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A7 THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, OcTObER 10, 2019 OBITUARIES Patrick Scott Welch Robert Grey Butler Astoria June 13, 1963 — Aug. 12, 2019 Warrenton Oct. 11, 1938 — Sept. 13, 2019 It is with profound sadness that we Patrick was never still. If he wasn’t work- announce the passing of Patrick Scott Welch, ing, he was riding his motorcycles or ATVs. following a short illness. He was diagnosed He loved the thrill of windsurfing, water and snow skiing, but he had a quiet with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclero- sis in February 2018, and passed side, too. He enjoyed his orchard away Aug. 12, 2019. He was able and his beloved “Dobies.” Mike, to live out his last days at home his last gentle giant, longed to be with his wife, Roxanne, at his side. near his master, and would try to Patrick was born in Walla sit with Pat in his lift chair. Walla, Washington, on June 13, Patrick is survived by his 1963, to James Lee Welch and mother, Carol Welch; his lov- ing wife, Roxanne Welch; his Carol Ann Milliken Welch. The family moved every three three stepsons, Loren Gustafson to four years with Pacific Power & (Danielle) and grandchildren, Patrick Welch Light, so Patrick attended schools Aiden, Natalie, Elin and Priya in The Dalles, Veneta, Aloha, Jean, Colin Gustafson (LeeAnn) Madras and finally, Astoria, graduating with and granddaughter, Alayna, and Tyler Gus- the Class of 1981. He then attended Clatsop tafson (Brooke) and grandchildren Colton, Ayla, Kellen and Soren; his sister, Pamela Community College. Patrick was a top-notch welder and Toth (Jim); his nephews, Tim and Kevin, mechanic. He worked for two local bagging and their families; his uncle and aunts, John companies, earning his name on several pat- Welch, Barbara Hayner and Norma Dick- ents. His greatest accomplishment was start- son; and numerous cousins. ing a Rock ‘n Roll trucking with his father. His father preceded him in death in 1999. It was at this time that he turned two long- A remembrance celebration of life will haul trucks into dump trucks. be held on Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. at Coastline For the next several years, he drove dump Christian Fellowship in Olney (formerly the truck all over Clatsop and Columbia coun- Olney School). ties. He drove right up until his diagnosis in Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary is in 2018, finishing up at the Walmart site. charge of the arrangements. Please sign our Pat enjoyed deer and elk hunting in both online guest book at caldwellsmortuary.com eastern and western Oregon. He was also Donations may be made to the ALS Asso- able to hunt in Washington, Idaho, Montana ciation and Lower Columbia Hospice. Enve- lopes will be available at the memorial. and Utah. Robert Grey Butler, 80, passed away on discharged. Sept. 13, 2019 at his home in Warrenton. He moved his family to Corvallis, Ore- He was born in Astoria at Columbia gon. He attended Oregon State University for one year. He worked for Con- Hospital, and was the son of Dr. sumers Power, and Pacific North- Rexford Butler and Ruth Butler. west Bell, retiring after 28 years of Raised in Warrenton, he graduated devoted service from U.S. West. from Warrenton High School with Robert was a golfer, and loved the Class of 1956. fishing, hunting and clam dig- He is survived by his wife of 59 ging. He was a member of the years, Diana M. Butler (Adkins); Astoria Golf and Country Club. son, Todd Grey Butler, of Red- mond, Oregon; grandson, Isaiah He loved wildlife and made wood Grey Butler, of Redmond, Ore- duck houses, also making unique gon; adopted daughter, Brenda objects for his family, friends and Robert Butler his church. Hartman (Duane), of Warrenton, Robert will be buried at sea by Oregon; brother, Rex K. Butler (Carla), of Newberg, Oregon; and nephews, the Coast Guard. “Sunset and evening star, Rex Butler Jr., of Tualatin, Oregon, and “And one clear call for me! Ryan Butler, of Baker City, Oregon. “And may there be no moaning of the He was preceded in death by a daughter, bar, Tanna Lee Butler. “When I’m put out to sea.” He served in the Oregon National Guard A celebration of life gathering will be for three years. He enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1960, upon graduation from boot held on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 11 a.m. to camp. He was sent to radar school, where he 2 p.m. at the Warrenton United Methodist Church. graduated with the highest honors. Donations may be made to Lower He was deployed to the northern Alaska area. He considered a career in the Coast Columbia Hospice, 2158 Exchange St., Guard but, unfortunately, suffered from sea Astoria, OR., 97103. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge sickness whenever his ship left port. Upon completion of four years, he was honorably of the arrangements. Judy E. Shaw Astoria July 20, 1955 — Sept. 16, 2019 Power cut in California to prevent deadly fires By BRIAN MELLEY and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Cal- ifornia’s biggest utility cut power to more than a million people Wednesday for what could be days on end in the most sweeping effort in state history to prevent wildfires caused by windblown power lines. The unpopular move sparked a run on supplies at stores and came after two years of catastrophic fires sent Pacific Gas & Electric into bankruptcy and forced it to take more aggressive steps to prevent blazes. The drastic measure caused a wave of impacts, from long lines at supermar- kets and hardware stores to backups at traffic lights that had gone dark. Schools and universities canceled classes, offices were closed and many businesses were shuttered. With the sun shining, not a wisp of smoke in the air and only gentle breezes, the his- toric action was condemned by those inconvenienced. “It’s unreasonable. There’s no wind. It’s nothing. There’s no reason why they should shut the power off,” said Joseph Pokorski, a retiree who had been drinking beers and cocktails by lantern light at the Town Square bar in Sonoma in the early morning. “They’re ... closing every- thing down so they don’t get sued. They don’t trim the trees, so we suffer.” More than 500,000 cus- tomers in Northern California were without power, the util- ‘THEy’RE ... cLOSING EVERyTHING dOWN SO THEy dON’T GET SuEd. THEy dON’T TRIM THE TREES, SO WE SuFFER.’ Joseph Pokorski | retiree ity said, and about 300,000 more outages were planned later to prevent its equip- ment from sparking wild- fires during winds forecast to build. About 2 million people were expected to be affected for up to several days. “To everyone asking, ‘Where’s the wind? Where’s the wind?’ Don’t worry, the wind is coming. Go for a hike above 4,000 feet and you’ll feel it,” said Steve Ander- son, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office. “Obviously PG&E doesn’t want to cut the power when there’s already strong winds. You want to cut the power before it happens.” Before the lights went out in the East Bay town of Moraga, cars were lined up at gas stations and custom- ers filled carts at the town’s only supermarket with bags of ice, canned goods, loaves of bread, breakfast cereal and water. Lines were also long at pharmacies and hardware stores, where emergency sup- SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY plies were running low. “Do you have any lan- terns?” a concerned Elma Lear asked at Moraga Hard- ware and Lumber. “Or candles?” The store was out of both and had also run out of batter- ies and coolers — even ultra- pricey Yeti coolers that cost as much as $400, owner Bill Snider said. On Tuesday, the store sold 500 flashlights. Other high-de- mand items were extension cords, propane tanks for bar- becues and butane for camp- ing stoves. Generators were almost impossible to find. Lear, who had stocked up on nonperishable food, cash and filled her gas tank, was directed to a home decor shop nearby where she had to fork over $40 for long lasting beeswax candles. “I’m going to bite the bul- let,” she said. The utility planned to shut off power in parts of 34 north- ern and central California counties to reduce the chance of fierce winds knocking down or toppling trees into power lines during a siege of dry, gusty weather. Deliberate outages could become the new normal in an era in which scientists say climate change is leading to fiercer blazes and longer fire seasons. The winds will be the strongest and most wide- spread the region has seen in two years, and given the scope of the danger, there was no other choice but to stage the largest preventive black- out in state history, PG&E said. SUNDAY MONDAY On Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, Judy In her jobs, she was a woman who had Elaine Shaw of Astoria, Oregon, loving a keen work ethic. She loved to read and wife and mother of three children, walked do word-search puzzles, as well as baking and crocheting. on at age 64 in Grande Ronde, Judy is preceded in death by Oregon. her mother, Elaine, her father, Judy was born on July 20, Charles, and her brother Charles. 1955, in San Diego, California, She is survived by her hus- to Charles and Elaine (Carter) band, Kenneth; their three chil- Barber. She grew up on Whid- bey Island in Washington before dren and their significant others, moving to Astoria, Oregon, in Norma and Mark Reed of Grand 1973, to attend Tongue Point Job Ronde, Charles Shaw of Astoria Corps Center. and Michael Shaw and Amanda She married Kenneth Shaw in Leitch of Grand Ronde; her two Judy Shaw 1975, and raised one daughter, grandsons, Dominic and Spencer Shaw of Grand Ronde; her sib- Norma, and two sons, Charles and Michael. When her children were old lings and their significant others, Penny enough, she worked in the local canneries and Duane Wells of Astoria and Tracy Temple of Anacortes, Washington; and and hotels. She was the first to open up her home numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial meal will be held on Fri- to help friends and family in need. Judy had a wonderfully oddball sense of humor day, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m. in Grand Ronde, that was balanced by an equally wonder- Oregon. The Dallas Mortuary Tribute ful ornery side that came out when you Center is caring for the family (dallastrib- ute.com). misbehaved. CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT , INC. SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS 34912 HWY 101 BUS • ASTORIA 503-325-0792 • 1-800-220-0792 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY REGIONAL FORECAST Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Seattle 61 40 Plenty of sunshine 64 43 Partly sunny 57 45 58 43 Cooler A couple of showers 58 43 58 47 Rain Cloudy, rain possible 59 48 Rain Aberdeen Olympia 59/38 58/38 Wenatchee Tacoma Moses Lake 59/30 ALMANAC UNDER THE SKY TODAY'S TIDES Astoria through Tuesday Tonight’s Sky: Aquarius, the wa- ter bearer, low in the southeast at sunset. Astoria / Port Docks Temperatures High/low ................................ 55/37 Normal high/low .................. 63/45 Record high .................. 81 in 1971 Record low .................... 33 in 1985 Precipitation Tuesday ................................... 0.05” Month to date ........................ 0.93” Normal month to date ......... 1.01” Year to date .......................... 32.72” Normal year to date ........... 41.25” Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Time 12:18 p.m. 7.2 6:03 a.m. none 6:21 p.m. Cape Disappointment 12:03 p.m. 6.6 5:26 a.m. 11:52 p.m. 6.6 5:46 p.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hammond SUN AND MOON Sunrise today .................. 7:25 a.m. Sunset tonight ............... 6:39 p.m. Moonrise today ............. 5:55 p.m. Moonset today ............... 3:59 a.m. Full Last New First 12:09 p.m. 7.2 5:36 a.m. none 6:01 p.m. Warrenton 12:13 p.m. 7.6 5:47 a.m. none 6:05 p.m. Knappa 12:00 a.m. 7.0 7:04 a.m. 12:55 p.m. 7.5 7:22 p.m. Depoe Bay Oct 13 Oct 21 Oct 27 Nov 4 11:19 a.m. 7.4 4:51 a.m. 11:08 p.m. 7.3 5:14 p.m. 0.4 1.4 0.4 1.5 0.5 1.6 0.5 1.5 0.3 1.2 0.9 2.3 City Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Honolulu Houston Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC Today Hi/Lo/W Fri. Hi/Lo/W 82/60/s 56/52/r 74/63/pc 91/48/pc 32/10/sn 88/78/t 90/73/s 80/57/s 88/77/t 59/53/r 88/59/s 77/54/s 74/56/pc 84/65/pc 58/54/r 67/39/t 59/45/r 48/23/s 87/76/t 79/55/t 84/59/s 87/77/pc 62/54/sh 88/63/s 80/54/s 73/56/pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 51/27 Hermiston The Dalles 57/23 Enterprise Pendleton 43/22 52/26 59/30 La Grande 46/21 63/31 NATIONAL CITIES High (ft.) Time Low (ft.) 47/26 Kennewick Walla Walla 54/32 Lewiston 56/24 59/30 Salem Pullman 55/22 Longview 61/40 Portland 62/40 47/24 Yakima 54/24 58/30 Astoria Spokane 53/30 Corvallis 63/28 Albany 63/28 John Day Eugene Bend 63/29 52/22 48/25 Ontario 47/19 Caldwell Burns 48/14 47/20 Medford 70/35 Klamath Falls 57/19 City Baker City Brookings Ilwaco Newberg Newport Today Hi/Lo/W 46/19/s 69/46/pc 60/42/s 61/35/s 60/39/s Fri. Hi/Lo/W 54/21/pc 65/50/pc 63/46/pc 65/38/pc 63/46/pc City North Bend Roseburg Seaside Springfi eld Vancouver Today Hi/Lo/W 65/40/s 67/34/s 62/40/s 65/30/s 59/37/s Fri. Hi/Lo/W 65/46/pc 72/42/pc 65/43/pc 68/40/s 63/40/pc