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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Washington State Senate OKs
steps against salmon net pens
Seattle clears pot convictions,
following San Francisco lead
Associated Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. — In
response to a net collapse last
summer that released hun-
dreds of thousands of invasive
Atlantic salmon into waters
famed for their native salmon,
the state Senate on Thursday
passed a measure that aims
to phase out salmon net-pen
farming in Washington state.
The Seattle Times reported
that the bill passed 35-12
and now heads to the House
for consideration. It would
end Atlantic salmon net-pen
farming in the state as exist-
ing leases terminate by 2025.
At a news conference
before the vote, Gov. Jay Inslee
endorsed the measure, saying
that Atlantic salmon farming is
“a risk that is intolerable.”
“This risk is simply too
great,” Inslee said. “It is no
longer acceptable to the people
of the state of Washington to
expose our waters to the threat
of Atlantic salmon net pens.”
The measure comes after
last summer’s collapse of
Cooke Aquaculture’s Cypress
Island farm, which resulted
in state officials issuing a
$332,000 fine to the com-
pany for alleged violations of
Washington state water qual-
ity laws.
A report by state agencies
found that Cooke Aquaculture
Pacific failed to adequately
clean nets holding farmed
salmon, and nets failed
AP Photo
Washington state lawmakers take a stand against salm-
on net-pen farming.
because they were exces-
sively laden with mussels and
other marine organisms.
That increased the drag on
the nets from tidal currents,
overwhelming their mooring
system leading to a net pen
failure.
Company officials disputed
the accuracy of that report and
argued they were shut out of
the investigative process.
Joel Richardson, vice
president for public relations
for Cooke Aquaculture, said
at the time that the company
acknowledges that the facil-
ity fell behind in cleaning the
nets before moorings failed in
July.
But he said the company
provided records showing
it had washed the nets at the
site after that July incident
and before the Aug. 19 event.
On the Senate floor, state
Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas
Island, said the alleged negli-
gent behavior cited in the state
report can’t go unchecked.
“More important, the day-in,
day-out impacts on the mag-
ical, majestic Salish Sea can-
not go unchecked.”
Twenty-one Native Amer-
ican tribal chairmen wrote to
state lawmakers last month
asking the industry be ter-
minated as soon as possible
because of the threat to wild
salmon.
Sen. Keith Wagoner,
R-Sedro-Woolley,
voted
against the measure, saying
the net-pen breach was not an
ecological disaster, but a loss
for a legitimate business that
employs people.
“A businessman lost his
product — typically we
would be sympathetic, rather
than piling on,” he said.
Ecola State Park closes for road repairs
The Daily Astorian
Ecola State Park, continu-
ing to battle damage by active
landslides and winter storms,
will be closed for road repairs
Tuesday.
Park staff have been deal-
ing with slides since the park’s
founding, but have dealt with
two main spots on Ecola Park
Road in recent years. Built
on top of slides, Ecola Park
Road continues to shift and
erode, issues made worse by
heavy traffic into the popular
park and winter storms. Last
year, the park closed in April
for several weeks because of
damage to the entrance road
and again in August for cul-
vert work.
Repair work set to begin
Tuesday will focus on three
separate sections of Ecola
Park Road. Bob McEwan
Construction of Seaside will
remove additional asphalt on
a previously-graveled area
and improve slope transi-
tion and gravel compaction.
The work is expected to cost
$8,500, according to Chris
Havel, assistant director for
the Oregon Parks and Recre-
ation Department.
The park will reopen Feb.
16 at 8 a.m.
Ecola State Park as well
as Nehalem Bay and Oswald
West state parks are part
of the state’s Nehalem Bay
Management unit and take
a beating most winters. This
winter, extreme high tides
— called king tides — and
storms damaged beach access
points at Hug Point and Arca-
dia Beach.
“In general Ecola held up
pretty well,” Park Manager
Ben Cox said. Some trails
have seen continued erosion,
but nothing out of the ordinary,
he said. Certainly nothing like
the landslide that washed out
a hiking trail from Ecola Point
to Indian Beach in 2016.
The trail remains closed
with signs asking hikers to
stay off the slide area. Ore-
gon State Parks and Recre-
ation will likely advertise a
trail rebuild project and begin
gathering bids from contrac-
tors in the spring, Cox said.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
SATURDAY
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Mostly sunny
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TOMORROW'S TIDES
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ational use, and some, includ-
ing Oregon, California and
Colorado, have made it eas-
ier for people to petition to
have their pot convictions
vacated or sealed. But Seattle,
San Francisco and San Diego
appear to be the only major
jurisdictions erasing convic-
tions without even requiring
the defendants to request it.
Seattle has long taken a
lenient view of marijuana.
It’s been home to Hemp-
Fest, a “protestival” where
huge crowds of people openly
smoke pot, since 1991. And in
2003, voters passed a measure
making minor pot crimes the
Seattle Police Department’s
lowest priority.
The city doesn’t actually
have that many convictions
to clear: between 500 and 600
over the span of about 13 years,
Holmes said. They date from
about 1997, when the Legis-
lature dictated that munici-
pal courts, rather than county
district courts, would handle
those misdemeanors, and 2010
— when Holmes became city
attorney and stopped prosecut-
ing low-level pot cases entirely.
“I have never filed one —
except, as we understood it,
one slipped by in that first few
days in office, where a plea
was entered,” he said. “I’m
anxious to find that particular
one to make sure it’s teed up,
right up front.”
Durkan said clearing the
convictions is a necessary —
but insufficient — step toward
undoing the disproportion-
ate effect the drug war had on
minority communities. She
noted that prior to legalization,
blacks were three times as likely
as whites in Washington state to
be arrested for pot possession.
OBITUARIES
Marvis Taylor
Warrenton
Sept. 24, 1920 — Jan. 30, 2018
Marvis Taylor died at his home
Marvis is survived by his three
children, Glenn Taylor and daugh-
peacefully on Jan. 30, 2018.
ter-in-law, Teresa Taylor, of Sea-
Marvis owned a share in the
side, Oregon, and grandsons Jeff
Astoria Plywood Mill, where
Taylor (Becca) and Brian Tay-
he worked for 30 years until his
lor (Kelli); Kathleen Martin of
retirement in 1982. After his
Gilbert, Arizona, and grandsons
retirement, he and his wife, Mar-
Kevin Hendricks (Kerri) and Ryan
jory, traveled the country in their
Hendricks (Cheri); and Leon Tay-
motor home for several years.
lor and daughter-in-law, Mar-
Marjory preceded him in death
cia Taylor, of Gearhart, Oregon,
Feb. 7, 2014.
Marvis Taylor
and grandsons Tim Hill (Bridget)
Marvis was a private pilot and
and Jason Schamber (Stacy), and
avid flyer all of his adult life. He
served in the Army during and after World granddaughter Tiffany Schamber (Kevin); and
War II, being part of the occupation force of 15 great-grandchildren.
At Marvis’ request there will be no service.
Japan.
ON THE RECORD
DUII
• At 2:59 a.m. Thursday,
Daniel W. Morgan, 30, of
Longview, Washington, was
arrested by Astoria police on
U.S. Highway 101 just west of
the New Youngs Bay Bridge
and charged with driving
under the influence of intoxi-
cants. His blood alcohol con-
tent was 0.15 percent.
• At 1:46 a.m. Thursday,
Sean Michael Warren, 20,
of Astoria, was arrested by
the Clatsop County Sheriff’s
Office on Youngs River Road
near Lewis and Clark Road
and charged with DUII.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District
Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business.
Cannon Beach Rural Fire Department Board,
6 p.m., Fire-Rescue Main Station, 188 Sunset
Ave.
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Klamath Falls
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OREGON
Thursday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 5-3-9-1
4 p.m.: 7-6-9-3
7 p.m.: 6-8-5-1
10 p.m.: 2-8-4-2
Lakeview
21/42
Ashland
32/55
Feb. 2, 2018
LuCORE, Katarina and
Keifer, of Astoria, a girl, Ava
LuCore, born at Columbia
Memorial Hospital in Astoria.
Grandparents are Melton and
Julie LuCore of Astoria and
Brian and Laurie Callahan of
Grants Pass.
Jan. 17, 2018
LEE, Trish and Robert, of
Seaside, a boy, Jason Tyler
Lee, born at Providence Sea-
side Hospital. Grandpar-
ents are Mark and Karen
Deutschman of Seaside and
Chuck and GG Lee of Lincoln
City.
Thursday’s Lucky Lines: 04-07-
10-14-19-21-27-29
Estimated jackpot: $23,000
Thursday’s Keno: 11-15-
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Thursday’s Match 4: 11-14-
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LOTTERIES
Burns
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WASHINGTON
Thursday’s Daily Game: 7-2-4
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SEATTLE — More than
five years after Washing-
ton state legalized marijuana,
Seattle officials said Thursday
they’re moving to automati-
cally clear past misdemeanor
convictions for pot possession
— a step similarly announced
by San Francisco last week.
“For thousands of people
in Washington state, a misde-
meanor marijuana conviction
had huge implications: It could
be a barrier to housing, to get-
ting credit, to getting good jobs
and education,” Mayor Jenny
Durkan told a news confer-
ence. “It is a necessary step to
right the wrongs of what was a
failed war on drugs.”
City Attorney Pete Holmes,
who was one of the sponsors
of Washington’s 2012 bal-
lot measure to legalize pot
for recreational use, said he’s
been pressing since it passed
for a state law that would help
clear prior convictions. But
the Legislature has yet to act,
and Holmes said he hoped the
city’s action would spur other
jurisdictions and the state itself.
Eight states have now
legalized marijuana for recre-
BIRTHS
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Portland
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Sunrise Saturday ........................ 7:26 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 2:52 a.m.
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in Washington state, a
misdemeanor marijuana
conviction had huge
implications.’
By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
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