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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2015 7 A Siuslaw schools hire new bus drivers B Y J ACK D AVIS Elementary. Joan Leschot drives the U.S. Coast Guard route in bus No. 9. Leschot moved to Florence from Indianapolis, Ind., where she drove buses for the school district. “I’ve been in town about five weeks,” Leschot said. “I moved here from Indianapolis. I have an old friend who has been in Florence for five or six years. I came to visit and am looking to semi-retire.” Ron Rommel drives Special Siuslaw News Siuslaw School District has hired three new school bus drivers for the 2015-16 school year. All three are from outside the Florence area. James Neider drives the Twin Lakes route, north of Florence, in bus No. 3. Neider and his wife Jill moved to Florence from Bend last year when his wife was hired as a fifth-grade teacher at Siuslaw SELLING YOUR Education route 19 in bus No. 18. “I’m originally from the Springfield-Eugene area. I’ve been over here the last few months,” Rommel said. He and his wife were volun- teer hosts at Honeyman State Park over the summer when he applied for the position with the school district. “This is a great staff we have here,” Rommel said. “I’ve been able to compare this to when I was a bus driver Sea lion HOME! • Know that I will effectively & aggressively market your property to serious potential buyers. • Expedite your property sales and get top dollar for your home. Let me show it in the best light. Personal Commitment “Exceeding expectations. Being a REALTOR® means more than selling homes. It’s about people, families, and their hopes and dreams. It’s about a relationship based on trust, knowledge and expertise. My clients can be assured that I’ll always go that extra mile to make their experience the best they’ve ever had buying or selling a home.” For an appointment come by or call me. Darci Clark, Real Estate Broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate 1875 Hwy. 101 Florence, OR 97439 541.999.2346 • dclark@bhhsnw.com 541.999.2346• www.dclark.bhhsnw.com from 1A Twenty area artists will be a huge part of the project that con- sists of 20 7.5-foot fiberglass sea lions. Sponsorships are now avail- able for the project. Sponsoring a sea lion will cost $1,500. The FEC is looking for a total of 20 sponsors to fund the sea lions, though other sponsorship options are also available. Currently, two businesses are “Stellar Underwriters” for the project: Sea Lion Caves and Three Rivers Casino Resort. That leaves just 18 statue sponsorships available, and the FEC, Banner Bank and Oregon Pacific Bank already turned in forms. “I keep going back to our original theme, that the arts have a ripple effect on the communi- ty. Art reaches out to all ages, and this project will reach out to all ages too,” Connor said. 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This is a great opportuni- ty.” The school district has a total of 12 full-time and three part-time substitute bus driv- ers. __________ Follow Jack on Twitter @SNews_Jack. Email him at jack@thesiuslawnews.com. JACK DAVIS/SIUSLAW NEWS Siuslaw School District hired three new bus drivers: James Neider, bus No. 3, Twin Lakes route; Joan Leschot, bus No. 9, U.S. Coast Guard route; and Ron Rommel, bus No. 18, Special Education route 19. The FEC recently agreed to a design for the sea lion, nick- named “Porter.” “It’s a cow sea lion,” Connor explained. “She’s been modeled after a sea lion that’s actually in the water.” An earlier design featured a sea lion in more of a lounging, stationary position. Porter now looks active, and depending on which base the fiberglass figure occupies, can look like she is doing several motions. The Dancing with Sea Lions committee based the more active design on the logo, initially cre- ated by Karylynn Keppol, of Florence, who is now a senior at The Art Institue of Portland. Keppol’s sea lion design is also featured on Dancing with Sea Lions geocache coins, creat- ed by Cheryl Pinnock. The coins will be awarded to geocache enthusiasts who can get codes for visiting the various sea lions on display. Connor said the project will really kick off Sunday, Nov. 1, when the call to artists goes out. Soon, artists will be able to pick up a packet detailing dates and design requirements. “We just received a grant from Spirit Mountain Community Fund to provide stipends for the artists,” Connor said. The $500 stipend is for artists who are selected and who com- plete the project. “In the beginning, they will get $250 up front so that they can get their supplies and start the project. When the sea lion is completed, they’ll get another $250. We hope that’s an incen- tive to bring in the artists, and that will get a lot of ideas going,” she said. A line-art drawing will be available for artists to compose their color sketch, where they will also need to list design ele- ments and materials. All artist applications will be due by the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 4. “I hope that our local artists really jump in and get excited about this. It’s an opportunity for them to be recognized,” Connor said. She added that the Florence Public Arts Committee is help- ing set standards, so certain designs will not be allowed. Selected artists will know by the end of December. They will receive their statues in early January and finish work in March, before the April 7 and 8 Dancing with Sea Lions Splash Off, when all 20 unique sea lions will be on display at the FEC. Connor said, “I foresee that some of these sea lions will be in the area for years.” While they are on display, a map will detail each of the 20 locations, starting at the Umpqua Discovery Center in Reedsport, stretching through Florence to the Sea Lion Caves on Highway 101 and up toward the Sea Lion Foundation in Newport. Many of the sea lions will be available for auction in October 2016. For more information about the project, visit www.facebook .com/DancingWithSeaLions. __________ Mapleton “We want your parents and the community to know what we’re doing to keep kids safe,” O’Mara said. “It’s important you share it with them, so they know what you are doing in case of an active threat.” She said that Mapleton stu- dents will receive a letter about the training to take home. “We want you to learn this all the way up,” Hoberg said. “It’s not just going to help you in school. ... It’s something to prepare you for life afterwards, not just school.” Businesses, hospitals, even camps are learning ALICE methods. “The response is the same. ALICE fits the whole way. ... We can adjust it to make it work everywhere,” he said. The school district will be adding active threat drills to its monthly routine of fire and earthquake drills. “I can’t even tell you the last time that somebody in a school has died from a fire, because we do fire drills. Everyone knows to get out. That’s the goal of this, to give you practice,” O’Mara said. “Giving you the power instead of just sitting under the desk and locking the door. “Ultimately, once we’re in a situation, and I hope we never are — I pray we never are — we want you guys prepared.” Hoberg and O’Mara pre- sented additional safety meas- ures that Mapleton will be including in the future. The important thing, they repeated, was that students should aim to escape. “The natural response for humans is fight or flight,” Hoberg said. “We’re just going back to our natural fight-or- flight response and giving an option to either take off or defend yourself, and not make yourself a target.” Students will still be expect- ed to listen to authorities, such as teachers and law enforce- ment. For more information on active threat situations, visit www.alicetraining.com. __________ from 1A “Under a desk might work in an earthquake situation, but it’s not going to help at all if there’s an intruder or active threat,” Hoberg said. Instead, Hoberg advised stu- dents on ALICE: Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Escape. “You come up with a plan. You’re doing something, instead of just sitting there. ‘Let’s do something’ is basi- cally all ALICE is. Basically, we want you to have a choice,” he said. For older students, this can mean barricading the door and distracting an intruder by throwing things, but most importantly, escaping. Hoberg said, “ALICE isn’t about training you to be ninjas, or something like that.” It’s giving students, faculty, staff and community members methods to stay safe and leave harm behind. HAVE A QUESTION WE SHOULD ASK? E MAIL : E DITOR @T HE S IUSLAW N EWS . COM Florence supports Umpqua Community College #I am ucc Follow Chantelle on Twitter @SNews_Chantelle. Email her at cmeyer@thesiuslawnews.com. Follow Chantelle on Twitter @SNews_Chantelle. Email her at cmeyer@thesiuslawnews.com. ...need a friend? 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