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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018 Big wildfire season and summer of drought await the Northwest Christopher (Chris) Summerer Ilwaco, Washington Jan. 31, 1958 — June 22, 2018 By TONY SCHICK Oregon Public Broadcasting Federal officials antici- pate a big wildfire season in the Northwest throughout July, August and possibly into September. The latest forecasts show droughts throughout much of Oregon and southeast Wash- ington state and the poten- tial conditions for large fires if the region sees a week or longer stretch of hot and dry weather, according to the latest drought and climate outlook. “If everything lines up with the dry condition and lightning, we could see an above-normal fire season across Oregon,” said Ed Del- gado of the National Inter- agency Fire Center. Current statistics show 53 large fires burning in 10 states, most of which are in Alaska. Oregon has four large active fires, including the Boxcar fire at nearly 96,000 acres near Maupin. While officials say this season could surpass recent norms for fire activity, most western lands burn only Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin A helicopter drops a bucket of water along the leading edge of a wildfire as it burns along Montgomery Road near Lake Billy Chinook. neutralized by May weather that was hotter than normal, according to John Abatzo- glou, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho. “Basically, about twice as much snow melted out as nor- mal,” Abatzoglou said. “We saw record crests in a few river systems.” Besides snowpack, Del- gado said, recent rainfall could boost the growth of grasses, only for them to dry out later in summer and become fuel for wildfires. a fraction of their historic amounts. Many decades of suppress- ing fires has built up unnaturally high amounts of fuel for fires. Scientists say that now means more of the fires that escape suppression efforts are burning under extreme conditions. This year, hot and dry weather combined with low snowpack and recent rain- fall could all contribute to fire activity. High snowpack levels throughout much of west- ern ranges were essentially FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 65 54 54 Partly cloudy Tillamook 50/64 66 54 Low clouds, then perhaps some sun Last New July 6 Portland 54/72 Salem 52/73 Newport 50/61 Coos Bay 52/65 First July 12 July 19 John Day 50/82 June 23, 2018 FITCH, Charlotte Ann, 94, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Cald- well’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. NAIDOFF, Susan, 69, of Cannon Beach, died in Can- non Beach. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Baker 42/85 Burns 43/86 Klamath Falls 47/83 Lakeview 47/85 Ashland 54/83 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 8:06 a.m. 7:49 p.m. Low -0.8 ft. 2.7 ft. Hi 77 77 70 77 64 86 87 76 63 66 Today Lo 42 45 52 47 55 47 53 49 50 51 W s s pc s s s s s s s Hi 85 77 67 73 62 83 84 72 61 65 Wed. Lo 50 42 51 47 55 45 51 49 51 51 W s s pc s c s s pc pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 73 78 76 81 77 65 72 77 75 79 Today Lo 46 52 54 52 52 54 49 48 51 50 W pc s s s s s s s s s Hi 70 82 72 77 73 63 76 75 71 79 Wed. Lo 48 53 55 52 53 54 50 48 51 49 W c s pc s pc c pc s pc pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Lo 75 62 69 60 66 70 77 50 76 70 67 84 63 76 78 75 79 65 73 62 72 68 56 53 67 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend W t s t s t pc s sh pc t t s pc s t t t s s s t s pc pc pc Hi 91 79 79 97 87 80 105 74 88 83 92 108 81 95 89 90 90 77 97 78 89 100 67 70 80 Wed. Lo 75 66 68 63 71 67 79 51 76 67 75 83 63 77 77 76 78 69 72 64 73 75 57 53 71 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W t pc pc pc pc t s sh pc t s s pc pc t t t pc s pc pc s pc c pc APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 IN YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU VANDERBURG, Luther L. Jr., 85, of Houston, formerly of Knappa, died in Houston. Carnes Funeral Home in South Houston is in charge of the arrangements. June 4, 2018 NYBERG, Emil Edward, 84, of Fort Worth, Texas, for- merly of Astoria, died in Fort Worth. June 17, 2018 Headline misspelled — The word “acquaintance” was misspelled as “aquaintance” in the head- line of the Dear Annie column on 6A Monday. PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY Clatsop County Human Services Advisory Council, 4 to 5:30 p.m., 800 Exchange St., Room 430. Clatsop Care Health District Board, 5 p.m., Clatsop Retire- ment Village, 947 Olney Ave. Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Astoria Library Flag Room, 450 10th St. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main St. Warrenton-Hammond School Board, 6 p.m., special meeting, Warrenton High School library, 1700 S. Main Ave. Astoria Planning Commission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Estimated jackpot: $23,000 Monday’s Megabucks: 7-14- 25-28-33-35 Estimated jackpot: $1.8 million Estimated jackpot: $100,000 Monday’s Keno: 01-04-05-06- 09-11-12-13-16-19-21-27-41- 42-44-46-47-48-71-78 Monday’s Lotto: 07-12-22-31- 36-47 Estimated jackpot: $4.1 million Monday’s Match 4: 01-04-08-13 WEDNESDAY Astoria Parks Advisory Board, 6:45 a.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St. WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 6-0-7 Monday’s Hit 5: 03-09-22-28-32 OBITUARY POLICY PACKAGE DEALS Mattresses, Furniture & More! CORY, Reid, 71, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Hughes-Ran- som Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. June 21, 2018 SANCHEZ, Bernardo Juarez, 61, of Warrenton, died in Portland. Hughes-Ran- som Mortuary & Crematory in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. CORRECTION OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 3-7-3-8 4 p.m.: 7-9-0-5 7 p.m.: 4-7-8-0 10 p.m.: 7-6-9-5 Monday’s Lucky Lines: 02-07- 11-13-20-22-27-32 APPLIANCE 3 A 0 RS • At 12:15 a.m. Sunday, George Waer, 72, was arrested by Astoria police on the Asto- ria Bridge and charged with DUII. LOTTERIES Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Over and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving and reckless endangerment. His blood alco- hol content was 0.19 percent. DEATHS La Grande 45/81 Ontario 54/94 Bend 45/77 ON THE RECORD DUII • At 7:47 p.m. Monday, Margarito Soriano Cruz, 20, of Salem, was arrested by Oregon State Police on U.S. Highway 26 Roseburg 52/77 Brookings 54/70 Tonight's Sky: On Wednesday, Saturn at opposition. Visible for much of the night, reaching its highest point in the sky at around midnight. Hi 93 75 79 96 80 82 104 74 88 80 86 110 81 95 90 90 92 77 93 80 86 96 71 71 82 Prineville 46/81 Lebanon 49/74 Medford 53/84 UNDER THE SKY High 8.8 ft. 7.3 ft. Pendleton 52/82 The Dalles 57/77 Eugene 47/73 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:11 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:26 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 7:56 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 4:34 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 Sun and areas of low clouds Mostly cloudy SUN AND MOON Time 12:59 a.m. 2:27 p.m. 65 54 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 54/65 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.11" Month to date ................................... 2.44" Normal month to date ....................... 2.26" Year to date .................................... 35.58" Normal year to date ........................ 35.62" June 27 SATURDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 64°/55° Normal high/low ........................... 65°/51° Record high ............................ 84° in 1896 Record low ............................. 39° in 1966 Full 64 55 Mostly cloudy ALMANAC FRIDAY Born Jan. 31, 1958, in Norfolk, Virginia, Chris- for Russell, the two chose to combine their passion topher (Chris) Summerer was a big brother to of real estate, corporate retail and product develop- Timothy and son of Calvin and Uta Summerer. ment to start a business at the beach. Their combined passions built seven retail He moved with his parents to California, and ulti- mately Portland, Oregon. stores, three restaurants, eight vacation homes, two Chris attended and gradu- ated from Washington High apartment complexes and, School in Portland and yes, an amusement park, in attended college at Portland Long Beach, Washington, State University. over the past 18 years. Other businesses have Chris was very involved come and gone, but Chris with both the Maranatha and loved to work, and any one New Song churches, where worker would chuckle as his vocal talents were recog- nized, including singing solo he called, numerously, to Christopher Summerer “check the sales figures.” while on a European gos- pel mission. He had both the That was also one of his last rhythm and passion for gospel music, especially tasks, which left permanent smiles on us all. Chris Summerer was an incredible son, father, the song, “Oh Happy Day.” During this time, Chris met his (first) love of husband and friend to so many. He was passion- his life, Nancy Friesen, while attending church. ate, determined, humorous, and extremely hard- Noted as the “most eligible bachelor” amongst working, yet would make time for anyone. His his peers, Nancy wooed her way in with her blond friends and family were his life. Other than the hair, beautiful smile and her ability to cook with Taco House restaurant closing in Portland last the masters. They were married in 1982 in Port- year, Chris lived his life fully, with no regrets. land, Oregon. Chris passed peacefully, at home, on Friday, In 1986 they started their family, beginning June 22, from cancer, with his entire family at with Ashley (of Long Beach, Washington), then his side. There are few, and yet many, words to Whitney (of Portland, Oregon) and then, the feist- describe the life of this man. But a “beautiful soul” iest, Karli (along with husband, Tommy, of Hous- will suffice. ton, Texas). Those three girls remained the light in Chris was preceded in death by his father, Cal- his eye, and will always be his truest of love. In vin, (age 24) and brother, Timothy, (age 11), and is 2007, Ashley gave him his first (and only) grand- survived by his mother, Uta (Warrenton, Oregon), son, Braden. Even at the end, Chris was sharing daughters, grandson, mother-in-law Ann Maize (Warrenton, Oregon) and his husband, best friend his hope for “lots more grandbabies.” Chris began a career with Portland General and soul mate, Russell Maize. After a family graveside service at Ocean Electric in computer operations where, as he said, he paid his bills while he was pursuing his true View Cemetery on Saturday, June 30, anyone passion … real estate. Nancy had worked there, is welcome to the Honor and Tribute of Chris at as well. Ultimately, they both left their corporate the Historic Chinook School Community Build- jobs to pursue real estate full time, and ultimately ing, in Chinook, Washington, at noon the same “expanded operations” to Arizona and moved to day. You can also pay your respects on Friday, June 29, between 1 and 5 p.m., at Caldwell’s Houston. Nancy and Chris grew apart and he moved Luce Layton Mortuary in Astoria. Please sign back “home” to Portland, where he met his (sec- our online guest book at www.caldwellsmortu- ond) love of his life, Russell Maize. After compli- ary.com cated rehabbing for Chris and international travel No one will be missed more. HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 * SATURDAY * SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a flag symbol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 9 a.m. the busi- ness day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. 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