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‘ J o n G . ’ M em o r i a l d o u b l e h e a d e r A s to r ia Mu s i c F e s t iva l SPORTS • 4A COAST WEEKEND 142nd YEAR , No . 247 THURSDAY , JUNE 1 1 , 2015 ONE DOLLAR M a r in e t o x in c l o s e s W a sh in g t on c r ab s e a s on ODFW : N o c o n c e r n s i n O r e g o n , y e t By KAT IE W ILSON EO M ed ia G r oup ry ” fo l low ing th e c lo su r e o f a m a jo r co a s tF r id ay . 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No c r ab c augh t a f t e r Jun e 5 c an b e k ep t o r so ld , how ev e r . Domo i c a c id , wh i ch i s p rodu c ed by c e r t a in typ e s o f m a r in e a lg a e , c an b e h a rm fu l o r ev en f a t a l i f con sum ed f r e e z ing do e s no t d e s t roy i t th e tox - r r a zo r c l am s ho ld domo i c a c id in th e i m e a t . C r ab s p i ck i t up by e a t ing th e c l am s ; th e tox in s low ly bu i ld s up in S e e TOX IN , Pag e 10A ‘W e t o r d r y ’ p o t c oun t i e s ? C om p r om i s e w o u l d a l l ow s om e l o c a l p o t b u s i n e s s b a n s By H ILLARY BORRUD Cap i ta l Bu r eau SALEM — A comp rom i s e un - d e r con s id e r a t ion by th e L eg i s l a - Thomas Laman , back , and Reagan L inne t t , f ron t , laugh as they p lay “Sha rk A t tack ” unde r a pa rachu te du r ing the Lew is and C la rk Elemen ta ry Schoo l F ie ld Day a t CMH F ie ld Monday . 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