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A7 THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, OcTObER 31, 2019 Vindman testimony fills gaps on Trump Ukraine call OBITUARIES Lorraine Vandecoevering Bay City Sept. 16, 1931 — Oct. 23, 2019 Lorraine Vandecoevering, 88, was born itime Museum and naming, through the to John and Rose Kottre on Sept. 16, 1931, state of Oregon, the Capt. Gray Mountain in Glen Ullin, North Dakota, and above Garibaldi. She became quite passed away peacefully with an icon in the community, but was family by her side on Oct. 23, best known for her love of fam- ily, and for always helping those 2019, in Bay City, Oregon. Lorraine moved from North in need. Dakota in 1937 with her fam- Lorraine is survived by her six ily to Mount Angel, Oregon. She children, Linda (Mike) Keller, met and then married Lawrence Beverly (Larry) Hills, Mary (Jim) Vandecoevering on Nov. 20, Miller, Tony (Irene) Vandecoever- ing, Teresa (Terry) Freeman and 1948. Soon they were busy with Margy (Dave) Jordan; daughter- a small dairy farm and four chil- dren; Linda, Beverly, Mary and Lorraine in-law Denise Vandecoevering; Vandecoevering David were born. many grandchildren, great-grand- children and one great-great- In the mid-1950s they moved to Bay City and then Tillamook, when four grandchild; three brothers; two sisters; and more children were born, Tony, Teresa, a sister-in-law. Margy and George. She was preceded in death by her hus- In the mid-1960s Larry and Lorraine band, Larry; two sons, David and George; moved the family to Garibaldi, Oregon, two grandsons, Jeffrey King and Nicholas where they soon became top employ- Jordan; and one brother, Harold Kottre. ers of Tillamook County in the restaurant Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 2, at and fishing business, owning the Troller 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Restaurant & Lounge and charters. They in Tillamook, Oregon. A reception follows. also once owned the largest family-owned In lieu of flowers, donations may be fishing fleet on the Pacific Coast. made to the Garibaldi Maritime Museum or Lorraine was very active in her com- Garibaldi Fire Department. munity, and among her many accomplish- Waud’s Funeral Home of Tillamook, ments she co-founded the Garibaldi Mar- Oregon, is in charge of the arrangements. Sylvia Hanninen Carpenter Mowrey Astoria June 13, 1914 — Oct. 21, 2019 On Oct. 21, 2019, at the age of 105, Syl- Sylvia continued an active life with her via Hanninen Carpenter Mowrey passed Bunco group, volunteering at the Senior away at Clatsop Retirement Vil- Center, Peace Lutheran Church, lage, surrounded by family. swimming at the Astoria Aquatic She was born on June 13, Center and participating in many 1914, to Finnish immigrants family activities. Anton and Sophia Hanninen, in Sylvia was preceded in death Astoria, Oregon. At the age of by her parents; husbands Milo 3, Sylvia, her baby sister, Signa, and Mike; sister Signa Kil- ponen; son-in-law Philip Courts; and their parents moved to Deep grandson-in-law Cliff Curtis; River, Washington, where Anton great-grandson Trevor Secord; and Sophia farmed and Anton and stepdaughter Noma Johnson. gillnetted. Sylvia and Signa Sylvia Mowrey She is survived by daugh- grew up learning the value of ter Gayle Carpenter Courts of hard work by doing daily farm Dupont, Washington; son Ron (Kathy) chores. Sylvia attended Deep River School Mowrey of Astoria, Oregon; and daugh- and Deep River Holy Trinity Evangeli- ter Marcia Beatty Secord and her hus- cal Lutheran Church. She graduated from band, Dan Secord, of Warrenton, Ore- Naselle High School in 1932 with honors. gon. She is also survived by grandchildren Sylvia came back to Astoria, where Mike Courts (Robbie), Dina Curtis, Josh she later married Milo Carpenter. Sylvia (Julia) Beatty, Matt (Shayna) Beatty, Kris- helped him raise his daughter, Noma. Syl- ten (Keith) (Koa) Rimell, Blake Mow- via and Milo’s daughter, Gayle, was born rey, Eryn Caty, Jerry (Eva) Secord, Ben (Chrissy) Secord, Talia (Josh) Misner, in 1939. In 1943, Milo died and Sylvia went to Vernon Kenwisher and Lorinda (Al) Nor- work in a cannery, later finding work at man. She has numerous great-grandchil- Tongue Point Naval Air Station. It was dren, and three great-great-grandchildren. Sylvia epitomized the Finnish value of here she met Anson (Mike) Mowrey. They married in 1946 and had two children, “sisu,” strong till the end. A celebration of life will be held at Ron and Marcia. Mike and Sylvia built and operated Peace Lutheran Church on Nov. 16 at Mike’s Auto Service in John Day, east of 1:30 p.m. with a reception following. Astoria. They sold the business in 1967. Memorial donations can be made to Sylvia retired from Tongue Point in 1979, Peace Lutheran Restoration Fund or the after holding positions in the campus Nordic Heritage Park. store, accounting and the post office. Mike Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of died in 1985. Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. WASHINGTON — The ellipses have long baffled lawmakers: What did President Donald Trump say on his call with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy that the White House may have omitted on the rough tran- script released to the public? Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman began to fill in those gaps. In testimony for the House impeachment inquiry, Vindman, who worked at the White House National Security Council and mon- itored the July 25 phone call, told investi- gators he heard a discussion of Biden and Burisma — a reference to the gas company where Joe Biden’s son served on the board — and that some of the ellipses omitted Trump saying there are recordings of Joe Biden dis- cussing corruption in Ukraine, according to people familiar with Tuesday’s closed-door testimony. Vindman testified to House investigators that he tried to add the missing words to the transcript, but was unsuccessful, the people said. The striking development provides new insight into the phone conversation that set off the impeachment inquiry and the extent to which the White House sought to shield the president’s actions and words from the public. “As they said during Watergate, it’s the cover-up,” said Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, a California Democrat who sits on the House Oversight Committee. “There was clearly an attempt at the White House to cover up.” The House impeachment inquiry is look- ing into Trump’s call, in which he asked Zel- enskiy for a “favor” — to investigate Dem- ocrats in the 2016 election and Biden, a potential 2020 rival — as the Trump admin- istration held up military aid for the Eastern European ally confronting Russia. It is illegal to seek or receive assistance from a foreign entity in U.S. elections, and Democrats say this was a quid pro quo for political gain and an impeachable offense. A government whistleblower claimed there was an attempt at the White House to cover up Trump’s call by moving the tran- script onto a secure server accessible to fewer people in the government. The White House ultimately released the rough transcript after the whistleblower com- plaint, but insists Trump did nothing wrong. Trump’s team has said the president was concerned about rooting out corruption in Ukraine. In the White House rough transcript, there are three parts of the telephone call where ellipses replace what was said. In one, Trump asks Ukraine’s president, CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT , INC. OBITUARY POLICY The Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a flag symbol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 9 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. Death notices and upcoming services will be published at no charge. Notices must be submitted by 9 a.m. the day of publication. Obituaries and notices may be submitted online at DailyAstorian.com/forms/obits, by email at ewilson@dailyastorian.com, placed via the funeral home or in person at The Astorian office, 949 Exchange St. in Astoria. For more information, call 503-325-3211, ext. 257. SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY “I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike...” That’s a reference to the 2016 election, when Democrats hired the cyber firm, which determined Russia had hacked the party’s email. Trump is airing a discredited con- spiracy theory that CrowdStrike may have had ties to Ukraine and the hack was a setup designed to cast blame on Russia. “I guess you have one of your wealthy people...,” Trump says in another. Later Trump said, “Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it ...” Some of the ellipses omitted Trump’s sug- gestion to Zelenskiy that there are recordings of Joe Biden, according to one of the people familiar with the testimony. It is unclear what recordings Trump was referring to on the call. But the president and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, have defended their actions by citing a video of Biden from 2018. Speaking on a pub- lic panel, Biden recounted threatening to withhold a $1 billion loan guarantee from Ukraine’s government unless it fired a pros- ecutor that the U.S. and other countries said was failing to fight corruption. Ukraine fired the prosecutor. Vindman told House investigators his efforts to add back the missing language were unsuccessful and the White House released the transcript with the gaps, the people said. There is no tape recording of the July 25 call. The White House stopped taping pres- idential calls in the 1970s when President Richard Nixon recorded 3,700 hours of con- versations, transcripts of which were used by Watergate investigators and during impeach- ment hearings that followed. Instead, various officials listen into pres- idential calls and take extensive, real-time notes that are then turned into a rough transcript. For this call, Vindman was among those convened in the Situation Room and else- where to monitor the call. He testified that he listened with colleagues from the NSC and Vice President Mike Pence’s office. Vindman later reported what he heard to the NSC’s lead counsel. It was the sec- ond time he had reported his concerns about the Trump administration’s actions toward Ukraine that are now central to the impeach- ment inquiry. “I realized that if Ukraine pursued an investigation into the Bidens and Burisma, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in Ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained,” Vindman wrote in his prepared remarks to the House impeachment inves- tigators. “This would all undermine U.S. national security.” By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and ALAN FRAM Associated Press SUNDAY MONDAY 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 53 34 Partly sunny 58 35 57 40 55 44 Sunshine Plenty of sunshine Showers possible 56 41 55 39 54 39 Rather cloudy Showers possible Showers possible Aberdeen Olympia 51/34 51/37 Wenatchee Tacoma Moses Lake 52/31 ALMANAC UNDER THE SKY TODAY'S TIDES Astoria through Tuesday Tonight’s Sky: Low west after sunset, Venus and Mercury will be within 2.4 degrees. Astoria / Port Docks Temperatures High/low ................................ 49/30 Normal high/low .................. 58/43 Record high .................. 72 in 1958 Record low .................... 27 in 1971 Precipitation Tuesday ................................... 0.00” Month to date ........................ 6.96” Normal month to date ......... 5.42” Year to date .......................... 38.75” Normal year to date ........... 45.66” Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Time High (ft.) Time Low (ft.) 4:27 a.m. 3:46 p.m. 7.4 10:04 a.m. 2.3 8.7 10:54 p.m. -0.7 Cape Disappointment 4:03 a.m. 3:23 p.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hammond SUN AND MOON Sunrise today .................. 7:54 a.m. Sunset tonight ............... 6:03 p.m. Moonrise today ........... 11:58 a.m. Moonset today .............. 8:54 p.m. First Full Last New 4:16 a.m. 3:37 p.m. Warrenton 4:22 a.m. 3:41 p.m. Knappa 5:04 a.m. 4:23 p.m. Depoe Bay Nov 4 Nov 12 Nov 19 Nov 26 3:17 a.m. 2:36 p.m. 7.2 9:11 a.m. 2.4 8.4 9:58 p.m. -1.2 7.6 9:34 a.m. 2.4 8.9 10:20 p.m. -1.1 7.8 9:48 a.m. 2.4 9.1 10:38 p.m. -0.6 7.7 11:05 a.m. 2.0 8.9 11:55 p.m. -0.6 7.7 8:40 a.m. 2.9 9.2 9:32 p.m. -0.9 City Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Honolulu Houston Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC Fri. 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