SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2016
Young Tale Spinners graduate
The Siuslaw Tale
Spinners’ Youth Leadership
Program (YLP) graduated
April 1.
The YLP is an informal
program of eight sessions
provided by Toastmasters
International in the arts of
communication and leader-
ship for young people.
The program concentrates
on building self-confidence
and helps the participants
organize and express their
thoughts clearly while hav-
ing fun at the same time.
Participants ranged in
ages 7 to 14 and were chil-
dren of the homeschooled
PEACE Co-op.
Cathy French, YLP coor-
dinator, said it “was a great
program and the children
really enjoyed it immense-
ly.”
“They really made great
strides in improving their
speaking skills,” added
Fire
Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue’s day crew and duty
chief responded. The occu-
pant, who reported the fire,
initially called firefighters
because she thought it was an
electrical problem.
When she opened the door
to the room, the fire rekindled.
According to Division
Chief of Operations Marvin
Tipler, the occupant was able
to extinguish remaining
Chamber
COURTESY PHOTO
Members of the Tale Spinners’ Youth Leadership
Program graduated April 1.
Anne Machalek, YLP men-
tor.
Anyone interested in the
program can contact Cathy
French, Siuslaw Tale
Spinners, at 775-240-3375.
The Siuslaw Tale
Spinners meet Wednesdays
at 5:30 p.m., at the Siuslaw
Valley Fire and Rescue
main station, 2625 Highway
101 in Florence.
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Hannigan’s starting salary
is $42,000 a year.
As executive director, she
will report to the board and
oversee chamber volunteers at
the Visitor’s Center, 290
Highway 101. She will also
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The home, however, has
extensive smoke damage and
is untenable. Tipler estimates
$10,000 in damages to the
house and another $10,000 in
damage to the contents.
According to American Red
Cross, one adult and two chil-
dren were displaced by the fire.
Red Cross disaster volun-
teers provided assistance with
temporary lodging, addressed
immediate basic needs and
gave information about recov-
ery services.
work closely with the event
coordinator on chamber
events, such as the upcoming
Rhododendron Festival from
May 20 to 22.
“Hands down, I love the peo-
ple the best here,” Hannigan
said. “I have never experienced
the kindness and overall happi-
ness in any other community
than we have here. We have
everything — golf, recreation,
camping, fishing, hiking, boat-
ing and, best of all, community.
The generosity of our locals is
unequaled.”
Bond
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Lauren Johnson with LSW
Architects from Vancouver,
Wash., gave the building a
“poor” rating on the latest
Building Condition Assess-
ment done for the district.
Because all district buildings
are outside the tsunami zone,
Angal said the new high school
building could also be another
community shelter in case of
tsunami or earthquake, along
with the Florence Events
Center and the middle school.
“I am a strong supporter of
economic development in our
community,” Henry said. “We
want young professionals and
businesses to come here. An
employer comes here and
looks at our graduation rate or
our old school where we have
to share electric power to dif-
ferent rooms at different times
of the day, that really doesn’t
speak to high technology.
“If they can come here and
see a nice new high school
where we have the ability to do
some of the things that they are
trying to do now, that will go a
long way to spurring economic
development.”
He added, “We also want to
increase our graduation rate. I
don’t believe this building is
going to increase our gradua-
tion rate automatically, but it
will give our kids a little more
incentive to want to stay in
school and graduate. Even if
that is only a handful, it helps
improve our percentages.”
Siuslaw’s graduation rate
has improved but was still
slightly below the state aver-
age, one of the lowest in the
nation, for the graduating class
of 2015.
In addition to the money
from the proposed bond meas-
ure, the district has received a
$4 million construction grant
from the state to help offset
construction costs, but that
money can only be accessed if
the bond measure is approved.
“Those things combined
make it pretty much a win/win
for everybody,” Henry said.
According to school district
business manager Kari Blake,
the total cost increase per
$1,000 of assessed property
value in 2017 will be about 29
cents. A home valued at
$200,000 would see an
increase of $58 per year, or
$4.83 per month. As property
values fluctuate, the rate could
increase or decrease in coming
years.
“I was happy about the
response from the city council
and the mayor, voting unani-
mously to give a letter of sup-
port to the bond,” Rines said.
School board members and
Superintendent Angal continue
to meet with community
groups and interested individu-
als to explain the need for the
new school and the urgency of
the timing.
“The more people hear
about how we came to this
decision, the more people will
understand,” Angal said.
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