SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017
FloTones to perform
at Presbyterian Church
Groups give spring break beach safety tips
Western Lane Ambulance
District (WLAD) and Siuslaw
Valley Fire and Rescue
(SVFR) are conducting a
Public Awareness Campaign
for regional television, radio
and newspaper agencies
regarding ocean and beach
safety during this week’s
spring break along the coast.
Thousands of visitors are
estimated to visit Oregon
beaches during that time, as
well as throughout the follow-
ing months as the weather
warms.
While beaches can be fun,
relaxing places for families
and individuals, it can also
bring unseen dangers.
One of the deadliest hidden
beach dangers are sneaker
waves, which surge high on
the beach without warning.
They can carry a lot of sand
and pull beachgoers into the
ocean, thereby making it tough
to get out. Don’t ever turn
your back on the ocean.
Rip currents, also known as
“rip tides,” are another hazard
to avoid. These conditions are
when extremely strong cur-
rents encroach along the shore
and have the potential to “rip”
swimmers out to sea. If a per-
son is caught in one, swim
horizontal to the beach until
able to swim out of it.
Parents should keep chil-
tide is coming in. Beachgoers
can quickly become surround-
ed by water.
Visit a tidetable website for
tide schedules, if you are plan-
ning these activities.
Also, stay off logs in the
surf or wet sand. The ocean
can pick up small or large logs
and drop them down on beach-
goers.
Finally, beware of high
waves as they can knock
beachgoers off rocks, jetties or
headlands. Always assume
that even if you think you are
standing high enough from the
ocean, you may not be.
For more information or
safety
tips, contact WLAD or
COURTESY PHOTO
SVFR.
Members of WLAD and SVFR work on an ocean and
— Al Krietz, WLAD EMT-P
beach safety video.
dren close at all times. If
adults see strange water condi-
tions, stay out of the water.
Rip currents can be seen as
choppier or darker areas of
water.
Also, be careful when on
high cliffs. Wear proper hiking
shoes and don’t go too close to
the edge — especially when
an ear is marked “danger” or
has protective fencing.
Understand the local tide
times. It’s never a good idea to
go wading out to a rock or
island in the ocean when the
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The FloTones will present
Songs of Faith and a hymn
sing-along at the Presbyterian
Church of the Siuslaw at 3996
Highway 101 at 3 p.m. on
Sunday, April 2.
Featured favorites include
This Little Light of Mine,
Down to the River to Pray/Lord
Listen to Your Children, Deep
River, The Prayer/Lead Us
Lord, Hallelujah, He Never
Failed Me Yet and more.
Freewill donations for this
concert will support the
Florence Emergency Cold
Weather Shelter as well as the
FloTones.
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