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NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015 3A Seasiders ask to stop medical Free fruit and vegetable distribution begins Thursday marijuana discrimination Food Bank has three sites and free seeds Free fruits and vegetables will again be pounds of carrots and apples, grown spe- distributed to low-income residents in Clatsop FL¿FDOO\ IRU GLVWULEXWLRQ WR ORZLQFRPH County from April 30 through Oct. 1 in the residents though the good work of partner style of a road side vegetable stand. The times agencies throughout Clatsop County. and locations are as follows: Live food demonstrations will be con- • Astoria: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, in the ducted at the mobile produce pantries on parking lot between Second and Third streets. given days, and thousands of packets of • Seaside: noon to 1:3 p.m. Thursdays, Sea- garden seeds will be available to low-in- side Factory come residents Outlet Center, interested in 1111 N. Roos- growing fresh evelt Drive. vegetables at • Warren- their homes. ton: 3 to 4:30 These seeds p.m. Thurs- will be avail- days, Clatsop able at the mo- Community bile produce Action (CCA) pantries and at Regional Food food pantries Bank parking throughout lot, 2010 S.E. Clatsop Coun- Chokeberry ty. Ave. Because of “Our Food the growing Bank Fresh demand for Submitted photo fresh program pro- food vides access Pictured, volunteers and staff prepare to greet emer- the food bank and education, gency food recipients at a 2014 Mobile Produce Pan- is recruiting but most im- try location. volunteers portantly an to help with opportunity for low-income residents to make this rewarding project, specifically during healthier food choices during visits to our part- shifts at mobile produce pantry locations, ner agency distribution sites, and now directly or preparing the product prior to the pan- from CCA Regional Food Bank Mobile Pro- tries. duce Pantry sites every week,” Marlin Martin “It takes many hands to make this pro- of CCA Regional Food Bank said. These free gram a success,” Martin said. “Volunteers are fruits and vegetables are in addition to the food the only way for us to continue this under- people receive during their regular visit to a taking. We need 15 to 20 dedicated individu- food pantry. als. Volunteers may serve as Much of the fresh produce many days as they want to, ‘It takes received at the CCA Regional but we are looking for folks Food Bank each week comes many hands who can commit to at least directly from the efforts of Or- one morning or one after- egon Food Bank. Truckloads to make this noon shift each Thursday.” of product, typically rejected allows them enough program a This from the retail markets due time to learn and train for to product blemishes, irreg- duties. success.’ ular sizes, under- or overde- For volunteers who like veloped product, or excess behind the scene action, Marlin Martin pounds are donated or rescued culling and packaging du- director, CCA Food Program to avoid wasting food that, ties are available at the food although not perfect, is still bank during the mornings, consumable. Fresh produce donations are also preparing the product for the mobile produce received from local industry donors through pantry. For volunteers who enjoy working the Fresh Alliance program, and from a grow- outdoors in the fresh air and with the public, ing number of gardeners, farmers and backyard help is needed at the pantry to assist in serving apple trees. consumers. The “Food Bank Farm” production gar- For information, to donate, or to volun- dens are targeted to produce over 5,000 teer, call 503-861-FOOD (3663). Group offers help for dealing with domestic violence and give you options. Every- one deserves to live in a safe home.” Call ahead to reserve a spot by calling Williams at 503-325-3426, ext. 104, or by emailing audrey@har- bornw.org Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 SEASIDE — Several community members im- plored Seaside City Council to help end the discrimina- tion of medical marijuana patients during a second public hearing on the pro- posal to amend Seaside’s Code in order to allow and regulate medical mar- ijuana dispensaries in the city. The board members demonstrated a change of heart during the council’s meeting Monday by vot- ing 6-1 to remove restric- tions applying to parks and arcades that were added last meeting. Mayor Don Larson was the dissenting vote. The city is in the pro- cess of amending the Code of Seaside, which currently prohibits any business that is unlawful, illegal or pro- hibited by state and federal laws. The proposed amend- ment changes the business license ordinance to in- clude the sentence: “Not- withstanding the aforemen- tioned provisions, a license can be issued for medical marijuana dispensaries that comply with the additional licensing requirements in Chapter 118.” In addition, a new chap- ter regulating dispensaries will be added to the Code. The chapter, as proposed, requires all medical mar- ijuana dispensaries to be registered in accordance with the Oregon Revised Statutes and Oregon Ad- ministrative Rule. Seaside resident and activist Angela Fairless, Highway 420 owner Steve Geiger and other speakers drew a comparison between medical marijuana dispen- HEY DUDES LeBowski Festival the dude abides It’s Hump’s Day!!! AT HUMP’S RESTAURANT EV ERY W ED N ESD AY 5 -8 PM No reservations, please 14 OUN CE N EW Y ORK STEAK & BAK ED POTATO M ust present coupon to server. N ot va lid w ith other offers. 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Proponents of medical mar- ijuana are not asking for Seaside to take on “a crazy, Venice Beach atmosphere,” she said. “We’re talking about legitimate sick peo- ple that need this medi- cine.” Eric Saucedo, who grows medical cannabis, requested the City Council also be lenient on placing more restrictions for grow- ers in the city. The coun- cil responded they’re not addressing that aspect of medical marijuana at this time. Barber, who also vot- ed “no” last meeting, said he’s thought a lot about this issue and believes the Planning Commission “did a great job of crafting an ordinance for exploring a new area for Seaside.” The city can amend its Code at any time, he added, to deal with unforeseen problems that might arise. Councilor Dana Phil- lips changed her vote to approve removal of the amendment, but she is ad- amantly against a medi- cal marijuana dispensary being established in Sea- side’s downtown core. 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The restrictions pro- posed by Larson seem un- necessary, discriminatory and stemmed from fear, they said. “I think those fears you have are based on old mentalities that are going to the wayside,” Fairless said. Since the Seaside Plan- ning Commission did a majority of the work on the ordinance and did not see a need to add restrictions outside of what the state has addressed, Geiger said, he did not know why the City Council would then ignore the commission’s recommendation and add “unreasonable and unfair” restrictions. Mark Tolan, owner of Seaside Vacation Homes, was the only resident who asked the council to be con- servative about allowing anything that makes people not be “in their right mind.” He said doing so was in the interest of public safety and keeping Seaside a “family friendly” town, much to the chagrin of several other au- dience members. Dawn Greenfield, who used to own a licensed dispensary, responded “all medical marijuana patients have family.” “To me, that’s one more discrimination we need to end,” she said. Fairless agreed, “‘Fami- ly friendly’ means not dis- criminating against people and not allowing fear to F R IDA Y The Help Ending Abu- sive Relationship Tenden- cies (HEART) support group meets from 10 to 11:30 a.m. every Wednesday at The Har- bor, 1361 Duane St. in down- town Astoria. HEART covers subjects related to the effects of do- mestic violence on children, parents and other family members. It covers the dy- namics of power, control and KRZWRUHFRJQL]HUHGÀDJV “Domestic violence af- fects everyone residing in a household, and if victims of domestic violence can learn how to see abusive patterns, they will be better prepared for current and fu- ture relationships,” a release by The Harbor read. “If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship this class can help to educate you City Council changes vote