July 10, 2015 Patrick Lagreid Regulations,  Smoking Bans

Parks Smoking Ban Comes to Willamalane, Ore.

The Willamalane Park and Recreation District Board, which oversees five recreation facilities and 43 parks and natural areas, totaling nearly 1,500 acres in and around the city of Springfield, has passed a new smoking ban for its parks.

The ban, which goes into effect on October 1, prohibits the use of all tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and marijuana within district parks. According to The Register-Guard, violators can be subject to expulsion and bans from district parks facilities for violating the ban, as well as being charged with second-degree trespass, a Class C misdemeanor.

The new ban tightens a previous regulation that required smokers to be at least 50 feet from district-owned buildings, playgrounds, athletic fields, dog parks, skate parks and picnic shelters.

According to its website, Willamalane was created by voters in 1944 and is a special tax district, separate from the city of Springfield, with its own boundaries. Springfield, Ore. has a population of just over 60,000 residents and is located approximately 100 miles south of Portland.

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Patrick Lagreid

I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.

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