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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015
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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).
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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-
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ter the meeting. She was
accompanied at the meet-
ing by her third-grade son,
who has been educated on
such issues as caffeine, al-
cohol, tobacco, marijuan a
and other drugs.
The restrictions already
placed by the state are “so
intense,” Greenfield said,
with every transaction be-
ing tracked, recorded and
caught on camera 24/7.
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. She
will vote against allow-
ing a marijuana business,
medical or recreational,
from operating there, she
said.
The council will bring
back the legislation for a
third reading and possi-
ble adoption at its May 11
meeting.
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saries and the sale and con-
sumption of alcohol, which
is very present in Seaside.
They questioned what they
see as hypocrisy that peo-
ple can consume alcohol at
multiple restaurants and lo-
cations, even those attend-
ed by children, but patients
who need cannabis for me-
dicinal reasons are denied
the ability to even obtain
it within city limits and
Seaside’s Urban Growth
Boundary.
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
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City Council
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