SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015
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Van Fans card game
party today
Eat pizza and help
Project Graduation
The Van Fans card game
party is today, Feb. 18, at the
Florence Events Center. Ticket
prices are $15 with or without
a card game, beginning at
11:30 a.m.
To reserve a spot at a
favorite game table, call Toni
Young at 541-997-3893.
Everyone is invited to
Abby’s Pizza today, Feb. 18,
from 5 to 8 p.m., for the month-
ly fund raiser to benefit Siuslaw
High School seniors.
Abby’s donates 20 percent of
food
sales
to
Project
Graduation, the Class of 2015‘s
drug- and alcohol-free post-
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graduation party.
Library District Board of
Directors. A complete agenda is
available
online
at
www.siuslawlibrary.org.
Port to discuss
moorage fees
The Port of Siuslaw Board of
Commissioners will hold its
February regular meeting
today, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m., at the
Port office, at 100 Harbor St. in
Florence.
Port meetings are open to the
public.
This meeting will include a
public hearing to discuss
changing rates for campground
fees.
For more information, con-
tact the port office at 541-997-
3426.
Library board holds
regular meeting
The Siuslaw Public Library
District Board of Directors will
meet Friday, Feb. 20, at 1:30
p.m., in the Bromley Room of
the Siuslaw Public Library, at
1460 Ninth St., for a regular
meeting of the Siuslaw Public
Plan
from 1A
Last year, he budgeted for a
strategic plan. With the board’s
approval, the plan can get
under-way.
“In my mind, we are where
we are,” said Ward at the board
meeting.
“I want to figure out what
it’s going to take to move for-
ward and get us moving in the
direction where we’re a
smooth-running operation,” he
said.
Bowl for the Cure at
Holiday Bowl Feb. 21
Bowl at Holiday Bowl on
Saturday Feb. 21, from 1 to 3
p.m., and play three games for
$10 — with $5 going to cancer
research for a cure. Get friends
together for a fun time and help
the American Cancer Society.
The event is sponsered by
Holiday Bowl and the Central
Oregon Coast Bowling Assoc.
Flukes to strum again
Florence Ukulele Club (The
Flukes) meets again Feb. 22,
from 3 to 4 p.m., for a song cir-
cle in the Bromley Room at the
Siuslaw Public Library, 1460
Ninth St.
Meetings are open to ukulele
players of all levels and anyone
interested in learning more
about the club, as well as any-
“We have goals in mind
now. Probably a lot of what
we’re working on now is going
to be validated through that
process,” Langborg said.
One challenge Langborg
knows will come up on the
strategic plan is the location of
one of the SVFR stations.
“Our Old Town Fire Station,
with our boat and our second
newest engine, are right in the
tsunami zone. It’s masonry and
not ready for a quake. We need
to think about that,” Langborg
said.
one who just wants to listen
and/or sing along
Beginners meet first from
1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
For more information, email
janetwellington@charter.net.
library or learning more about
the FOL is invited to attend.
Refreshments are provided.
For more information, email
siuslawlibraryfriends@gmail
.com.
Library to announce
Best Books of 2014
Pain Support Group
begins March 3
This year’s Best Books of
2014 presentation will be held
Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m., in
the Bromley Room at the main
branch of the Siuslaw Public
Library, 1460 Ninth St. in
Florence. Everyone is welcome
to drop in and see if his or her
favorite book is included in this
year’s list.
The Friends of the Siuslaw
Public Library (FOL) will hold
its monthly board meeting
Thursday, Feb. 26, at 11 a.m.,
in the Bromley Room at the
library. All members and any-
one interested in supporting the
On Tuesday, March 3, the
Florence Pain Support Group
will begin meeting at the
Community Baptist Church,
4950 Highway 101, from 5:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
It will then meet regularly
every first and third Tuesday of
the month at the same time.
It is a member-run group
where anonymity is respected.
The only requirements are
that an individual must suffer
from a form of pain that limits
the ability to do the things one
would like to do, and have a
willingness to discuss and learn
new ways of managing pain
from others.
For more information, call
541-590-0591.
Another challenge involves
the members of the department.
“A challenge for us is
recruiting and retaining volun-
teers. It’s a challenge for every
volunteer-based organization,
but it’s something we need to
prepare for,” he said. “If it con-
tinues to get worse, what are
we going to do?”
Like with many fire depart-
ments in the United States,
there are not as many new
recruits.
However, this might be a
bigger challenge for SVFR
because it is so heavily staffed
by volunteers. Right now, there
are 39 volunteers and six
swore-in personnel, called
“careers.”
“There are three careers that
work on the engines, two chief
officers, and then myself,”
Langborg said. “We are a
career staff whose sole inten-
tion is to support the volun-
teers. That’s our job.”
There also is a staff member
in the management/HR posi-
tion and an opening for a recep-
tionist.
“One of the challenges for us
is that you have to be able to
grab volunteers’ attention when
they come. One of our sub-
goals will be figuring out how
we capture and retain these
people,” he said.
“The biggest thing the task
force is going to do is get col-
laboration in here. To me, that’s
where the great ideas come
from,” he said,
The Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue board has its next meet-
ing today, Feb. 18, from 5:30 to
7 p.m. in the conference room
at 2625 Highway 101.
Board meetings are held on
the third Wednesday of every
month. Agendas are posted
prior to the meeting and can be
found at www.svfr.org.
Library Friends at
board meeting
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