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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2018 US attorney says Oregon has pot overproduction problem Attorney General Jeff Sessions withdrew an Obama adminis- tration memo that had guided states with legalized weed on how to avoid federal scrutiny. The meeting included rep- resentatives from 13 other U.S. attorney’s offices, the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspec- tion Service, the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. U.S. attor- neys from California, Wash- ington state, Colorado, Idaho, Alaska and Montana attended in person. Gov. Kate Brown, a Dem- ocrat, told guests that Wil- By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND — Oregon’s top federal prosecutor said Fri- day the state has a “formida- ble” problem with marijuana overproduction that winds up on the black market and that he wants to work with state and local leaders and the pot indus- try to do something about it. U.S. Attorney Billy Wil- liams convened the unprece- dented summit of influential federal law enforcement rep- resentatives, state officials and marijuana industry scions after liams has assured members of her administration that “law- ful Oregon businesses remain stakeholders in this conver- sation and not targets of law enforcement.” The marijuana industry has been watching federal pros- ecutors in states with legal- ized weed like Oregon closely since Sessions rescinded the so-called Cole memo. U.S. attorneys in states where mar- ijuana is legal under state law now face the delicate question of how to do their jobs and hew to the federal ban. Williams sought to calm crowned Miss Clatsop County 2018 and Aubrey McMahan won Miss North Coast. Caitlin Hillman won Miss Clatsop County’s Out- standing Teen 2018, while Taryn Miller took home the Contestants in the Miss Clatsop County competition learned their fate over the weekend. Haylie Moon was Oregon, and that is, we have an identifiable and formidable marijuana overproduction and diversion problem,” he said Friday. Williams added: “And make no mistake about it, we’re going to do something about it.” There is general agreement that marijuana from Oregon does wind up in other states where it isn’t legal. Still, it’s hard to say if pot smuggling has gotten worse in Oregon — where illicit pot farmers were thriving long before recre- ational legalization — or how much of the marijuana leaving the state filters out from the legal side. Williams has previously said law enforcement in 16 other states have reported seizing marijuana from Ore- gon and postal agents have intercepted more than 2,600 pounds of pot in outbound packages and over $1.2 mil- lion in associated cash. Advocates dismiss the idea that legalization has caused a spike in black markets sales. It’s just that now, because it’s legal, it’s much easier to track it back, they said. Soldier who died at Camp Rilea identified Moon crowned Miss Clatsop County The Daily Astorian fears among pot growers, but said the market has a problem that must be addressed. Every- one needs a “bottom-line answer” on how much excess marijuana is being produced and how much of it winds up on the black market, he said. Williams last month wrote a guest column in a newspa- per in which he said the sur- plus attracts criminal networks and generates money launder- ing, drug violence and draws down water supplies in rural communities. “Here’s what I know in terms of the landscape here in Miss North Coast’s Out- standing Teen prize. Winners were announced during a ceremony on Sat- urday in Seaside. The Miss Oregon competition will take place in Seaside this summer. Associated Press PORTLAND — Officials have identified a soldier who died in an accidental shooting at Camp Rilea. Authorities say 24-year- old Spc. Devin Kuhn died Wednesday from his inju- ries in the emergency room at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Kuhn was assigned to Alpha Co., 2nd Ranger Battal- ion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Camp Rilea, based in War- renton, is the primary train- ing facility for the Oregon National Guard. Washington cancels salmon net-pen site lease Laura Jean Dowell site where net pens holding farmed Atlantic salmon col- lapsed last summer, releasing tens of thousands non-native fish into Puget Sound. The decision comes days after a multiagency state Astoria Aug. 30, 1958 — Jan. 30, 2018 By PHUONG LE Associated Press SEATTLE — Washing- ton state officials on Sunday canceled a lease with Cooke Aquaculture Pacific at the investigation found the Can- ada-based company negli- gent for failing to adequately clean its nets, saying that directly contributed to the net-pen failure in August at the facility. FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 50 43 43 Occasional rain and drizzle 53 43 Tillamook 41/50 New Feb 15 Coos Bay 40/55 Full Feb 22 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 12:05 p.m. 11:53 p.m. Low 1.7 ft. 2.0 ft. Lakeview 21/51 Ashland 36/59 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 52 53 60 56 50 55 60 55 51 55 Today Lo 30 29 44 39 44 23 35 42 41 41 W sf c pc c r pc pc c r c Hi 48 50 62 52 50 53 57 53 51 55 Tues. Lo 29 33 47 35 44 27 36 39 40 41 W c pc s pc c s pc c pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 51 54 55 60 56 50 47 55 53 61 Today Lo 41 39 43 42 41 43 32 40 43 33 W r c c c c r c c c c Hi 49 52 53 56 54 50 43 53 52 56 Tues. Lo 44 39 40 40 37 43 35 36 40 37 W c c c pc c c c pc c c TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Lo 38 21 6 22 -1 11 46 -15 68 16 13 50 54 36 69 33 56 25 23 24 16 38 51 43 26 Klamath Falls 23/53 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Tonight's Sky: Pegasus, the fl ying horse, stands low in the west as darkness falls and sets by midnight. Hi 52 40 18 48 18 22 77 -5 80 29 31 77 78 47 82 43 64 36 47 36 33 56 68 51 38 Ontario 33/54 Burns 27/47 Roseburg 42/56 Brookings 44/65 Mar 1 Baker 30/48 John Day 35/47 Bend 29/50 Medford 35/57 UNDER THE SKY High 8.8 ft. 7.0 ft. Prineville 30/51 Lebanon 41/53 Eugene 39/52 First La Grande 36/48 Salem 41/54 Newport 41/51 Sunset tonight ........................... 5:26 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 7:32 a.m. Moonrise today ........................ 11:49 p.m. Moonset today .......................... 10:30 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 Times of clouds and sun Pendleton 39/52 The Dalles 43/55 Portland 43/53 SUN AND MOON Time 5:34 a.m. 6:03 p.m. Low clouds Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 43/50 Precipitation Sunday ............................................. 0.24" Month to date ................................... 1.43" Normal month to date ....................... 1.07" Year to date .................................... 12.79" Normal year to date ........................ 11.27" Feb 7 49 39 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 53°/48° Normal high/low ........................... 51°/37° Record high ............................ 65° in 1984 Record low ............................. 13° in 1989 Last FRIDAY 53 42 Clouds followed by a brightening sky Cloudy ALMANAC THURSDAY W s s sn pc sn pc s s t pc pc s pc s c pc pc s pc s pc c s c s Hi 63 38 21 45 18 25 76 0 78 30 22 74 76 47 81 49 71 39 34 42 31 48 68 49 46 Tues. Lo 54 24 15 22 9 14 46 -22 68 22 13 46 56 36 73 44 62 31 20 30 20 34 51 45 32 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc c c c c s pc t c sn s pc r pc r t pc i pc sn pc s c pc Laura “Lori” Jean (Kankkonen) Dowell was Katrina and T.J. are together, and working hard taken from us way too soon after a two-year to take care of the business that she and Tim courageous battle with cancer on Jan. 30, 2018 worked so hard to build and make successful. Lori fought extra hard to give her family and at her home in Astoria. She was 59 years young. friends as much time as she could Lori was born Aug. 30, 1958 in with her, and made her goal of seeing Astoria, Oregon. She was chosen by her daughter and son-in-law’s house her parents, Richard E. Kankkonen built, and spending one last memora- and Nancy E. Stimson (Kankkonen) ble Christmas in their new home, sur- Loftin. She graduated from Stayton rounded by her family and friends, High School in 1976, but always con- sidered herself a Fighting Fisherman and making sure Katrina upheld all her holiday traditions. because she only spent a short time at She is survived by her devoted Stayton High School. husband, Tim Dowell; a daughter and In 1977, she married Gary son-in-law, Katrina and Mike Smith, Kaufman and they had a daughter, Laura Jean and their children, Grayson and Tay- Katrina. They later divorced. Dowell lor; her son, Timothy (T.J.) Dowell, In 1982, she married the love of and his children, Natasha and Angel; her life, Tim. She chose Tim’s son, T.J., as her own, and never needed a piece of her sister and brother-in-law, Cari and Jerry paper to prove he was her son, but made it Dudash, and their son, Jason; stepsister Paula legally so by adopting him, and making it offi- Loftin; stepbrothers Ken Loftin, Charles Lof- cial, with her name listed as his mother on his tin, Richard Loftin, Terry Ward and his wife, birth certificate, something that made her proud. Bonnie, and David Ward; her birth mother, San- Together Tim and Lori started T.J.’s Auto dra Priolette; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Repair in 1990. Side by side they built the shop, Ken Dowell, Brenda Hansen, John and Rita along with the slave labor of their children, from McCall, Beverly Dowell, Jon and P-Nut Dow- the ground up. She was a gifted jewelry maker, ell, JR and Cherilyn Hageman, and Mary Jean which she proudly displayed and sold at the Dowell; as well as several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, shop. She could sew, made beautiful stained- glass windows and clocks, was a great cook, Richard and Millie Kankkonen and Nancy and Ken Loftin; father and mothers-in-law, Kenneth and was always doing crafts. Then she discovered Pinterest! Bling was and Mary Dowell and Rita and Alex Kindred; her thing! She “blinged” out everything, from and a brother-in-law, Dennis Dowell. A celebration of life will be held Feb. 11, her daughter’s wedding to her last project she started, a Swarovski jeweled toilet (that she 2018 at 2 p.m., at the Astoria Elks Ballroom, found on Pinterest) for her new house that she 453 11th St., Astoria, Oregon. A private burial was already held at Ocean and Tim were building. Knowing that her last days were near, she View Cemetery in Warrenton, Oregon. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton is in charge of the said her greatest accomplishment was her kids, her marriage, her business and her grandchil- arrangements. Please sign our online guest book dren, and took great pride in knowing Tim, at caldwellsmortuary.com BIRTH Jan. 23, 2018 NICKOLS, Chasiddy and Jonathan, of Ocean Park, Washington, a girl, Kaylee Lynne Nickols, born at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Grandparents are Shawn and Leslie Nickols of Centralia, Washington, and Tammi and Wes Bender of Long Beach, Washington. PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Port of Astoria Airport Committee, 4 p.m., Astoria Regional Airport terminal, 1110 S.E. Flightline Drive, Warrenton. Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. TUESDAY Community Center Commission, 10:30 a.m., 1225 Avenue A., Seaside. Port of Astoria Commission, 4 p.m., strategic Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. planning workshop, Port offices, 10 Pier 1 Suite 209. Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., 1131 Broad- way, Seaside. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Busi- ness. Seaside Planning Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Cannon Beach City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. LOTTERIES Your local janitorial and paper supply...and much more! 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