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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Committee talks origin of legal weed, ‘immaculate conception’ ijuana comes from — or “whether this Legislature wants to allow us to bring for a limited amount of time 6$/(0 ² ,Q OHVV WKDQ ¿YH some of the clones and seeds and months, Oregonians age 21 and etc. over from the medical side, so over can legally grow and consume that’s half immaculate conception.” Patridge said if lawmakers do not recreational marijuana under Mea- sure 91 passed last fall. Retail pot address this question, it could put stores will not open until sometime the entire marijuana industry at risk. Colorado required people to obtain in 2016. The fast-approaching July 1 le- marijuana seeds and starts from galization date prompted the Ore- medical growers, while Washington gon Liquor Control Commission assumed immaculate conception. Lawmakers did not give a de- to ask state lawmakers for direction on where people should legally ob- ¿QLWLYH DQVZHU RQ WKH TXHVWLRQ tain these cannabis seeds and plant Wednesday night, but Burdick said they should address it in legisla- starts. Until a legal recreational crop is tion. Committee co-chair Rep. Ann grown there will be no legal source Lininger, D-Lake Oswego, said law- of seeds or starts for recreational makers should consider the growing seasons for people who cultivate marijuana growers. Rob Patridge, Klamath County marijuana outdoors, because legis- District Attorney and chairman of lation on the issue could determine the OLCC Board of Commission- whether they have an opportunity to ers, asked lawmakers at a hearing contribute to the original legal stock. The OLCC’s request for guid- Wednesday night whether they want to assume “immaculate conception” ance on the origin of legal marijua- — essentially not address the ques- na was one of 52 issues the agency tion of where legal recreational mar- asked lawmakers to clarify. OLCC By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau needs to begin writing rules to im- plement Measure 91, and commit- tee co-chair Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, said the committee will include many of these time-sensitive UHFRPPHQGDWLRQVLQWKH¿UVWRIWZR major bills. Many OLCC recom- mendations are technical and will be LQFOXGHGLQWKH¿UVWELOOWKDWODZPDN- ers will fast-track, Burdick said. “After tonight, co-chair Lininger and I will get together and compile a bill that will probably err in the direction of being more inclusive of issue areas in the hopes to getting as much into this bill to provide OLCC with the direction they need as they go through their rulemaking pro- cess,” Burdick said. OLCC recommendations that SURYRNH ³D ELJ ¿UHVWRUP´ DQG RWK- er policy issues will be included in a “main omnibus” bill the commit- tee will produce later in the session, Burdick said. 7KLVVWRU\¿UVWDSSHDUHGLQWKH 2UHJRQ&DSLWDO,QVLGHUQHZVOHWWHU 7RVXEVFULEHJRWRRUHJRQFDSLWDOLQ- VLGHUFRP Biomass electricity plant looks for energy buyer BRIEFLY Oregon job numbers strong, except when it comes to raises House approves bill banning gay conversion therapy SALEM (AP) — Oregon’s unemployment UDWHKDVIDOOHQVLJQL¿FDQWO\ again, amid signs that businesses are becoming quick to hire but remain slow to grant raises. The state Employment Department said Tuesday the jobless rate dropped half a percentage point in February, to 5.8 percent. The agency says the number of long-term unemployed people continues to fall. The number of workers in part-time jobs who would rather work full time has also fallen. Nonfarm payroll employment was up again in February, by 2,400. That’s the smallest increase in the past half year, though. And wage gains are slim, according to the DJHQF\¶V¿JXUHV2YHU the past twelve months the average private sector wage gains amount to about 18 cents an hour, or .8 percent. SALEM (AP) — The Oregon House voted Tuesday to outlaw a therapy that purports to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of young people, with several lawmakers arguing the practice has been discredited and can cause irreparable mental and emotional damage. The bill would make it illegal for social workers or licensed mental health professionals such as psychologists or psychiatrists to practice what’s called conversion therapy on children younger than 18. The bill is backed by Basic Rights Oregon, a gay and transgender advocacy group. Proponents of the measure said the therapy can lead to anxiety, depression and destructive behaviors in children. Groups such as the American Medical Association and the American Psychological Association have also come out against the therapy. to heat water, create steam and turn a turbine. Interested power com- LA PINE — A panies would likely be in wood-burning power plant California, where the state remains a possibility for La requires an increasing per- Pine, with the city now tak- centage of its power to come ing the lead on the project from “greener” sources such from Deschutes County and as biomass, wind and solar. Biogreen has been con- the company behind it wait- ing for a change in the energy sidering a biomass plant in La Pine, which is surrounded market. “It’s just been on hold due E\IRUHVWIRUPRUHWKDQ¿YH to market conditions,” said years. The company has held Rob Broberg, president of land and building permits Biogreen Sustainable Ener- for the plant with Deschutes gy Co., based in Vancouver, County, but those have ex- Washington. “And we plan pired. Tom Anderson, Deschutes on holding out until we are able to market and sell pow- County administrator, said future dealings will be with er.” 7KH FRPSDQ\ PXVW ¿QG the city of La Pine. The plant an energy buyer to make the would be in the La Pine In- planned plant economically dustrial Park, which was viable, said Rick Allen, La county-run and predated the incorporation of the city in Pine city manager. ³7KH\QHHGWR¿QGDSRZ- 2007. “Now that the city is in- er company that wants to buy their power,” he said. “That’s corporated, the county felt it was important to give the city really the issue.” The $75 million, 25-mega- a little more self-determina- watt biomass plant would tion as to what kind of proj- produce enough electricity to ects go into the (industrial) power about 19,000 homes, park there,” Anderson said. Broberg said. The plant Last fall the county and city would burn wood — limbs reached an agreement for the and other scrap left over after city to manage the remain- logging, debris from thinning ing land in the 320-acre park projects and urban waste — while the county still owns By DYLAN J. DARLING Bend Bulletin Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHSP7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 7:03 a.m. 7:04 p.m. 5:55 a.m. 5:23 p.m. Last ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson MSHUNLQVRQ#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Today (in mph) Klamath Falls 60/26 Corrections Real Estate Advertising: Jodi Snook MVQRRN#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima 2 4 potential biofuels plant in Lakeview. The plant, pro- posed by Red Rock Biofuels in Fort Collins, Colorado, would turn biomass into jet fuel and diesel, which would be shipped by train. The questions include how much air pollution the plant would create and how safe the rail- way shipping would be. Calling the plan for bio- mass in La Pine a “very valuable project,” Biogreen’s Broberg said the power plant would put off less smoke than wood burned in open air. Along with securing a power buyer for the planned La Pine plant, hurdles left for Biogreen to clear include water and labor. The plant would use about 300 gallons per minute on the hottest days of the year. Allen said that’s how much the whole city of La Pine currently uses on a KRWGD\&LW\RI¿FLDOVZRXOG want to be sure the city sys- tem could supply enough wa- ter to the plant, as well as to current and future customers. The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY the property. About half of the acres are still available. The power plant would sit on 19½ acres, Broberg said. About 20 people would work at the plant and another 65 or so would work in the for- est, gathering wood to burn. Given the number of thinning projects in the forests around La Pine aimed at reducing WKHFKDQFHRIODUJHZLOG¿UHV KH ¿JXUHV WKHUH VKRXOG EH D steady supply of wood. While not helping any group opposed to the planned plant in La Pine, Mike Ewall, executive director of the Pennsylvania-based Ener- gy Justice Network, said his QRQSUR¿W KDV KHOSHG VWRS other biomass projects in Or- egon and around the country. He argues that biomass plants are “very polluting and very LQHI¿FLHQW´ “Anything that burns any- thing is not clean energy,” he said. 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