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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL March 25, 2015 9A Public safety, medical marijuana part of Creswell's conversation BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel Concerning T he City of Creswell has decisions to make regarding its future, and a recent City Council meeting gave the community a few hours to try to hash out those decisions. The Creswell City Council joined in- terested citizens for a marathon meeting on Monday, March 9, with the issues of public safety and medical marijuana chief among a list of agenda items that kept the gathered crowd busy through- out the evening. Public safety fi gured heavily into the conversation, with a public hearing scheduled to help the Council deter- mine whether to continue, discontinue or change a fee added to local utility bills to pay for patrol services by the Creswell News and notes from our neighbor to the north Lane County Sheriff’s Offi ce. Three scenarios are under consid- eration by the Council, as reported by the 'Creswell Chronicle' — one would fund three full-time sheriff's deputies and a half-time sergeant at a cost of $641,579; option two would fund three deputies and a third-time sergeant with a $611,318 price tag, and the third op- tion would fund 2 ½ deputies and a half-time sergeant for a $563,038 total. Last year, the City enacted a $6 pub- lic safety fee that was added to water bills to fund a third deputy in response to a spike in crime, though the fee was designed to sunset on June 30, and the question of whether to enact funding again this year looms large as the time to prepare the city budget approaches. “The question has always been whether to fun three deputies or a third- time sergeant,” said City Administrator Michelle Amberg, who said a report on local policing conducted at Portland State University is due in June but may be too late to impact the conversation. "We need to discuss whether to keep the fee or make changes," Amberg said. "We need the numbers now, but we'll probably go ahead for budget purposes with the conservative estimate of 2 ½ deputies and a half-time sergeant." The Chronicle reports that Lane County Sgt. Billy Halvorson advocated the fi rst scenario, noting that property crime decreased by 33 percent follow- ing the addition of the third deputy. Creswell also faces the appearance of medical marijuana dispensaries in the City, as the one-year moratorium it enacted to delay their establishment ex- pires and applications for new dispen- saries will be accepted on May 1. The City Council was asked to help outline any restrictions it may choose to place on where dispensaries may locate be- fore that time; Creswell’s Planning Commission has reportedly favored restricting dispensaries to operations in commercial and industrial zones while keeping them out of the core of down- town. State law currently prohibits mu- nicipalities from restricting dispensa- ries’ hours of operation, etc. The Council unanimously passed an ordinance restricting the location of dispensaries to commercial or indus- trial zones. Amberg said there has already been talk of “a couple people” interested in opening dispensaries in Creswell. O FFBEAT Continued from page 4A Oregon and Washington is- sued a proclamation giving them full law-enforcement authority. The life of a Sand Pounder was not easy, and although it wasn’t combat, it could be dan- gerous at times. There was al- ways the danger of being swept out to sea if one got too close to it while rounding one of the capes or outcroppings; Coasties on Sand Pounder duty frequent- ly got soaked up to the bridle in spray from the waves. And the horses added an unpredictable element as well. One unfortu- nate fellow was patrolling along the coast near the Southern Pa- cifi c railroad track when the engine, passing by, fi red up its boiler burner, startling the horse — which threw the rider (35- pound radio and all) and gal- loped off into the night. The Sand Pounders shared the fate of the Aircraft Warning Service volunteers and the Tilla- mook-based blimp squadron: by the time their program was up and running, the Japanese men- ace to the Pacifi c Coast — other than balloon bombs — was en- tirely gone. So the Sand Pound- ers of Oregon didn’t get much action — other than the fre- quent drills they participated in, practicing repelling amphibious invasion. And in early 1944, as the tide of the war started turn- ing, the beach patrols started be- ing cut drastically back. Patrol- FREE Disorientated Express one been dispatched to Oregon’s shores, there’s every reason to think they would have. Their effect on morale alone may have made them worth having around; their presence on the beaches was a real comfort for the nervous residents of Oregon coastal communities during the dark, fearful year that followed the Fort Stevens and Brookings attacks. But it’s also possible that the Sand Pounders had won their KNND Raffle Ticket FREE Murder on the men young enough for combat duty were sent off to help the Navy deliver the D-Day inva- sion force; surplus horses were auctioned off at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds. And, of course, with the end of the war came an end of the Beach Patrol entirely. So, were the Sand Pounders a success? It depends on how you measure it. Although they never had the opportunity to catch an invasion or infi ltration force, had Hourly Prizes will be drawn and posted at the Cottage Grove Home & Garden Show April 11 & 12 Cottage Grove High School Gym on N. River Road. A DINNER MYSTERY THEATRE presented by: Friends of the Cottage Grove Library Name: ___________________________________ Saturday, March 28 th , 7:00pm • CG Comm. Center Phone Number: ____________________________ Additional Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5 Main Prize Drawing April 12 at 4 pm. Must be present to Win Two nights at Shilo Inn and other large prizes. Singles $25.00 • Couples $45.00 Tickets can be purchased at The Bookmine • 702 E. Main Street fi ght before they even suited up. When that unarmed, untrained Coastie stumbled across the Nazi saboteurs on Long Island, in the incident that caused the Beach Patrol to be organized, the message got back to the Axis Powers, loud and clear, that the American home front was not going to be an easy target. The prompt arming and organiz- ing of the beach patrols would have been a topic of intense in- terest to Axis spies in the U.S., and would have been observed and reported back to Berlin and Tokyo. The fact that the patrols were mounted and equipped with battlefi eld radios meant that all that would be needed to ruin a months-long operation would be a glimpse. Who knows what diabolical plans were nev- er hatched by wartime enemies because they knew the beaches were so thoroughly monitored? The Sand Pounders had a bor- ing time of it during their lonely beach duty. None of them ever saw a single enemy combat- ant. But they were never meant to be a combat force. The fact that they never saw any action doesn’t mean they were a fail- ure; in fact, if anything, it’s a certifi cation of their complete success. (Sources: Bishop, Eleanor. Prints in the Sand. Missoula, MT: Pictoral Histories, 1989; Noble, Dennis. The Beach Pa- trol and Corsair Fleet. Wash- ington, D.C.: U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Offi ce, 1992) Finn J.D. John teaches at Oregon State University and writes about odd tidbits of Or- egon history. For details, see http://fi nnjohn.com. 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