SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2015
9 A
2014 YEAR IN REVIEW continued
from 7A
Tatum named
SHS principal
On Sept. 2, Siuslaw High
School principal Kerri Tatum
met her more than 400 stu-
dents as she and her staff wel-
come incoming freshmen and
new students during the
school’s Link Day. She was
assistant principal last year and
was chosen by the Siuslaw
School District to replace Matt
Henry, who accepted the posi-
tion of school administrator for
the Gervais School District.
DeFazio discusses local
and national issues
Rep. Peter DeFazio (4th
Dist., Ore.) describe the most
recent workings of Congress
Aug. 21, at a town hall meet-
ing at the library. The con-
gressman spoke about some of
the biggest successes of the
last term, particularly about
securing funding for degrading
small coastal ports and
changes made to the Veterans
Administration.
SEPTEMBER
Cool challenge
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church Vicar Georgia DuBose
and Clare Hawkins are
drenched in ice-cold water by
Ernie Doud and Joe
M’Gonigle as part of the inter-
national fundraising event
known as the ALS Ice Bucket
Challenge. The church raises
more than $500 to donate to
Spruce Point Assisted Living
& Memory Care
All seminars are free and
open to the public.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2:00 PM
Holiday Tips for Families & Caregivers
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015, 2:00 PM
Alzheimer’s Disease: The Truth Behind the Myths
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015, 2:00 PM
Refreshments provided.
To register for these free
events please call
(541) 997-6111
or email us at
rkilfoy@prestigecare.com
Dementia Drugs; Facts and Myths Exposed
WEDNESDAY , MARCH 18, 2015, 2:00 PM
Successful Communication Tips & Strategies to
Communicate with Someone Affected by
Memory Loss
Spruce Point Assisted Living
& Memory Care
375 9th Street
Florence, Oregon 97439
Angal signs 2-year
contract with Siuslaw
Siuslaw School District
board of directors offers Ethel
Angal a two-year district
superintendent contract during
its Sept. 10 meeting. Angal has
been serving as interim super-
intendent on a month-to-month
basis since June, replacing for-
mer superintendent Shawn
Wiencek.
Pipe bomb found
on 22nd Street
Living, Loving, & Thriving
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Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or other memory
related illnesses can be very overwhelming. We’re here to help.
the research of ALS, also com-
monly known as Lou Gehrig’s
disease, a neurodegenerative
disorder that causes muscle
wasting.
Prestige Senior Living
Florence Police and Siuslaw
Valley Fire and Rescue closes
off areas around the Justice
Center Sept. 17, when an aux-
iliary officer arrived carrying a
pipe bomb in his marked car.
A woman walking her dog dis-
covered the explosive device
near Highway 101 and took it
to the officer at a nearby gas
station on 22nd Street. The
officer then transported the
object to the Justice Center at
Greenwood and Ninth streets,
where it was immediately shut
down and the Eugene Police
Department Bomb Squad was
dispatched to deactivate the
bomb. No one was injured.
Hospital announces
$5M expansion
an assisted living and
memory care community
www.spruce-point.com
During its 25th anniversary
open house Sept. 20,
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Oktoberfest is a rousing success in its fourth year.
Medical Center announces
plans for a $5 million expan-
sion of its emergency depart-
ment beginning early 2015.
The expansion, which would
double the size of the current
department, is part of a $10
million upgrade that included a
new $5.2 million central utility
plant and generator.
gle with inoperable liver can-
cer. He was 82 years old.
Butler served as Siuslaw High
School principal from 1968 to
1974, when he was promoted
to superintendent. He served in
that capacity for 20 years, until
his retirement in 1994.
Western Lane
Community Foundation
celebrates 40 years
Fugitive found hiding
in county for 20 years
Western Lane Community
Foundation board of directors
and more than 60 members of
the Florence and Mapleton
communities gathers to cele-
brate the 40th anniversary of
the foundation, which started
in 1974 with $3,500 and now
has endowed assets exceeding
$5 million.
OCTOBER
Oktoberfest success
More than 700 people are
treated to authentic German
food, beer and entertainment
during the fourth annual
Oktoberfest at the Florence
Events Center, hosted by
the Florence Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Florence Kiwanis Club
opened the Oct. 4 fes-
tivities with a pancake
breakfast that served
nearly 120 hungry
attendees, followed by
the second annual
Weiner Dog Races pre-
Joe
sented by the Siuslaw
News in the afternoon.
SHS scores high
Students at Siuslaw High
School exceed statewide aver-
ages in every category of the
Oregon Assessment of
Knowledge and Skills (OAKS)
evaluations — math, science,
reading and writing — for the
2013-14 school year. OAKS is
a standards-based test designed
to show how well students are
performing against Oregon’s
Academic Content Standards.
Longtime Siuslaw
super remembered
Glenn C. Butler, former
Siuslaw School District super-
intendent, dies at home Oct.
17, after a three-month strug-
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NOVEMBER
Lane County deputies arrest
a Deadwood man Oct. 30 after
receiving information that he
was a New York state fugitive.
About 20 years ago, an arrest
warrant was issued for John
Franklin Forbis, now 72,
because he had been caught
with more than 800 pounds of
drugs and had been involved
in smuggling drugs by air from
Texas to New York. He fled
the state and apparently has
been hiding in Lane County
under an alias name for the
last two decades.
Election results are in
A near-complete changeover
of the Florence City Council
will take place in 2015 after
the Nov. 4 elec-
tion results
revealed Joe
Henry taking the
mayor seat from
Nola Xavier, and
Ron Preisler,
Susy Lacer and
George Lyddon
each
winning a
Henry
councilor posi-
tion. Joshua Greene will be the
only returning member of city
council. Across the state, vot-
ers approved a measure to
legalize recreational marijuana
and killed the idea of a “top
two” primary election system.
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber,
Rep. Peter DeFazio and Sen.
Jeff Merkley were re-elected
as well.
Masonic Lodge becomes
new cold weather shelter
Florence Masonic Lodge
members vote Nov. 4 to allow
their facility at 84910 Highway
101 to be an emergency cold
weather shelter for Florence-
area homeless people.
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