SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016
FEC
wears,” Rhodes said.
The General Manager’s
Award was given to Dusty and
Trish Rhodes for their 20
years of assistance at the FEC.
Bob and Bonnie MacDuffee
earned the Volunteers of the
Year Award for the second
year in a row for the endless
number of hours they have
contributed to the Friends of
the FEC and various events
held throughout the year.
Continuing with the Sound
of Music theme, Margaret
McDiarmid was honored with
the Mother Superior Award for
the time she contributes to
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Staff members Jennifer
Connor, marketing specialist
and event coordinator; Sandi
Anderson, office coordinator;
Matthew Holdahl, mainte-
nance technician; and Kim
Gomez, box office and clerical
assistant, decorated the flat
floor of the FEC with pack-
ages, goat garden decor from
Laurel Bay Gardens and large
alpine posters most often seen
at the annual Oktoberfest.
“It always amazes me how
many different hats everyone
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lighting and backstage duties.
McDiarmid is the current pres-
ident of the Friends of the
FEC.
Additional volunteers were
honored with awards:
• The Hills are Alive Award
to Ron Hildenbrand for his
eagerness to climb mountains
as a volunteer.
• “FRAA-Line” Award to
Claudia Ignatieff and Claudia
Brown, also known as Team
Claudia, for their work with
the art gallery committee and
the Florence Region Arts
Alliance (FRAA).
• Raindrops on Roses
Award to Mary Lou Brown for
attention to detail and excel-
lent customer service in the
office.
• Von Trapp Door Award to
Clare Marks, a new volunteer
who walked in the FEC door
this year and became part of
the team.
• Edelweiss Award to John
Leasure for his art instruction
at Wallflowers and Wine
workshops.
Caucus
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as well as U.S. Sen. Ron
Wyden, Ninth Circuit Court
Judge Alex Kozinski, Secretary
of State Jeanne Atkins and
Attorney
General
Ellen
Rosenblum.
“Coastal Caucus members
were able to remain committed
to their primary goal of nurtur-
ing the collaborations neces-
sary to help build a strong
coastal and rural economy,”
Roblan said.
The summit featured a
keynote presentation from
Wyden and panel discussions
on the work done by members
• Whiskers on Kittens
Award to Ken Janowski for his
quiet assistance with market-
ing.
• Bright Copper Kettles
Award to Pat Olmstead for
willingness to volunteer with
theater events.
• Warm Woolen Mittens to
Lita Edwards for giving all of
our customers a warm wel-
come.
• Drop of Golden Sun
Award to Maire Testa for her
sunny disposition as secretary
for the Friends of the FEC.
• Climb Every Mountain
Award to Pat Mitchell for
always volunteering for chil-
dren’s events.
• Sixteen Going on Seventy
Award to Don Chapin for his
youthful, adventurous attitude.
Almost every person who
attended the luncheon received
an item from the raffle, includ-
ing prizes from Grocery
Outlet, Sea Lion Caves, KCST
Radio, Teresa’s Sunshine
Espresso and Friends of the
FEC.
of the Coastal Caucus, an
update on the challenges and
potentialities of coastal and
rural economies, women in
government, the gap between
rural healthcare policy and pol-
itics, valuing marine ecosys-
tems, higher education, climate
change policies, statewide
planning goals, economic inno-
vation and collaboration and
craft breweries.
The mayor said, “We did get
some notoriety for our city.”
He introduced the panel,
“Small Town, Big Ideas: The
Role of Eco Tourism,
Innovation
and
Entrepreneurship.”
“The panel talked about
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Fall Driver’s Education
course begins Thursday
Beginning next week,
Rob’s Driver Ed LLC (RDE)
is running a driver’s educa-
tion course that meets at
Siuslaw High School.
RDE is both DMV certi-
fied and ODOT approved to
teach driver’s education.
This program, designed
for teens ages 15 to 17,
teaches them to be low-risk
drivers in the high-risk driv-
ing environment. Students
who pass the program
receive
an
ODOT
Completion card.
DMV waives the drive test
for students who present a
completion card.
Class size is limited to 10
to 12 students.
Students must have their
instructional permit before
the course begins with the
orientation on Sept. 8.
This extensive program
involves 30 hours of interac-
tive classroom training, 12
hours of in-car training and
five hours of specified home
practice.
The course begins with a
required orientation for stu-
dents and parents on
Thursday, Sept. 8, at 6:15
p.m., at the high school.
Several breaks in the
classroom
schedule
in
October and November will
cause the class to run
through Nov. 17.
Classes are Tuesday and
Thursday evenings, 6:15 to
8:30 p.m., at the high school.
In-car lessons will likely
finish up mid-December,
depending on a student’s
progress.
To get an application or
find out more information,
contact Rob Griffes at 541-
999-9179.
Florence — and our small com-
munities on the coast — and
some of the small successes
that we’ve had with economic
development and tourism,”
Henry said.
The panel included Travel
Oregon, Business Oregon and
Caroline Cummings, a venture
catalyst
with
Regional
Accelerator and Innovation
Network (RAIN) who has part-
nered with the city and the
Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce to increase entre-
preneurship and the traded
business sector.
“I actually had the opportu-
nity to speak about our success-
es and how Florence has
stepped up to be the first rural
coastal community to imple-
ment a formal entrepreneurial
partnership with RAIN,”
Cummings said. “We have
been pleased with the turn out
we get at our Florence events.”
The Florence delegation was
able to meet with state planning
officials and learn about poli-
cies and programs to help with
a number of issues the city has
foreseen.
Reynolds said the contacts
she made are already working.
After a brief meeting in a hall-
way in between sessions, one
official was able to come up
with a solution for a problem
that normally takes years to
take through the necessary reg-
ulations and departments.
They asked her, “What can I
do for you? What do you need
from us? What are the road-
blocks you’re running into?”
“I didn’t expect that,”
Reynolds said, “and it brought
good news.”
Henry said, “We’re on the
verge of having some exciting
things happen. The new things
will help the community bring
more than just individual hous-
ing.”
The city will soon hold an
open house for developers and
builders, as well as information
on taking advantage of pro-
grams designed to aid the
development process.
“We’re in the business of
providing a chance for busi-
nesses to thrive and grow
here,” Reynolds said. “We’re
here and committed to having a
great street infrastructure sys-
tem, providing a good quality
of life for our people and being
where people want to live and
work.
“More importantly to eco-
nomic development, we are
committed to being a place you
want to have your business.
Whether it grows, stays or adds
employees, we hope it brings
new money into our communi-
ty and increases the quality of
life for everyone.”
School
high school buildings.
She said the district is work-
ing with PIVOT Architecture
from Eugene on the design
details.
“At our Sept. 28 board
meeting, we will be discussing
a construction manager gener-
al contractor,” O’Mara said.
“This is a way for us to have a
contract manager and an
owner’s representative to help
us with the process.”
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After architectural design
work, permits and other relat-
ed costs, O’Mara said the con-
struction budget is approxi-
mately $5.7 million.
According to O’Mara, the
next step will be the actual
design and implementation of
the major upgrades to
Mapleton’s elementary and
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