SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2015
Kiwanis sells candy through Feb. 14
Kiwanis is selling candy at
the Sears showroom at
Sixth Street and Highway 101
through Valentines Day.
Proceeds go to Kiwanis
programs like the Community
Thanksgiving Dinner, Florence
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Wishing well
Food Share, Boys and
Girls Club, Scholarships and
more.
Candy is sold Monday
through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6
p.m., and Sunday from noon to
3 p.m.
Peace Harbor volunteers donate to wellness program
Stocks.
Bonds. CDs.
IRAs. Mutual
funds.
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Financial Advisor
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1010 Highway 101
Florence, OR 97439
541-997-8755
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call a good
neighbor.
COURTESY PHOTO
President Paula Burnette, along with her accompanying Peace Harbor volunteer board members, presents a
donation of $15,000 to Peace Harbor Emergency Department and Cardiopulmonary Wellness and Rehabilitation
Program representatives Donna Svetich, Michele Douglass, Lail Robinson, Peggy Arnold and Rick Yency.
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choose the right life insurance
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Finally find Florence on Facebook
Florence City Council approves social media presence
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
On Monday, Feb. 2, the
Florence City Council imple-
mented a social media policy
submitted by Megan Messmer,
assistant to the Florence city
manager.
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February 11:
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•6pm Zumba w/Dori
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•10-11 am Pilates on the Ball
w/ Eileen
•11:15-12:15 am Bollywood
w/Eileen
•5:30-6:30 pm Ballet w/Angela
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•10-11 am Pilates on the Ball
w/ Eileen
•11:15-12:15 am Bollywood
w/Eileen
•5:30-6:30 pm Ballet w/Angela
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•8:30-9:30 am Warm Yoga
w/Allison
•6-7 pm Zumba w/Dori
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w/Allison
•6-7 pm Zumba w/Dori
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•10-11am Pilates on the Ball
w/ Eileen
•11:15am Bollywood w/ Eileen
•6pm Zumba w/ Dori
February 26:
•10-11 am Pilates on the Ball
w/ Eileen
•11:15am-12:15pm Bollywood
w/ Eileen
•6-7pm Zumba w/ Dori
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•4-5pm Bollywood Fusion
w/ Eileen
February 12:
•10-11am Pilates on the Ball
w/ Eileen
•11:15am-12:15pm Bollywood
w/ Eileen
•6-7pm Zumba w/ Dori
February 21:
•3-4am Belly Dance/Bollywood
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w/ Eileen
•10-11am Hot Yoga w/ Bill
February 13:
•4-5pm Bollywood Fusion
w/ Eileen
February 22:
•1:30-2:30 am Introduction to
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February 14:
•10-11am Hot Yoga w/ Bill
•12-1pm Zumba w/ Dori
February 23:
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w/Allison
•6-7 pm Zumba w/Dori
“In local government cir-
cles, the question of social
media has been going around
for many years,” Messmer
said.
The social media policy
adopted by Florence will
have standardized communi-
cation practices, provide rules
for the use and content sent
out to the public and monitor
the effectiveness of the infor-
mation.
Messmer said, “This is a
very good opportunity and
timing for us to jump into that,
if not late. Our citizens are
already out there using
social media in Florence.
They’ve created their own
platforms. We’re trying to
communicate with them; we
might as well communicate on
platforms they’re already
using.”
Messmer spoke of her goals
for emergency preparedness
within the social media plat-
form.
“Something that I want to
start using it for is to build our
audience, so that in time,
when we need to communicate
with them, and other forms of
communication are down,
they’ll already know where to
find us. We’ll already have
that audience.”
The city manager team
worked with an attorney to
determine the best social
media practices of other com-
munities around Oregon and
across the nation.
Issues included archiving
content for public records and
creating
parameters
for
interacting with the public on
social media platforms.
“It’s for official use,”
Messmer said. “Political activ-
ities would not be on there.
We’re not allowed to do that as
city staff. This would be the
city’s official social media
sites. Our role as city off-
icials would be to push content
out to the public and redirect
them to our city website.”
According to the approved
policy, the goals of the official
City of Florence social net-
working sites are to “increase
public awareness of the city’s
programs, policies and servic-
es; promote the value
and importance of the city’s
programs,
policies
and
services among government
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general public; and maintain
open,
professional,
and
responsive communications
with members of the public
and news media.”
Content managers in several
departments would regulate
and monitor content on sites
for the city, public works and
the Florence police.
“It wouldn’t be limited to an
8 to 5 position. If someone
posted on Saturday, we
could take care of it,”
Messmer said.
Now that the council
approved the policy, the city
manager’s office has several
steps to take.
It will establish social
media sites and incorporate
the existing Florence Events
Center Facebook and Twitter.
Then it will assign and train
content managers.
It also will set up an archive
service to abide by the Oregon
Public Records Law.
The social media policy
falls under the council’s draft-
ed goal to improve the city’s
communication with the pub-
lic by developing, adopting
and implementing a social
media program.