Jan. 19, 1950
The City Council passed for its first reading a new amusement ordinance bill that makes licenses mandatory for all games, amusements and machines operated in the city. The bill would repeal a 1945 ordinance covering only pinball machines and music boxes. The new bill would also cover pool tables, billiards, card tables, ski-ball, shuffleboard, bowling alleys, motion picture theaters, skating rinks, hi-roll, shuffle-bowler, shooting galleries and “any other machine, device, game or amusement.”
Mayor Ed Cardwell took pity on the plight of snow-hungry kiddies and ordered the 12th Avenue hill from C Street north closed to traffic and open for winter sports. He said the hill will again be available for skiers and sledders next weekend if snow conditions are favorable.
Installation of seats in the new high school auditorium completed all major phases of construction and ended a four-year high school building program. Installing stage equipment is yet to be done. The auditorium is behind the main entrance of the school and has 826 seats.
Greyhound bus service was suspended indefinitely on the Jefferson, Sweet Home, Halsey route. Reduced load limits imposed on certain state highways in the area resulted in the alteration in the Pacific Greyhound line schedule.
Jan. 16, 1975
The City Council took a small slice of its revenue sharing money to fund a new dog pound, library equipment, and installation of a chlorination tank and fencing at Quartzville. The proposed 12-by-20 foot dog pound would be able to house 16 dogs. The library will purchase a replacement typewriter with an IBM selectric, a microfilm reader and storage cabinet, two quality cassette-recorder players and accessories for use in a local oral history program (in partnership with the East Linn Museum).
Jan. 19, 2000
Bob and Orville “O.D.” Milburn, a father and son team, have been professionally building guitars for years now out of a shop on Liberty Road. Their guitars have sold across the globe and been played by the likes of Chet Atkins and concert musicians. The instruments have a base price of $3,800 and a sound that is crafted specifically to the musician buying the instrument. The business started because O.D. wanted a better guitar, and his son jumped in to help build it.
A hearing in an appeal of the Planning Commission’s decision conditional use permit revocation procedure for Country Star RV Park was continued. Dorothy Lyon has been working on requirements at her park, including planting trees, putting up signs, completing a club house, and installing electrical, cable and phone hookups. She requested removal of three outstanding requirements: build a laundry facility, replace chemical toilets with showers and restrooms, and ADA standards.