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6 A SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015 Patterson honored with gifts, award Surfriders release U.S. Coast Guard incident map NEWPORT — The decision to move the U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter operations from Newport to North Bend has drawn much concern and oppo- sition from the commercial and recreational fishing communi- ty, but non-boater recreational users such as unknowing surfers, swimmers and beach- goers likely have more to lose in this murky decision that has ignited statewide opposition. To help represent that recre- ational and broader community concern, Surfrider Foun- dation’s Newport Chapter has released a set of story maps based on U.S. Coast Guard incident response data to better visualize and demonstrate sta- tistical grounds for maintaining the helicopter operations in Newport. Surfers and recreational users have good reason for concern over the closure. Just two weeks after the decision was released to the public to move the helicopter operations, five individuals were plucked off the rocks at Fogarty Creek, just north of Newport. The heroic rescue could have very well ended in fatalities had the helicopter taken an hour to reach the scene from North Bend (as it was, they were on the scene within 10 minutes of the call). “Sadly, this happens all too often and seems to be on the multiple thematic m a p s , was planned, designed and exe- cuted to provide high-level visibility of the amount of incidents that occur within the current operational area of the Newport based helicopter. Geographic visu- alization, along with the analysis of a massive 2007- 2013 dataset that was provided by the U.S.C.G. under a Freedom of COURTESY GRAPHIC Information Act The U.S. Coast Guard has tracked (FOIA) request, is incident frequency and location with provided with the Incident Heat Maps like this one. maps to give statis- tical evidence that rise with tourists and visitors the U.S.C.G. can’t afford to not less familiar with our local keep the helicopter in Newport. conditions”, said local surfer “Beyond funding, the initial Vince Pappalardo. rationale we received from the Newport is a hub for tourism U.S.C.G. for moving the heli- and ocean activity, holding copter operations came in the some of the most-visited recre- form of national trends and sta- ational beaches and coastal tistics that just didn’t effective- state parks in the state of ly represent our local ocean Oregon. conditions and coastal users,” Again, this past weekend said Charlie Plybon, Oregon two surfers were rescued by the Policy Manager for Surfrider Newport helicopter near Foundation. Yaquina Head, once again “We needed an analysis of underscoring these recreational U.S.C.G. search and rescue concerns. operations for Oregon, not The story map, with its national trends and statistics that lead to poor and unin- formed ground-level deci- sions,” said Plybon. Surfrider Foundation volun- teer Curran McBride heard the need for that local analysis. Two weeks following the FOIA request for the data, Curran got to work developing the maps which provide yearly thematic representation of the amount of incidents that the USCG responded to for the three air stations in Oregon: Astoria, Newport and North Bend. McBride then analyzed the data associated with those inci- dents for each year to give the user a deeper understanding of the nature of the responses, such as statistics on lives saved or people in the water. “By capitalizing on the intel- ligence behind the incident report data and creating a story map from it, I was given the opportunity, as a member of the general public, to tell the story of why it is imperative to keep the Newport air station open forever,” said McBride. “Mapping the past and embed- ding the historical statistics within has created a powerful tool that I hope will help change the USCG policies the next time they consider closing an air sta- tion down.” The maps can be found on Surfrider’s campaign webpage at www.savethehelo.org. PHOTO BY CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS Mayor Joe Henry presents City Manager Pro-Tem Larry Patterson with several gifts from Florence City Hall staff on Feb. 17. Patterson leaves his position as interim city manager when Erin Reynolds, current finance director, becomes city manager on March 1. Patterson also was recognized for his work at Lane Council of Governments’ member appreciation dinner on Feb. 6. He received the Outstanding Public Career award for his work in city administration in Florence and Creswell. Call Today to Schedule your appointment John C. Bachmann, DVM Lindsey A. Franz, DVM Open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. February is Veterinary Dental Health Month. To improve the dental health of your pets, Oceanside Veterinary Hospital will give a 10% discount on all dental services and products January 19-February 28. Discounts for dental cleanings will apply during this period, and slots are limited, so call for your appointment today! Beatles tribute show brings back ‘yesterday’ on Friday “Yesterday — A Tribute to the Beatles” will take the big stage on Feb. 27 at 7 p.m., at the Florence Events Center. Performing all eras of Beatles music in their original key, wearing drainpipe trousers and playing authentic instru- ments, Yesterday — The Beatles Tribute has performed on five continents. Beginning with the British Invasions in 1964, the mop- tops from Liverpool began the first wave of Beatlemania. The Beatles forever changed the face of pop music with such songs as “Hard Day’s Night,” “Help,” “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” and “Revolution.” The Yesterday tribute band recreates note for note the music of the Fab Four. Based in Las Vegas, Yesterday has performed its long running show in Atlantic City at the Tropicana Casino Resort for three years, at the Horizon Casino Hotel in Lake Tahoe for eight months, five months in the Tiffany Theater at the Tropicana in Las Vegas, countless Beatles tribute shows in New York, and hun- dreds of venues across the U.S. Yesterday — A Tribute to the Beatles is being presented by KCST and KCFM and the Florence Events Center, with sponsorship from the ACR Automotive, Best for Hearing, Korando Dental Group, County Transfer and Recycling, The Beachcomber Pub, and Old Town Inn and River House Inn. Tickets are on sale from the Florence Events Center box office at 541-997-1994 or on- line at www.eventcenter.org. 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