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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Flu closes Jewell School
A big slide
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Ashley Morris
Some people enjoyed the snow on Wednesday by sliding down Coxcomb Hill near the
Astoria Column.
Conservation group to clean up plastic at beach
at the park’s Area C estua-
rine area on March 9 from
11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
The area is bordered
by the South Jetty and the
Columbia River. In previ-
ous years, volunteers have
hauled out hundreds of
pounds of plastic from this
site. Most of the plastic they
fi nd is in small pieces: tiny
chips and microplastics.
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A Seaside-based non-
profi t dedicated to remov-
ing plastic from local
beaches will host a clean up
operation at Fort Stevens
State Park in March.
Sea Turtles Forever, in
collaboration with Fort
Stevens State Park, will
work on habitat restoration
The park’s Lot C is
located on Jetty Road past
the turn-offs for Battery
Russell and Lots A and B.
Anyone interested in
volunteering should bring
boots and a rain coat.
Other supplies will be
provided. Oregon Field
Guide will be on site
shooting video for a TV
segment.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
34
49
30
Cloudy with a couple of
showers; cold
Sunny to partly cloudy
and chilly
SUNDAY
49
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Plenty of sun
MONDAY
48
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46
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Chilly with plenty of sun
Mostly sunny and chilly
JEWELL — Jewell
School has closed until Fri-
day because of a fl u out-
break affecting more than a
third of the school district.
Alice Hunsaker, the
school superintendent in
Jewell, said in a release
that the decision was made
Monday in partnership with
the Clatsop County Pub-
lic Health Department after
more than 35 percent of stu-
dents in the school district
came down ill with the fl u,
along with a signifi cant per-
centage of faculty.
“During our closure the
school custodial and mainte-
nance staff will be conduct-
ing a thorough cleaning and
disinfecting, again, follow-
ing state guidelines for this
comprehensive antibacterial
and virus process,” Hunsa-
ker wrote.
Michael McNickle, the
county’s public health direc-
tor , said it recommended the
school close for three days.
“Infl uenza A has a lon-
ger incubation period,”
McNickle said. “We kept it
closed three days to make
sure those affected don’t
infect others.”
The county sent a nurse
to Jewell to administer up
to 55 free doses of fl u vac-
cine, some of it borrowed
REGIONAL WEATHER
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
34/49
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 42°/30°
Normal high/low ........................... 52°/37°
Record high ............................ 71° in 1968
Record low ............................. 21° in 1962
Tillamook
34/51
Precipitation
Wednesday ....................................... 0.10"
Month to date ................................... 7.63"
Normal month to date ....................... 6.94"
Year to date .................................... 12.56"
Normal year to date ........................ 17.14"
Salem
31/48
Newport
37/46
Sunset tonight ........................... 6:00 p.m.
Sunrise Friday ............................. 6:55 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 3:31 a.m.
Moonset today ......................... 12:35 p.m.
First
Mar 6
Full
Mar 14
Coos Bay
37/47
Last
Mar 20
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
3:19 a.m.
4:36 p.m.
Low
3.7 ft.
0.7 ft.
City
Atlanta
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Memphis
Miami
Nashville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC
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Clatsop County is still
seeking applicants to serve
on six newly-formed citi-
zen advisory committees
charged with updating the
county’s community plans
and c omprehensive p lan.
The c omprehensive p lan
Lakeview
17/38
represents the long-term land
use vision for the county
and sets planning policies
that guide county actions
regarding land use, recre-
ational amenities, transpor-
tation networks, farms and
forests , natural resources and
housing.
The project will be the
fi rst complete update of the
c omprehensive p lan since its
adoption in 1979.
A pplication forms are
available on the county’s
website or from the c ounty
m anager’s offi ce at 800
Exchange St. in Astoria.
The deadline to apply is
4 p.m. on Friday .
REGIONAL CITIES
City
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Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
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Salem
Seaside
Spokane
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Vancouver
Yakima
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
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social media as soon as
they are booked. For the
full calendar of events at
the Liberty, go to liber-
tyastoria.org
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019
Tonight's Sky: Pegasus, the fl ying horse, stands low
in the west as darkness falls and sets by midnight.
High
8.1 ft.
7.2 ft.
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Burns
17/36
Ashland
29/47
Due to unforeseen cir-
cumstances, the BodyVox
performance set for Sat-
urday at the Liberty The-
atre has been resched-
uled to October. All ticket
purchases
have
been
refunded.
New BodyVox perfor-
mance dates will be posted
Deadline for citizen committee applications is Friday
Baker
20/38
Ontario
27/46
Klamath Falls
22/39
departments for fl u-related
illnesses has been steadily
increasing throughout Feb-
ruary, according to statis-
tics from the Oregon Health
Authority. The percentage
of admissions related to the
fl u peaked in late January to
early February the past two
seasons.
As of Wednesday, 41
children had died of the fl u
this season, according to the
federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. The
CDC recently reported that
this year’s vaccine is prov-
ing 47 percent effective at
preventing the most preva-
lent strains of the fl u.
La Grande
19/38
Roseburg
35/47
Brookings
38/48
Mar 27
John Day
21/39
Bend
19/36
Medford
31/48
UNDER THE SKY
Time
9:16 a.m.
11:01 p.m.
Prineville
16/38
Lebanon
32/47
Eugene
32/46
SUN AND MOON
New
Pendleton
18/30
The Dalles
22/35
Portland
33/49
from Coastal Family Health
Center .
“The supply has become
kind of tight because of all
the fl u rampaging through-
out the U.S.,” McNickle
said.
Knappa School Dis-
trict last year closed Hilda
Lahti Elementary School
for two days because of a
fl u outbreak affecting more
than 40 percent of students.
The outbreak was the only
other instance of a fl u-re-
lated school closure in the
p ast several years, McNickle
said.
The percentage of admis-
sions to hospital emergency
BodyVox performance rescheduled
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ALMANAC
Jewell School is closed because of a fl u outbreak.
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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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The Daily Astorian
State Rep. Tiffi ny Mitch-
ell, D-Astoria, will hold a
town hall from 3 to 4 p.m.
March 10 in Columbia Hall
Room 219 on the main cam-
pus of Clatsop Community
College, 1651 Lexington Ave.
DEATHS
Feb. 27, 2019
NEACE, Aira, 91, of Warrenton, died
in Astoria. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in
charge of the arrangements.
PHILLIPS, Gerald, 95, of Seaside, died
in Seaside. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in
charge of the arrangements.
Feb. 24, 2019
GLOVER, Dylan, 26, of Astoria, died in
Astoria. Services will be held at a later date.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
MEMORIAL
Friday, March 1
VANDECOEVERING, David Lawrence — Viewing from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Waud’s
Funeral Home, 1414 Third St. in Tillamook. Vandecoevering, 63, of Garibaldi, died in
Garibaldi on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.
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.
CLATSOP
POWER
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State Rep. Mitchell to hold Astoria town hall March 10
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Clatsop County Recreational
Lands Planning and Advi-
sory Committee, 1 to 3 p.m.,
fourth fl oor, 800 Exchange St.
Clatsop Community College
Board, 4:30 p.m., work session,
Columbia Hall Room 221, 1651
Lexington Ave.
Cannon Beach Planning
Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall,
163 E. Gower St.
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