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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
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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.
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
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REGIONAL CITIES
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Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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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
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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.
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Sun and areas of low
clouds
Mostly cloudy
SUN AND MOON
Time
12:59 a.m.
2:27 p.m.
65
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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.
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