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COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THE PRODUCTS THAT HE SOLD WERE DESIGNED AND SOLD FOR DRUG USE. MR. WILLIAMS RESPONDED THAT SOME WERE AND SOME WERE NOT, BUT HE WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE BOARD AND WOULD GET RID OF ANY ITEMS THEY REQUESTED. SHERIFF DOBECK.APfROACHED THE BOARD AND STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BOARD TAKE THE STEPS NOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE THE STATE REQUIRES THAT IT BE DONE. RAY REDSTONE, CHAIRMAN OF CITIZENS AGAINST DRUGS, REQUESTED THAT VARIOUS PETITIONS CONTAINING 2,275 SIGNATURES BE MADE A PART OF THE RECORD, AND STATED THAT THE GROUP HE REPRESENTED RECOMMENDED THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED, THE PETITIONS ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK. AUDIE GREGG, INTERESTED CITIZEN, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND IMPLORED THE COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE A STAND IMMEDIATELY ON THIS ISSUE AS DRUGS WERE EATING AWAY AT THE BODIES OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. SHE FELT THIS CALLED FOR EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES AND THAT THE BOARD TAKE THE STAND TO STOP THE DRUGS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WILLIAM KOOLAGE, INTERESTED CITIZEN, STATED THAT THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY ARE VERY AWARE OF OUR DRUG PROBLEM. HE STATED HE HAD SYMPATHY FOR A YOUNG MAN IN BUSINESS BUT NOT WHERE THERE IS A RISK SUCH AS THIS. MR. KOOLAGE STATED HE DID NOT HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE IN BILLS BEING PASSED ON THE STATE LEVEL, BUT HE HAD MORE CONFIDENCE ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD FOR IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. WILLIAM KRINGLE, OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED THEY STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE BOARD TAKE ANY KIND OF STEP TO STOP THE FLOW OF DRUGS, ON -MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCUR,.00K, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. ATTORNEY COLLINS REVIEWED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND STATED THE DEFINITIONS ARE THE SAME AS THE ORDINANCE PASSED BY THE T tUo 12 aaa v