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126TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 21
SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
FLORENCE, OREGON
Women’s History Month
B Y D EBORAH H ELDT C ORDONE
Special to the Siuslaw News
M
arch is National
Women’s History
Month and a
great time to celebrate
women who serve and
have a positive impact on
the community. The 2016
theme, Honoring Women
in Public Service and
Government, leads the
community to recognize
women who serve with
the local U.S. Coast Guard
Station Siuslaw River.
Protecting
coastline and
country
There are currently five active-
duty women assigned to Station
Siuslaw River in various roles,
with an additional three female
members active in the local Coast
Guard Auxiliary.
Although the Coast Guard is
the smallest military branch, it
has large responsibilities for the
safety and security of the country
and coastline, under the umbrella
of Homeland Security.
Coast Guard women common-
ly face the front line, and have
since they were fully integrated
into active-duty service in the
1970’s. The organization has
been cutting edge in empowering
and embracing women as equals.
School Board approves
new superintendent
Grzeskowiak to take over for
retiring superintendent Ethel Angal
beginning July 1
B Y J ACK D AVIS
Siuslaw News
T
Two nights
of talent
Annual PTA Talent Show encourages
students to take stage at FEC
PHOTOS BY JACK DAVIS/SIUSLAW NEWS
Maintaining friendship
with Yamagata City
Japan sends commendation for 20-
year friendship with Yamagata City
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
F
INSIDE
lorence City Hall
is sporting new
artwork on its
walls, thanks to an award
from
the
Japanese
Consulate in Portland.
CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
The certificate of com- The
Japanese
Consulate
mendation joins other awarded the City of Florence
wall hangings, art and a certificate of commendation
gifts from Yamagata for its relationship with
City,
Florence’s Yamagata City.
Friendship City.
In the early 1990s, the ship with gifts to each
City of Florence formed a locale’s city hall and, for
friendship with Yamagata Yamagata, an annual student
City in the Gifu Prefecture trip to Florence.
of Japan. The Friendship
Cities retain their relation-
See JAPAN 7A
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S
iuslaw Elementary School stu-
dents brought the house down
at the PTA Talent Show for
kindergarten though
fifth-grade students
Thursday and Friday
nights at the Florence
Events Center.
Students sang and
performed before an
audience of school
staff, community
members and families.
Siuslaw Elementary
Principal Mike
Harklerode was master
of ceremonies. The
show has been spon-
sored by the Florence Community Parent
Teacher Association for more than 10 years.
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TODAY
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MONDAY
TUESDAY
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WEATHER
Full Forecast, A3
COAST GUARD 7A
The five Coast Guardswomen currently serving at U.S. Coast
Guard Station Siuslaw River are (front row) BM3 Brooke
Crosley and SN Samantha Hughes and (back row) BM3 Sydnee
Sansone, SK2 Angela Martin and BM2 Sierra Schlager.
PHOTO BY DEBORAH HELDT CORDONE
will retire June 30.
The board chose to seek
an internal candidate rather
he Siuslaw School than look outside the dis-
Board unanimously trict.
“I couldn’t be happier
approved a one-year
about having Mr. G
district superin-
be the person to sit
tendent contract
in this office and
for current Siuslaw
lead our district,”
Middle
School
Angal said. “He
Principal Andrew
has history in our
Grzeskowiak dur-
district. He is
ing its March 9
already a district
meeting.
leader and he is a
Grzeskowiak,
Andrew
46, has been in Grzeskowiak critical member of
the administrative
education
22
years and has spent the last team. He will continue to
20 years at Siuslaw School lead us in an upward trajec-
District. He will be re- tory. He is a good guy.”
placing district superin-
tendent Ethel Angal, who
See SCHOOL 7A
See
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Honoring the women who serve at
U.S. Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River