SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015
OPB eliminates ATM,
adds drive-through
Oregon Pacific Bank will be
installing a new drive-up ATM
at the Florence Branch on
Monday, Aug. 31. The installa-
tion will take most of the
morning and early afternoon.
The Safeway branch ATM
will also be removed on the
same day.
Clients are encouraged to
come into the Florence main
branch to complete their trans-
actions during the instal-
lation process, or to search for
an alternative surcharge-
free ATM by visiting
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Raising the roof for Habitat for Humanity
locations.html.
The new ATM will be locat-
ed in the same spot between
the Florence main branch and
the financial center.
It will be a more advanced
model with newer features,
including the ability to accept
client deposits.
To learn more about Ore-
gon Pacific Bank, stop by
the Florence Branch at 1355
Highway 101 or visit
www.opbc.com.
For more information or to
voice concerns, call 541-997-
7121.
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SIUSLAW PIONEER MUSEUM
ANNUAL MEETING AND LUNCHEON
WHEN: SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH 2015
ALL MEMBERS AND GUESTS WELCOME
WHERE: ELKS RV PARK ON MERCER LK RD
Gather at 10:00AM and Start to Eat at Noon
IN THE ELKS RECREATION BULDING.
POTLUCK: YOUR FAVORITE DISH OF BAKED BEANS
SALADS AND DESERTS ARE WELCOME.
WE WILL FURNISH: BBQ PULLED PORK
CHIPS, COFFEE, PUNCH, PLATES,
AND EATING UTENSLES.
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telling your stories, and learning what is happening at the museum.
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The Pacific Jazz Septet performance raised more than $1,100 for the Florence Habitat for Humanity building fund
Sunday, Aug. 16. The concert, sponsored and directed by Robin DeVour, played to approximately 100 jazz enthusi-
asts. The next major Habitat fundraiser will be the annual BeachWalk, Sept. 12.
City Club features forest policy activist at Sept. 4 meeting
Significantly expanded tim-
ber cutting over more than
4,000 square miles of Oregon
public forests under the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM)
will be discussed before the
City Club of Florence on
Friday, Sept. 4, at its noon
luncheon at Ocean Dunes Golf
Links, 3345 Munsel Lake
Road.
Featured speaker is Chuck
Willer, executive director of
the Coast Range Association,
who has headed Oregon-based
timber policy organizations for
more than 24 years.
Florence City Wide
Garage Sale
September 11-13, 2015
presented by
the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce
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Coast Range Association
director Chuck Willer will
address City Club on Sept.
4 on BLM proposed major
forest policy changes.
The meeting is open to the
public. Beverages are offered
and a light lunch may be
ordered starting at 11:30 a.m.
In April, the BLM intro-
duced what it called a “draft
Resource Management Plan”
covering its Oregon forest
lands, and then, responding
to Congressional requests,
extended public comment until
Aug. 21.
“These BLM proposals spell
out a possible end of the 1994
Northwest Forest Plan,” says
Willer, “and appear to strongly
reduce key protections provid-
ed by riparian or aquatic con-
servation zones. The public
should be concerned.”
Willer, who was working
with biologists and forest ecol-
ogists to finalize public com-
ments last Friday, says, “This
1,500-page plan appears prima-
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rily shaped to increase the cut.
Their alternative plans reduce
riparian protection areas by
almost 60 percent in some
cases. Their ‘alternative’
options uniformly appear to
weaken fish, wildlife or stream
protections, while increasing
agency discretion to cut in so-
called ‘reserve’ areas.”
Ron Sadler, former BLM
chief of forest planning for
operations for Oregon and
Washington for 11 years, and
now retired in North Bend,
offers the view that “the truly
scarce and endangered entity is
the old-growth ecosystem
itself.”
“We’re at the point of no-
return for maintaining the
Douglas Fir Eco-system, espe-
cially given climate change,”
Sadler says. He has provided
formal comments to the BLM
regarding their 2008 and 2015
proposals.
In 2008, the BLM attempted
major revision of management
authority under the Northwest
Forest Plan. Called the
“WOPR” for Western Oregon
Plan Revision, it was opposed
by
the
Coast
Range
Association and other environ-
mental groups.
“It remained in effect for less
than a year,” says Sadler, “but
was withdrawn in 2009 by the
Secretary of Interior as being
‘legally indefensible’ in terms
of its compliance with National
Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and the Endangered
Species Act (ESA).”
Sadler feels this new effort
appears to comply with the
NEPA.
But other federal laws, such
as the ESA remain at issue.
And strong interest in these
BLM draft efforts is anticipat-
ed.
Additionally, BLM planning
is widely regarded as being, in
part, politically responsive to
county funding issues, now
seemingly associated with a
recent history of declining
shares of federal timber rev-
enues.
Nick Cady, legal director for
one such regional environmen-
tal organization, Cascadia
Wildlands, founded in 1998,
says, “The BLM Districts in
Oregon have been hitting their
timber targets for over a
decade. Pursuant to the BLM’s
own analysis, more timber vol-
ume introduced into the current
market at lower prices will
only serve to destabilize local
economies.
“The BLM claims that its
guiding laws provide for ‘no
specific wildlife conservation
mandate.’ The Coast Range
Association believes other-
wise. Florence is an important
audience and I look forward to
sharing this information,” he
says.
City Club is a nonpartisan
citizen forum focused on com-
munity concerns. Meetings are
the first and third Fridays of
each month.
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How To Participate
The fee to participate is $15. An ad for the City Wide Garage Sale with a map of all participation sales will
be published in the Siuslaw News on September 9th and 12th. The event will also be listed on several
yard sale websites. Because of print deadlines, the registration deadline is 5pm September 2nd.
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great sale. Please post signs only on private property with the owner’s consent. Posting signs on City
utility poles, street or signal light poles, and median strips is against the municipal code.
Additional maps will be available at the Florence Visitors Center, Siuslaw News,
Banner Bank, Laurel Bay Gardens and Mon Ami.
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