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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2019
Hospital adds new top nurse Transit district has openings
on budget committee
The Daily Astorian
Columbia
Memorial
Hospital in Astoria has
hired Judy Geiger as vice
president of patient care
services, the top adminis-
trative nursing position.
Geiger has more than
30 years of experience
as a pediatric nurse and
nurse administrator, most
recently as chief nursing
offi cer and executive direc-
tor of One Intermountain
Pediatrics, part of Inter-
mountain Healthcare in
Salt Lake City, Utah. She
has a bach-
elor’s
in
nursing and
a master’s
in
health
care man-
agement
Judy Geiger
from Regis
University.
“I was impressed by her
work history,” Nicole Wil-
liams, chief operating offi -
cer at the hospital, said in
a release about Geiger’s
hiring. “She worked her
way up from general nurs-
ing to holding multiple
leadership positions in one
health care system.”
“Since 2009, Judy and
her husband have owned
a home in Seaside, where
they have enjoyed vaca-
tioning. We’re thrilled to
welcome them to the area
more permanently.”
Geiger will oversee
nursing services, care
management, surgical ser-
vices, cancer care, phar-
macy and hospice ser-
vices. She will play a key
role in preparing the hos-
pital for accreditation vis-
its, and federal and state
inspections.
Contractor stakeholder meeting scheduled
The Daily Astorian
Clatsop
C ounty’s
Building Codes Divi-
sion is hosting a contrac-
tor stakeholder meeting on
Thursday .
Building Offi cial David
Kloss will discuss the lat-
est industry updates, bud-
get information and build-
ing codes division reports.
All contractors working in
the c ounty are invited to
attend.
The meeting will be
held 9 a.m. at the Judge
Guy Boyington Build-
ing in Astoria. Participants
can call 503 -338-3697 to
reserve a seat.
Solar panels installed on county building
The Daily Astorian
Solar panels will help
power the Judge Guy Boy-
ington Building in down-
town Astoria.
The
solar
array,
installed by the county this
week, consists of 45 pan-
els and is expected to gen-
erate up to 15 kilowatts of
energy for the building.
Pacifi c Power provided
a $30,000 grant for the
installation.
The project is a part
of the Blue Sky Chal-
lenge, a voluntary pro-
gram the B oard of C om-
missioners decided to
adopt in 2017 that pro-
vides Pacifi c Power cus-
tomers the opportunity to
support newly developed
energy and help build a
larger market for renew-
able energy.
The Daily Astorian
The Sunset Empire Trans-
portation District Board is
seeking volunteers for its
budget committee.
The budget committee
is comprised of seven dis-
trict board members and
seven community members
appointed to a three-year
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
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Breezy with rain
Warrenton
June 20, 1992 — Nov. 30, 2018
Blair Dylana Hernandez was
Blair’s grandparents on her
born to Nancy Eddy and William
mom’s side, Ellen and Tauno Aho,
passed when she was 2.
Hernandez. She could light up a
Her father, William Hernandez,
room with her smile and loving
survives; and two brothers, Gerald
ways.
Haynes and Roberto Hernandez; a
Blair worked at Costco handing
sister, Jackie Higgenbotham and
out samples, and later as a house-
her husband, Bobbie; William’s
keeper in Seaside, Oregon. She
parents, Lee and Deja Haynes; and
enjoyed her animals and tending
numerous aunts and cousins.
to her fl owers in her spare time.
Blair’s boyfriend of seven
Blair is survived by her mother,
Blair Hernandez
years, Rick Baker, also survives.
Nancy Eddy; her brother, Travis
There will be a celebration of
Eddy; Nancy’s sisters, Lisa Fergu-
son, Julie (and Andy) Burris and Teresa (and life for Blair this Saturday, Jan. 19, at 1 p.m.
James) McGuire; numerous cousins; and a in the Chinook Room at the Astoria River-
special great-aunt, Betty Aho, of Svensen. walk Inn (formerly Red Lion). This will be
a potluck!
Blair always talked highly of Betty.
Orabelle Bruneau
Klamath Falls
Sept. 5, 1920 — Oct. 18, 2018
Tillamook
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Salem
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Newport
49/54
Jan 27
First
Feb 4
La Grande
37/44
Baker
37/42
Ontario
36/45
Burns
33/44
Roseburg
47/52
Brookings
51/54
Feb 12
John Day
42/49
Bend
40/48
Klamath Falls
36/45
Lakeview
35/44
Ashland
46/53
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Tonight's Sky: The Big Dipper is low in the northeast
after sunset. It rotates counterclockwise during the
night, reaching its highest point early in the morning.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
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APPLIANCE
AND HOME
FURNISHINGS
YE TSOP
C LA NTY
C OU
including Ilwaco, Ocean
Park and Naselle, are closed.
The Port of Astoria offi ces
and services are closed.
Garbage
collection
through Recology Western
Oregon (covering Astoria,
Seaside, Gearhart and Can-
non Beach), city of Warren-
ton garbage collection, and
Peninsula Sanitation (cover-
ing the Long Beach, Wash-
ington, Peninsula) are not
affected by the holiday.
Recology Western Oregon’s
transfer station and Peninsula
Sanitation’s transfer station
are open.
The Sunset Pool in Sea-
side is open. The Astoria
Aquatic Center is open.
The Clatsop County Her-
itage Museum is closed.
The Oregon Film Museum
and Flavel House are open
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and
the Carriage House is open
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
Uppertown
Firefi ghters’
Museum is closed for the
winter. Lil’ Sprouts is open
from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Fort Clatsop is open from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Colum-
bia River Maritime Museum
is open from 9:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. The Seaside Museum
is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunset Empire Transpor-
tation (“The Bus”) is running.
The Daily Astorian offi ces
are open, and the newspa-
per printed and delivered as
usual.
Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m.,
Flag Room, 450 10th St.
Warrenton City Commission,
6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
Seaside Airport Advisory
Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
OREGON
Thursday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 0-6-4-8
4 p.m.: 2-0-4-6
7 p.m.: 2-4-6-3
10 p.m.: 2-2-8-7
Thursday’s Lucky Lines: 2-7-
10-15-17-21-25-29
Estimated jackpot: $20,000
8-7-2
Thursday’s Keno: 03-12-13-
20-23-24-26-27-29-31-33-38-
40-41-51-58-61-62-67-79
Thursday’s Match 4: 01-18-
19-23
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Assault
• At 1:24 p.m. Thursday, Tonjia Kay Christian, 66, of Hammond, was arrested by Warren-
ton p olice on the 509 block of NW Ridge Road and charged with fourth-degree assault and
harassment. She allegedly assaulted a woman on Tuesday at her residence .
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Over
Orabelle Bruneau, born Sept. 5, 1920, tions. Orabelle volunteered with the Friends
in New Plymouth, Idaho, passed
of the Columbia River Maritime
away Oct. 18, 2018, in Klamath
Museum and at Columbia Memo-
Falls, Oregon.
rial Hospital in Astoria. In 2014,
She was a graduate of Fruit-
she moved to s outhern Oregon to
be near family.
land High School in Fruitland,
She is survived by her daugh-
Idaho, and attended Links School
ter, Julie, and son-in-law, Sam
of Business in Boise, Idaho. After
Henzel; a son, James C. Rhodes;
marrying Robert Rhodes, they
a stepson, David Bruneau and
were blessed with two children,
his wife, Chrys; granddaughters,
Julie and James. They moved to
Francine Henzel and Alexis Hen-
Klamath Falls, where they were
Orabelle Bruneau
zel and her husband, Haloti Tuku-
active in the livestock business.
afu; and a great-granddaughter,
Her fulfi lling career with U.S.
Bank began in Klamath Falls, continued as a Suliana Tukuafu. She was preceded in death
loan offi cer in Portland and Astoria, and con- by her husband, Joe, and brothers, Earl
cluded as manager of the Warrenton branch Walker and Jesse Walker.
At her request, no services were held.
in 1982. That same year she married Capt.
Joe Bruneau, a Columbia River Bar P ilot. She is greatly missed and appreciated as
They enjoyed traveling to numerous m as- a wonderful mother, grandmother and
ters t ournaments and m arine p ilot conven- great-grandmother.
ON THE RECORD
Medford
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UNDER THE SKY
High
7.6 ft.
10.0 ft.
Prineville
40/49
Lebanon
47/54
Eugene
47/54
New
Pendleton
42/50
The Dalles
37/49
Portland
45/54
Sunset tonight ........................... 5:00 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday ........................ 7:52 a.m. Coos Bay
Moonrise today .......................... 2:38 p.m. 51/55
Moonset today ............................ 5:16 a.m.
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ASTORIA
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Precipitation
Thursday .......................................... 0.20"
Month to date ................................... 2.55"
Normal month to date ....................... 5.88"
Year to date ...................................... 2.55"
Normal year to date .......................... 5.88"
Jan 20
TUESDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Thursday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 53°/45°
Normal high/low ........................... 50°/38°
Record high ............................ 64° in 2018
Record low ............................. 16° in 1930
Full
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Mostly cloudy
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Blair Dylana Hernandez
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