A2 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 53 39 46 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 49/53 Periods of rain Last Salem 47/55 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 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 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 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 5:18 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Low 3.5 ft. -0.9 ft. Hi 43 43 54 49 51 39 47 49 51 55 Today Lo 37 40 50 47 48 36 44 46 49 50 W c c r r r c r r r r Hi 42 48 54 54 53 45 53 53 54 55 Sat. Lo W 35 r 35 r 44 r 42 r 42 c 37 r 40 r 43 c 44 r 44 r City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 49 49 50 49 49 52 40 49 49 43 Today Lo 44 42 45 47 47 48 36 48 44 34 W r c r r r r c r r c Hi 52 50 54 52 55 53 44 53 53 46 Sat. Lo W 38 r 39 r 41 r 41 r 42 r 41 c 33 r 43 r 42 r 31 c TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Hi Lo 58 52 41 25 30 23 41 23 24 12 35 23 65 37 -10 -21 79 68 35 31 37 18 63 44 65 50 57 53 79 65 50 47 72 64 42 29 57 23 42 28 42 33 41 28 61 53 54 46 46 33 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend W c sn sn sn sn c pc s c c sn s s c pc c c sn r pc c c pc r pc Hi 64 29 26 46 14 24 59 -15 83 35 19 63 74 58 79 61 68 34 35 36 34 41 63 53 41 Sat. Lo 34 22 8 29 -1 11 33 -27 68 9 4 44 53 24 69 23 37 30 21 34 11 31 54 42 38 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W sh pc sn pc c sn s pc s r c s s t pc r t pc pc sn r pc pc c sn 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. 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DAY CLOSURES TUESDAY Clatsop County Human Services Advisory Council, 4 to 5:30 p.m., 800 Exchange St., Room 430. APPLIANCE 3 A 0 RS 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 . PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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 44/53 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. 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 52 45 Cloudy, rain and drizzle in the afternoon Periods of rain SUN AND MOON Time 12:07 a.m. 11:11 a.m. 50 41 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 46/53 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 49 39 Mostly cloudy ALMANAC MONDAY thebus.org; dropped off at the Astoria Transit Center at 900 Marine Drive, Seaside Tran- sit Offi ce at 39 North Holla- day Drive; or mailed to: Sun- set Empire Transportation District, 900 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR., 97103. For more information, contact Hazen at 503-861- 5399 or by email. Blair Dylana Hernandez FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT term. 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