A2
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019
Design work starts for Shoalwater tsunami evacuation tower
Structure will hold
up to 486 people
“We wouldn’t have got-
ten the (grant) application
done without their exper-
tise,” said Shipman. “We are
all passionate; we’re kind of
like a tsunami evacuation
tower gang.”
Nelson and Crawford
were instrumental in form-
ing the tribe’s emergency
management plans. There
are two tsunami warn-
ing sirens on the reserva-
tion; the one on the north
end is named “George,”
after Crawford; the one at
the south end — off Black-
berry Lane, next to where
the evacuation tower will
stand — is named “Dave,”
after Nelson.
The grant is a $2.2 mil-
lion Federal Emergency
By DAN HAMMOCK
Grays Harbor News Group
TOKELAND, Wash. —
With a lot of hard work by
the Shoalwater Bay Tribe,
a tsunami evacuation tower
near Tokeland should be
ready for the B ig O ne by the
end of October 2020.
Shoalwater Bay emer-
gency management direc-
tor Lee Shipman said none
of it would have been possi-
ble without a core group of
driven individuals, partic-
ularly previous emergency
managers like Dave Nelson
and George Crawford.
Visual Engineering Resource Group
A tsunami tower planned near Tokeland.
Management Agency pre-
disaster mitigation grant,
a highly competitive grant
that covers projects around
the country.
ON THE RECORD
of intoxicants. His blood
alcohol content was 0.11%.
• Around 9:45 p.m. on
Wednesday, Brandon Carl-
son, 26, of Warrenton,
was arrested by the Clat-
sop County Sheriff’s Offi ce
near the intersection of
Lewis and Clark Road and
Youngs River Road for
DUII and driving while his
license was suspended. His
blood alcohol content was
0.09%.
Gordon Howe
Warrenton
Sept. 18, 1932 — April 23, 2019
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Finance Committee, 10 a.m.,
Port offi ces, 10 Pier 1 Suite 209.
Public Safety Coordinating
Council, 2:30 p.m., 800 Ex-
change, Suite 430, Astoria.
Committee, 7 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
THURSDAY
Astoria Design Review Com-
mittee, 5:30 p.m., City Hall,
1095 Duane St.
Seaside Parks Advisory
FRIDAY
Port of Astoria Ad-hoc
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
59
44
45
ALMANAC
Times of sun and clouds
First
Salem
41/69
Newport
41/57
May 11
Coos Bay
42/60
Last
May 18
Klamath Falls
29/72
Lakeview
30/70
Ashland
42/78
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
7:34 a.m.
7:28 p.m.
Low
0.3 ft.
1.5 ft.
Hi
64
64
62
66
54
66
74
64
54
57
Today
Lo
26
32
45
39
47
29
43
39
41
43
W
s
pc
s
s
pc
s
s
pc
s
s
Hi
72
71
67
69
57
72
80
68
57
60
Fri.
Lo W
33
s
37
s
47
s
42
s
46
s
36
s
48
s
43
s
43
s
45
s
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
60
65
66
70
64
56
61
65
64
69
Today
Lo
38
40
45
43
41
44
39
38
41
39
W
pc
s
pc
s
pc
pc
pc
s
pc
pc
Hi
66
70
70
77
69
58
65
69
68
73
Fri.
Lo
40
44
48
46
44
45
43
42
44
43
W
pc
pc
s
s
s
s
pc
s
s
pc
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Hi
85
48
50
58
64
66
87
57
84
73
59
81
72
82
83
84
84
67
62
85
69
63
68
61
86
Burns
30/71
REGIONAL CITIES
Tonight's Sky: For May, the Big Dipper is nearly
overhead before midnight.
Today
Lo
66
44
42
34
44
52
63
34
68
59
48
62
55
65
74
65
70
54
55
59
54
43
48
45
67
Baker
26/72
Ontario
36/75
Bend
32/71
Medford
43/80
May 26
John Day
36/71
La Grande
34/69
Roseburg
43/77
Brookings
46/68
UNDER THE SKY
High
8.4 ft.
7.5 ft.
Prineville
30/73
Lebanon
38/68
Eugene
39/69
Full
Pendleton
40/70
The Dalles
41/75
Portland
45/70
Sunset tonight ........................... 8:25 p.m.
Sunrise Friday ............................. 6:00 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 5:30 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 6:07 p.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
61
46
Sunshine and patchy
clouds
Mostly sunny
Tillamook
39/59
SUN AND MOON
Time
1:02 a.m.
1:38 p.m.
61
45
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
45/59
Precipitation
Wednesday ....................................... 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 0.00"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.13"
Year to date .................................... 20.35"
Normal year to date ........................ 30.17"
May 4
MONDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 57°/41°
Normal high/low ........................... 58°/43°
Record high ............................ 81° in 2016
Record low ............................. 30° in 1954
New
SUNDAY
63
47
Sunshine and patchy
clouds
Mainly clear
W
pc
r
r
pc
c
r
s
s
sh
t
c
s
pc
t
t
pc
pc
c
t
c
t
pc
pc
pc
pc
Hi
84
55
58
66
59
61
87
42
83
70
59
87
73
79
87
83
84
59
65
78
66
68
67
63
84
Fri.
Lo
67
50
42
38
40
45
62
30
70
54
43
65
56
65
74
63
73
54
50
63
52
47
49
47
66
July, crews from the state
Department of Natural
Resources were already at
the site, looking at the seis-
mic characteristics of the
soil and the groundwater
underneath. The results of
their tests were passed on
to the tribe and engineers to
incorporate into the tower’s
design.
The Shoalwater Bay Tribe
has signed contracts for
design and engineering for
the tower, said Shipman. The
design work is being done
by Degenkolb Engineering .
The latest renderings of the
tower and its location were
just completed by the s tate
Department of Transporta-
tion’s Visual Engineering
Resource Group.
OBITUARIES
DUII
• Around 2 a.m. this
morning, Bowen Couch,
36, of Astoria, was arrested
by Warrenton police on the
New Youngs Bay Bridge for
driving under the infl uence
TONIGHT
The federal money, plus
another $1 million kicked in
by the tribe, will cover the
construction of the tower
from start to fi nish.
When it’s done, the tower
will stand some 50 feet tall
or more and hold 486 peo-
ple. I t will be one of two tsu-
nami evacuation structures
in the nation, the other atop
the gym at the Ocosta Ele-
mentary School about 10
miles north.
The Shoalwater Bay tribe
has 70 offi cial members, said
Shipman, with a total reser-
vation population of around
120. That leaves room in the
tower for tribal neighbors
and, as is customary for the
tribe, nobody will be turned
away in a tsunami.
Shortly
after
the
announcement of the grant
award, during the tribe’s
annual Yellow Brick Road
Tsunami/Health Walk last
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
W
c
sh
pc
s
pc
c
s
sn
sh
sh
pc
s
pc
t
c
pc
pc
t
r
pc
sh
s
pc
pc
t
CORRECTIONS
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
EQUIPMENT , INC.
SALES SERVICE RENTALS
•
Gordon Howe was born in Astoria, Ore- his grandson, Brandon.
Gordon is survived by children Randall
gon, to Magnus Bernard Howe and Margaret
Mary Genevieve Nusbaum Howe. His par- (Jeri) Howe, Alice Howe (Ron) Chaloux,
ents divorced when he was very young, and Gordon (Debby) Howe, Debbie McFer-
his father and Sophie (Tillie) Elliott Howe ran (Steve) Woodard, Julie McFerran, Mike
McFerran and Mark McFerran.
raised him, his siblings and her sis-
His grandchildren are Kristen
ter’s four children. He graduated
Howe, Randall (Kayla) Howe,
from Astoria High School in 1950.
Christy Chaloux (Tony) Cou-
One of his very early jobs was
lombe, Amanda Chaloux (Jason)
working at Home Bakery. He
Milks, Amy Chaloux, Nau-
spent his entire life working on
nie Howe O’Brien, Katie Howe
the Columbia River, starting as a
(Mike) Casey, Scott Howe, Derek
deckhand at Arrow Tug & Barge,
Woodard, Dustin (Irene) Wood-
prior to being inducted into the
ard, Jennifer McFerran Everson,
Army on Jan. 7, 1953.
Jesse (Victoria) McFerran, Wil-
He was honorably discharged
Gordon Howe
lie Robertson and Mark (Lindsey)
on Dec. 21, 1954, and was in the
McFerran.
Army Reserve for eight years.
His great-grandchildren are Madison
He received the National Defense Ser-
vice Medal, Korean Service Medal and the Howe, Natalie McCargish, Olivia McCa-
rgish, Patricia Howe, Gabe Albright, Ezra
United Nations Service Medal.
After his service, he returned to decking Albright, Hayden Bottleson Albright, Elias
on the tugs, and eventually became a captain Simmons Albright, Rosie Coulombe, Tyler
on the tugs. For the next 20 years he would O’Brien, Kaitlyn O’Brien, Delilah Casey,
work on the tugs and study in the evenings Mia Casey, Isaiah McFerran and Zenna
to constantly upgrade his level of Coast McFerran.
He is also survived by his sister, Jose-
Guard license to eventually obtain a 1,600
ton master’s license with unlimited tonnage phine E. (Betty Jo) Heiner; many nieces,
pilotage, qualifying him to pilot ocean going nephews and cousins; a brother-in-law, Dar-
vessels. He would spend the next 20 years ryl Ness; and his lifelong friend, Bill Davis.
piloting ships on the Columbia River. He He had/has a long-lost younger brother,
Joseph Nusbaum Kreier.
retired in January 1995.
Gordon was preceded in death by his par-
He prided himself on being a tough Inter-
national Organization of Masters, Mates ents; his siblings, Bernard D. Howe, Charles
& Pilots (MM&P) union contract negoti- L. Howe and Mildred P. Howe; his children,
ator one day, and getting along famously Roy Howe and Ronald F. Howe; his grand-
with the towboat company president, Peter children, Brandon L. Howe, Chelsea Howe
Brix, the next day. He served as vice pres- and Marc Weiber; and his great-great-grand-
ident and president of the Columbia River child, Audri Viella-Rose Hendrickson.
A celebration of life is planned for May
Pilots. He also served as a commissioner on
the Oregon State Board of Maritime Pilots, 11 at 2 p.m. on the 39th Street Pier behind
Rogue Ales Public House, near where
appointed by Gov. Vic Atiyeh.
Gordon married Viella Margarette there used to be a sandy beach that Gordon
(Marge) DeBeni on Sept. 21, 1955. They often fondly referred to as his old stomping
had fi ve children. The family enjoyed camp- grounds, where he learned to swim.
Hughes Ransom Mortuary (hughes-ran-
ing, hunting and motorcycle riding together.
He was a founding member and president som.com) is in charge of his cremation, and
of the original Sons of Beaches four-wheel has an online guest book.
Memorial contributions may be made to
drive club. They divorced on April 20, 1976.
Gordon married Darlene Marie (Ness) the National Rifl e Association, Oregon State
McFerran on Jan. 16, 1978. This marriage University sports, or Doernbecher Chil-
added four more children to the family. Dar- dren’s Hospital.
The family of Gordon Howe would like
lene was the love of his life until her passing
to extend a heartfelt thank you to Caring for
Sept. 10, 2010.
Gordon’s large family was his pride and the Coast In-Home Care, Providence Home
joy, especially as it continued to grow with Health Nurses, Medix Ambulance Service,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He the Warrenton Fire Department and Eric
absolutely loved family gatherings, as did Anderson of Hughes-Ransom Mortuary.
Wrong title –– Leslie
Ford is a b ehavioral h ealth
c linical i ntegration a dvise r
with the Columbia Pacifi c
Coordinated Care Orga-
nization. An A1 story on
Wednesday about a meth-
adone clinic incorrectly
listed her previous title as
the director of clinical inno-
vation at Greater Oregon
Behavioral Health Inc.
Transaction clarifi ed —
Rod Gramson sold 47 acres
of property in Warrenton to
the North Coast Land Con-
servancy. The transaction
was incorrectly described as
a donation in one reference of
an A1 story on a Clear Lake
subdivision on April 26.
1-8-9-32-34-36
Estimated jackpot: $3 million
Wednesday’s Powerball:
5-23-28-56-66, Powerball: 17
Estimated jackpot: $199
million
WASHINGTON
Wednesday’s Daily Game:
5-0-6
Wednesday’s Hit 5: 01-02-04-
23-37
Estimated jackpot: $260,000
Wednesday’s Keno: 02-04-06-
15-24-32-36-38-41-42-48-49-
50-53-59-66-70-72-74-79
Wednesday’s Lotto: 07-09-19-
40-42-44
Estimated jackpot: $7.9 million
Wednesday’s Match 4: 06-14-
19-21
LOTTERIES
OREGON
Wednesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 7-1-0-3
4 p.m.: 9-9-8-8
7 p.m.: 0-9-7-6
10 p.m.: 2-7-6-3
Wednesday’s Lucky Lines:
3-6-10-16-18-22-26-29
Estimated jackpot: $36,000
Wednesday’s Megabucks:
Subscription rates
Eff ective July 1, 2015
•
Established July 1, 1873
(USPS 035-000)
Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media
Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103
Telephone 503-325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-
6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily
Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210
DailyAstorian.com
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
34912 HWY 101 BUS • ASTORIA
503-325-0792 • 1-800-220-0792
The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for
republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper.
SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC.
HOME DELIVERY
EZpay (per month) . . . . . . $11.25
13 weeks in advance . . . . $36.79
26 weeks in advance . . . . $70.82
52 weeks in advance . . .$135.05
MAIL
EZpay (per month) . . . . . . $16.60
13 weeks in advance . . . . $51.98
26 weeks in advance . . .$102.63
52 weeks in advance . . .$199.90
Circulation phone number: 503-325-3211
Periodicals postage paid at Astoria, OR
ADVERTISING OWNERSHIP
All advertising copy and illustrations prepared by The Daily
Astorian become the property of The Daily Astorian and may not
be reproduced for any use without explicit prior approval.
COPYRIGHT ©
Entire contents © Copyright,
2019 by The Daily Astorian.
Printed on
recycled paper