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126TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 52
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SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
FLORENCE, OREGON
UNDER THE SUN
Movie
to film in
Florence
next week
‘The Watchman’s Canoe’
tells the story of a young girl
on an Indian reservation
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eachgoers take advantage of the coast’s recent warm weather to bask in the sun — and
even fly a kite — at the Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint north of
Florence. More sunshine is forecasted for the area throughout this week.
City grows with three new properties
Florence City Council approves annexation,
amends wireless code at meeting
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
Florence City Council voted to
change wireless telecom codes
and approve three property annex-
ation requests north of the city
along Highway 101 at its June 20
meeting.
City of Florence attorney Ross
Williamson attended the meeting at
City Hall.
The owners or representatives of
three properties abutting Highway
101 — 87663, 87667 and 87669
Highway 101 — submitted a peti-
tion to annex on May 3. Florence
Planning Commission held a public
hearing on May 10 and recom-
mended approval of the annexation
and zone assignment to the council.
The lots are each within the
Florence Urban Growth Boundary
of the Florence Realization 2020
Comprehensive Plan and are con-
tiguous to the city limits.
One of the petitioners was
Sharon
Gretch,
representing
Verizon Wireless, who petitioned
on behalf of property owner
Patricia Mullins.
Gretch and Mullins ultimately
want to place telecommunications
on the property but have not filed
with the city. In advance of that
application for a conditional use
permit to construct a personal
wireless service facility, Gretch
did request the amendment of the
city’s wireless telecommunica-
tions code, which had not been
updated since 2003.
According to the report prepared
by city staff and Associate Planner
Glen Southerland, “Staff took this
opportunity to update the code for
the Telecommunications Facilities
Overlay District to reflect changes
that had been made at the federal
level since the code’s inception in
2003. Staff also took this opportu-
nity to reorganize the code to make
it clearer and more user friendly.”
The report noted that wireless
telephone services are essential for
communications, both in emer-
gency and every day instances.
“Wireless telephone services are
needed for successful conduct of
business, economic growth of the
region, personal communications
and health and public safety.
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C O O L P L A C ES
Oregon Coast Aquarium
TO VISIT THIS SUMMER
2820 SE Ferry Slip Road, Newport ❘ 541-867-FISH
A T A GLANCE : No visit to Newport is
complete without a stop at the Oregon
Coast Aquarium overlooking scenic
Yaquina Bay just south of Newport’s
iconic bridge. Immerse yourself in a
marine science adventure that includes
sea otters, sharks, puffins, jellies and
octopuses, which are just a few of the
15,000 animals that earn this attraction
recognition as one of the 10 best aquar-
iums in the United States.
Stroll through the iconic “Passages of the Deep”
exhibit, surrounded by 360-degree views of three
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S PECIAL F EATURE :
This summer we are
highlighting unique
spots that make the
central Oregon coast
one of the coolest
places to live and play.
New locations will be
featured each month.
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Barri Chase, writer, producer and director of
“The Watchman’s Canoe,” an independent film
about a story inspired by her own childhood
experiences growing up on the Tulalip Indian
Reservation outside of Seattle in the late 1960s,
begins filming in Florence next week.
“It is a feel-good movie, but it also discuss-
es the ideology of bullying,” Chase said.
“Hopefully it gives us all better ideas of how
we can, as adults, step in when we see bully-
ing going on and how we can end it.”
Chase has roots in the southern Oregon
coast, having moved with her mother to Coos
Bay during her high school years.
“When I was a kid, we lived on the Tulalip
Reservation at the end of the 1960s,” she
said. “Then we moved down to Coos Bay and
I finished high school there.”
After graduation, Chase went to Oregon
State University and then to film school in
Arizona, where she received her master’s
degree in film and Indian studies.
The inspiration for the story came to Chase
when she returned to Coos Bay to help her
ailing mother.
“I was at our house when my mom was
passing away and I saw our old family totem
pole that we had on our house up on the
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Early deadlines for
Independence Day
Siuslaw News will join other area busi-
nesses by being closed Independence Day,
Monday, July 4.
Deadlines for the following Wednesday’s
issue, July 6, will be advanced to accom-
modate the shortened work week.
All display advertising, news articles and
press releases must be submitted by
Thursday, June 30, at noon, with legal items
due by 5 p.m. Line classifieds are due by 5
p.m. on Friday, July 1.
Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!
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different Oregon coast underwater
landscapes bursting with marine life,
including over 100 sharks.
Currently, you can discover the
world of underwater archaeology in the
new “Secrets of Shipwrecks: Part
History. Part Mystery” exhibit, which
opened in the summer of 2015. This
underwater wonderland will take you
on a participatory journey through rep-
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resentations of artificial reefs that ship-
wrecks create, and the researchers that explore them.
Dive into more information at aquarium.org.
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