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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2022
Congress passes landmark
gun violence legislation
OBITUARIES
Mineth (Mick) V. Shepard
Twin Falls, Idaho
May 28, 1935 — June 6, 2022
Mineth (Mick) V. Shepard was born in ria Christian Church. His faith was very
Arena, Illinois, on May 28, 1935. He passed important to him.
away in Twin Falls, Idaho, on June 6, 2022, at
He enjoyed all sports, bowling, golf, fi sh-
the age of 87.
ing and hunting. At age 72, he
His family moved to Akron,
bowled a perfect game of 300.
Ohio. After graduation, he joined
Mick coached Little League and
the U.S. Navy. He was stationed
youth basketball when his boys
in Guam and on the aircraft car-
were young. He also coached wom-
rier Wasp, then at Tongue Point in
en’s slow-pitch softball, and won
Astoria.
three recreational softball state
While there, he met and mar-
championships with Taggart Con-
ried the love of his life, Carol Boe-
struction, as well as assisted with
bert. They celebrated 66 years in
the Astoria Merchants women’s
January.
team.
They had three sons, Jeff , Dale
Mineth ‘Mick’
He is survived by his wife,
Shepard
and Bryon, and after living in Ohio
Carol; son, Bryon (Joyce) Shepard;
for six years, they returned to Asto-
daughter-in-law, Arja Shepard; sis-
ria to raise their family in 1961.
ter, Joyce Sheets; grandchildren, Jason Shep-
He went to work for St. Mary’s Hospital. ard and Lisa (Neil) Shepard; great-grandson,
The hospital was sold to Columbia Hospital, Landin Carlson; and numerous nieces and
which became Columbia Memorial Hospital. nephews.
He became chief engineer, and had a 35-year-
He was preceded in death by his sons, Jeff
long career in hospital maintenance.
Shepard and Dale Shepard, and grandson, AJ
He was a member of the Astoria Clowns Shepard.
for a number of years, and a member of Asto-
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
David Scott Beugli
Astoria
June 25, 1940 — Jan. 9, 2022
David Scott Beugli, known as Scott to fam- time, he provided fl ight instruction for many
ily and friends, passed away Jan. 9, 2022, in the student pilots, and eventually acquired several
South Slope home he had lived in since 1978.
airplanes, with the Aeronca L3 and Piper PA-12
Born June 25, 1940, in McMinn-
among his favorites.
ville, to David Ray and Sadie “Beth”
Scott’s travels ended in Juneau,
Jones Beugli, he was proud to be
Alaska, when he broke his femur
a descendant of the fi rst Silverton
while assisting with the recovery
David Beugli (Bögli) who emigrated
of his co-worker who had fallen
from Canton of Bern, Switzerland, in
off a cornice. Rescued by helicop-
1875.
ter, he spent a year in the hospital
At the age of 6, Scott lost his
recovering.
father, an electrician, to a work acci-
Scott then pursued a career as
dent soon after his return from ser-
a journeyman electrician, follow-
vice in World War II.
ing in his father’s footsteps. In the
Scott became a ham radio oper- David Scott Beugli mid-1980s he opened Coast Elec-
ator before graduating from Corval-
tric Co., and continued until illness
lis High School in 1959. While attending Ore- forced an early retirement. In the last decade,
gon State University and the Oregon Institute of Scott was often seen walking his rescue Alas-
Technology, he worked summers with the U.S. kan malamutes.
Forest Service as a fi re lookout.
Scott is survived by his son, David Beugli, of
He later worked for Off shore Navigation Inc. Astoria, with whom he spent many days explor-
as a radio technician installing s hort r ange n av- ing the rivers, streams and forests of the Ore-
igation stations to provide precision navigation gon Coast. David’s wife, Amy Hutmacher, was
for oil and gas explorations. This work included a wonderful addition to Scott’s life, followed by
years traveling to Europe, Africa, Australia and the birth of his beloved grandson, Landon. Scott
the Middle Eastern countries of Bahrain, Saudi was so proud to have the title of “Grandpa Beu-
Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran.
gli.” He also leaves his brother, Steven Beugli,
Scott’s adventures in Tasmania, including and his wife, Mary, of Eloy, Arizona; and former
narrowly escaping a forest fi re, were captured in wife, Carolyn Kendrick, of Astoria.
a book titled “Island Aff air.”
Memories of Scott will live in our hearts
Between trips working abroad, Scott earned forever.
his commercial and c ertifi ed fl ight i nstructor
Please sign our online guest book, hosted by
pilot certifi cates, along with seaplane, glider, Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary, at caldwells-
multi-engine and instrument ratings. During this mortuary.com
SPORTS
Locals take part in basketball all-star series
Corder and Knappa’s Logan Morrill scored 15
points apiece, while Morrill (7-for-11 from the
The West All-Stars topped the North All- fi eld) had a game-high 15 rebounds to go with
Stars 90-71 in the championship
three blocks.
game of the boys 4A/3A/2A bas-
Corder had three steals, two
THE
ketball series, the 49th annual
blocks, two assists and eight boards,
summer all-star event hosted by
and Sibony had 10 rebounds, four
NORTH
the Oregon Athletic Coaches
steals and three assists. The North
ROSTER
Association.
out-rebounded the South 78 to 47.
The three-game all-star series
In the June 18 championship
INCLUDED game
showcases the top senior class tal-
at Wilsonville High School,
THREE
ent in the state from the 2021-22
the West All-Stars had 10 steals
season. The North roster included
and blocked seven shots in the win,
PLAYERS
three players from Clatsop County.
while both teams launched a com-
In the opener at the Morse Cen-
bined 71 3-pointers, missing 53.
FROM
ter in Eugene on June 17, the North
Austen Sladek (Western Chris-
CLATSOP
snapped a 47-47 halftime tie by
tian) had 16 points to lead the West,
outscoring the South 61-27 in the
with 14 points from Colby Evans
COUNTY.
second half for a 108-74 win.
(Junction City) and 11 by Riley
Five players scored in double
Cantu (Kennedy).
fi gures for the North. Mathias Billings of De La
Billings led the North with 17 points. Sibony
Salle led with 19 points, followed by Seaside’s had eight points, while Morrill and Corder were
Ever Sibony with 18. Seaside teammate Cash held to six and fi ve points.
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Democrat who is a member of the Gun Vio-
lence Prevention Task Force, said, “Today, the
House passed the Bipartisan Safer Communi-
ties Act, which came out of bipartisan Senate
negotiations and is a welcome step toward end-
ing the tragedies we have seen far too often. I
hope that President Biden signs the bill soon,
and I will continue advocating for more poli-
cies that make our schools and communities
safer.”
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Demo-
crat, said, “For too long, Oregonians and fam-
ilies across the country have been forced to
live in constant fear of gun violence terroriz-
ing their communities. There is still much more
to be done to make our communities safer and
reduce gun violence, but the legislation passed
by the Senate yesterday marks a meaningful
step forward.”
For the conservatives who dominate Repub-
licans in the House, it all came down to the
Constitution’s Second Amendment right for
people to have fi rearms, a protection that is key
for many voters who own guns.
“Today they’re coming after our Second
Amendment liberties, and who knows what it
will be tomorrow,” said U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan,
of Ohio, the Judiciary panel’s top Republican.
Impossible to ignore was the juxtaposition
of the week’s gun votes with a pair of jarring
Supreme Court decisions on two of the nation’s
most incendiary culture war issues. The jus-
tices on Thursday struck down a New York law
that has restricted peoples’ ability to carry con-
cealed weapons, and Friday it overturned Roe
v. Wade, eliminating the protection for abortion
that case had ensured for a half-century.
The 14 House Republicans who voted
“yes” included U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, of Wyo-
ming, a staunch conservative who has broken
bitterly with her party’s leadership. Five others
are retiring and one — U.S. Rep. Tom Rice, of
South Carolina — lost his party’s primary.
Fifteen Senate Republicans backed the
compromise, but that still meant that fewer than
one-third of GOP senators supported the mea-
sure. And with Republicans in the House sol-
idly against it, the fate of future congressional
action on guns seems dubious, even as the GOP
is expected to win House and possibly Senate
control in the November elections.
The bill lacked favorite Democratic propos-
als like bans on the assault-type weapons and
high-capacity ammunition magazines used in
the slayings in Buff alo and Uvalde. But it still
let both parties declare victory by demonstrat-
ing to voters that they know how to compro-
mise and make government work.
By ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
WEDNESDAY
WASHINGTON — The House sent Presi-
dent Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun vio-
lence bill Congress has passed in decades on
Friday, a measured compromise that at once
illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue
and the deep-seated partisan divide that persists.
The Democratic-led chamber approved
the election-year legislation on a mostly par-
ty-line 234-193 vote, capping a spurt of action
prompted by voters’ revulsion over last month’s
mass shootings in New York and Texas.
Every Democrat and 14 Republicans backed
the measure. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a
California Democrat, underscored its signifi -
cance to her party by taking the unusual step
of presiding over the vote and announcing the
result from the podium, to the cheers of rank-
and-fi le Democrats on the chamber’s fl oor.
The night before, the Senate approved the
legislation by a bipartisan 65-33 margin, with
15 Republicans joining all Democrats in sup-
porting a package that senators from both par-
ties had crafted.
The bill would incrementally toughen
requirements for young people to buy guns,
deny fi rearms from more domestic abusers and
help local authorities temporarily take weap-
ons from people judged to be dangerous. Most
of its $13 billion cost would go to bolster men-
tal health programs and for schools, which
have been targeted in Newtown, Connecticut,
Parkland, Florida, and many other infamous
massacres.
And while it omits the far tougher restric-
tions Democrats have long championed, it
stands as the most impactful gun violence
measure that Congress has approved since it
enacted a now-expired assault weapons ban
nearly 30 years ago.
The legislation was a direct result of the slay-
ing of 19 children and two teachers at an ele-
mentary school in Uvalde, Texas, exactly one
month ago, and the killing of 10 Black shop-
pers days earlier in Buff alo, New York. Law-
makers returned from their districts after those
shootings saying constituents were demanding
congressional action, a vehemence many felt
could not be ignored.
“No legislation can make their families or
communities whole,” House Judiciary Com-
mittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a New York
Democrat, said of those victims. “But we
can act to keep others from facing the same
trauma.”
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, an Oregon
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