SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015
Council
from 1A
It was determined by the
council in 2012 that the ordi-
nance as written was unen-
forceable and was tabled until
the next meeting.
Council President Jamie
Mills said, “It fell off of every-
body’s radar screen and so now
it came to light that this is what
(city staff) has to deal with.”
“In reading over the nui-
sance ordinance, we probably
should have repealed our ani-
mal control regulation ordi-
nance,” Hilden said.
Councilor Maurice Sanders
said, “If we remove this entire
ordinance, then people can
actually create a kennel (busi-
ness) because I don’t think that
is covered in our current code
requirements: a kennel license.
This is the only area that has
controls for people that like
dogs and may have 20 dogs on
their property. Keep in mind
that if the council takes action
on this, that goes away.”
Hilden pointed out that the
land use code limits the num-
ber of small animals allowed.
“I believe the number is 14,”
he said.
Mills suggested the ordi-
nance be sent back to ordi-
nance review.
“Make sure that all of it is
covered somewhere,” she said.
Near the end of the session,
Hilden also reported that
updated water quality data is
now available on the Dunes
City website.
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Slots still open for Relay For Life teams
The American Cancer
Society’s Relay For Life of
Florence event is just around
the corner and the community
is invited to participate. This
year’s event will be held
Saturday, Aug. 8, from noon to
midnight at Miller Park.
Through Relay For Life,
teams from local businesses,
schools, families, places of
worship and others raise funds
to support the American
Cancer Society’s lifesaving
mission.
Teams and individuals can
sign up for Relay by visiting
www.relayforlife.org/Florence
OR or by attending the next
meeting on Monday, June 22,
at 7 p.m., at the Best Western
Pier Point Inn.
Relay For Life is a commu-
nity-based event where teams
and individuals set up camp-
sites at a school, park or fair-
ground and take turns walking
or running around a track. Each
team has at least one partici-
pant on the track at all times.
Cancer survivors and care-
givers take a celebratory first
lap to start each event. Funds
raised through Relay For Life
have a major impact on the
fight to end cancer through
ACS efforts such as:
• Helping to save 500 lives a
day that would have otherwise
been lost to the disease.
• Finding cancer’s causes
and cures through ground-
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• Finding new ways to pre-
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• Answering questions and
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• Helping cancer patients
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‘Get Real’ with Siuslaw News at library Saturday
Siuslaw Public Library’s
Adult
Summer
Reading
Program,
“Escape
the
Ordinary,” continues with a
focus on journalism.
While editors and reporters
bring the news to the general
public’s attention, they seldom
make headlines themselves.
But on Saturday, June 20, local
residents will get a chance to
learn more about the individual
responsible for disseminating
accurate news to our region:
Ryan Cronk, editor of Siuslaw
News.
Come to the Siuslaw Public
Library’s Bromley Room at
noon for the program “Get
Real,” a look at the difference
between Hollywood’s depic-
tion of journalism and real life.
Open to the public, the pro-
gram will begin with a discus-
sion and question and answer
session about Cronk’s work as
both an editor and reporter, fol-
lowed at 1 p.m. with a showing
of the movie “Shattered Glass,”
an award-winning film focused
on journalistic integrity.
Cronk, a native Oregonian,
received his degree in journal-
ism from the University of
Oregon in 2008, the same year
he was hired by Siuslaw News.
He was promoted from features
editor to editor earlier this year.
Chantelle Meyer, a new
Siuslaw News reporter, will
also attend this informative
event with Cronk to answer
questions and discuss the cur-
rent state of journalism.
Both will share their views
on how they discern fact versus
fiction when researching news
articles and other aspects of
news reporting.
After an initial discussion
with the news professionals,
the audience will get a chance
to see Hollywood’s interpreta-
tion of the journalistic life.
“Shattered Glass,” about 90
minutes long, is a 2003 movie
based on the true story of a
reporting scandal at the highly
respected magazine The New
Republic. It tells the story of
young reporter Stephen Glass
(played by Hayden Christian-
sen) and editor Chuck Lane
(Peter Saarsgard) who made
headlines when Glass came
under scrutiny for plagiarism
and falsifying information.
For more information about
the summer reading programs,
stop by the library, call 541-
997-3132 or visit the website
www.siuslawlibrary.org.
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Smoke fills the sky after a fire destroyed about six storage units. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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from 1A
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contacted the insurance com-
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belongings and a collection of
antique dolls.
Other units also had smoke
damage.
“It’s sad,” Stent said. “Some
of the stuff was emotional.”
Barrett said, “There was
quite a bit of damage to a lot
of property, unfortunately.”
He estimated that the
destroyed units numbered
closer to six.
“Luckily, one had nothing
in it,” he said. “But you see
the main ones and what’s in
them. There’s an older hot
street rod and a Mustang in
this one, and a new construc-
tion van. I’m just going to
guess there’s $500,000 in
damage.”
He wanted the public to
learn one thing: “People need
to be aware that when you’re
storing stuff in other places,
you should make sure your
stuff is insured. ... We want
your loss to be insured.”
As for the owners, Stent
said they will wait on the
insurance company before
making any decisions.
Barrett will conduct an
investigation as to the cause.
“It’s the biggest fire we’ve
had in a while,” he said. “The
last one was the lawyer’s
office fire, as far as big fires
go, and that was in December.
We’ve been lucky.”
Operations Chief Marvin
Tipler agreed.
“It’s probably the biggest
commercial fire we’ve had in
the last five to 10 years,” he
said.
SVFR crew continued mon-
itoring the scene through
Tuesday.
