A7 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2019 OBITUARIES Cheri Jeanine Folk Gearhart Dec. 31, 1944 — June 26, 2019 Cheri Jeanine Folk died peacefully at ers Association b oard. home in Gearhart, Oregon, on June 26, 2019. Since retiring, Cheri served diligently Cheri was born on Dec. 31, 1944, in Wen- with the American Association of Univer- dell, Idaho, to Kenneth and Emily sity Women, on the board of Lib- Smith. She grew up near Sun Val- erty Restoration Inc., Astoria ley, Idaho. She graduated from Sea- High School Scholarship Inc., the side High School, and attended Lewis & Clark National Historical Linfi eld C ollege. Park Association and the Astoria Her brother, Jan, preceded her in Golf & Country Club Ladies Golf death, along with four half brothers, Club. She previously served on the and a half sister. She is survived by board of the Assistance League of her sister, Charline Smith, of Wen- the Columbia Pacifi c, the Clatsop dell, Idaho. County Historical Society and as She also leaves behind her hus- director emeritus of the Columbia band of 29 years, Del Folk; her two Cheri Folk River Maritime Museum. daughters, Debbie Doughty and Cheri served faithfully in her son-in-law Jeff, and Jennifer Waldrip and membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of son-in-law Dave; stepdaughter, Marci Utti Latter-day Saints in various volunteer leader- and son-in-law Mark; stepson, James Folk; ship positions. She found great comfort in her 11 grandchildren, Jeffrey (Jamie) Doughty, faith and testimony of God and his son, Jesus Alyssa Doughty, Stephanie (Mike) Moore, Christ. Courtney Doughty, Katie (Todd) Coleman, At her request, donations in her honor can Benjamin Waldrip, Max Waldrip and Emma, be made to the American Association of Uni- McKenzie, Allie and Maddie Utti; two versity Women or Liberty Restoration Inc. great-granddaughters, Olivia Doughty and Services will be held July 6, 2019, at 1 p.m. Mayven Townsend; and stepsons, Eric and at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Brian Savage and stepdaughter, Rindy Shultz, Saints, 350 Niagara Ave. Astoria, Oregon. and their families. Dedication of the gravesite will be directly After 37 years in banking, in 2009 Cheri after the service at Ocean View Cemetery in retired as the president and CEO of the Bank Warrenton, Oregon. of Astoria and member of the board of direc- Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary is in tors. Cheri was the fi rst female bank CEO in charge of the arrangements. Please sign our Oregon. She also served on the Oregon Bank- online guest book at caldwellsmortuary.com Oregon agency that studies earthquakes could be abolished By KALE WILLIAMS The Oregonian The state agency in charge of earthquake study and preparation, as well as mon- itoring mining efforts in Ore- gon, could be shut down after going over budget for the second time in four years. The Department of Geol- ogy and Mineral Industries, widely known as DOGAMI, will lose three staff members and the g overnor’s offi ce is considering whether the agency should continue to exist in its current form given its fi nancial woes. For the 2013-2015 budget cycle, the agency needed an extra $800,000 from the gen- eral fund. For the 2017-2019 cycle, it needed $650,000. Agencies needing more cash is unusual, said John Terpen- ing, a legislative analyst for the state who reviewed the budget proposal. Needing more cash twice in as many budget cycles is cause for concern. “This type of thing should be very rare,” he told The Oregonian. The agency has two pri- mary functions, both of which are important. The Geological Survey & Ser- vices program studies earth- quakes, landslides, coastal erosion and other haz- ards and develops plans to reduce risk to the public. Many disaster plans in Ore- gon are based, at least in part, on the work done by DOG- AMI and that work is mostly funded through grants and state money from the gen- eral fund. The agency is also responsible for overseeing mining in the state, which is funded entirely by fees. DOGAMI The Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, which studies geologic hazards around Oregon, could be abolished after it went over budget twice in the last four years. Besides going over bud- get, the agency also fell well short of inspecting the num- ber of mining sites it is sup- posed to. In 2018, the goal was to inspect 50% of the state’s mining operations “to help prevent off-site impacts or violations, and build pos- itive working relation- ships.” Last year the agency inspected just 13% . Brad Avy, director of the agency, said there were a number of factors that led to the fi nancial problems “including the need for an improved accounting archi- tecture and written fi nancial policies and procedures.” The funding model has shifted over time, Avy added, to more reliance on grants. “(The agency) starts the biennium without know- ing how successful it will be in securing grant awards to meet its budgeted revenue,” he said. “This results in a less predictable funding structure for our Geological Survey and Services Program.” Now, those cost overruns will cost the agency three natural resource specialist positions in the next budget. A few positions will be added SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY or changed to ensure the agency doesn’t run into fi scal trouble again, Avy said, but the net is still a loss of staff. “The agency will lose sci- entifi c capacity to execute our mission which is to pro- vide earth science informa- tion and regulation to make Oregon safe and prosper- ous,” Avy said. In a note on the prelimi- nary budget proposal for the agency, the Joint Ways and Means Committee said the g overnor’s offi ce would be “evaluating if the d epartment should continue to exist as an independent or recommenda- tions to abolish and move the individual programs to other entities.” That drastic of a move could come with big conse- quences, Avy said. “It would be incredi- bly disruptive to staff and it is likely that some on-go- ing studies would be discon- tinued,” he said. ”Oregon would lose a valued agency and may lose talented staff in our Geological Survey and Services Program which pro- vides a focus on geologic and mineral mapping and natural hazard identifi cation.” FRIDAY SATURDAY AP Photo/Susan Walsh President Donald Trump walks to the North Korean side of the border with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump steps into history at DMZ By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press PANMUNJOM, Korea — With wide grins and a historic handshake, Pres- ident Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met at the heavily for- tifi ed Demilitarized Zone on Sunday and agreed to revive talks on the pariah nation’s nuclear program. Trump, pressing his bid for a legacy-defi ning deal, became the fi rst sitting American leader to step into North Korea. What was intended to be an impromptu exchange of pleasantries turned into a 50-minute meeting, another historic fi rst in the yearlong rapprochement between the two technically warring nations. It marked a return to face-to-face contact between the leaders after talks broke down during a summit in Vietnam in Feb- ruary. Signifi cant doubts remain, though, about the future of the negotiations and the North’s willingness to give up its stockpile of nuclear weapons. The border encounter was a made-for television moment. The men strode toward one another from opposite sides of the Joint Security Area and shook hands over the raised patch of concrete at the Military Demarcation Line as cam- eras clicked and photogra- phers jostled to capture the scene. After asking if Kim wanted him to cross, Trump took 10 steps into the North with Kim at his side, then escorted Kim back to the South for talks at Free- dom House, where they agreed to revive the stalled negotiations. The spectacle marked the latest milestone in two years of roller-coaster diplomacy between the two nations. Personal taunts of “Little Rocket Man” (by Trump) and “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” (by Kim) and threats to destroy one other have given way to on-again, off-again talks, professions of love and fl owery letters. “I was proud to step over the line,” Trump told Kim as they met in on the South Korean side of the truce village of Panmun- jom. “It is a great day for the world.” Kim hailed the moment, saying of Trump, “I believe this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate all the unfortunate past and open a new future.” Kim added that he was “surprised” when Trump issued an unorthodox meet- ing invitation by tweet on Saturday. As he left South Korea on his fl ight to Washing- ton, Trump tweeted that he had “a wonderful meet- ing” with Kim. “Stood on the soil of North Korea, an important statement for all, APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 Over 3 A 0 RS IN YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU SUNDAY Mattresses, Furniture & More! 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Astoria / Port Docks Temperatures High/low ................................ 69/53 Normal high/low .................. 66/52 Record high .................. 88 in 1915 Record low .................... 40 in 1985 Precipitation Sunday ..................................... 0.00” Month to date ........................ 0.86” Normal month to date ......... 2.55” Year to date .......................... 22.87” Normal year to date ........... 35.91” Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Sunrise today .................. 5:28 a.m. Sunset tonight ............... 9:10 p.m. Moonrise today .............. 5:23 a.m. Moonset today .............. 9:22 p.m. First Full High (ft.) 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The presi- dent was joined in the Free- dom House conversation with Kim by his daugh- ter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, both senior White House advisers. Substantive talks between the countries had largely broken down after the last Trump-Kim sum- mit in Hanoi, which ended early when the leaders hit an impasse. The North has balked at Trump’s insistence that it give up its weapons before it sees relief from crush- ing international sanctions. The U.S. has said the North must submit to “complete, verifi able and irreversible denuclearization” before sanctions are lifted. As he announced the resumptions of talks, Trump told reporters “we’re not looking for speed. We’re looking to get it right.” He added that eco- nomic sanctions on the North would remain. 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