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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.
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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.
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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.
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Twin Lakes Store seeks produce as fundraiser for annual Holiday Giving Tree