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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2018
County employment cools with winter
Police continue search
for missing woman
The Daily Astorian
Unemployment in Clat-
sop County continued creep-
ing up in November with the
onset of winter, according to
state fi gures.
The county sported a 4.2
percent seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate last
month, compared with 4
percent the month prior.
Seasonally adjusted fi gures
compare expected monthly
changes with reality. The
county was tied for the
10th-lowest unemployment
rate statewide with Wasco
County.
The county lost 240 jobs,
50 fewer than expected.
Total nonfarm employment
was at 18,760, 90 more than
The Daily Astorian
Authorities are still
searching for a woman
who went missing in late
November near state High-
way 53 in northern Tilla-
mook County.
Maria Del Carmen
Quintana, 59, was reported
missing by a family mem-
ber. The Tillamook County
Sheriff’s Offi ce has been
searching ever since for
Quintana, who is consid-
ered endangered. She is
described as about 5 feet,
9 inches tall and weighing
160 pounds.
Anyone with informa-
tion should contact deputies
Tyler Shultz or Bill Cloud
at 503-815-3330, or county
dispatch at 503-815-1911.
Jennifer Quintana
Maria Del Carmen Quintana, 59, was last seen Nov. 30 in
northern Tillamook County near state Highway 53.
DUII
• Shortly before mid-
night Thursday, Astoria
p olice arrested Bradley A.
Miller, 42, from Warren-
ton, near the New Youngs
Bay Bridge on one count
each of driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants and
misdemeanor driving while
suspended. Miller admitted
to using marijuana and was
later tested by a drug recog-
nition expert, according to
police.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Gearhart City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
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Considerable clouds with
rain tapering off
ALMANAC
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Times of clouds and sun
Tillamook
46/54
Mostly cloudy
New
Salem
44/52
Newport
45/53
Jan 5
Coos Bay
42/54
Full
Jan 13
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
12:16 a.m.
1:12 p.m.
Low
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2.3 ft.
Ontario
26/38
Burns
22/39
Klamath Falls
20/40
Lakeview
17/36
Ashland
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In observance of New
Year’s Day, all federal, state,
county and city offi ces and
services, including Asto-
ria, Warrenton, Gearhart
and Seaside city halls, are
closed Tuesday. Cannon
Beach offi ces and city hall
are closed Monday and Tues-
day. All U.S. post offi ces are
closed Tuesday, 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 Clat-
sop Community College are
closed for winter break.
The Astoria Library, War-
renton Library and all Tim-
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The Daily Astorian
Up to 1,000 food stamp
benefi ciaries
in Clat-
sop County face new work
requirements being imposed
by the Trump administration.
The mandatory e mploy-
ment and t raining program is
expanding to recipients cate-
gorized as a ble-b odied a dults
w ithout d ependents that do
not qualify for an exemption
from the time limits.
Starting in the new year ,
people between 18 and 49
without a child are required
to participate in qualify-
ing employment and train-
ing activities to maintain
eligibility in the Supple-
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sn-snow, i-ice.
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Gifts & More
berland libraries in Washing-
ton state are closed Tuesday.
Seaside Library is closed
Monday and Tuesday.
The Port of Astoria offi ces
and services are closed
Tuesday.
Garbage
collection
through Recology Western
Oregon (covering Astoria,
Seaside, Gearhart and Can-
non Beach), and the city of
Warrenton is not affected by
the holiday. Peninsula San-
itation (covering the Long
Beach, Washington, Penin-
sula) customers whose reg-
ular pickup day is Tues-
day will have their garbage
picked up on Wednesday.
Recology Western Oregon’s
and Peninsula Sanitation’s
transfer stations are closed
Tuesday.
mental Nutrition Assistance
Program.
Dawn Myers, an oper-
ations and policy analyst
with the state Department of
Human Services, said there
are 1,000 such individuals in
Clatsop County .
Qualifi ed activities include
working 20 hours a week paid
or unpaid; education or other
training programs; and com-
munity service with a public
or private nonprofi t. People
who fail to participate could
face losing assistance .
People exempt from the
time requirements include
pregnant women and individ-
uals mentally or physically
unable to work.
Columbia
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Tillamook
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Oregon
3.9
3.8
4.2
U.S.
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*Preliminary, seasonaly adjusted rates.
Source: Oregon Employment Department
Daily Astorian graphic
Alan Kenaga/EO Media Group
The Sunset Pool in Seaside
is closed Tuesday. The Asto-
ria Aquatic Center is open
regular hours Tuesday.
The Clatsop County Her-
itage Museum, Oregon Film
Museum, Flavel House and
Carriage House are closed
Tuesday. The Uppertown Fire-
fi ghters’ Museum is closed
for the winter. Lil’ Sprouts is
closed Tuesday. Fort Clatsop
is open from 9 a.m. to 5 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 Mon-
day and Tuesday.
Sunset Empire Transpor-
tation (“The Bus”) is not run-
ning Tuesday.
The Daily Astorian offi ces
are closed, but the newspaper
printed and delivered as usual.
The
Department
of
Human Services began noti-
fying people affected by the
new work requirements in
July, Myers said. The state
has partnered with employ-
ment agency WorkSource
Oregon to provide job search,
training, GED exam prepa-
ration, English courses and
several short-term education
or vocational training pro-
grams to help people fi nd
employment.
People affected are encour-
aged to call their local Depart-
ment of Human Services
s elf-s uffi ciency offi ce. The
offi ce in Astoria is located at
450 Marine Drive and can be
reached at 503-325-2021.
Astoria
Nov. 9, 1936 — Dec. 13, 2018
Shirley Ann Tinner was born on Nov. 9, speak the language at an early age (which
1936, to Finnish immigrants Frans
she continued to speak into adult-
and Hilja (Eskola) Fransen, and
hood), was a member of the Finn-
passed away on Dec. 13, 2018.
ish Brotherhood, Columbia River
She lived in Astoria her entire
Maritime Museum and the Clat-
life, with the exception of spend-
sop County Historical Society,
ing winters in the desert for many
where she generously shared time
over the years.
years. Educated in the Astoria
She is survived by her daugh-
school system, and full of pride
ter, Kim Supple (Dan); grandson,
to be an Astorian, Shirley was a
Joseph Supple (Shannon); her sis-
judicial assistant to Circuit Court
ters, Helen Mack (Blaine) and
Judge Thomas Edison for 23 years,
Shirley Tinner
Audrey Brown; along with numer-
and retired at the age of 57.
ous nieces and nephews.
In 1954, she married Carvel Tin-
In lieu of fl owers, please consider a dona-
ner, and they had one daughter, Kim. Shirley
was the youngest of seven children; she had tion to the Astoria Scandinavian Heritage
three brothers, Albert, Walter and John; and Park, P.O. Box 34, Astoria, OR., 97103, in
her honor.
three sisters, Helen, Ruth and Audrey.
The family is extremely grateful to the
Shirley was active in the forming of the
Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Fes- wonderful care Shirley received at Colum-
tival in 1968, and didn’t miss a festival in bia Memorial Hospital and Lower Colum-
51 years. At the 50th celebration, she was bia Hospice, Clatsop Care Center and Clat-
chosen as the honorary grand marshal. sop Retirement Village.
Arrangements are by Caldwell’s-Luce
Extremely proud of her Finnish heritage,
Shirley grew up in Uniontown, learned to Layton Mortuary.
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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Tonight's Sky: Before sunrise, Mercury, Jupiter and
Venus low above southeastern horizon.
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La Grande
31/41
Roseburg
38/52
Brookings
40/53
Jan 20
John Day
30/44
Bend
32/48
Medford
31/49
UNDER THE SKY
High
8.8 ft.
7.3 ft.
Prineville
32/49
Lebanon
42/52
Eugene
40/50
First
Pendleton
35/51
The Dalles
37/50
Portland
44/51
Sunset tonight ........................... 4:37 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday ........................ 7:58 a.m.
Moonrise today .................................. none
Moonset today ......................... 12:11 p.m.
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ASTORIA
46/53
SUN AND MOON
Time
6:52 a.m.
6:59 p.m.
Mostly cloudy with a
shower
TUESDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Precipitation
Thursday .......................................... 0.04"
Month to date ................................... 7.57"
Normal month to date ....................... 8.66"
Year to date .................................... 60.96"
Normal year to date ........................ 66.03"
Dec 29
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Mostly cloudy, rain;
becoming windier
Astoria through Thursday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 50°/32°
Normal high/low ........................... 48°/37°
Record high ............................ 58° in 1980
Record low ............................. 23° in 1985
Last
MONDAY
Jobless rates
for November *
Offi ces close for New Year’s holiday
The Daily Astorian
ON THE RECORD
the year prior.
The private sector lost
320 jobs over the past month,
including 220 in leisure and
hospitality; 60 in food man-
ufacturing; and 40 in profes-
sional and business services.
Retail climbed by 40 posi-
tions with holiday shopping.
Local education added 50
jobs, and other government
services another 40.
Over the past year, leisure
and hospitality have added
200 jobs and retail trade
180. Professional and busi-
ness services have cut 160
jobs; and mining, logging
and construction another
40. Nearly 100 state govern-
ment jobs were reclassifi ed
into private-sector education
and health services.
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