 52 61 55 52 54 Today Lo 44 41 39 37 42 40 42 42 40 40 W c c r r r sh r r r r Hi 55 46 46 47 47 42 50 48 47 47 Thu. Lo 30 29 39 35 39 26 36 37 38 39 W r sh c r t sh r r t t City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 56 58 57 59 55 51 50 55 54 60 Today Lo 39 48 46 41 43 41 42 39 44 42 W r c r r r r c r r c Hi 47 58 49 50 49 48 53 48 48 56 Thu. Lo W 34 r 34 r 38 r 38 r 37 r 38 t 30 r 35 r 38 r 29 sh Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s c s pc r s c s c s s sh r pc s s s s pc pc sh sh sh r pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. June E. Seger Astoria Feb. 22, 1936 — March 11, 2018 June E. Seger, 82, passed away Sunday, She enjoyed a lifetime of singing and danc- ing, including a run as “Mama” in the local March 11, in Portland, Oregon. A rosary Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. “Shanghaied in Astoria” production. She held an adult teaching degree, and Saturday, March 24, at St. Mary, Star of the enjoyed teaching the “55 Alive” Sea Catholic Church in Astoria, with course for many years. a Mass service to follow at 11 a.m. June spent her youth in Messina, Friends and family are welcome. New York, and raised her children in June was born Feb. 22, 1936, to Milpitas, California, while employed James Lockwood and Frances Mar- low Lockwood, in Messina, New in administration at Milpitas City York. She graduated from Messina Hall for 27 years. She relocated High School. to Astoria with her sons once she Survivors include sons James retired, and made a home in Lewis and Clark. Deruchia II, John Deruchia and Jerry June will be very missed by all Deruchia, and her husband, Linus June Seger who knew her. Seger, of Astoria. She was preceded Memorial contributions may be in death by daughters Joyce, Jamey made to the St. Mary, Star of the Sea and Julie Deruchia; and husbands James E. Deruchia, Peter Gil and Warren Jones. scholarship fund account. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of June was actively involved in her church, St. Mary, Star of the Sea, and was a proud member the arrangements. An online guest book may be signed at hughes-ransom.com of Catholic Daughters. DEATHS Klamath Falls 40/42 TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES OBITUARIES Saturday, March 24 ANDRICH, Dale Alyn — A memorial Mass at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 24, at the Old Historic St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 599 N.W. Lava Road in Bend, followed by a reception at the DoubleTree Hotel, 300 N.W. Franklin Ave. in Bend. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Civic and Convention Center and the relocation of the Sea- side School District facilities as among top priorities. He also said he plans to annex proper- ties at the south entrance of the city with the implementation of a new urban renewal district. Tsunami readiness must focus on the urgent need to identify funding to upgrade at least three of the city’s bridges to provide secure escape routes, he added. Filing for the November general election begins May 30. The filing deadline is Aug. 28. According to City Recorder Kimberley Jordan, three coun- cil seats are also up for re-elec- tion. Incumbents Steve Wright, Tita Montero and Dana Phillips face expired terms at the end of December. MEMORIAL Baker 44/55 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Tonight's Sky: Messier Catalog published (1781). Today Lo 34 32 27 35 33 25 57 0 73 23 38 60 60 36 54 32 51 30 46 28 32 51 55 44 29 La Grande 46/56 Roseburg 41/50 Brookings 38/45 Apr 15 John Day 48/55 Bend 41/46 Medford 42/50 UNDER THE SKY High 9.1 ft. 7.1 ft. Prineville 43/48 Lebanon 40/48 Eugene 37/47 Sunset tonight ........................... 7:29 p.m. Sunrise Thursday ........................ 7:15 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 9:49 a.m. Moonset today ................................... none Full Pendleton 48/58 The Dalles 45/52 Portland 46/49 SUN AND MOON 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 48 34 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 39/48 Precipitation Tuesday ............................................ 0.00" Month to date ................................... 1.89" Normal month to date ....................... 4.95" Year to date .................................... 20.50" Normal year to date ........................ 22.34" Time 4:59 a.m. 6:15 p.m. SUNDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Tuesday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 54°/31° Normal high/low ........................... 54°/39° Record high ............................ 77° in 1915 Record low ............................. 28° in 1955 Mar 24 46 36 A couple of showers, a thunderstorm later Periods of rain First SATURDAY SEASIDE — Jay Barber announced Tuesday he will run for a full four-year term as Sea- side mayor. In November 2016, Bar- ber was appointed to fill the remaining two years of Mayor Don Larson’s term. Larson died in December 2016 after an extended battle with cancer. Barber, a retired college president, foundation director and ordained minister, served as a city councilor and two- term mayor in Red Bluff, Cal- ifornia, a position which, he said, gave him experience deal- ing with the public. He and his wife, tJan, have lived full time in Seaside since 2006. Barber was selected in 2009 to fill the unexpired council term of Gary Die- bolt. Bar- ber won elec- tion for Ward Jay Barber 1 in 2010 and again in 2014. At the time of his appoint- ment, Barber said he did not intend to run in 2018. “It is impossible to make a decision like this two years out,” Barber said in a state- ment. “The city and the council have so many important initia- tives underway currently and I believe we need strong, stable leadership in place as we face the future.” In his announcement, Bar- ber listed addressing work- force and housing issues, the major expansion of the Seaside March 19, 2018 BEERS, Edward I., 68, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Cald- well’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. PETERSON, Wendell Ervin, 81, of Warrenton, died at home. Hughes-Ransom Mortuaries & Crematory of Astoria/Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. PUBLIC MEETINGS WEDNESDAY Seaside Tourism Advisory Committee, 3 p.m., 989 Broad- way. THURSDAY Sunset Empire Transportation District Board, 5:30 p.m., Sea- side Public Library conference room, 1131 Broadway. Cannon Beach Planning Com- mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Tuesday’s Lucky Lines: 02-07- 10-16-20-24-28-29 Estimated jackpot: $12,000 Tuesday’s Mega Millions: 14- 38-51-64-70, Mega Ball: 9 Estimated jackpot: $421 million WASHINGTON Tuesday’s Daily Game: 1-9-8 Tuesday’s Keno: 01-02-04-05- 06-07-13-16-18-25-28-30-34-41- 47-55-61-64-68-78 Tuesday’s Match 4: 06-13-15-21 LOTTERIES OREGON Tuesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 5-8-7-4 4 p.m.: 8-1-2-6 7 p.m.: 5-0-3-5 10 p.m.: 1-5-4-5 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 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. 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