SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016
POLICE LOG
Florence Police
Oct. 17
Dispute was reported in the
2100 block of 10th Street.
Accident, without injury,
was reported in the Florence
area.
Animal abuse was reported
in the 700 block of Highway
101.
Theft was reported in the
1600 block of Rhododendron
Drive and the 900 block of
Eighth Street.
Accident, without injury,
was reported at milepost 203
on Highway 101 and milepost
11 on Highway 36.
Oct. 18
Assault was reported in the
5000 block of Munsel Lake
Road.
Arrest, with warrant, was
reported in the 200 block of
Kingwood Street.
Theft of services was
reported in the 2800 block of
Rhododendron Drive.
Burglary was reported in the
600 block of Laurel Street.
Shots fired was reported in
the 88000 block of Windleaf
Way.
Oct. 19
Arrest, with warrant, was
reported in the 1500 block of
Ninth Street and the 100 block
of Harbor Street.
Harassment was reported in
the 1600 block of Highway
126.
Arrest was reported in the
900 block of Greenwood
Street.
Burglary was reported in the
84800 block of Highway 101.
Search and rescue was con-
ducted on Siltcoos Lake Trail.
Assault was reported in the
1000 block of Prestwick
Court.
Accident, with injury, was
reported on Highway 36.
Oct. 20
Accident, with injury, was
reported at Rhododendron and
Rhodowood drives.
Arrest, with warrant, was
reported in the 1300 block of
Highway 101.
Fire was reported in the
Florence area.
BIRTHS
GATES— Carter
Aloysious Gates, a boy
weighing 8 lbs., 2 ozs., was
born to Allison and Jonathan
Gates, formerly of Florence,
on Oct. 1, 2016, at St.
Vincent
Hospital
in
Beaverton, Ore.
ROMERO— Isobella
Elena Romero, a girl weigh-
ing 6 lbs., 11.6 ozs., was born
to Monica Rhonda Romero
and Jeremy Nicholas Romero
of Florence on Oct. 12, 2016,
at 8:08 a.m., at PeaceHealth
Peace
Harbor
Medical
Center.
OBITUARY
COOK—Wilmer
John
“Bud” Cook, 89, of Florence,
passed away Sept. 18, 2016.
A memorial service will be
held on Saturday, Sept. 29, at
11 a.m., at St. Andrews
Episcopal Church.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was
charge of arrangements.
2016-17 property tax statements arriving
Lane County taxpayers
began receiving their 2016-17
property tax statements this
week. Tax statements and other
property tax information are
also available online at
www.lanecounty.org/at.
The first payment is due
Tuesday, Nov. 15.
The Lane County tax collec-
tor collects property tax on
behalf of 83 separate taxing
districts, including cities,
schools, education service dis-
tricts, water districts, rural fire
districts, urban renewal dis-
tricts and other taxing districts
such as park and recreation,
library and ambulance dis-
tricts.
The total property tax certi-
fied to collect for all tax levies
combined in 2016 is $495.7
million. This is approximately
3.7 percent more than in 2015.
The total amount of taxes
billed changes each year as a
result of the addition of new or
renewed local option and bond
levies, the expiration of local
option and bond levies, the 3
percent statutory increase in
Maximum Assessed Values
(MAV), the addition of new
properties to the tax roll, the
number of exemptions granted
and the number of properties
being taxed on their lower mar-
ket values instead of their
Measure 50 MAV.
Lane County’s Jan. 1, 2016,
Real Market Value (RMV)
increased to $52.8 billion from
$50.8 billion.
This is an overall increase of
approximately 3.9 percent
from Jan. 1, 2015.
Scammers impersonate IRS, law enforcement
Lane County Sheriff’s
Office warns of the most recent
phone scam in the area.
The sheriff’s office received
a report of a phone scam where
a community member received
a recorded message stating that
they were going to be taken
“under custody” by local cops
because of four “serious alle-
gations.” The voice in the mes-
sage is female and sounds
computer generated.
The recording then asked the
community member to call a
phone number. When the num-
ber is called, the community
member is put on hold until the
phone is answered by a male
with a strong accent identify-
ing himself as the IRS investi-
gations unit. The male uses
abusive language, including
name calling, when ques-
tioned, which is an indicator of
a scam. If you receive a call
that you believe is a scam, do
not call the number back. You
do not need to report the inci-
dent to your local law enforce-
ment unless you have lost
money or property as a result
of the scam.
Look for General Election
ballots to arrive this week
Lane County Elections
mailed out ballots on Thursday
for the Nov. 8 General
Election.
Voters should receive ballots
between now and Tuesday,
Oct. 25.
Voters who do not receive a
ballot for the Nov. 8 General
Election can check on the sta-
tus of their registration and bal-
lot at www.oregonvotes.gov
/MyVote. They may also con-
tact Lane County Elections at
541-682-4234 to determine if
they need to update their voter
registration to receive a ballot.
Voters may drop off their
ballots at one of many official
drop box locations listed in the
insert included with their bal-
lot. Drop boxes are now open
and will remain open until 8
p.m. on Election Day.
Lane County voters can also
sign up to track their ballots via
a
new
service
called
BallotTrax, which allows vot-
ers to sign up online to receive
alert messages via text, phone
or email.
Voters who sign up will
receive messages when their
ballot is mailed out and when it
is accepted for counting.
Voters can sign up for
BallotTrax at lanecounty.org/
elections by selecting the
“Track Your Ballot Alerts”
link.
Lane County Elections is
located at 275 W. 10th Ave., on
the corner of 10th and Lincoln
streets in downtown Eugene.
Public office hours are 9
a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
On Election Day, Nov. 8, the
Lane County Elections Office
will be open from 7 a.m. to 8
p.m.
Help feed hungry families & seniors!
In honor of PUBLIC
POWER MONTH,
for the entire month of
October, Central Lincoln
is serving as a drop off site
for food donations for the
Florence and
Mapleton Food Shares.
We’re open at 966 Highway 101 in Florence
(at the northeast corner of Highways 101 and 126) from 8 AM to 5 PM.
Non-perishable foods, especially proteins like peanut butter
and canned meats, are especially needed.
Donors will receive a free energy-effi cient LED light bulb as a thank you!
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