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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2016 5HOD[HG2UHJRQKHPSUXOHVKHDGHGIRUVWDWH+RXVHYRWH Bill would allow growers to use greenhouses, cuttings WKHH[SHFWDWLRQWKHFURSZRXOG EH XVHG IRU RLOVHHG DQG ¿EHU instead of human consumption. Since then, the state Depart- SALEM — Oregon hemp ment of Agriculture found that growers would be free to prop- many hemp producers were agate the crop from cuttings more interested in growing the under a bill that’s headed for a crop for cannabidiol, a com- pound used for medicinal pur- vote in the state House. Under current law, hemp poses, than for such traditional can only be seeded directly products. To this end, they wanted to RXWGRRUV LQ ¿HOGV DW OHDVW 2.5 acres in size, which was use greenhouses, clone desir- intended to facilitate indus- able plants and produce the trial production but proved too crop on a smaller scale. Under House Bill 4060, LQÀH[LEOHIRUJURZHUV At the time Oregon law- which was passed by a key makers originally legalized legislative committee, the min- hemp production in 2009, they LPXP DFUH ¿HOG UHTXLUH- enacted these restrictions with ment would be scrapped and By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Bureau EO Media Group file Hemp growing in the Willamette Valley in 2015. A bill in the state Legislature would make indoor cultivation of hemp legal, and make other changes in rules regulating the crop. hemp farmers would be given WKHVDPHÀH[LELOLW\LQSURGXF- tion and propagation methods as growers of other crops. The Oregon Farm Bureau is supporting H.B. 4060 because it wants hemp treated like other crops. The bill was approved 8-1 by the House Commit- tee on Agriculture and Natural Resources on Thursday after a last-minute amendment that FODUL¿HG KHPS ZRXOG EH VXE- ject to the same Department of Agriculture water and pesti- cide regulations as other crops. The amended version of the bill, which will soon be subject to a vote on the House ÀRRU DOVR FODUL¿HV WKDW JURZ- ers can cultivate all varieties of hemp and that the crop won’t be considered a food adulter- ant, among other provisions. Growers can also send crop samples to accredited laborato- ULHVIRUUHTXLUHGWHVWLQJZKLFK LVH[SHFWHGWREHFKHDSHUWKDQ using state staff and facilities. During the hearing Thurs- day, the committee also unan- imously approved House Bill 4007, which creates a new way to form rangeland protec- WLRQ DVVRFLDWLRQV ZKLFK ¿JKW ZLOG¿UHV Landowners must currently win approval from the state Board of Forestry to create such associations, but the bill would also allow them to be approved by county governments. Currently, 20 rangeland protection associations staffed by volunteers protect 4.6 mil- lion acres in Eastern Oregon. New associations orga- nized by counties would still have to submit annual budgets to the Board of Forestry and enter into cooperative agree- ments with the state Depart- ment of Forestry. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Man guilty of burglaries in Astoria, Seaside Two join Warrenton School Board In February 2015, he stole an iPad from the Chevron gas station in Astoria. Three days later, he broke into the basement of an Astoria apartment and stole a bicy- cle, staple gun and vacuum cleaner. He was in posses- sion of heroin. By KYLE SPURR Forsman resisted arrest The Daily Astorian and was charged with escape A man who burglarized in July. He failed to appear businesses and residences in in court in August. At the Astoria and Seaside was sen- time, he left town for Mon- tana and had to be tenced Thursday in H[WUDGLWHG EDFN WR Clatsop County Clatsop County. Circuit Court. Defense law- Dustin Allen yer Temojai Inhofe Forsman, 31, of described Fors- Seaside, was sen- man’s actions as tenced to 120 days eight months of in jail and four bad choices. She years probation. said he has been If his probation is drug-free since last revoked, he would Dustin Allen fall, and has a job, face four years in Forsman a girlfriend and prison. place to live. “Given the “He has claimed respon- number of victims, the num- ber of charges, I think this is sibility and wants to take a reasonable punishment,” care of everything,” Inhofe said. “He sincerely seems Judge Cindee Matyas said. Forsman pleaded guilty affected by this process and, last week to four counts of hopefully, he would like to second-degree burglary, change.” unlawful possession of her- oin, second-degree escape and first-degree failure to appear. The crimes occurred between December 2014 and last August. In December 2014, Fors- man reportedly stole an employee’s laptop from the Shilo Inn in Seaside. Four days later, he hid in the bath- room of Tokyo Teriyaki in Seaside until the restaurant closed and stole money and a key. manager at Tongue Point Greg Morrill, also serves on Job Corps Center, replaces the school board. Talamantez WARRENTON — Dan Adam Neahring at Position had been on the school board Jackson and Joe Talaman- 4. Neahring, a project engi- until June 30, after he was WH] ZHUH DSSRLQWHG WR ¿OO WZR neer for Bergerson Construc- defeated by Warren in a May vacancies on the Warren- tion Inc., recently moved out special election. ton-Hammond School Board of the district. Neahring’s col- Talamantez will face elec- league, Bergerson Construc- tion in 2017, and Jackson in on Wednesday. Jackson, the manager of tion co-owner and President 2019. Safekeeping Storage Center in Warrenton, replaces Den- nis Warren at Position 7. War- ren, a former teacher and board member, cited health issues Sunday, Feb for his resignation. Jackson 14, 10 am to Annual Haggle Day had joined the district’s bud- 5 pm get committee this school year Antiques • Nautical Items and said he wants to serve in Glassware • Vintage Decor the district he and his kids have 892 Marine D rive , Asto ria attended. (50 3) 338-0 10 1 7DODPDQWH] ¿QDQFLDO Attorney calls crimes ‘eight months of bad choices’ Prosecutor Dawn Buz- zard said drugs played a large role in Forsman’s actions. She hopes his time in jail and on proba- tion will be a wake up call for him. “I”m sure he would be much happier if he could stay clean and stay on this positive course that he started,” Buzzard said. As part of his sentence, Forsman was ordered to have no contact with the victims or businesses. +H ZLOO EH UHTXLUHG to pay restitution, once the total amount is calculated. The Daily Astorian Vendors are ready to deal Ahoy Matey Look Who ’ s 80 Happy Birthday Feb 14 th Love Colleen, Cindy, Bob and their families! 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