SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015
Beat summer heat at
Ice Cream Social Saturday
The Van Fans’ annual Ice
Cream Social fundraiser,
Saturday, July 18, from 1 to 4
p.m., at the Florence Events
Center, offers an afternoon of
ice cream, pie and other treats.
Tickets are $5 and will be
available at the door.
There will be homemade pie
and cake a la mode, along with
hot and cold beverages, home-
made candies and breads for
sale.
All proceeds support the
Friends of Florence Van Fans,
a nonpolitical volunteer organ-
ization that provides trans-
portation for cancer patients
for radiation treatment.
Enjoy ice cream and music
while doing something that
will help a neighbor or friend.
I N BRIEF
Summer hours
continue at LCC
Lane Community College
Florence Center will close on
Mondays and Fridays for the
summer through Friday, Aug.
13.
The Center is open Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Registration going
on at Sonshine
school
Registration for the 2015-16
school year is underway for
grades 1 to 8 at Sonshine
Christian School, at the
Florence Seventh-day Adven-
tist Church, 4555 Highway
101.
A limited number of open-
ings are available for fall. The
school is open to people of all
faiths and backgrounds, and
some financial assistance is
available for students of quali-
fying families.
For more information, call
Sonshine Christian School at
541-997-5909.
Library board
meets today
The Siuslaw Public Library
District Board of Directors
will meet at 1:30 p.m. today,
July 15, in the Bromley Room
of the Siuslaw Public Library,
1460 Ninth St., for a regular
monthly meeting.
A complete agenda for this
meeting is available at www.
siuslawlibrary.org.
Port holds public
meeting tonight
The Port of Siuslaw Board
of
Commissioners
will
hold its regular meeting
Wednesday, July 15, at 7 p.m.,
at the port office, 100
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Harbor St. in Florence.
A supplemental budget to
authorize OSMB grant funds
will be included on the
agenda.
Port meetings are open to
the public.
For more information, con-
tact the Port of Siuslaw office
at 541-997-3426.
Erin Reynolds to
speak at City Club
On Friday, July 17, the City
Club of Florence will hold its
regular meeting, featuring
guest speaker Erin Reynolds,
city manager of Florence.
Reynolds will present an
overview of the seven city
council goals. She will also
address the city’s adopted
budget and how together the
goals and budget translate into
a “City in Motion.”
The City Club of Florence
meets at Ocean Dunes Golf
Course, on Munsel Lake
Road.
Lunch is offered at 11:30
a.m. The meeting begins at
noon and adjourns at 1 p.m.
For more information, con-
tact Sharon Hobart at 541-
914-7784.
Fools Haven opens
‘Raw Canvas’ Friday
Eugene actress Nancy
Hopps plays Rosalyn in “Raw
Canvas,” a one woman, one-
act show written by Diane-
Barratt Walton and directed by
Judith Sparky Roberts of
Fools Haven.
The show runs Friday, July
17, through Sunday, July 19,
and Aug. 14 through 16 at the
Florence Playhouse, 208
Laurel St.
Tickets are $13 each. For
tickets and information, call
541-997-1675.
Woahink Lake hosts
barbecue Saturday
The
Woahink
Lake
Association will hold its sum-
mer meeting Saturday, July
18, at the West Woahink
Meeting Hall.
A barbecue will start at 1
p.m., with a meeting begin-
ning at 2:30 p.m.
Membership in the associa-
tion is open to those who
reside or who are property
owners within the Woahink
Lake water shed. Prospective
new members are welcome to
attend.
Applications for new mem-
bers and membership renewals
will be available at the meet-
ing.
Chandler, Benoit play
Saturday night
Florence favorites Chris
Chandler and guitarist Paul
Benoit will offer their special
brand of American story
telling July 18 at 7 p.m.
They will be appearing at
the
Florence
Unitarian
Fellowship, Highway 101 at
Heceta Beach Road.
Admission is by donation.
MHS Class of 1975
holds 40-year
reunion Saturday
The Mapleton High School
Class of 1975 will host its 40-
year class reunion July 18 at
Pop’s Smokehouse Restaurant
(the old Gingerbread House),
from noon to 3 p.m.
Library Friends vote
on bylaws July 23
The Friends of the Siuslaw
Public Library will hold a spe-
cial
members
meeting
Thursday, July 23, at 11 a.m.,
in the Bromley Room at the
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Florence Playhouse
stages ‘Dearly
Beloved’ July 24
Mary Tuck directs “Dearly
Beloved,” a comedy by Jessie
Jones, Nicholas Hope and
Jamie Wooten at the Florence
Playhouse, 208 Laurel St., for
two weekends.
The
Futrelle
Sisters,
Frankie, Honey Raye and
Twink are throwing a wed-
ding. Audiences won’t want to
miss the sisters’ shenanigans.
The show stars local actors
Mary Jeanne Kuhar, Tres
Eberhard, Paula Burnette,
Grant Harmond, Courtney
Ricketts, Sue Sweatt, Carole
Blaylock, Sally Wantz, James
Bonisteel, Paul Friend and
Jamison Smith.
Showtimes are Friday, July
24, Saturday, July 25, and
Friday, July 31, and Saturday
Aug. 1, at 7 p.m., with Sunday
matinees on July 26 and Aug.
2 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $13 each.
For tickets and more infor-
mation, call 541-997-1675.
Biologist, author to
speak at library
Biologist Tom Titus returns
to his native Oregon in search
of old orchards, bay clams,
wild mushrooms, spawning
salmon and home in his popu-
lar book, “Blackberries in
July: A Forager’s Field Guide
to Inner Peace.”
Humor and compelling per-
sonal insight illuminate the
emotional pitfalls and spiritual
payoffs of the conscious pur-
suit of place.
Hear him speak at Siuslaw
Public Library on Saturday,
July 25, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Learn how to make
your dog happy
Learn how to enhance your
dog's health and happiness at a
3-hour workshop, “Dog Days
of
Summer,”
at
Lane
Community College Florence
Center.
Elizabeth Kennedy, CVT,
will talk about how best to
address the nutrition, groom-
ing and health-care needs of
your dog Wednesday, Aug. 5,
from 1 to 4 p.m.
For tuition information or to
register, contact the LCC-
Florence Center at 541-997-
8444 or visit the office at 3149
Oak St.
or many drivers across the nation, 2009 was a turning point
in the battle against distracted driving. That’s when President
Barack Obama issued his first executive order on the matter.
His action led to a snowball effect in terms of various federal
agencies enacting their own laws on distracted driving, eventu-
ally leading to major change in many state laws as well.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
here is how the president and federal agencies have impacted
the behavior.
• On September 30, 2009, President Obama issued an execu-
tive order prohibiting federal employees from texting while driv-
ing on government business or while using government equip-
ment;
• On September 17, 2010, the Federal Railroad Administration
banned cell phone and electronic device use of employees on
the job;
• On October 27, 2010, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration enacted a ban that prohibits commercial vehicle
drivers from texting while driving; and
• In 2011, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and
the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
banned all hand-held cell phone use by commercial drivers and
drivers carrying hazardous materials.
SHS Class of 1975
holds 40-year
reunion Aug. 15
Siuslaw High School Class
of 1975’s 40th reunion will be
Saturday, Aug. 15.
There will be a potluck
lunch at the boat ramp area
between the second and third
bridge at noon.
Dinner will be at 7:30 p.m.
at Pier Point Inn. It will be
buffet style.
For more information, con-
tact Bill Libby at broncos.7
@live.com.
STATES FOLLOW SUIT
States first began to get involved in the issue in 2001 when
New York instituted the first ban on using hand-held cell phones
while driving. In 2007, Washington became the first state to
enact an all-driver ban on texting.
A new crop of studies were conducted in the early 2000s as
cell phone usage reached new highs across the United States.
These efforts helped bring attention to the matter and accelerat-
ed action at the federal and state levels.
One of the most influential studies, according to the
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, was
the 2006 initiative by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
This study revealed that drivers engaging in visually and or man-
ually complex tasks have a three times higher near-crash or
crash risk than drivers who are attentive.
Other findings from this study included the risk of a crash or
near-crash event being:
• 2.8 times higher when dialing a cell phone;
• 1.4 times higher when using or reaching for an electronic
device; and
• 1.3 times higher when talking or listening to a cell phone.
Boardwalk Market
open weekends
at port
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All members are asked to
attend and refreshments will
be provided.
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88148 Riverview Avenue ~ Mapleton
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The Florence Boardwalk
Market is now open. The mar-
ket is located adjacent to the
Port of Siuslaw Boardwalk at
Bay and Nopal Streets.
Local and regional vendors
sell produce, handmade crafts,
pottery, baskets, Oregon-spe-
cialty products, gemstones,
rocks and minerals, jewelry,
plants, clothing, art, photogra-
phy, blown glass, face paint-
ing, and more.
Hours are Saturdays, 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays,
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The market runs weekends
through Oct. 4.