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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2018 F-15 dogfights shatter the calm in Oregon wilderness Like a virtual video game By MARK FREEMAN The Mail Tribune MEDFORD — Each year Gabe Howe of Ashland hikes deep into his beloved Kal- miopsis Wilderness Area to really get away from it all. But on June 21, it was if he had hiked into a virtual video game. Out of nowhere, F-15 fighter jets streaked across the sky, complete with dogfights and evasive maneuvers as if someone was shooting mis- siles at them — despite the fact that it’s fire season in this remote area. “It was like a war zone,” says Howe, executive direc- tor of the Siskiyou Mountain Club. “These fighter jets were chasing each other around, sonic booms and even shoot- ing off flares. That’s not the experience I’m looking for. “It’s not conducive to the management of a wilderness,” says Howe, who shot a short video of a spent flare in the air. “It doesn’t seem they should be doing that in a place of that level of protection.” Turns out the Oregon Air Oregon Military Department F-15 Eagles fly over the Oregon Coast. National Guard enjoys the Kalmiopsis for the same rea- son Howe does: Getting away from people. “We don’t like to fly over populated areas,” says Senior Master Sgt. Jennifer Shirar at Klamath Falls’ Kingsley Field, the only F-15 fighter training facility in the United States. Guard pilots train on week- days and the occasional Sat- urday in so-called “Military Operations Areas” mostly in central Oregon but occasion- ally in southwest Oregon, smack-dab in one of Oregon’s wildest recesses, records show. The Kalmiopsis is part of the Dolphin MOA, a sec- ondary training area that the Guard can use without the con- sent, blessing or even knowl- edge of Rogue River-Siski- you National Forest officials because the military and the Federal Aviation Administra- tion control the airspace. BIRTH The Daily Astorian FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 72 55 54 Sunshine and nice; breezy in the afternoon Partly cloudy ALMANAC Pleasant with some sun First Full July 19 Salem 56/90 Newport 53/67 Coos Bay 57/70 Last July 27 Aug 4 John Day 54/88 La Grande 50/86 Burns 45/89 Roseburg 58/91 Klamath Falls 49/92 Lakeview 49/92 Ashland 57/96 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 6:58 a.m. 6:39 p.m. Low -1.2 ft. 2.4 ft. Hi 82 81 74 81 67 84 90 77 68 70 Today Lo 44 46 57 51 56 49 57 54 53 56 W s s s s pc s s pc pc s Hi 87 86 76 88 69 92 96 87 67 69 Wed. Lo 46 53 57 57 58 53 62 60 53 56 W s s s s s s s s s s City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 73 85 78 84 80 69 79 82 77 84 Today Lo 50 55 60 58 56 55 56 54 57 51 W pc s pc s pc pc s s pc s Hi 82 89 88 91 90 72 85 88 87 90 Wed. Lo 52 60 64 62 61 57 61 57 61 58 W s s s s s s s s s s TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Lo 74 70 68 65 73 63 71 52 77 69 74 82 69 76 77 74 78 71 71 72 74 72 61 58 76 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend W s s s s s s pc sh pc t s t pc t t t t s pc s pc t s pc s Hi 93 76 85 97 93 85 91 65 88 86 96 97 89 94 89 91 89 86 91 89 93 93 78 79 89 Wed. Lo 74 63 69 65 74 62 71 51 76 66 74 83 69 76 79 71 78 66 73 68 72 73 63 60 71 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc s pc s s pc c pc s s t pc t pc t t pc pc pc s pc pc s pc APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 IN YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU allegedly trespassed in his mother’s home and damaged property. At 11:04 a.m. Sun- day, his mother came home from work and allegedly found him sleeping. After he woke up, police arrived and arrested him again. While being led to the police car in handcuffs, Taylor allegedly began resisting, forcing three officers to restrain him. Two officers sustained cuts and were bleeding. Once in the police car, Taylor allegedly began yelling and kicking the door of the police car, caus- ing roughly $500 worth of damage. DUII • At 2:51 a.m. Sunday, Michael Kakuska, 22, of Sea- side, was arrested by Warren- ton police on Eighth Street and Main Avenue and charged with driving under the influ- ence of intoxicants and pos- session of inhalants. & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. CABIC, Sharon, 73, of Sea- side, died in Seaside. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. July 4, 2018 HARRIS, Gregory Alan, 54, of Gresham, formerly of Warrenton, died in Portland. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mor- tuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. July 2, 2018 FRANKLIN, John A., 72, of Seaside, died in Seaside. Ocean View Funeral & Cre- mation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. DEATHS July 7, 2018 MOSIER, Mary R., 67, of Gearhart, died in Gearhart. Ocean View Funeral & Cre- mation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. July 6, 2018 ARAGON, Bonaventura, 76, of Bremerton, Washington, died in Astoria. Ocean View Funeral Clatsop County Fair Board, 5:30 p.m., Clatsop County Fair- grounds, 92937 Walluski Loop. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Clatsop Community College Board, 6:30 p.m., Columbia Hall Room 219, 1651 Lexington Ave. WEDNESDAY Astoria City Council, 9 a.m., work session on library, City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St. Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Mar- ket Road, Svensen. Estimated jackpot: $37,000 Monday’s Megabucks: 1-5-12- 18-24-28 Estimated jackpot: $3 million Estimated jackpot: $150,000 Monday’s Keno: 04-13-14-18- 20-22-27-29-34-40-42-43-44-50- 52-60-66-75-76-78 Monday’s Lotto: 02-07-17-22- 36-45 Estimated jackpot: $4.7 million Monday’s Match 4: 01-15-18-23 LOTTERIES PACKAGE DEALS Mattresses, Furniture & More! Assault • After two incidents last weekend, Adam Taylor, 22, of Warrenton, was arrested by Warrenton police on the 470 block of Main Ave- nue and charged with two counts of assaulting a pub- lic safety officer, resisting arrest, two counts of first-de- gree criminal trespass and two counts of criminal mis- chief. At 2:01 p.m. Saturday, Taylor was arrested after he TUESDAY Astoria Design Review Com- mittee, 5 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Astoria Historic Landmarks Commission, after Design Review Committee meeting, City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Cannon Beach City Council, 5:30 p.m., work session, City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. APPLIANCE 3 A 0 RS 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 27 in partnership with the non- profit and Clatsop Commu- nity College, which offers a maritime science pro- gram. The event will fea- ture a group of working mariners talking about their jobs. Attendees can learn about job opportunities and requirements. Sea School Northwest staff will also be on hand to answer questions and talk about scholarship opportuni- ties available to anyone 18 to 35 who makes less than dou- ble the federal poverty level. PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Over The Grays Harbor Histori- cal Seaport, the nonprofit that runs the tall ships Hawaiian Chieftain and Lady Washing- ton, is bringing a maritime training program to Astoria later this month. The nonprofit operates Sea School Northwest, a pro- gram designed to train adults for entry-level maritime jobs in eight weeks at sea. “We are looking for young adults who are ready to jump in, and start something totally new in their life,” Cait- lin Stanton, assistant direc- tor of the program, said in a release. “Joining Sea School Northwest means you will leave home, join the crew of a ship, and become a mariner. If you complete the program, you’ll get a foot in the door to an amazing, high-wage, growing job market. We have scholarships for people who are ready to make the leap, and for people from the Ore- gon Coast, this work is part of a long tradition.” The Columbia River Mar- itime Museum will host a maritime industry panel from ON THE RECORD Baker 44/87 Ontario 62/95 Bend 46/86 Medford 57/96 Tonight's Sky: Corona Borealis, the northern crown, high overhead as darkness falls. Hi 92 91 86 98 90 88 89 69 88 90 95 99 91 91 89 91 91 92 90 93 95 98 79 73 95 Prineville 47/89 Lebanon 55/88 Brookings 60/81 UNDER THE SKY High 7.2 ft. Pendleton 55/89 The Dalles 58/94 Portland 60/88 Eugene 51/88 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:07 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:35 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 3:23 a.m. Moonset today ........................... 6:41 p.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 Times of clouds and sun Tillamook 52/73 SUN AND MOON Time 1:21 p.m. none 70 55 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 54/72 Precipitation Monday ............................................ Trace Month to date ................................... 0.02" Normal month to date ....................... 0.40" Year to date .................................... 35.67" Normal year to date ........................ 36.31" July 12 Mostly sunny and pleasant SATURDAY 67 53 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 65°/57° Normal high/low ........................... 67°/53° Record high ............................ 91° in 1926 Record low ............................. 41° in 1938 New FRIDAY 72 55 The small fire was in the Ashland watershed and was extinguished, Lucas says. Howe says his Siskiyou Mountain Club crew was in the Kalmiopsis last year on the eve of the Chetco Bar Fire when they saw the F-15s prac- tice dogfighting and fire flares. The Chetco Bar Fire, which eventually enveloped 191,197 acres including por- tions of the Kalmiopsis in the upper Chetco River Basin, was caused by lightning, and Howe says “unequivocally” that no spent flares ignited any portion of that fire. When the crew returned, Howe says he talked to them individually about what they saw and their accounts were consistent. They were also consistent with rumors Howe had heard from botanists and others who venture into the Kalmiopsis. However, he didn’t say anything at the time because he didn’t think people would believe him. “It just sounds like a con- spiracy,” Howe says. “Liv- ing in Ashland, people would associate me with the anti-vaccination crowd or the chemtrails crowd. “But I saw it with my own two eyes,” he says. Maritime workers talk job opportunities June 29, 2018 NESS, Melissa and Luke, of Warrenton, a girl, Zoe Rose Ness, born at Columbia Memorial Hos- pital in Astoria. Grandparents are Denise Ness, Teresa Brownlie and Terry Johnson, all of Astoria. TONIGHT Shirar declined to say how often F-15s enter that area, but she did say training involved dogfights and the shooting of flares. The flares are actually magnesium pellets that, when ignited, burn less than 10 sec- onds but at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the Guard’s 2002 environmental assessment for their use. The burn temperature is hotter than the aircraft exhaust, so it attracts and decoys heat-seeking weapons fired at the aircraft. A 2017 Guard environ- mental study states pilots don’t fire the flares lower than 5,000 feet above the ground — far higher than the 1,000- foot minimum to ensure no wildfires occur. Also, every safety precaution is taken, including shots to ensure the flares burn out before they hit the 5,000-foot elevation, Shi- rar says. “This is our state, too,” Shirar says. “We live here. We recreate here. We want to keep our state beautiful as well.” Amanda Lucas, the unit aviation officer for the U.S. Forest Service and federal Bureau of Land Manage- ment in southwest Oregon, says there have not been any documented fires cause by National Guard flares in west- ern Oregon, but a few have been found in central Oregon. However, the forest has documented one fire triggered by a fired flare, Lucas says. That occurred during Pres- ident George W. Bush’s 2004 visit to the Rogue Valley, when fighter planes deployed flares as general protection for Air Force One from possi- ble ground-to-surface missiles during landing, Lucas says. 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