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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2016
Along beaches, there is safety in numbers ‘Cool at the Coast’ raffle
Visitors and residents to
local beaches may have noticed
large, neon-green numbered
signs on the beach. Those num-
bered signs were installed by
Oregon State Parks to help vis-
itors convey their location in
the event of an emergency.
Over the past several years,
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department has installed more
than 400 of the numbered signs
as part of a significant beach
safety program. They are locat-
ed along the Oregon coast at
both public and private beach
access points from the most
northern sign at Fort Stevens
State Park all the way south to
Crissey Field State Recreation
Site near the California border.
Ocean Shores Specialist
Callum Stevenson, involved in
the project for Oregon State
Parks, states the physical por-
tion of the project was com-
pleted over the past several
months with the final signs
installed between Coos Bay to
just north of Florence.
Some beach accesses took
longer to gain permission for
installation, so they were not
winners announced
He was recently contacted
by Coast Guard helicopter
operations to gain coordinates
and use as them as easily sight-
ed landmarks. They are still in
the process of checking and
rechecking GPS coordinates of
every sign before releasing a
final map to the public.
The beach sign numbers also
coordinate with numbers on the
State Parks dangers/prohibited
activities signs located at
DEBORAH HELDT CORDONE PHOTOS
access point entrances. Beach
Beach signs like these at the North Jetty offer visitors goers, ATVers and boaters
important safety information, correlated with numbered should be aware of the signs
beach signs (far right).
and take note of numbers as
necessarily installed in linear dinates have been provided to they travel past them, before an
order along the coast.
Law Enforcement, 911 services emergency occurs.
—Contributed by Coast
However, they are numbered and the Forest Service and
Guard
Auxiliarist Deborah
in linear order north to south. have been useful to those agen-
Heldt
Cordone.
Stevenson indicates sign coor- cies.
Brandon Hepner, Piper
Harris, Robert Ybarra and
Charles Acevedo, one of the
“no-name” golf teams at the
Florence Rotary’s “Cool at the
Coast” golf tournament held
Aug. 6, won the drawing on
hole #15 sponsored by Oregon
Coast Military Museum.
Each won a family member-
ship worth $80 each.
“We really enjoyed visiting
with each and every one of
those who stopped by and vis-
ited with us,” said museum
director Cal Applebee, “partic-
ularly those who tried their
hand at the soft-grenade toss
into the steel helmet.”
For those who didn’t win
the raffle, they are invited to
visit the OCMM website at
www.oregoncoastmilitary
museum.com and select a
membership level honoring
veterans.
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1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200
Sixteenth annual lighthouse photo contest underway
NEWPORT — The Friends
of
Yaquina
Lighthouses
(FOYL) is sponsoring the 16th
annual Lighthouse Photo
Contest. The contest is open to
all amateur photographers.
Employees, volunteers, and
immediate family members of
those employed by the BLM or
FOYL are not eligible to partic-
ipate.
All photos must be taken in
or from the Yaquina Head
Outstanding Natural Area or
the Yaquina Bay State
Recreation Site.
Photos taken from vantage
points outside these areas that
show one of these areas are
also eligible.
Any photos taken from
unmanned drones will not be
eligible.
Photos should be submitted
in two ways: Matted prints, no
glass or frames. Minimum size
is a 5” x 7” photo with a 6” x 8”
mat, and the maximum matted
size is 16” x 20.”
Photos also need to be sub-
mitted in digital format using
either .jpeg, .jpg, .gif or .tif for-
mat, no files larger than 10 MB
please.
Photos can be mailed to: 750
Lighthouse Dr., Ste. 7,
Newport, OR, 97365, or deliv-
ered by hand to the Yaquina
Head Outstanding Natural
Area’s Interpretive Store.
Digital copies can also be
emailed to foyl@yaquinalights
.org.
All photos must have been
taken since Jan. 1, 2016. All
entries must be submitted by
the end of the day on Sept. 23.
Judging will take place the
last week of September, with
the winners being notified by
or on Sept. 30.
All entries will then be on
exhibit in the Yaquina Head
Interpretive Center, in the
Yaquina Room, during the
month of October.
All photos entered become
the property of Friends of
Yaquina Lighthouses.
Prizes will be given in three
divisions: “representational,”
“digital
creativity”
and
“youth.”
The winners in the adult cat-
egories will receive a $50 gift
certificate, with a $100 gift cer-
tificate for Best of Show.
For the Youth category, there
will be a $25 gift certificate,
with a $50 gift certificate
awarded to Youth Best of
Show; all gift certificates are
redeemable for merchandise in
the Yaquina Head Interpretive
Store.
Judging criteria include, but
aren’t limited to, emotional
impact, composition, lighting,
color, contrast, perspective,
technical quality, overall pres-
entation, surface appearance
and clarity of image.
For more information, visit
yaquinalights.org, email Amy
at foyl@yaquina lights.org, call
541-574-3129 or stop by the
Interpretive Store at the
Yaquina Head Outstanding
Natural Area.
Friends
of
Yaquina
Lighthouses is a nonprofit
organization proud to support
restoration of Newport’s light-
houses, preservation of cultural
history and interpretive pro-
gramming for public lands.
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Annual Habitat BeachWalk set for Sept. 10
Florence
Habitat
for
Humanity’s annual community
event, the 2016 BeachWalk
will be held Saturday, Sept. 10,
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The beach walk starts at the
North Jetty and continues to
the Driftwood Shores, then
back to the North Jetty.
Part of the fun will include
snacks and refreshments for
people and dogs, and entertain-
ment. In addition, any walker
raising $100 or more will be
given a Habitat T-shirt.
All are welcome to partici-
pate, including leashed dogs.
Join the walk and celebrate
Habitat for Humanity’s mis-
sion to eliminate poverty hous-
ing in the world.
Come have a great time with
freinds and neighbors while
making a difference in the
community. Doggie bandanas
will be available for an addi-
tional donation.
Every dollar raised goes
toward the purchase of materi-
als and supplies for building
houses in Florence.
Habitat works with carefully
selected families to give them a
hand up, not a handout. A fam-
ily buying a Habitat house is
required to participate in the
building process by giving 300
to 500 hours of sweat equity
work and entering into a 30-
year, zero-interest mortgage.
Anyone interested in volun-
teering for Habitat projects can
stop in the Habitat office, 2004
Highway 101 (in the Grocery
Outlet shopping center), for a
brochure form or donation
envelope, or call 541-902-
9227.
Join a League!
Fall Bowling League Registration Going On Now
BEGINNERS WELCOME
Monday Night- Women's League
Tuesday Night- Men's League
Wednesday Aft ernoon - Seniors
Wednesday Night - Mixed Social
h ursday Night - Men's League
Friday Aft ernoon - Seniors
Saturday Night - Monte Carlo
Sunday Aft ernoon - Junior league
Sunday Night - Mixed Social
Everyone
is
Welcome
at
Holiday
Bowl
Kids
Teens
Adults
Seniors
How To Participate
The fee to participate is $20. An ad for the Community Wide Garage Sale with a map of
all participating sales will be published in the Siuslaw News on September 7th and 10th.
Because of print deadlines, the registration deadline is 5pm August 30 2016.
You will also receive two offi cial Community Wide Garage Sale signs as well as a tip
sheet on how to have a great sale. Please post signs only on private property with the
owner’s consent. Posting signs on City utility poles, street or signal light poles, and
median strips is against the municipal code.
Additional maps will be available at the Florence Visitors Center and the Siuslaw News.
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Date, times and address are included. Additional words over 15 are $0.50 each.
Holiday Bowl
27th and Highway 101. Florence
541-997-3332
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