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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018
Local businesses honored for community impact
Sen. Johnson
praises Boone
for her service
‘We live in a community of
great companies.’
Dennis Murphy
chairman of Murphy Overseas
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Clatsop Economic Devel-
opment Resources on Wednes-
day honored local firms for
their impact on the North
Coast.
State Sen. Betsy Johnson,
D-Scappoose, also used the
annual business event to rec-
ognize outgoing state Rep.
Deborah Boone, D-Cannon
Beach. Boone is retiring from
the state House after her sev-
enth term ends in January.
Johnson hailed Boone’s
focus on emergency prepared-
ness, natural resources and
alternative energy. “Her ser-
vice to her district has been
modest, unassuming, capa-
ble and focused,” the state
senator said. “She cares des-
perately about fragile coastal
economies.”
Local businesses were
nominated by the community
for their economic impact,
public service, entrepreneur-
ship and innovation.
Brittany Israel, co-owner
of the Astoria Dairy Queen,
Tiffany Butler
Outgoing state Rep. Deb-
orah Boone, D-Cannon
Beach, left, was honored by
state Sen. Betsy Johnson,
D-Scappoose, Wednesday
during a Clatsop Econom-
ic Development Resources
business awards ceremony.
received a legacy award. Her
parents purchased the Dairy
Queen on Marine Drive in
1973. She and her husband,
Kent, took ownership in 2016.
Denele Sweet, owner of
Encore Dance Studio, won
an entrepreneurship award
for small businesses. Sweet
described how, as a new
mother and former competi-
tive dancer, she had received
Tiffany Butler
Several regional business owners took the stage Wednes-
day to be honored by Clatsop Economic Development Re-
sources, including (from left to right and top to bottom)
Dennis Murphy of Astoria Forest Products; Denele Sweet
of Encore Dance Studio; Brittany Israel of Astoria Dairy
Queen; Seaside insurance agent Jeremy Mills; Pete Gim-
re of Gimre’s Shoe Store; Wayne Poole of Pig’N Pancake;
Roxanne Williams-Morinville of Warrenton Kia; Paul Lang-
ner of Teevin Bros. Land and Timber Co.; and Anthony
Smith of Greensmith Landscapes.
a phone call about teaching a
dance class and built a busi-
ness with at least 15 teachers
in Gearhart.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with a
shower in places
ALMANAC
Tillamook
36/48
Full
Newport
36/48
Mar 31
Coos Bay
37/49
New
Apr 8
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
12:39 a.m.
2:06 p.m.
Low
2.9 ft.
0.6 ft.
Lakeview
21/37
Ashland
29/47
were shot. The agency told
KATU-TV no arrests have been
made, and there isn’t a suspect.
Though no longer endan-
gered, the birds are still pro-
tected by state and federal law.
It’s illegal to kill or harass them.
Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife spokesman
Rick Swart told the station:
“It defies my imagination why
somebody would do some-
thing that stupid and it sort of
makes me sick.”
A trooper found the eagles
east of Tangent on March 16.
of Seaside is in charge of the
arrangements.
March 21, 2018
M A R S H A L L - K N O T-
TINGHAM, Vicky, 61, of
Astoria, died in Astoria.
Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary
of Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
March 17, 2018
HOIKKA, Michael W.
“Mike,” 55, of Odell, formerly
of Astoria, died at home. Ander-
son’s Tribute Center in Hood
River is in charge of the arrange-
ments. Go to AndersonsTribu-
teCenter.com to leave a note of
condolence for the family.
4 p.m., Astoria Moose Lodge,
420 17th St. Memorial contri-
butions may be made to the
Deep Sea Fishermen’s Bene-
fit Fund in Warrenton, or the
Astoria Moose Lodge.
Thursday’s Lucky Lines: 03-
05-09-13-17-23-28-32
Estimated jackpot: $14,000
6-5-6
Thursday’s Keno: 02-03-04-
05-10-13-14-17-26-32-40-42-
46-55-56-57-58-59-66-72
Thursday’s Match 4: 09-12-
21-22
DEATHS
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
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Portland
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Salem
Seaside
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Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
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March 22, 2018
DRAPER, Nadine, 67,
of Seaside, died in Seaside.
Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary
of Seaside is in charge of the
arrangements.
LEWARD, Brian, 78,
of Seaside, died in Seaside.
Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Hi
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Burns
23/42
Klamath Falls
22/37
to channel much-needed dol-
lars directly into schools
and classrooms,” said Chris
McGowan, president and
CEO of the Portland Trail
Blazers and Rose Quarter, in
a release.
In the past four years, the
Trail Blazers Foundation and
Wells Fargo have presented
$385,000 in grants to 73
schools.
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018
UNDER THE SKY
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TANGENT — Authorities
are investigating the deaths
of three bald eagles in Linn
County.
Oregon State Police inves-
tigators believe the eagles
Ontario
36/53
Roseburg
34/50
Brookings
37/46
Apr 15
Associated Press
Baker
30/48
John Day
28/45
Bend
21/42
Medford
30/50
Tonight's Sky: Use the handle of the Big Dipper to
"Arc to Arcturus and spike down to Spica."
High
8.7 ft.
6.6 ft.
Prineville
22/45
Lebanon
33/48
Astoria Middle School has
received $9,500 from the Trail
Blazers Foundation and Wells
Fargo to repair and update
basketball hoops and back-
boards in the gym.
The middle school was
one of 24 schools in 19 cities
across Oregon and southwest
Washington state that received
a total of $110,000 from the
Take It To the Court for Edu-
cation program. Educators,
parents and community mem-
bers submitted more than
300 applications in pursuit of
grants, reviewed by a commit-
tee of community leaders.
“This is the culmination of
an important partnership that
has allowed the Trail Blazers
Foundation and Wells Fargo
Bald eagles shot to death near Tangent
La Grande
31/46
Salem
34/51
Eugene
31/48
Last
Pendleton
31/51
The Dalles
32/55
Portland
36/52
Sunset tonight ........................... 7:32 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday ........................ 7:11 a.m.
Moonrise today ......................... 11:11 a.m.
Moonset today ............................ 1:33 a.m.
City
Atlanta
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Seattle
Washington, DC
Mostly cloudy with a
chance of rain
Mostly cloudy
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
34/49
SUN AND MOON
Time
6:42 a.m.
8:42 p.m.
53
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Precipitation
Thursday .......................................... 0.50"
Month to date ................................... 2.54"
Normal month to date ....................... 5.43"
Year to date .................................... 21.15"
Normal year to date ........................ 22.82"
Mar 24
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Mostly cloudy and chilly;
a p.m. shower
The Daily Astorian
TUESDAY
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Mostly cloudy and chilly
Astoria through Thursday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 49°/36°
Normal high/low ........................... 54°/40°
Record high ............................ 65° in 1915
Record low ............................. 28° in 2001
First
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large businesses. The com-
pany is heavily involved in
local philanthropy. Owner
Shawn Teevin helped found
the Knappa Schools Founda-
tion to support his alma mater.
Roxanne
Williams-Mo-
rinville, co-owner and gen-
eral manager of Warrenton
Kia, won the customer service
award for large businesses.
Astoria Forest Products,
a log exporter at the Port of
Astoria, received an economic
impact award. The exporter,
which took over from West-
erlund Log Handlers in 2014,
employs 15 people at the Port.
The company has been cred-
ited with indirectly support-
ing about 50 jobs for every
loaded log vessel leaving Pier
1, including longshoremen,
loggers and truck drivers.
“We live in a community of
great companies,” said Dennis
Murphy, chairman of parent
company Murphy Overseas.
He credited the local work-
force for helping his compa-
ny’s operation work.
Trail Blazers, Wells Fargo provide
Astoria Middle School hoop protection
MONDAY
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway.
TONIGHT
Pete Gimre, owner of
Gimre’s Shoe Store, won the
small-business award for cus-
tomer service. His grandfather,
Sven, emigrated from Norway
to the U.S. in 1892 and started
the company.
Anthony Smith, owner of
Greensmith Landscapes, won
an innovation award for small
businesses. A 2006 graduate of
Warrenton High School, Smith
moved back after attend-
ing college in Florida to take
over his family’s landscaping
business.
Wayne Poole, co-owner of
Pig’N Pancake, won the inno-
vation award for large busi-
nesses. His parents, Bob and
Marianne Poole, opened the
restaurant’s first location in
downtown Seaside in 1961.
The restaurant now has six
locations on the Oregon Coast
and in Portland.
Jeremy Mills, a State Farm
insurance agent based in Sea-
side, won a small-business
award for service to the com-
munity for his support of youth
programs.
Teevin Bros. Land and
Timber won an award for ser-
vice to the community among
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Saturday, March 24
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