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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2022
IN BRIEF
CONVERGE
County places two-year ban on
psilocybin on November ballot
A two-year ban on psilocybin businesses in Clat-
sop County’s unincorporated areas is headed for the
November ballot.
The county Board of Commissioners on Wednes-
day passed an ordinance declaring a moratorium on
the substance. This will give county staff time to work
out regulations that go further than state regulations on
how and where psilocybin businesses will operate. A
separate resolution and order referred the temporary
ban to county voters.
Astoria school board chooses new
member, chairwoman
The Astoria School District Board voted on
Wednesday night to appoint Maritza Casarrubias as a
new member.
Filling Position 3 on the board, Casarrubias takes
over for Jimmy Pearson, the former chairman, who
vacated his position earlier this year. The term ends in
June next year.
The school board also voted unanimously to elect
Heidi Wintermute, the former vice chairwoman, as
chairwoman.
School board member Jenna Rickenbach will take
over as vice chairwoman.
Warrenton school board elects new
chair as Morrow takes leave of absence
WARRENTON — The Warrenton-Hammond
School District Board voted unanimously on Wednes-
day to elect Greg Morrill as the new chairman.
Morrill’s appointment comes as Debbie Morrow,
the former board chairwoman, faces an indictment for
theft charges related to her previous role with the Clat-
sop Association of Realtors.
Morrow will remain a member of the school
board, but has opted to take a temporary leave of
absence from all board responsibilities, Tom Rogo-
zinski, the superintendent of the school district, said
in an email.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
Aug. 10, 2022
Deaths
ROHNER,
Anne
Irene, 84, of Warren-
ton, died in Seaside.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
Aug. 9, 2022
BOYD,
Anthony
Lee “Tony,” 70, of Sea-
side, died in Seaside.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
HARTMAN, Sharon
Lee, 66, of Nehalem, died
in Seaside. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
RODRIGUEZ, Juan
Manuel
Lopez,
60,
of Naselle, Washing-
ton, died in Seaside.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
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Sea gulls and geese converge near the Port of Astoria.
Oregon appeals court sides with
Brown on early prison releases
District attorneys had
challenged governor
By RYAN HAAS
Oregon Public Broadcasting
The Oregon Court of
Appeals ruled Wednesday
that Gov. Kate Brown was
within her authority to grant
clemency in 2020 and 2021
to around 1,000 people con-
victed of crimes.
The governor’s use of
her powers to shorten prison
sentences drew condemna-
tion from two district attor-
neys, Linn County’s Doug
Marteeny and Lane Coun-
ty’s Patricia Perlow. The
pair of district attorneys and
family members of crime
victims sued the governor
and other state offi cials to
stop the clemency actions.
The
district
attor-
neys took particular issue
with Brown’s decision to
allow 73 people convicted
of crimes such as mur-
der, assault, rape and man-
slaughter while they were
younger than 18 to apply for
early release. Patrick Lee
Harned — who in 1999, at
age 16, kidnapped, sexually
abused and strangled his
neighbor, 7-year-old Ashley
Ann Carlson in Astoria —
was among those who has
petitioned for early release.
The majority of the peo-
ple receiving clemency
were either medically at
risk during the early stages
of the COVID-19 pandemic
or had helped with wildfi re
fi ghting eff orts during the
historic Labor Day fi res of
2020.
While the district attor-
neys and the crime victims
who brought the legal action
made technical arguments
about why Brown’s actions
were overreach, the a ppeals
c ourt said it was also clear
there was emotion at stake
in the clemency decisions
because crime victims felt
they were “denied justice.”
“The arguments and
emotions present in this
case echo through the cen-
turies. The power to pardon,
sitting within a singular
executive – be they mon-
arch, president, or governor
– has always been contro-
versial,” the opinion states.
“Whenever it has been used,
it has been lauded by some,
and condemned by others.”
Still, the a ppeals c ourt
judges said they were “not
called here to judge the
wisdom of the g overnor’s
clemency … that is a polit-
ical question.” Instead, the
judges said their job was to
narrowly rule on whether
the governor could legally
take the action that she did,
and on that front they found
her actions legally sound.
“Hurt – no matter how
sympathetic – does not
translate to authority to
challenge and displace com-
mutations that accord with
the constitutional powers
aff orded the g overnor,” the
a ppeals c ourt opinion states.
In a statement to Ore-
gon Public Broadcast-
ing , Perlow said the gov-
ernor’s actions amounted
to a “violation of victims’
rights,” and she hoped the
incoming Legislature would
take action to put limits on
the governor’s clemency
powers.
“The Court of Appeals
has granted the g overnor
unbridled authority to tram-
ple on the rights of victims
and limit the authority of
the 36 d istrict a ttorneys to
enforce those rights,” Per-
low said.
ON THE RECORD
Grant: ‘A
little more
self-suffi cient’
Hit-and-run
35, of Astoria, was arrested
On
the
Record
• Jeremiah
David
Nol- on Tuesday near the Bum-
lan, 39, of Warrenton,
was arrested on Thurs-
day for felony hit-and-run,
reckless driving and two
counts of reckless endan-
gering. He was also cited
for driving uninsured and
driving with a suspended
or revoked license.
Nollan
allegedly
crashed a motor home
into a power pole at S.E.
Main Avenue and S.E.
10th Place in Warrenton,
knocking down the mast.
He briefl y gave chase
but was arrested near the
scene.
The police report lists
six victims: three busi-
nesses and three individu-
als. One individual, a pas-
senger in the motor home,
had an artery severed.
Assault
• Christina Dawn Poole,
ble Art Studio preschool on
W. Marine Drive in Astoria
for fourth-degree assault
constituting domestic vio-
lence and second-degree
disorderly conduct.
Theft
•
Michael
Pat-
rick McCloskey, 40, of
Santa Cruz, California,
was indicted on Thurs-
day for fi rst-degree theft
and second-degree crim-
inal trespass. On Sunday,
he allegedly stole a boat
near Lief Erikson Drive
in Astoria and took it into
a lagoon and the Colum-
bia River. On Monday
morning, McCloskey was
discovered swimming in
the lagoon without the
boat and taken to a hospi-
tal. The U.S. Coast Guard
recovered the boat, police
said.
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Leah Boles hugs friends after being crowned Astoria Regatta queen.
Regatta: ‘It’s such a beautiful thing’
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Annalyse Steele was
crowned queen in 2020 in a
small ceremony and contin-
ued the role through 2021.
Last year, the Regatta had
some outdoor events, but not
a full court.
“It’s very exciting to fi nally
get to take part in all of the
R egatta events,” she said.
“Very honored that they kept
me around.”
Amber Hill, the vice pres-
ident of the Regatta’s board,
said being able to return to
the usual events, such as the
queen’s coronation, the Sea-
men’s Memorial, the Grand
Land Parade and the Highwa-
ter Boat Parade, has brought
some normalcy back to the
community.
“This is a small commu-
nity and we are all very tight-
knit, and getting to represent
that and be chosen for that
is just such a huge honor,”
she said about being selected
queen .
Serving on the Regatta
court, t he girls learn valu-
able skills like networking
and public speaking, Hill said.
They also receive scholar-
ships, with $4,000 awarded
to everyone on the court and
an additional $2,000 for the
queen.
The girls became close
over their time working
together, Steele said. Before
the coronation, the princesses
spoke about how much Steele
meant to them as a friend and
a role model.
She said the court is a great
support system. “I would get
texts from people while I
was down at school and just
checking in and it was great
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to get to connect with every-
body, ” she said.
As a 2004 Regatta princess,
Hill said she is still connected
to other former princesses.
“It’s forever. I mean,
this year, we have a 50-year
reunion of a Regatta court
coming to our parade and
we have a past Regatta court
coming as well,” she said.
“It’s such a beautiful thing to
see it continue.”
USDA is to support com-
munity and small-busi-
ness infrastructure (and)
to support community
and economic develop-
ment specifi cally focused
on rural America,” she
said. “There are a lot of
agencies that focus on
everybody, and we were
created specifi cally to
focus on creating equity
in our rural communities
and access to capital and
access to programs.”
During her time in the
region, Hoff mann also
met community leaders
at the county and city lev-
els to discuss how they
can strategically part-
ner to meet local and
regional needs. Housing,
child care and workforce
development were some
of the topics brought up,
she said.
“There is such a strong
foundation of community
leadership in this par-
ticular region, it’s really
impressive to learn about
all the ways that commu-
nity leaders are having an
impact,” Hoff mann said.
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