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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
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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
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ASTORIA
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Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
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Normal high/low ........................... 49°/38°
Record high ............................ 60° in 1941
Record low ............................. 15° in 1974
Tillamook
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Newport
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Sunrise Friday ............................. 7:56 a.m.
Moonrise today ......................... 10:38 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 9:33 p.m.
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Bend
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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Detroit
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Kansas City
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Klamath Falls
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Roseburg
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Brookings
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Prineville
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Lebanon
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The Dalles
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Portland
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Month to date ................................... 2.15"
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Year to date ...................................... 2.15"
Normal year to date .......................... 3.14"
First
Spokane, Washington
June 5, 1961 — Jan. 5, 2019
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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.
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•
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-
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