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O REGON C OAST M ILITARY M USEUM WEDNESDAY WWW.THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF FLORENCE • DUNES CITY • WESTLAKE • MAPLETON • SWISSHOME • DEADWOOD • YACHATS AND ALL POINTS BETWEEN 124 T H Y E A R • I S S U E N O . 42 M AY 28 • 2014 75 C E N T S Memorial Day: Florence honors its heroes PHOTOS BY THERESA BAER/SIUSLAW NEWS T he American Legion Francis M. Yost Post 59 hosted the 68th annual Memorial Day service on Monday, May 26. The Veterans Memorial Park was filled with military veterans and their families for ceremonies that included patriotic songs, prayer, a statement remembering Sept. 11, 2001 and a keynote speech by USCG CPO Kyle Betts of the local Siuslaw Station. The ceremony closed with members of the Coast Guard laying memorial wreaths on the Siuslaw River (left photo). In the photo at right, a Guardsman bows his head during the memorial ceremony. Siuslaw School Board approves 2014-15 budget SMS at play: Alice @ Wonderland Siuslaw students to perform modern take on classic tale. B Y R YAN C RONK Siuslaw News If Alice lived in the 21st centu- ry, would she have used an app to find her way out of the legendary Wonderland? Or perhaps texted a friend for help? Siuslaw Middle School stu- dents will retell the classic chil- dren’s story with a twist this Friday and Saturday when they perform a modern take on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” “Alice @ Wonderland,” writ- ten by Jonathan Yukich, is an updated version of Carroll’s tale in which Alice (played by Summer Brog) gets interrupted while making a call on her cell phone by a very agitated — and tardy — White Rabbit (Ethan Owens), whom she follows through a rabbit hole and into Wonderland. Along the way Alice meets an B Y J ACK D AVIS Siuslaw News “Honoring all our Veterans!” Opening July 4, 2015 2145 Kingwood 541-902-5160 The Siuslaw School District board approved the 2014-15 budget during a special meeting held May 14, prior to the regular school board meeting. The board will adopt the $18.5 million budget at its June 11 meeting. According to Siuslaw School District Business Manager Kari Blake, this is the first budget in several years that the school board did not have to tap into reserve funds to cover budg- et shortfalls. The Oregon State legislature increased funding for the school district and rev- enue from property taxes have grown. “Prior to my coming, we had quite a healthy fund balance carrying over year to year,” she said. “We have been sort of using that as resources into the following year. So they have been dwindling year by year. “This year, where we are right now was sup- posed to be the year when the money is gone and we were going to be making some big cuts. At the beginning of the budget season that was definitely the talk. It looked pretty ugly. We were looking at having to cut around $750,000. Then the state came through and we were no longer in a position where we had to cut teach- ers.” Fiscal responsibility is a priority, even with the added funds. “The board sets a percentage goal every year. This year they have set an 8 percent fund bal- ance reserve. So we will be setting aside 8 per- cent of the total budget resources. I’ve been working with the board to make sure that money is never touched. It’s sort of a bottom line we never cross below, just to protect us,” Blake See Ambulance A6 Birth A2 Classifieds B7 Library Tidings A5 Opinion A4 Police Scoreboard Sports Tides Weather A7 B3 B B1 A2 Safety engineers are constantly working hard to ensure that cars and car seats are designed to keep children as safe as possible, but it’s up to every parent and care- giver of a child to take full advan- tage of these innovations by mak- ing sure car seats are used and installed correctly. Traffic injuries are the leading BUDGET 8A Weather T ODAY T HURSDAY F RIDAY S ATURDAY Rain Mostly cloudy 61 45 Late rain 61 50 Mostly cloudy 62 49 59 47 ensemble of characters from the original story, including the vin- dictive Queen of Hearts (Talyn Bello) and her enabling King (Will Johnston), the teleporting Cheshire Cat (Ceasar Castillo and Cameron Utz), a hookah-toting caterpillar (Anthony Perez) and the Mad Hatter (Tristin Reber). The humorous play features a cast of nearly 30 seventh- and eighth-grade students, many of whom are first-timers to the stage. As part of the school’s theater pro- gram, students have been working on the production since mid- April. “From the very beginning, the See ALICE 8A Ambulance district to host free car seat clinic May 31 Your INSIDE W E D N E S D AY Cast and crew members of “Alice @ Wonderland” (courtesy photo) students have been involved with — or at least privy to — every aspect of the collaborative art of theater,” said drama instructor Eddie Mielke. From designing sets and cos- tumes to learning characteriza- tions and blocking, students are discovering what it takes to pro- duce a live show. They even put on a school dance and acquired donations from the community to finance a large portion of the production. “This group of students oper- ates as an ensemble, and it is my belief it’ll play through their performance,” Mielke added. Audiences can expect sets highlighting mushrooms and playing cards, with costumes ranging from modified sumo out- fits to furry headgear and spring- loaded stilts, all inspired by the strangeness found in Wonderland. cause of preventable deaths and injuries to children in Oregon. Correctly used car seats can reduce the risk of death and injuries over 70 percent, and approximately 73 percent of car seats are not used or installed cor- rectly. Western Lane Ambulance District is presenting a free Car Seat Clinic on Saturday, May 31, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the BiMart parking lot, 4310 Highway 101. Certified car seat technicians will be on hand to assist and edu- cate parents and caregivers of young children on the proper and safe car seat installation tech- niques. Car seats will be available for those who qualify (OHP and $20 donations). Complimentary food and bev- erages will also be available for participants. BiMart and the Oregon Department of Transportation Safety Division are also sponsors of this event. Sports—B F AVORITE F RONT P AGES 2014 • 7