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Newspaper Page Text2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 Department of Corrections doesn’t track mistakes in inmate releases Traveling cannabis fair visits Astoria gators to potential customers to check their business practices. If everything checks out, she said, New Growth will cover up to $2 million in case of theft. Kevin Sikkink and Grant Thomas traveled from Min- nesota to represent their com- pany, Skunk Tees, started while they were college students. Despite legalization and the history of cannabis and hemp cultivation in the U.S., Sik- kink said he has to source his hemp and organic copper shirts from China because of the cost being about double domesti- cally. Sikkink said he also faces the challenge of ﬁ nding print- ers who will work on hemp. Thomas said the irony is that while cannabis-related businesses love to be asso- ciated with hemp products, hemp companies are fearful of the linkage and its effect on business. But the two said they are still ﬁ nding a market in head shops and fairs. “We’re trying to be one of those early compa- nies,” Sikkink said. The only local sponsor of the event was Sweet Relief Natural Medicine, the ﬁ rst dis- pensary in the county. Gary Reynolds, a co-owner of the dispensary, said it’s import- ant for local businesses to be present at such fairs and help provide knowledge to their customers. Seeds, edibles, even insurance, on display By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian A month after the rides went down, the blue ribbons were given out and the 4-H animals sold at auction, another type of fair came the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. The Hemp & Cannabis Fair, a traveling, all-in-one dis- play for one of Oregon’s new- est industries, set up shop over the weekend. Naomi Forkash, manager of the fair, said the idea is to bring knowledge about all things cannabis to the people. The fair is traveling around the state, next visiting Bend and Salem. The fair brought speakers on the laws, effects, science and seeds behind cannabis. Vendors sold seeds, edibles, paraphernalia, growing and harvesting supplies and even insurance. It included some of the newer businesses that have popped up as a result of legalization. Steven Lewis said he had been working for a company focusing on energy efﬁ ciency. He helped build a greenhouse Mistake in Washington state set thousands free early Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian My Urban Growhouse was selling all-in-one in- door grow setups at The Hemp & Cannabis Fair. in a friend’s backyard. Then the idea for My Urban Growhouse was born. “We basically give you a complete turnkey grow sys- tem,” Lewis said. Dawn Redlich, a represen- tative of New Growth Insur- ance, said there are probably only three companies in the region providing insurance to cannabis-related business. She said her employers were working in the more traditional insurance industry, but saw an unserved market. “Sadly, the reality is dis- pensaries are being robbed,” Redlich said. Her company sends investi- By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 57 67 55 Cloudy with a couple of showers Occasional morning rain and drizzle ALMANAC Mostly cloudy and comfortable Full Salem 55/70 Newport 53/62 Sep 16 Coos Bay 53/67 New Sep 23 OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 4-6-6-7 4 p.m.: 7-0-9-0 7 p.m.: 3-5-8-6 10 p.m.: 1-1-0-6 Saturday’s Megabucks: Ontario 45/73 Burns 34/67 Klamath Falls 35/72 02-04-16-17-37-48 Lakeview 33/73 Ashland 46/77 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 10:56 a.m. 11:39 p.m. Low 1.3 ft. 0.8 ft. City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 70 69 67 76 64 71 80 71 62 67 Today Lo 35 43 51 52 58 35 49 55 53 54 W pc s pc pc c s s c pc pc Hi 61 65 66 70 64 72 79 69 62 67 Tues. Lo 35 38 53 48 57 36 52 51 51 52 W c c pc sh r pc pc sh sh c City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 67 74 70 79 75 65 70 75 69 78 Today Lo 52 52 57 52 55 58 48 51 56 51 W c pc c pc pc c pc pc c pc Hi 67 69 69 73 70 65 60 68 68 76 Tues. Lo 51 50 54 54 51 56 47 50 52 44 W c sh sh c sh pc sh sh sh c TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 89 69 88 89 90 85 93 55 87 89 91 93 76 94 90 92 88 83 92 85 93 75 71 67 88 LOTTERIES Baker 35/61 REGIONAL CITIES Tonight's Sky: M18 is a small star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, which is low in the south at nightfall. Today Lo 68 63 73 52 75 68 73 46 75 70 74 71 60 77 77 69 78 68 73 69 76 53 55 55 69 La Grande 41/60 Roseburg 52/73 Brookings 50/69 Sep 30 John Day 48/62 Bend 43/65 Medford 49/79 UNDER THE SKY High 6.7 ft. 7.7 ft. Prineville 46/67 Lebanon 52/68 Eugene 52/70 Last Pendleton 52/69 The Dalles 57/74 Portland 57/69 Sunset tonight ........................... 7:46 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 6:43 a.m. Moonrise today ......................... 10:58 a.m. Moonset today ........................... 9:58 p.m. 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 A morning shower; otherwise, cloudy Partial sunshine Tillamook 56/63 SUN AND MOON Time 5:08 a.m. 5:01 p.m. 71 55 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. 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Or- egon corrections ofﬁ cials say its rare that inmates are mis- takenly released early, though they don’t track such errors. lor in May 2015, less than two weeks after Smith’s accidental release from prison, according to multiple news reports. Oregon Department of Cor- rections has multiple systems in place to guard against mistakes in release dates, Bernt said. Information technology employees conduct extensive testing when sentencing track- ing computer system updates are made due to law changes. Two separate corrections employees also review pris- oner ﬁ les six months prior to release, with additional reviews at two weeks and one day before release, Bernt said. Mistakes in release dates usually stem from human error or failure to receive “critical information” from the county jail or county court in a timely manner, she said. Mistakes are usually detected when corrections employees review an inmate’s ﬁ le after release for some reason, Bernt said. Events that could prompt a review include when a lawsuit is ﬁ led or when ofﬁ cials receive a call from county ofﬁ cials who have questions about the release, she said. John Potter, who has been executive director of the Ore- gon Criminal Defense Associa- tion for the past 37 years, said he has never known of a case when a client was released too early. “I can’t even come up with an anecdotal example of a law- yer who had someone who got out early because someone made a mistake,” Potter said. 360-875-8016 Raymond, Washington www.mrdoobees.com Find us on This product has intoxicating eff ects and may be habit forming. Marijuana can impair concentration, coordination and judgement. Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the infl uence of this drug. There may be health risks associated with consumption of this product. For use only by adults twenty-one or older. Keep out of reach of children. All advertised prices in this ad are “While Supplies Last”. State Rep. Jeff Barker, D-Aloha, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said he was unaware that Oregon cor- rections ofﬁ cials don’t track the frequency of erroneous releases. “I don’t know if they have anybody released early, … but I would be interested in looking into that,” Barker said. Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eu- gene, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said even though Oregon doesn’t appear to have a chronic problem with releasing inmates too early, he has asked the Department of Corrections to begin to count how many times it happens. “I know they said they don’t normally, but they are going to maybe try to integrate that in, so they have a point of reference,” Prozanski said. Corrections ofﬁ cials said they plan to track those numbers in the future, but have not selected a date. Tracking past instances would require ofﬁ cials to man- ually pull the release records of every inmate, they said. “So far, our plans to start tracking erroneous releases are in the discussion phase,” Bernt said. “We agree that errone- ous releases should and can be tracked in some way, but need to explore the most accurate and efﬁ cient way to do that.” “We are conﬁ dent that pre- mature releases are a rare occur- rence in Oregon,” she added. The Capital Bureau is a col- laboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Schools take steps to ensure water supplies are lead free By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian As school starts this year, school districts trying to ensure returning students have water supplies free of lead. Astoria Superintendent Craig Hoppes said testing found lead issues in five feed lines to water foun- tains at Astoria High School. All other schools came back clean. “The d istrict is in the process of replacing the feed lines to the water foun- tains,” Hoppes wrote in a letter to parents. “In addi- tion, the d istrict is replacing the five water fountains at the high school. The water fountains will be replaced due to their age and for pre- cautionary reasons.” Hoppes said two of the affected fountains will be replaced by Tuesday, with the other three replaced within a couple weeks. The district received help with testing from the city of Astoria. Wa r r e n t o n - H a m m o n d School District received their results from lead and copper testing Thursday. Superintendent Mark Jef- fery said that among the two water features tested at War- renton Grade School and Warrenton High School, there were no issues. “We’re good on lead and copper,” Jeffery said, adding the district is focusing on readying its preliminary test- ing plans for lead and radon by Sept. 15. FUNERAL Tuesday, Sept. 6 PARKS, Glen William — A funeral service is 1 p.m. Tues- day at Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary. A reception follows after the service at Warrenton Community Center, 170 S.W. Third St., Warrenton, Oregon. Caldwell’s Luce Layton Mortu- ary is in charge of arrangements. PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY Seaside Community Center Commission, 10 a.m., 1225 Avenue A. Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., 1131 Broadway. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Seaside Planning Commis- sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 www.dailyastorian.com MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2870 Ocean Avenue Between Raymond & South Bend on Highwayt 101 at mile post 56 SALEM — Oregon correc- tions ofﬁ cials say it’s rare that inmates are mistakenly released early, though they don’t track such errors. A computer coding error in Washington state caused thou- sands of inmates there to be released before they had com- pleted their sentences. The Oregon Department of Corrections releases more than 5,000 inmates each year. Ofﬁ - cials said instances of erroneous releases are a “rare occurrence” because they test computer codes used to calculate sen- tences and “good time” credit and review individual ﬁ les. But ofﬁ cials could not provide an estimate of how many mistakes occur each year. “While DOC does not track when erroneous early releases happen, we do know that it does not occur that often,” said Betty Bernt, a corrections spokeswoman. Washington Gov. Jay Ins- lee announced in December that state’s Department of Correc- tions had released up to 3,200 inmates too soon since 2002 because a software-coding error was miscalculating sentences. The error occurred when cal- culating “good time” credits for certain sentences. A victim’s family alerted ofﬁ cials to the problem in 2012, but ofﬁ cials knowingly delayed a scheduled software ﬁ x, according to a third-party inves- tigation of the errors. Several of those prisoners committed crimes while they were free, Washington correc- tions ofﬁ cials said. One pris- oner, Jeremiah A. Smith, gunned down 17-year-old Ceasar Medina during an attempted robbery at a Spokane tattoo par- The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. Broadway. Cannon Beach City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. WEDNESDAY Astoria Maritime Memorial Committee, 1 p.m., Holiday Inn Express, 204 W. Marine Drive. Seaside Improvement Com- mission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Gearhart City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way. 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