SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Florence
Habitat
for
Humanity will host an open
house for its 27th Habitat
House on Saturday, Feb. 20,
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
At the “Habitour,” visitors
can take a tour and inquire
about how Habitat builds
homes in Florence. Interested
persons may come to the work
site at 2930 Munsel Lake Road.
“If you are curious about
Habitat for Humanity, this is
the place to come,” says Kate
McBroom-Redwine, executive
director of Florence Habitat.
“There’s nothing like seeing a
house going up, the smiles of
the family purchasing the home
and the pride of the volunteers
building it.
“Come see how we build.”
Florence Habitat has been in
Vision
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The goals are a refined,
condensed version of 2015’s
goals.
Reynolds said that 2015
COURTESY PHOTO
Florence Habitat for Humanity’s latest home under construction at 2930 Munsel Lake Road
existence since 1999, and has
completed 26 Habitat homes
with the support of the
Florence area community.
Questions about financing,
land purchase, mortgages, con-
struction, family selection and
“sweat equity” can be
answered at the open house.
For more information, call
the Florence Habitat office at
541-902-9227.
had seven goals for strategic
reasons, such as the inclusion
of public safety while the city
conducted a search for a new
police chief. With the hiring
of Police Chief Tom Turner,
public safety could be moved
under the “city service deliv-
ery” goal.
“We’re trying to show we
are a city of people and of
action, and of activity, move-
ment and motion,” Reynolds
said.
Besides the goals, she pre-
sented a “snapshot” of the
city’s eight-page, five-year
work plan that includes objec-
tives and tasks.
“It has required many,
many hours of work by the
staff, who has done a wonder-
ful job of streamlining the
work plan from last year,”
Henry said.
The council met for a goal-
setting session in December
and a “marathon” work ses-
sion in January.
Councilor Ron Preisler
said, “We spent a lot of hours
on this, so it’s good to see it
approved.”
“I can’t do it without great
people. I do have great people
and I want to continue to sup-
port the high-performance
culture that we have really
been working on this last
year,” Reynolds said.
The 2016 City of Florence
Goals and Five-Year Work
Plan are available online at
www.ci.florence.or.us/council/
city-council-goals-work-plan.
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Before coming to LCC,
Spilde worked at Linn-Benton
Community College in Albany
for 15 years in a variety of
leadership positions.
“I won’t totally disappear
from the community college
world after I leave Lane,” she
said. “My passion for commu-
nity colleges remains strong
and I will be considering a
number of opportunities in the
next several months.”
Spilde said that she wanted
to give the board enough
lead-time to conduct a thor-
ough search for a successor
and prepare for an orderly
transition.
Port
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Port Operator certification.
Leskin spent 23 years as an
attorney and municipal judge
in Oregon.
“I’m very glad to have
Steven here,” McClure said.
“He has a professional back-
ground and his legal knowl-
edge will be a real asset to the
port. He is taking a very prag-
matic approach to the issues
facing the port.”
According to Leskin, his
No. 1 priority as port manager
will be to evaluate the port’s
surplus property and deter-
mine how best to market and
sell them.
“He is taking a very close
look at the properties the port
LCC Board of Education
Chairman Tony McCown said
the board has awarded Spilde
an outstanding performance
evaluation for each of her 15
years as president.
LCC Florence Center
Interim Director Russ Pierson
said, “She has consistently
invested her time in leadership
development at Lane and I
always know she has the best
interests of our faculty and
staff at heart. Mary has been a
friend to Florence and a fan of
our Florence Center.”
“I love Lane and I love the
work I do and I expect to bring
that same passion for work
over the next 17 months as I
have for the last 36 years,”
Spilde said.
owns,” McClure said. “We
have had property for sale for
a long period of time, specifi-
cally the 40-acre Pacific View
Business Park that has been
zoned light industrial and
deemed shovel ready.”
As part of the evaluation,
Leskin said he was planning
on doing a study of similar
properties along the coast.
Leskin will sit in on his
first port commission meeting
Wednesday, Feb. 17.
The port will host a public
meet-and-greet reception for
Leskin at the Florence Events
Center this Friday, Feb. 12,
from 4 to 6 p.m. Mon Ami
will cater the event.
Appetizers, water and cof-
fee will be offered as well as
a no-host beer and wine bar.
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