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Florence Soroptimists seeking award applicants The Soroptimist International Club of Florence (SIF) is seeking applicants for its annual “Live Your Dream Award.” This award is for a single woman who is head of household and wants to further her educa- tion. The funds are given directly to the individual to offset living Cart from 1A child, envisions the potential of the cart reaching beyond special needs youth. “Florence is a town with a lot of seniors, some with dementia or physical disabili- ties that make it difficult for their families or caregivers to expenses while attending school. Last year SIF gave $1,000 to a local woman whose application was then forwarded to the Soroptimist International of the Americas (SIA) Northwest Region to be included in a pool for an additional award. The Florence woman was selected to receive an award of $1,500. The application period is open through Nov. 15. The application can be found on the SIA website at www.soroptimist.org/liveyour dreamawards.html, then click on the “Live Your Dream” link. This page gives more information about the award. On the left side of the page, click on “Application Process” for full instructions and a video. For more information, call Nancy Bosket (SIF member) at 541-902-7250 or email her at siflorence@soroptimist.net. include them in the experience of shopping,” Warshawsky said. She added, “Now a family or caregiver of a special needs child, a handicapped adult or an elderly parent who would like to shop with the family but can’t walk the aisles, will no longer have to be left at home.” Schools O’Mara said the district will replace faucets in the kitchen and the football field conces- sion stand and then retest the water. Until that time, the water to those sinks will be shut off. “We will be permanently addressing the drinking water issues in the summer of 2017 and into 2018 during our school improvement projects made possible by the passing of our local bond measure,” she said. O’Mara added, “Until then, we are committed to prevent- ing immediate access to the water sources in question, con- ducting follow-up tests to con- firm the source of the prob- lems, eliminating the source of lead and notifying Mapleton School District families, stu- dents and staff of the follow- up test results and any updates.” In August, the state passed legislation requiring school districts to make all lead test- ing results public within five days of receiving results. 541-997-2422 Get Results...List With Amy. Amy Johnson Broker, CSA 541 999-7875 The district is sending a let- ter to students and their fami- lies this week detailing the sit- uation. According to O’Mara, this is the first time the district has tested for lead levels in its drinking water. Six drinking fountains and four food preparation sinks had elevated lead levels rang- ing from .0235 ppb to .174 ppb. The highest reading was the drinking fountain in the middle school weight room. Two of the 10 locations are in vacant elementary classrooms. The remaining 25 district water source locations tested below minimum levels. In addition to shutting off the water in the 10 locations, several water coolers have been installed to replace the affected drinking fountains. Only one of the three sinks in the elementary school cafete- ria showed elevated levels, the other two are useable. Council 5233 Dunewood Dr – 3 bdrm, 2 bath home in the Reserve at Heceta Lake. 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We know one of our highest priorities for economic devel- opment is to have fiber avail- able to the community at an affordable rate, whether a small business or a person. What will help the city grow and be attractive for people who want to relocate here?” Matt Updenkelder, vice president of operations for Tuesday 8/30 9 A Rosemary added that the play does contain some “ruff language.” The script, while humor- ous, offered a serious chance for CAT to team up with the local humane society. “When Rosemary and I first bought the building, we discussed making the theater community-oriented,” David said. “We like this teamwork with any play that has a rele- vant organization to hook up with in the community,” said Burnette. “It’s going to be fun to do this in conjunction with the humane society.” And OCHS is also on board. “This is exactly what OCHS is looking for. In all areas of town, we’re trying to branch out, be more of a pres- ence and remind people of the important work we do,” said OCHS Director Tanya Garrett. Since becoming director last November, Garrett has worked to tie the humane society more closely into the Florence community and part- ner with other adoption organ- izations. “It’s very exciting. The name change was part of it, and pairing with events in town. What’s lovely is once we expanded our focus, all the good stuff started com- ing,” Garrett said. “CAT came in off the street saying, ‘We want to do a play with this dog in it. Do you want to be involved?’ We’re opening our arms to different opportuni- ties.” The humane society will bring pamphlets and informa- tion packets to each showing of “Sylvia.” It also hopes to have volunteers available to answer questions covering adoption, donating, fostering and having a plan in place for pets. “The big thing we’re trying to push right now is foster homes. We need more of those,” Garrett said. “Between spaying and neutering and fostering, we can help reduce the numbers in the shelter.” The CAT production team is hopeful that the teamwork will encourage more people to be involved in the humane society’s mission to provide homes to area pets. “We’re excited you reached out to us. We’re trying to find whatever opportunities to help us say, ‘We’re here!’ We want to be part of such a fun play,” Garrett said. “At the end of the play, it’s a successful rescue,” Burnette said. “Sylvia” will play at CAT, 509 Kingwood St., the week- ends of Sept. 23 to 25 and Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. Friday and Saturday performances will be at 7 p.m. and Sunday mati- nees at 2 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.catproductions.org. CoastCom, said that CoastCom and its buyers would be open to working more closely with Florence-area economic devel- opment in the future. “We are certainly willing to light the fiber for anybody,” he said, adding that CoastCom provides service to 40 cus- tomers in Florence, as well as the city and emergency opera- tions organizations. “We would be happy to build fiber into anybody’s place.” Councilor Susy Lacer said, “Our focus as a council has very much been on economic development. Fiber access is essential for business growth.” Greene said, “I’d like to see the agreement changed, and identify certain criteria that needs to be met. We know that this is one of our most urgent, biggest needs here.” After the council discussed the issue further, Mayor Joe Henry proposed agreeing to the extension, but for a “dramati- cally shortened” period of one year. This would allow city staff to renegotiate terms, and hopefully allow easier access to telecommunications. “That will be a good partner- ship,” Greene said. The councilors approved Ordinance No. 12, Series 2016, with the term of the franchise agreement to be extended for only one year. Updenkelder said, “I’m excited for the future of CoastCom because it allows us to get a little more creative on the Oregon coast. We can put something together that bene- fits more people.” Messmer said the city is working to streamline the fran- chise agreement process for access to the rights of way. 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