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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019
OBITUARY
Rita Teresa Mary Ginn
Astoria
Jan. 13, 1929 — July 10, 2019
AP Photo/Matthew Hinton
Barry Williams talks to a friend on his smartphone as he wades through storm surge from Lake
Pontchartrain on Lakeshore Drive in Mandeville, La.
Final blast of torrential rains
unleashed by weakened Barry
By REBECCA SANTANA
and JONATHAN DREW
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS —
Tropical Depression Barry
spared New Orleans from
catastrophic fl ooding, but it
still swamped parts of Lou-
isiana with up to 17 inches
of rain and transformed part
of the Mississippi Delta into
“an ocean.”
Although Barry was
downgraded from a tropi-
cal storm Sunday afternoon,
its torrential rains contin-
ued to pose a threat Mon-
day. Much of Louisiana
and Mississippi were under
fl ash-fl ood watches, as were
parts of Arkansas, eastern
Texas, western Tennessee
and southeastern Missouri.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel
Edwards urged residents to
be cautious as they ventured
outside after a weekend in
which many had sheltered
indoors.
He
said
he
was
“extremely grateful” that
the storm had not caused
the catastrophic fl oods that
had earlier been forecast.
More than 90 people had
been rescued in 11 parishes,
but there were no reports of
weather-related fatalities,
Edwards said.
“This was a storm that
obviously could have played
out very, very differently,”
he said. “We’re thankful that
the worst-case scenario did
not happen.”
But Barry was still prov-
ing disastrous in parts of
Louisiana, particularly in
areas north of Lake Charles
where streams and rivers
were on the rise. Up to 17
inches has fallen in isolated
spots in that part of the state,
the National Weather Ser-
vice stated in one of numer-
ous fl ash fl ood warnings
issued Monday.
“Please don’t drive
through
these
fl ooded
areas,” Calcasieu Par-
ish Sheriff Tony Mancuso
pleaded with motorists.
In Mississippi, forecast-
ers said 8 inches of rain had
fallen in parts of Jasper and
Jones counties, with sev-
eral more inches possible.
An additional 3 to 5 inches
was expected Monday
in the western part of the
inland. The U.S. National
Hurricane Center said Sun-
day parts of south-central
Louisiana could still have
rainfall totals of up to 12
inches, with isolated pock-
ets of 15 inches.
New Orleans Mayor
LaToya Cantrell said Sun-
day the city was “beyond
lucky” that rainfall there fell
well short of early predic-
tions of a deluge that could
overwhelm the city’s pump-
ing systems.
“We were spared,” she
‘THIS WAS A STORM THAT
OBVIOUSLY COULD HAVE
PLAYED OUT VERY, VERY
DIFFERENTLY. WE’RE THANKFUL
THAT THE WORST-CASE
SCENARIO DID NOT HAPPEN.’
Rita Teresa Mary Ginn passed away Church in Astoria. Rita and Merrill were
peacefully on July 10, 2019, at the age of both private pilots, and met at the Astoria
Regional Airport. She enjoyed racing small
90, in Astoria, Oregon.
planes, and participated in the
A funeral Mass will be held at
Powder Puff Derby from Seattle,
St. Mary, Star of the Sea Catho-
Washington, to Clearwater, Flor-
lic Church, 1465 Grand Ave. in
ida, in July 1966.
Astoria, at 12:30 p.m. on Satur-
In addition to fl ying, she
day, July 20, 2019.
enjoyed family gatherings, con-
Prior to the funeral Mass,
necting with her Swedish cous-
there will be a viewing held at
ins, gardening, bridge and golf.
9 a.m., followed by a rosary at
For over 40 years, her favor-
10 a.m., on Saturday July 20,
ite avocation was doing gene-
2019, at Caldwell’s Luce-Layton
alogy research for both family
Mortuary, 1165 Franklin Ave. in
Rita Ginn
and friends, including self-pub-
Astoria.
lishing several family genealogy
Rita was born Jan. 13, 1929, in
Sawtelle, California, to John Sven Hakan- books.
Rita is survived by her three children,
son and Rosilda Mary (Bourdon) Hakan-
son. Her family moved to Eugene, Ore- Diane Forst (husband, Jim Forst), Steven
gon, in 1934, and then to Seaside, Oregon, Ginn and Kenny Ginn; three siblings, Jean-
where Rita graduated from Seaside High nette Schmitz, Robert Hakanson (wife,
School in 1948. After college, she settled Peggy Hakanson), and Cecile Starr; one
brother-in-law, Robert Ginn (wife, Sheryl
in Astoria.
After high school, Rita attended Oregon Ginn); and a large batch of nieces and
State College in Corvallis, and was certi- nephews.
She was preceded in death by her hus-
fi ed by the American Society of Clinical
Pathologists as a medical technologist. She band, Merrill, on May 17, 2015, at the age
worked for many years as a lab technician of 93; and by six of her 10 siblings.
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary is
at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria
in charge of the arrangements. Please sign
before leaving to raise her family.
Rita married Forrest “Merrill” Ginn our online guest book at caldwellsmortu-
on April 25, 1959, at St. Mary’s Catholic ary.com
Facebook faces $5B fi ne, largest ever in tech
By BARBARA
ORTUTAY
Associated Press
At $5 billion, the fi ne
the FTC is about to levy on
Facebook is by far the larg-
est it’s given to a technol-
ogy company, easily eclips-
ing the second largest, $22
million for Google in 2012.
The long-expected pun-
ishment, which Face-
book is well prepared for,
is unlikely to make a dent
in the social media giant’s
deep pockets. But it will
also likely saddle the com-
pany with additional restric-
tions and another lengthy
stretch of strict scrutiny.
The Wall Street Jour-
nal and other news outlets
reported that the FTC has
voted to fi ne Facebook for
privacy violations and mis-
handling user data. Most
of them cited an unnamed
person familiar with the
matter.
Facebook and the FTC
declined to comment. The
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards
state, including parts of the
rural Delta that have been
fl ooded for months from the
Mississippi River and its
backwaters.
“The South Delta has
become an ocean,” Missis-
sippi Gov. Phil Bryant wrote
on Twitter on Monday.
He’s calling on the fed-
eral government to build
pumps to drain water from
the confl uence of the Yazoo
and Mississippi Rivers. The
EPA shelved the project in
2008 amid concerns about
wetlands and wildlife. The
Trump administration has
said it might reconsider that
decision.
Forecasters had warned of
a continued threat of heavy
rains into Monday as the
center of the storm trudged
SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TODAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
said at a news conference,
while noting the city was
ready to help nearby par-
ishes hit harder.
About 51,000 custom-
ers in Louisiana, 1,800 cus-
tomers in Mississippi and
another 1,700 customers
in Arkansas were without
power Sunday night, accord-
ing to poweroutage.us.
Edwards thanked the
public for taking offi cials’
warnings seriously over
the weekend, but he also
reminded residents that it is
still relatively early in the
Atlantic’s hurricane season.
“Based on what we’ve
experienced, I think (we
will be) even better prepared
for next time — and we do
know that there will be a
next time,” Edwards said.
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A brief shower Cloudy, showers A little morning
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A couple of
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Partly sunny
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Mostly sunny
70 57
Mostly sunny
REGIONAL FORECAST
Aberdeen
Olympia
69/59
77/60
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Sunday
Tonight’s Sky: Capricornid me-
teor shower reaches its second of
three peaks.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 73/55
Normal high/low .................. 67/53
Record high .................. 95 in 1941
Record low .................... 42 in 1970
Precipitation
Sunday ..................................... 0.02”
Month to date ........................ 0.98”
Normal month to date ......... 0.58”
Year to date .......................... 23.85”
Normal year to date ........... 36.49”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019
Time
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
12:57 a.m. 8.4 8:12 a.m. -1.1
2:30 p.m. 6.9 7:58 p.m. 2.6
Cape Disappointment
12:37 a.m. 8.2 7:23 a.m. -1.3
2:18 p.m. 6.4 7:08 p.m. 2.7
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 5:40 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 9:03 p.m.
Moonrise today ............. 9:13 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 5:22 a.m.
Full
Last
New
First
12:48 a.m. 8.6 7:40 a.m. -1.3
2:27 p.m. 6.9 7:32 p.m. 2.7
Warrenton
12:52 a.m. 8.8 7:56 a.m. -1.0
2:25 p.m. 7.3 7:42 p.m. 2.7
Knappa
1:34 a.m.
3:07 p.m.
Depoe Bay
July 16 July 24 July 31 Aug 7
1:32 p.m.
none
8.6 9:13 a.m. -0.9
7.1 8:59 p.m. 2.3
6.8 6:52 a.m. -1.3
6:39 p.m. 3.1
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
94/75/pc
85/75/s
86/72/t
99/78/s
95/67/s
88/78/s
93/78/pc
86/65/s
91/80/pc
89/75/pc
114/91/s
72/56/pc
93/77/pc
94/76/t
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90/77/sh
93/77/pc
82/63/pc
91/78/s
91/75/t
109/88/pc
72/57/pc
95/78/t
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
74/54
Kennewick Walla Walla
85/63 Lewiston
88/63
79/58
Hermiston
The Dalles 88/64
Enterprise
Pendleton 74/49
84/59
82/63
La Grande
79/53
80/58
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Pullman
85/56
74/57
Salem
78/59
Yakima 85/62
Longview
70/59 Portland
79/61
Spokane
83/63
75/59
74/57
Astoria
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chapter and puts it in the
rearview mirror with Cam-
bridge Analytica,” said
Wedbush analyst Daniel
Ives. “Investors still had
lingering worries that the
fi ne might not be approved.
Now, the Street can breathe
a little easier.”
Facebook has earmarked
$3 billion for a potential
fi ne and said in April it was
anticipating having to pay
up to $5 billion.
But while Wall Street —
and likely Facebook execu-
tives — may be breathing a
little easier, the fi ne alone
has not appeased Facebook
critics, including privacy
advocates and lawmakers.
“The reported $5 billion
penalty is barely a tap on
the wrist, not even a slap,”
said Senator Richard Blu-
menthal, a Democrat from
Connecticut. “Such a fi nan-
cial punishment for a pur-
poseful, blatant illegality is
chump change for a com-
pany that makes tens of bil-
lions of dollars every year.”
3-2 vote broke along party
lines, with Republicans
in support and Democrats
in opposition to the set-
tlement, according to the
reports.
The case now moves to
the Justice Department’s
civil division for review.
It’s unclear how long the
process would take, though
it is likely to be approved. A
Justice Department spokes-
woman declined to com-
ment on the Facebook
matter.
For many companies,
a $5 billion fi ne would be
crippling. But Facebook is
not most companies. It had
nearly $56 billion in rev-
enue last year. This year,
analysts expect around $69
billion, according to Zacks.
As a one-time expense, the
company will also be able
to exclude the amount from
its adjusted earnings results
—the profi t fi gure that
investors and fi nancial ana-
lysts pay attention to.
“This closes a dark
Corvallis
80/56
Albany
79/56
John Day
Eugene
Bend
82/55
78/47
80/53
Ontario
89/60
Caldwell
Burns
81/47
87/58
Medford
86/59
Klamath Falls
81/45
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
80/47/s
69/53/pc
68/60/sh
77/56/sh
66/56/pc
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
84/50/pc
70/57/pc
66/59/sh
75/60/c
66/58/c
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
70/58/pc
83/59/pc
69/58/sh
82/55/pc
76/59/sh
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
71/59/pc
84/62/c
67/59/c
81/60/c
73/61/c