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New applicants being New Life Lutherans donate quilt for raffle
accepted for LIHEAP
Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHE-
AP) is a federally funded utili-
ty assistance program de-
signed to help low-income
households
deal
with
increased winter
heating
costs.
Recently, LIHEAP has an-
nounced some of its funds
went unspent this past season.
Therefore, Siuslaw Outreach
Services (SOS) is accepting
new applicants for the pro-
gram until Aug. 31.
Those who have not receiv-
ed LIHEAP funds since Nov.
1, 2015, are eligible to apply.
For more information, con-
tact SOS at 541-997-2816.
2066 Highway 101, Florence
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The New Life Lutheran
Church Quilters (NLLQ) have
donated a child patterned quilt
to Alice Brauer Christian
Preschool. The quilt was
designed and handmade by the
quilting group and includes
characters from Sesame Street
along with bright colored pat-
terns.
Alice Brauer Christian
Preschool is selling tickets for
$5 for the quilt as a fundraiser
for the preschool, with the
drawing to be held Friday, Nov.
18.
NLLQ works diligently on
quilts each Tuesday at 10 a.m.
throughout the year and, after a
prayer
ceremony
during
church, send them to the
Lutheran World Relief program
to be used worldwide.
Anyone interested in pur-
chasing a ticket to help raise
funds for the preschool can
contact Meggan Haslett at 541-
603-1562.
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This quilt will be raffled to benefit the Alice Brauer Christian Preschool Nov. 18.
Crash kills Waldport man north of Florence
On Sunday, Aug. 7, at about
8:46 a.m., Oregon State Police
Troopers and emergency crews
responded to the report of a
two-vehicle, head-on collision
on Highway 101 near milepost
174, about 14 miles north of
Florence.
Preliminary investigation
revealed a 2008 Honda CRV
operated by Eugene Earl
Weigant, 92, of Waldport, was
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One lane of Highway 101 at milepost 174 was closed for
several hours Sunday following a head-on crash that
killed a Waldport man.
traveling northbound when it a 1994 Chevrolet Imperial Van
crossed the center line striking operated by Tanner Benjamin
Dickinson, 23, of Columbus,
Ohio, head-on. Both vehicles
sustained heavy front-end dam-
age.
Weigant was transported by
Western Lane Ambulance to
Peace Harbor Medical Center
in Florence, where he later died
from his injuries. Dickinson
was transported by Pac West
Ambulance to Peace Harbor
and treated and released for
minor injuries.
One lane of Highway 101
was closed for about four hours
while the investigation was
conducted. Oregon State Police
was assisted by Central Coast
Fire
and
the
Oregon
Department of Transportation.
PeaceHealth to host health care forum
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The City of Florence and
PeaceHealth Medical Group
are sponsoring a health care-
town hall to inform the com-
munity about the national
provider shortages, the impact
this is having on the greater
Florence area and what
PeaceHealth is doing to shore
up these critical resources.
The public is invited to par-
ticipate in this free event,
which will occur from 12:30 to
1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug.
18, at the Florence Events
Center.
During
this
forum,
PeaceHealth leaders will
address issues including:
Nationwide health care
provider shortages and the
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challenges of hiring for the
Florence market.
What action plans have
been/will be implemented by
PeaceHealth to recruit perma-
nent and temporary providers.
How PeaceHealth will
keep its patients informed
when new providers become
available.
The City of Florence and
PeaceHealth recognize the
recent provider changes can
leave our community and
patients in a state of unease.
“The PeaceHealth Talent
Acquisitions team has been
very supportive, and have been
dedicating an amazing amount
of resources to help us find
viable, promising candidates,”
said Nena Harvey, director of
operations for PeaceHealth
Medical Group in Florence.
“PeaceHealth leadership at all
levels committed to finding
providers to care for the health
needs of this community.”
Nationwide physician short-
ages are expected to balloon in
the next five year, estimating
that by 2020 there will be
90,000 fewer physicians than
needed, according to the new
Association of American
Medical Colleges work force
projections.
Questions from the public
will be solicited before the
meeting and included in the
discussion.
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