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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021
OBITUARIES
Michael P. Spring
Nicholas ‘Nick’ Dan Zafi ratos
Warrenton
May 18, 1942 — May 4, 2021
Astoria
May 9, 1926 — April 18, 2021
Michael P. Spring was born in
his grandson, Michael J. Procu-
Oakville, California, on May 18,
nier Jr.; and his parents, Merle
1942, and passed away on May 4,
and Dorothy Spring.
2021, at the age of 78. He resided in
He is survived by his daugh-
Warrenton most of his life.
ters, Sue Kelly, Michelle Best,
He was a ballroom dance
Corinne Amos and Renea Whit-
instructor, commercial fi sherman,
ney; son, Shawn Spring; along
siding contractor, salmon buyer,
with numerous grandchil-
sheet metal worker and fl agger.
dren, great-grandchildren and
He enjoyed fi shing, camping,
great-great-grandchildren.
Michael Spring
gold panning and mining, cooking,
A potluck celebration of life
baking, dancing and wood working.
will be held on Aug. 21 at 2 p.m.
He was preceded in death by his wife, at the Warrenton Community Center, 170
Nellie J. Spring; his sister, Robin Fitzgerald; S.W. Third St. in Warrenton.
Our beloved Nicholas “Nick” Dan Zafi ra- can make in someone’s life.
Nick was a member of the Oregon State
tos, longtime Astoria resident, passed away
on April 18 in Riverview, Florida. He was Bar and Oregon State Bar Disciplinary
Board from 1993 through 1995.
94.
He was appointed chairman of the
Nick was born on May 9, 1926,
board in 1995.
in Mill City, to Dionysius (Dan)
Nick was also very active as a
and Roubina Zafi ratos, who had
member of the Astoria commu-
emigrated from Greece in 1923.
nity. He served as the exalted ruler
He grew up in the Portland
for the Elks, a port commissioner
area, entering grade school only
for the Port of Astoria, was on the
speaking the Greek language. He
board of directors for the Astoria
quickly excelled at school, skip-
Golf & Country Club, a member
ping a grade, and graduated from
of the Holy Trinity Greek Ortho-
Jeff erson High School.
When Nick was just 18, he Nicholas Zafi ratos dox Church and a member of the
Greek Civil Group American Hel-
joined the U.S. Army during World
lenic Educational Progressive
War II, where he achieved the rank
Association.
of staff sergeant, and served as a
Nick loved to travel, golf, fl y
tank commander. He fought in the
his Cessna, watch football (loved
Battle of the Bulge, as well as in
his Oregon Ducks!) read and spend
the Ardennes, German and central
time with his family and friends.
European theaters. He received
In retirement, Nick and Ginny
several Medals of Honor for his
enjoyed spending summers in
service.
Astoria and winters in their Palm
After Nick was honorably dis-
Desert, California, home. He also
charged, he worked as a railroad
engineer to help support his parents and enjoyed volunteering as a guide on the Asto-
younger brother. He then attended the Uni- ria Riverfront Trolley.
Nick will be remembered for his sense
versity of Oregon, Oregon State University
and Willamette University, where he grad- of humor, (the best one-liners!) his feisti-
uated top of his class and received a law ness, great conversation and stories, kind-
degree in 1955. His second-year classmates ness, compassion and, of course, his love for
honored him by electing him class president a great “dirty martini.”
He also was a big animal lover, and often
at Willamette University College of Law.
While working in Pendleton in 1956, he brought home strays and rescues from his
met his future wife, Virginia “Ginny” Ann offi ce. They almost always became members
Swart. They were married in the Holy Trinity of the Zafi ratos family (except for “Petunia”
Greek Orthodox Church in Portland in 1957. the skunk!).
Nick was preceded in death by his wife of
Nick began his law career as assistant city
attorney in Salem, fi rst with the welfare and 55 years, Ginny; brothers, Spiro (1925), and
recovery division and later with the state for- Chris, (2004); and niece, Diana Nicole Zaf-
iratos, (2019).
estry board.
Survivors include his daughters, Ann Zaf-
In 1960, Nick and Ginny moved to Asto-
ria. Nick went into private practice and iratos, of Santa Barbara, California, Molly
opened his own law fi rm in 1960. He was (Kevin) Koehnke, of Riverview, Florida, and
appointed deputy district attorney of Astoria Jane Zafi ratos (Drew), of Warrenton.
Nick had four grandchildren, Claire
and then municipal judge.
Later, attorney Steve Roman joined him, Fletcher (Jacob Kneuer), Connor Koehnke
and they formed the successful Zafi ratos & and Niko and Evan Augustin. In addition,
Roman partnership, which served the com- special friend Dee Chisum, her daughter,
Terri Opsahl, and many friends and family.
munity for many years.
Nick was a dynamic attorney, and well Nick (i.e. Dad, Papou) was “one of a kind”
respected by other attorneys, judges and law and will be dearly missed.
A Greek Orthodox funeral and recep-
enforcement throughout the state. He was
known as someone you would call “if you tion was held May 7. The family requests
that you make donations in Nick’s honor to
were in trouble.”
Many younger attorneys have stated that the Clatsop County animal shelter (or adopt
they would often go observe his “brilliance” a rescue) or donate to Camp Kiwanilong in
in the courtroom, and that he taught them so Warrenton.
A big “thank you” to Nick’s longtime
much. He was very passionate about his cli-
caregivers at Clatsop Care Retirement Vil-
ents, and truly loved his profession.
In his later years, while in a restaurant or lage for their great care and companionship.
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in
walking downtown, former clients would
often come up and thank him for what he Astoria was in charge of the arrangements.
did for them. It was awe-inspiring, and made Please sign our online guest book at cald-
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Climate bill: Has two caveats as insurance
Continued from Page A2
Pacifi c Power, the pro-
vider responsible for the
largest single share of the
state’s emissions from elec-
tricity use, also supports the
bill, as do electricity service
suppliers that sell power
directly to large industrial
and commercial customers
in the state.
“I think the whole indus-
try is kind of holding hands
and jumping together here,”
said Spencer Gray, the
executive director of the
Northwest & Intermountain
Power Providers Coalition,
a trade group that represents
the state’s fi ve active elec-
tricity service suppliers.
Gray and others say
HB 2021 takes a rea-
sonable-yet-ambitious
approach to decarbonizing,
and off ers power companies
a range of options for reach-
ing state goals. But they’re
also relying on two cave-
ats embedded in the bill as
insurance.
One is a so-called “cost
cap” that says utilities can
be temporarily exempted
from the regulations in
instances where the rates for
customers would rise more
than 6% in a year, com-
pared with other options.
The other is the option for
a “reliability pause” — that
is, an exemption when the
regulations could hamper a
utility’s ability to provide
reliable power.
The utilities view these
provisions as necessary
assurance customers won’t
be overburdened by ris-
ing rates or left in the dark.
Environmental
justice
advocates and others push-
ing the bill say they’re log-
ical concessions that likely
won’t be necessary. Simi-
lar safeguards built into the
state’s 14-year-old renew-
able portfolio standard have
never been invoked.
“We are all acutely aware
that that’s such an import-
ant piece to have in all of
this: you have to keep the
lights on for everybody,”
said Damon Motz-Storey,
who tackles climate issues
for the group Oregon Phy-
sicians for Social Respon-
sibility, and helped negoti-
ate HB 2021. “If that means
increasing your emissions
for a little bit, then fi ne. But
you have to submit a plan
for getting back on track.”
Clear path to passage?
The lack of outspo-
ken opposition to HB 2021
comes with a trade-off :
Even if successful, the pro-
posal only addresses a seg-
ment of the state’s carbon
dioxide output.
According to the Depart-
ment of Environmental
Quality , emissions from
electricity accounted for
30% of the state’s green-
house gas emissions in
2019. The entities regulated
under HB 2021 are respon-
sible for the vast majority of
that, but some providers are
left untouched.
Several dozen small
consumer-owned utilities
around the state are not
impacted by the bill. Nor
is Idaho Power, the state’s
smallest
investor-owned
utility, which was removed
from HB 2021 after press-
ing for an exemption and
touting its own decarbon-
ization goals.
The state’s largest source
of carbon dioxide emis-
sions, according to the
Department of Environ-
mental Quality , are cars,
trucks and other forms of
transportation, which were
responsible for 36% of
emissions in 2019. They
would not be regulated
under the bill, though Gov.
Kate Brown last year took
executive action aimed in
part at curbing transporta-
tion pollution. Lawmakers
this year have also passed
a bill requiring PGE and
Pacifi c Power to invest an
estimated $8 million to $10
million a year in helping
Oregon drivers switch to
electric vehicles.
While HB 2021 hasn’t
spurred the big political ral-
lies that Democrats’ cap-
and-trade proposal drew in
2019 and 2020, the bill does
have opponents. Nearly
every Republican lawmaker
who’s had a chance to vote
on the bill this year has
found reasons to vote “no.”
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Seattle
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A little morning
rain
59 45
67 47
A passing
shower
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warmer
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68 52
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
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67 54
Mostly cloudy
65 52
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Aberdeen
Olympia
55/47
58/49
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
58/47
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Tuesday
Tonight’s Sky: Full Pink Moon
(4:13 a.m.).
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 59/50
Normal high/low .................. 62/47
Record high .................. 81 in 2005
Record low .................... 34 in 1967
Precipitation
Tuesday ................................... 0.03”
Month to date ........................ 0.82”
Normal month to date ......... 2.72”
Year to date .......................... 35.00”
Normal year to date ........... 32.76”
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Time
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
1:49 a.m.
3:26 p.m.
9.6 9:05 a.m. -1.8
7.3 8:53 p.m. 2.5
Cape Disappointment
1:25 a.m.
3:01 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 5:31 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:55 p.m.
Moonrise today ........... 11:02 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 6:27 a.m.
Full
Last
New
9.8 8:06 a.m. -2.3
7.4 7:56 p.m. 2.8
First
1:37 a.m. 10.0 8:27 a.m. -2.5
3:12 p.m. 7.6 8:20 p.m. 2.4
Warrenton
1:44 a.m. 10.0 8:49 a.m. -1.7
3:21 p.m. 7.7 8:37 p.m. 2.6
Knappa
2:26 a.m.
4:03 p.m.
Depoe Bay
May 26 June 2 June 10 June 17
9.8 10:06 a.m. -1.6
7.6 9:54 p.m. 2.2
12:37 a.m. 9.8 7:37 a.m. -2.9
2:16 p.m. 7.3 7:26 p.m. 2.5
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Honolulu
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Wash., DC
Fri.
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86/73/pc
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82/58/s
100/73/s
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67/49/r
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c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
78/51
Hermiston
The Dalles 72/51
Enterprise
Pendleton 71/38
68/46
68/52
La Grande
72/45
62/49
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi/Lo/W
67/43
Kennewick Walla Walla
69/48 Lewiston
73/53
57/48
Salem
Pullman
68/44
Longview
57/50 Portland
61/50
66/44
Yakima 72/50
57/47
Astoria
Spokane
67/47
Corvallis
62/45
Albany
61/47
John Day
Eugene
Bend
63/45
62/38
73/38
Ontario
83/50
Caldwell
Burns
73/36
82/49
Medford
71/44
Klamath Falls
69/32
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
74/38/pc
56/45/sh
56/51/r
59/46/sh
55/48/r
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65/32/s
65/49/pc
57/48/sh
66/45/sh
57/45/sh
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North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
60/48/c
66/45/c
57/50/r
62/46/sh
59/49/sh
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
61/48/pc
73/46/pc
59/44/sh
69/46/pc
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