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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021
OBITUARIES
SPORTS
Roberta McCallister
Eaton
Local runners have
high hopes for districts
Camas, Washington
May 10, 1934 — Oct. 13, 2021
On Oct. 13, 2021, we unexpectedly lost
our most precious mom, Roberta McCallis-
ter Eaton, known to everyone as “Bobbie,”
in her home in Camas, Washington. She
was 87.
Roberta Ellen Sjoding was born in Grant,
Nebraska, on May 10, 1934, an only child to
Bert and Mary Ellen Sjoding. Bobbie spent
most of her child-
hood in Salem, where
she enjoyed spending
time with the many
family members who
also lived in the area.
After high school,
she attended Linfi eld
College, then trans-
ferred to and grad-
uated from Willa-
Roberta Eaton
mette University with
a degree in education.
It was during her Willamette years that she
met Jerry McCallister, and the two were
married March 25, 1956.
Due to Jerry’s enrollment into the U.S.
Air Force Reserve Offi cers’ Training Corps
program while at Willamette, they were
later stationed in Harlingen, Texas. After
that assignment, they were transferred
to McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma,
Washington.
When his service commitment ended,
they returned to Salem, where he enrolled in
the Willamette University law school pro-
gram. It was during those three years that
mom put her degree to work, and taught
third grade at a local elementary school.
After law school, they moved to Astoria
in 1965. During her some 38 years of liv-
ing in the Astoria area, mom was involved
in many local activities: the national can-
cer society, League of Women Voters, First
Lutheran Church and Astoria Golf & Coun-
try Club, to name a few.
In 1976, she became a business owner
when she and Jerry purchased a little gift
store in downtown Astoria, known as The
Galleon. She loved it so much, they moved
locations after a couple of years to the main
Astoria strip, aka Commercial Street, and
renamed it The Gift Galleon.
Mom poured her heart and soul into
her business, but also to promoting down-
town Astoria as a whole. To her credit, she
founded and was the fi rst president of the
award-winning Astoria Downtown Devel-
opment Association.
In 1986, she met Bob Eaton, who was
the executive director of the Astoria Cham-
ber of Commerce at the time, and later
became her husband in 2001. Mom sold
the business in 1993, and offi cially retired
to enjoy her other life passions and spend
more time with family.
In 2003, she and Bob moved to Camas
for Bob’s new career as executive director
for the Multnomah County Drainage Dis-
trict. They enjoyed entertaining family and
friends, and were also able to do some trav-
eling, with the highlights being an Alaskan
cruise and European trip to Italy.
Anyone who was fortunate enough to
have known Bobbie knew her most sense
of pride and joy was family and her many
loving friends. We will be forever grateful
for all the life lessons she gave, by her own
example, of how to be a kind, generous,
accepting and loving person.
She is survived by her three children,
Jay McCallister, Todd McCallister and
Amy Crowley; two stepchildren, Mindy
Durias and Brad Eaton; her 15 grandchil-
dren, Matt McCallister, Gabrielle McCal-
lister, Katie McCallister, Alexis McCallis-
ter, Luke McCallister, Olivia McCallister,
Jack Crowley, Madison Eaton, Makaena
Durias, Aidan Durias, Fiyero Durias, Blake
Eaton, Brady Eaton, Joshua Durias and
Wilbur Durias. She also has one surviving
great-granddaughter, Zeta McCallister.
A service will be held on Nov. 20 at
1 p.m. at the Beautiful Savior Lutheran
Church, 12513 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd. in Van-
couver, Washington.
The Astorian
Three local cross-country teams at
three diff erent levels, all competing
for three diff erent district champion-
ships Thursday and Friday.
It’s that time of year, when districts
and leagues across the state com-
pete to fi nd out who’s the best, and
which teams will represent districts
at the upcoming state meet, Nov. 6 in
Eugene.
At the 4A level, the Astoria
and Seaside cross-country teams
will compete Thursday at Alder-
brook Golf Course in Tillamook,
host for this year’s Cowapa League
championships.
The Astoria boys are projected to
fi nish second behind Valley Catho-
lic, with Astoria junior John Clement
holding the seventh-best time over
5,000 meters (17 minutes, 37.3 sec-
onds), followed by junior Thomas
Laman (ninth), junior John Col-
quhoun (11th) and seniors Dan-
iel Messing (14th) and Elias Hard-
ing-Coe (16th). Seaside sophomore
James Roehr has the fi fth-best time in
the league.
In the girls race, Astoria junior Ella
Zilli has the fourth-fastest time (20:55),
behind three Valley Catholic runners.
The Valiants are also the girls’
favorites, ahead of Tillamook, Sea-
side and Astoria.
In 3A cross-country, the expecta-
tions are high for the Warrenton boys,
after the Warriors fi nished fourth in
last spring’s unoffi cial state meet.
And the only way to go is up for
Warrenton, which will be in the run-
ning for a state title Nov. 6, with six of
its top seven runners returning from
last season.
Senior Zander Moha (second-fast-
est district time of 16:29) will battle
for the individual title, followed by
seniors Phoenix Martin, Nathan Strei-
beck and Erik Cooley (11th, 12th and
13th).
The District 1 3A meet will
be held Friday at Sherwood Mid-
dle School, along with the District 1
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Warrenton cross-country
Senior Zander Moha hopes to lead the
Warrenton boys to a district title this
week, and a top fi nish at state on Nov. 6.
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
Girls soccer — Astoria vs. Molalla, 4:30 p.m.
at CMH Field; Seaside vs. Estacada, 7 p.m. at
Broadway Field
Cross-Country — Cowapa League Cham-
pionship, at Alderbrook Golf Course, Tilla-
mook, 2 p.m.
FRIDAY
Football — Seaside at Astoria, 7 p.m.; War-
renton at Yamhill-Carlton, 7 p.m.; Gaston at
Knappa, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at Raymond, 7 p.m.;
Chief Leschi at Naselle, 7 p.m.
Cross-Country — District 1 3A/2A/1A Cham-
pionships, at Sherwood Middle School, TBA
SATURDAY
Boys soccer — Seaside at Hidden Valley, 1 p.m.
Volleyball — Warrenton at Horizon Christian, 1 p.m.
2A/1A championship.
The best hopes for a local state title
this year belong to the Knappa boys.
The team built by Stan Spors-
een and now under the direction of
Amanda Isom, Knappa is the favor-
ite to win the District 1 2A meet, and
the Loggers are one of the primary
contenders for a state title — with no
seniors on the roster.
How tough is district? In the recent
Logger Invitational, the top three
boys teams were Knappa, Vernonia
and Neah-Kah-Nie, who all fi nished
ahead of 4A Estacada and Warrenton,
the fi fth-ranked team at the 3A level.
Statewide, the Knappa boys are
projected to fi nish third in the state
meet behind Bandon and Union, with
Logger junior Isaiah Rodriguez the
favorite to win the individual title.
PREP ROUNDUP
BOYS SOCCER
Seaside defeats Astoria, 3-1
With their two wins over Astoria
this season, the Seaside boys soccer
team has taken over the all-time lead in
the Clatsop Clash series, with the Gulls’
latest victory a 3-1 decision Tuesday
night at a breezy Broadway Field.
With the exception of a 2-2 tie in
2017, Seaside has now won 11 of the
last 12 meetings with Astoria since
2015. From 2011 to 2014, the Fish-
ermen were 7-0-1 against the Gulls.
Seaside plays at 1 p.m. on Saturday
in a playoff game at Hidden Valley.
GIRLS SOCCER
sop Clash, Seaside fi nishes the reg-
ular season with a 6-3-1 league
record, 7-6-1 overall, while Asto-
ria drops to 4-3-3 in league, 6-5-3
overall. Astoria will still head to the
playoff s ranked 16th, ahead of the
19th-ranked Gulls.
League champion Valley Catho-
lic put the fi nishing touch on a per-
fect league season (10-0) with an 8-1
win over Rainier. Astoria was com-
ing off a 7-1 win at Rainier Monday
night.
Astoria will play Molalla in a
playoff game at 4:30 p.m. on Thurs-
day at CMH Field. Seaside plays
Estacada at home in a playoff game
at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Seaside holds off
Astoria, 2-1
Willamina tops Warrenton
in volleyball playoff
With second place in the league
standings on the line, the Seaside
girls soccer team picked a great time
to score their fi rst Clatsop Clash win
since 2018.
Seaside built a two-goal advan-
tage, then held off a late charge by
Astoria for a 2-1 victory over the
Lady Fishermen, Tuesday night at
Broadway Field in the regular sea-
son fi nale for both teams.
In addition to snapping a four-
game losing streak in the Clat-
In a match that did not include a
single lead change until the fourth
set, Willamina defeated Warrenton
in a Coastal Range League playoff
Tuesday night, 25-6, 22-25, 25-10,
25-22.
The regular season champion
Bulldogs also captured the league’s
No. 1 seed to the state playoff s,
which start Saturday. Warrenton is
scheduled to play Saturday at Hori-
zon Christian in Tualatin at 1 p.m.
— The Astorian
SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
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Seattle
61 47
Rain; winds
subsiding
54 43
58 44
More clouds
than sun
Abundant
sunshine
57 46
56 46
56 45
58 46
Sunshine
Showers
possible
Chance of a
shower
Cloudy, rain
possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
60/44
61/48
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
62/47
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Tuesday
Tonight’s Sky: Cassiopeia is
nearly overhead before midnight.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 57/49
Normal high/low .................. 58/43
Record high .................. 74 in 1908
Record low .................... 32 in 1996
Precipitation
Tuesday ................................... 0.92”
Month to date ........................ 5.30”
Normal month to date ......... 5.36”
Year to date .......................... 48.28”
Normal year to date ........... 47.15”
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Time
8:12 a.m.
6:29 p.m.
5.8 1:03 a.m.
6.6 1:15 p.m.
1.0
4.1
Cape Disappointment
7:54 a.m.
6:24 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 7:51 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 6:07 p.m.
Moonrise today ..................... none
Moonset today .............. 3:12 p.m.
Last
New
First
Full
8:05 a.m.
6:34 p.m.
Warrenton
8:07 a.m.
6:24 p.m.
Knappa
8:49 a.m.
7:06 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Oct 28 Nov 4 Nov 11 Nov 19
7:21 a.m.
5:33 p.m.
5.7 12:27 a.m. 1.0
6.3 12:39 p.m. 4.5
5.9 12:44 a.m. 0.7
6.6 12:59 p.m. 4.3
6.2 12:47 a.m. 1.1
7.0 12:59 p.m. 4.2
6.1 2:04 a.m.
6.9 2:16 p.m.
0.8
3.5
6.1 12:07 p.m. 4.8
6.7
none
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
64/52/r
54/46/pc
56/52/r
73/51/s
59/39/s
85/73/pc
78/53/s
88/64/s
88/78/t
60/49/s
86/62/s
68/57/s
66/57/pc
57/50/c
54/53/c
56/49/r
70/48/pc
70/41/s
85/74/pc
72/47/s
83/59/s
86/71/pc
59/55/r
88/63/s
66/55/pc
64/53/r
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c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
68/54
Hermiston
The Dalles 77/57
Enterprise
Pendleton 63/47
76/54
66/56
La Grande
66/51
68/52
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62/50
Kennewick Walla Walla
71/57 Lewiston
76/58
63/48
Salem
Pullman
67/50
Longview
61/47 Portland
66/52
60/50
Yakima 69/52
60/46
Astoria
Spokane
56/45
Corvallis
66/50
Albany
67/50
John Day
Eugene
Bend
68/51
70/50
68/51
Ontario
69/46
Caldwell
Burns
65/36
68/47
Medford
71/51
Klamath Falls
64/39
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
63/43/pc
63/53/pc
59/48/r
65/49/sh
61/48/r
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
59/37/pc
60/52/r
55/47/c
55/45/sh
56/43/c
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
65/52/sh
70/53/c
60/48/r
69/50/c
65/51/sh
Fri.
Hi/Lo/W
58/47/r
63/45/sh
55/43/c
55/44/sh
56/45/sh