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Become a summer reading LCC Florence Center students receive scholarships
‘superhero’ at library
Siuslaw Public Library’s
Children’s Summer Reading
Program, “Every Hero Has a
Story,” is in full swing.
This month, local youth and
their families have the oppor-
tunity to become a superhero
for their environment when the
Museum of Natural and
Cultural History’s super edu-
cator visits the library
Thursday, June 25.
This inspiring and informa-
tive one-hour program begins
at 10:30 a.m. at the main
branch in Florence, and at 1:30
p.m. at the Mapleton branch.
The museum, located on the
University of Oregon campus
in Eugene, is the primary
repository in Oregon of hun-
dreds of thousands of ethno-
graphic and archaeological
objects, fossils and biological
specimens.
This free program is
designed for families with ele-
mentary-age children.
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Lane Community College (LCC) President Mary Spilde addresses students and guests as administrators from Florence
and Eugene look on. All were on hand to help distribute 20 scholarships valued at more than $42,000 to 16 LCC
Florence Center students June 11 at the meeting hall of the Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue building. (Inset)
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center CEO Rick Yecny presents a $2,375 scholarship to Elizabeth Atkinson.
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“If it comes to that bad of a
situation, we will find a grant
to do the repairs,” Caputo
added.
Commissioner Terry Duman
said the board had done what it
considered prudent regarding
the budget.
The budget was adopted by a
3-1 vote, with commissioner
Nancy Rickard voting no.
In other business, Duman
made a motion to eliminate
transcribed minutes and instead
use video recordings of the
commission meetings as the
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“I feel that the minutes, as
they are represented to us, that
we approve, tend to show a
bias and a one-sidedness and I
think, in my personal opinion,
the person that is going to do
the minutes needs to be unbi-
ased and not part of the conver-
sation,” Duman said. “If you
are going to quote me or anoth-
er commissioner, quote us.
Don’t paraphrase us in the min-
utes and ask me to approve it
from here on out, because I will
refuse to approve them.”
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much longer to view a video as
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opposed to leafing through the
printed minutes to review an
item that was discussed or
voted on.
The board voted 3-1 in favor
of eliminating transcribed min-
utes, with Rickard voting no.
Prior to the budget discus-
sions, Harlan Springer, presi-
dent of the Florence Regional
Art Association (FRAA),
thanked the port for its support
of the public art project.
In December the port passed
a resolution in support of the
project and offered a location
near its boardwalk property to
display the first piece.
A call to artists issued by the
FRAA was responded to with
several artists’ proposals.
“We just awarded that call to
artists to a local artist and the
first piece of public art will
appear out here on the port by
no later than September,”
Springer said.
He also said the initiative
that began with the port has led
to the Florence City Council
approving a standing perma-
nent public art committee.
“In years to come,” Springer
said, “it looks like we will be
having public art in various
places around the city. But it all
started right here, and we thank
you for that.”
Council
directed towards the chamber
of commerce. Is there any-
thing that would preclude
those funds going back into
the general fund?”
Parks said, “There are some
state statutes that require TRT
spending towards marketing.
Once those levels are estab-
lished, it’s difficult to go back-
wards.”
City
Manager
Erin
Reynolds said, “We do cur-
rently operate under a contract
with the Florence Area
Chamber of Commerce to han-
dle our marketing for the
Florence area. ... That is why
we consider its reports very
seriously and make sure that
we are pleased with their mar-
keting efforts.”
Preisler agreed that he was
pleased with the chamber’s
efforts as well.
“I was just thinking there
might be potential for market-
ing in other areas as well,” he
said.
Reynolds said that TRT
funds also go to the Florence
Events Center for marketing.
The council voted to
approve the appropriations
from contingency to materials
and services.
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“It’s not often that we get to
deliberate whether or not to
approve additional income,”
Henry said. “It’s usually to
approve something else.”
The TRT funds for 2015
could exceed projected esti-
mates by as much as $35,000.
The approved resolution
and budget will transfer
money from the contingency
fund to materials and services
so that the chamber can oper-
ate with its contracted funds
for the year.
“The budget adjustment
included in your packet is
$15,000. We don’t anticipate
that that will be fully utilized,
but a good share of it is likely
to be,” Parks said.
According to city staff,
increasing the budget appro-
priations should minimize the
chance of an over expendi-
ture.
“The actual expenditure for
tourism marketing will be
dependent on the amount of
transient room tax received,”
the staff report said.
Councilor Ron Preisler said,
“The additional funds are
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applicable to other fathers as
well, is ‘Don’t start anything
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F LORENCE
“I’m not a father yet, but I’ve
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F LORENCE
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