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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2022
OBITUARIES
Marion Dale Hostetler
Gearhart
Jan. 1, 1938 — Aug. 5, 2022
Marion Dale Hostetler was born Jan, 1, 1938, to Dan and Viola
Hostetler in Hartville, Ohio.
Beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather and great-grandfa-
ther, Marion went to be with the Lord on Aug. 5 while surrounded by
family at his home in Gearhart.
Marion is survived by his wife of 64 years, Emma; his nine chil-
dren, Deb, Don, Rhonda, Jim, Doyle, Brian, Lamay, Shelly and
Denny; his 19 grandchildren; and his 11 great-grandchildren.
He was loved beyond words, and will be dearly missed.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Marion Hostetler
Reneé Marie Smith Skeels
Warrenton
March 1, 1956 — Aug. 9, 2022
Conor McLure/Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Fisheries biologist Eli Felts looked down at Loon Creek to count Chinook salmon spawning
beds in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area.
Protections for Idaho salmon,
steelhead are here to stay
By KEITH RIDLER
Associated Press
BOISE — A fi ve-year
review by U.S. offi cials
has determined that Endan-
gered Species Act protec-
tions for oceangoing salmon
and steelhead that reproduce
in the Snake River and its
Idaho tributaries must stay
in eff ect.
The National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration’s fi sheries division
review made public Thurs-
day found that steelhead,
spring and summer Chi-
nook, sockeye and fall Chi-
nook that return to Idaho
in rivers from the Pacifi c
Ocean still need their federal
protections.
The protections include
limits on fi shing, restrictions
on how much water can be
used for irrigation, pollu-
tion controls for industries
and dam operations on the
Columbia and Snake rivers.
The review said that
threats from climate change
increase the urgency of com-
pleting recommended fi sh
recovery actions — includ-
ing improving fi sh pas-
sage at hydropower dams,
restoring their habitats, con-
trolling predators and chang-
ing hatchery practices.
Of the four species that
return to Idaho, sockeye
salmon are considered the
most imperiled and were
classifi ed as endangered in
1991. The fi sh reproduces in
high mountain lakes in cen-
tral Idaho and they teetered
on extinction for much of the
1990s.
An elaborate hatchery
program operated by the
Idaho Department of Fish
and Game that tracks the
genetic history of individual
fi sh is aimed at restoring the
species.
HISTORICALLY, THE FISH
SPAWNED IN IDAHO AREAS THAT
THEY CAN NO LONGER REACH,
INCLUDING ABOVE THE HELLS
CANYON DAM AND PARTS OF
THE CLEARWATER RIVER BASIN,
THE FEDERAL REVIEW SAID.
But the population of
the sockeye salmon has
not improved much since
it was listed as endangered,
the review said. The spe-
cies remains “at high risk of
extinction” amid challenges
from climate change, a lack
of food in oceans blamed on
water warming and because
of sea lion predation.
Snake River spring and
summer Chinook, classi-
fi ed as threatened in 1992,
include fi sh populations in
part of the Snake River and
in Washington state in the
Tucannon, Grande Ronde
and Imnaha rivers. The fi sh
are also deemed threatened
in parts of Idaho’s Salmon
River.
Historically, the fi sh
spawned in Idaho areas that
they can no longer reach,
including above the Hells
Canyon Dam and parts of
the Clearwater River basin,
the federal review said.
“Overall, the informa-
tion analyzed for this fi ve-
year review indicates an
increased level of concern
in the risk status” for the
fi sh, researchers wrote.
The researchers cited
declining population trends
and that no fi sh populations
are reaching a minimum
threshold set by the Interior
Columbia Technical Recov-
ery Team. The team works
to interpret information
related to fi sh recovery.
Fall Chinook were clas-
sifi ed as threatened in 1992
and include fi sh in the main
stem Snake River below
Hells Canyon Dam, the
Salmon River and Clearwa-
ter River basins and in the
Tucannon, Grande Ronde
and Imnaha rivers in Wash-
ington state.
Those fi sh could be
recovered by reintroducing
them above above the Hells
Canyon Dam complex. But
Idaho offi cials have fought
that option, fearing pro-
tections for fi sh above the
dams could limit river-
side farming and ranching
operations.
The review found that
the fi sh extinction risk has
decreased for Snake River
fall Chinook, but “the
implementation of sound
management actions to
address hydropower, habi-
tat, hatcheries, harvest and
predation remain essential
to recovery.”
Steelhead, a favored
sport fi sh classifi ed as
threatened in 1997, include
fi sh in the Snake, Salmon
and Clearwater rivers and
in the Tucannon, Grande
Ronde and Imnaha rivers
in Washington state. The
review noted that there are
no longer any steelhead that
once spawned in tributaries
above Hells Canyon Dam.
Reneé Marie Smith Skeels was born
Reneé loved to spoil her grandkids. She
March 1, 1956, in Portland. She was was generous and giving to all. She loved
adopted as an infant by Robert and LaVina Disney. She enjoyed time at the beach,
Smith.
clamming, crabbing, camping
She grew up in Lebanon, Mil-
and fi shing with her dad. She
waukie and Madras. She grad-
loved reading, fi ne dining and
uated from high school and was
traveling. She loved frogs and
married for a short time. She had
had a huge collection of anything
with a frog on it.
a daughter, Kelly, a son, Jeremy,
In recent years, she was
and a daughter, Kristen.
excited to discover the identity
Reneé graduated with her
of her birth parents. She has since
associate’s degree while work-
met three of her biological broth-
ing two to three jobs to make
ers, and connected over the phone
ends meet. She began working
Reneé Skeels
to build relationships with other
at Mountain View Hospital in
family members. It was espe-
Madras. She moved from c entral
Oregon to Walla Walla, Washington. Con- cially exciting for her to learn of her Alaska
tinuing to advance her career, she moved Native heritage and belonging to the Tlingit
to Spokane, Washington, working at Rock- Tribe.
Over the last few years, rekindling her
wood Clinic.
She continued her education while work- relationship with her companion, Jim Sur-
ing full time, and earned her bachelor’s face, has brought her much happiness.
She was preceded in death by her par-
degree at Eastern Washington University in
2001. In 2002, she accepted a position at a ents, Robert and LaVina Smith.
She is survived by her daughter, Kelly
remote hospital in Kotzebue, Alaska. This
(Rob), and grandchildren, Ashley, Rylie
ended up being an 11-year adventure.
Moving to Warrenton in 2013 fulfi lled and Ryan, of Honolulu, Hawaii; son, Jer-
her dream of living on the Oregon Coast. emy (Krystal), and grandchildren, Hailey,
Working at Columbia Memorial Hospi- Allison, Nichole and Brandon, of Madras;
tal in Astoria, she was the h ealth i nforma- daughter, Kristen, and grandson, Zackary,
tion manager. She belonged to the state of Culver; brother, Don Smith (Janice),
and national Health Information Manage- of Madras; siblings, Don Starbard, Robert
ment Association, holding offi ce at times Starbard, Howard Starbard, Lynell “Pixie”
and receiving awards. She had many health Starbard and Jodi Wise, all of Alaska.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge
challenges and, unfortunately, she never
of the arrangements.
reached her goal of retirement.
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Seattle
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70 58
69 56
71 58
A thick cloud Low clouds may
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Wenatchee
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Tonight’s Sky: Asteroid 4 Vesta
at opposition.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 74/58
Normal high/low .................. 69/54
Record high .................. 86 in 2018
Record low .................... 42 in 1988
Precipitation
Sunday ..................................... Trace
Month to date ........................ 0.22”
Normal month to date ......... 0.65”
Year to date .......................... 43.10”
Normal year to date ........... 38.65”
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AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Time
12:22 p.m. 6.0 6:00 a.m.
11:25 p.m. 7.1 5:38 p.m.
Cape Disappointment
12:23 p.m. 5.7 5:20 a.m.
11:07 p.m. 7.2 5:08 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Sunrise today .................. 6:25 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:11 p.m.
Moonrise today .............. 2:15 a.m.
Moonset today .............. 6:55 p.m.
First
Full
0.2
3.5
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
New
0.0
3.1
Last
12:26 p.m. 5.9 5:34 a.m. -0.1
11:15 p.m. 7.3 5:22 p.m. 3.3
Warrenton
12:17 p.m. 6.4 5:44 a.m.
11:20 p.m. 7.5 5:22 p.m.
Knappa
12:59 p.m. 6.3 7:01 a.m.
none
6:39 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Aug 27 Sep 3 Sep 10 Sep 17
11:40 a.m. 6.1 4:49 a.m.
10:23 p.m. 7.6 4:36 p.m.
0.0
3.2
0.0
2.7
0.3
3.9
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
85/70/t
79/69/t
82/64/s
86/72/t
86/60/pc
87/75/sh
85/74/t
85/66/s
92/81/c
84/70/t
101/82/s
73/58/pc
87/70/s
84/71/t
85/68/pc
83/66/pc
87/73/t
88/61/pc
89/75/sh
86/73/t
86/67/s
92/80/t
87/72/s
99/80/t
72/57/c
87/72/pc
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
94/66
Hermiston
The Dalles 95/60
Enterprise
Pendleton 87/55
92/62
93/67
La Grande
90/55
86/61
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
86/56
Kennewick Walla Walla
91/64 Lewiston
96/65
82/60
Salem
Pullman
92/63
Longview
73/59 Portland
85/64
89/65
Yakima 94/68
84/60
Astoria
Spokane
92/69
Corvallis
85/57
Albany
84/58
John Day
Eugene
Bend
88/59
87/57
91/57
Ontario
98/66
Caldwell
Burns
91/53
96/61
Medford
92/62
Klamath Falls
89/50
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
89/51/s
71/57/c
71/60/pc
84/60/s
67/55/pc
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
89/52/t
71/57/pc
74/59/pc
91/61/s
65/56/c
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
71/59/pc
90/62/s
73/59/pc
88/59/s
84/64/s
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
70/58/c
91/64/s
78/59/pc
91/60/s
89/66/s