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Operation: Trolley Madness #PinkIs NotACure COAST WEEKEND SPORTS • 4A 143rd YEAR, No. 82 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 ONE DOLLAR No room to rent Not enough housing stock means creative solutions needed for affordable housing By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Seaside runners are on fire &URVVFRXQWU\WHDPVHWVSDFHDV&RZDSD/HDJXHFKDPSLRQV By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian ARRENTON — When it FRPHVWR&ODVV$ER\VFURVV FRXQWU\ WKH WRS WKUHH KLJK school teams in Oregon were all on dis- SOD\:HGQHVGD\DIWHUQRRQDW Camp Rilea, site of the annual Cowapa League Championships. And the best of the best? 6HDVLGH VHWWOHG WKDW TXHVWLRQ ZLWK D GRPLQDWLQJ SHUIRUPDQFH RQ WKH VRJJ\ 5,000-meter course. W 7KH *XOOV KDG WKUHH RI WKH WRS IRXU ¿QLVKHUV DQGOLWHUDOO\UDQRIIZLWKWKH&RZDSDER\V¶WHDP FKDPSLRQVKLSDV6HDVLGH¿QLVKHGZLWKSRLQWV IROORZHG E\7LOODPRRN DQG9DOOH\ &DWKROLF $ORQJZLWKWKHHQWLUHER\V¶WHDPWKH6HDVLGH girls will send two athletes to the state meet, Oct. 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See HOUSING, Page 7A Charter school is a go Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian TOP TO BOTTOM: Seaside’s Hunter Thompson runs in the Cowapa League Championship meet at Camp Rilea. Seaside’s Bradley Rzewnicki competes in the the Cowapa League Champion- ship meet at Camp Rilea. Seaside’s Katie Zagata, left, runs along the course during the Cowapa League Championships, slightly ahead of team- mate Josie Smith. Both qualified for the state meet. 6WDWHUHTXLUHV diverting funds for Cannon Beach school By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group See SEASIDE, Page 10A Law enforcement laments legal pot woes New law too permissive, could H[SRVHFKLOGUHQWRGUXJRI¿FLDOVVD\ DQG 2UHJRQ /LTXRU &RQWURO Commission inspector Marc Warren led a panel discussion SEASIDE — When it :HGQHVGD\ DW 3URYLGHQFH comes to enforcing marijuana Seaside Hospital about the laws, Warrenton Police Chief legal and commercial rollout Matt Workman joked, his of- of legalized marijuana. The ¿FHUVPLJKWKDYHWRH[FKDQJH presentation was organized their guns for scales. through North Coast Preven- The joke underscored the tion Works, a local coalition confusion Workman and other working to prevent drug use ODZHQIRUFHPHQWRI¿FLDOVVD\ E\PLQRUV Measure 91, which legalized ³7KH\¶UHQRWHDV\IRUFRSV recreational marijuana, has to grasp, let alone a parent,” created. Workman said of the laws, Workman, Lt. Steve Bar- UHYLHZLQJ WKH KLVWRU\ RI QHWW &ODWVRS &RXQW\ 'LV- See POT, Page 10A WULFW $WWRUQH\ -RVK 0DUTXLV By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian THC-infused knockoffs of popular confection- aries and sodas include the Krondike Bar, Sour Gummi Bears, Nugtella and Canna Cola (pic- tured). Law enforcement officials fear the prod- ucts are indistinguishable to children from drug- free products. 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To start, the board will craft a three- \HDUFRQWUDFWZLWKWKHDFDGHP\DGPLQ- istration that allows the institution to EHJLQZLWKNLQGHUJDUWHQDQG¿UVWJUDGH and then add a new grade level each VXEVHTXHQWVFKRRO\HDU7KHDFDGHP\ plans to offer education for kindergar- WHQWR¿IWKJUDGHVWXGHQWV See SCHOOL, Page 4A