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Newspaper Page TextA2 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2020 IN BRIEF Man dead after RV park ﬁ re A man died after his RV caught on ﬁ re at Sunset Lake Resort & RV Park on Sunday morning. Sheriff deputies found Michael David Murphy, 64, on the ground outside the blaze with burn injuries. Ofﬁ cials say Murphy died on Sunday after he was released from the hospital. They say he also had a ter- minal illness. Fireﬁ ghters were called just before 7 a.m. to a 40-foot RV fully engulfed in ﬂ ames and threatening two other nearby trailers. Residents of the RV park used garden hoses to help keep the ﬁ re from spreading to other trailers while waiting for ﬁ reﬁ ghters to arrive. They were able to contain the ﬁ re to the RV. How- ever, there was some damage to a neighboring RV. A deputy helped the man in the neighboring RV vacate through a window. The man was also taken to the hospital. The cause of the ﬁ re is undetermined. Murphy is the second person to die as a result of a trailer ﬁ re at Sunset Lake . George Bolles burned alive when his trailer caught on ﬁ re in 2018. His family is suing the park and its owner, Ken Hick, of Resources Northwest Inc., for wrongful death and negligence. Another lawsuit was ﬁ led against the park in Febru- ary by a former tenant, Sandra Holloway, alleging negligence over living conditions. — The Astorian March 6, 2020 DEATHS Deaths DRUMMOND, Karen Joanne, 65, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Ocean View Funeral & Cre- mation Service of Asto- ria is in charge of the arrangements. March 1, 2020 VA N D E R B U R G , Luther L. “Lu,” 54, of Sherwood, formerly of Theft cer. He also had warrants On the Record • Jonathan Walgren, from Washington state. Criminal trespass • Jason Tinnian, 44, was arrested Friday at the Shilo Inn in Seaside for criminal trespass. DUII • George Owen, 37, of Warrenton, was arrested Sunday on N. Roosevelt Drive and Third Ave- nue in Seaside for driv- ing under the inﬂ uence of intoxicants and reckless driving. His blood alco- hol content was 0.14%. • Travis Wagers, 30, of Hammond, was arrested Saturday near the Ham- mond Marina for DUII, menacing and criminal mischief in the second degree. His blood alcohol content was 0.16%. PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY Clatsop County Planning Commission, 10 a.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria Lewis & Clark Fire Department Board, 6 p.m., main ﬁ re station, 34571 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Knappa School District Board of Directors, 6:45 p.m., work session, Knappa High School Library, 41535 Old U.S. Highway 30. WEDNESDAY Clatsop Soil and Water Conservation District Board, 10 a.m., Astoria Post Oﬃ ce, 750 Commercial St., Room 207, Astoria. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria. Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Market Road, Svensen. Astoria School District Board of Directors, 7 p.m., Gray School, 785 Alameda Ave. Warrenton-Hammond School District Board, 7 p.m., Warrenton High School Library, 1700 S. Main Ave. THURSDAY Seaside Civic and Convention Center Commission, 5 p.m., 415 First Ave. Warrenton Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. PUBLIC MEETINGS Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503-325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 DailyAstorian.com Photos by Hailey Hoﬀ man/The Astorian Archana Bongale, with her daughter, Arnika Kolekar, was one of 42 people who became U.S. citizens Monday at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria. Bongale moved to the U.S. from Karnataka, India, in 2009. She is a software developer and lives in Portland with her husband and two children. India was one of 19 countries represented at the naturalization ceremony. Other people moved from countries including Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines and Iraq. Astoria Mayor Bruce Jones, who is also the deputy director of the museum, invited the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to Astoria and was the keynote speaker at the ceremony. ‘Immigration is an integral part of the Columbia River Maritime Museum’s story and Astoria’s story,’ Jones said. ‘So, how can you not have a naturalization ceremony here. It’s just the perfect venue to do it, and I was just very thrilled that they wanted to come here. And we’ll do it again.’ Knappa, died in Tigard. Attrell’s Funeral Chapel in Newberg is in charge of the arrangements. Feb. 17, 2020 CAMPBELL, Edward Donald, 79, of Astoria, died in Warrenton. Ocean View Funeral & Cre- mation Service of Asto- ria is in charge of the arrangements. ON THE RECORD 29, was arrested Sunday at Walmart in Warren- ton for theft in the third degree and criminal tres- pass in the ﬁ rst degree. • Nicole Bowers, 24, of Warrenton, was arrested Saturday at Fred Meyer in Warren- ton for theft in the second degree. • Joseph L. Duncan, 34, of Ocean Park, Wash- ington, was arrested Friday on 17th and Exchange streets in Asto- ria for eluding a police ofﬁ cer, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle, theft in the second degree, criminal trespass in the second degree and inter- fering with a police ofﬁ - NEW CITIZENS WELCOMED AT MARITIME MUSEUM Circulation phone number: 503-325-3211 Periodicals postage paid at Astoria, OR ADVERTISING OWNERSHIP All advertising copy and illustrations prepared by The Astorian become the property of The Astorian and may not be reproduced for any use without explicit prior approval. COPYRIGHT © Entire contents © Copyright, 2020 by The Astorian. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. Printed on recycled paper Subscription rates Eﬀ ective May 1, 2019 MAIL (IN COUNTY) EZpay (per month) ...............................................................................................................$11.25 13 weeks in advance ...........................................................................................................$37.00 26 weeks in advance ...........................................................................................................$71.00 52 weeks in advance ........................................................................................................ $135.00 Out of County Rates available at 800-781-3214 DIGITAL EZpay (per month) .................................................................................................................$8.00 LEFT: Ronald Shung claps with the crowd after taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. RIGHT: After receiving his naturalization certiﬁ cate, Alaa Alabbasi bumps elbows with Astoria Mayor Bruce Jones. Alabbasi is originally from Iraq. Police investigate dog’s death ‘Saucy’ was a Chihuahua mix By NICOLE BALES The Astorian Police are asking for the public’s help in locating who is responsible for killing an Astoria family’s dog. Shellyene Winans said her dog, “Saucy,” was with a dog sitter when he got loose last Saturday near Kensing- ton and Skyline a venues. She said they immediately began searching for him and hang- ing up ﬂ yers around town. Saucy was found dead Tuesday in the area of 12th Street between Jerome and Irving a venues. Astoria Police Chief Geoff Spalding said a veterinar- ‘Saucy’ was killed last week. ian has veriﬁ ed, witha high degree of certainty, that Saucy was intentionally killed by a human and not another ani- mal. He said the crime is being investigated as animal cruelty in the ﬁ rst degree. “I feel really, really sorry that this happened to my dog,” Winans said. She adopted Saucy, a long-haired Chihua- hua mix, about 10 years ago. “Saucy had a family,” she said. “He had a grandma and a grandpa who loved him very much. He had a lot of people around him who really loved him.” She said she wants to ﬁ nd who is responsible to make sure another animal is not harmed. “This community has been amazing,” Winans said. “The (Facebook) posts were shared over 200 times. There was people out there look- ing that I didn’t even know. Neighbors who knew Saucy, but weren’t super close to me were searching. It was a really incredible response.” She said a $1,000 award is being offered to anyone who ﬁ nds who is responsible. Peo- ple with information are asked to call Astoria police ofﬁ cer AJ Duryea at 503-325-4411. “Astoria ofﬁ cers have been diligently investigat- ing this crime by knocking on doors and speaking with neighbors,” Spalding said in an email. “Ofﬁ cers are working with businesses and homeowners to see if any video was captured.” He said the act is an iso- lated incident and that police are not aware of any similar cases. Winans thanked police and others for their support in a Facebook post on Saturday. “I am at a loss about how to move forward right now,” she said. “What I continue to do is light a candle, cry when I need to, laugh when I can and do a kind act or send a kind thought when I drift into hor- rible thoughts about the per- son who did this.” Forestry bills left in short session Bills for pesticide spraying, wildﬁ re risk reduction By CASSANDRA PROFITA Oregon Public Broadcasting Two highly consequen- tial forestry bills were among the piles of unﬁ nished busi- ness Oregon lawmakers left behind when they ended their session last week . One of the bills afﬁ rmed an historic agreement between environmental groups and the timber industry on forest management issues includ- ing aerial pesticide spray- ing and stream protection. It was designed to avoid a ballot measure ﬁ ght that now could be on its way to voters. The other bill would have launched Gov. Kate Brown’s multi-faceted plan to reduce wildﬁ re risk statewide and would have directed nearly $25 million toward that goal. The Legislature ended the session without voting on either bill after nearly all of the state’s Republican law- makers walked out of the Capitol and left Democrats without a quorum. Senate Bill 1536 was built around the conclusions of the Governor’s Council on Wild- ﬁ re Response, which met for about a year before giv- ing the governor a $4 billion recommendation. The coun- cil’s conclusions and the sub- sequent legislation supported reducing fuel load — forest undergrowth and thickets of young trees — through log- ging and prescribed burn- ing in the forests, adding ﬁ reﬁ ghting resources, safe- guarding homes, reduc- ing transmission line safety risks and improving wildﬁ re smoke protections for at-risk communities. Matt Donegan, who chaired the governor’s wild- ﬁ re council, said he was encouraged by all the work lawmakers did to advance the bill and the bipartisan sup- port it had before the Repub- lican walkout. He’s hoping to see some action on the wild- ﬁ re response plan before next year. “Obviously it’s very dis- appointing that the session wound down without that going through,” he said. “I think the nightmare scenario is going to be if we have a hor- rible ﬁ re season. If the recom- mendations we made could have been helpful in prevent- ing some kind of tragedy and because of the walkout the recommendations weren’t followed. I don’t think any- one wants to see that.” In a written response, a spokeswoman for the Ore- gon Department of Forestry, which stood to receive most of the funds from the bill, said regardless of what hap- pens to the legislation, the agency will continue to work with the governor’s ofﬁ ce on protecting the state’s natural resources from wildﬁ re. A spokeswoman for the governor’s ofﬁ ce also sent a written response to questions about what will happen to the governor’s proposal. “In light of the Legisla- ture adjourning (Thursday), a lot of plans and concepts will have to be addressed at another juncture, or via other means,” Kate Kon- dayen, deputy communica- tions director for the gover- nor’s ofﬁ ce, wrote. The governor had also coordinated the new forestry management plans outlined in House Bill 4168, which was also left to die at the end of the session. The bill solidiﬁ ed a com- mitment made by timber companies and environmen- tal groups last month to par- ticipate in a mediated process to develop a plan for how pri- vate forests should be man- aged to protect species and water resources. The legisla- tion would have funded those mediated discussions while also putting new require- ments on aerial pesticide spraying. Environmental groups had planned ballot measures aimed at increasing protec- tions on waterways and lim- iting aerial pesticide spray- ing. Timber interests had their own ballot measures that would require compensation for landowners if their abil- ity to log was limited by state regulations and to change the makeup of the Oregon Board of Forestry, which manages state forest policy. Without the legislation, backers of the proposed bal- lot measures could decide to move forward with their orig- inal plans, according to Ralph Bloemers of the Crag Law Center, who has been work- ing on several ballot mea- sures on behalf of conserva- tion interests. “As a result of Repub- licans walking off the job, that settlement now hangs in the balance,” Bloemers said. “Unless they return to pass it, there’s a good chance that folks will go back to the ballot.” Democrats have said they intend to hold a special ses- sion to address budget issues within the next 30 days. The governor said she would be willing to call a special leg- islative session if lawmakers bring her a plan for a “func- tioning session.” It remained unclear on Friday whether the forestry bills could be addressed in a special session.