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126TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 64
SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
FLORENCE, OREGON
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Local barber takes
first solo flight at
Florence Airport
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Florence
seeks to
‘Beat the
Wave’
Grant helps develop
evacuation maps,
planning for region
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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,
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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.
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FLIGHT 6A
Teen Center continues to improve facilities
Donations, grants help Boys and Girls
Club upgrade security, play area
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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
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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
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72 53
68 55
WEATHER
Full Forecast, A3
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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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