SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017
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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-
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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
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stable so we went to the front
door, cleared the debris and
assisted the occupants out.”
Firefighters
helped
Barkemeyer and the infant from
the damaged RV before mem-
bers of the Florence Red Cross
Disaster Action Team (DAT)
offered them counseling.
Tom and Candace Zahara,
with the Disaster Action Team,
helped Barkemeyer fill out the
necessary paperwork so that she
and her granddaughter could
obtain emergency accommoda-
tions, food and clothing.
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,
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“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.
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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.
