SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016
Rates
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The presentation recom-
mended rate changes, a license
fee increase, how often the
code is reviewed and fleet
appearance, age and mainte-
nance standards.
Mayor Joe Henry said he
thought the council was in
agreement with most of the
staff recommendations, but he
advised against setting age
standards for replacing vehi-
cles, especially if well-main-
tained vehicles might not fit
into age requirements.
For now, the council decid-
ed that as long as maintenance
and a nice appearance contin-
ued on the companies’ vehi-
cles, they would not set an age
requirement.
The rate changes will go
into effect July 1.
The solid waste rate review
was conducted by Bell and
Associates beginning in
November 2015 and continu-
ing through February. The
review was then presented to
Environmental Management
Advisory Committee (EMAC)
and city staff.
Farley-Campbell’s presen-
tation is available online at
www.ci.florence.or.us.
CROW to present ‘Shrek’ next week
According to Children’s
Repertory
of
Oregon
Workshops (CROW), nasty
will be nice and Florence will
be “ogre-the-moon” when
CROW presents its fifth main-
stage production, “Shrek the
Musical, Jr.”
This fun and flatulence-
filled family musical will be
presented April 15 to 17 at the
Florence Events Center, but
this nonprofit youth organiza-
County
tion’s all-volunteer production
team has been working on it
for nearly a year already.
With music by Jeanine Tesori,
book and lyrics by David
Lindsay-Abaire, “Shrek the
Musical, Jr.” is based on the
Oscar-winning DreamWorks
animated film and the book,
“Shrek,” by William Steig.
“Shrek the Musical, Jr.” is
an uproarious musical comedy
with a cast of more than 50
children and young adults.
There will be four public
performances: Friday, April 15,
at 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 16, at
2 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, April
17, at 2 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now at
the Florence Events Center,
715 Quince St. They are $16
for adults and $8 for kids ages
12 and under. Call 541-997-
1994 or go to eventcenter.org
for tickets.
A levy passed in 2013 added
additional beds and funding for
up to 35 deputies. Lane County
Jail can now hold 317 occu-
pants.
“We more than doubled the
capacity of the jail within a
couple months of passing the
levy,” Trapp said. “From that
day forward, we have not
released any defendants or
offenders in violation of state
law.”
Trapp’s next goals are to
continue to hire deputy sher-
iffs, a training process that
takes 11 months for each per-
son.
“We need to manage and
maintain our quality level of
employees,” he said.
The office hires about 5 per-
cent of the applicant pool, and
not every applicant makes it
through training.
He acknowledged that the
department’s weakest link was
patrol, especially as the office
is still at about a third of the
capacity it operated at in 2008.
“When we have to cut budg-
et and cut cost, that comes out
of our people,” Trapp said. “As
we cut people, we close jail
beds and lower patrols. ... It
takes a lot of time and a lot of
money to build back after you
gut an organization.”
He added that there was
good news, especially as the
county continues to invest in
public safety. In March, the
sheriff’s office completed a
two-year process to hire and
train enough deputies to restore
24-hour patrol.
“This is incredible to be able
to say we’re on the mend.
We’re building back some
strength in the community. It is
truly a public safety improve-
ment,” Trapp said.
Bozievich also spoke of
safety — but on the roads.
Oregon had a steep increase
in highway deaths last year,
showing a 27 percent increase
over 2014.
Bozievich said a major con-
tributor was a lack of sheriff
and state trooper patrols on the
highways.
“With the lack of enforce-
ment, folks are out there driv-
ing like Mad Max. There’s a lot
of road rage and it’s the wild
west on our streets right now,”
Bozievich said.
He hoped that community
members would slow down on
the roads and drive safely, not
only for themselves but for
others on the road.
During the question-and-
answer portion, Trapp and
Bozievich also discussed the
different roles of county and
city jails, local deputies, addi-
tional rural patrols, traffic on
Highway 126 and federal for-
est funding with the communi-
ty members present.
“One of the things I like to
do in these town halls is get the
full story out there,” Bozievich
said.
For more information and to
access documents handed out
at the meeting, go to
www.lanecounty.org.
Sign
Veterans Memorial Highway
and Purple Heart Trail and
Interstate 84 as the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Highway.
The signs are being fabri-
cated and installed by the
Oregon Department of
Transportation and should all
be installed before summer of
this year.
Veterans groups, boards of
county commissions, civic
organizations, Bend Heroes
Foundation contributors and
private individuals funded the
signs.
DAV Chapter 23 of
Florence was chartered on
March 9, 1976, and is current-
ly led by Commander Skip
Stitt. The chapter has 180
members.
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Miller’s report said, “Lane
County’s current financial
health is stable. This is due to
sound financial and debt man-
agement practices and strategic
financial planning.”
However, Bozievich said
Miller pinpointed the county’s
growing gap between expendi-
tures and revenue.
“Declining revenues, grow-
ing expenses and aging assets
challenge the county’s long-
term financial health,” Miller
concluded.
County commissioners have
plans in place to bring the
budget into alignment within
the next few years.
“We’re not looking to add
any new programs or do any-
thing fancy this year with our
budget,” Bozievich said.
Trapp, who was appointed
sheriff in April 2015, also
spoke of the budget, and how it
impacts both his work and that
of former Lane County Sheriff
and current Florence Police
Chief Tom Turner.
Budget cuts that began in
late 2007 are still affecting the
sheriff’s office’s patrols, staff
and capacity to run Lane
County Jail.
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Martin said the project,
believed to be the first in the
country, originated with the
non-profit group Bend Heroes
Foundation of Bend, Ore.,
that convinced the Oregon
Legislature to adopt erecting
highway signs to honor the
men and women who served
during five major wars over
the past 98 years.
In addition to Highway
101, U.S. Highway 395 is
dedicated as the World War 1
Veterans Memorial Highway;
U.S. Highway 97 and State
Route 126 as the World War
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Interstate 5 as the Korean War
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Dancing with Sea Lions has its
free Splash Off! event today from
10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Florence
Events Center, 715 Quince St.
What inspired you to create your sea lion?
R UTH M. B ASS : the sleek, graceful design and her con-
stant doodling
B RIAN B LOSS : the Greek legend Thalassa, with the life
of the ocean flowing from her hair
B ENJAMIN C AHOON : impressionistic realism, the
ecosystems of Oregon
C HRISTINE C ALDWELL D AVIS : playing with paint,
bringing a unique vision to life
I SABELLA C ASTLE : to grow organically
R OSY C LARK : vibrant color
J ANE C ONNELLEY : fascination with sea lions, pure light
and constant inspiration of the ocean
C OLLEEN G OODWIN -C HRONISTER : move-
ment in performance, color harmonies, dra-
matic flair
M ATT H AWK : a song about girls being
strong and becoming pirates, inspiring others
to find their vision
E ILEEN H EARNE : sea lions on the
Newport Bay front, the fun and easy going
feel of the Oregon coast
R ON H ILDENBRAND : passion for wildlife
M ARSHA H ORNER : quirky family traditions and iconic
views of the coast
E LLEN H UNTINGDON : wanderlust, appreciation for the
natural world
K ARYLYNN K EPPOL : storytelling, fantasy, butterflies,
sunsets and complimentary colors
K ASSY K EPPOL : to tell a story with whimsy
J ULIE L ARSON : abstract and conceptual artist doing a
traditional style of painting
K ATIE M ILLER : Poseidon’s horses and how the crash-
ing waves and spray off the ocean becomes the powerful
motion of galloping horses
J UDY M URPHY : joy and the spark of imag-
ination brought to life in characters full of
life and full of love
K IM P ICKELL : her students, beauty of this
place and friends like family
F RANCES R OGERS : waves, water, bubbles
and Florence’s signature bloom, the
Rhododendron
T ERRY W OODALL : pinniped and wildlife
studies, sculptural art based on wild nature
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Students were given $5
each and went to St.
Vincent’s to buy odd items
that they transformed into art
through assemblage.
“Next year we hope to do
painting and sketching
because our kids who are
creative in their minds don’t
really have an outlet at our
school because we don’t
have an art program,” Moyer
said.
In addition to having fun
and exploring new hobbies
and experiences, students
were able to see their teach-
ers in a non-teaching envi-
ronment.
“In our classrooms with
proficiency-based grading
and standards and the push
for excellence that we need
to do every day,” Moyer
said, “sometimes our kids
see our teachers as just
teachers. Coming out here
lets them see our teachers as
people.”
Moyer said she hopes to
have one or possibly two
similar retreats next year.
There was no cost to the
students to attend the two-
day retreat.
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