SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2015
PeaceHealth schedules disaster drill Aug. 19
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center in Florence,
in coordination with local
emergency
responders,
will be conducting a mock
mass-casualty drill on this
Wednesday, Aug. 19.
The drill is scheduled
to start around 8 a.m. at
Siuslaw High School and will
continue throughout the
morning, concluding around
11 a.m.
The drill will test the pre-
paredness and response of
local agencies should a real
disaster occur.
The event, staged by
PeaceHealth, will focus on
response plans for an actual
disaster that would trigger a
sudden influx of patients,
media, and concerned com-
munity members in addition
to the day to day patient
activity at the hospital.
Rhody Drive
paving project
begins Aug. 21
Construction crews from
Wildish Construction will
begin a pavement improve-
ment project on Rhodo-den-
dron Drive between Ninth
and Wildwinds streets on
Friday, Aug. 21.
Beginning Monday, Aug.
24, crews will be flagging to
direct traffic during lane clo-
sures.
The contractor will be
grinding (milling) Rhodo-
dendron Drive between Ninth
Street and Wildwinds on
Monday and Tuesday, fol-
lowed by repaving to be com-
pleted Wednesday, Aug. 26.
The project is expected to
be completed by Wednesday,
Sept. 2.
The reconstruction project,
also known as paving
improvement, consists of a
grind inlay of a 2-inch thick
HMAC (Hot Mix Asphalt
Cement) roadway surface
along Rhododendron Drive
from Ninth Street to
Wildwinds Street.
The project includes 250
square yards of roadway
reconstruction to address an
area of severe settlement and
road base failure.
In an effort to reduce the
amount of reflective crack-
ing, the project also includes
the installation of 12,000
square yards of geo-textile
paving fabric that will be
placed prior to repaving the
street.
For more information on
the project, contact City of
Florence Public Works at
541-997-4106.
SOS helps
with utilities
Siuslaw Outreach Services
(SOS) recently opened sign-
ups for the Low Income
Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP).
SOS will take sign-ups
until funds run out.
Only those who have not
received LIHEAP funds since
November are eligible to sign
up. This federally funded pro-
gram is designed to help low
income household deal with
rising heating and cooling
costs.
To sign up or find out more
about this program, call SOS
at 541-997-2816.
Florence Food Share
Monthly Statistics
July 2015
Households served . . . . . 654
Ages served
Infants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Children 3-12 . . . . . . . . . 301
Teens 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Adults 18-54 . . . . . . . . . . 859
Seniors 55+ . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Total served . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,882
Florence Food Share, 2190 Spruce St.,
P.O. Box 2514, Florence, OR 97439
It will also provide on-
scene training for local emer-
gency responders.
The full scale mass-casual-
ty drill is being conducted in
collaboration with multiple
partner agencies including
PeaceHealth, Western Lane
Ambulance District, Siuslaw
Valley Fire and Rescue,
Florence Police Department,
City of Florence, Citizen
Emergency Response Teams
(CERT), Life Flight, REACH
Air Medical Services and
Siuslaw School District,
through use of the district’s
property.
The scenario for the prac-
tice event is a simulated
explosion in the high school
shop.
Volunteers will be partici-
pating in the exercise to play
the roles of patients and fami-
ly members.
In addition to the planned
participants,
community
members are welcome to
view the training as it will
provide real-life crowd con-
trol training for emergency
responders.
Onlookers are encouraged
to watch but are reminded to
be respectful to the fact that it
is a training to better prepare
the hospital and responders.
Organizers caution that
the event is a significant exer-
cise and the local community
can expect to see emergency
responders at PeaceHealth
Peace Harbor Medical Center
and Siuslaw High School
looking and acting as if it
were a true disaster.
Emergency staff and drill
participants
with
mock
injuries may be seen by
motorists and pedestrians in
the area.
Western Lane Ambulance District
Ambulance Runs Aug. 3–9
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Highway 126
Medical
Ninth Street
Transfer
Oak Street
Medical
Highway 101
Medical
Laurel Street
Medical
Rhododendron Drive
Medical
12th Street
Medical
Ninth Street
Medical
Highway 126
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Highway 101
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Bay Street
Medical
Kingwood Street
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Canary Dive site
Medical
Driftwood 2 Campground
Medical
Quince Street
Medical
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Lake Drive
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Citizens may also hear drill
communication over the
police, fire, EMS and other
emergency response radio
frequencies.
Florence media outlets are
asked to alert the public not
to be alarmed if they see
drill equipment and partici-
pants around the main hospi-
tal entrance and the high
school or hear information
over the radio frequencies
between 7 a.m. and noon on
Aug. 19.
Normal hospital Emerg-
ency Department operations
and patient care will not be
affected by the drill in any
way.
Hospitals are required by
the hospital accreditations to
have disaster response plans
in place and conduct periodic
drills for improvement and
training purposes.
IMPOUNDMENT
OBITUARY
SIMINGTON —John
Simington Sr. of Swisshome,
passed away
Aug.
9,
2015, at age
60.
He was
born in the
doctor ’s
office
in
the big town
of Maple-
John
Simington Sr. ton, Ore., on
March
9,
1955, to Lewis and Beverly
Simington.
His love for the great
outdoors and logging began at
an early age and continued
through his life, working as a
timber cutter, hook tender and
eventually as a dedicated log-
ging super for R&R King
Logging for the past 22 years.
He is survived by his wife
Brenda,
daughter
Amy
Siewart, sons John Jr., Michael
and Willie Simington and the
loves of their lives, Kris,
Yvette and Cara, grandchil-
dren Dani, Chelsea, Hunter,
Gabe, Jordan, Kaley, Ashlyn,
Braydan and Addison, broth-
ers Lewis (Butch), Alan and
Mark Simington and sister
Gloria Packebush.
A celebration of his
life will be held Saturday, Aug.
22, at 11 a.m. at the
Swisshome
Evangelical
Church in Swisshome.
A “Go Fund Me” account
has been set up as a memorial
fund at www.gofundme.com/
JohnSimingtonSr.
Any donations are greatly
appreciated.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is in
charge of all arrangements.
www.TheSiuslawNews.com
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