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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016
Oregon buzz: Pot plants
at state fair are a irst
The
specimens
were
selected by judges at a compe-
tition last weekend who chose
three winners each in the sativa,
indica and hybrid categories.
The entire exhibit will be
housed in a translucent tent and
extra security will be on hand
to check identiication so only
people 21 and over can enter,
Cox said.
None of the plants are
allowed have buds, which are
more potent than the leaves.
That’s because the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission,
which will regulate the recre-
ational marijuana business, is
still inalizing regulations for
the nascent industry and it’s
A step into
agricultural
mainstream
By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press
SALEM — Nine living mar-
ijuana plants will be displayed at
the Oregon State Fair in a irst
of its kind event for the United
States starting next Friday.
The exhibit of the non-low-
ering, immature plants brings
pot cultivation more into the
agricultural mainstream less
than two years after Oregon
voters legalized recreational
marijuana. The Oregon Can-
nabis Business Council, which
organized the exhibit, says it’s
the irst time live cannabis will
be shown at a state fair any-
where in the U.S.
The group last year had an
informational booth about mar-
ijuana at the fair and there were
no complaints — a key fac-
tor in allowing them to go one
step further and offer live plants
for viewing this year, said Dan
Cox, spokesman for the Oregon
State Fair.
None of
the plants
are allowed
have buds,
which are
more potent
than the
leaves.
‘A very rare treat’
currently illegal to transport a
lowering plant, said Donald
Morse, director of the Oregon
Cannabis Business Council.
Those regulations and a
licensing process for recre-
ational producers are expected
by 2017. The industry hopes to
have plants with buds at the fair
next summer, Morse said.
The event has raised some
eyebrows, but Cox said the
Oregon State Fair has always
played a role in displaying the
latest and sometimes controver-
sial fads in agriculture and state
culture. Nearly 20 years ago,
he said, the fair had an exhibit
on tattoo body art that caused a
similar sensation.
“It is a showcase for tra-
ditional things. And yet it’s
always been a show place for
the new, the different and the
innovative,” he said.
Oregon voters legalized
recreational marijuana in a
November 2014 ballot initia-
tive after medical marijuana
was legalized years earlier.
Recreational
marijuana
remains illegal in 46 states and
under federal law. But in Ore-
gon, the pot business has been
booming.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
OBITUARY
A ribbon seal turned up Tuesday on the beach about a mile north of Oysterville Road
on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington, according to NOAA Fisheries. “We had
another beautiful ribbon seal visit Washington state in 2012, but it is a very rare treat
for sure.”
Melvin ‘Donnie’ Stout
Seaside
Dec. 16, 1930 — Aug. 15, 2016
Don was born on Dec. 16, 1930, in Pryor, market, set up charts and day trade. He enjoyed
Oklahoma, to Oscar Melvin and Cleta Georgette volunteer work at his church, walks on the beach
(Hodge) Stout. He was the oldest of four children, and taking care of his cat, Einstein. He lived his
Donnie, Lonnie, Norma Jean and Ronnie Stout. life with integrity, was constantly faithful, deeply
The family also lived in Glendale, Ari-
spiritual and always generous. Don was
zona, before moving to Campbell, Cal-
dearly loved by his family and will be
ifornia. Don enjoyed participating in
greatly missed.
track, and he graduated from Campbell
Don Stout is survived by his wife
High School.
of 53 years, Dina; and his children,
From 1950 to 1955, he went to
Tamara and her husband Brekke, Julie
school at City College in San Jose, Cal-
and her husband Ted, Donnie and his
ifornia, to become a journeyman elec-
wife Michele and Cindy and her hus-
trician, and was an International Broth-
band Rod. Don has seven grandchil-
erhood of Electrical Workers union
dren: Ezekiel, Conner, Josie, Isaiah,
man for 45 years.
Levi, Anasara and Isabella. He is also
He attended First Baptist Church Melvin ‘Donnie’ survived by his sister Norma Jean, and
Stout
in San Jose, California, and became
brother Ronnie. Don was preceded in
involved in a singles group called The
death by his mother Cleta, father Oscar,
Investors, where he met his wife, Dina Elizabeth brother Lonnie, mother-in-law Martha, father-in-
Abbas, from Vancouver, British Columbia, and in law Gerd, sister-in-law Freda and brother-in-law
1963 they were joined in marriage.
George.
First daughter Tamara was born in 1964, fol-
Don Stout’s celebration of life will be held at
lowed by Juliet, Donald and Cynthia. In 1974 North Coast Family Fellowship on Tuesday, Aug.
they moved to Spokane, Washington, where they 23, at 11 a.m., with a reception to follow. A private
raised their children in the Spokane Valley, and family interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery.
attended the Berean Bible Church. The Stout fam-
In lieu of gifts or lowers, please consider a
ily enjoyed many years in a wonderful commu- donation to The Gideons.
nity of friends, fellowship and faith. Don and Dina
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary & Crematory in
retired to Seaside, Oregon, in 1996, and joined the Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. Visit
congregation at North Coast Family Fellowship.
www.hughes-ransom.com to share memories and
Don loved to read, research the commodity sign the guest book.
Oregon wildire season picking up amid heat
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Ore-
gon’s wildire season is
picking up just as much of
the state endures a stretch
of triple-digit heat.
A ire west of Sunriver
led oficials to warn peo-
ple in a subdivision they
might have to evacuate.
In south-central Oregon,
campers Thursday were
ordered to leave camp-
grounds along the Chewau-
can River because of a
wildire burning near Pais-
ley in the Fremont-Winema
National Forest. Some
homes in that sparsely pop-
ulated area also fell under
the evacuation alert.
In Eastern Oregon,
crews set intentional blazes
to rob the Rail ire of fuel
as it burns about 10 miles
southwest of Unity. The
wildire that has scorched
37 square miles produced
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back-burning through the night.
The ire northwest of
Paisley spread to more than
3 square miles. It started
Wednesday afternoon and
grew fast because of gusty
winds, high temperatures and
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