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Newspaper Page TextA5 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020 SPORTS Tillamook downs Warrenton; Warriors top Neah-Kah-Nie in weekend baseball games The Astorian Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Rep. John Lewis during a ceremony at the White House. Leaders and activists mourn death of congressman Lewis Lifelong activist for civil rights By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press Rights activists, politi- cians from both parties and many other people touched by the legacy of John Lewis mourned the congressman and pillar of the civil rights movement Saturday, laud- ing the strength, courage and kindness of a man whose lifelong struggle against racial discrimination took him from a bridge in Selma to the nation’s Capitol. “As a young man march- ing for equality in Selma, Alabama, John answered brutal violence with coura- geous hope,” said former President George W. Bush. “And throughout his career as a civil rights leader and public servant, he worked to make our country a more perfect union.” Former President Barack Obama, America’s ﬁ rst Black president, recalled being sworn in for his ﬁ rst term: “I hugged him on the inauguration stand before I was sworn in and told him I was only there because of the sacriﬁ ces he made.” Lewis died Friday, sev- eral months after the Geor- gia Democrat announced that he had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. On Monday, Georgia Democrats selected state Sen. Nikema Williams, chair of the state party, to replace Lewis on the ballot in November. Williams, 41, was cho- sen from a list of ﬁ ve ﬁ nal- ists as the group works to quickly ﬁ ll the spot in accor- dance with state law. She is nearly assured of winning in November in the heavily Democratic district. The seat will remain empty until Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp schedules a special election. The Repub- lican governor has given no indication when he will hold an election with just over six months left in Lewis’ term. Lewis was ﬁ rst elected to represent Georgia’s majority Black 5th District in 1986. The U.S. House stood on Monday for an emo- tional moment of silence for Lewis. Speaker Nancy Pelosi gaveled the House to order, calling on “all who loved John Lewis, wherever you are, rise in a moment of silence in remembrance of the conscience of the Congress.” Several people on the dais wept as the House stood in silence, heads bowed. When Pelosi tried to move on, those gathered interrupted with sustained applause. ‘AS A YOUNG MAN MARCHING FOR EQUALITY IN SELMA, ALABAMA, JOHN ANSWERED BRUTAL VIOLENCE WITH COURAGEOUS HOPE. AND THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AS A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND PUBLIC SERVANT, HE WORKED TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY A MORE PERFECT UNION.’ Former President George W. Bush “Our hero, our colleague, our brother, our friend received and answered his ﬁ nal summons from God almighty,” said Rep. Sanford Bishop, the dean of the Geor- gia delegation. Lewis, 80, often recalled his upbringing in the segre- gated South, including how he was denied a library card because the library was for SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY “whites only.” He was deter- mined to destroy segregation, joining with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to help plan the 1963 March on Washington. Two years later, Lewis helped lead the “Bloody Sun- day” voting rights march intended to go from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. White police, state troopers and thugs blocked their way on the bridge out of Selma, attacking the peaceful march- ers with clubs, bullwhips and tear gas. Lewis suffered a cracked skull. He went on to make a career in politics, represent- ing Atlanta in Congress for more than 30 years, and all the while imploring people to press for justice — to make what he came to call “good trouble, necessary trouble.” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms described that call as “a generational rally- ing cry for nonviolent activ- ism in the pursuit of social justice and human rights.” “He fought harder and longer than anyone in our nation’s continuing battle for civil rights and equal justice,” the NAACP said in a written statement. He also scrapped with President Donald Trump, refusing to attend his inau- guration and calling him a racist. Trump ordered ﬂ ags ﬂ own at half-staff to honor Lewis — as required by law for sitting members of Con- gress. More than 14 hours after his death, following an array of unrelated retweets and a golf outing, he offered condolences. “Saddened to hear the news of civil rights hero John Lewis passing,” Trump tweeted. “Melania and I send our prayers to he and his family.” Those mourning included baseball legend Hank Aaron, who said he and Lewis “con- nected to the roots.” “By that I mean we were born and grew up in the highly racist and segregated south, in the state of Ala- bama,” Aaron said. “He com- mitted his life to the struggle for justice and equality for all people.” FRIDAY SATURDAY A full day of base- ball was on tap Saturday in Astoria, as ﬁ ve games took place in two locations, with ﬁ ve teams taking part in contests at Ernie Aiken Field and CMH Field. At Aiken Field, Warren- ton bounced back from a 13-2 loss to Tillamook in a morning game with an 8-2 win over Neah-Kah-Nie in the afternoon. The Warriors scored the ﬁ rst run of the day against the Cheesemakers, but Til- lamook scored 13 of the next 14, building an 8-1 lead after two innings. Tillamook pitchers Junior Gonzalez and Parker McKibbin combined on a no-hitter, striking out seven with ﬁ ve walks. Two Warrenton pitchers scattered ﬁ ve hits with 11 walks, while a few untimely Warrior errors extended innings and allowed the Cheesemakers to score runs in every at-bat. Tillamook went on to a 12-1 victory over Ilwaco at CMH Field to ﬁ nish as the only unbeaten team of the day. Warrenton regrouped between games, eliminated the errors and scored in four of its ﬁ ve at-bats against the Pirates. Four Neah-Kah-Nie pitchers allowed just two hits, a single and a double by Ryan Hoagland , but the Pirates walked 14, coupled with several balk calls. Warrenton’s Dawson Little pitched four-and-a- third innings, and allowed one hit with ﬁ ve strikeouts and seven walks. Dylon Atwood ﬁ nished on the mound, giving up one hit. “Neah-Kah-Nie looked Gary Henley/The Astorian Duane Falls pitched a solid two-plus innings against Tillamook Saturday at Ernie Aiken Field. a little like we did in the ﬁ rst game,” said Warren- ton coach Lennie Wolfe. “That’s how it’s going to be in a lot of these sum- mer games. We’ve still only been together about three- and-a-half weeks, and we would essentially be at the end of March if this was the spring season. I just reminded them between games not to get disheart- ened, and we did a good job of regrouping.” Astoria splits two games Astoria Ford posted a win at CMH Field in the morning then lost a night- cap at Aiken Field. The Fishermen topped Ilwaco 7-6 in the ﬁ rst game at CMH Field, as they broke open a close game with ﬁ ve runs in the bottom of the second inning, then held off Ilwaco rallies in the SCOREBOARD SPORTS SCHEDULE THURSDAY Junior Baseball — At Tapiola Park: Warrenton vs. Astoria Ford, 2:30 p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie vs. Warrenton 5 p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie vs. Astoria Ford, 7:15 p.m. Junior Baseball — At Long Beach: Knappa vs. Ilwaco, 4 p.m.; Tillamook vs. Ilwaco 6:30 p.m. APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 Over Mattresses, Furniture & More! 30 Y E A R S IN C L AT S O P COUNT Y SUNDAY MONDAY HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 * SATURDAY * SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell REGIONAL FORECAST Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Seattle 68 55 Areas of low clouds 66 56 66 55 Mainly cloudy Some sun 67 52 66 53 Partly sunny Partly sunny 68 54 Mostly sunny 69 55 Mostly cloudy Aberdeen Olympia 70/56 81/58 Wenatchee Tacoma Moses Lake UNDER THE SKY TODAY'S TIDES Astoria through Sunday Tonight’s Sky: Saturn at opposi- tion (3:14 p.m. PDT). Astoria / Port Docks Temperatures High/low ................................ 67/54 Normal high/low .................. 68/54 Record high .................. 91 in 1946 Record low .................... 42 in 1977 Precipitation Sunday ..................................... 0.00” Month to date ........................ 0.38” Normal month to date ......... 0.73” Year to date .......................... 38.37” Normal year to date ........... 36.89” Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Time High (ft.) Time Low (ft.) 1:42 a.m. 3:24 p.m. 8.6 9:01 a.m. -1.5 6.9 8:53 p.m. 2.4 Cape Disappointment 1:21 a.m. 2:57 p.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hammond SUN AND MOON Sunrise today .................. 5:45 a.m. Sunset tonight ............... 8:58 p.m. Moonrise today .............. 6:37 a.m. Moonset today ............ 10:08 p.m. New First Full Last 1:32 a.m. 3:11 p.m. Warrenton 1:37 a.m. 3:19 p.m. Knappa 2:19 a.m. 4:01 p.m. Depoe Bay July 20 July 27 Aug 3 Aug 11 8.7 8:04 a.m. -1.6 6.8 7:54 p.m. 2.7 8.9 8:24 a.m. -1.8 7.1 8:18 p.m. 2.5 9.0 8:45 a.m. -1.4 7.3 8:37 p.m. 2.5 8.8 10:02 a.m. -1.3 7.2 9:54 p.m. 2.1 12:31 a.m. 8.8 7:33 a.m. -2.0 2:12 p.m. 6.9 7:23 p.m. 2.7 City Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Honolulu Houston Los Angeles Miami New York City Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC Wed. Hi/Lo/W 94/74/t 86/69/s 82/69/c 90/77/pc 89/61/t 88/71/pc 90/77/t 83/64/pc 89/81/t 92/74/pc 107/85/c 68/56/pc 95/78/pc 92/74/pc 77/70/pc 87/67/pc 92/78/s 97/65/c 87/75/pc 92/78/pc 80/62/pc 91/81/t 88/75/pc 105/84/c 72/55/sh 95/77/t Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂ urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 92/58 Kennewick Walla Walla 99/69 Lewiston 104/68 100/66 Hermiston The Dalles 104/68 Enterprise Pendleton 91/55 100/65 95/67 La Grande 94/57 89/56 NATIONAL CITIES Today Hi/Lo/W Pullman 100/64 80/55 Salem 94/64 Yakima 102/67 Longview 68/55 Portland 86/61 Spokane 97/69 82/56 79/54 Astoria ALMANAC ﬁ fth, sixth and seventh. Ilwaco scored six runs in its ﬁ nal three at-bats, and out-hit Astoria 11 to four, but four Ilwaco errors helped Astoria Ford post the victory. Nate Hopkins and Kaeden Lyster each had two hits for Ilwaco, while Grady Cox drove in two runs. The last game of the day between Neah-Kah-Nie and Astoria Ford featured a combined 16 runs on just ﬁ ve hits, with the Pirates scoring a 9-7 victory over the Fishermen. Warrenton returns to Aiken Field for two games Thursday, playing Asto- ria Ford in the ﬁ rst game at 2:30 p.m. , followed by Neah-Kah-Nie in Game 2 at 5 p.m. Astoria Ford plays Neah-Kah-Nie in the third game of the triple header at 7:15 p.m. Corvallis 86/55 Albany 88/55 John Day Eugene Bend 89/55 95/56 97/61 Ontario 99/67 Caldwell Burns 99/58 101/65 Medford 98/61 Klamath Falls 96/55 City Baker City Brookings Ilwaco Newberg Newport Today Hi/Lo/W 98/54/s 71/55/pc 64/55/c 87/56/s 67/55/pc Wed. Hi/Lo/W 96/58/s 69/54/pc 63/56/c 80/53/pc 66/53/c City North Bend Roseburg Seaside Springﬁ eld Vancouver Today Hi/Lo/W 66/55/pc 91/60/s 66/54/c 89/55/s 86/60/s Wed. Hi/Lo/W 66/54/pc 84/55/s 65/54/pc 81/50/s 80/56/pc