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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2018 Bridge and tunnel designs give wildlife safe passage Steps can help reduce deadly car collisions By COURTNEY FLATT Northwest Public Broadcasting The first time Chris Branch hit a deer, he thought, “Well, here it is.” He knew the road he was driving in north central Wash- ington state well. Branch drove Highway 97 every weekday from his home in Omak to work in Oroville, often late at night or early in the morning — when deer are also on the move. “I never saw it,” he said — until his front bumper rammed the deer. His Subaru was totaled. He slammed on his brakes two other times for deer, skid- ding into collisions but not Washington Department of Transportation View from ground level of the new wildlife-only overcrossing on I-90 east of Snoqualmie Pass. damaging the car too badly. He’s seen countless other deer, on the edge of the road and darting in front of vehicles. This 12-mile stretch of cen- tral Washington’s main north- south route is one of the state’s most dangerous corridors for wildlife collisions. More than 350 deer are hit each year. “Sooner or later it’s going to happen,” Branch said. “As Clatsop County resi- dents will receive a test emergency notification Nov. 30. County Emergency Management will send the test of the ClatsopAL- ERTS! emergency notifica- tion system between noon and 3 p.m. The test will go out to residential and business landline phones, as well as cellphones and email addresses that have signed up for the service. Those who wish to reg- ister for alerts on their cell- phone, email or pager can go to co.clatsop.or.us. The Daily Astorian FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 57 47 48 Cloudy with spotty showers 57 38 Partial sunshine Brilliant sunshine Full Nov 22 New Nov 29 La Grande 27/53 Baker 16/49 Ontario 19/48 Burns 8/51 Klamath Falls 16/57 Lakeview 16/57 Ashland 36/63 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 REGIONAL CITIES Tonight's Sky: High in the NE, Cassiopeia, the queen, look more like the letter M or W. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 11:46 a.m. none Low 3.8 ft. Today Lo 44 29 18 28 20 21 27 11 67 18 16 44 54 28 76 30 41 33 18 34 18 28 45 47 36 City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 46 56 60 58 56 54 62 55 58 59 Today Lo 16 30 44 34 50 16 29 38 47 44 W s pc pc pc c s pc pc pc pc Hi 49 57 61 60 56 57 61 56 56 60 Wed. Lo 22 31 46 40 49 22 34 44 47 46 W c c c c r c c sh sh c City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 55 43 56 60 57 57 41 59 55 44 Today Lo 42 28 41 36 40 49 30 36 38 24 W pc c pc pc pc c pc pc pc pc Hi 54 54 55 57 57 56 43 61 53 51 Wed. Lo 44 41 45 41 45 48 33 40 44 30 W sh c sh c c sh c c sh c TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 54 54 30 45 31 36 47 21 85 35 34 61 79 38 87 42 50 52 37 53 32 46 67 56 50 DUII • At 1:08 p.m. Monday, Paul Franklin Reed, 42, of Vancouver, Washington, was arrested by Astoria police on U.S. Highway 30 near Tongue Point and charged with driving under the influence of intoxi- cants, His blood alcohol con- tent was 0.12 percent. • At 3:49 p.m. Sunday, Douglas C. Meyer, 64, of Astoria, was arrested by War- renton police on 33rd Street and Franklin Avenue in Asto- ria and charged with DUII. His Roseburg 36/57 Brookings 46/63 Dec 6 John Day 31/57 Bend 30/57 Medford 29/61 UNDER THE SKY High 7.0 ft. 7.2 ft. Prineville 25/59 Lebanon 38/59 Eugene 34/60 Last Pendleton 28/54 Salem 40/57 Newport 47/56 W r r pc s s c s sn pc pc s s s c t sh r r s r s s pc pc r Hi 48 38 36 58 43 36 54 15 84 38 41 66 79 38 87 44 48 40 43 42 38 51 67 54 45 Wed. Lo 38 22 24 29 24 26 34 -6 70 28 21 46 53 29 75 34 35 28 22 30 26 31 44 49 35 Nov. 10, 2018 McALLISTER, Janet, 81, of Cannon Beach, died in Cannon Beach. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. CORRECTION Company name incorrect — Ivan Sultan began a snack company called The Columbia Bar. The company was incorrectly called the Columbia River Bar in a 1A story Monday. OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 5-7-2-5 4 p.m.: 0-0-2-6 7 p.m.: 6-1-4-2 10 p.m.: 5-4-2-5 Monday’s Lucky Lines: 4-7-10- 13-19-22-27-29 WEDNESDAY Astoria School Board, 5:30 p.m., board retreat, Knight Can- cer Collaborative Conference Room, 1095 Exchange St. Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Busi- ness. Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Mar- ket Road, Svensen. Estimated jackpot: $11,000 Monday’s Megabucks: 1-12-17- 34-37-38 Estimated jackpot: $3 million WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 6-1-9 Monday’s Hit 5: 13-14-20-23-33 Estimated jackpot: $100,000 Monday’s Keno: 01-02-03-09- 10-11-14-19-22-23-34-39-41-51- 58-61-64-75-76-79 Monday’s Lotto: 03-11-14-35- 39-40 Estimated jackpot: $1.3 million Monday’s Match 4: 07-08-11-17 OBITUARY POLICY 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 Mattresses, Furniture & More! Room 219, 1651 Lexington Ave. Lewis & Clark Fire Depart- ment Board, 7 p.m., main fire station, 34571 Highway 101 Business. LOTTERIES APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU Chelsey Diane Bussert, 33, of Astoria, was arrested by Asto- ria police on 10th and Irving streets and charged with DUII. Her blood alcohol content was 0.12 percent. Assault • At 7:07 a.m. Saturday, Penny L. Mundell, 54, of War- renton, was arrested by War- renton police on the 92250 block of Whiskey Road and charged with fourth-degree assault. She allegedly slapped and scratched a woman in a previous incident. DEATH TUESDAY Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Clatsop Community College Board, 6:30 p.m., Columbia Hall PACKAGE DEALS IN blood alcohol content was 0.11 percent. • At 1:34 a.m. Sunday, Jef- frey Don Benthin, 24, of Asto- ria, was arrested by Asto- ria police on Duane and 13th streets and charged with DUII. His blood alcohol content was 0.15 percent. • At 6:58 p.m. Saturday, Larry G. Kelly, 45, of Olym- pia, Washington, was arrested by Warrenton police on U.S. Highway 101 near Ensign Lane and charged with DUII. • At 2:50 a.m. Saturday, PUBLIC MEETINGS APPLIANCE 3 A 0 RS For those who wish to attend and would like to request accommodations, contact Karla Hoggan at the state Office of Developmen- tal Disabilities Services at 503-945-9780 or karla.hog- gan@state.or.us. For questions, contact Sherryll Johnson Hoar, a Department of Human Ser- vices spokeswoman, at 503- 779-9317 or sherryll.j.hoar@ state.or.us. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r pc s s s s s pc pc s s s s c t r r pc pc pc s s s sh pc 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 state Department of Human Services will hold two local forums this week to discuss services for those with intellectual and develop- mental disabilities. Preparations for a state- wide strategic plan began in 2015. The forums, two in a series throughout the state, will begin with a short pre- sentation followed by a group discussion. Those with disabilities and their families are invited to a two-hour session Thursday starting at 6 p.m. at the Asto- ria Library Flag Room. Organizations that work with those with disabilities can attend a discussion Fri- day at 9 a.m. at the Clatsop County Community Devel- opmental Disabilities Pro- gram conference room in Warrenton. ON THE RECORD The Dalles 32/55 Portland 41/55 Sunset tonight ........................... 4:46 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:15 a.m. Coos Bay Moonrise today ........................ 12:31 p.m. 43/59 Moonset today ........................... 9:54 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 Mainly cloudy Tillamook 45/57 SUN AND MOON Time 6:25 a.m. 5:09 p.m. 57 42 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 48/57 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.00" Month to date ................................... 1.76" Normal month to date ....................... 4.01" Year to date .................................... 48.49" Normal year to date ........................ 50.23" Nov 15 SATURDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 62°/44° Normal high/low ........................... 54°/41° Record high ............................ 67° in 1907 Record low ............................. 21° in 1955 First 57 47 Cloudy; morning rain, then a shower ALMANAC FRIDAY Kehne estimates the first part of this project in north cen- tral Washington — covering about 4 miles — could reduce collisions by 50 percent over the worst stretch of highway. Completing the entire project could nearly end vehicle-wild- life crashes. “So it just solves it,” Kehne said. “It can be expensive. But it’s about $1 million a mile to fix it, while we’re spending about $2 million a year now just with fixing cars and hospi- tal bills and all that.” The groups have raised $300,000 for the first phase of the Highway 97 project and are hoping lawmakers will add it to a line item budget this upcom- ing session. Other dangerous sections of highway in Washington include Highway 97 near Goldendale, most traffic corridors on Whid- bey Island and several routes near Spokane. State to hold disability services forums this week County schedules emergency alert test The Daily Astorian much as you try to see their eyes glow in the dark, and things like that. … If you’re traveling and you’re thinking about some- thing else, it only takes a split second.” Now, Branch is work- ing with the area’s Mule Deer Foundation, which was formed specifically to address wrecks with wildlife, and other con- servation groups to fix the problem. The best solution they’ve found: constructing wildlife underpasses. Jay Kehne has worked with Conservation Northwest for 10 years to get these underpasses built in stra- tegic areas along this part of Highway 97. “Underpasses and over- passes and crossing structures are dotted all over the West, par- ticularly where there’s a migra- tion pattern of antelope or deer or elk,” Kehne said. “So it’s not a new technology, but it’s very effective.” These types of wildlife undercrossings have proven to work well in places such as Banff, Canada; Pinedale, Wyo- ming; and Bend. 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 10 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. Death notices and upcoming services will be published at no charge. Notices must be submitted by 9 a.m. the day of publication. 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