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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016
LRP auditions for ‘Quilters’ Saturday NextStep to host
Auditions for the play
“Quilters,” a two-act musical
drama written by Molly
Newman
and
Barbara
Damashek, will be held
Saturday, April 2, from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. The show is produced
by Last Resort Players.
Auditions are at the Florence
Land
from 1A
Roblan said that he and
McKeown started getting let-
ters, phone calls and emails
about the assessment right
away.
“We called ODF and talked
to them about having a meet-
ing. We didn’t understand the
whole thing either,” he said.
McKeown said, “My office
has been contacted as many
times as Arnie’s has. This is
something that caught us off
guard as well. I certainly appre-
ciate Arnie setting this up and
getting
some
questions
answered and maybe we can
avoid something happening
like this again.”
Roblan said that ODF imme-
diately agreed to the informa-
tional meeting when he asked
for more information for his
Council
from 1A
“I would say that in some
categories we’re doing really
well,” Turner said.
Florence Police Department
consists of 15 officers, includ-
ing sergeants, Lt. John Pitcher
and the chief. It opens an aver-
age of 10,000 case number
reports a year.
“One of the reasons you see
me in uniform is because I need
to be,” Turner said.
Compared to the average
70,000 case number reports per
year that Lane County Sheriff’s
Office and the City of Eugene
process, Turner said that
Florence is in good shape,
despite some higher profile
crimes.
He listed a murder last
November, the first in the city
in 23 years; a series of dump-
ster fires in 2014 and a multi-
agency response to a vehicle
pursuit on Highways 101 and
126 in December, culminating
in arrests and “the end of a lit-
United Methodist Church,
Second and Kingwood streets.
The play requires seven
women of a variety of ages
from age 20 and older. The set-
ting is the American West as a
pioneer woman and her six
daughters face frontier life.
Each actor will have several
roles. Be prepared to sing 16 to
32 measures of Americana type
music, such as “Rock of Ages,”
“Down in the Valley,”
“Amazing Grace,” etc., and
plan to sing with a piano or
acapella. Bring piano accompa-
niment music if available.
Candidates will also read
from a script. Callbacks will be
on Sunday, April 3, at 1:30 p.m.
if necessary.
Annie Schmidt will direct,
with Meg Spencer assistant
directing and Deb Young as
music director.
For more information, call
541-997-1023.
constituents.
Under the ODF’s policy, the
832 properties will now be
paying around $65 a year for
wildfire protection.
With changes in property
sizes and the addition of subdi-
visions,
these
properties
haven’t been paying the assess-
ment, even though many of
their neighbors have been.
According to Smith’s pres-
entation, 29,462 tax lots were
already paying forest patrol
assessments in the Western
Lane District.
“The areas around you have
been paying this assessment.
We protect properties even
within the City of Florence
that have a wildland threat.
That’s not delineated for us,”
Smith said. “Fire Chief Jim
Langborg likes that we’re
partnered in that area as we
bring things to the area that he
can’t. It means we have a good
partnership.”
Roblan added, “I trust that
ODF is trying to do what they
think is right. They aren’t try-
ing to pick anybody out.
They’re trying to be fair to all
the residents in the area.”
He said this was a good
thing, as “Oregon fights fires
better than anyone else in the
world.”
Dunes City Councilor Tom
Mallen attended the meeting
and said, “Look at this whole
nation. People are mad, and
I’m mad. When we get blind-
sided by this, it’s just a really
bad time.”
For him, and many others,
the “point was how the ODF
went about” the assessment.
Some said there should have
been a committee in place, or
that everyone in Oregon should
pay.
“We feel like we’re being
singled out,” one couple said.
“This is what ODF does
every year,” Roblan said. “The
big issue this time is there were
over 800 properties added in an
area the same size they review
every year.”
He said that his office would
make sure all the processes
were legal, as well as passing
all this information to Lane
County’s
newly
formed
Forestland
Classification
Committee, which meets for
the first time later this year.
McKeown said, “Arnie has
done a wonderful job of quanti-
fying what we need to do. He’s
going to check on the sugges-
tions you brought up.”
Both elected officials agreed
that they would do what they
could so people wouldn’t be
blindsided by a situation like
this in the future.
tle crime spree that was plagu-
ing the coastal areas and
Eugene.”
He also praised his depart-
ment for the arrests made for
the March 3 arson of a home in
Old Town.
“The incident was terrible,
but it resulted in two arrests on
March 12. This was outstand-
ing. It is relatively rare to make
any arrests in an arson investi-
gation anywhere,” Turner said.
He added that the city’s
overall arrest record is success-
ful and the department works
hard to close cases.
However, as more people
use social media to report
crimes in public or private
groups, more people are aware
of crimes that do happen.
Sometimes Turner finds out
about issues through people
contacting him directly, before
police dispatch can reach him.
He said that the police are
limited on what information
they can share, so they often do
not tell the public until the case
is solved. He assured residents
that police continue to work on
cases outside of the public eye.
Turner listed some of his sta-
tistics for crime in the Old
Town area and Miller Park, as
well as the department’s plans
to reduce total incidents.
“I’m proud of the fact that
we have really low statistics
numerically. I hate that people
are victimized,” Turner said.
“But in totality, we’re in really
good shape. That’s the part we
want to keep prevalent at the
top of our minds.”
Councilor Susy Lacer said,
“I appreciate your very accu-
rate and factual summary of the
state of crime, or more impor-
tantly the lack thereof in our
fair city.”
She and the other councilors
acknowledged that those who
have been victims of crimes
would be sensitive to levels of
crime in the city, but that she
hoped they would be comfort-
ed by the police chief’s words.
“Public safety problems in
Florence are always subject to
change. We have large scale
Tuesday 3/22
Beverly Curtis
Beverly Curtis
Westlake
Westlake
Oregon Stove Works
Oregon Stove Wrks
Wednesday 3/23
Donna Youngblood
Nora Lupton
Florence
Florence
Fresh Harvest Café & Bakery
Safeway
Thursday 3/24
Debra Fisher
Raymond Bray
Florence
Florence
Three Rivers Casino Resort
Purple Pelican Antiques
Friday 3/25
Diana Taplin
Becky Lowe
Florence
Florence
Safeway
Grocery Outlet
Saturday 3/26
Billie Cox
Bear McDaniel
Florence
Florence
Safeway
Safeway
Sunday 3/27
Andy Bush
Richard McPhedran
Florence
Florence
Safeway
Chen’s Family Dish
Bear McDaniel
Elvin Price
Westlake
Florence
Three Rivers Casnio Resort
Safeway
Monday 3/28
planned events like Rhody
Days, Fourth of July weekend,
parades, seasonal changes and
more. These can cause chal-
lenges,” Turner said.
He said the department
would continue to be “ever vig-
ilant and prudent” of resources
in the continued fight on crime.
Mayor Joe Henry said, “I’m
really proud of the job you
have done over there and the
whole department. It’s great to
live in a city where we can feel
safe.”
Turner’s report is available
at www.ci.florence.or.us/coun-
cil/ city-council-meeting-145.
recycling roundup
Get rid of those broken
or unwanted electronics
Saturday, April 2, from 10:30
a.m. to 3 p.m., when NextStep
Recycling of Eugene will be at
the Real Food Co-op collect-
ing anything that plugs in or
runs on batteries, including
cell phones, computers, stere-
os, DVD players, cords,
cables, TV and vacuums.
NextStep is a nonprofit
organization whose mission is
to provide technology and
training to children and adults
who have barriers to employ-
ment and education, while
protecting our environment
and community from haz-
ardous waste.
Joining NextStep at the col-
lection point will be ARC of
Lane
County
collecting
unwanted clothing.
The ARC’s mission is to
advocate to enhance the digni-
ty, expand the opportunities
and protect the rights of per-
sons with intellectual and
developmental disabilities and
their families. They provide a
variety of educational and
support opportunities for our
families in Lane County.
Real Food Co-op, which
supports local food sustain-
ability, is at 1379 B on
Rhododendron Drive.
Call 541-997-3396 for more
information.
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