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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021
OBITUARIES
Thelma June (Peterson) Colman
Astoria
Sept. 1, 1928 — Aug. 17, 2021
Thelma June (Peterson) Colman, born
One of the fi rst computer specialists with
Sept. 1, 1928, at home in Sharon, North Seattle schools, she kept up with technology
Dakota, died Aug. 17, 2021, at home in Asto- and stayed mentally sharp all her life. The day
ria. Daughter, sister, wife, mother,
before she passed she was working
grandmother, great-grandmother,
The New York Times crossword —
aunt and friend.
in pen and in cursive. Thelma and
Thelma’s life was remarkable,
Jack traveled extensively. They
fi lled with love and laughter. She
vacationed often in Hawaii and
lived in Hatton, North Dakota, for
visited throughout Europe, Asia
14 years, Bremerton, Washing-
and Australia. They had friends all
ton, for 14 years, Seattle, Washing-
across the globe.
ton, for 63 years and Astoria for 20
Thelma was preceded in death
months. Married to the love of her
by her husband, Jack Colman; her
life and the rock of the family, Jack
parents, Tom and Joyce (Tenold)
Thelma Colman
Colman, for 67 years, together they
Peterson; her brothers, Orvis,
raised four children. They had 12
Howard, Don and Dale (Torger);
grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. her sisters, Ellen, and Sandra; and her grand-
Thelma graduated from the University of son, Jackson.
Washington when her youngest child grad-
She is survived by her four children,
uated from sixth grade. She taught elemen- Michael Heavey (Connie), Karen Haines
tary school in Federal Way (Twin Lakes), and (Paul), Thomas Heavey (Nancy) and Kristi
Seattle, (John Muir, Broadview and Adams). Colman (Fred Williams); her grandchil-
She was active in her community serving in dren, Mike Heavey (Anne), Shana Heavey
the PTA, Cub Scout Den Mother, Camp Fire (Tristan), Christa Heavey (Tim), Heather
leader and was active in the Democratic Party Reynolds (Shawn), Vienna Fields, Chris
and the WEA.
Haines (Kim), Ryan Haines (Stacey), Sean
Thelma was a member of Immanuel Haines (Alena), Thom Heavey (Michelle),
Lutheran Church from 1957 to 2020; she Bryana Patmon (Bryant), and Ashley von
served in almost every position of the congre- Borstal (Mark); and great-grandchildren,
gation’s leadership. She was part of a group Madison Heavey, Nathan Heavey, Veronica
of women who, over 50 years, quilted more Reynolds, Jack Reynolds, Tabitha Schubert,
than 1,500 blankets for both overseas and Tyler Fields, Braeden Patmon, Blair Patmon
domestic ministries of the church. Moving to and Cyrus Jackson von Borstal.
Astoria, she found a welcoming community
Additionally, Thelma is survived by her
at Peace First Lutheran Church, also joining sister, Josephine, many nieces, nephews,
their quilting circle.
cousins and a multitude of dear friends.
In the 1960s she reestablished relation-
She will be interred with her husband,
ships with family in Norway, which has con- Jack, at Tahoma National Cemetery, on Oct.
tinued through the years and remains strong 28 at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of fl owers or other
today. Proud of her heritage, she was an active remembrances, contributions can be made to
member of the Sons of Norway, serving for Peace First Lutheran Church, 725 33rd St.,
many years in the Kaff e Stua at Seattle’s Leif Astoria, OR., 97103, or an educational char-
Erikson Lodge. She taught her daughters and ity of your choosing.
daughters-in-law how to make many kinds of
Please visit her online obituary at www.
Norwegian delicacies.
bonneywatson.com.
Joseph S. Arnold
Seaside
Feb. 28, 1930 — Aug. 12, 2021
Joseph S. Arnold was born
ing for the big one. They sold their
Feb. 28, 1930, in Berrien Springs,
Astoria home in 2020 and moved
Michigan, to Willis and Gladys
to independent living at Neawanna
Brewster Arnold. Joe passed
By The Sea.
away Aug. 12, 2021, at Columbia
Joe is survived by his wife, Lee;
Memorial Hospital.
children, Mardi (Greg) White,
Joe and his wife, Lee Vincent
Steve (Larry) Arnold and Sherry
Arnold, started an auto electric
Vincent (Bob) Carter; 10 grand-
sales business in 1979, Alternative
children and eight great-grandchil-
Inc., until they sold it in 2012.
dren. Deceased children are Diana
After visiting friends in War-
Arnold, Larry Arnold and Marlene
Joseph Arnold
renton, Joe moved to Astoria with
Vincent.
his wife, Lee, in 1993.
Joe was one of a kind and will be missed
Joe loved fi shing and spent many days by his wife of over 48 years and all who
with friends and family on the river look- knew him.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff /Oregon Public Broadcasting
Industrial sites near the Port of Kalama.
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can be a transitional project (away from
greenhouse gases),” he said. “We gotta try
to get a win here.”
Sprague couldn’t name the compa-
nies who’ve called to discuss the former
methanol property. He cited nondisclo-
sure agreements he signed. But he spoke
generally of a manufacturer of wood pel-
lets — a purported coal replacement —
a semiconductor manufacturer and data
centers.
“We’re open to all of it — as long as
you can get it permitted,” he said.
Even if the county lassoed a bio-
fuel refi nery or another so-called clean
energy company, Sprague said some in
the community would still fi ght it. Con-
fl ict seemed inevitable.
“It doesn’t matter what the industry
is, if it’s solar panels or wind turbines or
whatever, it’s going to be diffi cult,” he
said. “There’s a constituency that feels
like the Columbia River should look like
it did when Lewis and Clark paddled
through it.”
Reuter worried about more division,
too. Stumping for his second mayoral
term, he said the big projects gin up an
Election Day-like animosity, with neigh-
bors planting dueling yard signs.
Except, Reuter said, elections only last
months. Big projects take years.
“It would be like having a seven-year
election process,” he said. “It does
have eff ects on your relationships with
people.”
each tried to set up shop in Longview over
the past seven years. They, too, promised
thousands of construction jobs and some
permanent jobs.
Mike Bridges, the local electricians’
union representative, weathered a lot
of disappointment when those projects
failed to materialize.
“There would have been careers started
in the trades,” he said. “It’s still hard to
think about.”
Leaning into green industries might
make more sense, Bridges said, as Wash-
ington and the United Sates push to clean
their energy grids for the future.
In 2019, Washington lawmakers passed
the Clean Energy Transformation Act,
requiring power companies to stop gener-
ating electricity via carbon emissions and
switch entirely over to wind, solar and the
like by 2045.
The federal government’s $1.2 trillion
infrastructure plan also carves out billions
for projects like building more electric
vehicle charging stations, battery tech-
nology and building power lines to weave
together the nation’s regional power grids.
Bridges pointed to an energy stor-
age project in Klickitat County that uses
a closed loop of hydropower to generate
electricity. The project is under review.
“A lot of that technology is going to
take a little bit longer. We want to make
sure we don’t say no to projects that
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Seattle
64 50
Partly sunny
65 50
Partly sunny
69 51
67 52
Partly sunny
Sunny and
pleasant
66 56
Mostly sunny
68 57
65 54
Chance of a
Partial sunshine
shower
Aberdeen
Olympia
64/51
68/50
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
69/46
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Sunday
Tonight’s Sky: Last quarter
moon (12:13 a.m. PDT).
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 66/50
Normal high/low .................. 69/53
Record high .................. 88 in 1944
Record low .................... 42 in 1985
Precipitation
Sunday ..................................... 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 0.48”
Normal month to date ......... 1.01”
Year to date .......................... 37.97”
Normal year to date ........... 39.01”
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AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
Time
9:28 a.m.
8:12 p.m.
4.9 2:55 a.m.
6.5 2:22 p.m.
Cape Disappointment
9:18 a.m.
8:04 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Sunrise today .................. 6:35 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 7:56 p.m.
Moonrise today ..................... none
Moonset today .............. 4:17 p.m.
New
First
Full
4.7 2:09 a.m.
6.4 1:45 p.m.
1.2
3.8
4.9 2:27 a.m.
6.6 2:00 p.m.
0.9
3.6
5.3 2:39 a.m.
6.9 2:06 p.m.
1.2
3.6
10:05 a.m. 5.3 3:56 a.m.
8:49 p.m. 6.8 3:23 p.m.
0.9
3.0
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Last
9:22 a.m.
8:09 p.m.
Warrenton
9:23 a.m.
8:07 p.m.
Knappa
Depoe Bay
Sep 6 Sep 13 Sep 20 Sep 28
1.1
3.5
8:44 a.m.
7:18 p.m.
5.3 1:45 a.m.
6.9 1:09 p.m.
1.5
4.3
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
78/71/t
85/68/pc
81/67/pc
96/76/pc
96/65/pc
86/73/pc
95/77/t
80/65/s
90/78/t
86/70/pc
98/76/t
70/55/s
86/71/pc
82/66/pc
74/62/c
78/62/s
97/76/s
95/61/pc
87/76/pc
94/75/t
78/64/pc
90/78/t
73/66/r
87/77/r
68/55/s
80/66/t
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
77/47
Hermiston
The Dalles 73/45
Enterprise
Pendleton 69/38
69/44
75/51
La Grande
71/42
73/46
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
69/42
Kennewick Walla Walla
73/48 Lewiston
74/46
66/48
Salem
Pullman
74/45
Longview
64/50 Portland
72/52
71/43
Yakima 74/42
67/47
Astoria
Spokane
71/49
Corvallis
72/46
Albany
73/47
John Day
Eugene
Bend
75/45
72/42
77/42
Ontario
85/50
Caldwell
Burns
79/35
81/48
Medford
81/49
Klamath Falls
78/38
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
75/33/s
70/53/s
62/52/pc
72/47/pc
60/46/s
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
76/36/s
73/52/s
63/54/pc
76/51/s
60/47/s
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
65/49/pc
76/48/s
63/49/pc
75/47/pc
68/50/pc
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
65/50/s
81/50/s
66/50/pc
78/47/s
75/51/s