SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2016
17th annual Habitat
BeachWalk set for Sept. 10
Florence
Habitat
for
Humanity’s annual communi-
ty 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 enter-
tainment.
In addition, any walker rais-
ing $100 or more will be given
a Habitat T-shirt.
All are welcome to partici-
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pate, including leashed dogs.
Join the walk and celebrate
Habitat for Humanity’s mis-
sion to eliminate poverty hous-
ing in the world.
Every dollar raised goes
toward the purchase of materi-
als and supplies for building
houses in Florence.
Anyone interesetd 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.
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COURTESY PHOTO
On Saturday, Aug. 13, 120 golfers teed off during the third annual Viking Cup at Ocean Dunes Golf Links. At
each hole, golfers were met by a volunteer offering a sample of specialty crafted beer donated by Columbia
beverages and hand selected by the Beachcomber Pub. At the end of the event, participants were treated to a
steak dinner to cap off the day. The fundraiser netted $9,340, which was split between Western Lane Baseball
Association (WLBA) and Siuslaw Volleyball Club (SVC). Pictured are (from left): Sonja Ingle of SVC, Todd
Hennessey of WLBA, Bob Rannow of Ocean Dunes, Dirk Anderson of WLBA, Scott McMillan of Columbia
Beverage, Scott Waiss of Beachcomber, Mike Edmonds of SVC and Mike Rose, event organizer and COO of
Three Rivers Casino Resort.
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N ATURALIST - LED
The public is invited to par-
ticipate in upcoming naturalist-
led bird walks on the beach.
Dale Dombrowski, a volunteer
with the Siuslaw National
Forest and Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife, will lead
these walks at Siltcoos Beach
south of Florence.
Participants will meet in the
Siltcoos Beach parking area at
the listed time (below). The
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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.
Bring form and payment to 148 Maple St in Historic Old Town or
mail to Siuslaw News PO Box 10, Florence, OR 97439
Call 541-902-3526
Online www.fl orencechamber.com
Deadline is August 30th at 5pm to be included on the map.
BIRDWALKS CONTINUE AT
walk will cross over the dune to
the beach and will last 90 min-
utes or longer.
Pets are not allowed and par-
ticipants should bring binocu-
lars, water, sunscreen and
clothing appropriate for the
weather.
Walks will be held:
Saturday, Aug. 20, at 8 a.m.
Sunday, Aug. 28, at 8:30
a.m.
Each walk is limited to 12
people and participants must be
age 12 or older to participate.
Make sure to RSVP at tripod
3401@yahoo.com.
Dombrowski is a volunteer
naturalist from New Mexico.
He has taught numerous
Audubon education programs
and is a former National Park
Service
Interpretive
and
Natural Resources Ranger who
S ILTCOOS
worked on raptor monitoring
and bird migration.
Birds that have been
observed in the Siltcoos Beach
area include bald eagles,
osprey, great blue herons,
whimbrel,
semipalmated
plover, American golden
plover, snowy plover, Baird’s
sandpiper, brown pelicans and
more.
Numbers system along beaches enhances safety
Visitors and residents to
local beaches may have
noticed large, neon-green num-
bered signs on the beach.
Those numbered signs were
installed by Oregon State Parks
to help visitors 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
DEBORAH HELDT CORDONE PHOTOS
Beach numbers like these
offer visitors important
safety information, corre-
lated
with
numbered
beach signs at jetties and
popular beach spots.
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
necessarily installed in linear
order along the coast.
However, they are numbered
in linear order north to south.
Stevenson indicates sign coor-
dinates have been provided to
Law Enforcement, 911 servic-
es and the Forest Service and
have been useful to those agen-
cies.
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/prohib-
ited activities signs located at
access point entrances. Beach
goers, ATVers and boaters
should be aware of the signs
and take note of numbers as
they travel past them, before an
emergency occurs.
—Contributed by Coast
Guard Auxiliarist Deborah
Heldt Cordone.
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