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Newspaper Page TextA2 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2019 Oregon starts killing sea lions at Willamette Falls West Coast governors, Trump argue over wildﬁ re prevention efforts California is to blame for the severe wildﬁ res that have devastated the state in recent years. “Billions of dollars sent to the State of California for Forest ﬁ res that, with proper Forest Management, would never happen,” Trump said in his latest tweet. “Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money. It is a dis- graceful situation in lives & money!” The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been providing millions of dollars in disaster aid to wildﬁ re survivors, includ- ing in and around Paradise, California, where 86 people died in this fall’s Camp Fire. Just the day before Trump’s latest tweet, Newsom said he was pleased Trump had never “played politics with disaster declarations” that allowed emergency aid to ﬂ ow to the state. It’s unclear if Trump’s latest threat would affect FEMA actions. The agency has so far not responded to news media requests for comment. On Wednesday, the three By JEFF MAPES Oregon Public Broadcasting Gov. Kate Brown and her fellow governors in Washington state and Cal- ifornia say President Don- ald Trump is rebufﬁ ng their attempts to work coopera- tively with him on wildﬁ re safety. The three Democratic governors reacted angrily after Trump renewed his threat to withdraw federal emergency aid to wildﬁ re survivors in California, say- ing the state had misman- aged its forests. Trump’s latest tweet came just one day after Brown, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent the president a letter asking him to double funding for wildﬁ re prevention projects on federal lands. They say federal spending has been ﬂ at while the states have been upping their budgets to thin forests and take other steps to reduce the severity of wildﬁ res. The federal government is the largest landowner in all three states. But Trump has repeatedly charged that governors were united in condemning the president. “We have been put in ofﬁ ce by the voters to get things done,” Newsom tweeted, “not to play games with lives.” “We asked for a con- structive dialogue to ensure the safety of our people, and instead we got an angry tweet” from the president, added Brown. “Matters of public safety should not be politicized.” Inslee, the Washington governor, added in a tweet that, “The president’s polit- ical threats are counterpro- ductive at best, dangerous at worst.” The three Democratic governors have repeatedly fought Trump on a wide variety of issues, ranging from immigration to climate policy. In their forestry letter, the three governors urged the president to focus on for- est management projects that have already passed environmental review. The Trump administration has supported easing environ- mental laws to allow more widespread logging on fed- eral lands. By CASSANDRA PROFITA Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife has started killing sea lions below Willamette Falls to protect a fragile run of win- ter steelhead. The state got a federal permit in November to kill up to 93 California sea lions per year below the falls. So far, ofﬁ cials have killed three sea lions using the same traps they used last year to relocate the animals to the coast. A recent study found sea lions were eating so many threatened winter steelhead at Willamette Falls that cer- tain runs were at a high risk of going extinct. One year, they ate about a quarter of a run that was already down to about 500 ﬁ sh. Bryan Wright, program manager for the Department FRIDAY SATURDAY 54 40 42 Cloudy SUNDAY 54 40 The Daily Astorian Some sun MONDAY 52 38 Partial sunshine 51 37 Partly sunny of Fish and Wildlife, said half a dozen sea lions are eating steelhead below the falls right now. “The only ﬁ sh in the river right now are the win- ter steelhead,” he said. “If we can remove all these sea lions right now that will be a huge beneﬁ t to them.” Wright said the state plans to kill about 40 of the sea lions that frequent the falls by May. Then, he said, the number of sea lions returning in future years should drop to single digits. Portion of Dolphin Road to close FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Sea lions have been eating steelhead and other ﬁ sh at Willamette Falls in ever greater numbers. Times of clouds and sun A portion of Dol- phin Road in Warrenton is expected to close for roughly a month starting Jan. 21. Clatsop County public works has scheduled repairs for a bridge over the Ski- panon River. The timeline for repairs depends on tides and rainfall. Signs will be in place to redirect trafﬁ c, according to county public works. OBITUARIES Master Sgt. Robert C. Killion Jr. (Ret.) ALMANAC REGIONAL WEATHER Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 42/54 Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 54°/46° Normal high/low ........................... 49°/38° Record high ............................ 60° in 1941 Record low ............................. 15° in 1974 Tillamook 45/55 Salem 38/52 Newport 44/54 Sunset tonight ........................... 4:50 p.m. Sunrise Friday ............................. 7:56 a.m. Moonrise today ......................... 10:38 a.m. Moonset today ........................... 9:33 p.m. Jan 13 Last Jan 20 Coos Bay 45/57 New Jan 27 City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 10:37 a.m. 10:41 p.m. Low 3.2 ft. 1.0 ft. Lakeview 21/41 Ashland 38/50 Hi 42 47 56 59 54 44 54 56 56 59 Today Lo 24 29 44 38 46 29 35 41 44 44 W pc pc c c c pc c c c c Hi 40 44 58 52 54 44 51 51 54 58 Fri. Lo 23 26 45 36 43 27 37 37 44 45 W pc pc c pc pc c c pc pc c City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 54 51 56 58 59 56 42 59 55 44 Today Lo 38 31 42 38 38 46 30 38 40 29 W c pc c c c c c c c pc Hi 51 44 52 54 52 54 39 52 51 44 Fri. Lo 31 30 38 39 35 43 27 38 36 31 W pc pc pc c pc pc pc pc pc pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES 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 Klamath Falls 29/44 REGIONAL CITIES Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Today Hi Lo 46 29 40 20 29 21 58 28 35 24 29 18 60 45 -18 -31 83 69 32 21 42 31 62 42 66 49 45 29 70 53 40 24 57 42 37 22 49 39 37 24 36 24 38 29 59 49 55 44 41 29 Burns 20/37 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Tonight's Sky: Aries, the Ram, is located between Taurus and Pegasus nearly overhead before midnight. High 8.0 ft. 7.7 ft. Baker 24/40 Ontario 29/45 Bend 29/44 Medford 35/51 Feb 4 John Day 31/45 La Grande 33/42 Roseburg 38/54 Brookings 44/59 UNDER THE SKY Time 4:51 a.m. 4:08 p.m. Prineville 30/46 Lebanon 38/52 Eugene 38/52 SUN AND MOON Full Pendleton 31/44 The Dalles 34/44 Portland 42/52 Precipitation Wednesday ....................................... 0.30" Month to date ................................... 2.15" Normal month to date ....................... 3.14" Year to date ...................................... 2.15" Normal year to date .......................... 3.14" First Spokane, Washington June 5, 1961 — Jan. 5, 2019 W pc c pc s pc c r c s pc c pc s c s pc s pc c pc s sf pc c s Hi 51 30 36 39 39 31 61 -27 83 38 41 59 67 46 74 45 62 33 45 34 39 38 59 53 41 Fri. Lo 36 17 28 24 27 24 35 -40 69 28 30 42 53 39 64 36 53 20 37 21 29 20 50 39 29 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc s c sn c pc pc pc pc c sn pc c r pc pc pc s r s sn s r pc s ing friendships he gained at numerous bases, includ- ing Royal Air Force Green- ham Common in England, Fairchild Air Force Base in Robert Killion Jr. Spokane, and Reserve Ofﬁ - cer Training Corps Detach- ment 910 at the University of Washington. He retired as a master sergeant. Bob knew no stranger, only someone he hadn’t met yet. If you knew Bob, you knew how big his spirit was. He would often be found singing, telling jokes and sharing his remarkable Hank Hill impression. He was a devoted, loving father and husband. His face would light up when he spoke of his daughters and Terri, and would share with anyone who would listen about how proud he was of them. Bob had a deep love for music, all things sports, and politics. He had an amazing ability to retain random facts and trivia about these topics. He leaves behind a big void in this world, but we rest in the fact that he is no longer in pain, and is now with his loving sav- ior and reunited with his father and brother. The family would like to thank the amaz- ing nurses, certiﬁ ed nurs- ing assistants and staff at the Spokane Veteran s Home for the great care and love they showed Bob. Bob’s viewing will be Friday, Jan. 11, from 12 to 5 p.m., and his memorial service will be Saturday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m., with a reception to follow, at Hen- nessey Funeral Home, 2203 N. Division St. in Spokane, Washington. Please share condolences with the family at hennesseyfuneralhomes. com ON THE RECORD Assault • At 8:01 p.m. Wednesday, Alijah Dontae Myers, 23, of Seaside, was arrested by Seaside police on the 560 block of South Columbia Street and charged with fourth-degree assault. He allegedly grabbed a woman, pushed her to the ground and dragged her across the ﬂ oor by her hair during a domestic dispute. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. PUBLIC MEETINGS CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT , INC. SALES SERVICE RENTALS • Robert C. Killion Jr. passed away peacefully at the Spokane Veteran s Home on Jan. 5, 2019. Bob, or “Bobby” to some, was born June 5, 1961, in Astoria, Oregon, to Robert and Cathie Killion. He was preceded in death by his father, Rob- ert C. Killion Sr., and his brother, Scott Killion. Bob is survived by his loving wife of 35 years, Terri (Buckman); his mother, Cathie (Farrell); his daughters, Michelle and her husband, Alex Seguin, and Lindsay and her husband, Dustin Fun- derburke; and his cher- ished granddaughter, Alexis Seguin. He is also survived by his sister, Sally Brown. Bob grew up in Warren- ton, Oregon, and gradu- ated from Warrenton High School, where he was the Associated Student Body president. He joined the Air Force in 1984, and went on to serve 17 years before being medically retired in 2002. He loved his time in the Air Force, and the amaz- THURSDAY Astoria City Council, 4:30 p.m., work session, City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Seaside Civic and Convention Center Commission, 5 p.m., 415 First Ave. Cannon Beach Academy Board of Directors, 5:30 p.m., 3781 S. 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