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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2016 First month’s pot tax take higher than other states Too early for conclusions, economist says jected million to mil- lion in tax revenue for the ¿ rst year, after subtracting the cost of regulating the market, said Mazen Malik, senior econo- mist with the Oregon Legisla- tive Revenue Of¿ ce. His of¿ ce has yet to calculate the overall cost of regulation, he said. “It is probably too early to make the conclusion on what is the overall picture out of this ¿ rst month,” Malik said. “9is- ibility will improve as we go on. It might be that this is the trajectory of these things and we would end up with more money than we thought.” Colorado and Washington were the only states to precede Oregon in collecting taxes on recreational marijuana. Alaska, the only other state where rec- reational sales are legal, is still writing regulations for the industry. Washington collected less than . million in tax revenue in its ¿ rst month of recreational sales in July , according By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — Oregon’s ¿ rst month of tax revenue from rec- reational marijuana sales was greater than the ¿ rst take of any other state so far where recreational sales have been legalized. The Oregon Department of Revenue reported Thursday that the agency collected about . million in recreational cannabis taxes in January. Although each state’s tax structure differs, Oregon’s tax receipts exceeded even state economists’ expectations, boosted in part by an already robust medical marijuana indus- try and a three-month period of sales before the tax took effect. State economists had pro- ‘Visibility will improve as we go on. It might be that this is the trajectory of these things and we would end up with more money than we thought.’ Mazen Malik senior economist, Oregon Legislative Revenue Office to ¿ gures from the Washing- ton Liquor and Cannabis Board and the Washington Depart- ment of Revenue. The state lev- ied an excise tax of percent at every level of sale from pro- ducer to consumer when the recreational program started in . The tax rate now stands at percent only at the con- sumer level. Colorado’s ¿ rst month of tax receipts on recreational marijuana in January Hispanic council, trust to host meeting on grant programs The Daily Astorian The Lower Columbia His- panic Council is partnering with Meyer Memorial Trust to host a meeting Friday to intro- duce Meyer’s new Building Community, Healthy Envi- ronment, and Housing Oppor- tunities grant programs. The meeting is from a.m. to noon in Columbia Hall Room 9, Clatsop Community Col- lege, Lexington Ave. Meyer announced new funding opportunities this Tonight The Daily Astorian month for each of the pro- grams , and the meeting is an opportunity to learn about the opportunities, ask questions, and meet Meyer staff work- ing in the new programs. To attend the meeting, RS9P at http//bit.ly/9u=kAa Cloudy with a little rain 42° Tuesday Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs The Dalles 39/58 Astoria 42/53 Portland 44/56 Corvallis 43/55 Eugene 42/55 Pendleton 39/52 Salem 43/56 Albany 43/55 Wednesday Burns 29/45 Medford 39/54 Mostly cloudy with a few showers 53° 44° Thursday Breezy; a shower in the morning, then rain 53° Friday Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers 51° 51° 41° 39° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High ........................................... 57° Low ............................................ 47° Normal high ............................... 54° Normal low ................................. 39° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.43" Month to date ........................ 10.01" Normal month to date ............. 4.95" Year to date ........................... 32.29" Normal year to date .............. 22.59" Sunset tonight .................. Sunrise Tuesday .............. Moonrise today ................ Moonset today ................. Regional Cities Today Hi Lo W 54 30 sh 47 29 sh 52 44 r 54 42 r 53 45 r 43 29 sh 53 39 r 53 44 r 55 45 r 7:30 p.m. 7:14 a.m. 6:02 p.m. 6:30 a.m. Full Last New First Mar 23 Mar 31 Apr 7 Apr 13 Under the Sky Tues. Hi Lo W 46 27 sh 46 25 sf 53 41 sh 55 40 sh 52 46 sh 44 23 sf 54 36 c 52 44 sh 55 43 sh National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 57 37 s Boston 39 30 sn Chicago 48 40 pc Denver 71 39 pc Des Moines 59 46 pc Detroit 47 34 pc El Paso 80 52 s Fairbanks 35 9 pc Honolulu 82 67 sh Indianapolis 51 39 pc Kansas City 63 48 s Las Vegas 83 58 pc Los Angeles 69 52 pc Memphis 59 42 s Miami 69 57 pc Nashville 56 38 s New Orleans 61 45 s New York 49 34 pc Oklahoma City 67 48 s Philadelphia 50 31 pc St. Louis 59 45 s Salt Lake City 69 43 c San Francisco 63 51 sh Seattle 54 43 r Washington, DC 53 35 pc Klamath Falls 29/44 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 43° Mostly cloudy, a shower or two; breezy City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Ontario 40/56 Bend 29/46 City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 54 39 r 57 39 sh 55 44 r 55 42 r 54 43 r 53 45 r 55 37 c 53 43 r 58 34 c Tues. Hi Lo W 55 41 sh 52 37 c 56 43 sh 55 40 sh 56 41 sh 52 46 sh 48 34 c 55 43 sh 61 33 c Tonight's Sky: Messier Catalogue published (1781). A 63-year-old Portland man died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night on U.S. High- way near Cannon Beach. Paul Raymond Kipp was traveling southbound in his Volvo sedan around a curve when he lost control, crossed the oncoming lane and went off the shoulder, according to the Oregon State Police. The car went into a ditch, where it crashed into a set of trees. The car came to a stop between the trees, where it was overturned on the driver’s side. Kipp was pronounced dead at the scene. No passengers were in the car. Cannon Beach Police and Fire and Rescue initially responded at about p.m. Ore- gon State Police , Seaside Fire and Rescue, Medix and Ore- gon Department of Transporta- tion units assisted at the scene. The Oregon State Police is continuing its investigation. Bulk carrier runs aground in shipping channel The Daily Astorian CATHLAMET, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard is closely monitoring a bulk car- rier that ran aground in the main shipping channel of the Columbia River just after mid- night today near Cathlamet . Pollution responders from the Coast Guard alerted local and federal agencies and established an incident com- mand with the Washing- ton Department of Ecology and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. “The positive news so far is that responders have not observed any oil in the water,” Capt. Dan Travers, commander of Sector Colum- bia River, said in a statement. “The vessel quickly activated its plan and all federal, state, and county responders mobi- lized immediately. This is a joint effort with both states and hopefully will just turn out to have been an exercise in mobi- lizing pollution response resources.” The cause of the ground- ing is under investigation. The bulk carrier — the Sparna — was outbound, fully loaded with grain, and heading west in the Columbia with a river pilot still on board when it ran aground. The vessel is also ¿ lled with more than , gallons of high-sulfur fuel and more than , gallons of marine diesel. The Maritime Fire & Safety Association and Clean Riv- ers Cooperative deployed response vessels, booms and personnel. The tugs PJ Brix and Paci¿ c Escort are on scene to keep the Sparna stabi- lized. The Coast Guard has not closed the river channel. BIRTH Feb. 21, 2016 CARRIERE, Alanna and Oscar, of Astoria, a boy, Bronx Raymond Carriere, born at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Grand- parents are Connie and Terry McCleary of Astoria and John and Julie Carriere of Hammond. DEATHS Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 1:42 a.m. 8.5 ft. 1:44 p.m. 8.3 ft. Time 7:47 a.m. 8:05 p.m. Low 1.2 ft. 0.4 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Tues. Hi Lo W 68 45 s 47 40 s 62 40 pc 68 31 pc 69 49 pc 60 42 c 84 56 pc 36 11 pc 80 67 t 62 50 s 75 57 s 70 50 s 69 51 pc 67 55 s 75 67 pc 67 50 s 71 61 s 52 46 s 78 58 s 56 46 s 71 55 s 47 35 sh 62 49 c 54 44 c 62 48 pc those dispensaries deal only in cash. The revenue depart- ment carved out a special of¿ ce with security and sur- veillance cameras to receive cash payments for tax bills, Krawczyk said. Dispensary owners who can’t submit a payment by check or money order have to travel to Salem to pay the tax bill in cash. Mark and Cindy Cusick of Salem’s Herbal Grass- lands are among those who paid their taxes in cash. The couple delivered , in cash to the revenue department in early February to pay their January tax bill, Mark Cusick said. “I’ve carried that much cash before,” he said. “Obvi- ously, it’s not the most com- fortable feeling in the world.” He said the taxes were about what he expected. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Portland man dies in crash on Hwy. 101 ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast totaled more than million. That state charges an excise tax of percent at the wholesale level and a .9 percent sales tax on other recreational mari- juana transactions. While Oregon’s revenue on recreational marijuana exceeded expectations, Ore- gon allowed sales for three months before charging the tax, which might have given the industry more time to adjust, Malik said. Oregon taxes recreational marijuana at the point of sale. Medical marijuana dispen- saries were allowed to start selling recreational mari- juana on a temporary basis in October . In January, the tax took effect at a rate of per- cent. The tax will be reduced to percent when the licensed recreational retail- ers take over sales sometime in early . Out of Oregon’s 9 dis- pensaries, made pay- ments to the revenue depart- ment in January. Joy Krawczyk, spokes- woman for Oregon Depart- ment of Revenue, said the agency is reaching out to dis- pensaries that didn’t submit a payment to make sure owners are aware of the regulations. The federal ban on mar- ijuana has prevented some Oregon dispensaries from being able to obtain ¿ nan- cial services from banks and credit unions. As a result, Fronts Cold March 18, 2016 ESCOLA, Steven Wal- ter, , of Clatskanie, died in Clatskanie. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. March 20, 2016 ABRAHAMS, Patri- cia Ruth, , of Svensen, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Warm Stationary PUBLIC MEETINGS Showers T-Storms -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Rain Flurries Snow Ice Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Pau l Joh n H ayner, M .D . Board -C ertified Internal M ed icine D R IVE 97103 (503) 325-0505 MONDAY Astoria City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. TUESDAY Clatsop Care Health District Board, noon, Clatsop Care Center, 646 16th St. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Seaside Airport Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broad- way. Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Astoria Public Library Flag Room, 450 10th St. Astoria Planning Commis- sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. LOTTERIES OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 0-4-1-1 4 p.m.: 8-0-8-9 7 p.m.: 7-2-8-1 10 p.m.: 7-3-5-3 Saturday’s Megabucks: 3-9- 11-14-21-37 Estimated jackpot: $2.2 million Saturday’s Powerball: 11-23- 43-54-60, Powerball: 3 Estimated jackpot: $80 million Saturday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 3-0-2-5 4 p.m.: 2-3-3-1 7 p.m.: 5-9-2-1 10 p.m.: 1-6-5-3 Friday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 8-6-8-6 4 p.m.: 8-4-4-9 7 p.m.: 3-4-8-3 10 p.m.: 5-5-2-4 WASHINGTON Sunday’s Daily Game: 4-8-5 Sunday’s Keno: 01-02-03-13- 18-26-27-29-30-33-39-41-52- 53-58-66-71-77-78-80 Sunday’s Match 4: 12-18- 19-22 Saturday’s Daily Game: 8-9-4 Saturday’s Hit 5: 11-14-19- 27-39 Estimated jackpot: $170,000 Saturday’s Keno: 03-05-09- 13-22-24-27-32-33-37-42-47- 48-50-52-61-68-69-79-80 Saturday’s Lotto: 01-07-15- 38-40-47 Estimated jackpot: $7.9 million Saturday’s Match 4: 01-02- 04-15 Friday’s Daily Game: 4-7-9 Friday’s Keno: 03-08-12-14- 23-29-32-38-40-45-47-52-53- 55-62-69-70-73-76-78 Friday’s Match 4: 01-06-19-20 Friday’s Mega Millions: 05- 08-57-59-73, Mega Ball: 13 Estimated jackpot: $25 million OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. 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