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A7 THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, JANuARy 18, 2020 Dershowitz, Starr join Trump impeachment legal defense OBITUARIES Kathleen Cartmill Travis Clatskanie Jan. 24, 1922 — Jan. 4, 2020 By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Pres- ident Donald Trump is add- ing experience in constitu- tional law and the politics of impeachment to his legal defense team, bringing in retired law professor Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton. In adding the two men, Trump is turning to a pair of brand-name attorneys who have experience in some of the more consequential legal dramas of recent Ameri- can history and whose pres- ence is likely to add to the made-for-television feel of the impeachment trial. Both are regular guests on Fox News and have put forth defenses of the president during their appearances. Dershowitz, a former Har- vard professor, is a constitu- tional expert who in recent years has supported Trump’s expansive view of presiden- tial powers, while Starr is a veteran of the last partisan impeachment fight. His inves- tigation into Clinton’s rela- tionship with former White Evan Vucci/AP Photo President Donald Trump speaks during an event to honor the NCAA football national champion Louisiana State University Tigers at the White House Friday. House intern Monica Lewin- sky led to Clinton’s impeach- ment over 20 years ago. Clin- ton was acquitted by the Senate. The lead roles for Trump’s defense will be played by White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump per- sonal lawyer Jay Sekulow. The team will also include Pam Bondi, the former Flor- ida attorney general and a Trump ally, according to a person who spoke to the Associated Press on condi- tion of anonymity because the person wasn’t authorized to speak on the record. Dershowitz confirmed his role in a series of tweets on Friday, saying, he would “present oral arguments at the Senate trial to address the con- stitutional arguments against impeachment and removal.” Dershowitz said of him- self: “While Professor Der- showitz is nonpartisan when it comes to the Constitution — he opposed the impeach- ment of President Bill Clinton and voted for Hillary Clin- ton — he believes the issues at stake go to the heart of our enduring Constitution.” Kathleen Cartmill Travis, 97, of Clats- Kathleen earned a degree in merchandis- kanie, Oregon, died Jan. 4, 2020, in ing from the University of California and Longview, Washington. was hired by Kayser Co. She traveled the 11 She was born at Emmanuel western states for eight years as a representative for hosiery, linge- Hospital in Portland, Oregon, on rie and gloves. Later she worked Jan. 24, 1922, to Viola and Alfred as a buyer for Neiman Marcus. Cartmill. She was married briefly to At age 5, her mother started actor Jimmy Ferrera in 1942. her in the Jesse Maris School of Kathleen later married Paul Tra- Dance, featuring ballet classes. vis, living in Washington, D.C., When Kathleen was 13, the fam- ily moved to Los Angeles, Cali- and continued teaching ballet. fornia, where she enrolled in the They had a daughter Holly, in 1955. Franchon and Marco dance stu- Kathleen Travis dio. It jump-started the careers Returning to southern Califor- nia, she taught fitness programs of dancers and actresses like Cyd Charisse, Judy Garland, Doris Day and oth- at several spas. Later she taught water and ers. While there, she took ballet, tap, acro- land exercise for the Arthritis Foundation. batics and Spanish dancing. In 2004 she moved to Astoria, Oregon, to Around the time Kathleen graduated be closer to family. A year later she moved from high school, she began auditioning to the Amber Assisted Living in Clatskanie, at various studios. They were 20th Cen- Oregon. Kathleen has been faithfully cared tury Fox, Warner Brothers, Universal Stu- for through the years by her cousin, Jean. dios and MGM. After working at various Survivors are daughter Holly Travis, places, she landed a seven-year contract granddaughter Shannon (Tony) De Jesus with MGM to perform as a dancer in films. and grandson Justin Yandell, all of San At 19, when World War II began, Kath- Diego, California. Special to her were her leen spent a year traveling with shows that cousins, Nancy (Bill) Maki of Pierce, Idaho, entertained troops with a variety of acts. and Jean Estoos, Ann (Ralph) Peitsch, While still under contract with MGM, she Linda Takalo and John (Barbara) Estoos, took a year leave of absence to go dance all of Astoria, Oregon. A graveside service will be held Wednes- with various shows in New York City. Upon returning to California, she was in day at 1 p.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in several musicals, and became acquainted Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary is in with Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford and Red Skelton. In 1950, she retired from profes- charge of the arrangements. Please sign our sional dancing and taught dance in the Los online guest book at caldwellsmortuary. com Angeles area for some time. Container shipping returns to Portland’s Terminal 6 By DONALD ORR Oregon Public Broadcasting Weekly international con- tainer shipping has returned to Portland. South Korea-based con- tainer service SM Line made its first vessel call Tuesday, restoring weekly interna- tional container shipping to the Port of Portland’s Ter- minal 6 along the Columbia River. Oregon’s only inter- national container terminal welcomed its inaugural car- rier vessel after nearly four years since regular ship- ments ceased in the wake of tense labor disputes. Curtis Robinhold, exec- utive director of the Port of Portland, said the port aims to rebuild the credibility Portland had in the market. “We’ve really been focused on returning both Terminal 6 to profitability, but also to rebuild the rela- tionship with shippers and with labor,” he said. “We really focused on those two areas to really get back both the credibility that we used to have in the market, but also to try and work out the commercial case to bring container service back.” SM Line’s inaugural car- rier vessel, the Qingdao, made a maiden voyage to Portland bringing nearly 200 containers for import. More than 70 export containers are heading to Korea, along with 330 empty containers for local shippers to utilize for exports on future vessel calls. The vessel made stops in Shanghai, China; Busan, South Korea; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Seat- tle before arriving at Termi- nal 6. “Their weekly container service provides an import- ant option for regional ship- pers and will better connect Oregon businesses to global markets,” said Robinhold in a statement. The port said that while items vary, the most com- mon goods to leave Oregon Jeanette Marie ‘Sisty’ Riutta Astoria April 24, 1937 — Jan. 9, 2020 include hay, lumber, animal feed and agricultural com- modities. Auto parts, furni- ture, bedding and lighting and footwear and apparel are frequent Asian imports that arrive in Portland. Unlike bigger ports along the West Coast like the one in Seattle, the Port of Port- land sits inland on the Columbia River. The river depth is a constraint for most larger vessels and limits the size and number of vessels the port can receive. “We saw (SM Line) as a great fit for the Colum- bia River; they’re a smaller, niche player in the Trans-Pa- cific trade, and they had the right size of ships that could call the river,” said Ken O’Hollaren, marine market- ing director for the Port of Portland. In the last several years, Terminal 6 faced trouble in the shipping world after los- ing its previous terminal operator, ICTSI Oregon in 2017. Jeanette Marie “Sisty” Riutta, beloved many dogs in her life over the years, but teacher, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, she never ceased to mourn for the last, passed peacefully from this life on Jan. 9, her beloved shih-tzu “Suki,” after whose 2020. passing she never shared her life with another. Born in Astoria, Oregon, to In retirement, she became John and Ida (Utterberg) Riutta ever more house-proud, and on April 24, 1937, Sisty — as spent much of her time deco- she was known to all, family rating her home, was in her gar- and friends alike, since child- den, doing a little traveling and hood — was the youngest and spending time with friends and last surviving member of her family. As her health began to large generation of the Astoria decline, she returned to Astoria Riutta family. to live out her final years at Clat- Raised and educated in Asto- Jeanette Riutta sop Retirement Village. ria, she pursued further studies Sisty is survived by two sis- at Oregon College of Education (now Western Oregon University) in Mon- ters-in-law, Rayona Riutta (widow of Rich- mouth, Oregon, from which she received ard) and Elli Riutta (widow of Roger), as the teaching credentials that would set her well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins on a decadeslong career as an elemen- and many friends. Her sisters Sylvia (Nel- tary school teacher in the Neah-Kah-Nie son) and Dolores, and brothers, Edward, Eli, Emil, Ervin, Ernest, Gilbert Richard school district. However, even though she established and Roger all preceded her is death. A service of remembrance will be held a home in Rockaway, and later for a time in Manzanita, Sisty never really left Asto- at 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 15 at Clatsop Retire- ria. Returning each weekend for years ment Village in Astoria. Interment will be on end to oversee the household, and private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests later provide care for her her older bach- elor brothers and an elderly uncle, Sisty remembrances be made to Commu- divided her busy life between her students nity Home Health & Hospice, Longview, Washington, or to the Clatsop County Ani- and her family and friends. An avid lover of animals, she had mal Shelter. Oregon sues Trump administration over proposed federal rule on food stamps By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — About 21,800 Oregonians risk losing gov- ernment benefits to help them buy food if a proposed federal rule goes into effect in April. To prevent that, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has joined with more than a dozen other states to sue the U.S. Department of Agri- culture and U.S. Agricul- ture Secretary Sonny Perdue to block the rule’s imple- mentation, her office said Thursday. Since the mid-1990s, the federal government has said that adults who are unem- ployed, younger than 50 and have no disability or children would get cut off from food stamps after three months if they don’t get a SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY job or engage in job training. But Congress allowed states to extend those bene- fits in areas where the state could show it was tough to find a job. The Trump adminis- tration has now proposed “significantly limiting the state’s discretion” to provide extended food stamp ben- efits, either through waiv- ers by area or through indi- vidual exemptions, the state TUESDAY WEDNESDAY attorneys general say. The states suing the administration are asking that the rule be enjoined from going into effect and declared unlawful. In the lawsuit, the attor- neys general say the Sup- plemental Nutrition Assis- tance Program, referred to as SNAP and more commonly known as food stamps, “has long been the country’s pri- mary weapon against hunger THURSDAY FRIDAY and an important safety net for low-income Americans.” The program helps feed about 586,000 people in Oregon, according to a dec- laration in the lawsuit by Daniel Haun, director of self-sufficiency programs at the Oregon Department of Human Services. Of that group, about 21,800 could be impacted by the rule change proposed by the federal government. REGIONAL FORECAST Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Seattle 52 47 Rain 54 44 52 43 48 41 50 44 52 42 51 41 Cloudy, rain Cloudy, rain A chance of rain possible possible A little morning Cloudy, a little Rain tapering rain rain off Aberdeen Olympia 50/46 49/43 Wenatchee Tacoma Moses Lake UNDER THE SKY TODAY'S TIDES Astoria through Thursday Tonight’s Sky: Last quarter moon (4:58 a.m.). Astoria / Port Docks Temperatures High/low ................................ 43/32 Normal high/low .................. 50/38 Record high .................. 61 in 1944 Record low .................... 20 in 1984 Precipitation Thursday ................................. 0.15” Month to date ........................ 8.53” Normal month to date ......... 5.53” Year to date ............................ 8.53” Normal year to date ............. 5.53” Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Time 7:14 a.m. 8:12 p.m. 8.6 12:49 a.m. 1.9 6.2 2:15 p.m. 1.4 Cape Disappointment 6:55 a.m. 7:58 p.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hammond SUN AND MOON Sunrise today .................. 7:53 a.m. Sunset tonight ............... 5:00 p.m. Moonrise today .............. 1:42 a.m. Moonset today ............ 12:27 p.m. Last New First Full 7:05 a.m. 8:02 p.m. Warrenton 7:09 a.m. 8:07 p.m. Knappa 7:51 a.m. 8:49 p.m. Depoe Bay Jan 17 Jan 24 Feb 1 Feb 8 6:09 a.m. 7:11 p.m. 8.6 12:01 a.m. 2.1 6.0 1:34 p.m. 1.5 8.9 12:24 a.m. 2.0 6.5 1:48 p.m. 1.4 9.0 12:33 a.m. 2.0 6.6 1:59 p.m. 1.5 8.9 1:50 a.m. 6.5 3:16 p.m. 1.6 1.2 8.8 1:05 p.m. 6.1 none 1.5 City Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Honolulu Houston Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC Today Hi/Lo/W Sun. Hi/Lo/W 54/37/sh 32/30/sn 38/1/r 57/32/pc 44/23/pc 79/69/c 71/43/sh 70/51/pc 77/67/pc 37/34/sn 71/49/pc 55/42/pc 39/36/i 49/28/s 44/23/pc 14/6/s 54/34/pc 48/22/pc 80/69/pc 59/38/pc 71/54/pc 82/65/pc 39/24/pc 75/55/pc 57/46/s 43/25/pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 34/31 Kennewick Walla Walla 39/32 Lewiston 38/30 38/30 Hermiston The Dalles 40/32 Enterprise Pendleton 36/27 40/33 38/34 La Grande 36/31 49/45 NATIONAL CITIES High (ft.) Time Low (ft.) Pullman 35/30 48/46 Salem 35/32 Yakima 36/29 Longview 52/47 Portland 50/45 Spokane 30/26 50/42 48/43 Astoria ALMANAC “The food stamp pro- gram … has helped vulner- able Oregonians for over 40 years,” Rosenblum said in a statement Thursday. “It is hard to fathom why the fed- eral government wants to punish thousands of adults in some of the most employ- ment-impacted areas of our state — people who may not be able to find jobs — by taking away their access to food.” Corvallis 49/42 Albany 49/42 John Day Eugene Bend 50/42 43/31 41/31 Ontario 38/27 Caldwell Burns 35/23 39/28 Medford 44/33 Klamath Falls 39/19 City Baker City Brookings Ilwaco Newberg Newport Today Hi/Lo/W 36/24/sn 51/46/r 51/47/r 49/44/r 51/47/r Sun. Hi/Lo/W 39/23/c 54/46/c 53/46/r 54/39/r 57/45/r City North Bend Roseburg Seaside Springfi eld Vancouver Today Hi/Lo/W 54/46/r 52/41/r 52/47/r 50/42/r 49/44/r Sun. Hi/Lo/W 57/45/c 57/42/c 56/45/r 57/41/c 52/40/r
