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This sixth annual Favorite Front Pages sec-
tion celebrates 12 of the best front pages of
2014, recognizing some of the year’s most
creative photography and layouts, as well as
significant articles about important local
events. For a closer look, view these pages
online at www.TheSiuslawNews.com.
These are our Favorite Front Pages of
2014...
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The process begins and ends at the editing
table, where staff look through photographs
and decide which best represent the stories
that will make the front page. From there,
the process moves on to the design stage,
where the lead photo is chosen and layout
ideas are considered. Among the consider-
ations are how the elements of color and
graphic design work together to create an
eye-catching front page that compliments
the lead photo while, at the same time, not
overshadowing the news elements.
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wice each week, the editorial staff at
the Siuslaw News is faced with the
question of what to put on the cover
of the newspaper. The decision is rarely a
simple one. Staff members consider the
merits of news stories as well as elements of
style and design, including photos and head-
lines, that chronicle the events, people and
happenings within our community.
Clockwise from top: Mapleton Superintendent Jodi O’Mara announces the release of balloons adorned with special messages, prayers and memories; family and friends of
Weston Bowman and Abby Boydston wave goodbye as the balloons take flight from the Mapleton High School football field; the group waits in the cover of the bleachers for a
break in the rain; Mapleton senior Katie Dearman, wearing a “Sailors Forever” T-shirt in honor of Bowman and Boydston, leads the way to the field for Thursday’s ceremony;
and students write personal messages to be released skyward.
Mapleton students and community send thoughts and prayers skyward in memory of Abby Boydston and Weston Bowman.
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week to the day after
the tragic auto accident
that injured three
Mapleton students and claimed
the lives of MHS freshman
S TORY AND P HOTOS
BY N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Weston Bowman and senior
Abby Boydston, friends and
family gathered to remember
and celebrate their lives by
writing messages on balloons
and then letting them go.
“We mourned their loss ear-
lier this week. Today, we are
remembering what made them
so special to us,” said Mapleton
Superintendent Jodi O’Mara.
The catalyst for the celebra-
tion was Mapleton senior Katie
Dearman, who had seen a simi-
lar ceremony for students in
Arizona.
“I just wanted to do some-
thing special, so I put the word
out to friends and family after
the memorial,” said Dearman
who, with the cooperation of
friends and the school, was able
to organize the celebration in
time for Thursday.
Balloons were provided by
Safeway for $1 each, with the
final cost being covered by a
Sheriff, OSP increase patrols on Highway 126
The Lane County Sheriff’s
Office is coordinating with
Oregon State Police to
decrease motor vehicle acci-
dents on Highway 126 between
Eugene and the coast.
Additional patrols will be
out on Highway 126 reminding
motorists to slow down and
drive safely. The sheriff’s
office is funding additional
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patrols with a grant adminis-
tered by the Oregon State
Sheriffs’ Association.
The length of time patrols
will have an added presence on
the highway will be determined
by the grant.
The Sheriff’s Office also has
placed a speed indication trail-
er on Highway 126 to help
increase driver awareness of
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their speed in an effort to slow
down those who may be
exceeding the speed limit. The
speed trailer is placed in areas
around Lane County at the
request of residents or staff
who have observed frequent
speeding on particular road-
ways.
The speed trailer is managed
and placed by Sheriff’s Office
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Volunteers, and has been suc-
cessful at slowing down speed-
ing motorists in many commu-
nities in Lane County.
Sheriffs hope to be able to
have the speed trailer on
Highway 126 for at least the
next few weeks.
While the patrols are
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pair of anonymous donors who
overheard the conversation
while shopping in the store.
As the rains pounded the
football field Thursday after-
noon, everyone gathered in the
bleachers waiting for a break in
the downpour. When it finally
came, participants holding
nearly 100 balloons walked
down to the field.
After a quiet moment, the
group simultaneously released
their wishes, prayers and mem-
ories into the sky in memory
and celebration of Bowman,
16, and Boydston, 17, who will
be “Sailors Forever.”
Free Lunch Program
in jeopardy of closing
The Community Free Lunch Program is in jeopardy of
closing due to a lack of volunteers to help prepare and serve
the hot soup lunches.
The free lunch program was started by the Florence United
Methodist Church in 1995, using the kitchen and meeting
facility adjacent to the church sanctuary on Kingwood at
Second Street.
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