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Newspaper Page Text2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016 ‘Castle in the sky’ Investors anxious as Oregonians again vote on marijuana outlets By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Last year, Golden Leaf Holdings, a leading cannabis company, paid $3.3 million for almost 100 acres of land in Oregon to build a mari- juana growing, processing and research site. The future looked bright: Oregon voters had legal- ized recreational marijuana in 2014. But Measure 91 gave counties and towns the opportunity to opt out and ban pot businesses. Days after Golden Leaf signed the papers on the property in Marion County near the town of Aurora, the county banned marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas. So did about 100 other towns and counties. “That shut us out com- pletely out of the recreational market, which was our orig- inal strategy,” said Beau Whitney, a Golden Leaf vice president. Now, Golden Leaf has another chance. Marion County is one of about 50 Oregon towns and coun- ties that will decide in the November election whether to opt back into the marijuana business, according to the Oregon Liquor Control Com- mission, which regulates and licenses the industry. Other states across Amer- ica are also grappling with the issue of how to deal with the emerging mari- juana business. Recreational or medical marijuana mea- sures are on ballots in Ari- zona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Maine, Massachu- setts, Montana, Nevada and North Dakota. At Golden Leaf’s prop- erty, in the Willamette Val- ley between Portland and Salem, valuable machines to process marijuana into potent oils are mostly idle, used only for medical mari- juana. One greenhouse was ﬁ lled with rows of robust pot plants, but about 20 other greenhouses stood empty under rainy skies on a recent afternoon. Whitney said Marion County will lose $7.5 mil- lion in employees’ wages per year and in company spend- ing for infrastructure devel- opment if voters say no to marijuana, forcing Golden Leaf to move elsewhere. “We just want a level playing ﬁ eld,” Whitney said. “We’re just looking for rea- sonable regulation.” Marion County Commis- sioner Sam Brentano said he doesn’t want the county overrun by pot businesses attracted by its rich soil and highway access, and that he has received complaints about odor, noise and lights. One recent evening, 16 backers of pro-pot ballot mea- sures gathered in an anteroom of a medical marijuana store. Some volunteered to staff a phone bank. Others said they would hand out ﬂ iers to boost voter awareness of the ballot measures. “This is really the Wild West now,” Genevieve Sheri- dan, an insurance agent repre- senting cannabis businesses, told those gathered at West Salem Cannabis. A color-coded map pub- lished by the Association of Oregon Counties shows how the differing pot policies have created a patchwork. Ore- gon’s more conservative east- ern counties are red, mean- ing they banned recreational marijuana businesses; coun- ties establishing regulations for licensed marijuana busi- nesses are green; those that have a pot vote pending are orange or violet; and others that haven’t taken any action are blue. The landscape is likely to change with this election. Steven Marks, executive director of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, told The Associated Press that “we will have more licensing and a bubble of activity coming. … We’ll see how many pass.” Steve Richert/For The Daily Astorian Steve Richert of Cannon Beach sent in this picture of the sunset at Cannon Beach Sat- urday after two days of storms. Rain brings wild Chinook salmon to some southern Oregon backyards Associated Press FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 49 60 48 61 54 Mostly cloudy with a bit of rain Variably cloudy with a couple of showers A shower in the a.m., then a little rain ALMANAC Tillamook 50/60 Salem 49/60 Newport 49/57 New First Oct 30 Coos Bay 52/62 Full Nov 7 Clatsop County property tax bills to arrive in mailboxes Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 9:25 a.m. 10:13 p.m. Low 1.1 ft. -1.4 ft. Baker 36/52 Ontario 43/61 Burns 32/52 Klamath Falls 34/52 Lakeview 30/50 Ashland 43/57 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 54 54 56 60 59 52 60 59 56 61 Today Lo 36 38 50 47 52 34 46 48 49 52 W c pc r r r sn r r r r Hi 52 52 58 60 59 52 62 60 57 61 Tues. Lo 27 35 48 46 52 24 43 46 50 49 W pc pc sh sh sh pc pc sh sh sh City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 58 61 60 61 60 59 54 59 59 64 Today Lo 47 45 49 50 49 51 41 49 50 41 W r sh r r r r sh r r c Hi 58 58 60 62 60 60 52 60 60 62 Tues. Lo 45 40 47 45 47 50 38 45 47 36 W sh pc sh sh sh sh pc sh sh pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 84 71 83 75 85 81 89 29 86 87 90 79 74 91 87 88 89 76 91 80 92 58 70 58 82 La Grande 41/52 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 UNDER THE SKY Today Lo 65 58 68 37 58 68 57 16 75 69 57 61 57 70 75 65 76 64 64 64 73 39 55 49 65 The Daily Astorian Roseburg 50/62 Brookings 50/59 Nov 14 John Day 42/53 Bend 38/52 Medford 46/62 Tonight's Sky: Antares the Scorpion will be quite low in the southwest as twilight fades this evening. High 8.4 ft. 9.7 ft. Prineville 37/56 Lebanon 49/59 Eugene 47/60 Sunset tonight ........................... 6:25 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 7:37 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 7:55 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 9:18 a.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 Remaining cloudy with a passing shower Pendleton 45/58 The Dalles 45/62 Portland 49/60 SUN AND MOON Time 3:38 a.m. 3:20 p.m. Breezy; morning rain, then a shower or two Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 49/60 Precipitation Sunday ............................................. 1.79" Month to date ................................. 11.65" Normal month to date ....................... 2.39" Year to date .................................... 54.62" Normal year to date ........................ 42.88" Oct 22 61 48 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 63°/52° Normal high/low ........................... 61°/44° Record high ............................ 77° in 2002 Record low ............................. 33° in 1983 Last FRIDAY 62 52 W s pc c pc pc c s pc pc s s pc pc s pc s pc pc s pc s c pc r pc Hi 87 80 75 65 71 80 88 32 86 84 73 82 79 90 86 88 89 82 81 86 85 56 69 58 86 Tues. Lo 65 61 50 36 49 53 56 12 75 59 52 60 60 68 75 64 75 67 59 65 61 38 53 47 67 O MR. DO Clatsop County property tax bills for the 2016-17 ﬁ scal year will arrive in mailboxes soon. Countywide, the real mar- ket value of all taxable prop- erty increased from $7.92 billion to $8.35 billion, an increase of 5.4 percent. The total assessed value this year is $5. 8 billion, or 2.9 percent higher than last year. Property taxes are impacted by voter-approved levies and bonds, including a ﬁ ve-year local option for the Warrenton Rural Fire Dis- trict and the renewed Clat- sop County Fairgrounds ﬁ ve- year option. Taxpayers in the Shoreline Sanitary District will pay $1.99 per $1,000 assessed value for debt ser- vice payments on a bond passed in 2008 for sewer improvements. Tax payments are due on or before Nov. 15 and can be paid in the following ways: • By mail • At the Clatsop County Assessment and Taxation Ofﬁ ce, 820 Exchange St., Suite 210. • At any local branch of Columbia Bank, Clatsop Community Bank or Wauna Federal Credit Union. • Online at www.co.clat- sop.or.us, click on “Pay Taxes Online.” Property value disputes or penalties assessed due to late ﬁ ling can be appealed to the Clatsop County Board of Property Tax Appeals. Forms are available from the Clerk and Elections Division, 820 Exchange St. Petitions must by ﬁ led by Jan. 2. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s pc pc pc s c s pc pc pc s s s s pc s pc s s s pc sh s c s PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. TUESDAY Cannon Beach Public Works Committee, 9 a.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Sunset Empire Parks and Rec District, 4 p.m., 1225 Ave. A, Seaside. Port of Astoria Commission, 4 p.m., executive session, 6 p.m., regular meeting, new Port offi ces, 10 Pier 1, Suite 209. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. ig the t I really d taff a a e g ble s knowled E E B ’S . MEDFORD — Biologists say rains are encouraging spawning Chinook salmon to spread across Oregon’s Bear Creek Basin and even into backyard creeks. The Mail Tribune reported that wild Chinook have moved from the Rogue River into Bear Creek early and explored tributaries that hav- en’t seen the ﬁ sh in years. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ﬁ sh biol- ogist Pete Samarin says the storm front expected this week will likely bring the salmon into Medford’s Lazy and Lar- son creeks. Peak spawning isn’t until Halloween, so the city’s residents could see the large ﬁ sh spawning for sev- eral weeks if the water ﬂ ow remains cooperative. Astoria Historic Landmarks Commission, 5:15 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Shoreline Sanitary District Board, 7 p.m., Gearhart Hertig Station, 33496 West Lake Lane, Warrenton. Clatsop County Human Services Advisory Council, 4 to 5:30 p.m., 800 Exchange St., Room 430. Seaside Planning Commis- sion, 7 p.m., work session, City Hall, 989 Broadway. Samarin says he hopes people who see the big ﬁ sh in expected streams call his ofﬁ ce to report the ﬁ ndings. He also asks onlookers to leave the ﬁ sh alone. LOTTERIES OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 7-9-5-1 4 p.m.: 6-4-4-3 7 p.m.: 1-1-9-6 10 p.m.: 4-8-9-7 Saturday’s Megabucks: 2-9-17-24-40-41 Estimated jackpot: $4.8 million Saturday’s Powerball: 23- 49-57-64-67, Powerball: 20 Estimated jackpot: $136 million Saturday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 2-4-8-8 4 p.m.: 2-4-8-8 7 p.m.: 5-7-0-3 10 p.m.: 5-2-3-0 Friday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 9-6-9-2 4 p.m.: 0-2-0-8 7 p.m.: 0-7-6-0 10 p.m.: 6-4-3-0 WASHINGTON Sunday’s Daily Game: 9-0-6 Sunday’s Keno: 07-12-13- 15-21-24-26-27-34-35-37- 42-48-52-54-56-67-72-76-80 Sunday’s Match 4: 04-05- 11-18 Saturday’s Daily Game: 4-7-5 Saturday’s Hit 5: 02-06-15- 28-37 Estimated jackpot: $140,000 Saturday’s Keno: 02-04-05- 08-10-17-19-20-21-22-29- 30-36-44-50-53-60-61-66-73 Saturday’s Lotto: 01-04-05- 29-44-49 Estimated jackpot: $2.5 million Saturday’s Match 4: 01-07- 18-24 Friday’s Daily Game: 7-8-1 Friday’s Keno: 08-23-27-30- 36-38-40-41-43-44-49-52- 54-61-62-68-70-71-78-80 Friday’s Match 4: 03-05- 14-22 Friday’s Mega Millions: 07- 27-60-64-74, Mega Ball: 5 Estimated jackpot: $20 million OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a ﬂ ag symbol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 9 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. Death notices and upcoming services will be published at no charge. Notices must be submitted by 9 a.m. the day of publication. Obituaries and notices may be submitted online at www.dailyastorian.com/forms/obits, by email at ewilson@dailyastorian.com, placed via the funeral home or in person at The Daily Astorian ofﬁ ce, 949 Exchange St. in Astoria. For more information, call 503-325-3211, ext. 257. I’m with happy as th p e pr a cl MR urchas oducts am . DO ed I’ OB at ve EE’S ! e’s obe Do ays RAB ! . Mr alw the C day es my tak ut of o s Med ical card holder % always receive 10 off $ 10) their purchase (min. Always discuss with your healthcare provider prior to combining or substituting cannabis with or for your current medications. 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