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COAST WEEKEND: JANE BARNES REVUE KICKS UP ITS HEELS | INSIDE DailyAstorian.com // THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016 143RD YEAR, NO. 191 ONE DOLLAR Smith’s murder trial pushed to 2017 Psychologist could not determine whether Smith is mentally ¿ t to proceed Lynne Mor- gan, right, an attorney for Jessica Smith, sits during a hearing at the Clatsop Coun- ty Courthouse on Wednesday. day to delay Smith¶s trial, which was scheduled for this summer, until June 2017, as defense lawyers and prosecutors continue to argue over her mental state Psychologist %rooke +oward was hired to independently evaluate Smith based on her lawyers¶ claims that she is unable to aid and assist in her own defense The defense believes Smith suffers By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian A court-appointed psychologist found accused murderer Jessica Smith suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, but could not determine if she is mentally un¿ t to stand trial Judge Cindee Matyas agreed Wednes- Joshua Bessex The Daily Astorian A GREENER BLUE from a mental disease, while prosecutors think she is faking A contested aid and assist hearing is set for April “She¶s malingering and she¶s faking,” Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis said during a hearing Wednesday in Circuit Court See TRIAL, Page 10A Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian A marijuana plant sits on a shelf in The Farmacy. Marijuana edibles, extracts to go retail Products had been limited to medical marijuana patients Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian A derelict vessel sits in the Columbia River off Washington . In 2011, Washington and Oregon created the Columbia River Derelict Ves- sel Task Force, which identified 40 vessels of concern, many of them more than 100 feet long and with unknown levels of pollution. By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau Allen on quest to rid oceans of abandoned boats tice is usually associated with “shipbreaking,” a term used to describe the large-scale, hap- hazard dismantling of vessels in places like Alang, India, and Gal- veston, Texas Allen wanted to prove the environmental safety of his meth- ods using the Cap¶n Oscar , with hopes of developing Tongue Point into a larger ship-dismantling and training center that could be rec- reated around the country SALEM — Oregonians will soon be able to buy low-dose marijuana edibles and extracts for recreational use Gov Kate %rown signed legislation into law Tuesday that allows the recreational sales and enables medical marijuana dispen- saries to continue to sell both medical and recreational pot from the same location The Oregon +ealth Authority quickly issued a bulletin warning the marijuana indus- try to hold off on sales of recreational edibles and extracts until the agency has adopted tem- porary rules on serving size and potency The rules are scheduled for completion in early April, Andre Ourso, manager of the med- ical marijuana program, wrote in the bulletin “We appreciate the opportunity to have edibles and extracts under the early sales pro- gram, and we look forward to working with the Oregon +ealth Authority to come up with rules,” said David McNicoll of the Oregon Responsible Edibles Council Since last October , the early sales pro- gram, under the Oregon +ealth Authority, authorized already existing medical mari- juana dispensaries to sell marijuana to recre- ational customers Edible and extracts were restricted to medical marijuana patients The Oregon Responsible Edibles Council and Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Associa- tion lobbied lawmakers to change the de¿ - nition of “limited marijuana retail product” to include low-dose edibles and extracts in early sales See QUEST, Page 10A See POT, Page 10A By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian B lue Ocean Environmen- tal, the quest by locally connected environmental- ist, entrepreneur and ¿ sh- monger Frank Allen to clean the world¶s oceans, went online last weekend Allen launched the website — blueoceanenvirocom — to help call attention to ocean debris and abandoned vessels, starting with the ¿ shing boat Cap¶n Oscar at the Port of Astoria “Awareness is the issue,” said Allen, who is energetic, and at times frenetic, in his passion for oceans and rivers “We have to let people know what¶s going on “Since day one of mankind, we have used the oceans as a waste site” Allen is mostly known for Live Online Seafood, a com- pany he created a decade ago, recycling ¿ sh heads, collars and other scraps not used by pro- cessors in Alaska, and shipping them to Asia for use in other foods Daily Astorian file Frank Allen, the head of Blue Ocean Environmental, also runs the company Live Online Seafoods taking discarded fish parts and shipping them to Asia. Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Frank Allen, head of Blue Ocean Environmental, said he wants to test his company’s environmentally friendly ship-disman- tling techniques on the Cap’n Oscar, a 69-foot steel fishing boat abando ned at the Port of Astoria. The vessel is stored in a han- gar at North Tongue Point after sinking multiple times. Starting locally Along with %lue Ocean Environmental¶s website , Allen has created a GoFundMe page seeking $70,000 to recycle the Cap¶n Oscar Allen sees the abandoned 69-foot fishing boat as a pilot in his plan to clean the region¶s — and eventually, the world¶s — waterways of dere- lict vessels Allen came to the Port about three years ago, proposing an environmentally safe way of dis- mantling boats and ships at North Tongue Point and shipping met- als to steel mills in Oregon and Washington state The prac- Fliers brace for big security lines Airlines, TSA concede there is no easy solution By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ Associated Press NEW YORK — Fliers will likely face massive secu- rity lines at airports across the country this summer, with air- lines already warning passen- gers to arrive at least two hours early or risk missing their À ight The Transportation Secu- rity Administration had antici- pated that its expedited screen- ing program, called PreCheck, would speed up lines and require fewer agents to screen passengers %ut the agency has failed to enroll enough travel- ers, leaving TSA with too few screeners to quickly handle a growing numEer of À iers The TSA tried to make up for that shortfall by randomly placing passengers into the express lanes %ut it recently had to scale that back for fear dangerous passengers were being let through That¶s when the lines started growing, up to minutes in some cases The TSA is shifting some resources to tackle lines at the nation¶s biggest airports, but says there is no easy solution to the problem with a record number of À iers expected this summer “We had unacceptable line waits at the majority of our hubs,” says Robert Isom, chief operating of¿ cer of American Airlines “%ased on what the TSA is telling us, there is no relief in sight” PreCheck Launched nationwide in 2012, the program gives pre- viously vetted passengers spe- cial screening Shoes, belts and light jackets stay on Lap- tops and liquids stay in bags And these À iers go through standard metal detectors rather than the explosive-detecting full-body scanners most pass through See SECURITY, Page 10A Ted S. Warren/AP Photo Travelers authorized to use the TSA PreCheck expedited security line at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport have their documents checked by Transportation Security Ad- ministration workers. Fliers will likely face massive secu- rity lines at airports across the country this summer, with airlines already warning passengers to arrive at least two hours early or risk missing their flight.
