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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016
‘What is a favorite Fourth of July memory?’
“Standing out on the
roof of the Net Loft
that Nebeker owns
a few years ago,
and watching the
fi reworks.”
“It would have to be when
my Aunt Kristin came up
from Nevada and we
got a room at the Shilo
Inn and watched the fi re-
works in Seaside. It was a
great night. It was fun.”
Liz Harris, Astoria
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Austin Ogier, Knappa
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria Planning Com-
mission on Tuesday approved a
conditional use permit for Asto-
ria Indoor Garden Supply owner
Oscar Nelson to grow marijuana
and make soap inside his new
location.
Nelson, also a partner in the
dispensary chain Sweet Relief
Natural Medicine, moved the
store from downtown Astoria
to 3,000 square feet he rents
in construction contractor John
Carriere’s new building at 487-
491 Marine Drive . His two-
year conditional use permit
for light manufacturing covers
one-quarter of the space .
City Planner Nancy Ferber
said the marijuana grown there
would be for testing and not for
distribution, releasing it from cer-
tain reviews by police and the Ore-
gon Liquor Control Commission.
“The cannabis that will be
growing will be medicinal, so
Dwight Caswell/For The Daily Astorian
Above: Angela Meade, second from left, sang Leono-
ra in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore ” Sunday, the role she sang
in her debut at the Astoria Music Festival in 2011.
From left, tenor Cameron Schutza (Manrico, the trou-
badour), Meade, conductor Keith Clark and Richard
Zeller, baritone.
Right: MaryAnn McCormick, mezzo singing Azucena
the gypsy, and tenor Cameron Schutza (Manrico, the
troubadour) perform Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” Sunday at
the Liberty Theater during the Astoria Music Festival.
myself and another person who
has a medicinal license,” Nelson
said, adding his wife’s soap and
lotion business will likely go in
another location.
Nelson said the space will be
for research and development of
equipment, and potentially for
selling marijuana plant starts, if he
can fi nd a legal avenue. He is still
awaiting approval from the state
to grow marijuana in the space.
“I feel that this is going to have
zero impact on the community,”
he said. “To the outside citizen,
it’s going to be business as usual.
There’s going to be no odor, no
adverse traffi c through there. It’s
just going to be, really, a space for
me to play, to be quite frank.”
Linda Stephens, who owns
two houses above Carriere’s
building, said she doesn’t want
Nelson’s grow operation in her
backyard.
“I see it as a step for more
activity than that property can
maybe handle, parking-wise,” she
added.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Increasing cloudiness
ALMANAC
Some sun
First
Salem
53/83
Newport
50/63
July 11
Last
July 19
Baker
53/87
Ontario
68/100
Burns
56/90
Klamath Falls
52/88
Lakeview
56/89
Ashland
57/89
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Tonight's Sky: Just above the northwest horizon
as darkness falls are Pollux and Castor, the twins of
Gemini.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
4:44 a.m.
4:24 p.m.
Low
0.1 ft.
1.8 ft.
REGIONAL CITIES
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Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Hi
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Vancouver
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Hi
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Nashville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC
La Grande
56/86
Roseburg
55/86
Brookings
55/76
July 26
John Day
56/90
Bend
50/84
Medford
58/90
UNDER THE SKY
Today
Hi Lo
91 71
81 66
78 59
89 59
79 65
80 56
92 72
77 56
87 75
77 57
85 66
107 86
89 63
91 68
90 78
85 62
86 76
85 68
93 70
85 66
85 66
98 69
70 54
79 58
85 68
Prineville
52/87
Lebanon
49/84
Eugene
48/84
Full
Pendleton
62/91
The Dalles
62/87
Portland
57/80
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74 57
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77 60
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86 62
91 73
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87 65
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85 70
92 72
87 68
86 70
92 69
74 55
76 57
87 72
Donald Jon Perkins
Clatskanie
April 12, 1948 — June 15, 2016
Partly sunny with a
passing shower
Partly sunny
Tillamook
51/67
Sunset tonight ........................... 9:11 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 5:28 a.m. Coos Bay
Moonrise today ........................... 2:05 a.m. 53/67
Moonset today ........................... 3:50 p.m.
High
6.6 ft.
9.2 ft.
67
53
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
55/68
SUN AND MOON
Time
10:49 a.m.
10:39 p.m.
67
54
In his rebuttal, Nelson said he
wants the building to be a good
business environment. Turning
to Stephens, who he later gave a
business card to, Nelson said he
would address any issues.
Planning commissioners com-
miserated with Stephens over her
concerns of a marijuana-growing
operation so close to a residential
zone, but said Nelson’s applica-
tion met the criteria for a general
commercial zone.
Commissioner Sean Fitzpat-
rick said he owned a property
adjacent to the garden store’s pre-
vious location, under which Nel-
son grew marijuana, and didn’t
see any effects on the use of his
property.
“There’s just really no way we
can say ‘no,’” said C ommissioner
Jan Mitchell. “They complied
with the requirements staff has
given. You know, if it becomes a
problem, then, I would have the
right to comment on that … and
ask for a change. But it seems to
be legal.”
OBITUARY
SUNDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ Trace
Month to date ................................... 2.00"
Normal month to date ....................... 2.44"
Year to date .................................... 39.22"
Normal year to date ........................ 36.05"
July 4
68
55
Mostly cloudy
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 63°/57°
Normal high/low ........................... 66°/51°
Record high ............................ 86° in 1951
Record low ............................. 40° in 1985
New
SATURDAY
68
53
55
Susie McDowell, Portland
Planning Commission signs off
on marijuana grow, soap business
Il Trovatore
TONIGHT
“Laying on the beach
and watching the
fi reworks above our
heads in Manzanita.
That was our best
memory.”
Donald J. Perkins of Clatskanie, Oregon, a
In 2001, Don married Cheryl Gowler. In
25-year veteran senior trooper of the Oregon retirement with his beloved wife, he enjoyed
State Police, passed peacefully on June 15 in travel, going to garage sales , poker and spending
Norfolk, Nebraska, surrounded by family.
time with family and innumerable friends. In the
Don was born April 12, 1948, in
winter of 2003, Don foiled an abduc-
Astoria, the third son of Emil and Aili
tion attempt on Cheryl in Guadala-
jara, Mexico, suffering life-threaten-
Perkins of Brownsmead. He attended
ing wounds in the process. But once
Knappa schools, graduating from
again, he lived to tell the tale.
Knappa High School in June 1966.
A lifelong sportsman, Don boasted
After high school, Don followed
numerous Boone and Crockett trophy
in his father and brothers’ footsteps as
deer, elk and antelope.
a longshoreman on the Astoria water-
Don is survived by his wife of 15
front. In July 1966, he was critically
years, Cheryl; son, Brian Perkins;
injured when a tugboat hit the log raft
and nieces, Debbie Franklin (Ed)
he was working on. It was thought
he would lose his leg, but, as Don Donald Perkins and DeAnn Crenshaw (Don), whom
he helped raise. He had six grand-
showed throughout his life, he was
children, Nick, Alex, Heidi, Megan,
made of tough Finnish stock. This
Colton and Jacob, and was proud to boast three
was the fi rst of many times he beat the odds.
Don married Sandy Seeborg on Oct. 28, great-grandchildren, Parker, Finn and Graysen.
Don is also survived by siblings Richard Perkins
1967, to whom he remained wed for 32 years.
He soon discovered his life’s passion in law (Eva) and Irene Kallio; his nephew and hunt-
enforcement, joining the Clatsop County Sheriff ing partner, Ken Rudat (Patsy); ex-wife Sandy;
reserves. In 1974, Don became a trooper in the and numerous nephews, nieces and friends. He
Oregon State Police. His duty stations included was preceded in death by siblings Emil Jr. and
Oakridge, St. Helens and McMinnville, where Helen.
A celebration of life will be held later this
he worked both traffi c and fi sh and g ame.
In 1994, he moved to Clatskanie, where he summer, with an announcement preceding.
Donations in Don’s memory can be made to:
stayed until his retirement in 1999, while serv-
ing the St. Helens OSP offi ce again. During that Oregon State Police Offi cers Association, P.O.
time he served as a regional union representative Box 12726, Salem, OR 97309, www.ospoa.
for the Oregon State Police Offi cers Association. com/programs
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June 16, 2016
BENSON, Raine and
Thomas, of Seaside, a girl,
Annabelle Grace Benson,
born at Providence Sea-
side Hospital. Older siblings
are Elise and Terrance Mad-
sen. Grandparents are Chris-
tine Erickson-Alonzo and
Jose Alonzo of Silverdale,
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June 22, 2016
FERBER, Samantha, and
LEAKE, Bret, of Nehalem, a
girl, Nova Kai Leake, born at
Columbia Memorial Hospital
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ON THE RECORD
DUII arrest
• At 1:29 a.m. Friday, Clat-
sop County Sheriff’s Offi ce
arrested Robert Michael Car-
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p.m., 41535 Old U.S. Highway
30.
THURSDAY
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hearing and executive session,
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