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4 STATEMENT TO GO WITH PETITION OPPOSING REZONING OF OREGON <br /> SPORTSMEN'S CLUB PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF DUNN <br /> This is the first time neighbors have ever had an opportunity <br /> to appear before the zoning Committee in regard to the shooting at <br /> the Oregon Sportsmen's Club. Thanks to open government in the Town <br /> of Dunn now, they were informed of this proposed change. <br /> When the club was first established and a conditional use <br /> permit granted, only abutting property owners were notified--- <br /> three or at most four, and one was the family that sold them the <br /> land. When others found out and protested to the county zoning,...gffice, <br /> it was too late. Likewise the town board where protests were also <br /> lodged. So, despite the fact that some 30 families in the <br /> neighborhood would be seriously affected by the noise, none who <br /> were opposed had an opportunity to appear and the shooting started. <br /> The neighbors object to this proposed change primarily because of <br /> the noise. <br /> The noise is not just a shot now and then, nor even one tti(ry <br /> every few seconds, but rather a constant sort of rolling barrage <br /> audible more than a mile away. It is a terrible annoyance to the 30 or <br /> so families that live close by and denies them the pleasant, peaceful use <br /> of their yards, especially on Sunday afternoons when the shooting seems <br /> most boisterous and persistent. It also annoys many who live quite a far <br /> piece away. <br /> The Sportsmen's Club shooting is quite a contrast with the <br /> Retriever Club which also has property on Hook Lake which it uses <br /> for dog training and field trials. Here the shooting is quite tolerable <br /> and occurs only intermittently---no more than three shots in a row <br /> and then a long silence before any others are fired---even at the <br /> height of their field trial season. <br /> (more) <br />