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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015 NORTH COAST 3A Missing teen reunited with family Consult a Suspected kidnapper still at large The Daily Astorian The 15-year- old girl who was reportedly kidnapped in Sanger, Calif., and released at McDonald’s in Astoria Mon- day had been reunited with her family. Her family drove to As- toria from Sanger, and are taking her back home. She is in good health, according to Astoria Police. Police continue to search for the suspect, Russell Wayne Deviney of Evertt, Wash. He remains at large. Astoria Police are working with authorities from Sanger and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The girl, who had been missing since Saturday, walked into McDonald’s in Astoria Monday evening and told the staff she had been kidnapped. Police respond- ed at 7:32 p.m., contacted the girl and placed her in protective custody while her parents responded from their home in Sanger. Police believe Devin- ey let the girl out at Mc- Donald’s, left her there and walked from the area to an unknown direction at about 7 p.m. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, black sweater and an orange baseball hat. A 2004 Nissan Pickup, driven by Deviney, in anyway during was found at the their time together. Macdonald’s. “Through so- KMPH FOX 26 cial media is how in Fresno, Calif. they connected and reported the girl things transpired was chatting with from there,” Asto- Deviney on social ria Police Deputy media. Chief Eric Halver- The girl’s moth- son said. er told the Fresno Anyone with Russell news outlet that information relat- Deviney she received a text ed to Deviney’s message from her whereabouts is daughter’s phone on Sunday. asked to contact Astoria Po- The message said the girl was lice at 503-325-4411 or their scared, didn’t know where local law enforcement. she was, and wanted to come Any other information re- home soon. garding this matter should be Law enforcement is still referred to Detective Nicole investigating how Devin- Riley at nriley@astoria.or.us ey possibly kidnapped the or Detective Thomas Litwin girl, and if he attack the girl at tlitwin@astoria.or.us PROFESSIONAL been a long Q: It time has since I last visited the dentist. What should I do? JEFFREY M. LEINASSAR DMD, FAGD Seaside to allow medical marijuana dispensaries Downtown core may be excluded By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group SEASIDE — The Sea- side City Council passed legislation allowing medi- cal marijuana dispensaries within city limits, but coun- cilors plan to tackle a new amendment that would ban dispensaries from the down- town core. At a meeting Monday, the council voted 5-2 to amend the city’s business license or- dinance, which prohibits un- lawful, illegal or prohibited businesses, and create a new chapter to set restrictions for how, when and where dis- pensaries can operate. Mayor Don Larson and City Coun- cilor Dana Phillips cast the dissenting votes. The ordi- nance will go into effect 30 days from Monday. The new section pro- vides legal definitions for marijuana, dispensary, cardholders and license and requires all dispensaries to be registered in accordance with state law. Registration by the Oregon Health Au- thority, however, does not guarantee a dispensary is permitted to operate under local municipal regulations. The restrictions in the chapter are meant to sup- plement those outlined by the Oregon Health Author- ity’s Medical Marijuana Program, which disallow dispensaries from being lo- cated less than 1,000 feet from a school or one anoth- er. Some of the operational requirements include: a new license must be obtained each year; no sale or other distribution of marijuana shall occur between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m.; and dispensaries cannot distribute marijuana or marijuana-infused prod- ucts free of charge. Dispen- saries only can locate in ar- eas zoned commercial. During the final public comment section, Seaside resident Tim Tolan read a letter from Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Mar- quis, which said he was not asked for input as the city crafted the ordinance. Mar- quis, according to the let- ter, believes many people without qualifying medical conditions are obtaining marijuana through the med- ical program. The letter also posed the question of how much market saturation Clatsop County can handle. According to the health au- thority’s website, Astoria has three facilities licensed to sell marijuana to card- holders. No other surround- ing cities have licensed dis- pensaries. Clatsop County had 676 patient registrants as of April 1. Mark Tolan, owner of Seaside Vacation Homes, restated concerns he previ- ously voiced at the council’s Meet with Councilor Herzig The public is invited to meet with Drew Herzig, Astoria City councilor for Ward 2, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Flag Room of the Astoria Public Library, 450 10th St. All are wel- come to come and share their thoughts, suggestions, questions, and concerns about Astoria. April 27 meeting. He does not believe there is any leg- islation requiring munici- palities to grant business li- censes for medical marijuana dispensaries. “Marijuana doesn’t make this city safer,” he said, add- ing, “the consequences of this drug is addiction.” The legislation, he be- lieves, is a public state- ment the council does not trust the medical bodies that influence federal pub- lic health policies, which currently label marijuana a Schedule I drug, the same class as heroin and LSD. The council should not feel obligated, he said, to legalize and license medi- cal marijuana dispensaries just because of the forward progress made so far. Ban- ning dispensaries, he add- ed, would not tread on the rights of an Oregonian to do what they want in their own home but “keeps the industry of addiction out of our town.” Tiffany Williams, of As- toria, countered she believes locally legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries will actually help mitigate the black market. “It would be an improve- ment,” she said. “You would not make things worse.” Lois Larson, Mayor Lar- son’s wife, spoke as a pri- vate citizen and expressed apprehension about al- lowing a dispensary in the downtown core. Many of the councilors expressed a similar concern. 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