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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019
Would you support a plastic bag ban in grocery stores?
“Absolutely. I have
my shopping bags by
the front door, where
my keys are, so I don’t
forget them. I have
dress up ones, casual
ones and all-occasion bags.”
Connie Katayama, Ilwaco, Wash.
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
“Yes — even though
I use them all the time.
It wouldn’t be a bad
idea.”
Bob Barr, Astoria
“No. Because it
should be my own
choice how I take my
groceries home.”
Joceyln Beaver,
Astoria
Coastal land conservancies Pacifi c Power lowers
protect pristine salt marsh smart meter opt-out fee
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The only salt marsh des-
ignated for development on
Nehalem Bay will now be
protected through a partner-
ship between two coastal
land conservation groups.
The North Coast Land
Conservancy, a nonprofi t
that manages lands through-
out the North Coast, pur-
chased Botts Marsh on
Tuesday on behalf of the
Lower Nehalem Commu-
nity Trust.
The land conservancy
will act as a bridge owner,
buying the community trust
time to complete its due dili-
gence. The community trust
plans to buy the property
from the land conservancy
by October.
Conservation of the
marsh achieves a nearly
40-year effort to conserve
the 30 acres of intertidal
habitat between the bay and
U.S. Highway 101 north of
Wheeler.
“The Lower Nehalem
Community Trust is grateful
for North Coast Land Con-
servancy’s ability to step in
at a critical time in the life
of this acquisition,” Doug
Firstbrook, community trust
co-founder and board mem-
Pacifi c Power will lower
the fee for customers who
opt out of installing new
smart power meters.
The utility had planned
on charging $36 a month for
monthly meter reads for cus-
tomers who opt out of the
new meters, which automat-
ically transmit power usage
data to the utility.
Pacifi c Power submitted
an alternative payment plan,
recently approved by the
state Public Utility C ommis-
sion, to charge $9 a month
with only three meter reads
per year.
The new payment plan
also allows customers to
pay a level or equal monthly
amount based on a histor-
ical average of their previ-
ous bills. The utility has also
removed a fee for customers
North Coast Land Conservancy
The North Coast Land Conservancy has purchased Botts
Marsh on behalf of the Lower Nehalem Community Trust.
Botts Marsh is pristine salt marsh property in Nehalem Bay.
ber, said in a statement.
Botts Marsh is one of
the last remaining, unal-
tered, pristine marshlands,
said Katie Voelke, executive
director of the North Coast
Land Conservancy. It pro-
vides habitat for more than
125 bird species and is also
important rearing habitat for
Chinook and coho salmon.
But the property has a
decades long history of land
use controversy around it,
she said.
It had been zoned to
allow some marine indus-
trial development, such
as a marina. New regula-
tions would likely not have
allowed for this kind of
development, but the zon-
ing was still there.
The marsh “is in great
condition and the goal is
to ensure that continues by
protecting it,” Voelke said.
“By allowing it not to get
broken, so it doesn’t have to
get fi xed.”
The land conservancy
will monitor the property
while it is under their care,
but will have to do little by
way of habitat enhancement
or restoration.
THURSDAY
Seaside Convention Center
who later decide to have a
smart meter installed.
“We’ve heard from cus-
tomers that the fee to opt out
of a smart meter is burden-
some, and we have contin-
ued to look for new options,”
Etta Lockey, Pacifi c Power’s
v ice p resident of r egulation,
said in a news release. “This
has been a collaborative pro-
cess with the PUC and the
Sanders reportedly suffers from
disabilities that may put her at
A 29-year-old Svensen woman
higher risk if not found, Halverson
was reported missing around
said. The behavior is uncharacter-
4 p.m. Tuesday near the Astoria
istic for Sanders, but police at this
time do not suspect any foul play.
Riverwalk.
Police are working with the Clat-
Maya Sanders was last seen in
the downtown area around noon Maya Sanders sop County Sheriff Offi ce’s search
and rescue team to fi nd Sanders.
on Tuesday, according to the Asto-
Sanders was last seen wearing a long
ria Police Department. Some of her belong-
ings were found at the end of Sixth Street shirt that was black, white, and green in
color and was wearing pink shoes. She is
and near the Comfort Suites .
Police believe the woman may be trav- about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about
eling east, as she was last seen near North 130 pounds .
Anyone with information is asked to call
Tongue Point around 3:30 p.m., Deputy
Astoria dispatch at (503) 325-4411.
Chief Eric Halverson said.
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Commission, 5 p.m., Seaside
Civic and Convention Center,
415 First Ave.
Cannon Beach Academy,
5:30 p.m., 3781 S. Hemlock.
Gearhart Planning Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 698
Pacifi c Way.
Svensen.
Warrenton-Hammond
School Board, 7 p.m., Warren-
ton High School library, 1700
S. Main Ave.
Etta Lockey, Pacifi c Power’s
v ice p resident of r egulation
Citizens’ Utility Board, and
we are pleased to offer this
new option to customers.”
Pacifi c Power’s upgrade
of 590,000 meters began in
January 2018 and continues
into the spring. Installation
is already complete for more
than two-thirds of customers
in Oregon, and only around
1 percent of customers have
chosen to opt out of the new
smart meters, according to
the utility.
Customers must select
the new opt-out plan by call-
ing 1-866-869-8520. All
residential customers with
nonstandard meters are eli-
gible to participate. Resi-
dential customers with net
meters, time of use meters
or demand registers do not
qualify.
For
more
informa-
tion, visit pacifi cpower.net/
smartmeter
Svensen woman reported
missing near Astoria Riverwalk
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St., Astoria.
Wickiup Water District
Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648
Svensen Market Road,
‘WE’VE
HEARD FROM
CUSTOMERS
THAT THE FEE
TO OPT OUT OF A
SMART METER IS
BURDENSOME….’
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
54
34
34
Partly cloudy
57
38
Times of clouds and sun
SUNDAY
56
40
63
43
Rather cloudy, a little rain
in the p.m.
Partly sunny
OBITUARIES
Cornilia Helen Nelson
Pleasant with sunshine
and some clouds
St. Helens
March 10, 1921 — March 7, 2019
ALMANAC
REGIONAL WEATHER
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
34/54
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 50°/40°
Normal high/low ........................... 54°/39°
Record high ............................ 74° in 1941
Record low ............................. 24° in 1897
Tillamook
35/57
Salem
34/56
Newport
36/53
Sunset tonight ........................... 7:18 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 7:31 a.m. Coos Bay
Moonrise today ......................... 11:21 a.m. 35/55
Moonset today ............................ 1:45 a.m.
Mar 14
Last
Mar 20
New
Mar 27
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
12:46 a.m.
2:24 p.m.
Low
3.2 ft.
1.0 ft.
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Denver
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Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Honolulu
Indianapolis
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Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Nashville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC
Hi
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59
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81
65
63
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66
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52
59
Ontario
26/50
Klamath Falls
22/47
Saturday, March 16
OJA, Georgia Faye (Israel) — Graveside
service and interment at 11 a.m., Knappa
Prairie Cemetery, 92892 Knappa Dock
Lakeview
10/40
Ashland
30/59
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
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Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
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Vancouver
Yakima
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
Judy Nelson, Lynda and Bill Craft,
Judy Sweeney and John and Deb-
bie Nelson; her 12 grandchildren;
28 great-grandchildren; and six
great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held
Saturday, March 16, 2019, at St.
Helens Community Bible Church
at 3 p.m.
Please sign our online guest
book at columbiafh.com
Cornilia Nelson
MEMORIAL
Burns
15/42
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Lo
57
36
52
21
43
43
41
19
70
54
38
42
49
63
72
62
69
41
39
41
58
30
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46
Baker
14/41
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019
Tonight's Sky: William Herschel discovers Uranus
(1781).
High
8.6 ft.
6.2 ft.
La Grande
16/44
Roseburg
33/60
Brookings
38/56
Apr 5
John Day
19/47
Bend
19/46
Medford
29/59
UNDER THE SKY
Time
6:53 a.m.
9:06 p.m.
Prineville
18/47
Lebanon
30/57
Eugene
32/55
SUN AND MOON
Full
Pendleton
22/44
The Dalles
25/45
Portland
35/56
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.38"
Month to date ................................... 1.29"
Normal month to date ....................... 3.00"
Year to date .................................... 13.88"
Normal year to date ........................ 20.39"
First
Cornilia Helen Nelson was born
in rural Kansas on March 10, 1921,
to parents John and Ruth Hale. She
had three brothers, Warren, Harold
and Clyde.
Helen and Nick Nelson married
on Dec. 4, 1942. They were mar-
ried for 74 years, raising four chil-
dren. She cherished her family, and
was a devoted follower of Christ.
Helen is survived by Larry and
Road, immediately followed by a remem-
brance celebration at the Brownsmead
Grange, 42280 Fish Lane. All are invited to
attend.
DEATHS
March 12, 2019
BRADBURY, John Frederick, 89, of
Warrenton, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
March 10, 2019
PIOR, Timothy, 15, of Warrenton, died
in Warrenton. Ocean View Funeral & Cre-
mation Service of Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
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