144TH YEAR, NO. 81
ONE DOLLAR
WEEKEND EDITION // FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016
ASIA COMES
TO AMERICA
LADY FISH ‘WIN’
TIE WITH BANKS
WEEKEND BREAK • 1C
SPORTS • 8A
SHAKE IT OUT!
STUDENTS DRILL
FOR EARTHQUAKE,
TSUNAMI SAFETY IN
NATIONAL EXERCISE
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
By LYRA FONTAINE
For The Daily Astorian
EASIDE — At 10:20 a.m. Thursday,
Seaside High School Principal Jeff
Roberts used the loudspeaker to tell
all students to take cover for the earth-
quake. The students dropped to their hands and
knees, took cover under their desks and held
on.
Seaside High School took part in the Great
Oregon ShakeOut for the fi rst time this year
after Associated Student Body leaders sug-
gested the statewide event. Homes, schools and
organizations in other states and countries also
participated in the drill Thursday.
“We thought it would be wise for us to do,”
Roberts said.
Associated Student Body leaders are con-
tinuing the tsunami awareness efforts started by
last year’s offi cers.
“We wanted everyone to use this to get edu-
cated,” said senior Kara Ipson, a student body
offi cer. “It’s important that everyone knows
what’s going on.”
Butane
possible
cause of
blast, fi re
S
Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Seaside High School students brave rainy conditions while practicing a Tsuna-
mi evacuation drill on Thursday in Seaside.
The manufacture of butane honey oil is a
likely cause of an explosion and fi re Wednes-
day night at Higher Level Concentrates, a
marijuana extraction company on the corner
of Portway and Industry streets.
Marijuana extracts are made by sepa-
rating cannabinoids from marijuana with a
hydrocarbon-based solvent, such as butane
or propane, or by high heat or pressure. An
explosion was reported in the area around
6:30 p.m., and afterward, large plumes of
smoke could be seen rising from the building.
Multiple fi re agencies responded, while
police established a perimeter. The fi re was
contained by 7:20 p.m. Oregon State Police’s
Offi ce of State Fire Marshal is overseeing
the investigation.
The building is leased by Jason Oei and
William “Chris” West for Higher Level Con-
centrates and a grow operation, High Tide
Biological, located in a walkout basement
See FIRE, Page 7A
Walk in the rain
After the 4-minute earthquake drill, more than
200 students braved a downpour to complete a
tsunami -evacuation walk down Highway 101
and 12th Avenue to safety. Students complete the
walk twice a year.
See SHAKEOUT, Page 7A
Student’s in Jim Poetsch’s classroom participate in The Great Oregon
ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday at Seaside High School.
Gov.
Kate Brown
Bud
Pierce
Gov. Brown,
Pierce meet
in last debate
Seaside High School students walk along
U.S. Highway 101 during a tsunami evacua-
tion drill Thursday .
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
PORTLAND — Gov. Kate Brown and
Bud Pierce, Republican candidate for gover-
nor, faced off Thursday in their fi fth and fi nal
debate before the Nov. 8 election.
Panelists from The Oregonian and KGW
8 — which hosted the debate — quizzed the
candidates on their approaches to the foster
care crisis, how much they’d earmark for edu-
cation out of a corporate sales tax measure
and ideas for reducing the cost of health care.
Pierce, a Salem oncologist, is trying to
unseat Brown to complete the last two years
of Gov. John Kitzhaber’s four-year term. As
former secretary of state, Brown succeeded
Kitzhaber when he stepped down in Febru-
ary 2015 amid an infl uence-peddling scandal
over contracts awarded to his fi ancée, Cylvia
Hayes.
See DEBATE, Page 6A
Gender equality in 2016? It’s complicated
By DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
EDITOR’S NOTE — This is
part of Divided America, AP’s
ongoing exploration of the
economic, social and political
divisions in American society.
F
or weeks after the vote, the
abuse kept coming: Ven-
omous, sexist phone calls and
emails, venting rage at the
fi ve women on Seattle’s City
Council who outvoted four
men to derail a sports arena
project.
“Disgraceful hag” was one
of the milder messages. “Go
home and climb in the oven,”
one councilor was told.
This unfolded not in 1966,
during an era when American
women mobilized en masse
to demand equality, but 50
years later in May 2016 — two
months before the fi rst woman
was nominated to lead a major
party’s presidential ticket.
Complicated time
It’s a complicated time for
gender relations in the U.S.,
as the campaign pitting Hil-
lary Clinton against Donald
Trump has underscored —
most recently, with the fall-
out from their fi rst debate
and a sharp exchange about
Trump’s attention to a for-
mer Miss Universe and her
weight.
On one hand there’s been
great progress toward equal-
ity. Women hold the top jobs
at IBM and General Motors,
for example. They were
recently approved to serve
in all military combat jobs,
and it’s possible, depending
on the election outcome, that
troops could soon be saluting
the fi rst female commander
in chief.
See DIVIDED, Page 6A
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
A member of the audience holds a sign that reads, “227
Years of Men. It’s HER Time!” during a rally for Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at Washington High
School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in January.