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FLORENCE, OREGON
Lane County to reopen
Archie Knowles Campground
A grand
reopening
ceremony
for Archie
Knowles
Campground
is set for
June 17. The
campground
east of
Mapleton
has been
closed since
2012 and will
now be
operated by
Lane County
Parks.
Friday ceremony to recognize park’s extensive renovations
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Lane County, the U.S. Forest
Service (USFS) and Oregon State
Parks will host a grand opening
ceremony on Friday, June 17, at 1
p.m. to mark the reopening of the
Archie Knowles Campground and
Day Use Area.
The campground is located
about 18 miles east of Florence on
Highway 126.
The USFS closed the popular
4.5-acre campground in 2012
because it was deemed too expen-
sive to renovate and maintain. The
park infrastructure, including sep-
tic and water systems, had been
deteriorating for years.
An $84,976 grant from the
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department and a $58,838 grant
from the Siuslaw National Forest
made the rehabilitation possible.
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Florence
approves
$34.5M
budget
City’s fiscal year 2016-17
includes $28M in spending,
$1.6M in reserve funds
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Purple Heart recipient Gordon Landwehr’s family (from left) Emylie, Brooke and Rylie Stonelake, Kaye Wheeler, Adeline Webb Landwehr and
Jerlyn Landwehr stand with Shane Schuster of Florence Dry Cleaning, who helped restore the veteran’s World War II era jacket and hat.
RESTORING A MEMORY
Florence Dry Cleaning helps repair, clean
World War II era jacket for veteran’s family
ordon Landwehr was 17
holes in it,” Florence Dry Cleaning
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years old when he joined
owner Shane Schuster said.
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the U.S. Marines, and
Despite the damage, he could tell
just 18 when he served
the jacket was special.
in Okinawa, Japan, and received the Purple Heart
“I showed the jacket to Angie Barrett (of Angie’s
for injuries sustained from 27 pieces of shrapnel.
Alterations), and she performed the patchwork and
He passed away nearly a year ago, but his widow
I worked on the cleaning — all free of charge,”
Adeline Webb Landwehr is working to keep his
Schuster said.
memory alive.
Schuster works with Master Cleaners of
On May 13, Adeline, Gordon’s second wife,
Eugene, Ore., owned by Robert and Patricia
brought the veteran’s World War II dress jacket and Fullman, and they all agreed that this unique serv-
cap to the newly opened Florence Dry Cleaning.
ice should be free. Once repairs were complete,
“When I first looked at the jacket, I could see it
Schuster contacted members
was stained and some critters had chewed a few
of the Landwehr family.
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Gordon
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at age 17
Port launches WindFest summer activities on boardwalk
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Port of Siuslaw has
started a new summer
weekend series of activi-
ties called WindFest,
going on now through
August along the
boardwalk.
Port
Manager
Steven Leskin said,
“Fridays and Saturdays,
we will have kid stuff
during the day, like sci-
ence and fun activities.
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Then we will have per-
formances on Saturday
nights with bands and
beer and wine tasting on
the boardwalk from 6 to
9 p.m.”
According to Leskin,
Windfest will host infor-
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mational presentations
from area experts on
such topics as sea bird
nesting, wave energy and
marine biology.
Youth can also meet
Smokey Bear, tour a U.S.
Coast Guard boat and
experience traditional
Native American culture.
“There is something
for everyone,” Leskin
said. “Florence is beauti-
ful, and windy, in the
summer. There will be
lots to do. The board-
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walk setting is perfect for
sampling a glass of wine
from a local winery or
enjoying live music on
the river with the sun set-
ting in the background.”
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Florence City Council approved the
fiscal year 2016-17 budget of $34.5
million after a public hearing during
the council meeting June 6.
City Manager Erin Renolds present-
ed tbe budget message to the Budget
Committee on May 2. The committee
met May 9 and 10 and approved the
proposed budget in the amount of
$34,507,953.
“This may be the largest budget that
Florence has ever approved,” said Mayor
Joe Henry at Monday’s meeting.
The budget is comprised of
$28,277,640 in spending — with $11.5
million for capital projects, $3.3 million
for a new Public Works facility, $1 mil-
lion in water expansion projects,
$150,000 for potential remodels to City
Hall and $40,000 to fund safety services
for at-risk situations — $4,644,964 in
contingency and $1,585,348 in unappro-
priated/reserved ending fund balance.
Interim Finance Director Andy Parks
presented Resolution No. 13, Series
2016, to the council, “a resolution
adopting the 2016-2017 budget, mak-
ing appropriations and imposing and
categorizing ad valorem taxes.”
“The resolution that is before you
also approves levying the city’s perma-
nent tax rate of $2.8610 per $1,000 of
taxable assessed value and also
approves a levy of $155,300 for gener-
al obligation debt,” Parks said.
The city councilors expressed their
thanks for the process, ease of read-
ability of the budget document and the
time and work put in by city staff.
Councilor Joshua Greene said, “We
spent a lot of time working on this in
our work sessions, and I appreciate the
effort that everyone has made.”
“We are currently doing an exponen-
tial amount of work and accomplishing
a lot more than we did with the same
number of employees a few years
back,” Henry said.
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