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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016 Specialty food company sets up production in Astoria Smith: Sentencing is scheduled for next week in Circuit Court Continued from Page 1A In the recording, Smith admits to drowning her 2-year- old daughter, Isabella Smith. “The intention was to drown her and end her misery,” she said. Smith, who could have faced the death penalty, will serve a minimum of 40 years in prison, according to the plea agreement. A sentencing hear- ing is scheduled in Circuit Court next week. Clatsop County Dis- trict Attorney Josh Marquis said avoiding trial will spare Smith’s family, especially her surviving daughter. Alana Smith and Smith’s ex-husband, Gregory Smith, are invited to speak at the sen- tencing hearing. The morning after Smith murdered Isabella and wounded Alana, she aban- doned the hotel room. House- keeping staff could hear Alana Smith slipping and falling, and called 911 to report a disori- ented female. Cannon Beach Police Chief Jason Schermerhorn and Cannon Beach Assistant Fire Chief Frank Swedenborg were the irst to respond. They saw the two girls laying on the bed. Isabella appeared lifeless and posed, and Alana had been bleeding profusely from cuts on her neck and wrists. After a three-day search, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew spotted Smith near her gold 2007 Chevy Suburban on a heavily forested logging road about 15 miles east of Cannon Beach. A Clatsop County Sheriff’s Ofice detective and FBI spe- cial agent drove an SUV down forest roads to arrest Smith. Alana Smith, now 15, told investigators her mother helped her cut her own throat and drowned her sister because they did not want to live with her father. Alana is now liv- ing with family in Washing- ton state. Jessica and Gregory Smith separated in April 2014. The girls’ father sought a custody evaluation less than two weeks before the murder. Smith was supposed to return the children to her ex-husband the day they were discovered in the hotel room. In the video interview taken at the Seaside Police Depart- ment the day she was arrested, Smith said she and Alana were terriied of her ex-husband. Instead of bringing the chil- dren back, Smith made spe- ciic plans to drug her daugh- ters and used razor blades to cut Alana’s throat and wrists. Smith’s defense lawyer William Falls and Lynne Mor- gan, who previously described her as having a mental break- down, said Wednesday they were conident in her physical and mental health. “We believe she is com- petent, and that she under- stands what she is doing at this point,” Falls said. Judge Matyas determined in June that Smith was men- tally competent had the case gone to trial. Main product is Voodoo Nuts By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Astoria’s about to get a lot more nutty. Sedona Smokehouse Specialty Foods, which sells hickory-smoked nuts at markets and in more than 50 grocery stores in Oregon and Washington state, recently set up a pro- duction space at the for- mer Paradoxx Bistro along Youngs Bay in Astoria. The company’s main product is Voodoo Nuts, its habanero garlic-la- vored pistachios. Sedona also sells smoked salts and barbecue seasonings. Robert Johnston, who founded the company two years ago and lives in Sea- side, had been traveling to a cooperative commer- cial kitchen in Beaver- ton to smoke his nuts, but said the space became too crowded for him to keep up with orders. He contacted Kevin Leahy, director of Clatsop Economic Development Resources, who put him in touch with Robert Stang, owner of the building that had housed the Paradoxx Bistro until April. “This was a godsend,” Johnston said, adding he can produce about 150 pounds of nuts a day in The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. 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A celebration of life will be held on Aug. 20, 2016, at 1 p.m., at Warrenton High School, where Kelly was an exceptional student, graduated in 1981, played basketball and made lifelong friends. Kelly was born in Astoria, Oregon, to Sally and Eddie Ray Smotherman, on June 26, 1963, and grew up in Warrenton. He married Danene Jones, with whom he had two beautiful daughters, Chelsea and Madison Smotherman. He mastered his trade of commercial fi shing for over 30 years, with most recently being the owner and captain of The Fate Hunter out of Warrenton, Oregon. Kelly is survived by his ex-wife, Danene Lethin; daughters Chelsea and Madison Smotherman; his mother, Sally Smotherman; and three brothers, Steve Hitchman and Russ and Scott Smotherman. Above all, Kelly loved his family and cherished his friends. He loved to have a good time, and was always ready to have fun! Kelly will live on forever in the hearts and minds of everyone who was lucky enough to know him. 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