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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018
‘If you could have gone on spring break, where would you go?’
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
“I’ve always wanted
to go to Hawaii to
see some sunshine
and warm waters.”
“I guess I’d go to the
South of France. I
love it there, but I
love it here, too.”
“It’s a bad time to go to
Hawaii, it’s too expen-
sive. I’d go to Eastern
Oregon or Eastern
Washington. We have
so many neat and histor-
ical places here. There are
things to see for anyone.”
Denise Giliga, Astoria
Candace Smith,
Gearhart
Dan Arnoth, Astoria
Goodenberger to be honored Former energy tax credit
for historic preservation work employee sentenced
The Daily Astorian
Local historic buildings
consultant John Gooden-
berger will receive an Oregon
Heritage Excellence Award
for his consultation, his work
with nonprofits and his part
in creating the historic pres-
ervation and restoration pro-
gram at Clatsop Community
College.
“The award recipients
represent the extraordinary
efforts to preserve Oregon’s
heritage,” said Beth Dehn,
coordinator for the state Heri-
tage Commission, in a release.
“They also serve as models
for others on how to develop
new ideas, approaches and
innovations.”
Valerie Vines Magee will
receive the Sally Donovan
Award for Historic Ceme-
tery Preservation for helping
PORTLAND — A former
administrator for the Oregon
Department of Energy’s trou-
bled Business Energy Tax
Credit program has been sen-
tenced to five years in federal
prison for accepting $300,000
in bribes to participate in a
money laundering scheme and
defrauding the IRS.
Joseph J. Colello, 57, of
Salem, also was sentenced
to three years of supervised
release and more than $81,000
in restitution.
“Government employees
are called to be stewards of
taxpayers’ dollars and inter-
ests. Instead, this defendant
chose to betray his obligation
and defy public trust,” said
Billy Williams, the U.S. attor-
ney for Oregon. “Plain and
simple, corruption erodes con-
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John Goodenberger is being honored for his impact on
historic preservation.
improve safety at and beau-
tify the Nehalem American
Legion Cemetery.
The awards will be
given later this month in
Sunriver.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Considerable cloudiness
with a little rain
ALMANAC
Tillamook
47/53
Salem
46/58
Newport
47/54
New
Eugene
44/56
First
Apr 15
Full
Apr 22
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
11:46 a.m.
11:37 p.m.
Low
0.5 ft.
2.9 ft.
Ontario
42/63
Burns
35/54
Klamath Falls
41/54
Lakeview
37/51
Ashland
50/60
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Hi
57
60
58
60
53
61
71
59
55
58
Today
Lo
37
42
47
44
48
41
49
46
47
46
W
c
sh
c
r
r
c
c
r
r
c
Hi
59
54
56
56
53
54
61
55
54
56
Thu.
Lo W
37 sh
40
r
50
r
47
r
49
r
40 sh
48
r
50
r
49
r
50
r
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
53
57
59
68
63
55
44
64
58
61
Today
Lo
44
44
48
47
46
47
37
46
48
41
W
r
c
r
c
r
r
pc
c
r
c
Hi
54
58
57
62
58
54
48
57
56
58
Thu.
Lo
47
45
52
49
50
49
32
50
50
41
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Hi
63
62
37
64
39
39
80
29
82
42
43
84
71
56
85
55
71
62
59
66
43
63
63
51
66
Baker
37/59
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Tonight's Sky: Use the handle of the Big Dipper to
"Arc to Arcturus and spike down to Spica."
Today
Lo
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La Grande
41/55
Roseburg
47/62
Brookings
46/57
Apr 29
John Day
43/56
Bend
42/54
Medford
49/61
UNDER THE SKY
High
8.4 ft.
6.9 ft.
Prineville
42/56
Lebanon
47/57
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51
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87
37
82
50
60
87
71
65
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63
74
46
69
48
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66
64
55
56
Thu.
Lo
49
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30
36
26
33
61
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72
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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.
Scott David Nixon
Rain and drizzle; windy in
the morning
Pendleton
44/58
The Dalles
47/59
Portland
48/57
Sunset tonight ........................... 7:48 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 6:48 a.m. Coos Bay
Moonrise today .................................. none 46/56
Moonset today ............................ 9:28 a.m.
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
Windy with rain
51
42
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
46/54
SUN AND MOON
Time
4:52 a.m.
6:16 p.m.
54
45
Periods of rain
ited more than $1.3 million in
income from the commissions
charged to sellers of the tax
credits between 2012 and 2015,
the court documents show. The
co-conspirator would trans-
fer part of the funds into a per-
sonal account from which he
would issue biweekly cashier’s
checks as a kickback to Colello
for a portion of the fee. During
the three-year period, Colello
accepted more than $300,000
in bribe payments for his role
in the scheme.
He pleaded guilty March
15 to one count each of con-
spiracy to engage in mone-
tary transactions in property
derived from specific unlawful
activity, conspiracy to defraud
the IRS and filing a false
income tax return.
The Capital Bureau is a
collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group.
SUNDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ Trace
Month to date ................................... 0.51"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.63"
Year to date .................................... 23.74"
Normal year to date ........................ 25.47"
Apr 8
60
49
Mostly cloudy, rain;
breezy
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 51°/33°
Normal high/low ........................... 55°/40°
Record high ............................ 70° in 1966
Record low ............................. 29° in 2008
Last
SATURDAY
54
49
46
fidence in government.”
As a pass-through pro-
gram manager for the Busi-
ness Energy Tax Credit pro-
gram between June 2012 and
March 2015, Colello helped
businesses sell their credits
by locating buyers he found
through his job at the state and
negotiating transfers, accord-
ing to court records. He and
a co-conspirator, who has not
been named because of an
ongoing investigation, made it
appear as if the co-conspirator
was brokering the deals. They
charged sellers a 1 to 2 percent
fee, undercutting other brokers
who typically charged 10 per-
cent for the same service.
The co-conspirator founded
a sham company to receive
commission payments from
sellers and conceal earnings
from the IRS, according to
court records.
The co-conspirator depos-
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
Gearhart
Oct. 3, 1960 — April 1, 2018
Scott David Nixon was born Oct. 3, 1960, including Roderick Gramson and Sally Cullen.
in Astoria, Oregon. Scott’s parents were Rich- Scott enjoyed clam digging with Rod. He spent
ard and Pamela Nixon, and he had two brothers, the last six years of his life with them, and con-
Sam and Steve Nixon. His father, Richard, and sidered them to be his family.
Scott was a very generous person,
his brother, Steve, preceded him in
and he would go out of his way to
death. Scott has six nieces and neph-
ews, Tarrin, Darren, Ryan, Chris,
help his friends and family. You will
be missed, Scott David Nixon.
Brittany and Stacy Nixon. Scott was
There will be a memorial ser-
a beloved uncle to his nieces and
vice on April 21, 2018, at 1 p.m., at
nephews.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary in Asto-
Scott loved to fish and hunt, and
ria. There will be a reception at Rod-
he truly enjoyed the outdoors. He
erick Gramson’s home (75 S.W. Juni-
enjoyed playing football in school,
per Ave. in Warrenton, Oregon) after
and excelled at the sport. Scott was a
the memorial service for anyone who
commercial fisherman for the first 25
Scott Nixon
wants to come and remember Scott.
years of his life. He enjoyed fishing,
In lieu of flowers, the family has
and was considered a great net man.
asked for memorial donations in
Scott and his brother, Sam, were
very close, and when they were kids they would Scott’s name be made to the Astoria school ath-
fish and hunt together. Scott would do anything letic department.
For further information regarding how to
for Sam. “Scott was the best brother I could
have ever asked for in my life, and I will miss make donations, please visit hughes-ransom.
him so much,” Sam said. “Scott would give you com and fb.me/hughesransommortuary, where
the shirt off his back, and do anything for any- a memorial tribute has been set up to share sto-
one. He will truly be missed by everyone he ries and upload media (photos/videos).
Funeral arrangements are by Hughes-Ran-
knew in his life.”
Scott had special friends in the Astoria area, som Mortuary & Crematory in Astoria.
ON THE RECORD
Assault
• At 8:47 p.m. Tuesday,
Preston Medjo, 22, of Ham-
mond, was arrested by War-
renton police on the 240
block of Tyee Street and
charged with second-degree
assault. After his brother
accused him of siphon-
ing gas out of a car, Medjo
allegedly hit him with a
stick.
DEATH
March 30, 2018
NORRMAN, Nelly, 99, of Umeå, Sweden, formerly of Astoria, died in Umeå. Fonus Funeral
Home in Umeå is in charge of the arrangements.
MEMORIAL
Saturday, April 7
HOIKKA, Michael W. “Mike” — Memorial at 1 p.m., Christian Missionary Alliance, 2650
Montello Ave. in Hood River.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Seaside Improvement Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Warrenton-Hammond School
Board, 6 p.m., meeting on fa-
cilities, Warrenton High School
library, 1700 S. Main Ave.
Astoria School Board, 6:15
p.m., study session, Capt.
Robert Gray School third-floor
boardroom, 785 Alameda Ave.
Gearhart City Council, 7 p.m.,
698 Pacific Way, Gearhart.
THURSDAY
Northwest Oregon Housing
Authority Board, 10 a.m., NOHA
office, 147 S. Main Ave., Warrenton.
Seaside Parks Advisory Com-
mittee, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
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