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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 Journalists win regional SPJ awards Donna Lee Buzzard Gearhart Aug. 11, 1933 — June 16, 2018 The Daily Astorian Journalists for The Daily Astorian and its sister newspa- pers took home several awards from the Region 10 Society of Professional Journalists contest. They competed in the small newspaper division (newsrooms with 15 people or less), featuring the best work from print and online publica- tions in Oregon, Washington state, Alaska, Idaho and Mon- tana. Winners were announced Thursday night in Portland. Brenna Visser of The Daily Astorian and Cannon Beach Gazette won first place for spot news reporting, for a story about a dog rescued from a cliff at Ecola State Park. Natalie St. John of the Chinook Observer won first Donna Lee Buzzard was born in Jerome, Once she moved to Oregon, she volunteered Pennsylvania, to Herman and Kathlyn Driggs. for the hospice program in Clatsop County, and She passed away peacefully at her daughter’s became active in the Clatsop Community Col- lege Exploring New Concepts of Retirement home on June 16, 2018. Education (ENCORE) program. In Donna met her future husband, her later years, she found great joy Robert Dow Buzzard Jr., at Academy in playing the ukulele with the North High School in Erie, Pennsylvania, Coast Strummers, and filling her lei- in the eighth grade. After graduating sure time quilting. Like her bread, the as a teacher from Eastern Nazarene whimsical quilts found their way to College in 1955, she and Bob were many delighted recipients. Undoubt- married. edly, some of her happiest times were As a Navy wife, Donna spent the spent with her grandchildren, Colton next 26 years in 24 different tours, and Maggie. quickly making every house a home Donna is survived by her four for her family of six. They retired in 1984 to Gearhart, Oregon, their 24th Donna Buzzard children, Tara Lee Sinclair of Warren- ton, Oregon, Robin Buzzard Caven- home, and it certainly was one of her dish (Fred) of Banks, Oregon, Rob- favorites. Keeping the home fires burning while Bob ert Dow Buzzard III (Marie) of Chesapeake, was away was only a part of her life. She was Virginia, and Dawn Heather Buzzard of Gear- an artist, a published author, and one of the best hart, Oregon; two grandchildren, Colton Rob- bread bakers around, always sharing her artis- ert Cavendish of Banks, Oregon, and Marga- tic loaves with many in the community. Fresh ret Flora Blaser of Gearhart, Oregon; and her bread would arrive on doorsteps when new brother, Gary Driggs (Jan) of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania. babies arrived, or sad news visited a neighbor. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donna was always community-minded. She got involved, and made a big impact, even Bob, in 1997; son-in-law, Stuart Sinclair, in though tours were typically only 18 months. She 2012; and her brother, Larry Driggs, in 2017. She lived life gracefully, helped others cheer- established a joint annual art show in Scotland with local residents and Navy wives, as well as fully, and was truly loved by all. An online guest book may be signed at www. painting wall murals at her daughter’s elemen- hughes-ransom.com tary school in Virginia. FROM LEFT Brenna Visser, Natalie St. John, Luke Whit- taker and Edward Stratton. place for best photo portfo- lio and was a runner-up in column writing for her regu- lar “Hearthfire & Brimstone” cooking column. Luke Whittaker of the Chi- nook Observer won first place in spot news photography, for a story about a charter skip- per and crew rescuing a trio off Cape Disappointment. Edward Stratton of The Daily Astorian was a run- ner-up in short-form feature news reporting, for a story about an Astoria boy receiving a 3-D-printed prosthetic arm. The Daily Astorian’s “Mouth of the Columbia” restaurant reviews were a run- ner-up for best column. “These journalists work hard to cover news in their communities every day,” said Jim Van Nostrand, editor of The Daily Astorian. “We could not be more proud of them.” acing, third-degree theft and disorderly conduct. Belshe allegedly stole $95 worth of property from Fred Meyer. After an employee con- fronted him, he allegedly said he had a gun and threatened to shoot people in the store. He fled the scene and was arrested minutes later. While witnesses initially reported that Belshe pulled a gun out near the gas pumps, police did not locate one. ON THE RECORD Robbery • At 1:30 p.m. Thurs- day, Zane Belshe, 56, was arrested by Warrenton police on Second Street and Mar- lin Avenue and charged with second-degree robbery, men- PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Astoria Design Review Com- mittee, 5 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Lola W. Jones Astoria Historic Landmarks Commission, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Astoria Nov. 17, 1932 — June 19, 2018 FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY 54 Partly cloudy ALMANAC Last Tillamook 56/68 Salem 55/80 Newport 53/65 Coos Bay 54/69 First July 12 Prineville 48/80 Lebanon 54/79 Baker 48/76 Ontario 58/84 Bend 46/77 Medford 53/88 July 19 John Day 49/75 La Grande 52/75 Burns 42/75 Roseburg 56/84 Brookings 56/78 Klamath Falls 42/83 Lakeview 44/77 Ashland 54/86 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 UNDER THE SKY Tonight's Sky: The sun will begin moving southward later this week and the days will soon begin to grow shorter. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 4:58 a.m. 4:42 p.m. Low 0.5 ft. 1.8 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 82 79 70 78 64 83 88 75 63 67 Today Lo 48 46 54 52 57 42 53 55 53 54 W pc s s s pc s s pc s s Hi 76 77 74 78 65 83 88 78 65 68 Sat. Lo 46 47 56 50 55 45 56 52 51 54 W pc pc s pc pc s s pc pc s City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 70 85 76 82 78 65 80 78 74 85 Today Lo 50 54 58 56 55 56 54 53 57 50 W pc pc pc s pc pc pc s pc pc Hi 76 81 79 84 80 67 74 79 76 85 Sat. Lo 49 56 56 57 54 53 56 52 53 53 W pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc Lola Essiemae Jones, born Nov. 17, 1932, in and daughter-in law, Esther Jones; daugh- Lumber City, Georgia, passed away with loving ter, Pamela and son-in-law, Greg Hitchman; family members by her side on June 19, 2018, daughter, Peggy Church; and nephew, Newel in Astoria, Oregon. Lola was preceded in death Sandiford and his wife, June. Grandchil- dren include Jason Jones and fam- by the love of her life and husband, ily, Shannon Roberson-Karna and Lockland Vance Jones (Pop); grand- son, Nathan Roberson; and son-in- family, and Jennifer Rizzi and fam- ily; 11 great-grandchildren; and two law, Kenneth Church. great-great-grandchildren. Raised in Lumber City by her par- ents, Oscar and Viola White, she was The family would like to thank dedicated and compassionate indi- the sixth child of seven, and excelled viduals at Clatsop Care Center in in sports, including being an all-star Astoria, as well as Dr. Kevin Baxter. on her high school basketball team. The family would also like to thank Lola enjoyed a varied profes- sional life including bookkeeping, the wonderful people at hospice, as Lola Jones real estate and telephone operation in their care and compassion didn’t the great state of Texas. Another one stop at Lola, but also extended many times to her loving family. of Lola’s favorite things to do was A viewing will be today, June 22, at Cald- traveling with her husband during a successful well’s Mortuary, 1165 Franklin Ave., Astoria, family-owned commercial fishing career. Her greatest joy was being with her family Oregon, from 5 to 7 p.m. A celebration of life will be held at Lewis and friends in the commercial fishing industry, even though they were all over the southern part and Clark Bible Church, 35082 Seppa Road, of the U.S. and Alaska. Lola also enjoyed fish Astoria, Oregon, on Saturday, June 23 at 11 a.m. Flowers can be delivered to Cadwell’s and shrimp dinners, gatherings on boats with other fishing families, and loved donating her during the public viewing, or in lieu of flowers time to the Fisherman’s Wives’ Club. Her favor- a donation can be made to the local hospice and ite holiday was Christmas, and how it would or Clatsop Care Center. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton mortuary is in bring her beloved family together. Her beautiful life will forever be cher- charge of the arrangements. Please sign our ished in the lives of her children: son, Chuck, online guest book at caldwellsmortuary.com John Marshall Norling Seaside Sept. 1, 1950 — June 1, 2018 TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Hi Lo 88 71 70 59 66 60 83 55 73 61 70 64 106 76 65 52 89 73 76 64 74 61 109 82 81 63 89 72 90 77 83 68 91 78 75 63 90 67 73 65 75 64 86 65 75 58 70 56 71 69 Pendleton 54/81 The Dalles 60/83 Portland 58/79 Eugene 52/78 New July 6 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 Mostly sunny Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 54/68 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:11 p.m. Sunrise Saturday ........................ 5:25 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 3:49 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 2:32 a.m. High 6.6 ft. 8.7 ft. 66 52 Mainly cloudy with a passing shower Times of clouds and sun SUN AND MOON Time 11:00 a.m. 10:58 p.m. TUESDAY 64 52 REGIONAL WEATHER Precipitation Thursday .......................................... Trace Month to date ................................... 2.31" Normal month to date ....................... 1.99" Year to date .................................... 35.45" Normal year to date ........................ 35.35" June 27 69 53 Partly sunny Astoria through Thursday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 65°/57° Normal high/low ........................... 65°/51° Record high ............................ 80° in 1971 Record low ............................. 42° in 1956 Full MONDAY 68 53 W t s r pc pc r s r pc t pc s pc t t t pc pc s sh t s pc pc r Sat. Hi Lo 87 73 67 60 75 62 85 54 79 66 79 64 106 78 69 48 88 73 77 63 81 67 110 82 80 63 88 75 89 76 87 71 91 78 73 66 89 71 81 70 82 68 88 59 79 60 75 55 86 74 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W t sh c s pc t s pc pc pc t s pc t t t pc t pc t pc s s pc t Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Not just serving the community. Part of the community. John Marshall Norling passed away peace- ling; stepdaughter and daughter-in-law, Melissa fully in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, June 1, Harding-Lupo and Stacie Lupo; brother and sis- 2018, at the age of 67, with the love of his life, ter-in-law, Jim and Alison Norling; sister-in- law, Kathleen Murphy; nieces, Stacey Norling, Elaine, by his side. Katie Norling, Carrie Parma-Collier John was born in Seaside on Sept. and Kim Fragneli; nephews, Justin 1, 1950, and called it his home all of Fine and Josh Fine and his wife Kath- his life. leen Fine; and dear friends, Robin If you didn’t have the opportu- nity to know John, and for many of Laughlin and Kathy Malin. John is preceded in death by his you locally who did, it was his gen- tle nature and his kindness that would father, Henry Norling; his mother, Catharine Norling; his stepson, Mat- draw you to him. Once there, he thew Harding; and older sister, Linda could slip in his beautiful sense of Norling. humor, and have you laughing right A memorial service will be held along. A friend for life. John Norling on Monday, June 25, at noon, at Cal- John was a talented finish car- vary Episcopal Church, 503 N. Holl- penter. He built the home that he and aday Drive in Seaside. Elaine have shared together in Sea- Contributions in his memory may be made side for the past 17 years. Working in the trade was his passion and his joy until his retirement to the Clatsop Animal Shelter, 1315 SE 19th St., five years ago. He loved to take things apart, Warrenton, OR 97146. His family would like to thank Pam and repair them, and put them back together. A Brian Dutton of Ocean View Funeral & Crema- “fixer” from the gate! He loved spending time with his wife, tion Service for their kind, compassionate and Elaine, and taking their dogs to run on the personal care. They are deeply appreciated by beach. He met Elaine Harding in 1986, and the the Norling family. You are invited to sign our online guest book two of them fell deeply in love, and married in and share a memory at www.OceanViewAsto- January 1988. John is survived by his wife, Elaine Nor- ria.com LOTTERIES Dee Nguyen, DO Family Medicine Providers at Coastal Family Health Center live, work, and are actively a part of helping improve our local community. They are committed to providing health care services for the whole person and the whole family. Now accepting new patients. 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