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A7 THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, FEbRuARy 20, 2020 SPORTS Seaside girls win at Tillamook in playoff tuneup The Astorian The Seaside Lady Gulls look well on their way to another appearance in the Sweet 16, fol- lowing another easy win over Tillamook in a Cowapa League girls basketball game Tuesday night. Lilli Taylor scored 13 points and Ruby Douglas added 10, in a 44-24 victory over the Cheesemakers. Seaside won the first meeting with Tillamook, 48-23. The Gulls finish the regular season Thursday at home against Banks, a team Seaside defeated just over two weeks ago. The Lady Gulls made the Sweet 16 last season with a 2-6 league record, and improved to 3-4 this year with Tuesday’s win. A Seaside victory Thursday would break a tie for third with the Braves in the standings. Seaside coach Mike Hawes called Tuesday’s game a “foul fest,” as two Sea- side players fouled out, and the Gulls fin- ished with just five available players. On the other side, Seaside finished 14-of-24 from the free throw line, and had a good night from the field (9-for- 22 on two-point shots, 4-of-21 from the 3-point line. Taylor hauled in eight rebounds, and Douglas added five boards and four steals. The Gulls “did enough to muster up a victory,” Hawes said. “Kind of spread out the scoring, but left a lot of points off the board. We will need to be sharper Thurs- day, but all wins, we like, especially on the road.” Photos by Emily Gilbertson Astoria Pizazz dance team performs at Tigard. Pizazz takes first in Tigard The Astorian With state competition approaching, the Astoria Pizazz dance team competed Saturday at Tigard High School and took first place in the 1A-4A division. Pizazz scored 15.63 points higher than the second place team. Astoria’s dance team has one last preliminary event before state competition March 7 at Liberty High School. “We had an exceptionally fun time performing with the Youth Clinic participants,” Pizazz coach Emily Madsen said, referring to the Pizazz performance at last Friday’s Astoria basketball doubleheader. “We are so proud of the dancers who came out and danced their hearts out,” she said. “We are hope- ful some may choose to dance on Astoria Pizazz someday.” Coached by Madsen and assistant Caroline Wright, Pizazz dancers include: Emelia Cameron, Isabella Clement, Sarah Duncan, Abby Farrow, Ali- yah Grant, Emmy Huber, Ava Kim, Makayla Martin, Libby Olsen, Skylar Sturtz, Audrey Thompson, Liz Varner, Hope Womack and Madison Yeager. Front row, from left, Emmy Huber, Ava Kim, Skylar Sturtz, Makayla Martin. Top row, from left, assistant coach Caroline Wright, Aliyah Grant, Libby Olsen, Abby Farrow, Audrey Thompson, Emelia Cameron, Liz Varner, Sarah Duncan, Hope Womack, Isabella Clement, Madison Yeager and head coach Emily Madsen. OBITUARIES Trump ousts defense official who certified Ukraine aid David Harger Warrenton Aug. 8, 1963 — Feb. 11, 2020 David Harger was born Aug. 8, 1963. He passed away Feb. 11, 2020. His love for fishing brought him to the Columbia River where he eventually lived so he could fish and crab every chance he got. By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon’s top pol- icy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administra- tion’s release of congressionally authorized aid to Kyiv in its conflict against Rus- sian-backed separatists. John Rood resigned Wednesday, saying he was leaving at Trump’s request. The Trump administration’s delay in releasing the aid to Ukraine was central to the president’s impeachment by the House on charges of abuse of power and obstruc- tion of Congress. The Senate voted to acquit the president. But in the wake of the Senate trial, an emboldened Trump has gone after officials he has perceived as being disloyal. Rood is the latest official to be purged. His forced resignation comes as Democrats on the Hill express concerns that Trump is on a vendetta in the wake of his acquittal. Just days after the Senate vote, the White House reassigned an Army officer, Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, a key witness in the impeachment inquiry, from the National Security Coun- cil, and pushed his twin brother, an NSC lawyer, out with him. Gordon Sondland, Trump’s ambassador to the European Union who also was a key witness before House investigators, was recalled from his post. Trump went on a clemency blitz Tues- day, commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s 14-year prison sentence and pardoning former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others. Those who got a break from Trump David Harger CLATSOP POWER Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo John Rood, the Pentagon’s top policy official who had certified last year that the Defense Department had seen enough anti-corruption progress in Ukraine to justify releasing congressionally authorized aid, has resigned at President Donald Trump’s request. include financier Michael Milken, the “junk bond king” who served two years in prison in the early 1990s after pleading guilty to violating U.S. securities laws, and Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal after building one of the most suc- cessful NFL teams in history. But Trump also commuted the sentences of several women with more sympathetic cases to bal- ance out the men convicted of corruption. In all, Trump took clemency actions related to 11 people, his latest interven- tions in the justice system as he faces grow- ing criticism for weighing in on the cases of former aides. Trump made clear that he saw similarities between efforts to investigate his own conduct and those that took down Blagojevich, a Democrat who appeared on Trump’s reality TV show, “Celebrity Apprentice.” SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY David is survived by his beloved fishing buddies, sister and his godson. He will be forever missed for his one-lined smart comments and sarcasm. That is what made David who he was. We will always love him and forever miss him. 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 55 32 51 38 49 40 47 37 A shower in the Chance of rain Partial sunshine Partly sunny p.m. 47 34 50 36 51 37 Showers possible A thick cloud cover Showers possible Aberdeen Olympia 55/32 53/34 Wenatchee Tacoma Moses Lake 53/27 ALMANAC UNDER THE SKY TODAY'S TIDES Astoria through Tuesday Tonight’s Sky: Nicolas Coperni- cus’ birthday (1473). Astoria / Port Docks Temperatures High/low ................................ 50/29 Normal high/low .................. 52/37 Record high .................. 67 in 1958 Record low .................... 23 in 1955 Precipitation Tuesday ................................... 0.00” Month to date ........................ 5.96” Normal month to date ......... 4.70” Year to date .......................... 24.10” Normal year to date ........... 14.90” Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Time 10:39 a.m. 8.3 4:51 a.m. 3.4 none 5:56 p.m. -0.1 Cape Disappointment 10:22 a.m. 8.4 4:15 a.m. none 5:14 p.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hammond SUN AND MOON Sunrise today .................. 7:11 a.m. Sunset tonight ............... 5:48 p.m. Moonrise today .............. 5:56 a.m. Moonset today .............. 2:53 p.m. New First Full Last 10:32 a.m. 8.5 4:33 a.m. 3.5 none 5:26 p.m. -0.3 Warrenton 10:34 a.m. 8.7 4:35 a.m. none 5:40 p.m. Mar 9 Mar 16 3.5 0.0 Knappa 12:03 a.m. 7.3 5:52 a.m. 2.9 11:16 a.m. 8.6 6:57 p.m. -0.1 Depoe Bay Feb 23 Mar 2 3.9 0.0 9:38 a.m. 8.6 3:45 a.m. 4.0 11:21 p.m. 7.3 4:41 p.m. -0.1 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 40/30/r 33/16/pc 24/12/s 45/31/r 31/14/pc 81/71/pc 51/38/r 77/52/pc 85/69/pc 37/22/pc 81/58/s 64/49/pc 42/25/c 46/28/s 34/26/s 38/25/s 49/38/pc 48/25/s 82/70/pc 57/38/s 72/53/pc 78/62/sh 36/30/s 79/59/pc 67/48/pc 41/28/s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 50/29 Hermiston The Dalles 50/24 Enterprise Pendleton 40/22 48/27 52/26 La Grande 38/24 53/28 NATIONAL CITIES High (ft.) Time Low (ft.) 44/27 Kennewick Walla Walla 51/27 Lewiston 48/23 56/28 Salem Pullman 50/19 Longview 55/32 Portland 55/32 42/22 Yakima 48/22 52/27 Astoria Spokane 44/26 Corvallis 53/29 Albany 53/29 John Day Eugene Bend 53/30 47/25 46/24 Ontario 45/23 Caldwell Burns 40/19 45/23 Medford 60/32 Klamath Falls 54/21 City Baker City Brookings Ilwaco Newberg Newport Today Hi/Lo/W 42/19/pc 57/40/pc 53/36/pc 54/29/pc 54/35/pc Fri. Hi/Lo/W 46/22/pc 58/42/pc 49/40/pc 55/32/s 52/37/s City North Bend Roseburg Seaside Springfi eld Vancouver Today Hi/Lo/W 55/36/pc 60/35/c 55/34/pc 55/30/pc 55/31/pc Fri. Hi/Lo/W 54/38/s 61/36/s 51/38/pc 58/33/s 55/34/s
