SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2017
MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS
SOS Interim Executive
Director Bob Teeter says
the organization’s mission
statement reflects its com-
mittment to helping others
today and into the future.
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familiarizing themselves with
the various elements of the
organization and the best way
to utilize them for each client.
“SOS is a multi-faceted non
profit, mostly dealing with
social services and those types
of agencies, so one part of it is
involved with domestic vio-
lence and sexual assault and
another part is education,”
Mealer said. “We have classes
in the high schools teaching
students basic life skills, like
how to maintain a checking
account or how to go about
renting a place to live.”
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Both Teeter and Mealer
mentioned that SOS has been
at the forefront of local efforts
to combat domestic viol-
ence, forestall homelessness,
empower women and assist
the physically and mentally
challenged.
And they both point out that
SOS has a remarkable track
record of perseverance and
commitment.
It also has a verifiable
record of success that is sub-
stantive and meaningful, espe-
cially to the thousands of peo-
ple that its staff helps each
year. According to both men,
the person that is selected to
lead SOS into the future has
many areas of responsibility.
The person will have to
organize and lead the staff and
the volunteers that comprise
the majority of the support
team. He or she must be famil-
iar with state and federal laws
and regulations and the entities
that support SOS’s work and
must be able to work with
local leaders and affiliated
agencies to accomplish much
of the organization’s mission.
It’s quite a list of responsi-
bilities and challenges that the
new director must face and
address on a regular basis,
with little time for on the job
training.
Individuals wishing to
apply for the position of exec-
utive director of SOS can find
the relevant information at
www.florenceSOS.org.
Applications are due by
Monday, Jan. 30.
Vets Memorial Wall gets new panel
The Veterans Memorial
Park Commission (VMPC) is
constructing an additional
panel to the Veterans
Memorial Wall, located in the
Veterans Memorial Park on
west Bay Street in Historic
Old Town Florence.
The additional panel will
be the same height and width
as Panel A. This new panel
will allow the VMPC to place
an additional 253 memorial
paver bricks to the Veterans
Memorial Wall complex.
A paver brick, honoring a
veteran only, can be obtained
with a donation of $75 per
brick. A submitted inscription
for a brick can consist of no
more than three (3) lines with
a maximum of 20 characters
and spaces on each line.
Inscriptions must pertain
to the veteran being honored
and must follow the format as
used on the paver bricks of
the previous panels.
Due to limited space, word
abbreviations must be used
whenever possible. All word-
ing, etc. on a paver brick will
be finalized by the VMPC.
All paver bricks for the new
panel must be requested prior
to the VMPC placing any
paver brick on the new Wall
panel.
Forms will be available at
the Chamber of Commerce
office, located on Highway
101, and must
be returned to
the VMPC via
the U.S. Postal
Service.
Send applica-
tions to:
VMPC, P.O.
Box
1093,
Florence, OR,
97439.
Application
turn-ins to the
Chamber office
or to an individ-
ual will be not
be accepted.
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Payment
The Veterans Memorial Wall on
must be by
Bay Street draws veterans and
check or money
community members together.
order only, and
must be included with the of the new panel sometime in
submitted application and late Spring or mid-Summer
made payable to “Veterans of 2017.
An announcement will be
Memorial Park Commission”
made at the time.
or to “VMPC.”
In addition, individuals or
Applications must include
a copy of the veteran’s DD businesses wishing to pur-
Form 214, or orders showing chase a donor tile in the flag-
pole area may still do so.
proof of military service.
The veteran must have Tiles are available for a dona-
served honorably or be serv- tion of $500 each. These tiles
ing on active duty. Only the are not for honoring individ-
first
253
applications ual veterans but for paying
respects to military groups,
received will be accepted.
Applications received after units within the different
this total has been reached, service branches, etc.
See samples already in
will be returned to sender.
Due to Pacific Northwest place at the flagpole area for
weather conditions, the guidance.
VMPC expects completion
Snow
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No extensive power out-
ages were reported.
A weather advisory for
Lane County calls for an ice
storm this weekend that
could be as bad as the one
that hit the Eugene area in
December.
Florence area temperatures
are predicted to remain above
freezing, but travelers should
use caution traveling east
from Florence.
Higher elevations could be
more severely impacted.
Prepare
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to protect your property and
vehicles
• Be ready to help neigh-
bors clear their driveways
from downed trees and limbs
• Stay away from downed
power lines; do not drive
over or around them
• Plan ahead of time where
you and your pets can stay in
the event of a long-term
power outage or other reason
to leave your home
• Please check on elderly,
disabled and families with
young children who may
need a helping hand.
• Consider the weather
when planning travel routes;
staying off the roads helps to
keep clean-up crews safe and
efficient while keeping you
safe, too.
Bleachers
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will go where, which plumb-
ing and siding needs to be
replaced and which parts of
the roof most need to be
replaced,” O’Mara said. “And
we are working closely with
our construction manager,
general contractor and our
architectural firm to make
these decisions in a timely
manner.”
O’Mara is enthusiastic
about the changes.
As the work progresses, she
and the committee also want
to make the best use of the
materials that are being
removed and upgraded.
“We recycled all the metal
in the old bleachers and we
did keep the old bleacher
wood,” she said. “We are
planning on incorporating
some of it into the school as
well as offering some for sale.
There are a lot of alumni inter-
ested in the bleacher wood.”
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Director
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