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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021
SPORTS
Merchants win another nationals title
By GARY HENLEY
The Astorian
Another summer, another
nationals title for a local
youth softball team.
It took three meetings
between the same two teams
from Clatsop County to
decide a champion, but the
12U North Coast Merchants
fi nally prevailed, as they
defeated the Future Fish of
Astoria 4-2 in the fi nal game
(division 12C) of the North
American Fastpitch Asso-
ciation Summer Nationals,
held last week at locations
in Aurora, Newberg and
Yamhill.
A North Coast 14U team
won a similar championship
last summer.
The 12U Merchants and
the Future Fish both went
North Coast Merchants
The 12U state champion North Coast Merchants.
2-0 in pool play, with the
Future Fish scoring wins of
15-0 over the Lady Braves
of Banks, and 18-7 over the
Washington Rage.
The Merchants — who
are based out of Warren-
ton but include four Knappa
players and three from the
southwest Washington state
peninsula — scored a pair
of close victories against the
Rampage Falcons (2-1) and
the Glide Wildcats (8-5).
Natalie Pike had the Mer-
chants’ only hit in the nar-
row win over the Falcons.
The Future Fish played
11 games in four days,
including fi ve on the fi nal
day. The team’s award for
co-Most Valuable Play-
ers of the tournament was
shared by Augusta Hayry-
nen and Kate Barendse. Hai-
ley Svenson, Aryana Adams
and Finley Cameron were
all-stars.
Pike was the Merchants’
MVP,
while
Gracelyn
Brown, Makaila Warfi eld
and Lucy Smith earned all-
star awards.
Makenzee Graff won
the tournament’s home run
derby, and Warfi eld won
the longest throw competi-
tion. Both are from the Long
Beach Peninsula.
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Raymond Stanley Falck
Warrenton and Harper
Aug. 3, 1929 — July 22, 2021
Raymond Stanley (Ray)
Falck was born Aug. 3, 1929,
in Weldon, Saskatchewan,
Canada.
Ray passed away peace-
fully July 22, 2021, at Oxford
Senior Care in Abbotsford,
British Columbia, Canada.
Ray was the eighth of 10
children, fi ve girls and fi ve
boys. He is survived only by
his sister, Maudie Robertson,
of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
Ray’s father, Rudolph
Falck, immigrated from Nor-
way to Weldon
wan, and then on to
around 1909. Ray’s
Portland, where he
mother, Stella Han-
began his bartend-
son Falck, was
ing career.
born in Bridgewa-
Ray
married
ter, South Dakota,
Teressa
Shira,
and immigrated to
along with her six
Saskatchewan with
children, in 1968,
her parents.
and they bought
Ray graduated
Ray’s Tavern in
Raymond Falck
from Weldon High
Warrenton. They
School. He worked
operated the tav-
on the family farm for a ern until 1981, when they
few years before moving to sold it to retire and do some
Prince Albert, Saskatche- traveling.
They later bought a house
in Harper, where Teressa was
raised, and they lived there
until Teressa’s passing in
2003.
Ray and Marilyn Peter-
son became loving partners,
and traveled and spent time
between Harper and Abbots-
ford, where Marilyn owns a
home.
There will be a graveside
service at Ocean View Ceme-
tery in Warrenton on Aug. 28
at 1 p.m.
Flora Mae Chan
Louann Luce Riner
Astoria
Nov. 9, 1916 — July 30, 2021
Longview, Washington
April 6, 1935 — July 13, 2021
Flora Mae Chan, lov- Clatsop Retirement Village,
ingly known as “Cookie” to until her body would no lon-
all of her friends and fam- ger let her.
ily, passed away
She
loved
on July 30, 2021.
food, and would
At 104 years old,
be found at the
she lived with-
refrigerator each
out health issues,
night with a hot
and died when
dog or lion’s head
her body found its
meatball as a
natural end.
“midnight snack.”
Cookie was
In addition to
born in Astoria, on
her parents, she
Nov. 9, 1916, to
is preceded in
Flora Chan
Fong How Wong
death by her sis-
(Mary Fong) and
ters, Anna Tsu
Lum Sue in the back of the and Nancy Luck; brothers,
family grocery store, Lum John and George; and her
Quing Grocery, at 373 Bond husband, Harvey Thomas
St. She remained a lifetime Chan.
resident of Astoria.
She is survived by her
She graduated from Asto- brother, David Lum; three
ria High School in 1936, and children, Harvey Chan Jr.,
completed her training as Deborah Robertson and
a registered nurse at Good Kathryn Chan; six grand-
Samaritan Hospital in 1945. children, Baron, Dwight,
After graduation, she Teruko, Heidi Jo, Mary Jo
worked at the Astoria clinic and Mariko Ashley; six
for 25 years, helping thou- great-grandchildren;
and
sands of babies to come into numerous nieces and neph-
this world. Cookie was a ews, whom she loved as her
talented knitter and quilter, own.
who always kept her hands
A brief funeral service
busy — and she would send will be held on Friday at
babies from the clinic home 11 a.m. at the First Baptist
with a hand-knitted cap.
Church of Astoria.
Cookie enjoyed golfi ng
In lieu of fl owers, dona-
until the age of 90, quilt- tions may be made to the
ing until the age of 95, and Astoria High School Schol-
daily walks around the Asto- arships fund at astoriaschol-
ria boardwalk, and then the arshipfund.org
Louann Luce Riner, 86,
Surviving are a son, Gary
passed away July 13, 2021, in Anderson (Janell); daughter,
Longview, Washington.
Lori Anderson; stepdaugh-
She was born in
ter, Janice Barrera;
Baker City to Ray-
two
grandsons,
mond O. Luce and
Brian Anderson
Marion (Snook)
(Abby Viens) and
Luce on April 6,
Michael Anderson
1935.
(Sara
Carsner);
Louann lived
two great-grand-
in Baker City until
children,
Aly-
the age of 12, when
via Anderson and
her parents moved
Collin Anderson;
to Astoria to pur-
three step-grand-
Louann Riner
chase the mor-
children,
Terry
tuary known as
Andrus,
Steven
Ginn Mortuary, and named Andrus and Julio Barrera;
the business Luce Funeral and two great step-grand-
Home, now called Caldwell’s children, Marcus Hawkins
Luce-Layton Mortuary.
and Kaila Andrus.
Louann
married
G.
She will be interred at
Charles (Chuck) Anderson Mount Hope Cemetery in
on June 10, 1958. They had Baker City, with a private
two children, Gary Anderson family service.
and Lori Anderson. Louann
There will be a memorial
remarried, to James Riner in service for Louann Riner on
1998, and lived in Longview, Aug. 14 at 1 p.m. The ser-
Washington.
vice will be held at Cald-
Some of Louann’s favorite well’s Luce-Layton Mortu-
activities were bicycle riding, ary, 1165 Franklin Ave. in
line dancing, walking at Lake Astoria.
Sacajawea and being with
There will be a recep-
grandchildren and friends in tion following the service, at
her Golden Girls Red Hats 2 p.m., at Grace Community
group.
Baptist Church, 1195 Irving
She was preceded in Ave.
death by her parents, Ray-
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
mond and Marion Luce; her ton Mortuary is in charge
husband, James Riner; and of the arrangements. Please
her stepdaughter, Cynthia sign our online guest book at
Thomas.
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