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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017 Slide from 1A sideways pretty hard. Then the trailer went up at an angle and we couldn’t get out.” Barkemeyer and her grand- daughter remained calm while the trailer settled. “We couldn’t get out. But we were OK. So I was calling out, ‘Hello! Hello!’ And then every- 7 A thing came down on the trailer. “But no windows were bro- ken and I and my grandbaby were OK,” she said. SVFR firefighters removed the debris that was preventing the trailer door from opening. “We knew that the occupants were OK at this point, so we deliberately looked around and formulated a plan,” Barrett said. “The hill seemed fairly Please Join Us ... Chamber of Commerce After Hours February 16 ~ 5:30-7 pm Enjoy Rose & Crown spiced wine, herbal seltzers & tasty treats! PHOTOS BY MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS 1845 Hwy 126, Suite H, Florence, OR 97439 Be Our e n i d n e l a V Valentine’s Day dinner with your Sweetheart! 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The rescue effort was accomplished quickly because of the relative safety of the pair, according to Barrett. “This type of action is oppo- Siuslaw Valley firefighters set up a “do not cross” line around Barkemeyer’s RV at Siuslaw Marina and River RV Park and survey the damage of the landslide. Emergency vehicles line the entrance to the RV park as the first responders get to work rescuing Barkemeyer and preventing further damage. site to how we train. We train that time is critical and we need to act fast. Knowing the occu- pants were stable, we were able to plan and take our time,” he said. “It took a total of 10 min- utes from first arrival to patient extraction. Still quick consider- ing the situation.” For her part, Barkemeyer was remarkably calm consider- ing her ordeal, and said she would continue with her plans for the day. “We are going to stay in a hotel tonight,” she said at the time. “We were already plan- ning on it for the Super Bowl, Work plan from 1A “With that, we are always in motion, and we’re always thinking of how to be better and work faster or be more efficient,” Reynolds said. “Timing is everything. There may be some refinements in choosing the timing of things, and how you begin planning and building the financial fore- cast of our priorities.” Before the unanimous vote to approve the 2017-18 City Work Plan, the five city coun- cilors voiced their approval. Mayor Joe Henry said, “We already have a financial five- so we will just go ahead and do that. After all, it is Super Bowl Sunday.” When contacted, Lane County Road Maintenance Manager Orin Schumacher said that the heavy rains in the west- ern part of the county had caused a number of slides dur- ing the weekend. Senior mem- bers of his department were aware of this incident and visit- ed the scene shortly after the slide occurred on Sunday. “Richard Perkins, Road Maintenance Supervisor, has been to the site each day since the slide occurred,” Schumacher said. “He is in the process of working with the managers of the RV park to coordinate the removal of a trailer that is located down the slope in a potentially dangerous spot. There is a large tree that needs to be removed in order to stabilize the hillside. Once this trailer has been removed, the road and hillside above the trailer can be dealt with more safely.” Reports continue to arrive of slides and flooding from the weekend’s storm. See Siuslaw News’ Saturday edition for updated information. year projection we look to and continue to modify. It’s contin- ually being updated. It would save a lot of staff and council time in the budgeting process.” Councilor Joshua Greene mentioned the council’s approval of four ordinances approving the annexation of properties near Rhododendron Drive as a sign of positive change. “That’s change. It’s been an organic process and is happen- ing naturally. The door is open and it’s good,” he said. “We just want to acknowledge the shifts in making things happen. It’s a good thing and it’s healthy.” It is even messy sometimes, according to Councilor Susy Lacer. “We have a lot of disrup- tions going on around our city, bumpy roads and construction and detours and a fair number of inconveniences, but that’s what happens when you are ‘A City in Motion’ with our goals and our very ambitious work plan. There are these tempo- rary disruptions on the road to becoming the kind of commu- nity that we all want it to be,” she said. The 2017-18 City of Florence Work Plan will soon be available in digital form at ci.florence.or.us. Enforcement EDWKKRPHZVT IWRIOLYLQJVSDFH DWWDFKHGFDUJDUDJH 5LYHU2FHDQ-HWW\ YLHZV)RUPDOGLQLQJ JRXUPHWNLWFKHQ8SSHU 0DVWHU6XLWH'HWFDU JDUDJHZERQXVURRP /LVW +:<68,7($32%2; )/25(1&(25 &$//8672//)5(( :::-,0+2%(5*&20 from 1A Henry said, “In my view and based on Section 22, Article 7, of the Florence City Charter, it is my duty and that of the Florence City Council to conduct the business of the city in a non-partisan manner and that the council may not ‘coerce command or require any appointed city official or employee to influence or give money, service or anything of value to promote or oppose any political committee.’ “As long as I am mayor, I will resist any attempt to try to influence the city to promote or oppose any political com- mittee or cause, and encour- age the city council to conduct its affairs in a bi-partisan man- ner.” Florence Police Chief Tom Turner did not return phone calls asking for a statement by press time.
