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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015
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success at
annual bazaar
side in Seaside
City Council
crafts rules
for grow sites
By KATHERINE
LACAZE
EO Media Group
SEASIDE — Mari-
juana farmers will have
room to grow in Sea-
side’s industrial areas,
but will be prohibited
from the city’s com-
mercial and residential
zones.
The Seaside City
Council on Monday
moved forward in the
process of establishing
licensing requirements
for local medical mari-
juana growers.
The proposed two-
pronged legislation was
considered at a second
public hearing on medi-
cal marijuana production
and processing.
A new chapter in the
city code would set re-
strictions on where and
how those businesses
could operate, limiting
production to Seaside’s
three industrial zones.
Growers, producers and
processors would need
to obtain or renew an-
nual licenses from both
Seaside and the Oregon
Health Authority. The
city would require crim-
inal background checks
on grow site owners,
managers,
operators,
employees, agents and
volunteers.
Grow sites would be
subject to periodic in-
spections by the Seaside
fire marshal to ensure
they remain in compli-
ance with applicable fire
and life safety regula-
tions established in the
ordinance.
A third reading of the
bill is scheduled for a fu-
ture council meeting.
Broadcasters cautious
about pot advertising
By ZANE SPARLING
Capital Bureau
Oregonians shouldn’t ex-
pect to catch even a whiff of
recreational marijuana adver-
tising on TV and radio, even
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ited legal pot sales to the gen-
eral public in October.
Federal law classifies
marijuana as a Schedule 1
controlled substance. The
Controlled Substances Act
makes it unlawful for any-
one to place an ad on TV,
radio, on the Internet or in
print that specifically offers
such substances for sale. Un-
der the act, facilitating such
advertising is a felony that
could lead to a prison sen-
tence, fine or possible loss
of a broadcast license.
While the Obama admin-
istration has said it will sus-
pend enforcement of certain
drug laws in states that regu-
late recreational and medical
marijuana sales, broadcast-
ers are being advised to tread
cautiously.
“I doubt there’s any law-
yer in town who would say,
‘Absolutely, go nuts, take
the ad, I guarantee that your
license will be renewed,’”
said Harry Cole, a Virginia
attorney who specializes in
broadcast law. “Any broad-
caster in their right mind is
going to see this as a big
risk.”
“There wasn’t anything
special in regards to these
advertisements.
(Dispen-
saries) are looking to dis-
tinguish themselves, and
they’re looking to attract
new patients, and the general
public,” he said.
What audiences find ap-
pealing, and what draws
their ire, will ultimately
drive publishers and broad-
casters advertising choic-
es, no matter what the law
states, Cole, who is a mem-
ber of the law firm Fletcher,
Heald & Hildreth, said.
“Broadcasting is a busi-
ness, and broadcasters depend
on attracting viewers,” Cole
said. “Just because they can
broadcast something doesn’t
mean they should, or want to.”
The Capital Bureau is a
collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group.
By DANI PALMER
EO Media Group
CANNON BEACH —
The Johnston family from Seat-
tle comes back to Cannon Beach
every summer, but this year was
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Legion Auxiliary’s annual Craft
Bazaar.
“We’re seeing some nice
things,” Bob said, his wife, Odd-
ny, on his arm as they walked
the row of vendors Saturday.
“But at our age, it’s hard to justi-
fy another wall hanging.”
Still, there were a few ob-
jects that caught their eye, even
for a couple who had been va-
cationing here for more than 50
years. The jewelry exhibits drew
Oddny and the bonsai plantings
fascinated Bob.
This year’s bazaar featured
30 booths — 10 inside and 20
outside — selling items such
as artwork, candles and hats at
American Legion Post 168.
And it was all sold for a good
cause. The event serves as a
fundraiser for hospitalized vet-
erans in Oregon’s four Veterans
Affairs hospitals.
Portland’s Larry Shapiro
grabbed the attention of visitors
with his collection of bonsai
plantings, a hobby he began af-
ter leaving the National Guard
in the 1960s. While in the guard,
he remembers saving a small
tree from being run over by a
tank. That incident spurred an
interest that has continued for
decades.
Shapiro uses the “root-over-
rock” style. Roots of the bonsai
grip the rock for the stability
of the tree and integrity of the
piece.
Shapiro said his plantings
have a 98 percent survival rate.
“I tell people bonsai are hard to
kill,” he added.
He has participated in the
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years.
“This has been successful,
right in the heart of town,” he
said, noting the location move
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Monica and Mahone, 7, take a closer look at pottery during the Craft Bazaar at American
Legion Post 168 on Saturday.
from the Chamber of Com-
merce to Cannon Beach Ele-
mentary School before settling
in at American Legion Post 168.
Auxiliary member Jean
Furchner said the craft sale
originally took place indoors in
October. Legion member Nancy
Teagle suggested doing it both
inside and outdoors. So they
moved the bazaar to the sum-
mer for nicer weather and more
tourists.
The Legion hall is more cen-
trally located and vendors, both
local and from surrounding ar-
eas, keep coming back, Furch-
ner said.
“It’s a huge auxiliary effort,”
she added.
The event is really made up
of three parts: the vendors, a
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The Johnstons hadn’t gone
inside to check out the baked
goods yet, but that too was on
their list.
The couple were among hun-
dreds who attended this year’s
bazaar. Bob and Oddny’s son
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Barred from TV and ra-
dio, medical marijuana dis-
pensaries have long sought
refuge in the back pages of
alternative weeklies. A.P.
Walther, publisher of the
Salem Weekly, said the pa-
per attracts “open minded”
readers who aren’t bothered
by the ads.
got married on the beach here,
and Bob’s sister and brother-
in-law own a place in town. So
each year, they come to enjoy
what Cannon Beach has to offer.
It was a family member
who recommended they visit
the bazaar.
Bob noted it was a good
suggestion.
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Bill Johnstone, president
and CEO of the Oregon
Association of Broadcast-
ers, said the decision would
have to be made on a sta-
tion-by-station basis.
“If the question is, ‘Do
we want the advertising,’
then the answer is yes. If the
question is, ‘Is it worth the
risk,’ well then I’m not so
sure,” he said.
The Sinclair Broadcast
Group, which operates tele-
vision and radio stations in
both Oregon and Washing-
ton, is similarly cautious.
“Right now we’re not
(accepting marijuana ads),”
a regional advertising offi-
cial with the company, who
asked not to be named, said.
“Because it’s a federal of-
fense, and our licensing is
from the federal government.
It would be up to corporate.
It’s not really our decision.”
The Federal Communica-
tions Commission declined
to comment.
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Hannah Brien, 10, of Cannon Beach, checks out necklaces
at one of the Craft Bazaar’s vendor booths on Saturday.
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