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142nd YEAR, No. 245 TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2015 ONE DOLLAR Medical marijuana curbed in Seaside’s city core But some want recreational sales By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian ERICK BENGEL — EO Media Group At Ecola State Park, Patrick Lines, a retired ranger with Oregon State Parks, points toward where the Fratellis’ hideout (aka, the Lighthouse Lounge) stood in “The Goonies.” In reality, the structure was almost completely empty and only “dressed up” on the sides that faced the camera, Lines said. View more photos online at www.dailyastorian.com A walk in the park with the Goonies 5HWLUHGSDUNUDQJHUUHFROOHFWV¿OPVKRRWDW(FROD6WDWH3DUN By ERICK BENGEL EO Media Group &$1121 %($&+ ² ,I *RRQLHV EXIIV ZKR YLVLWHG (FROD State Park in Cannon Beach during WKH ¿OP¶V WK DQQLYHUVDU\ FHOH- bration last weekend learned one thing, it’s this: “You can’t ride your bike out of the south end of Astoria DQGLPPHGLDWHO\EHLQ(FROD6WDWH Park,” said Patrick Lines, a retired park ranger. But, of course, one wouldn’t NQRZ WKDW IURP ZDWFKLQJ ³7KH Goonies,” which plays pretty fast and loose with its North Coast set- ting and gives the impression the Goonies house is just a few pedal pumps away from Haystack Rock. /LQHV²ZKRZRUNHGDWWKHSDUN from 1984 to 1985 and was present ZKLOHWKH*RRQLHVFUHZ¿OPHGNH\ VFHQHV WKHUH ² FRQIURQWHG PDQ\ such misconceptions head-on during the four-day Goonies com- memoration. )URP7KXUVGD\WKURXJK6XQGD\ he led groups of Goonies lovers ² PDQ\ RI ZKRP ZRUH *RRQLHV FORWKLQJ²RQWRXUVRIZKHUH(FR- la State Park was transformed into DELJEXGJHW+ROO\ZRRG¿OPVHWLQ October and November of 1984. 9LHZHUV RI WKH ¿OP NQRZ LW as the place where Mikey, Data, 0RXWK DQG &KXQN HTXLSSHG ZLWK a treasure map and a Spanish dou- EORRQ VWXPEOH XSRQ WKH ¿HQGLVK Fratelli family’s hideout (aka, the Lighthouse Lounge) while hunting for hidden treasure. With multiple iPhones trained on him at any given time, Lines, a Seaside resident, shared behind- the-scenes scoops and enlarged copies of photos he took during the 6($6,'( ² 7KH 6HDVLGH &LW\ Council moved ahead with a plan to prohibit medical marijuana dispen- saries in the city’s Broadway Street core. After a yearlong moratorium on dispensaries, Monday night’s vote was one step closer to excluding portions of the city from the sales of medical marijuana. 7KH FRXQFLO IRXQG DQ XQXVXDO ally in the plan to block medicinal SRWVDOHVIURPWKHFLW\FRUH²EXVL- ness owner Steve Geiger of High- way 420, an herbal paraphernalia store and vape shop. He endorsed the downtown core exclusions, but urged the city to “embrace” legisla- tive changes. “I would agree that I don’t think medical marijuana is right for Broadway,” he told the council. “Recreational marijuana is a differ- HQW VWRU\ 7KH WRXULVW FRPPXQLWLHV that embrace cannabis are going to boom, and you’ve got to get on the bus or get left behind it.” 7KH OHJLVODWLRQ VHWV UHVWULFWLRQV on where medical marijuana dispen- saries can operate and allows the city to distribute business licenses to dis- pensaries, according to City Manag- er Mark Winstanley. In developing Ordinance 2015- 05, city staff reviewed a number of different options for outlining the exclusion area and ultimately settled on a map of the exclusionary zone. 7KHDUHDOLHVEHWZHHQDOLQHIHHW north of the Broadway right-of-way that extends from the east side of North Prom to the west side of North Roosevelt Drive, and a line drawn IHHW VRXWK RI WKH %URDGZD\ right-of-way that extends from the east side of South Prom to the west side of South Roosevelt Drive. “I really don’t see how anybody who is looking to make money on medical marijuana would be wanting See MARIJUANA, Page 10A ERICK BENGEL — EO Media Group Patrick Lines, a retired ranger with Oregon State Parks, holds up an enlarged, laminated copy of a pho- to he took during the Goonies production at Ecola State Park. The photo is of the picnic shelter (right, background), disguised for the film’s fall 1984 shoot. (roughly where the park’s viewing platform was later built) to point out Cannon Beach’s sea stacks, including Haystack Rock, that ap- pear on their map. Mikey shouts, “It’s the three rocks!” Supposedly, the treasure seek- Creative license ers are biking toward the Fratel- More subtle than the smash cuts OLV¶UDPVKDFNOHUHVWDXUDQWDW(FROD from Astoria to Cannon Beach is State Park. In reality, the cast is WKH ¿OP¶V GHFHSWLYH XVH RI (FROD moving away from their desti- State Park Road. nation, geographically speaking, In an overhead shot at about Lines said. the 25-minute mark, the Goonies :KHQWKH*RRQLHV¿QDOO\DUULYH are seen biking downhill over the at the park, hauling their bikes up- EODFNWRS 7KH\ VWRS WKHLU ELNHV KLOOWKH\KDYHDYLHZRIDQ(FROD SURGXFWLRQDWLPHEHIRUHKH²RU for that matter, virtually anyone LQYROYHGZLWKWKH¿OP²KDGDQ\ LGHD WKDW ³7KH *RRQLHV´ ZRXOG become an Oregon cinematic land- mark. State Park very different from what ordinary visitors will see without a production designer like J. Michael Riva around. 7KH VDPH SHUPDQHQW SLFQLF WD- bles currently standing there are present in the scene but camou- ÀDJHG DV SLOHV RI GULIWZRRG DQG beach debris, Lines said. As the Goonies count 100 pac- es toward the ominous-looking restaurant, they prowl over a rut- ted road carved specially for the shoot. See GOONIES, Page 10A Surplus salmon for sale Washington state gives others a chance after years with the same buyer By KATIE WILSON EO Media Group It’s not every day you’re invited to pick thousands of pounds of dead salmon. In April, seafood buyers across Washington state, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska received an in- vitation to bid on a job that involves purchasing and then picking up surplus salmon carcasses and eggs from state- run hatcheries in Washington. “Just trying to drum up more busi- ness,” said Mark Kimbel, with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s hatcheries support section. For years, the Bellingham, Wash., based seafood company American Canadian Fisheries, Inc., has won the state contract and disposed of upwards RIH[FHVV¿VK7KHTXDOLW\DQG usefulness of the surplus varies and ZKLOH VRPH DUH GHVWLQHG WR EH ¿OOHWHG and sent to food banks, others will sim- ply be returned to streams so their de- composing bodies can release nutrients back to the water. Some are rendered into pet food and many female salm- on carcasses may be stripped for their eggs, which are then sold. Excess salmon +DWFKHULHV SURGXFH PRUH ¿VK WKDQ will ever be caught by sport and com- PHUFLDO¿VKHUPHQ(DFK\HDUVRPHRI WKHVHH[WUD¿VKUHWXUQWRWKHKDWFKHULHV in greater numbers than hatcheries need to get another batch of salmon going. See SURPLUS, Page 10A DAMIAN MULINIX — EO Media Group Salmon return to the Nemah Hatch- ery on Willapa Bay, one of many facilities around Washington state that generate surplus fish that the state sells to help support salmon recovery efforts. 7VXQDPL tracker facing budget gap Needs extra money to cover shortfall By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau 6$/(0 ² 7KH DJHQF\ WKDW UH- searches geologic hazards such as tsunamis and landslides in Oregon plans to ask the Legislature for an extra $800,000 from the state gen- eral fund to cover expenses through -XQH 7KH2UHJRQ'HSDUWPHQWRI*HRO- ogy and Mineral Industries discov- ered the shortfall this spring after the agency brought in accounting staff from other state agencies to answer VRPH EDVLF TXHVWLRQV VXFK DV KRZ much money the agency brings in DQGKRZPXFKLWVSHQGV7KHGHSDUW- ment also regulates mining and drill- ing for oil, gas and geothermal wells in Oregon. 7KH DJHQF\ FRXOG JR EHIRUH D House-Senate budget subcommittee WKLV ZHHN WR UHTXHVW WKH DGGLWLRQDO funds, although a hearing had not been scheduled as of Monday after- noon. In the meantime, the geology de- partment has accumulated a tab with another state agency, the Department of Administrative Services, which is the landlord and payroll administra- tor for much of state government. See AGENCY, Page 10A
