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
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bration last weekend learned one
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park ranger.
But, of course, one wouldn’t
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Goonies,” which plays pretty fast
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from 1984 to 1985 and was present
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Fratelli family’s hideout (aka, the
Lighthouse Lounge) while hunting
for hidden treasure.
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on him at any given time, Lines,
a Seaside resident, shared behind-
the-scenes scoops and enlarged
copies of photos he took during the
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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.
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ally in the plan to block medicinal
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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-
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that embrace cannabis are going to
boom, and you’ve got to get on the
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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.
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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
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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!”
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nation, geographically speaking,
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the 25-minute mark, the Goonies
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are seen biking downhill over the at the park, hauling their bikes up-
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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.
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bles currently standing there are
present in the scene but camou-
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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
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usefulness of the surplus varies and
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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.
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will ever be caught by sport and com-
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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.
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tracker
facing
budget gap
Needs extra money
to cover shortfall
By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
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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
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ogy and Mineral Industries discov-
ered the shortfall this spring after the
agency brought in accounting staff
from other state agencies to answer
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much money the agency brings in
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ment also regulates mining and drill-
ing for oil, gas and geothermal wells
in Oregon.
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House-Senate budget subcommittee
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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