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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.
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Bend
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Klamath Falls
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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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
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Prineville
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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.
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Seattle
Washington, DC
Clouds breaking, a
shower
Partial sunshine
Tillamook
50/66
SUN AND MOON
High
6.5 ft.
8.1 ft.
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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.
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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
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Clouds giving way to
some sun
ALMANAC
Last
MONDAY
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Some clouds
Last heart transplant doctor
in Oregon leaves hospital
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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
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Thursday’s Keno: 05-09-11-
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46-47-49-50-51-57-66-71
Thursday’s Match 4: 04-13-
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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.
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