SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2015
2014 YEAR IN REVIEW continued
Review
from 6A
Big City Lights
After being closed for near-
ly a year, Florence Cinemas
will soon reopen to area
moviegoers under a new name
and tenant as well as equipped
with digital projectors, just in
time for the tail end of the
summer’s biggest
blockbusters.
Michael Falter,
program director
for the Pickford
Film Center in
Bellingham,
Wash., and his
wife Susan
Tive finalized a
five-year lease
with Campbell
Commercial Real Estate to
take over ownership of the
town’s movie theater. The the-
ater opened in August under
the name, City Lights
Cinemas.
Heceta Lighthouse
named top ‘destination’
The Heceta Head
Lighthouse State Scenic
Viewpoint, about 12 miles
north of
Florence,
receives the 2014
Eugene, Cascades
and Coast
Destination Award
by Travel Lane
County at its
annual celebration
June 19 honoring
regional tourism
achievements. The
award represents the countless
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Aquarium, some parts of
Puget Sound and the San Juan
Islands have seen population
declines of up to 80 percent.
CoastWatch, an organization
that monitors the entire
Oregon coast via a network of
volunteers, reports that sea
star wasting syndrome is
waterborne, but still do not
know if it is bacterial or viral.
hours supporters put in
restoring one of the
most photographed
landmarks on the
Oregon coast. Work
included replacing the
tower’s historic metal-
work and masonry,
installing new windows
and repairing the lens
rotating mechanism.
Man takes flight
JULY
The sight of a man shooting
into the air from the Siuslaw
Thousands of Velella
River was a showstopper July
velella, a distant cousin
23 near the docks at the Port
to the jellyfish, myste-
of Siuslaw. Jason Hardy, 47,
riously wash up on
Velella velella, a distant relative of demonstrated to a growing
Oregon beaches.
the jellyfish, washed to shore by crowd — and a bird or two —
Commonly known as
the thousands in July, including the breathtaking new sport of
“by-the-wind sailor,”
on Heceta Beach in Florence.
flyboarding, in which a
the blue-to-purple-bod-
uniquely designed flotation
ied species are typical-
and Mary in New Castle —
device is attached to his feet
ly an offshore creature that
four months before his leg-
and a hose connected to a
lives on the ocean surface and
endary ride to Lexington to
modified Jet Ski-type water-
moves by way of wind with its warn the colonists that the
craft that lifts him into the air
clear, triangular fin acting as a
British were coming.
to do all kinds of flying tricks.
sail. But, when winds are
strong, Velella loses its 45-
Sea star die-off
Littlest library
degree tracking ability and is
reaches
Florence
“Take a book, leave a book”
pushed to shore.
Sea stars, commonly
is the simple motto of the
referred to as
Little Library
Paul Revere’s
starfish, have
concept.
long-lost message
been dying off
Inspired by an
A letter dated Dec. 14,
in alarming
article in a
1774, owned by a Florence
numbers along
Eugene paper,
resident, reveals the long-lost
the entire West
9-year-old
message that Revolutionary
Coast, from
Ava Glowacki
patriot Paul Revere delivered
Baja, Mexico,
and her moth-
from Boston to Portsmouth
to Alaska.
er, Ella,
ki
ac
w
Av a Glo
that led to attacks on the
According to
decide to build
colony’s arsenal, Fort William
reports from the Seattle
one in Florence. The focus is
on books children would be
interested in, but the Little
Library will have books for all
ages. The idea is to get fami-
lies and even grandparents to
take young people by and
have everyone find a book.
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AUGUST
Tourism on the rise
According to Cal Applebee,
executive director of the
Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce, “We count the vis-
itors coming through the door
at the visitors center. At the
close of our fiscal year, which
ended June 30, we are up
more than 250 people over last
year.” These visitors are stay-
ing and spending money,
which is good news for many
Florence-area businesses and
organizations.
Relay For Life
The 15th annual Florence
Relay For Life raises more
than $82,000 for the fight
against cancer in early August
at Miller Park. The 24-hour
event is the culmination of
almost a year’s worth of plan-
ning and preparation.
Canine remembered
for healing presence
Local celebrity Robbi, a 12-
year-old greyhound, dies Aug.
5 of age-related causes. A
therapy dog since 2008 until
her retirement in 2013, she
visited scores of local school-
children, nursing home resi-
dents, hospital patients and
staff. She had the honor of
being Peace Harbor Hospice’s
first therapy dog.
Residents say ‘no’ to
Rhody multi-use path
After nearly a decade in the
planning, a project to begin
development of a multi-use
path along Rhododendron
Drive has derailed. Some
2,500-plus people signed peti-
tions to halt the development,
and many of those voices were
present at the Aug. 18 city
council meeting.
Local gas tax
on the horizon
Florence Mayor Nola
Xavier addresses the pressing
need for a local fuel tax,
which would help pay for
more than $5 million in street
repairs. Voters, however, do
not approve the tax in the
November election.
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