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Betty Phyllis McCullough
June 19, 1929 – December 24, 2015
Betty Phyllis McCullough
left her family and friends on
Christmas Eve at age 86, to live
in her new heavenly home.
Betty was born in Portland
to Joseph and Alta Jacques.
After marrying Gilbert (Gib)
McCullough on June 25, 1949,
she made her home in Clear
Lake (Keizer) for 65 years,
raising two children in the
house Gib built.
A lifelong Oregonian, she
enjoyed reading, camping,
gardening, playing cards and
bingo.
Betty was a member of the
Open Gate Nazarene Church
in Keizer.
Survivors include her two
children: Sandra McCullough-
Jones (Barbara) and Larry
McCullough (Sandra); brother
Keith
Jacques
(Barbara);
grandchildren Chrissy Long
(Marci Clare), Vincent Long,
Heather McCullough-Dunn
(Ryan), Brandon McCullough
(Mollie); Jessica
Notebaart
(Ross); great-
grandchildren
Mason
and
Tanner Dunn,
Baby Notebaart
on-the-way;
McCullough and numerous
n i e c e s ,
nephews, in-
laws and friends. She was
preceded in death by her
parents and her husband, Gib.
Graveside
service
was
scheduled for Dec. 31 at
Claggett Cemetery in Keizer,
under the direction of Keizer
Funeral Chapel.
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Update to city’s rec marijuana rules
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
More progress has been
made on the recreational
marijuana retailer permit pro-
cess in Keizer.
In August, Keizer City
Councilors directed staff to
move forward on a permit
process for recreational mari-
juana retailers that is similar to
the process used for permit-
ting medical marijuana facili-
ties.
On Dec. 7, city attorney
Shannon Johnson went over
a list of differences between
recreational marijuana retail-
ers and medical marijuana
facilities.
For example, Oregon Li-
quor Control Commission
(OLCC) regulates recreation-
al while the Oregon Health
Authority regulates medical;
the age for a minor doing rec-
reational is 21 years while the
limit is 18 for medical; and a
recreational marijuana retailer
cannot be located on the same
tax lot or within the same
building as a medical mari-
juana facility.
Johnson also spoke in re-
gards to edible marijuana.
“The OLCC rules on ed-
ibles are both broad and sig-
nifi cant,” Johnson said. “The
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rules require the packaging
of edibles to be child-resistant
and the labels must not be
attractive to minors. For the
most part, the packaging and
labeling must be pre-approved
by the OLCC. The OLCC
had the time and resources to
get it pretty close to right.”
Johnson also included an
excerpt of 78 pages of OLCC
rules, including the defi ni-
tion of cartoons as it relates to
packaging.
“It’s important to know
how they defi ne cartoons at
the OLCC,” he said.
Some concerns were ex-
pressed about packaging be-
ing appealing to minors,
but councilor Dennis Koho
looked at actual packages to
see for himself.
“I’ve seen how they are
packaged,” he said. “They are
plain packages. They can’t
have things like gummy bears
on them. I think we are over-
regulating by prohibiting ed-
ibles.”
Mayor Cathy Clark ex-
pressed concern about higher
incidents of poisoning with
edibles and thus supported the
idea of not allowing an ex-
tension for them. Councilor
Brandon Smith disagreed.
“We add chemicals to
our drinking water, which is
poisonous to some people,”
Smith said. “I do not agree
we should be regulating based
on the possibility some can be
poisoned by a bad batch.”
“That’s not what I said,”
Clark responded. “It can be
ingested accidentally by kids
and pets. It can be very toxic
to animals.”
The overall motion was ap-
proved 6-1, with Smith voting
Ryan
Pasquarella
and Kathy
Wilson from
Grove, Mueller
and Swank
PC spoke
during the
Dec. 7 Keizer
City Council
meeting.
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against it, meaning there will
be a second vote in the future.
In other business:
• A vacation of a por-
tion of Ridge Drive was ap-
proved unanimously. The
portion is north of the in-
tersection with the new part
of McLeod Lane under con-
struction for the Mountain
West Investment Corpora-
tion and Bonaventure apart-
ment and senior living project.
City attorney Shannon John-
son noted abutting property
owners have given consent
and that access to the remain-
ing portion of Ridge Drive
will be provided by a 20 feet
temporary easement.
Richard Berger, project
manager for Mountain West,
noted the action was a for-
mality.
“This is part of the ap-
proved master plan, this just
implements that,” Berger said.
“Hopefully you’ve been see-
ing the project move forward.
We have curbs and gutters in
and have started the founda-
tion work.”
Mayor Cathy Clark indi-
cated she’s been keeping tabs
on the project.
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“I’ve been excited to watch
the progress,” Clark said.
• Amendments to the Keiz-
er Development Code regard-
ing accessory structures were
approved, relating to standards
about location, size and de-
sign.
Among the changes: the
structure must be second-
ary to the primary use on the
property and a single family
structure must be located on
the property; the accessory
structure can be placed on the
side or rear property line if it
is no more than eight feet tall;
and the maximum size limit
is increased from 600 to 750
square feet if no garage cur-
rently exists and at least part of
the structure will be used as a
garage.
• The city recently did a
Request For Proposals (RFP)
for audit services. The city
has used Grove, Mueller and
Swank PC for the past 21
years. Two fi rms responded to
the RFP, with Grove, Muel-
ler and Swank being nearly
$55,000 cheaper. As such,
the company will be provid-
ing auditing service for up to
seven more years according to
the new contract.
• Several appointments
were approved. Scott Klug
will be keeping his seat on the
Keizer Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board, with former
city councilor Jim Taylor join-
ing the board. Hersch Sang-
ster returns to the Planning
Commission, while Wayne
Frey and David Dempster
were confi rmed for the Traffi c
Safety/Bikeways/Pedestrian
Committee.
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