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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 NORTH COAST 3A Cannon Beach cannabis: Councilors seek people’s ‘will’ By DANI PALMER EO Media Group The Cannon Beach City Council laid it out to voters: write an ordinance regulating marijuana dispensaries or hold a vote in November 2016 giving voters the chance to opt out of sales. During a work session earli- er this month, no decisions were made, but the council seemed to lean toward an ordinance by the end of the night. “This is something the ma- jority of our residents have vot- HG IRU´ &RXQFLO 3UHVLGHQW 0H- lissa Cadwallader said. “I want to see us as a council try to do what we can to make the retail not necessarily easier, but some- WKLQJWKDW¿WVRXUFRPPXQLW\´ &RXQFLORU 0LNH %HQH¿HOG said a vote in 2016 would give residents “another chance to YRLFH WKHLU RSLQLRQ´ EXW QRWHG a ballot would take time and money. Cannon Beach’s business license ordinance currently re- quires businesses to abide by local, state and federal law, pro- hibiting marijuana dispensaries. Medical and recreational mar- ijuana is now legal in Oregon, non Beach, let’s just rely on our business license ordinance,’ I’d UHFRPPHQGDJDLQVWWKDW´ Because Measure 91, legaliz- ing recreational marijuana in Or- egon, received so much support — Melissa Cadwallader from the public, Herdener said, Cannon Beach city council president Cannon Beach “voters would have to approve any attempt but still considered a controlled and while the cities have prevailed WR EDQ WKHVH EXVLQHVVHV´ XQGHU substance by the federal govern- at a lower court level, cases are in House Bill 3400. ment. the Oregon Court of Appeals and Cannon Beach residents By relying on the current or- could move to the state’s Supreme showed their support for Mea- dinances alone, the city could be Court. sure 91 in the 2014 General at risk of being sued, city attor- ³6R WKDW¶V VKDN\ JURXQG´ Election, 453-264. ney Tammy Herdener said. Herdener said. “If the council 3ROLFH &KLHI -DVRQ 6FKHU- Other municipalities have said, ‘We don’t want any busi- merhorn said his concerns were been sued over similar ordinances nesses selling marijuana in Can- the security of retail dispensa- ‘This is something the majority of our residents have voted for.’ ries and a potential increase in impaired drivers. However, council members said any added risk could be mitigated eliminating potential- ly unsafe driving to retail outlets outside of the city. City Manag- er Brant Kucera said the passage RI0HDVXUHZDVWKH³ZLOO´RI state voters and questioned the need for a new vote in 2016. “And now you’re talking about, µ/HW¶VWU\DJDLQ0DNHVXUH¶´KH said. “How many times do you GRWKDWIRUDQ\WKLQJHOVH"´ The conversation will be continued at October council meetings. Sword-wielding &KDUWHUEXLOGLQJFDWFKHV¿UH burglar sentenced The Daily Astorian By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian The convicted felon who burglarized a Warrenton res- idence in June with a katana sword was sentenced last week in Clatsop County Circuit Court. Albert J. Burkleo, 34, was sentenced to three years in prison for a previous theft case DQG¿YH\HDUVSUREDWLRQIRUWKH sword incident. Both sentences will be served at the same time, so Burkleo will still be on pro- bation for two years after prison. If he violates that probation, he will be sent back to prison for ¿YH\HDUV He was charged in Decem- EHU IRU ¿UVWGHJUHH WKHIW IHORQ LQ SRVVHVVLRQ RI D ¿UHDUP DQG possession of methamphet- DPLQH 2I¿FHUV IRXQG WKUHH UL- ÀHVDVLOHQFHUQHDUO\RXQFHV of marijuana, scales, packaging materials related to the sale of methamphetamine and other evidence connected with drug sales inside Burkleo’s Warren- ton residence. The same week he plead- ed guilty to those charges, he broke into a small travel trailer on the 100 block of Northwest Birch Avenue and attempt- ed to stab a man with the sword. The man told Warren- WRQ 3ROLFH he received Albert J. a cut on his Burkleo left hand as a defensive wound when Burkleo was at- tempting to stab him. “During the incident (the victim) was dodging the sword blade and at one point used his OHIWKDQGWRGHÀHFWWKHVWDEVDQG suffered a laceration on his left KDQG´SROLFHZURWHLQWKHLUUH- port. Burkleo, who entered the trailer unannounced and unin- vited, also damaged the trailer during the incident. He report- edly stabbed the man’s stereo speaker, door divider, security camera screen and two lawn solar lights. The damaged items are valued at more than $600. When he left the trailer, Burkleo told the man that if he called the police he would kill him, according to the police re- port. Want to join Boy Scouts? The Fort Clatsop District Boy Scouts are hosting join nights Monday and Tuesday for Clatsop County boys in the ¿UVWWKURXJK¿IWKJUDGHV The schedule for the local packs’ join nights is as follows: .QDSSD 3DFN p.m. today, Hilda Lahti School, 41535 Old U.S. Highway 30, Knappa. 6HDVLGH 3DFN p.m. Tuesday, Tsunami Sand- wich Co., 11 Broadway, Sea- side. $VWRULD 3DFN p.m. Tuesday, John Jacob As- tor Elementary School Caf- eteria, 3550 Franklin Ave., Astoria. :DUUHQWRQ 3DFN p.m. Tuesday, Calvary Assem- bly of God Church, 1365 S. Main Ave, Warrenton. A free Cub Scout book is included with every regis- tration, and scholarships are available. For questions, contact Kar- en Gill at 503-325-2990. $¿UHWKDWVWDUWHGRXWVLGH of the Charter Communica- tions building on Gateway $YHQXH QHDU WKH 3RUW RI$V- toria Friday was quickly ex- tinguished, but not before some items inside the build- LQJFDXJKW¿UH A dumpster on the south side of the building caught ¿UHDQGPHOWHGFDXVLQJDGMD- FHQWSDOOHWVWRJRXSLQÀDPHV 7KH¿UHUDGLDWHGWKURXJKWKH metal-clad Charter building, heated the insulation and ig- nited some signs and Charter equipment within. The black smoke could be seen from many areas of town. 7KHFDXVHRIWKH¿UHLVRI- ¿FLDOO\ XQGHWHUPLQHG $VWR- ria Fire Chief Ted Ames said Monday. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Firefighters survey the damage outside the Char- ter building where the fire started. It is too early to know the full cost of damages, Ames said. “If I was a betting man, I Paul Radu/Courtesy Photo would probably put the loss The fire began Friday outside the Charter buiding near to the building, the structure the Port of Astoria. LWVHOIDURXQG´KHVDLG adding that he would estimate The Astoria Fire Depart- 3URWHFWLRQ'LVWULFWUHVSRQGHG the damage to the building’s ment was dispatched at 12:55 on scene, and Olney Walluski contents at $1,000. He said he p.m. Friday and declared the )LUHDQG5HVFXHZHUHVWDJHG ZRXOGFKHFNZLWK5HFRORJ\WR ¿UHXQGHUFRQWURODWSP at Englund Marine & Indus- learn the dumpster’s value. /HZLV &ODUN 5XUDO )LUH trial Supply. No injuries were reported. Astoria man torches car, gets probation By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian An Astoria man who torched his own car with his clothes inside after a dispute in July was sentenced Friday in Clatsop County Circuit Court. Stephen George Foxon, 49, pleaded no contest to sec- ond-degree arson and was placed on 18 months probation. The arson incident occurred July 19 when Foxon was living with his ex-wife at her home on the 35000 block of U.S. Highway 101 Business in the Miles Crossing area. The land- lord was selling the home and came by to see the property. Foxon screamed at the landlord because they were selling the home. His ex-wife was embar- rassed and wanted him to stop yelling. When she called police, Foxon took a can of gasoline and torched his blue, mid-sized ve- hicle. He then threw a rock through the car’s window to increase WKHÀDPHV A neigh- bor came out and doused Stephen the car with water. Foxon George Foxon then tried to ¿JKWWKHQHLJKERU Foxon apparently told his ex-wife, ‘Now you can’t have WKHFDU´+HVDLGVHYHUDOWLPHV to the police that he was not sorry for what he had done, according to Deputy District Attorney Dawn Buzzard. The FDUZDVDERXW¿YHIHHWIURPWKH house. “This is a scary incident and the defendant showed absolute- O\QRUHPRUVH´%X]]DUGVDLG Foxon was charged with ¿UVWDQGVHFRQGGHJUHHDUVRQ ¿UVWGHJUHH FULPLQDO PLVFKLHI and attempted fourth-degree assault. The charges, except the second-degree arson, were dropped Friday as part of his plea agreement. Defense attorney Kris Ka- ino admitted his client’s behav- ior was stupid, but not necessar- ily illegal, considering Foxon VHWKLVRZQFDURQ¿UHDQGLWGLG not spread to the homes. “Lighting your own car on ¿UHZLWKDOORI\RXUFORWKHVLQ LWLVDSUHWW\VWXSLGDFW´.DLQR said. “He didn’t burn down the house of these people. He was upset, threw his stuff in his car DQGWRUFKHGLW´ At the hearing, Foxon’s ex- wife spoke over the phone, and claimed Foxon did intended to burn her home down. “The only reason the house GLGQ¶WFDWFK¿UHLVEHFDXVHWKH neighbor came over and put ZDWHULQWKHFDU´VKHVDLG³,W makes me feel like he had ev- ery intention to go ahead and KDYHWKHKRXVHFDWFKRQ¿UH,W ZDVYHU\FORVHWRWKHKRXVH´ Judge Cindee Matyas or- dered Foxon to have no con- tact with his ex-wife and three neighbors involved in the inci- dent. Foxon’s arrest in July vio- lated his probation from a pre- vious theft conviction. Judge Matyas questioned whether an- other probation sentence would be enough for Foxon. Buzzard said both sides agreed on probation in the plea agreement and she was willing to give Foxon the opportunity to stay out of trouble. However, Buzzard had some concerns. “I have no faith that he is going to be successful. I’m worried he is going to hurt someone or burn something GRZQ´ %X]]DUG VDLG ³, WKLQN it’s good he is on probation and that there is going to be some- RQHZDWFKLQJKLP´ Outstanding Seaside High School graduates get their due Hall of Fame to grow with ceremony Saturday By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group SEASIDE — Numerous Sea- side High School students over the years distinguished them- selves, both during high school and after graduation. The Seaside High School Hall of Fame Selec- tion Committee is ready to induct more Sept. 26 at the Seaside Hall of Fame Banquet. “There are a lot of people that quietly work behind the scene that are very accomplished individ- XDOV²RXUMRELVWR¿QGWKHP´ said committee member Jay Ban- donis, a 1964 graduate who was inducted in 2006 into the hall as an individual and also as a mem- ber of 1962 football team. This year, the Hall of Fame will grow with the induction of seven graduates, two teams, two businesses and a couple city awards. The event opens at 5 p.m. at the high school’s cafeteria for visits and tours. The program and dinner start at 6 p.m. Each inductee will be recog- nized with a permanent plaque to join the group of 106 currently lining the top of the walls by the school’s gymnasium. The Seaside High School Hall of Fame started in 2001 as the brainchild of a group of teach- ers and coaches who wanted to honor graduates who did great Katherine Lacaze/EO Media Group Seaside High School’s Hall of Fame is set to grow this year with the induction of several new individuals, teams and businesses. Plaques for each inductee line the top of the wall near the high school’s gymnasium and trophy cabinets. things at the high school and also displayed excellence later in life. The hall originally focused on athletes and sports teams, but “along the way, it was determined WKHUHDUHWKLQJVRWKHUWKDQVSRUWV´ and those should be honored, as well, Bandonis said. Candidates must meet various criteria. For instance, they must be alumni, who have been out of VFKRRODWOHDVW¿YH\HDUVWKH\PXVW be supporters, sponsors, coaches or other individuals or educators in the Seaside community who supported and advanced Seaside VWXGHQWV RU WKH\ PXVW EH WHDPV or individuals who earned state championships or recognition. “I think it’s viewed as an hon- RU LW UHDOO\ LV´ %DQGRQLV VDLG “We all strive to do the best we FDQ,W¶VQLFHWREHUHFRJQL]HG´ The committee may expand its membership or ask for induct- ee suggestions in the future, Ban- donis said. “I’m sure there are a lot of people out there who should be LQGXFWHGZKRKDYHQRWEHHQ´KH said. There is no cap on how many people can be inducted every oth- er year. “We want to honor as many SHRSOHDVDUHGHVHUYLQJ´%DQGR- nis said. While the highlight of the Hall of Fame induction is the banquet, the event is accompanied by oth- er activities during the weekend. Traditionally, the new inductees will be announced during half- time at the Friday football game the night before the banquet. Another addition made in 2013 was for a group of past and present inductees to give lectures at Seaside High School during the school day before the ceremony. On Friday, the speakers in- clude Seaside graduates Jill *DQQ 3ROO\ &DPSEHOO %HQ $UFKLEDOG (G -RKQVRQ -RUGDQ /HZLV%HFN\2OVRQ'DQ&ODUN 0LFKHOOH +DZNHQ :XQGHUOLFK .HOOLH 7UXD[ 7D\ORU .DUO 0DU- lantes and Jorjette Strumme. Bandonis said it can be in- spirational for the students to hear from successful individ- uals who once sat where they now sit and participated in the same sorts of activities, studies and sports. “We try to get it early in the school year to get the students ¿UHGXS´KHVDLG The cost to attend the dinner is $20 for general admission or $10 for children 12 years and younger. 3URFHHGVIXQGWZR+DOORI Fame scholarships awarded every year in the memory of Bob Mork. 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