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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2018 Health advisory lifted for Cannon Beach ocean waters Fecal bacteria levels have subsided Associated Press By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian CANNON BEACH — A recreational use health advisory has been lifted in Cannon Beach just in time for Labor Day weekend after recent testing showed fecal bacteria levels have subsided. The Oregon Health Authority issued the advi- sory Wednesday after water samples showed high- er-than-normal levels of fecal bacteria in ocean waters. A specific source was never identified, however. High readings in ocean waters can come from sources such as stormwater runoff, sewer overflows, fail- ing septic systems, as well as Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Fecal bacteria levels have dropped off Cannon Beach. animal waste from livestock, pets and wildlife, according to the health authority. Contact with ocean water no longer poses a health risk, though officials recommend staying out of large pools on the beach that are frequented by birds and runoff from those pools as the water may still contain increased bacte- ria from fecal matter. Contact with waterborne bacteria can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps, skin rashes, upper respiratory infections and other illnesses, accord- ing to the health authority. Night closure scheduled next week for work on Old Youngs Bay Bridge The Daily Astorian A one night closure of the Old Youngs Bay Bridge is scheduled from 8 p.m. Thurs- day to 5 a.m. on Sept. 7. During the full night closure, the Oregon Department of Transportation Astoria Draw- bridge and Seaside Bridge crews are replacing a drive motor on the span lock. Signs will be posted at various locations warning travelers of the closure. FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY 52 Mostly cloudy Salem 49/74 Newport 48/64 New Eugene 49/78 First Sep 9 Coos Bay 52/66 Full Sep 16 La Grande 44/77 Baker 40/78 Ontario 49/84 Burns 33/80 Klamath Falls 38/82 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Tonight's Sky: The star Altair, high overhead, is the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, the eagle. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 11:34 a.m. none Low 1.3 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 76 74 64 77 64 78 84 74 62 64 Today Lo 40 42 51 49 55 38 50 49 48 50 W s s pc s pc s s pc s s Hi 78 78 68 78 64 82 86 74 64 66 Sat. Lo W 38 s 41 s 52 pc 48 s 53 pc 40 s 50 s 47 s 46 s 50 s City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 73 78 74 79 75 66 73 78 73 80 Today Lo 46 51 52 52 49 54 47 50 52 47 W pc s pc pc s pc s s pc pc Hi 70 78 73 81 74 65 73 78 72 79 Sat. Lo W 44 pc 47 s 51 s 50 s 48 s 51 pc 47 s 46 s 49 s 44 s TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES W pc c pc pc t s s c pc pc t s s pc t t t sh pc t t s pc pc t Sat. Hi Lo 89 71 75 65 84 72 81 56 85 69 89 71 91 69 54 47 88 74 87 70 91 70 101 77 85 67 91 73 88 75 89 71 84 76 77 70 93 70 81 68 91 73 84 56 70 53 70 51 85 73 resume its program. Cardiac patients who don’t need transplants can still be treated at OHSU, including for such procedures as pacemaker implantation, she has said. Eighteen heart transplants were done at OHSU in 2016 and 30 more were completed there in 2017, according to federal data. There are 3,930 people awaiting new hearts on the national transplant list. A patient’s position on the list is based on how well he or she matches with a donor, how sick they are, and how many donors versus patients are in the area. Kidney and liver trans- plants are not affected by the suspension. The Daily Astorian In observance of Labor Day on Monday, all federal, state, county and city offices and services, including Asto- ria, Warrenton, Gearhart, Sea- side and Cannon Beach city halls, are closed. All U.S. post offices are closed, and there is no mail delivery. Astoria, Jewell, Knappa, Warrenton/Hammond, Sea- side (including Cannon Beach and Gearhart schools) and Ocean Beach School District schools and Clatsop Commu- nity College are closed. The Astoria Library, Sea- side Library, Warrenton Library and all Timberland libraries in Washington state, including Ilwaco, Ocean Park and Naselle, are closed. The Port of Astoria offices and services are closed. Garbage collection through Recology Western Oregon (covering Astoria, Seaside, Gearhart and Can- non Beach), city of Warrenton garbage collection, and Pen- insula Sanitation (covering the Long Beach, Washington, Peninsula) are not affected by the holiday. Recology West- ern Oregon’s transfer station is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Peninsula Sanitation’s transfer station will be open, but closing early. The Sunset Pool in Seaside is closed. The Astoria Aquatic Center is open 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Clatsop County Her- itage Museum, Oregon Film Museum and Flavel House are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the Carriage House is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Uppertown Fire- fighters’ Museum is closed. Capt. Gray’s Port of Play and Lil’ Sprouts are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fort Clatsop is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Columbia River Mari- time Museum is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Sea- side Museum is closed. Sunset Empire Transporta- tion (“The Bus”) is running. The Daily Astorian offices are closed, but the newspa- per printed and delivered as usual. Wyden proposes lodging assistance for people fleeing wildfire smoke would open up an existing Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency program, which covers temporary lodging for people who can’t immedi- ately return home following a disaster, to include smoke as an eligible reason for lodging assistance. Wyden said he considers wildfire smoke a public health emergency. He said the smoke in Oregon and other parts of the West is creating “clean air refugees.” Wyden said some details for the Clean Air Refugee Assistance Act still need to be worked out. A cost estimate has not been figured yet. CORRECTION Lakeview 36/81 Ashland 50/85 notice, leaving one doctor to provide follow-up care. The final doctor to leave did not give a reason for her departure, which was reported Thursday. OHSU said it won’t eval- uate new patients for trans- plants, accept donor hearts or perform any transplant surger- ies for two weeks and is scram- bling to find heart specialists to add to its program. But other medical centers that have been forced to sus- pend heart transplants have taken months or years to res- urrect a program, the newspa- per reported. Renee Edwards, chief med- ical officer for OHSU Health- care, acknowledged that the hospital could take longer to Offices closed for Labor Day MEDFORD — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is proposing leg- islation for the federal govern- ment to pay for the hotel stays of people fleeing their homes because of wildfire smoke. The Mail Tribune reported the Democratic senator’s bill Roseburg 52/81 Brookings 50/70 Sep 24 John Day 46/79 Bend 42/78 Medford 50/86 UNDER THE SKY Today Hi Lo 87 70 73 63 83 71 90 56 84 71 82 67 98 73 54 39 88 75 86 69 90 72 102 75 86 65 90 72 88 76 89 70 85 77 75 68 94 70 79 68 89 74 85 57 71 54 72 54 85 73 Prineville 40/80 Lebanon 50/77 PORTLAND — The only remaining doctor in Oregon’s only heart transplant program has resigned, leaving the state with no medical facilities that can perform the life-saving procedure. Oregon Health & Science University is now working to transfer the 20 patients on its waiting list to other trans- plant centers, including those in Seattle and the San Fran- cisco Bay Area, The Orego- nian reported Thursday. The Portland hospital noti- fied patients this earlier week that it was suspending its heart transplant program for 14 days because one doctor had left and two others had given Associated Press Pendleton 51/78 The Dalles 53/79 Portland 52/73 Sunset tonight ........................... 7:56 p.m. Sunrise Saturday ........................ 6:36 a.m. Moonrise today ........................ 10:43 p.m. Moonset today .......................... 11:50 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 Clouds breaking, a shower Partial sunshine Tillamook 50/66 SUN AND MOON High 6.5 ft. 8.1 ft. 66 51 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 52/65 Precipitation Thursday .......................................... 0.00" Month to date ................................... 0.51" Normal month to date ....................... 1.10" Year to date .................................... 36.25" Normal year to date ........................ 38.04" Time 5:52 a.m. 5:45 p.m. 65 51 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Thursday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 68°/56° Normal high/low ........................... 69°/52° Record high ............................ 91° in 1918 Record low ............................. 42° in 1920 Sep 2 TUESDAY 65 54 Clouds giving way to some sun ALMANAC Last MONDAY 65 49 Some clouds Last heart transplant doctor in Oregon leaves hospital Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc t pc t pc s c c pc pc s s s t pc t sh s sh pc s pc pc c Base location incorrect — Coast Guard Sector Columbia River includes Lewiston, Idaho, but the service does not have a base there. A Q&A with Capt. Jeremy Smith, the sector commander, on 1A Thursday incorrectly stated that the captain visited a base there. ON THE RECORD DUII • At 9:11 p.m. Thurs- day, Tyler Rusten, 37, of San Jose, California, was arrested by Seaside police on the 510 block of Holladay Drive and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants. • At 7:43 p.m. Wednes- day, Mark Steven Beatty, 33, of Seaside, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office on the 84370 block of Nordmark Drive and charged with DUII. PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY Seaside Community Center Commission, 10 a.m., Bob Chisholm Community Cen- ter,1225 Avenue A. Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., Seaside Library, 1131 Broadway. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Seaside Planning Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Thursday’s Lucky Lines: 03- 06-10-14-FREE-19-22-26-31 Estimated jackpot: $10,000 3-0-7 Thursday’s Keno: 05-09-11- 12-23-26-31-32-34-38-40-43- 46-47-49-50-51-57-66-71 Thursday’s Match 4: 04-13- 15-19 LOTTERIES OREGON Thursday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 6-4-5-8 4 p.m.: 3-6-1-3 7 p.m.: 6-1-3-3 10 p.m.: 3-9-6-7 WASHINGTON Thursday’s Daily Game: Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. OBITUARY POLICY 15 Special Labor Day Hours 10 am -4 pm 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 business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. Death notices and upcom- ing services will be published at no charge. 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