SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2015
School
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According to Halpin, par-
ents and grandparents enjoyed
being able to build a project
with the students, which is
another part of Common
Core. She said it gets parents
more involved.
“Geography and history are
Chief
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“I look forward to returning
to Florence,” Turner said. “I’m
really enthused and can’t wait
to get there.”
Turner originally wanted to
live and work in Florence. His
career sent him to Eugene, but
he and his family often vaca-
tion in Florence.
He is a native Oregonian
and a graduate from Churchill
High School in Eugene.
He began his career as a
reserve officer for Eugene in
1981. In 1982, he accepted a
full-time position with the
Lane County Sheriff’s Office
in Florence as a resident
deputy.
As a result of budget cuts,
he left Florence and became a
police officer with the Eugene
Police Department.
For the next 23 years,
Turner served Eugene as a
police officer, police agent,
sergeant and lieutenant.
He returned to the Lane
County Sheriff’s Office in
2006 and was appointed to the
position of sheriff in January
2011.
coming back in Common
Core. With OAKS, the
emphasis was on reading,
math and science. Now, we
have a lot of social studies
coming back in,” Halpin said.
“I actually had two kids go up
over spring break and visit
Fort Clatsop, and they came
back and shared what they
saw.”
As Lane County sheriff,
Turner was the chief executive
officer for a full-service law
enforcement agency with more
than 350 employees and 600
volunteers.
The Lane County Board of
Commissioners is currently
seeking to fill the sheriff posi-
tion.
Now that the contract is
signed, Turner will begin the
process of transitioning to
Florence. He hopes to find a
house in the area and enroll his
12-year-old son in school by
the 2015-2016 school year.
“My wife and son are exu-
berant about the move,” he
said. “I’m glad I have such
easy-going kids. My son isn’t
hesitant at all.”
Turner’s two older daugh-
ters will remain in Eugene,
where they attend Lane
Community College and the
University of Oregon.
Florence will introduce
Turner to the community at a
meet and greet event on
Tuesday, May 5, at Florence
Events Center, 715 Quince St.,
from 4 to 6 p,m.
Community members are
encouraged to attend.
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Camp Florence wins poetry contest again
On Saturday, April 4, at
Kenneth B. Gallery, 18
entrants presented poems on
topics varying from falling in
love with a second grade
teacher, to the birthing experi-
ence as seen by the child.
Robert White, 22, of Camp
Florence, won with his poem
“Power,” following on the
heels of last month’s winner,
Noah Schultz, also from
Camp Florence.
As before, this was a stand-
ing room only event and every
poem delivered an amazing
and deeply rich experience for
the entire audience.
White has been writing
poetry for two years, and
“Power” was his first poem.
The winning poem appeared
in an anthology “Writing
Around Portland.”
“This poem came from
being incarcerated,” said
White. “I want people to
know that we are human
beings who are growing and
developing. Although we are
incarcerated, we are continu-
ing to evolve as we take
power from our situation.”
Mapleton
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“It helps to bridge the
achievement gap between
wealthier schools and those
that have a higher poverty
level,” Moyer continued.
“For example, note-taking.
If we can have consistency
between all the teachers in
note-taking, when the kids get
out of high school, they will be
able to take proper notes during
Port
PHOTO BY RACHELLE MASIN
Robert White recites his winning poetry entry.
college lectures,” she said.
In addition to college pre-
paredness training, AVID has a
post-graduation
readiness
component for students who
do not plan to attend college.
The program helps students be
workforce ready with instruc-
tions in preparing resumes and
how to gain skill sets.
Moyer said another compo-
nent of AVID is parent out-
reach.
“The whole college applica-
tion process can be daunting,”
she said. “We help parents to
support their kids. We make
the parents a part of the
process.”
Mapleton
Elementary
School has been involved in
the AVID program for three
years. It was funded through
Title funds.
“We will be doing the pro-
gram in grades seven through
12 next year, so next year we
are going to be K-12 AVID,”
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She said that if there had
been small incremental annual
increases, the port wouldn’t
need a large increase now.
“I feel that we should do
what the staff has recommend-
ed,” Rickard said.
“The reason we are selling
more water and electricity, is
because we have more occu-
pants,” explained commission-
er Terry Duman. “When pri-
vate business runs out of
money, they do one of two
things. They either sell assets
or they reduce their overhead.
We don’t raise our rates. That’s
not going to increase our busi-
ness. All we are going to do is
drive people away.”
Duman said the current port
rates were in the mid-range of
what other facilities charge.
“We are already medium
priced,” he said. “I like where
we are in this scale. The tax
base to the port increases, that’s
how the port gets the extra
money.”
Port Manager Bob Forsythe
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Port of Siuslaw Assistant Administrator Dina McClure as
Commission President Ron Caputo looks on. Huntington
will serve the remaining two months of former commis-
sioner Bill Fleenor’s position No. 4 term, before officially
running for the position in May.
said that out of a $1.6 million
budget, the port receives
approximately $220,000 per
year from taxes, and the tax
base has remained unchanged
for years.
Caputo said the port would
need the rate increases to pay
for improvements, such as
adding a second restroom to
the campground this summer.
“We have to increase our
rates or cut back somewhere,”
he said.
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White will leave Camp
Florence in July and move to
Eugene. Within a year, he
hopes to be enrolled at the
University of Oregon.
He is presently taking
glasses at LCC Florence and
majoring
in
Human
Development and Urban
Development.
Next month’s contest will
be held Saturday, May 2, at
the Kenneth B Gallery.
Preregistration is available
online at www.kennethb
gallery.com.
On May 2, poets can regis-
ter at the door at 3 p.m.
Poetry readings begin at
4 p.m.
All poems must be original
and presented by the author
for no longer than three min-
utes in length. Entrance fee is
$10, and a $5 donation is sug-
gested for the audience.
Additional information is
available at www.kennethb
gallery.com, or by calling
Karen Brown at 541-997-
7335. Kenneth B Gallery is
located at 1458 First St., in
Old Town Florence.
Moyer said.
In addition to covering the
cost of attending the AVID
training, the grant earmarked
more than $10,000 worth of
additional AVID expenses,
including district director
training, data analysis training
and the acquisition of an AVID
library.
Mapleton School District
Business Manager Maria
McEldowney
corroborated
with Moyer to write the grant.
In addition to the second
restroom, Rickard said bulk-
head repairs and dredging are
projects the port needs but has
no money to complete.
“We have been just treading
water for a long time,” she said.
The commission will contin-
ue to review the proposed rate
increases at the May meeting.
Commissioners also voted to
reduce advanced campground
reservations from two years to
nine months. This eliminates
the accounting carry-forward
problem caused by reservations
paid more than one year in
advance of when they would be
used.
Port Administrative Assis-
tant Dina McClure said the pol-
icy change would not affect
current reservations that are on
the books through 2017.
Regarding the December
Members, the council decided
to grandfather in the 36 current
members, but not to offer the
program to new members.
Members will be allowed their
specific campsites each year.
The special December Member
perks will be non-transferable
and commissioners agreed that
attrition would eventually
eliminate the program.
During his report to the
commissioners, Forsythe said
HB 3104 was passed by
the
Oregon
House
of
Representatives on Monday.
The bill, co-sponsored by
Forsythe and Fleenor, and sub-
mitted by State Rep. Caddy
McKeown, proposes to change
ORS 777 to allow ports to part-
ner with telecommunication
companies to install high-
speed fiber optic networks on
port property.
Forsythe said that because
the bill passed unanimously in
the house and has the support
of the telecommunications
industry, he expects it to
become law in July.
“This could mean a signifi-
cant amount of revenue to the
port,” Forsythe said.
Fleenor said the anticipated
passage of the bill was the con-
flict of interest that prompted
his resignation as port commis-
sioner.
At the end of the meeting,
Rickard said, “I would like to
thank Bill Fleenor for the serv-
ice he has done for this com-
mission.”