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
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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.
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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.
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CoastCom was acquired by
Astound Broadband, which
included a transfer of its assets
currently within Florence’s
rights of way. The city then
needed to renew the recently
expired franchise agreement
with CoastCom.
City staff recommended
extending the previous agree-
ment for a five-year term after
meeting with city attorneys and
CoastCom.
Councilor Joshua Greene
said, “We might need to table
this, but I recommend we look
at this agreement for what it
may offer us and them.”
He mentioned concerns with
the terms that have not been
updated since 2008.
“It’s a different world now,”
Greene said. “We have a crisis
in Florence. We have dead fiber
and no one who wants to light
it up and make it affordable.
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
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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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