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March 13, 2020 T he C olumbia P ress 6 Water: No more noncity hookups Continued from Page 1 The policy will remain in ef- ing and maintaining the in- fect for 18 months and may frastructure needed to supply be renewed for successive six- water to customers outside month periods after that. Other provisions: city limits often exceeds the • Public Works will not ap- cost of serving comparable prove any new water customers within War- system development renton.” or new water system Recognizing the ex- connections outside tra cost, the city im- city limits. poses a 50 percent rate • Public Works won’t surcharge on custom- allow existing custom- ers outside city limits. ers to expand existing The new study will determine how many Balensifer water meters outside city limits, including more, if any, should be change of property approved. use, change of occu- “Hopefully, this will pancy, substantial answer the questions remodels, increased we all have,” Public occupancy load, or in- Works Director Collin creased connections Stelzig said. within existing devel- The mayor has led opments. the charge to stop ap- Stelzig • Developers who proving outside con- submitted engineering nections at the expense of current and future Warren- plans before the policy was adopted are exempt. ton residents. • Individual single-family “At some point we’ve got to figure out how much is accept- homes on existing lots creat- able,” Balensifer said. “We’ve ed prior to the policy’s adop- been talking about this for six tion are exempt if an existing months. … We’ve got a lot of water main of sufficient size water lines out there and no abuts the lot. Applications for service must detail how the money to maintain them.” He asked at the previous single-family home will in- commission meeting to have corporate water conservation measures. the new policy drawn up. Jim Doner • March 5, 1935-Feb. 12, 2019 In Loving Memory of Jim Doner, a loving husband, father, Grandpa and Great-Grand- pa. We dearly miss his sense of humor, his kindness, his deep caring for all his family and friends. We look forward to being with him in Heaven someday. The Family of James Doner Free Obituaries The Columbia Press publishes free obituaries of commu- nity members who pass away. These free obituaries are 7 to 12 inches long and include a photo. We’ll do the writing for you. Those who want to write their own obituaries to honor a loved one may do so. These are $7.50 per column inch and can include a photo. Please call us at 503-861-3331or send an email to office@thecolumbiapress.com. College students use more marijuana in states where it’s legal, but binge drink less Oregon State University Marijuana use among col- lege students has been trend- ing up for years, but in states that have legalized recre- ational marijuana, use has jumped even higher. An Oregon State University study published this year in the medical periodical Ad- diction shows that in states where marijuana was legal- ized by 2018, both occasional and frequent use among col- lege students has continued to rise beyond the first year of legalization, suggesting an ongoing trend rather than a brief period of experimenta- tion. Overall, students in states with legal marijuana were 18 percent more likely to have used marijuana in the past 30 days than students in states that had not legalized the drug. They were also 17 percent more likely to have engaged in frequent use, defined as using marijuana on at least 20 of the past 30 days. The differences between states with and without legal- ization escalated over time: Six years after legalization NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION In compliance with ORS 87.691, a public auction will be held at noon on Saturday, March 21, 2020, at North Coast Mini Storage, 605 Al- ternate Hwy. 101, Warrenton, Ore- gon. Items for sale from Grigsby, a 10x15 storage unit. Published: The Columbia Press, March 13 and 20, 2020 Business opportunity Warrenton UPS Store’s owners are retiring and it’s for sale. Location and all contracts and leases to carry over to new owners. To learn more, call Cindy at 503-791- 3972 or D.B. at 503-741- 5977. in early-adopting states, stu- dents were 46 percent more likely to have used marijuana than their peers in nonlegal- ized states. The study, conducted by Harold Bae from OSU’s Col- lege of Public Health and Hu- man Sciences and David Kerr from the College of Liberal Arts, is the first to look broad- ly at multiple states that have legalized recreational mar- ijuana and to go beyond the first year following legaliza- tion. It includes data from 135 colleges in seven states where marijuana was legalized by 2018 and from 41 states and 454 colleges where recre- ational use was not legal. More than 850,000 stu- dents participated in the National College Health As- sessment survey from 2008 to 2018, which provided the data. The survey asked about a wide range of health behav- iors including drug and alco- hol use and is administered anonymously. Using the same dataset, they found that after legal- ization, students ages 21 and older showed a greater drop in binge drinking than their peers in states where mar- ijuana was not legal. Binge drinking was defined as hav- ing five or more drinks in a single sitting within the pre- vious two weeks. Binge drinking has been on the decline among college students in recent years, but dropped more in states that legalized marijuana than in states that did not, research- ers found. Looking at specific demo- graphics, researchers found that the effect was strongest among older students. Fire: Warrenton native dies Continued from Page 1 Cause of the fire hadn’t been determined. It burned quickly and hot in the 40- foot originating trailer. A neighbor’s trailer was singed. When firefighters arrived, all the affected trailers’ oc- cupants were outside their homes and they and other park residents were using garden hoses to keep flames from spreading to the two closest trailers before fire- fighters doused the flames. A man in a neighboring trailer was hospitalized and also has been released. Residents of the park were cooperative and helpful during the chaos of the fire, Warrenton Fire Department wrote on its Facebook page. Warrenton Fire Depart- ment was assisted by fire- fighters from Lewis & Clark, Gearhart and Astoria fire de- partments. Seaside, Cannon Beach, Hamlet and Knappa fire agencies provided cov- erage in the area during the fire. Clatsop County Sheriff’s deputies also assisted at the scene. A fire in the same park 17 months ago took the life of George A. Bolles, 47, who was found dead inside his RV after a swift-moving ear- ly-morning fire on Oct. 17, 2018.
