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❘ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM / SIUSLAWNEWS EEDSPORT G ARDINER • R • W ESTLAKE • UNES C ITY 6 M APLETON • D October 201 LORENCE • ACHATS • F W ALDPORT • Y THE MENT ON HLY G UIDE F REE M ONT W INCHESTER TO O REGON C OAST NTERTAIN A RTS AND E • • N ORTH B END B AY • L AKESIDE C OOS ESTO N B AY • C HARL B ANDON • C OQU ILLE • S demART 10 showca ses art styles techniques COVER STORY @ SIUSLAWNEWS SATURDAY EDITION and A&E — INSIDE 8 ❘ OCTOBER 1, 2016 ❘ $1.00 VIKINGS BACK AT NO. 1 COAST CENTRAL RAL C OAST C ENT ❘ SPORTS — B M USICAL COMES TO 3 SOUTH COAST VENUES ities Month Arts & Human 126TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 78 SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890 FLORENCE, OREGON Walking the walk A bushel and a peck Sunday’s Domestic Violence Awareness March draws attention to pervasive issue the teens. I keep the names and when we package up all the presents their name goes on, so when they get their win Lakes Store presents, their name is on it.” owner Vicki Ambrosio said the stars Ambrosio is also have the teen’s age and what items they would like to raising money to spon- receive, as well as their cloth- sor the store’s fourth ing sizes. Each youth lists annual Giving Tree to their wants and needs as well provide Christmas pres- as educational supply needs. ents to teenagers. “I ask the kids to get their application and wish lists “This is for teenagers in in before Thanksgiving,” our area, from Heceta Beach Ambrosio said. to the Lane County line. This In past years, the Giving is an age group that gets neg- Tree has had between 25 and lected at Christmas time,” 29 stars. Ambrosio said. “Sometime people just buy The three-month campaign one item on the list and some- starts in October, when the times they will fill the kids store collects fruit and vegeta- wish list. The community has JACK DAVIS/SIUSLAW NEWS bles from local gardeners to been very generous,” she said. sell. All of the proceeds go to All the presents need to be supporting the Giving Tree Twin Lakes Store owner Vicki Ambrosio shows off apples and Asian pears dropped off at the store in program. available for purchase to support the store’s fourth annual Giving Tree pro- time to be distributed during “I do the fundraising from the Christmas party held the gram for teens living north of Florence. now until Christmas,” week before Christmas at one made.” Ambrosio said. “The first thing I do rently available for purchase at the Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue store. The tree goes up right after is the fundraiser with the produce.” Clear Lake Station No. 8. Area residents also donate hand- Thanksgiving and paper ornaments Ambrosio said she is looking for Twin Lakes Store, at 88940 made items to be sold to help the with each teen’s wish list are hung more people to donate fruit and Highway 101 North, is open seven program. as decorations. vegetables from their gardens. days a week from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. “In the past, people have made “I don’t put the name on the “This year, I’m getting a lot of For more information, call the store jewelry and hats or scarves,” tree,” Ambrosio said. “The stars on apples. I haven’t seen a lot of at 541-997-3021. Ambrosio said. “We even raffled off the tree have numbers, instead of greens yet,” she said. a University of Oregon quilt some- names, to protect the anonymity of Apples and Asian pears are cur- Siuslaw News T he community is invited to take a walk on Bay Street Sunday during the annual March Against Domestic Violence. Siuslaw Outreach Services (SOS) plans the annual event in support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. “The main reason we march is that people don’t like to discuss domestic violence. It makes it more difficult to address,” said David Wiegan, SOS executive director. According to Wiegan, one in four women will experience domestic vio- lence in their lives, and one in 10 men. “On one day — Sept. 14 — we had nine victims of domestic violence come into SOS. We normally get three to four a week, and about 170 a year normally. This was shocking,” Wiegan said. SOS provides services such as hous- ing and utility assistance, laundry and shower vouchers and emergency shel- ters for people in the Florence, Mapleton, Reedsport and Yachats areas, essentially serving much of western Lane County. “If you want to solve a problem, you have to define it. We’re making people aware of this issue and remov- ing the stigma,” Wiegan said. One way people are calling attention to domestic violence is by writing let- ters to the editor and speaking in pub- lic settings. Mayor Joe Henry read a proclama- tion naming October “Domestic Violence Awareness Month” during the Sept. 19 Florence City Council meet- ing. “It’s just wonderful that our Mayor, Florence’s first citizen, acknowledges the existence of domestic violence in this city. It makes it more comfortable for people to talk about it,” Wiegan said. He said the reason many people don’t come forward and report domes- tic violence is the “old-fashioned notion” that what belongs in the home stays in the home. “We’ve got to get rid of the notion that this is OK. That old school think- ing is out of date, obsolete and danger- ous,” Wiegan said. Seeing people, including city offi- cials, emergency operations groups and every day citizens, gather to march can give strength and courage to vic- tims. “People come forward to get help as a result of this march. We’re marching to draw attention and showing that we can advocate for you,” Wiegan said. Hearing personal stories of survival and overcoming abuse help other peo- ple report issues for themselves and their neighbors. The important thing he wants vic- tims of domestic violence to know is that they are not alone, and they can get help. “You think that you are alone in your situation, that no one can help you. That’s not the case at all,” Wiegan said. INSIDE See B Y J ACK D AVIS Siuslaw News T B R ID G E WO R K MO V ES A C RO S S T H E W A T E R B Y J ACK D AVIS Siuslaw News CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS O regon Department of Trans- portation (ODOT) and contrac- tor Hamilton Construction continue to work on the Cathodic Protection Project on the Siuslaw River Bridge. Construction has extended into the first segment over the water with the use of a barge and crane. Construction involves seismic improve- ments, repairs and reinforcement of the bridge’s concrete and the replacement of the bridge railing. ODOT plans to complete the project in early 2019. MARCH 9A Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obituary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B7 A2 A6 A2 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 School News . . . . . . . . . Inside Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . A5 Port reviews rate increase, dredge work THIS WEEK ’ S TODAY S UNDAY M ONDAY T UESDAY 59 50 58 47 61 53 59 51 WEATHER Full Forecast, A3 During the Sept. 21 meeting, Port of Siuslaw commissioners received reports on revenue increases, real estate updates and dredge funding streamlining. Port Administrative Assistant Dina McClure said the August campground occupancy rate was 88 percent for 2016, compared to 91 percent for 2015, and moorage occupancy was 68 percent, down from 71 percent last year. “Those numbers are down a little bit, but we have seen an increase in hiker/biker occupancy,” she said. According to McClure, even though the percentages were down slightly, rev- enues were still higher than last August for both the campground and the mari- na. This is because of a rate increase September 2015. McClure also told the board that the port now has two funds, a capital main- tenance fund, which currently has three projects budgeted, and the general fund, which has all the operational income and expenses. Port Manager Steven Leskin told commissioners that Eugene commercial realtor John Brown was now represent- ing the port’s 40-acre Pacific View property and that the property had 31 views on the broker’s proprietary web- sites. “The origins of those views are from all over the state and quite a few from France. Right now we are the only prop- erty on the (Oregon) coast of this size,” Leskin said. See PORT 9A S IUSLAW N EWS 2 S ECTIONS ❘ 22 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2016 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK B Y C HANTELLE M EYER Twin Lakes Store seeks produce as fundraiser for annual Holiday Giving Tree