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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Local clinic has a lot of heart
is the right thing to do,” Nairn
said.
The clinic participates
in the Oregon Rural Prac-
tice-based Research Network,
an effort to improve rural
health care. Janet Mossman,
the clinic’s manager, said the
group drills into Pacific Fam-
ily’s practices to gauge how
well they’re delivering care.
The clinic was nominated by
the network based on how
well it did in promoting the
heart health of patients.
Pacific Family has seen
more than 3,400 patients over
the last two years, split evenly
between the two physicians.
The clinic has controlled blood
pressure for more than 80 per-
cent of them. Merrill and Nairn
point to a focus on prevention.
“When we see somebody
who comes into the office,
we look at all the factors that
keep them healthy or might
affect them and make them
unhealthy,” Merrill said. “We
try to mitigate all of those.”
With two-thirds of Ameri-
cans overweight or obese, the
clinic focuses on promoting
exercise and healthy living,
while screening patients about
potentially unhealthy behav-
iors such as alcohol, tobacco
and other drug use, Merrill
said.
“For primary doctors like
Recognized for
work to control
blood pressure
By EDWARD
STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Pacific Family Care, a pri-
mary care clinic in Astoria, has
been named one of the best in
rural America at promoting
heart health.
The clinic, started in 2001
by Drs. Katherine Merrill and
Angela Stock Nairn, was one
of 18 in rural areas nation-
wide honored this year for
controlling blood pressure.
The honor came from Million
Hearts, an initiative started in
2012 by the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention
and the Centers for Medi-
care & Medicaid Services to
nationally align efforts to pre-
vent cardiovascular disease.
Heart disease, stroke and
other cardiovascular diseases
kill more than 800,000 Amer-
icans each year.
Nairn and Merrill, who
wanted to be career primary
care physicians since entering
the field, said the award is the
acknowledgment of using the
best practices to help patients.
“We just do what we know
Crab season delayed
on the Oregon Coast
us, a screening health exam is
how we often find things that
can lead to problems later in
life,” Nairn said.
Matt Christensen, a patient
of Nairn’s for the past two
years, has had tightness in
his chest for much of his life.
While exercising at home in
2016, he felt a flutter in his
chest. His wife, LaDessa, took
him to an emergency room,
where Christensen learned he
had a heart attack. At only 37,
he ended up with a stent in an
artery of his heart to ensure
healthy blood flow.
“It was just like a perfect
storm of a whole bunch of
different things — a little bit
genetics, a little diet, a lack of
exercise, stress, sleep apnea,”
he said.
One of Nairn’s first actions
was to cut down on some of
the blood pressure medica-
tions he was being prescribed,
while also encouraging him to
exercise 60 minutes a day, five
days a week, Christensen said.
The clinic also started giving
Christensen and other patients
blood pressure monitors to
take home.
With his first child on the
way, Christensen said he is
anxious about staying healthy.
“Having confidence in my
health care providers is every-
thing, really,” he said.
By KATIE
FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
The commercial Dunge-
ness crab season will be
delayed until mid-Decem-
ber along the entire Oregon
Coast as state testing shows
crabs are too low in meat
yield.
The lucrative fishery tra-
ditionally opens on Dec.
1, but has been delayed in
recent years for a number
of reasons. Last year, the
season was delayed by the
state twice because of low
meat yield, but was then
further delayed because of
price negotiations and bad
weather.
This year, crab qual-
ity testing in early Novem-
ber showed crab in most test
areas did not meet the crite-
ria for a Dec. 1 opening. The
delay will allow crab more
time to fill with meat, state
fishery managers said.
A second round of testing
will occur later this month
or in early December. The
results will determine if the
fishery opens Dec. 16, or if it
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Crab pots stacked at the Warrenton Marina.
should be further delayed or
split into areas with different
opening dates.
Fishermen,
cautiously
optimistic for a Dec. 1
opener, have already been
preparing gear as usual. For
them, the delay means even
more time before they see a
paycheck.
The fishery is Ore-
gon’s most valuable. Last
year, commercial fishermen
landed 23.1 million pounds
into Oregon — about 31 per-
cent over the 10-year aver-
age — and saw the highest
ex-vessel value ever at $74
million.
Another factor that has
delayed past crab seasons —
elevated levels of the marine
toxin domoic acid — is
behind current crab closures
from Cape Blanco to the Cal-
ifornia border.
Where there are no health
advisories, recreational har-
vest of Dungeness crab will
open in the ocean Dec. 1.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
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41
44
Rather cloudy with a
shower in spots late
Some sun
ALMANAC
Tillamook
41/58
Salem
40/58
Newport
42/57
Eugene
38/56
Sunset tonight ........................... 4:43 p.m.
Sunrise Friday ............................. 7:18 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 1:39 p.m.
Moonset today ......................... 11:54 p.m.
Full
Last
Nov 22
Coos Bay
42/60
New
Nov 29
Dec 6
Baker
26/51
Ontario
25/54
Burns
14/55
Klamath Falls
20/59
Lakeview
17/60
Ashland
36/65
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City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
1:18 a.m.
2:08 p.m.
Low
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Hi
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Pendleton
Portland
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Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
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John Day
34/54
Bend
31/58
Medford
33/63
Tonight's Sky: First Quarter Moon (6:54 a.m.) and
Mars within 1 degree of each other.
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Atlanta
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Detroit
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Miami
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Warrenton
Nov. 22, 1937 — Nov. 8, 2018
Roseburg
41/58
Brookings
50/68
UNDER THE SKY
High
7.2 ft.
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Prineville
28/59
Lebanon
37/57
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Dickey Don Hanna
Partly sunny
Pendleton
38/47
The Dalles
40/55
Portland
42/55
SUN AND MOON
Time
8:14 a.m.
7:39 p.m.
Sunshine and patchy
clouds
Partly sunny
OBITUARIES
55
37
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
44/57
Precipitation
Wednesday ....................................... 0.31"
Month to date ................................... 2.07"
Normal month to date ....................... 4.76"
Year to date .................................... 48.80"
Normal year to date ........................ 50.98"
Nov 15
MONDAY
55
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 55°/46°
Normal high/low ........................... 54°/40°
Record high ............................ 64° in 2001
Record low ............................. 15° in 1955
First
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We lost our much-loved dad, granddad, siblings, in-laws, nieces and nephews, too.
Dickey was an avid sports fan, and enjoyed
great-granddad, brother and uncle, Dickey Don
Hanna, 80, of Warrenton, Oregon, on Nov. 8, many hours watching professional sporting
2018. He passed away peacefully at home, sur- events, but it pales in comparison to how much
rounded by his family.
he enjoyed watching the youth of
He was born Nov. 22, 1937, in
Warrenton High School compete in
Frederick, Oklahoma. Dickey was
sports, as he rarely missed a game,
home or away.
the eighth of 11 children born to
He had an amazing work ethic,
Clyde Melton and Mary Christina
and was the epitome of selflessness.
Hanna.
He moved to Warrenton in 1972
He spent most of his childhood in
to help rebuild the mill, where he
Texas, and attended high school in
worked as head electrician until his
Sudan, where he excelled in sports.
retirement in 2000. He made life-
He lettered all four years in foot-
ball, making All-District his junior
long friends while working there, and
and senior years. He was class presi-
enjoyed many good times with them.
Dickey Don
dent his junior year, and student body
He is survived by his five daugh-
Hanna
ters; four sons-in-law; 18 grandkids;
president his senior year. He started
first string on the basketball team and also ran 36 great-grandkids; sister Patsy (Pat) Kent, of
Sudan, Texas; brother Eddie (Kathy), of War-
track.
He was a well-rounded individual, even add- renton, Oregon; best friend, Chuck Kobrzycki,
ing “Most Handsome Senior Class Member” to of Warrenton, Oregon; and many nieces and
his accolades. We can include humble to his list nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, five
of attributes, as he never told any of his daugh-
ters these details; we found them while looking brothers and three sisters.
Dickey will be interred at the Ocean View
through mementos after his passing.
Following graduation from high school, he Cemetery in a private family ceremony the
moved to Chico, California, to attend Califor- morning of Nov. 17.
nia State University, Chico, where he obtained
A memorial service for all those who wish
a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. to honor him will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday,
While in Chico, he met and married Jodeane Nov. 17, 2018, at the Christian Church of War-
Marie Lapeyri, and together they raised five renton, 1376 S.E. Anchor Ave. Following the
daughters: Kelly (Mark) Simonsen, of Warren- service there will be a reception at Warrenton
ton, Oregon, Kay Hanna, of Warrenton, Ore- High School.
gon, Kim (Bud) Hansen, of Etna, California,
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
Karry (Carl) Seaver, of Orem, Utah, and Kandy may be given to the “Dickey Hanna Memorial
Fund” at any branch of Columbia Bank.
(Dave) Daniels, of Lehi, Utah.
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary is in
Dickey devoted himself to his family. He
supported his daughters and grandchildren in all charge of the arrangements. Please sign their
their activities. He loved spending time with his online guest book at caldwellsmortuary.com
DEATHS
Nov. 14, 2018
CARNEY, Ric C., 67, of Long Beach,
Washington, died in Long Beach. Ocean View
Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
Nov. 13, 2018
LEINO, Lori J., 58, of Astoria, died
in Astoria. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary &
Crematory in Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
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