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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ OCTOBER 14, 2015
Siuslaw News
P.O. Box 10
Florence, OR 97439
RYAN CRONK , EDITOR
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Opinion
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❙ 2015
his year marks Siuslaw News’ quasquicentennial, our 125th anniversary, a remarkable achievement for any business in a small
community like Florence. To commemorate this milestone, throughout the year we’ll feature some of the town’s history as origi-
nally published in the newspaper, including historic articles and photos from more than a century ago. —Editor
VIKING HOMECOMING EVENTS TAKE SPOTLIGHT
O RIGINALLY P UBLISHED O CT . 17, 1968
T HE S IUSLAW N EWS , V OL . 8, N O . 42
Siuslaw Homecoming activities are in full
swing this week with selection of a king and
queen, serpentine parade, football mothers
participating in a school assembly, a pancake
supper, the big game with the Newport Cubs,
contests of all kinds and winding up with the
homecoming dance Saturday night.
The activities actually began Oct. 9 when
the Viking football team chose four princesses
from a list of all the junior and senior girls.
The four named were juniors Debbie
Bechtold and Chris Christle and seniors Betty
Lou Dietrich and Judy Saubert.
An all-school election Tuesday noon named
four members of the varsity football squad to
be escorts for the princesses and queen Friday
night. The four chosen were Garvin Pitney,
Everett May, Jim Shirley and Jim Wilbanks.
The princesses received their crowns and
the escorts were introduced to the students
Wednesday night at the bonfire.
Before the fire was touched up, students
gathered at the high school and paraded in
serpentine fashion down Highway 126 to
Highway 101, south to Nopal Street, down to
Second and back up to the high school.
At the bonfire, the girls had a class tug-of-
war competition as an added attraction to the
evening.
Thursday noon, the students cast ballots
for the escort and princess of their choice to
be crowned as Homecoming King and Queen
Friday at a 2:45 p.m. pep assembly.
The King and Queen will reign over all of
the Friday evening activities and at the
Homecoming Dance on the high school gym
balcony from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
The public is invited to the pep assembly in
the high school gymnasium, at which the
mothers of the football players will put on a
skit.
Adding to the activities Friday, the Viking
Boosters will sponsor a pancake dinner at the
high school, with pancakes, ham and coffee or
punch will be served for 75 cents per person.
A short serpentine will leave the school
about 7:15 p.m., go over the new paved road
past the primary building to Highway 101
and follow the same path as on Wednesday,
except ending at the athletic field about 7:35
p.m.
Student spirit is high this week around
Siuslaw High School after the Waldport game
last Friday night. The Viking victory there
has given confidence that their varsity squad
will topple higher-rated Newport during
Friday night action here.
SIUSLAW NEWS FILE PHOTO
Classes at Siuslaw High School had a com-
petition decorating sections of the hall-
ways to help put students in the mood for
the upcoming Homecoming game.
LETTERS
Please stop the Jordon Cove and
Pacific Connector Pipeline projects.
It is insanity to allow a LNG facility
in an earthquake zone.
The governors of Washington,
California and Hawaii have already
rejected the LNG industry. It is espe-
cially galling that this reckless proj-
ect is for a Canadian company,
Veresen Corporation, to export LNG.
It creates all the environmental
destruction here in Oregon and all the
profit goes elsewhere.
You have the power to stop this
LNG madness and the destruction of
our state. Please stop the Jordon
Cove LNG Project. Protect our envi-
ronment.
You are our last hope. LNG is bad
for our people, wildlife, animals,
waters, forests and air. Promote clean
energy jobs instead. Stop the mad-
ness. You have the power.
Kevin Liebel and Susan Leclaire
Florence
Respect POTUS
Regarding the recent protests in
Roseburg, I am reminded of
President Harry Truman’s alleged
response during his firing of General
Douglas MacArthur in the middle of
the Korean War.
Responding to MacArthur’s deci-
sions in the conduct of the war, made
without Congressional or White
House approval, Truman is quoted as
saying, “I don’t give a damn what
you think of me personally, but you
will respect the Office of the
President of the United States of
America.”
May that still be true under this
administration.
Charles E. Walker
Florence
FRAA poetry
event a success
Last Tuesday Florence was treated
to a performance by Chicago’s
BreakBeat poets, a group of young,
modern poets, who perform and hold
workshops throughout the country.
If you thought about attending the
event at the Florence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA) Center on Maple
Street but decided that “modern, hip
hop” poetry wasn’t for you, you
missed what was one of the most
awesome, energizing experiences
that Florence has seen in quite some
time.
The Center was filled to capacity
with high school and college stu-
dents, young adults and seniors. We
all laughed, smiled and even got a bit
teary at the beautiful and real poetry
of these young people.
Of course, listening to poetry was
great, but even better was the work-
shop that the poets conducted. With
about five minutes of simple direc-
tion, they literally had everyone in
the room writing a poem. We all dis-
covered our inner poet, many of us
writing the first poem of our lives.
L ETTERS TO THE
E DITOR P OLICY
The energy in the room was simply
electric.
Thank you, FRAA, for bringing
this wonderful group to us, and for
teaching us that we all have a little
poetry in us.
Judy Plumery
Florence
Protect our
environment
An open letter to Oregon Gov.
Kate Brown:
I implore you to stop the Liquified
Natural Gas (LNG) project planned
for Jordan Cove near Coos
Bay/North Bend. This project would
destroy at least 232 miles of forest
and cause enormous damage to our
air, waters, fish and wildlife.
It would devastate fishing and
tourism industries. It would condemn
the properties of hundreds of
Oregonians. It would increase crime
in the area of worker camps.
The state would lose tax revenue
due to tax breaks given to the project
backers. This LNG facility could
cause an unparalleled explosion and
damage in the case of a potential 9.0
earthquake and resulting tsunami.
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