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THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM ❘ / SIUSLAWNEWS ❘ @ SIUSLAWNEWS WEDNESDAY EDITION TRIATHLON RESULTS ❘ MAY 11, 2016 ❘ $1.00 REIGNING RHODY COAST LIFE — B SPORTS — C 126TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 38 SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890 Board gives high marks to Angal FLORENCE, OREGON OREGON DUNES TRIATHLON CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK ‘High ethical standards’ noted for retiring Siuslaw school superintendent B Y J ACK D AVIS Siuslaw News During the April 27 Siuslaw School District budget and special board meeting, school board members gave Superintendent Ethel Angal an aver- aged performance evaluation score of 3.7 overall, out of a possi- ble 4.0, an increase over last year’s score of 3.57. The annual evalua- Ethel Angal tion reviewed Angal in nine professional standards and five district goals. District staff, administrators and the board rated her performance on a scale from one to four, with four being the highest pos- sible score. Siuslaw School Board Chairwoman Tammy Butler said, “Superintendent Angal scored very well on her board evaluation. Most notable was her high ethical standards that permeated into all realms of her leader- ship.” The board determined that Angal’s per- formance was “accomplished” (an average of 3.5 or higher) in the areas of visionary lead- ership, policy and governance, communica- tions and community relations, effective management, curriculum planning/develop- ment, instructional leadership, labor relations and ethical leadership. According to the district, her ethical lead- ership and integrity and her ability to build a cohesive administrative team through profes- sional communication, support, listening and research were her most notable strengths. The combined score in this area was 3.93. See NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS More than 300 athletes competed Saturday in Dunes City’s fourth annual Oregon Dunes Triathlon and Duathlon, which featured events for swimming, biking and running at Woahink Lake and Honeyman State Park. View today’s Sports section for more photos. TRAINING TO TAKE ACTION SCHOOL 9A Local entrepreneur finalist at Eugene investor conference Local response team adds eight upriver members B Y J ACK D AVIS Carl Hulan’s organic food app picked for next stage Siuslaw News The City of Florence and RAIN (Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network) have been working to inspire and invest in local entrepreneurs. At the Willamette Angels Conference on Thursday in Eugene, Carl Hulan of Florence will present his mobile device application to investors. Hulan attended the first meetups with RAIN Venture Catalyst Caroline Cummings in October. His work on his app and his dedication to developing it further led to him co-organizing meetups in Florence in the new year. “Carl Hulan was selected as a finalist in the Launch Stage of the Willamette Angels Conference for his startup Loofoodal.com. He will deliver a speed pitch at the annual investor conference Thursday in Eugene,” said Leigh Anne Hogue, director of economic development at Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce. INSIDE INVEST 9A Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C6 Coast Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Library Tidings . . . . . . . . . . . A5 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 ight members of the upriver commu- nity completed a month-long Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training April 30. According to CERT coordinator Fred Nulty, this is the first time the program, consisting of eight training units total- ing 22 hours, has been offered to the Deadwood and Mapleton communi- ties. “There was an attempt to conduct CERT training to upriver communities four or five years ago, but it didn’t come together,” Nulty said. Each three-hour unit covers a specific topic, such as disaster prepared- ness. The CERT team E B Y C HANTELLE M EYER See Siuslaw News _______________________ Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A10 Senior Calendar . . . . . . . . . B5 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . A2 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) recruited eight new members who completed the month-long 22-hour certification course April 30. They are the first upriver CERT members for Deadwood and Mapleton. COURTESY PHOTOS teaches the basic concepts of disasters and how to pre- pare for them. “We teach fire safety and utility control, which is how to put out small fires and how to turn off power and gas and water,” Nulty THIS WEEK ’ S said. “Then we move into disaster medical I and dis- aster medical II, which is kind of the meat of the pro- gram for most people. This is the part that is lifesav- ing.” Other class units covered TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 75 47 72 48 67 48 58 49 WEATHER Full Forecast, A3 topics including terrorism observation and disaster psychology. “We finish up with a two-hour disaster simula- tion exercise. We had the fire department there and they supervised each per- son putting out a small fire using a fire extinguisher,” Nalty said. Twelve people signed up for the program, but four were unable to complete all eight training units. Every person that com- pletes the course receives a CERT certificate of com- pletion and a photo identifi- S IUSLAW N EWS 3 S ECTIONS ❘ 26 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2016 cation badge. The badge is updated every four years. “Often at the end of the four years, people decide they would like to take a refresher course,” Nulty said. According to Nulty, who has been the program coor- dinator since 2012, there are about 85 CERT-certi- fied people in the Florence area. For more information on the CERT program, visit svfr.org and click on the Disaster Preparedness tab to access the CERT infor- mation tabs.
