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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ FEBRUARY 17, 2016
Siuslaw News
P.O. Box 10
Florence, OR 97439
RYAN CRONK , EDITOR
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EDITOR @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM
Opinion
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MORSE DEDICATES DRIFTWOOD SHORES
O RIGINALLY P UBLISHED F EB . 15, 1968
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his is not just a housing development. It’s a great
economic stimulus for other like developments in
the area, and a great stride forward,” the
Honorable Wayne Morse said Sunday afternoon in a speech
at a private luncheon dedicating J.L. Mann’s Driftwood
Shores.
Senator Morse’s speech was made prior to the actual
groundbreaking ceremony at Heceta Beach, where the $2.5
million condominium is to be located.
Oregon’s senior senator, who dedicated Lane County’s first
condominium “in the name of trusteeship that all of us owe
to the economic development of this great state,” spoke
before approximately 100 persons attending the luncheon
from throughout the state. He stressed the economic symbol-
ism of the occasion, and said that Mann “deserves our
thanks” for his contribution to the area’s future growth and
economy. …
Mann in introducing Senator Morse said that Oregon’s
senior senator had done more for Western Lane County than
anyone else.
Driftwood Shores, on Heceta Beach overlooking the
Pacific Ocean, is located five miles northwest of Florence
and two miles west from the Coast Highway. Heceta Head,
named for Captain Bruno Heceta, commander of the Spanish
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Groundbreaking ceremony for Lane County’s only condo-
minium, to date, was held at Heceta Beach Sunday after-
noon, at the site of new resort complex, Driftwood
Shores. Turning first shovel full of sand is owner-develop-
er Jake Mann, of Florence; Max Williams, of Williams and
Ehmann, Architects; and Harry Thompson, president of
Thompson Construction, Inc., of Portland.
corvette “Santiago” who is said to be one of the first civilized
men to see the mouth of the Columbia River, is six miles
north of Driftwood Shores.
Owner-developer of the $2.5 million all-year resort com-
plex is J.L. “Jake” Mann, Florence, who is also the owner-
operator of the Rhodo-Dunes Golf Course at Florence.
Architect for the project is Williams and Ehmann,
Architects, A. I. A.; general contractor, Thompson
Construction, Inc., Portland; and financing, the Security
Bank of Oregon, Portland.
Driftwood Shores is a condominium apartment develop-
ment, according to Mann, with its apartments purchased by
individuals or families who select a Driftwood Shores apart-
ment plan in the building and area they desire.
According to Mann, rental and management service will
also be available for Driftwood Shores owners desiring to
rent their apartment units when not in use. Income from
such rentals helps offset maintenance and other ownership
costs, and may provide tax savings as well, he said.
The two and three story apartment units will be arranged
to utilize the beach-front view of the 4.6 acre site, and will
be constructed principally from wood and stone components.
He said some 95 apartments are planned, to date, with two
to 12 apartments in each building. Apartments will be
approximately 1,200 square feet, plus outside decks, and fea-
ture a living room and dining area, fireplace, kitchen, two or
three bedrooms and one or two baths.
LETTERS
A hint for love
Just a hint for you fellas out there for next
year’s Valentine’s Day: No need to spend a for-
tune on a dozen long-stem roses to give to your
wife, sweetheart, mother or someone else you
truly care for.
One single red rose will mean so much more
to her when you write this note.
Yes, you have to write a note, telling her that
even in the most beautiful bouquet or room full
of women, she will always stand out and be ever
so special to you.
Barbara Swinscoe
Florence
I survived the San Francisco-area earth-
quakes in 1989 and personally witnessed the
tremendous damage and lives lost due to out-
dated construction methods and building codes
that had been ignored for too many years. The
horrible devastation only took 20 seconds.
Oregon is now rated Zone 5 for the potential of
disastrous structural failure during an earth-
quake, just as California is.
The cost to retrofit our aging high school for
seismic safety would be staggering. But the
New high school is needed
Referring to the letter in the Feb. 10 Siuslaw
News from Ron Duzy (“New High School”), I
seriously doubt that the reason behind the need
for a new high school is simply a matter of
replacing water heaters and other systems
beginning to fail in this 46-year-old structure.
L ETTERS
TO THE
emotional cost of losing our children from col-
lapsing walls and the roof during an earthquake
has no price tag, just a toe tag.
I, for one, am not willing to risk the loss of
even one promising young life and don’t want
to be even partially responsible for passing up
our opportunity to get the funding needed to
replace the building with one that meets the lat-
est and strictest seismic code requirements.
Bill Craig
Florence
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Wake-up call
The political cartoon in the paper on Jan. 2
should be a wake-up call to all those that are
thinking about the future. Hillary Clinton will
be four more years of more control, more taxes.
Aren’t we taxed enough?
Why would someone keep blindly voting for
the Democrats after a name, when the
Democrats just keep raising taxes and giving us
more control and less freedom?
Gosh, is it no surprise that a new year gives
us more taxes?
Sure, all those terrorists that the left is bring-
ing in need to live and survive also. Perhaps it
is of the belief, let’s show them we mean no ill
will or harm to them.
They want to live as the Romans do, fine, let
them come in. But the majority of them want
their brand of law to apply to them. If they want
to live in the sixth century, then they can go
back to the country they came from.
Jim Selby
Florence
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