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FLORENCE, OREGON
Clinic reopens today after mysterious odor clears
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PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center’s 390 Primary
Care clinic reopened today after
temporarily closing last week due
to an unidentified odor.
According to hospital officials,
the clinic was evacuated Oct. 21
due to reports of an odor from an
unknown source. Siuslaw Valley
Fire and Rescue responded to per-
form air quality tests but could not
identify any present threat.
Hospital representative Kat
Rannow said, “Further testing to
identify the odor was performed
and the results did not reveal any
present threat or need for further
concern. The odor has dissipated
and caregivers will be getting the
clinic ready for normal business
operations on Wednesday.”
The fire department was unable
to locate the source of the odor.
Primary Care services were
temporarily relocated to another
building during the closure.
Florence area hosts frightfully
fun events for Halloween
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ooking for ways to make your Halloween
spooky? Here are some events in the
Florence area for youth, families and
grownups, who are all kids on Halloween:
Multi-day Events
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Oct. 29, 6 to 9 p.m.; Oct. 30, 6 to 9 p.m.; and
Oct. 31, 3 to 6 p.m. — CROW Center for the
Performing Arts, 3120 Highway 101
Children’s Repertory of Oregon Workshops
(CROW) is hosting its first-ever haunted maze.
At parents’ discretion, people aged 8 and older
can go through the maze haunted by CROW
youth and adult volunteers. Admission is $4 per
person, per entry. Attendees can also purchase a
one-night hand stamp, which allows unlimited
entry for $14. For more information, go to
www.crowkids.com.
M OONWALKER : T HE R EFLECTION OF M ICHAEL
Oct. 30, 8 p.m.; Oct. 31, 7 p.m.; and Nov. 1, 2
p.m. — Three Rivers Casino Resort, 5647
Highway 126
All ages are welcome to this show celebrating
the music and life of singer Michael Jackson.
Tickets are $15 to $20 and available at
www.threeriverscasino.com/events.
Today, Oct. 28
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Local teenagers Lyndsey Keppol, Ceasar Castillo and Jessalyn Keppol get “zombified” for the Scare-CROW Haunted Maze,
which opens tomorrow at 3120 Highway 101. CROW director Melanie Heard (below) invites all “boos and ghouls” to attend.
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5:30 p.m. — Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue
Station No. 1, 2625 Highway 101
The Siuslaw Talespinners is hosting a story-
telling evening of scary stories, costumes and
refreshments.
Thursday, Oct. 29
C
hildren’s Repertory of Oregon Workshops
(CROW) is putting on a Scare-CROW
Haunted Maze tomorrow through Saturday
— but that doesn’t mean it is just for kids.
Expect creepy dolls, zombies, light effects, spooky
sounds and things that go bump in the night.
In front of one display, Melanie Heard, artistic director
of CROW, said, “Here is where Jack and Jill went up the
hill — and died.”
The Scare-CROW Haunted Maze will be held in
CROW’s new Center for the Performing Arts at 3120
Highway 101 in Florence. Tomorrow, Oct. 29, and
Friday, Oct. 30, the maze will be open from
6 to 9 p.m. On Halloween, Saturday, Oct.
31, the maze will be open from 3 to 6 p.m.
Admission is $4 per person, per entry.
Attendees can also purchase a one-night
handstamp for unlimited entry for $14.
Heard emphasized that even though
CROW actors as young as 9 years old are
participating, Scare-CROW will not neces-
sarily be for everyone.
Creep and crawl
to CROW’s first-ever
haunted maze
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“T HE C ABINET OF D R . C ALIGARI ”
7 p.m. — City Lights Cinemas, 1930 Highway
101, Florence
During the classic German Expressionist silent
film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” City Lights
Cinemas will host the world premiere of a mus-
cial new score by award-winning composer Ken
Wannberg. City Lights co-owner Michael Falter
will present a short introduction to the film and
Wannberg’s works. Tickets are $10 for City
Lights members and $15 for general admission.
Friday, Oct. 30
H ALLOWEEN P ARTY AT R EGENCY
3-4:30 p.m. — Regency Florence, 1951 E. 21st
St., Florence
Regency Florence Rehabilitation Center will
be having a Halloween Party for everyone. This
free event will feature fun, treats and games. For
more information, call 541-997-8436.
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PORT EXPLORES OPTIONS FOR SECOND RESTROOM FACILITY
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During the Oct. 21 board meeting,
Port of Siuslaw commissioners heard a
presentation by port project coordina-
tor Richard Dreiling on construction
options for a proposed new restroom
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to be located toward the east end of the
port campground.
The restroom is a project listed in
the port’s 2013-18 comprehensive
business plan to be built during the
2016 fiscal year. Cost for the project
was estimated at $160,000 when the
business plan was written in 2012.
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Dreiling said the port was looking at
three construction options.
“To install the top-of-the-line facili-
ty like at state parks, including power,
permits and construction will be
$200,000 to $260,000,” Dreiling said.
“A CXT concrete building, the
exact same building that we have cur-
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rently will cost $160,000 to $220,000.
“The third option would be to con-
sider a mobile trailer, which would
cost $50,000 to install. It does not
need permits and you could put it
wherever you want. That would pro-
vide five bathrooms,” he added.
Commissioner Terry Duman ques-
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tioned the price variance on the first
option, saying, “That’s quite a spread,
$200,000 to $260,000.”
Dreiling explained that each build-
ing comes with many options, like
buying a car.
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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
PeaceHealth officials say smell no longer
a concern, source still unknown