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THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM ❘ / SIUSLAWNEWS ❘ @ SIUSLAWNEWS SATURDAY EDITION VIKS VOLLEYBALL MOVES FORWARD Siuslaw welcomes exchange student SPORTS — B INSIDE — A3 126TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 82 ❘ OCTOBER 15, 2016 ❘ $1.00 SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890 FLORENCE, OREGON SCHOOLS Principals Forum focuses on school safety Tuesday B Y M ARK B RENNAN The Siuslaw School District is inviting all interested residents to attend a free Principals Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 6 p.m. to discuss the issue of safety in area schools. The forum will be held in the Siuslaw Middle School commons, 2525 Oak St. The forum is presented by the district and Florence Community PTA. Siuslaw School principals Andy Marohl and Michael Harklerode and Vice Principal Corky Franklin will be outlining the steps the district is taking on a number of safety issues, including natural disasters and intruder threats. Florence Community PTA President Tiffany Holdahl said, “The goal of the Principals Forum is to gather questions from our community pertaining to safety and security in our schools, and to have admin- istrators share what they are doing to bolster safety.” The event will begin with a complimenta- ry dinner for participants followed by the forum at 6:30 p.m. The forum will be hosted by Florence Mayor Joe Henry. “This is an important conversation to be having and a top concern for parents and school staff,” Holdahl said. Great Shakeout prepares region ‘Duck, cover, hold’ Thursday with earthquake drill B Y J ACK D AVIS Siuslaw News T he City of Florence, local organiza- tions and individuals will practice “Duck, Cover and Hold” during the “Great Shakeout” earthquake prepared- ness drill at 10:20 a.m. on Oct. 20. The worldwide drill, now in its eighth year, is held on the third Thursday in October. City of Florence Project Manager Megan Messmer said, “Our Public Works Department has been participating for several years and City Hall started partic- ipating last year.” The exercise is coordinated with Federal Emergency Management Agency and Oregon Emergency Management (OEM). “The goal is to have large organiza- tions have their people, at a designated time, pretend that an earthquake has hap- pened and to go through the drill. It is a coordinated way for as many people as possible to drill for an earthquake,” Messmer said. Individuals are also encouraged to con- duct their own preparedness drill at home. The drill consists of three elements. • DROP — Get on the ground since the shaking will make it difficult to walk and keep moving objects from hitting or hurt- ing you. • COVER — Get under the cover of a sturdy table or desk and use one arm to cover your head to keep falling materials from hitting or hurting you. • HOLD ON to a table leg to keep the cover object from moving away from you and to steady yourself. INSIDE See Ambulance . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2 B8 A2 A5 BM1 DAN NIELSEN/U.S. COAST GUARD Active-duty U.S. Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River personnel are honored during the Coast Guard Appreciation Dinner. Semper Paratus — Always Ready Appreciation dinner honors Coast Guard’s nearly 100 years on the Siuslaw River minted and colorful coin had the n honor of its sustained rela- Coast Guard logo on one side tionship with the U.S. Coast with Station Siuslaw River and the Guard Station Siuslaw River City of Florence logo on the other, for the past 99 years, the City of along with the event date. Florence will soon apply for the The program included the sta- prestigious Coast Guard City des- tion’s color guard team, an ignation. upscale banquet catered by The proposal was made earlier Pavilion Catering, live music, this year, and, at that time, an speakers and dancing. Speakers appreciation dinner was one of the for the event included Mayor ways suggested to honor the Henry, Commander Charles Florence area’s only active-duty B Y D EBORAH H ELDT C ORDONE Guerrero from Sector North Bend, military unit in town. For the Siuslaw News Senior Chief Petty Officer Tim Florence Mayor Joe Henry JONATHAN YODER/ U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARIST Tregoning from Station Siuslaw agreed to spearhead the effort and Senior Chief Petty Officer Tim Tregoning, officer in charge River and retired Brigadier the Oregon Coast Military of Station Siuslaw River, addresses the 250 dinner participants. General Norm Hoffman, who is Museum agreed to host Florence’s also the Flotilla 52 Commander. first Coast Guard Appreciation Dinner. Every Station Siuslaw River received a specially designed chal- See GUARD 7A Representatives from the city, active-duty member received per- lenge coin upon arrival. The newly Port of Siuslaw, veterans groups, sonally addressed invitations, as Station Siuslaw Daughter of American Revolution, did active auxiliary members. River personnel the U.S. received personal Coast Guard “It is the people that truly make invitations for Auxiliary and the Coast Guard what it is today.” themselves and a Station —R ETIRED B RIGADIER G ENERAL N ORM H OFFMAN guest and a com- Siuslaw memorative River banded Challenge Coin together to form a dinner commit- Over 250 guests arrived dressed depicting the tee and plans were made over the in evening attire, military uniform logos of the U.S. next months. or Coast Guard uniform of the day, Coast Guard, On the evening of Oct. 7, those Service Dress Bravo Alpha. Station Siuslaw plans came to fruition with a well Coast Guard active-duty mem- River and the attended, semi-formal dinner affair bers, command staff from Sector City of Florence. DEBORAH HELDT CORDONE/ U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARIST held at the Florence Events Center. North Bend and Auxiliarists all I Siuslaw Valley conducts early morning rescue Thick brush hampers rescue attempt of three lost north of Florence Monday B Y J ACK D AVIS Siuslaw News A late evening beach walk took a dangerous turn as three transients attempted to return to their car through thick brush near Carl G. Washburne State Park around 1 a.m. Monday, Oct. 10. Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue (SVFR) Fire Marshall Sean Barrett said, “Our duty chief, Chief Jim Langborg, got a call from the dispatch center saying, ‘There is someone missing, they don’t know where they are and they can’t get out.’” Three people from out of the area were lost off the trails near the park. A 17-year-old youth, the son one of the other two people, was able to crawl through about 200 to 300 yards of heavy brush to reach the car and his cell phone. He then called for help. According to Barrett, Oregon State Police (OSP) first received the call at 1:05 a.m. Monday morning. Langborg and an OSP officer were the first responders to the 911 call made by the teenager. The state park is outside the SVFR district response area, but the department still chose to help in the rescue. “At about 2:48 a.m. the chief decided he needed more help. He could hear the people screaming out there but could not get to them through the brush. We responded with a total of 14 people on scene,” Barrett said. While one crew used chainsaws and other implements to cut a path through the brush to reach the two stranded people, another crew searched for a possible alternative way in. Langborg said, “It took our vol- unteers about two and a half hours to cut their way into them. It taxed a lot of different skill sets. There were some medical components to it, there were some rescue compo- nents to it and some wild-land fire- fighting components, using the saws and those types of skills.” Barrett said hypothermia was a concern. “They were cold and wet,” he said. “They weren’t hypothermic, yet, but they were miserable. The crew got blankets to them to warm them up and then started bringing them back out. The trail was only about half cut when the firemen brought them out.” Langborg said one of the vic- tims was carried out in a special- ized Stokes carrier. “The adult male was treated on scene and then released and the female was transported to the hos- pital. The son was fine,” Langborg said. He added, “When you go out and hike, you should take your survival kit with you, you should have your cell phone with you and you should know where you are going. If you don’t and things go wrong, they can go really wrong. These folks were lucky our volun- teers were there to rescue them.” The rescue was completed at 5:54 a.m. Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue, Western Lane Ambulance Dist- rict, local public works, Oregon Department of Transportation, Florence Police Department, Central Lincoln PUD and the U.S. Coast Guard will be busy respond- ing to storm conditions along the coast this weekend. City of Florence Public Works is already at work clearing debris and checking known problem areas. The city’s website has informa- tion on how citizens can report storm related issues at ci.florence. or.us/publicworks/report-storm- related-issues. DRILL 7A Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Side Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . B7 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . A2 THIS WEEK ’ S TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 60 55 60 53 60 53 63 57 WEATHER Full Forecast, A3 S IUSLAW N EWS 2 S ECTIONS ❘ 24 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2016 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Siuslaw News
