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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020
OBITUARIES
Shirlie Ann Defoe
Tucson, Arizona
July 1, 1936 — Aug. 11, 2020
Shirlie Ann Defoe, a fan club, so she offered
born July 1, 1936, drove her services to start one.
her buggy to heaven on He graciously accepted,
Aug. 11, 2020,
and she had the
after a swift bout
honor and priv-
with cancer.
ilege of being
She is sur-
Tyson’s
Fan
vived by her son,
Round Up pres-
Matt
Ziegler;
ident for 40
daughter-in-law,
years.
Annette Ziegler;
Moving again
sister,
Glo-
in 1990, this
ria Davis; fi ve
time to the small
grandchildren;
town of McDer-
Shirlie Defoe
15 great-grand-
mitt,
Nevada,
children;
two
she went from
great-great-grandchildren; real estate contracts to the
fi ve nieces; six nephews; night life. She owned and
and many greats.
operated the Desert Inn
She was preceded in Bar and Casino.
death by her parents, Ruth
Visiting friends in Tuc-
and Graydon Pace; son, son, Arizona, Shirlie fell
Mark Ziegler; and sisters, in love with the area and
Hallie Burch and Claire made her fi nal move there
Nichols.
in 2006. Shirlie spent the
She was raised in Can- last 14 years working at
non Beach, Oregon, and Rincon Country West RV
graduated from Seaside Resort in sales. She made
High School in 1954. many, many good friends
During her younger years, and acquaintances during
Shirlie had many jobs, this time selling 300 p ark
such as paper routes, models. She loved all her
babysitting, trail guide and family, friends, horses,
restaurant work. She felt Shih Tzu puppies, cow-
that what she learned from boys, country music, sun-
elders was her education.
shine and the beach. She
In the 1960s, she was retired in April .
a deputy city recorder
In lieu of fl owers,
for Cannon Beach. She please hug the people you
moved to La Pine, Oregon, love, and remember every
in 1970, and began her day is a gift.
real estate career. Even-
Shirlie has requested
tually, Shirlie became an no service, so a S mile-
escrow broker and owned box photo slideshow will
Cascade Realty.
be created in her honor.
Shirlie attended her If you would like a copy
fi rst Ian Tyson concert in please send an email to
1980 and knew right away basquemarvel@gmail.
she was hooked and would com
be a fan forever. She was
“Stay in the Buggy.”
surprised he didn’t have
bit.ly/ShirlieDefoe
Ruth Ann Courtney
Astoria
May 14, 1940 — Aug. 14, 2020
Ruth Ann Courtney divorced, and she married
was the daughter of a Doug Courtney in 1973.
U.S. Army chaplain who
Before moving to Asto-
moved frequently,
ria in 2001, she
growing up both
lived in Monte-
in the states and
rey, California,
overseas.
for 33 years.
She
gradu-
While
liv-
ated from Bay-
ing in Astoria,
side High School
she
attended
in New York City
Peace Lutheran
in 1957 and from
Church.
Case
Western
She is sur-
Reserve Univer-
vived by her
sity in Cleveland, Ruth Ann Courtney two
chil-
Ohio, in 1961.
dren and fi ve
In 1962, she married grandchildren.
David Click and had two
Due to the coronavirus
children, Wynne Preston pandemic, there is no pub-
and Daniel Click. They lic service planned.
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SATURDAY
Postmaster general halts
changes amid outcry
By LISA MASCARO and
ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Fac-
ing mounting public pressure
and a crush of state lawsuits,
President Donald Trump’s
new postmaster general says
he is halting some operational
changes to mail delivery that
critics blame for widespread
delays and warn could dis-
rupt the November election.
Postmaster General Louis
DeJoy said Tuesday he
would “suspend” several of
his initiatives — including
the removal of the distinctive
blue mailboxes that prompted
an outcry — until after the
election “to avoid even the
appearance of impact on
election mail.”
“We will deliver the
nation’s election mail on
time,” DeJoy said in a
statement.
The abrupt reversal from
DeJoy, who is set to testify
Friday before the Senate,
comes as more than 20 states,
from New York to Califor-
nia, announced they would
be suing to stop the changes.
Several vowed they would
press on, keeping a watch-
ful eye on the Postal Service
ahead of the election.
House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi is pushing ahead with
Saturday’s vote to prevent
election-year mail changes
and provide emergency
postal funds.
“I don’t, frankly, trust the
postmaster general,” Pelosi
said.
The crisis at the Postal Ser-
vice has erupted as a major
election year issue as DeJoy,
a Republican donor who took
control of the agency in June,
has swiftly engineered cuts
and operational changes that
are disrupting mail delivery
operations and raising alarms
that Trump is trying to under-
mine the agency ahead of the
election.
At the White House,
Trump has fl atly denied he
is seeking to slow down the
mail, even as he leveled fresh
assaults Tuesday on mail-in
voting and universal bal-
lots. More Americans than
ever are expected to choose
to vote absentee during the
coronavirus outbreak.
“You can’t have millions
and millions of ballots sent
all over the place, sent to
people that are dead, sent to
dogs, cats, sent everywhere,”
Trump told reporters.
“This isn’t games and you
have to get it right,” Trump
said.
Some of the initiatives
DeJoy said he was shelving
until after the election had
already been announced.
DeJoy said he is halt-
ing the planned removal of
mail-processing machines
and blue collection boxes, as
well as an initiative to change
retail hours at post offi ces. He
also said no mail processing
facilities will be closed and
said the agency has not elimi-
nated overtime.
One initiative that DeJoy
didn’t single out in his
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Max Ortiz/The Detroit News
Supporters worried about the crisis facing the U.S. Postal Service gather at the Main Southfi eld
Post Offi ce in Michigan on Tuesday.
‘WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW
IS NOTHING LESS THAN A FULL-ON
ASSAULT BY THIS ADMINISTRATION
ON THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE,
AN INSTITUTION THAT MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS RELY ON
EVERY SINGLE DAY.’
Bob Ferguson | attorney general in Washington state
announcement was the newly
imposed constraints on when
mail can go out for delivery
— a change postal workers
have said is fueling delays.
The statement also did not
specify whether the agency
would restore mail-sorting
machines that have recently
been taken offl ine.
A Postal Service spokes-
man declined to comment
beyond DeJoy’s statement.
“What’s going on right
now is nothing less than a
full-on assault by this admin-
istration on the U.S. Postal
Service, an institution that
millions of Americans rely
on every single day,” Bob
Ferguson, the attorney gen-
eral in Washington state, said
at a news conference.
Ferguson and Pennsylva-
nia Attorney General Josh
Shapiro announced they
were leading collections of
other states, including Ore-
gon, in suing to block service
changes at the Postal Service,
just as the postmaster was
making his own statement
Tuesday. Both Shapiro and
Ferguson said they would not
take DeJoy at his word.
“We need to see bind-
ing action to reverse these
changes,” Shapiro said.
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TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
70 58
68 56
70 52
Sunshine and
A couple of
Showers around
pleasant
showers
70 52
71 53
71 53
71 53
Mostly sunny
Partly sunny
and nice
Showers
possible
Showers
possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
69/60
76/63
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Tuesday
Tonight’s Sky: Capricornus, one
of the constellations of the zodi-
ac, is low in the southeast.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 71/55
Normal high/low .................. 69/53
Record high .................. 88 in 2016
Record low .................... 40 in 1973
Precipitation
Tuesday ................................... 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 0.19”
Normal month to date ......... 0.54”
Year to date .......................... 38.65”
Normal year to date ........... 37.73”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020
Time
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
2:21 a.m.
3:26 p.m.
8.5 9:14 a.m. -1.5
7.5 9:25 p.m. 0.8
Cape Disappointment
1:56 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 6:21 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:15 p.m.
Moonrise today .............. 8:07 a.m.
Moonset today .............. 9:36 p.m.
First
Full
Last
New
2:08 a.m.
3:13 p.m.
Warrenton
2:16 a.m.
3:21 p.m.
Knappa
2:58 a.m.
4:03 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Aug 25 Sep 1 Sep 10 Sep 17
1:06 a.m.
2:13 p.m.
8.6 8:18 a.m. -1.6
7.5 8:28 p.m. 1.0
8.9 8:39 a.m. -1.8
7.8 8:50 p.m. 0.8
8.9 8:58 a.m. -1.4
7.9 9:09 p.m. 0.9
8.7 10:15 a.m. -1.3
7.8 10:26 p.m. 0.7
9.0 7:47 a.m. -1.7
7.8 7:57 p.m. 1.2
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
83/70/t
77/62/s
86/65/s
92/69/s
95/65/t
89/78/pc
95/71/pc
93/71/s
90/81/t
81/66/s
110/90/c
75/61/pc
83/69/c
80/68/t
85/68/s
88/65/s
94/73/pc
96/62/s
90/76/pc
96/73/pc
94/70/pc
92/81/t
84/70/pc
107/88/pc
76/60/pc
83/70/t
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
81/57
Kennewick Walla Walla
87/62 Lewiston
92/65
88/62
Hermiston
The Dalles 90/63
Enterprise
Pendleton 81/50
87/59
88/63
La Grande
84/51
82/62
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Pullman
86/58
77/62
Salem
82/60
Yakima 88/63
Longview
70/58 Portland
83/66
Spokane
83/62
76/60
76/59
Astoria
ALMANAC
Trump made clear last
week that he was blocking
$25 billion in emergency
aid to the Postal Service,
acknowledging he wanted to
curtail election mail opera-
tions, as well as a Democratic
proposal to provide $3.6 bil-
lion in additional election
money to the states to help
process an expected surge of
mail-in ballots.
Key Republicans are now
sounding the alarm.
In the pivotal swing state
of Ohio, Attorney Gen-
eral Dave Yost pleaded with
Trump to postpone any
needed changes to the Postal
Service until after Election
Day. GOP Sen. Rob Port-
man and other Republicans in
Ohio’s congressional delega-
tion urged DeJoy to “ensure
timely and accurate delivery
of election-related materials.”
Mark Dimondstein, pres-
ident of the American Postal
Workers Union, welcomed
DeJoy’s decision but said
the Postal Service needs
COVID-related
fi nancial
relief. “It’s time for Congress
to deliver,” he said.
Corvallis
82/61
Albany
83/63
John Day
Eugene
Bend
84/62
84/54
86/54
Ontario
93/56
Caldwell
Burns
87/47
92/55
Medford
93/62
Klamath Falls
83/46
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
85/46/s
68/56/pc
67/59/r
81/62/pc
65/57/sh
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
92/52/s
69/56/pc
65/57/sh
77/53/r
64/51/sh
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
71/59/pc
89/62/s
70/60/sh
85/62/s
81/64/c
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
71/55/c
84/59/pc
68/57/r
78/55/c
77/57/sh