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A2 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 Astoria Library updates user conduct policy Razor clam dig OK’d during Long Beach festival By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Daily Astorian When a Warrenton man showed up at the Astoria Library in February to pro- test a D rag Q ueen S tory H our, he had his phone out. His plan was to pro- vide a running commentary , broadcasting a live stream to his social media followers. His camera, though focused primarily on his own face, turned sometimes to cap- ture the people attending the reading, including parents and their young children. Jimmy Pearson, the library director, couldn’t do much about fi lming outside the library, but he drew the Chinook Observer With sunny skies and temperatures near 60 in the forecast, a two-day razor clam dig has been approved on the Long Beach Penin- sula this weekend, just in time for the annual Razor Clam Festival. Likely marking the close of the p eninsula’s meager 2018-19 season, which included only two prior digging days, a large and enthusiastic crowd is anticipated. State shellfi sh man- agers with the Washing- ton Department of Fish and Wildlife approved the dig on morning low tides after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat. The opening had been uncertain, since last week levels of the plankton species that can produce toxic domoic acid were fl uctuating. The dig is approved on the following beaches, dates, and low tides: • Saturday, 7:58 a.m.; -1.1 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis; • Sunday, 8:42 a.m.; -1.2 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks • Monday, 9:25 a.m.; -1.0 feet; Twin Harbors, Mocrocks “This is a weekend opening that should not be missed,” said Dan Ayres, Department of Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfi sh Luke Whittaker/Chinook Observer Cooper Petit, 10, grabbed a razor clam pulled by his brother, Byron, 8, as their mother, Angela, looked on during a February dig. manager. “The Long Beach Razor Clam festival on Sat- urday features clam dig- ging and chowder contests, clam digging lessons, and live music — even pirates and mermaids making an occasional appearance.” Although the beach in north Pacifi c County, which the state refers to as Twin Harbors, has been highly productive for clams this season, Long Beach was kept closed on all but two days this winter because a preseason census found the clams were too small for harvest. They have been growing well, however, and exceeded an average of 4 inches during a Feb. 17 dig. As in past years, the state is asking beachgoers to take care to avoid nest- ing snowy plovers. “With barely 100 of these birds still surviving on the s outhwest Wash- ington coast, it is vitally important for beachgoers to stay out of posted areas,” Ayres said. “Snowy plo- ver nests are nearly invis- ible, so we want people to give these birds the space they need to live and thrive during their nesting period, especially near Midway Beach and while walking towards the north end of Long Beach.” Ayres recommends peo- ple avoid leaving leftover food or trash on the beach — which attract predators — avoid the dunes as much as possible, and heed the 25 mph speed limit if driving on the beach. Diggers should hit the beach about an hour or two before low tide for the best results. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 58 49 48 Occasional rain and drizzle Clouds and sun ALMANAC Seaside Dec. 28, 1935 — April 3, 2019 Mostly cloudy Last New Apr 26 Times of clouds and sun Salem 48/66 Newport 48/58 Coos Bay 47/61 First May 4 May 11 John Day 38/62 La Grande 39/59 Baker 38/62 Sally Banta Ontario 42/68 Bend 37/64 Burns 35/64 Gearhart Aug. 5, 1933 — April 12, 2019 Klamath Falls 32/66 Lakeview 32/64 Ashland 42/71 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 6:38 a.m. 6:59 p.m. Low 0.7 ft. -0.1 ft. Today Lo 55 42 47 40 59 43 58 26 70 56 61 55 51 61 71 56 64 48 63 50 60 39 48 49 55 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 57 56 55 61 55 55 63 59 54 57 Today Lo 38 37 45 47 49 32 44 47 48 48 W c pc pc c sh pc pc c c pc Hi 62 64 60 67 56 66 72 63 58 61 Wed. Lo 36 41 47 47 50 37 49 46 47 49 W pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 58 60 60 64 61 56 55 60 59 64 Today Lo 47 46 49 48 48 48 42 46 48 43 W c c c pc c c pc c c pc Hi 60 65 64 72 66 58 59 67 62 69 Wed. Lo 49 45 49 50 49 50 44 47 48 46 W pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES W s s c c c r s pc s pc c t pc s s s s s c s pc sh pc sh s Hi 80 58 68 57 71 58 71 42 85 74 74 78 74 77 83 79 81 63 73 63 79 58 65 59 70 Wed. Lo 62 42 59 36 43 49 53 26 71 59 46 61 55 62 75 62 69 50 51 50 61 42 49 51 54 Irene Tanaka Kan, of Seaside, peacefully into backpacks for Head Start students, and passed away at her home in Seaside on April delivered Sunday supper to elderly residents. 3, 2019. She was 83. A long time member of the Seaside United Irene was born to Eddie and Toshiye Methodist Church, she sang in the choir. Her hobbies included baking, knitting, Tanaka on Dec. 28, 1935, in Shoshone, gardening and reading. Irene also Idaho. After graduating as vale- enjoyed traveling with friends dictorian from Shoshone High and family, taking trips across the School in 1954, she earned her country and around the world. bachelor’s degree in home eco- She is survived by a daughter, nomics at Oregon State College in Pamela Kan-Rice, of Moraga, Cal- Corvallis in 1958. ifornia; a son, Marc Kan, of Sea- While at Oregon State , Irene side; a sister, Nancy Paulson, of met her future husband, War- Lehi, Utah; and several nieces, ren Kan, whom she married on nephews and cousins. June 21, 1958, in Shoshone, then She was preceded in death by moved to Salem, where they both Irene Kan Warren, her husband of 53 years, worked at Oregon Fruit Products and brothers, Clarence and Fred. Co . The Kan family is grateful to Caring for In 1966, Warren and Irene moved to Sea- side to run Kan’s Hankow Inn when his par- the Coast and Lower Columbia Hospice for ents, Frank and Yok Ping Kan, retired. For enabling Irene to live out her life in the com- 25 years, Irene cooked at and helped manage fort of her home. Friends and family are invited to cele- the Chinese restaurant. In the 1980s, the couple developed Sand brate Irene’s life at noon Saturday, April 20, Dollar Square, a mini mall on Broadway at the Seaside United Methodist Church, 241 near the T urnaround. In 1992, they built and N. Holladay Drive, Seaside, followed by a operated Cannes Cinema on 12th Avenue, reception at 1 p.m. at the American Legion, and sold the movie theater in 2006. In 2000, 1315 Broadway, Seaside. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made they opened a Microt el on U.S. Highway in her memory to the Kan Family Scholar- 101, and sold the hotel in 2008. A proponent of education, Irene vol- ship Fund at Seaside High School, 1901 N. unteered at Seaside Heights Elementary Holladay Drive, Seaside, OR., 97138, Sea- School, working with students for 30 years. side Public Library Foundation and Sea- She was an active member of the Ameri- side Parks and Recreation Department can Association of University Women and Foundation. Caldwell’s Funeral & Cremation its Women Interested in Going to School Arrangement Center of Seaside is in charge (WINGS) workshop. She also helped pack food and supplies of the arrangements. Roseburg 48/72 Brookings 45/61 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hi 75 61 66 67 74 58 82 50 86 74 78 67 65 77 83 78 81 64 73 64 79 51 63 58 69 Prineville 38/66 Lebanon 46/66 Medford 44/72 UNDER THE SKY High 8.6 ft. 8.5 ft. Pendleton 46/65 The Dalles 47/67 Portland 49/64 Tonight's Sky: Hercules, the Hero, emerging in the east after sunset. 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 Periods of rain Tillamook 47/59 Eugene 47/67 Sunset tonight ........................... 8:04 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 6:26 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 4:50 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 5:31 a.m. Time 12:29 a.m. 12:37 p.m. 56 42 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 48/58 SUN AND MOON Apr 19 SATURDAY 56 44 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 51°/36° Normal high/low ........................... 56°/41° Record high ............................ 81° in 1947 Record low ............................. 30° in 1967 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.07" Month to date ................................... 4.67" Normal month to date ....................... 2.87" Year to date .................................... 19.72" Normal year to date ........................ 27.71" Full FRIDAY 60 49 tion, anyone being disrup- tive or breaking library rules could be asked to leave for the day or even lose all priv- ileges for up to three years. “I’m very careful about telling somebody to leave the library for the day,” Pearson said. “It doesn’t happen all the time or even very often.” The library experiences an infl ux of people who are homeless leaving the Astoria Warming Center with their belongings during the emer- gency shelter’s winter sea- son. With few to no options elsewhere during the day, the library has become a ref- uge , providing a dry, warm place to rest, read and access the internet. Irene Tanaka Kan FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT line when it came to fi lm- ing and photographing peo- ple inside. “I take library privacy very seriously,” Pearson said ahead of a Monday night City Council meet- ing, where he presented an updated set of the library’s standards of conduct. “Parents have the right to not have their kids video taped.” The City Council approved the updated pol- icy, which is not very dif- ferent from what the library had in place before. It just codifi es the rules, Pearson said. The approval will give the rules a little more heft . Depending on the viola- Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s s c sh r r t pc s pc t s s pc pc pc pc pc t pc pc pc s pc c Sally Banta was born Aug. 5, 1933, in Portland, to Stephen and Harriet (Miller) Honan. She was raised in Seaside, and grad- uated from Seaside Union High School. During her youth she loved horseback riding and caring for her younger siblings. She married John A. Banta on May 1, 1954. They started their marriage in Seaside, and then moved to Gearhart to raise their family. She worked at the Seaside Library, her love of books and people making it the per- fect fi t for her. She retired after 35 years, but never lost her love of books, and was an avid reader. She loved the time spent with her sib- lings listening to guitar music and singing. They played many competitive games of pinochle. Sally and John took their children on many car and camping trips. Later, Sally and John traveled the Northwest extensively, as well as several trips to Alaska in their motor home. Sally loved family gatherings and holidays, Christmas being her favorite. She was most happy when her whole family was together. She leaves behind her devoted husband of 65 years, John; daughters, Jane, Susan and Mary; sons, John (Jo) and Lee (Teri); eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brother, Mike Honan; sister, Patricia Ross; and numerous nieces and nephews, as well as her extended Banta f amily. She was preceded in death by her parents, and sisters, Connie and Margaret. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Hughes Ransom Mortuary in Seaside. A p rivate burial will be held. PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY Port of Astoria Commission, 4 p.m., Port offi ces, 10 Pier 1, Suite 209. Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District, 5:15 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Avenue A, Seaside School District Board of Directors, 6 p.m., 1801 S. Franklin. Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Seaside Planning Commis- sion, 7 p.m., work session, City Hall, 989 Broadway. Monday’s Megabucks: 26- 29-32-35-37-38 Estimated jackpot: $1.6 million Estimated jackpot: $120,000 Monday’s Keno: 03-04-07-08- 12-26-27-28-29-38-46-48-51- 58-60-64-70-71-76-77 Monday’s Lotto: 09-13-15- 27-33-39 Estimated jackpot: $7 million Monday’s Match 4: 06-15- 20-24 WEDNESDAY Seaside Tourism Advisory Committee, 3 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. LOTTERIES APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 3 A 0 RS IN YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU Mattresses, Furniture & More! 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