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SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
FLORENCE, OREGON
PRACTICE BOMBS ‘LAND’
AT MILITARY MUSEUM
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PHOTO COURTESY OF JACQUIE BEVERIDGE
Two practice bombs found near Dunes City Hall earlier this year were pre-
sented to the Oregon Coast Military Museum, where they will be displayed.
The past and present merged
last Monday at the Oregon Coast
Military Museum.
During a ceremony Dec. 7 com-
memorating the attack on Pearl
Harbor and the recognition of vet-
erans, Dunes City Mayor Rebecca
Ruede presented to the museum
Meeting
to discuss
marijuana
land use
two World War II practice bombs
discovered earlier this year on the
grounds of Dunes City Hall.
The practice bombs caused a
flurry of excitement when they
were first unearthed during a
clean-up project around Dunes
City Hall this past summer. The
Eugene Police Department bomb
squad and a contingency from the
Oregon Air National Guard 142nd
Fighter Wing were called upon to
search the area with metal detec-
tors for more possible ordnance.
Nothing more was found and the
Air National Guard identified the
two practice bombs as the type used
during World War II training exer-
cises. They confiscated the artifacts
and returned with them to Portland.
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FLOOD WATCH
Florence City Council,
Planning Commission host
public hearing Monday
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
On Monday, Dec. 14, the Florence
City Council and Planning Commission
will hold a joint public hearing at 7 p.m.
in the Florence Events Center, 715
Quince St., regarding land use amend-
ments in the Florence City Code.
Ordinance No. 12, Series 2015 pro-
poses to add and modify definitions and
establish the permitted location and use
provisions for marijuana production,
processing, wholesaling, testing, dis-
pensing and sales facilities.
“We are putting into action things that
were put in effect in the last legislative
cycle,” said City Manager Erin
Reynolds.
In November 2014, voters passed
Measure 91, which provided for the per-
sonal growing, possession and use of
limited amounts of recreational, non-
medical marijuana.
On Oct. 20, select medical marijua-
na dispensaries began to sell recre-
ational marijuana under Oregon
Liquor Control Commission’s tempo-
rary rules for retail.
The City of Florence now has to
determine certain land-use requirements
for the production, processing, whole-
sale and retail sale of recreational mari-
juana.
“The whole point of the measure is to
decriminalize what has been a criminal
activity and to eliminate the black mar-
ket and bring it into a regular market-
place,” Reynolds said.
Planning Director Wendy
FarleyCampbell said, “Last spring, the
city looked at time, place and manner
for medical marijuana dispensaries.
They are doing the same thing now with
recreational. ... One of the things that
the city council and planning commis-
sion looked at was the existing buffers,
and if they still made sense.”
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Walkways around the Port of Siuslaw were partially flooded Thursday.
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Highway 126 at Cushman, three miles east of Florence,
was closed for several hours Friday due to high water.
Storm toll
continues
Governor calls state of emergency as rain
causes landslides, floods, road closures
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Storm damage caused erosion along South Jetty Road,
which is closed at milepost 5 until further notice.
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THIS WEEK ’ S
fter a full week of heavy rains and high winds, the waters contin-
ue to rise in the Florence and Mapleton areas. Statewide, the
storm caused Gov. Kate Brown to declare a state of emergency
in 13 counties, including Lane,
Lincoln, Linn and Benton.
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
In a statement released Thursday, Brown
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said, “Heavy rains and wind have required the
evacuation of residences, and mudslides and
high water have severely damaged or blocked major roadways in these areas
of the state. The emergency declaration ensures state resources, emergency
response personnel and equipment can be activated to respond to communi-
ties in need if their local resources are exhausted.”
Locally, the Siuslaw River flooded areas from
Cushman to the Port of Siuslaw.
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History of the unearthed ordnance finally surfaces