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❘ / SIUSLAWNEWS ❘ @ SIUSLAWNEWS ❘ AUGUST 10, 2016 ❘ $1.00 WEDNESDAY EDITION SALMON RUN RETURNS Crossing a milestone COAST LIFE — B SPORTS — C 126TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 64 SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890 FLORENCE, OREGON Y SK IGH B Y J ACK D AVIS Siuslaw News JACK DAVIS/SIUSLAW NEWS Local barber takes first solo flight at Florence Airport H Florence seeks to ‘Beat the Wave’ Grant helps develop evacuation maps, planning for region B Y C HANTELLE M EYER Siuslaw News COURTESY PHOTO Geraldine Lucio and Terry Tomeny (top) hold a plaque showing her first solo flight (above) Aug. 3 at the Florence Municipal Airport. ast Wednesday, retired U.S. Air Force test pilot and flight instructor Terry Tomeny celebrated the successful first solo flight of local Florence resident Geraldine Lucio by shar- ing a few old fighter pilot traditions with her. After his student climbed down out of the cock- pit of the single engine Piper Cherokee on Aug. 3, L Tomeny shared shots of Jeremiah Weed, a liqueur he describes as being a lot like moonshine, with Lucio and then cut off her shirttail. “There is a plaque hanging up at the airport with the date of her solo flight and her cut off shirttail hanging below it,” Tomeny said. Lucio, a native of Texas, moved to Florence two years ago and opened the Bay Street Barbershop. She had finished a private pilot ground school course at the University of Texas at Austin, but still needed additional flight train- ing before she could fly solo. See FLIGHT 6A Teen Center continues to improve facilities Donations, grants help Boys and Girls Club upgrade security, play area B Y J ACK D AVIS Siuslaw News Boys and Girls Club Teen Center was a beehive of activ- ity last week as workers installed a new heat pump system, chain link fence and expanded concrete basketball play area. Other improvements, includ- ing indoor and outdoor securi- ty cameras and security light- ing, new vandal-resistant breakaway basketball hoops and heavy-duty stanchions, should be in place before school begins. “Our kids are the most valuable resource we have in this community. We need to make sure we have a safe and secure place for them,” Club Executive Director Chuck Trent said. The fencing, with a locking gate that separates the club from Miller Park, and the new basketball stanchions stem from a recent case of vandal- ism that destroyed the club’s existing basketball hoops. After posting a request on their Facebook page for help in replacing the hoops and stanchions, donors responded C O O L P L A C ES Siltcoos River TO VISIT THIS SUMMER Highway 101 South, Florence ❘ 541-563-8400 INSIDE 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. Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C6 Coast Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Library Tidings . . . . . . . . . . . A5 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 A T A GLANCE : Located about seven miles south of Florence off Highway 101, enjoy a leisurely paddle down the Siltcoos River water trail that connects Siltcoos Lake with the Pacific Ocean. While traversing the three-mile- long river, the shoreline includes forest, tall sand dune cliffs, grassy deltas and expansive sandy beaches that are perfect for an afternoon picnic while watching seals frolic in the ocean waves. Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2 Scoreboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . C2 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . A2 SIUSLAW NEWS PHOTO THIS WEEK ’ S with enough donations to upgrade to vandal-resistant equipment. “After we have expanded our basketball court area, the next phase is to cover it to give our kids a rainy day sheltered outdoor area,” Trent said. A small dam with a canoe/kayak portage ramp is available midway along the trail. If you time your trip to coincide with the tides, you will have a stress-free paddle both ways. Be sure to follow the Snowy Plover restrictions on disembarking near the ocean. The river can be paddled year- round, and the main launch point for paddlers is the Siltcoos Lake boat ramp in Dunes City. TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 68 55 71 53 72 53 68 55 WEATHER Full Forecast, A3 See Florence City Council recent- ly agreed to enter a memoran- dum of understanding with agencies seeking to better pro- tect and prepare the coastal communities of Oregon against a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Called “Beat the Wave,” the program will provide compre- hensive tsunami evacuation maps and help Florence develop and adopt a tsunami planning guide. The city council provided a letter of support in July 2015 for the Regional Coastal Resilience Grant, funded by the Oregon Coastal Management Program of the Department of Land Conservation and Development. Funding was awarded from the 2015 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Program. Grant assistance includes two projects. First, the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries will develop comprehensive “Beat the Wave” tsunami evac- uation planning maps and analysis. This includes making sure area residents have pedes- trian evacuation maps for tsuna- mi zones, including times and distances to travel to safe zones. Second, the Department of Land Conservation and Development will assist the city in drafting and adopting a com- prehensive plan and code provi- sions. This is part of an update to Lane County and Florence’s Hazard Mitigation Plan. “Beat the Wave” mapping will begin this fall, and the sec- ond phase will run concurrently or start during the process. 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