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126TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 41
❘ MAY 21, 2016 ❘ $1.00
VISITOR GUIDE — INSIDE
SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
FLORENCE, OREGON
PRIMARY ELECTION 2016
Levy for OSU Extension Service and
4-H programs also supported
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Mapleton School District
voters approved a $4 million
bond measure for school
improvements, while Siuslaw
School District voters rejected
a proposed $36.9 million new
high school in the May 17
Primary Election.
Lane County voters also
approved measure 20-239 to
support 4-H and Oregon
State University Extension
Service programs. The five-
year levy will increase prop-
erty taxes by 1.5 cents per
$1,000 of assessed property
value.
Siuslaw was the only Lane
County school district bond
measure to fail, with 3,169 (53
percent) voting against it and
2,801 (47 percent) in favor.
Bonds for Mapleton, Junction
City and South Lane school
districts all passed.
Of the four Lane County
school district bond measures,
Mapleton School District’s $4
million bond had the highest
voter approval with nearly 63
percent in favor. The last bond
measure passed by the school
district expired in 1961.
Mapleton voters approved
a much smaller bond meas-
ure, but it has a significantly
higher cost per $1,000 prop-
erty value rate than the
Siuslaw district bond.
Mapleton residents will see
an annual increase of $1.59
per $1,000 of assessed prop-
erty value, while Florence
voters rejected Siuslaw’s
projected 29-cent annual
increase per $1,000 of
assessed property value.
Mapleton Superintendent
Jodi O’Mara said, “It was
great to see the community
supporting the schools by
such a large margin.”
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BONDS 7A
RHODY FEST MAKES ‘WAVES’
ate-blooming rhodies welcome residents and tourists
alike to the city’s 109th annual Rhododendron Festival,
which continues this weekend. With the theme “Catch the
Wave,” be sure to catch all the activities taking place around
town today and the Grand Floral Parade tomorrow at noon.
See page 7A for a complete schedule of festival events.
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Candidates
move on to
November race
County’s Justice of Peace
to be decided this fall
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Siuslaw News
The May 17 Primary Election preliminary
results are in, and Lane County and the State
of Oregon have made known their choices on
candidates locally, statewide and for the U.S.
presidential primaries.
Lane County voters cast 118,200 ballots.
This is 53.6 percent of the registered 220,725
voters in the county. In Oregon, 1,166,353
ballots were cast, or 50.9 percent of the total
2,291,668 registered voters. The results were
last updated at 8 a.m. on May 20 and will not
be final until approved by the Oregon
Secretary of State.
In Lane County, four candidates filed for
the Justice of the Peace, a position based at
Lane County Justice Court in Florence.
Two candidates will proceed to the Nov. 8
General Election, since neither received over
50 percent of the vote. Currently appointed
Justice of the Peace Rick Brissenden, who
received 16,433 votes, or 43.9 percent, and
Florence resident Woody Woodbury, who
received 10,774 votes, or 28.8 percent, will
appear on the November ballot.
“I was certainly gratfitied to receive so
many votes,” Brissenden said. “I would
have loved to receive that 50 percent plus
one, though. ... I’m thankful for the bless-
ings I have.”
Woodbury said, “I’m happy that I’m still
going to be in the run off in November. Rick
and I will have a good run together.”
Both Brissenden and Woodbury plan to
campaign throughout Lane County and con-
tinue talking about the Justice Court and its
role in the justice system. They will each set
up committees to help them get elected.
“I plan to work my tail off and campaign,”
Brissenden said. “It’s my job, I believe in it
and I want to keep doing it. I’m doing the
best job I can as justice of the peace.”
Woodbury said he plans to include his
information in the next Voters’ Pamphlet.
“I was not in the pamphlet this time, and
that was a mistake. Overall, I’m glad to be
moving forward. I want to get this position
and do a good job. I’m still excited for it,”
he said.
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ELECTION 7A
Boys and Girls Club to launch
new drum corps program
Musical venue added to Teen Center’s list of outreach programs
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oys and Girls Club of Western
Lane County Teen Center
Director Tracy Aaron recently
announced the launch of the club’s
new drum corps program.
The new program, open to students
in grades 5 through 12, kicks off
Tuesday with two demonstration drum
performances at the Teen Center by
professional drummer and volunteer
program leader John Aaron.
John will play for club members in
the afternoon and again during the
drum corps parent orientation presen-
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tation from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Teen
Center, 1601 15th St., on May 24.
“My wife Tracy and I have talked
about doing this for years,” John said.
“We started off with John just com-
ing and playing the drums for the
teens; a way to introduce them to
music and drums,” Tracy said. “It
snowballed into the drum corps idea
and building a program around
drums.”
For years the Boys and Girls Club
has offered various sports and cheer-
leading programs that support Siuslaw
School District programs. This is the
first time the club has ventured into
music programs.
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“Siuslaw music teacher Chris
Rowbotham has been very support-
ive,” John said. “The longest wait line
in the school’s music program is for
drummers. They end up having to give
them other instruments because they
can only have so many drummers.”
Rowbotham said, “This could raise
the level of our percussion playing for
the Siuslaw band program. It gives stu-
dents an outlet to learn percussion in a
great setting with lots of other kids
wanting to learn at a high level. The
skills they learn in drum corps will also
transfer to our pep band.”
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CLUB 7A
Professional drummer John Aaron drums up interest for the new Boys and
Girls Club of Western Lane County drum corps program during a recent
visit to the Teen Center. Aaron will be the instructor for the new program
scheduled to launch next week.
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