SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016
Fest
from 1A
Coast Radio News Director
Bob Sneddon said, “We went
with a more casual and relaxed
approach this year.”
Coast Radio did not hand
out awards, but Mike
Groshong, resident classic car
and hot rod expert, said, “I did
have a couple of favorites. One
of which was the yellow
S’Cool’ Bus restored by Tim
and Pat Smith. It was excep-
tionally well done. Another
was the 1970s’ Ford Maverick
entered by Kei Stachelrodt of
Florence. He’s 17 years old
and bought it from the original
owner earlier this year.
Stachelrodt told us he’s spend-
ing time bringing it back to
life.”
Many of the 95 classic cars
also showed at the
BeachKomber Car Club’s 24th
annual Show ’n’ Shine, which
featured 136 vehicles in the
Grocery Outlet and City Lights
Cinemas parking lot.
Hundreds of guests viewed
the cars to the smell of grilled
hot dogs and hamburgers and
radio favorites provided by
Coast Radio.
BeachKomber gave out 29
awards during the event. Tracy
Hilleary of Albany won Best
of Show for a 1956 Ford
Panel. Rick Thackeray of
Newport won Host’s Choice
for Best Car with his 1967
Chevy Camero and Mitch
Frahm of Florence won Best
Truck with his 1967 Chevy
CID.
Across town, Three Rivers
Casino Resort also showed
vehicles — this time motorcy-
cles in the Let It Ride
Motorcycle Show and Poker
Run. The motorcycles are a
traditional part of Rhody Days
celebrations.
“It was great to see even
‘the bikers’ come in and look
around the flower show,” said
Mike Bones, president of the
Siuslaw Chapter of the
American Rhododendron
Society.
The annual Rhododendron
Flower Show had more than
1,800 guests.
“The show was one of the
highlights of the festival.
Many people ... saw the large
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banner that we had on
Highway 101. They took the
time to come to the Florence
Events Center and look
around. Some, from out of the
state, said that they would be
planning on returning in future
years,” Bones said.
Florence Events Center also
held the Florence Regional
Arts Alliance (FRAA) Arts
Festival.
Children and youth got the
chance to “Catch the Wave!”
with the Junior Parade, put on
by Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue, and the Kiwanis Kids
Games. Firefighters led the
Rhododendron Court in the
parade. It also featured trac-
tors, walking groups, sports
teams and characters from Star
Wars.
After the parade, youth par-
ticipated in sack races, fishing
and other energetic events with
the Kiwanis Club of Florence.
Many people stayed
throughout the weekend for
the highlight of the festival:
the Grand Floral Parade. It ran
Sunday from noon until 3
p.m., though staging began
earlier, and planning by cham-
ber volunteers and staff has
been going on for months.
“We are excited. The parade
is getting lined out as we
speak,” Hannigan said.
One of the reasons Pearson
joined the chamber initially
was to help the parade get
organized.
“It’s so much fun to see the
whole parade come together,”
she said. “We’re hoping for
sunshine!”
Despite a few sprinkles, the
crowds lining 27th Street,
Highway 101 and the Old Town
Loop thronged to see the 84
parade entries, led by Grand
Marshal Wilbur Ternyik.
The Grand Marshal’s Award
went to Children’s Repertory of
Oregon Workshops (CROW)
and its rhododendron-festooned
float filled with princesses, drag-
ons and costumed characters
from its productions.
Queen Rhododendra Hanna
Anderson’s award went to
KXCR Community Radio and
its moving heron.
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Present
Grand Floral
Parade 2016
awards
BeachKomber
2016 Show
and Shine
Rhododendron
Flower Show
2016
Grand Marshal’s Award
Children’s Repertory of
Oregon Workshops
(CROW)
Best of Show
1956 Ford Panel Truck
Tracy Hilleary
Sweepstakes Award
Beachkomber Choice:
Best Car
1967 Chevy Camero
Rick Thackeray
Best in Show
Queen’s Award
KXCR Community Radio
Mayor’s Award
Girl Scout Troop #11752
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Exhibitors
K
Beachkomber Choice:
Best Truck
1967 Chevy CID
Mitch Frahm
Best in Show:
Florence Events Center
– service entry
Greg Harvey
1936 Ford pick up
– rat rod
CROW
– non-commercial entry
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A big entry in the parade
was Oregon Coast Military
Museum and other military
vehicles. Cal Applebee, former
chamber director and current
director of the military muse-
um, finally got to drive a jeep
in the parade.
Florence Police Department,
Oregon State Police and Lane
County Sheriff’s Office pro-
vided extra coverage through-
out the weekend. They report-
ed several DUII arrests, acci-
dents and fights, though the
cooler weather and threat of
rain helped keep crime low.
The big incidents were
when a Coos Bay motorcyclist,
Khris M. Sacket, 59, died in an
accident with a vehicle at
milepost 26 on Highway 126
on Saturday, and when police
had to tase and restrain a man
on Bay Street Friday.
Florence police conducted
foot patrols and kept the peace
in Old Town and the Port of
Siuslaw during Rhody Days.
Sheriff Tom Turner led the
Grand Floral Parade for the
second year.
Rhody Days also featured
the annual Elks Lodge break-
fast, barbecue and pie sale;
Oregon Coast Humane
Society’s hot dog and ham-
burger sale; helicopter rides
from Apex Helicopter and the
traditional Rhody Queen and
Court Display at the Siuslaw
Pioneer Museum.
Chief Tom Turner to determine
the most suitable candidate.
“The city is very supportive
of this program and chief
Turner has had experience with
this program in the past,” Angal
said. “He and I have been talk-
ing for quite some time about
making this a reality.
“You have to have the right
person in the job. Together we
would sit down and go over
expectations and spend a lot of
time having that officer in our
schools, with our kids.”
The next step, according to
Angal, is to seek grant funding.
The district plans to apply
for a Community Oriented
Policing Services (COPS) grant
through the U.S. Department of
Justice COPS in Schools (CIS)
grant program.
The COPS website says the
grant is designed to help law
enforcement agencies hire new
school resource officers to
engage in community policing
in and around primary and sec-
ondary schools.
Funding will begin when the
new officer is hired, on or after
the grant award date, and will
be paid over the course of the
three-year grant period.
“If we are successful in get-
ting the grant, it will defray
much of the cost,” Angal said.
“It is a multi-year grant. In the
beginning, it covers 100 per-
cent, but it diminishes, like
every federal grant.”
The district had an SRO sev-
eral years ago, but the position
was eliminated, along with
elective programs and other
staff reductions when budgets
were slashed during the reces-
sion. Angal hopes that this time
the position will be permanent.
“The city and the school dis-
trict together have made com-
mitments to keeping this pro-
gram going,” Angal said.
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