SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016
POLICE LOG
Florence Police
May 31
Assault was reported in the 4600
block of Heceta Beach Road.
Alarm was reported in the 2100
block of Spruce Street.
Harassment was reported in the
1800 block of Highway 101.
Child endangerment was reported
in the 2300 block of Oak Street.
Theft from vehicle was reported in
the 88400 block of First Avenue.
Accident, without injury, was
reported in the 900 block of Kingwood
Street.
Child abuse was reported in the
55900 block of View Loop and in the
1600 block of Maple Street.
Theft was reported in the 1700
block of Siano Loop.
Illegal camping, lodging was
reported in the 1800 block of Oak
Street and in the 1500 block of 12th
Street.
Criminal mischief was reported in
the 2400 block of Highway 101.
June 1
Illegal camping, lodging was
reported in the 1600 block of 12th
Street.
Criminal mischief was reported in
the 2400 block of Highway 101.
Theft was reported in the 400 block
of Ninth Street.
Fraud was reported in the 700
block of Maple Street.
Disoriented subject was reported in
the 600 block of Skookum Court.
Dispute was reported E. Mapleton
Road.
Criminal mischief was reported in
the 800 block of Wecoma Loop.
Indecent exposure was reported in
the 2400 block of Highway 101.
Child abuse was reported in the
1700 block of 31st Street.
Harassment was reported in the
200 block of Bourbon Street.
Motor vehicle theft was reported in
the 1700 block of 15th Street.
Erica Westphal, of Stellar
Productions of Oregon, creat-
ed makeup and prosthetics on
the student, district staff and
community volunteer “vic-
tims.”
The beginning of the drill
involved everything from
locking down the school, stu-
dents practicing their ALICE
(Alert, Lockdown, Inform,
Counter, Evacuate) training
and first-response personnel
— in this case, Florence
Police Department and Tribal
Police — accessing the build-
ing with or without district
personnel and their keys.
Other emergency agencies
could not enter the building
until the“perpetrators” were
captured, even if it meant the
victims had to wait for care.
Lane County Sheriff’s
Office Special Response Team
gave the final sweep of the
building and gave the all clear,
allowing medics from Siuslaw
Valley Fire and Rescue and
Western Lane Ambulance
District to tend to the victims.
This involved setting up a
staging area, separating the
wounded into moderate- to
severe-injury categories and
life flighting two women on
the REACH and Life Flight
helicopters.
Since it was a drill, other
victims took a short ride in
ambulances and were returned
to the staging area. At the
same time, PeaceHealth Peace
Harbor Medical Center was on
standby and had running
counts of the injured.
Florence City Manager Erin
Reynolds and Mayor Joe
Henry attended the beginning
of the drill. They both spoke
about the event at the Florence
City Council meeting Monday
night.
Reynolds referred to it as a
“boots on the ground” event.
“It was really neat to see
that our emergency responders
are practicing. They will be
prepared should something
like this happen in our com-
munity,” she said.
Henry said, “It was very
interesting, extremely well
organized and managed. Hats
off to everyone involved. It
really was a great group of
dedicated people who came
out for this.”
Additional participants
included staff from Mapleton
School District, the local
American Red Cross, Florence
Public Works and evaluators.
Messmer reported on the
“hotwash” after the active part
of the drill.
“Participants came together
to discuss what was done well,
what was learned and areas
for improvement. From the
beginning to the end, we saw
improvement in coordination
as our responders and com-
mand post progressed
throughout the morning,” she
said.
The $10,000 drill was fund-
ed through a federal Hospital
Preparedness Program and an
emergency management grant
from Lane County Emergency
Management Program
Manager Linda Cook.
“The overall consensus
from the participants was that
the exercise provided a good
practice opportunity for our
agencies to work together and
coordinate a large-scale
response,” Messmer said.
The Blue Cell and the par-
ticipants will now create an
After Action Report and
Improvement Plan, which will
be the basis for future funding.
While the active partici-
pants continue to work and
train, the City of Florence
management team will partici-
pate in another large-scale
training, starting today.
“Many of you have heard
rumblings about the Cascadia
Rising event exercise that we
are playing in,” Reynolds said.
“It’s really a way for the man-
agement team and other sup-
porting staff and partner agen-
cies in WLEOG to practice
what it would look like behind
the scenes should any disaster
happen, but particularly for
this large-scale event.”
At Saturday’s drill,
Langborg said, “No matter
what happens with this drill,
we’re going to walk out of
this better prepared.”
Reynolds agreed.
“It gives a little bit of peace
of mind knowing that people
are ready, aware and can
respond if necessary,” she
said.
For more information on
emergency management serv-
ices in the area, go to
wleog.org.
problems, heating and cooling
issues and does not meet multi-
ple state and federal codes. The
building also does not meet
current security and safety
standards.
“I know that is hard for us
because we don’t like saying
bad things about our school,”
Rosinbaum said. “But if we
want this to pass in the future,
people are going to have to see
a need for it. I think that’s what
we lost on. We lost on our com-
munity not seeing a true need
for a new school.”
Another common complaint,
according to school board
members, was the lack of spe-
cific information on where the
$36.9 million would be spent
and few details on what the
new school would look like.
Siuslaw Middle School
Principal and 2016-17 District
Superintendent
Andy
Grzeskowiak compared this
bond to the middle school bond
passed in 1999.
“People wanted to see not
just a conceptual drawing.
They remembered when we
had the bond for the middle
school, which was about an 18-
month process. They had a lot
of exposure to it. They kind of
knew what the whole grand
plan was going to be.
“With the process being
rushed we couldn’t get down to
the point specific details that
people really wanted.”
District Business Manager
Kari Blake voiced concerns
about the growing amount of
the district’s general fund being
appropriated for high school
maintenance.
“At this point in our budget
we have to defer maintenance
in other buildings to address
some of the issues at the high
school,” she said. “What I
don’t want to happen is to cre-
ate a situation where we have
our elementary and middle
school deferring maintenance
because all the resources are
going into the high school
building. We still have to main-
tain safety and security to the
best of our abilities.”
The board agreed to develop
a plan to present a new high
school bond proposal for the
May 2017 election.
Art
“As part of the FRAA mis-
sion to enrich cultural life
here, we want to reach out and
help our local artists by giving
them more opportunities,”
Springer said. “We also want
to engage with the youth of
the community and get them
more involved and enthusias-
tic about art.”
LAC has operated the Arts
in Schools program since
1978. Suveges said it is the
organization’s longest running
program.
“We are now often a dis-
trict’s only arts opportunity,
depending on the school’s
mission and teacher involve-
ment,” Suveges said. “We
have worked in every school
district in the county, except
for Siuslaw.”
Springer said the focus of
the June 20 meeting is to dis-
cover how many local artists
are available and interested in
the program.
“We will take as many
artists as we can from
Florence and then fill in from
there,” Springer said. “The
ideal world would be to have
enough people in Florence to
do this.”
LAC realizes that teaching
students is different than
teaching adults.
“Because Lane Arts Council
has done this for some period
of time, they have a pretty
good system in terms of mak-
ing sure artists are comfort-
able in the classroom,”
Springer said. “Plus, many of
our FRAA artists are former
teachers.”
Andy Grzeskowiak, the cur-
rent Siuslaw Middle School
principal who will be the
2016-17 Siuslaw School
District superintendent when
the program is enacted, said,
“As far as I’m concerned, the
more art the better. Straight
academics is not for every-
body. There is value in this.”
Siuslaw Elementary School
Principal Mike Harklerode
said, “Our goal at the elemen-
tary school is for art instruc-
tion to become systemic. Both
art for the sake of art and art
in support of other instruction
and learning.”
For more information on
the program, call Laren
Suveges at Lane Arts Council,
541-485-2278.
Drill
Illegal burning was reported at 46th
and Oak streets.
Alarm was reported in the 300
block of Highway 101.
June 2
Criminal mischief was reported in
the 1300 block of Highway 101.
Alarm was reported in the 400
block of Sherwood Loop.
Pursuit was reported in the 1500
block of 12th Street.
Alarm was reported in the 100
block of Highway 101 and in the 1300
block of Highway 101.
Theft was reported in the 4600
block of Highway 101 and in the 3200
block of Munsel Lake Road.
Disorderly subject was reported in
the 4700 block of Highway 101.
Harassment was reported in the
900 block of Greenwood Street.
Disorderly subject was reported in
the 900 block of Highway 101.
Motor vehicle theft was reported in
the 1600 block of 35th Street.
Fire was reported at Heceta Beach
Road and Highway 101.
Disorderly subject was reported in
the 1500 block of 12th Street.
DUII was reported on Spruce
Street.
Fire was reported in the Glenada
area.
June 3
Theft was reported in the 900 block
of Highway 101, in the 1900 block of
21st Street and in the 1400 block of
Maple Street.
Disorderly subject was reported in
the 3500 block of Highway 101.
Illegal camping, lodging was
reported in 1300 block of 12th Street.
Hit-and-run accident was reported
in the 4700 block of Highway 101.
Disorderly subject was reported in
the 400 block of Ninth Street.
Dispute was reported at Cleawox
Lake.
Intoxicated subject was reported at
35th and Oak streets.
Burglary was reported in the 200
block of Foulweather Street.
Fight was reported in the 1300
block of Bay Street.
June 4
Fight was reported in the 1300
block of Bay Street.
Dispute was reported in the 14500
block of Highway 36.
Accident, with injury, was reported
on North Fork Road.
Theft was reported in the 2300
block of Spruce Street.
Intoxicated subject was reported in
the 10700 block of Highway 126.
Alarm was reported in the 2000
block of Highway 101.
Dispute was reported in the 1500
block of Ninth Street.
Trespass was reported in the 700
block of Highway 101.
Alarm was reported in the 1600
block of Rhododendron Drive.
Theft was reported in the 700 block
of Highway 101 and in the 1400 block
of Nopal Street.
Alarm was reported in the 1500
block of Kingwood Street.
Theft was reported in the 700 block
of Highway 101 and in the 1700 block
of 20th Street.
June 5
Intoxicated subject was reported in
the 100 block of Highway 101.
Elder abuse was reported in the 300
block of Laurel Street.
Disorderly subject was reported in
the 400 block of Ninth Street and in
the 88400 block of First Street.
Accident, without injury, was
reported in the 95300 block of
Highway 101.
Disorderly subject was reported in
the 88900 block of Highway 101.
Accident, with injury, was reported
in the 83900 block of Highway 101.
Disorderly subject was reported in
the 700 block of Highway 101.
Trespass was reported in the 1700
block of Highway 101.
Accident, without injury, was
reported on Kingwood Street.
School
from 1A
Rosinbaum added, “And,
why is it coming out so sud-
denly? Trying to explain to
people that we are trying to
save them $4 million by doing
it this quick didn’t buy us any-
thing.”
The 48-year-old high school
facility is the oldest building in
the district. It has single pane
windows, roof leaks, electrical
2285 Highway 101 • Florence, OR 97439
(541) 997-8866
Liing Life to the Fullest & Feeling Younger Longer
(541) 997-6111
375 9th St
Florence, OR 97439
www.spruce-point.com
from 1A
from 1A
Learn how to embrace life changes while managing your health
Learn What You Can Do to Prevent Falls
Thursday, April 21st, 2pm
Take simple steps to prevent falls and maintain your independence. Free screening
clinic provided to help identify fall risk factors.
Facts About Macular Degeneration
Thursday, May 19th, 2pm
Macular Degeneration is the most common cause of vision loss in seniors. Find
out the latest facts and information about Macular Degeneration prevention
and treatment options.
Advances in Digital Hearing Aid and Technology
Thursday, June 16th, 2pm
The tentative schedule for
the proposed teaching arts
program will begin in January
2017 and run through
February.
Selected artists will be com-
pensated for their time.
Current rates for similar Lane
Arts Council (LAC) programs
are just over $30 per hour,
according to LAC arts educa-
tion program manager Laren
Suveges.
Hearing better is possible! Learn about the unexpected benefits of correcting
your hearing loss. Also find out about insurance coverage and hearing aid
benefits.
CONCEAL CARRY
CARRY
CONCEAL
PERMIT CLASS
CLASS
PERMIT
Oregon
–Utah
Oregon
–
Valid
in 35
Utah
- Valid
34 States
States
Wednesday, June 29
1pm or 6pm
Walk-ins Welcome
1
ed # r
Vot oome s
er
Gr
Pet Read
6
1
20 hoice
C
Open Tues - Sat 9am - 5 pm
1751 12th Street, Florence
541-997-2726
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home
Florence Event Center, 715 Quince St.
OR/Utah–valid in WA $80
or Oregon only $45
Your Community Friend-
Compassionate Care
for you and your loved ones.
shauncurtain.com ~ ~ shauncurtain@gmail.com
FIREARMTrainingNW.com
FIREARM TrainingNW@gmail.com
360-921-2071
7 A
2765 Kingwood St.
Florence, OR
24 Hours
541-997-3416
burnsriversidechapel.com