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THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, dEcEmbER 19, 2019
OBITUARIES
Mark Moreland ‘Marty’ Gill
Vancouver, Washington
Feb. 13, 1939 — Dec. 5, 2019
Photos by Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian
Firefighters worked to contain a house fire off N.E. First Court in Warrenton on Tuesday afternoon.
Fire: Might have been
caused by a heat lamp
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Secord said her daugh-
ter was home when the fire
started but was able to get
out safely.
She said she is thankful
her children are safe, but her
Great Dane, “Lola,” did not
make it out. She believes her
cats may have been stuck
inside, as well.
Warrenton Fire Chief
Brian Alsbury said the evi-
dence suggests the fire was
accidentally caused by a
heat lamp in the garage used
for baby chickens.
An account for the fam-
ily has been opened at
Lewis and Clark Bank. Peo-
ple can drop off donations
at the bank’s Astoria or Sea-
side locations. Checks must
be made payable to War-
renton-Hammond Healthy
Kids. The family name may
be added to the memo line.
Christina Secord hugs Rachel Williams as firefighters worked
to extinguish the flames of her home of 17 years.
Warrenton: Mayor says city has
to focus on raising revenue locally
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for a fact that Walmart
sure as hell didn’t pay for
the police force to be out
there,” Commissioner Rick
Newton said.
The Municipal Court has
been at capacity because of
Walmart, Fred Meyer and
other retail stores refer-
ring shoplifting cases,
along with increased case-
loads related to the region’s
homeless
population,
Workman said. He asked
for an additional 1 1/2 posi-
tions on the administrative
side to help with increased
caseloads, the replace-
ment of at least three aging
police cruisers removed
from service and a remodel
of the cramped police sta-
tion inside City Hall.
Kevin Cronin, the com-
munity development direc-
tor, called for a surcharge
on planning applications
to help pay for a new part-
time permit technician to
handle more basic develop-
ment review tasks.
“That’s 75% of my
time,” he said. “That’s
not where I want to be,
because that does not help
us achieve your strategic
priorities.”
Mayor Henry Balen-
sifer and Commissioner
Mark Baldwin called for
Cronin’s department to be
made self-sustaining by
looking at the fee struc-
tures. The department only
took in $30,000 in fees over
the past year even after
an increase in fees, while
his salary alone is nearly
$150,000, Cronin said.
“That department should
pay for itself, considering
the growth of the city,” Bal-
ensifer said.
Collin Stelzig, the pub-
lic works director, asked
for two additional part-time
employees to help main-
tain the city’s 27 buildings,
11 parks and other land
holdings.
“We own these prop-
erties,” Stelzig said. “We
should be looking at them.
Are there homeless people
(living there)? Is somebody
dumping stuff on them?”
The City Commission
agreed that the city’s Parks
Board would come back
with a list of recommen-
dations on how to better
monetize the city’s public
spaces. Newton pointed out
Carruthers Memorial Park,
where an off-leash dog park
is heavily utilized and the
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city suspects many users
are coming from Astoria.
April Clark, the city’s
finance director, asked to
make a part-time account-
ing clerk full time to accom-
modate growth, along with
a new phone system, car-
peting and painting inside
the 20-year-old City Hall.
She also cautioned that the
city budgeted to end this
fiscal year in June with
$345,000, about half of
the two months of operat-
ing expenses recommended
that governments keep on
hand.
And the asks from city
staff don’t include the
Warrenton Fire Depart-
ment, which only recently
added a new fire chief, nor
expected increases in pen-
sion and health care costs.
Warrenton has prided
itself on serving residents
with one of the lowest prop-
erty tax rates in the region.
But with property tax rates
controlled by state law and
unlikely to go up signifi-
cantly, the city has to focus
on raising revenue locally,
Balensifer said.
“Much of the growth
going on isn’t paying for
itself,” Newton said. “It’s
eating us all the time.”
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Mark Moreland “Marty”
Their other love was
Gill, lifelong Oregonian, travel. Marty was either
passed away Thursday, Dec. planning a trip or talking
about their adven-
5, 2019, after the
ture. He loved
last few years of
everything about
failing health.
a big trip and was
Marty is sur-
vived by his sis-
able to experience
ters, Janet Kram,
all his favorite
Mary MacDonald
places around the
world.
and Anne Kor-
nemann; children,
Marty’s favor-
ite things: fam-
Amy Rose, Susie
ily and lifelong
Costa and Mark
Mark Gill
friends, his home
Gill; and grand-
children,
Matt
in Gearhart, the
and Hailey Rose and Jake, Astoria Golf & County
Ethan and Naomi Costa.
Club, Central Catholic
Marty was born in Port- memories and childhood
land on Feb. 13, 1939, to friends, Europe trips, Costco
Mark and Elizabeth Gill, trips, clamming, “secret mis-
and lived in the Northwest sions,” Ilani Casino Sundays
with his daughters, singing
his entire life.
Marty attended Central to Frank Sinatra, dancing
Catholic High School, and to Frank Sinatra and talking
graduated from the Univer- about Frank Sinatra.
sity of Oregon. He decided
Marty lived the past
to work in the family busi- three years in Touchmark
ness, JK Gill, for a few years at Fairway Village in Van-
until going out on his own couver, Washington, to be
with friends in the insurance close to his daughters and
business, and later a mort- receive the care he needed.
gage company.
If he couldn’t be in Gearhart,
Marty lost his wife, Jean, where he loved, being close
just over a year ago. They to family and receiving such
would have celebrated 55 amazing care and support
years together last October. from the wonderful staff
They raised their children was comforting for him.
He loved talking to peo-
in Portland, and eventually
moved down to the Oregon ple, giving advice and tell-
Coast, where they would ing stories of his travels. He
retire, although their ver- will be missed by many.
sion of retirement was buy-
A celebration of Marty’s
ing and running a business life will be held after the hol-
in Seaside for many years idays in January. His daugh-
called Rascal’s, which they ters will confirm the date
loved, as did their grandchil- and location after the first
dren, with all the sweets and of the year on Marty’s Face-
fun beach shirts.
book page.
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WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
51 47
Occasional rain
50 44
Heavy rain
50 39
48 38
48 35
47 34
47 35
Periods of rain
A couple of
showers
Chance of a
shower
A shower
possible
Showers
possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
49/47
49/47
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
49/45
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Tuesday
Tonight’s Sky: Last quarter
moon (8:57 p.m. PST).
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 48/37
Normal high/low .................. 48/36
Record high .................. 60 in 1979
Record low .................... 13 in 1924
Precipitation
Tuesday ................................... 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 3.26”
Normal month to date ......... 5.56”
Year to date .......................... 44.21”
Normal year to date ........... 62.93”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019
Time
7:05 a.m.
7:02 p.m.
8.0 12:28 a.m. 0.8
6.8 1:25 p.m. 2.6
Cape Disappointment
6:45 a.m.
6:38 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 7:54 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 4:31 p.m.
Moonrise today ........... 12:08 a.m.
Moonset today .............. 1:04 p.m.
Last
New
First
Full
6:55 a.m.
6:50 p.m.
Warrenton
7:00 a.m.
6:57 p.m.
Knappa
7:42 a.m.
7:39 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Dec 18 Dec 25 Jan 2 Jan 10
6:01 a.m.
5:49 p.m.
7.7 12:44 p.m. 2.7
6.3
none
8.3 12:00 a.m. 0.6
7.1 12:59 p.m. 2.8
8.4 12:12 a.m. 0.9
7.2 1:09 p.m. 2.7
8.2 1:29 a.m.
7.1 2:26 p.m.
0.7
2.2
8.1 12:13 p.m. 2.9
6.6
none
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
51/33/s
27/17/s
37/27/pc
57/39/s
47/25/pc
83/72/s
60/42/s
66/48/s
74/68/c
27/20/s
63/38/s
59/47/pc
35/25/s
55/42/c
31/22/s
40/30/c
49/40/sh
49/31/pc
82/72/r
55/44/sh
72/50/pc
76/71/c
32/24/s
67/43/s
60/51/c
42/28/pc
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
43/41
Hermiston
The Dalles 43/42
Enterprise
Pendleton 38/36
47/44
41/38
La Grande
40/37
52/51
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
38/36
Kennewick Walla Walla
42/40 Lewiston
42/40
52/49
Salem
Pullman
35/34
Longview
51/47 Portland
51/48
37/34
Yakima 36/35
47/45
Astoria
Spokane
31/29
Corvallis
52/49
Albany
53/50
John Day
Eugene
Bend
53/50
46/42
44/42
Ontario
41/35
Caldwell
Burns
40/33
40/36
Medford
51/42
Klamath Falls
40/34
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
39/34/sn
53/49/r
52/48/r
52/50/r
53/51/r
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
43/34/c
55/49/c
50/45/r
53/47/r
53/46/r
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
55/52/r
53/49/r
53/48/r
53/51/r
52/50/r
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
56/47/c
59/47/c
51/45/r
55/47/c
53/48/r