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LCC Florence stands in support of Umpqua Community College
Sea lions
prepare to
‘splash off’
FEC unveils design of new
public art figure for Florence
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
Florence Events
Center (FEC) is
preparing for its
20th anniversary
next year with
Dancing with Sea
Lions, a coastwide
celebration of the
sea lion and the
Florence area.
Jennifer Connor,
FEC marketing
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specialist and event
Cow Painters, based
coordinator, said,
in Chicago, finalized
“This is a project
the fiberglass form of
not just for the
“Porter,” the sea
FEC and our cele-
lion who will be part
bration, but a proj-
of FEC’s public art
ect for the city,
display on the coast.
community and
whole Oregon coast.”
Dancing with Sea Lions will be a public art
display sponsored by the nonprofit group
Friends of the Florence Events Center and local
businesses and individuals.
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AN ACTIVE RESPONSE
Lane County Sheriff’s Office presents ALICE safety training to Mapleton School District
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
S
ergeant Aaron Hoberg, with the Lane County
Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), spent time Wednesday,
Oct. 7, discussing options for safety with
Mapleton School District students.
Mapleton Superintendent Jodi O’Mara accompanied
Hoberg to classes from kindergarten through 12th
grade.
“This day was planned prior to the events at UCC,”
O’Mara said, referencing last week’s fatal shooting at
Umpqua Community College in Roseburg. “In light of
those recent events, ... we’re looking at what schools in
our area are doing to help keep kids and staff safe from
any active threat.”
Hoberg discussed the importance of training using a
more active approach.
“We don’t just want to do a lockdown like we used to
do before, and shut the lights off, lock the door and go
in the corner or get under our desk,” he said.
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Lane County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Aaron Hoberg and Mapleton
School District Superintendent Jodi O’Mara met with Mapleton stu-
dents on Wednesday, Oct. 7, to discuss what to do in the event of
an active threat on schoolgrounds.
Coast Guard urges safety during incoming storm
The U.S. Coast Guard would
like to caution beach-goers and
mariners to remain vigilant of sig-
nificant weather conditions that
will pass along the Pacific
Northwest coast this weekend.
Remnants of Hurricane Oho are
predicted to cause unusually high
ocean swells that could break
waves over jetties along south fac-
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THIS WEEK ’ S
ing beaches and heads. The waves
may also result in beach erosion
across areas that don’t commonly
see impacts from wave action.
“Surfers, swimmers and recre-
ational boaters must pay close
attention to these dangerous surf
conditions,” said Capt. David
Berliner, deputy commander,
Sector Columbia River. “People
should also stay off the rocks near
the shoreline until surf conditions
normalize.”
Marine Information Broadcasts
on VHF-FM radio channel 16 are
conducted by the Coast Guard
when hazardous bar conditions
and restrictions are put into place
or lifted. Mariners are strongly
encouraged to monitor VHF-FM
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radio channel 16 for all notices and
weather updates.
Radio station 1610 AM provides
continual broadcast of bar condi-
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weather in port areas of Columbia
River, Tillamook Bay, Depoe Bay,
Yaquina Bay, Siuslaw River,
Umpqua River, Coos Bay and
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L
ane Community
College (LCC)
Florence joined
other community
colleges around the
nation in a solidarity
effort Thursday at 11
a.m. to memorialize
last week’s tragic
shooting at Umpqua
Community College
(UCC) in Roseburg.
According to LCC
Florence Interim
Director Russ Pierson,
LCC and UCC have a
strong relationship
and are sister colleges.
LCC President Mary
Spilde has been in
Roseburg for the
week. In a letter to
faculty and staff, she
said, “Stop for a
moment to remember
the victims and their
families.” More than
1,130 community
colleges participated
in the minute-long
moment of silence.
Pierson said, “I have
felt here in Florence
that there is a similar
size and spirit to our
two communities.”