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143RD YEAR, NO. 179
ONE DOLLAR
Life on the half shell
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Defense attorney Conor Huseby looks up while talking
to Randy Roden after a hearing at Clatsop County
Courthouse in February 2015.
Roden’s lawyer to
attack Goodding’s
investigative work
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Tim Ritchey, who works for Elkhorn Oyster Co., hauls in a cage full of oysters lifted from the company’s beds just
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Elkhorn Oyster Co. co-owners Andi and Steve Shotwell, left and right re-
spectively, work alongside employee Kelli Erickson cleaning, counting and
bagging their Willapa Bay Oysters for wholesale distribution in-shell.
OYSTER DOCUMENTARY
For a deep look into the Willapa Bay oyster industry, the Shotwells of Elkhorn Oyster
Co. recommend a seven-part documentary, “Willapa Bay Oysters,” created by Keith
Cox, online at Vimeo at http://bit.ly/1LopLVG or through http://www.stonypix.com
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The Daily Astorian
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Capital Bureau
Every oyster sold by Elkhorn Oyster Co. can be tracked back to the compa-
ny. Co-owner Andi Shotwell said the company sometimes gets calls from
restaurants across the U.S. wanting to know where the oyster came from.
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Medford resident David
Miles launched a petition
drive in November to abol-
ish the tradition by 2018.
Miles said his force of
about 20 volunteers was
insufficient to gather the
required 117,578 signa-
tures to place the measure
on the ballot in November.
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