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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2016
SIUSLAW TALE SPINNERS ELECT NEW OFFICERS
During recent meetings of
the Siuslaw Tale Spinners, the
following officers were
installed or elected:
Cathy French was elected as
the District 7 Club Growth
Director at the District 7
Spring Conference. She joins
the other two district execu-
tives, Leanna Lindquist who
was elected as District 7
Director, and Donna Stark,
who was elected as District 7
Program Quality Director.
“To my knowledge, I’m the
first Toastmaster from the
coast to be elected as one of
the District Trio,” said French.
“It’s a great honor to be part of
the District 7 Leadership
Team.”
Water
District 7 encompasses all
of Oregon, lower Washington
and northern California.
The Tale Spinners wel-
comed back Paul Pfeiffer, a
returning Toastmaster who has
been using his previous
Toastmaster experience to con-
tinue his own personal devel-
opment.
“This is my second stint
with Toastmasters. said
Pfeiffer, who earned his
Competent Communicator and
Competent Leader certificates
between 2007 and 2010.
“Though medical issues took
me away from Toastmasters, it
never took me away from the
friendships I forged, the lead-
ership and communication
Toastmasters club.
By applying leadership tech-
niques, a club officer ensures
an atmosphere conducive to
both personal and professional
growth as well as achieving
Toastmasters’ educational pro-
gram goals.
Toastmasters provides a self-
paced program that improves
problem-solving skills, decision-
making skills, team-building
skills, effective time manage-
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ment and direct/indirect commu-
Siuslaw Tale Spinners Toastmasters at its 2016-17 installation of officers. From left: Jim Perry, DTM nication skills.
The Siuslaw Tale Spinners
installing officer; Anne Machalek, treasurer; Cathy French, vice-president of public relations; Vickie
Toastmaster
club meets every
Kennedy, vice-president of membership; Jim Wolak, vice president of education; and Alan
Wednesday
at
the Siuslaw Fire
Campbell, president. (Not pictured: Irma Geller, secretary; and David Edge, sergeant at arms.)
and Rescue Building on
Highway 101, from 5:30 to 6:30
skills I learned, nor the confi-
Each July, a new team of
ward the activities and duties
p.m. All visitors are welcome.
dence I built.”
officers is elected to carry for-
of leadership within a
from 1A
SCWD discovered a leaking
water pipe had compounded the
problem.
Dunes City Administrator
Jamie Mills said, “The cracked
pipe didn’t look bad, but when
you filled it with pressurized
water, they were losing nine
gallons per minute, which is
one-third of their water in that
location. They fixed it
Wednesday and water was
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restored by about 6 or 7 p.m.
A
repairman
holds
a
section
of
cracked
PVC
pipe that
Wednesday.”
contributed
to
80
Dunes
City
residences
losing
water for
According to Prunty, the prob-
three
days.
Water
pressure
was
restored
July
27.
lem will continue as long as the
company uses Siltcoos Lake as
its water source. The company
“The solution we are looking better. It will provide us with
has battled this problem repeated- into is changing our water source higher quality water, which will
ly over the years, but this year has to Woahink Lake,” she said. “The require less filtering and our plant
been extremely bad.
water quality in Woahink is much will be able to operate at its opti-
Library
from 1A
Over the years, Voth was
instrumental in adding a count-
er under windows overlooking
the Siuslaw River, placing his-
toric photographs of Mapleton
on the walls and brushing up
the appearance of the chil-
dren’s room by engaging artist
Marcy Tippman to paint a
mural.
“Susie was one of the first
people I met when I moved
here,” said Siuslaw Public
Library Director Meg Spencer.
“I have been so lucky to work
with her, and lucky to have her
as a friend. She made me feel
welcome, and she makes
patrons at this library feel very
welcome.”
At the open house, people
exclaimed, “We love Susie!”
“Mapleton patrons tell me
all the time that Susie has
books waiting for them when
they walk in,” Spencer said.
Voth provides a weekly book
review in “Library Tidings,”
written by Kevin Mittge for the
Siuslaw News.
Voth said she goes through
stages with her reading. She
“voraciously” used to read
young adult books, but now
considers herself on a “crime
Port
from 1A
season, then we are not going
to mandate this. Next year we
will.”
In other business, the port
approved a resolution to
declare the real property
spree” with mysteries and
police procedural novels.
“My current favorite authors
are Louise Penny, Deborah
Crombie and Michael
Connelly. Although, Laine
Moriarty has a new book com-
ing out, ‘Truly Madly Guilty,’
and I’m very excited about
that,” Voth said.
“Susie is such a self-starter,”
Mittge said. “She loves books
and I love talking to her about
books ... I know she’s going to
keep coming back and recom-
mending books to us.”
Voth agreed.
“I won’t stop reading
because I’m no longer working
at the library,” she said. “If I
ever read a good book, I can
still write a review.”
Before moving to Mapleton,
Voth taught reading and writ-
ing to elementary-aged stu-
dents.
“It was such a pleasure to
share good books with those
children. Working in a library
allows me to share good books
with a wide variety of people
of all ages,” she said.
Voth continued that spirit by
doing a kindergarten storytime
outreach program each month
at Mapleton Elementary
School. Each time, she brought
two puppets, Lily the Library
owned by the port at 1499 Bay
St. as surplus real property.
This step is necessary
before the port can sell the
property.
“I will have a plan to sell the
building by our next executive
session at our next commis-
sion meeting,” Leskin said.
Helper and Billy the Rocket
Boy, and gave every student a
book.
“The generosity of the
Mapleton Community
Foundation made the book
give-away possible and I owe
them my heartfelt gratitude,”
Voth said.
She will remember all her
partners in bringing literacy to
the tight-knit community.
“I will miss my co-workers,
whom I now count as friends. I
have loved working at the
Mapleton Branch Library,”
Voth said. “It has been a truly
wonderful experience. This is a
very sweet library and over the
years I’ve gotten to know
many of the people who walk
through the doors. This is the
best part of being the librarian
in a small community — the
people.”
After 50 years in the work-
force and raising three daugh-
ters, Voth plans to enjoy some
free time, work on quilt proj-
ects and, of course, read.
“Now I can put my creative
energy to work. If you need
me, look for me in my quilting
studio,” Voth said. “For now,
mal capabilities.”
Prunty said the company
would apply to the state for
grants and loans to cover the
cost of connecting the water
treatment plant to the new
Woahink Lake source.
She also said the added
expense would most likely
mean an increase in water bills.
“We are working with the
Oregon
Public
Utilities
Commission (PUC),” Prunty
said. “Once we get our funding
through the state we will need
to work with the PUC to deter-
mine how we need to increase
the rates.”
Dunes City Mayor Rebecca
Ruede said, “This interruption
of water service for a number
of Dunes City households has
been intermittent yet ongoing.
We are working with the own-
ers of Oregon Water Services to
resolve the current issues, and
make a plan that we expect to
be permanent.”
In the meantime, Mills said,
“The City of Florence suggested
that they enter into an agreement
with Oregon Water Services to
provide water tankers in the event
of another emergency.”
This will allow the water
tankers to keep water in the
system and prevent another
water stoppage.
I’m going to relish that my
time is my own to do with as I
please.”
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