SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2017
BIRTHS
OBITUARIES
SIMS—Virginia Yvonne
Sims, 84, of Florence, passed
away March 13, 2017.
She was born Jan. 22, 1933,
and had lived in the Florence
for many years. Mrs. Sims was
a member of the Florence
Baptist Church.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Gene Sims, to whom she
was married on Nov. 8, 1954,
and they enjoyed more than 62
years together.
She is also survived by her
children: Sandra Bray and
David Bray (spouse Sandra),
Kenneth Cook and Teresa Sims
Schaefers; a sister, Bernice
Brown of Alaska; nine grand-
children and five great-grand-
children.
A memorial celebration of
her life will be held Saturday,
April 22, at 2 p.m., at the
Florence Baptist Church.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
FILIPOWICZ—Barbara
Jean Filipowicz, 90, passed
away peacefully at her home in
Portland,
Ore., while
surrounded
by her hus-
band
and
children fol-
lowing
a
brief illness.
Barbara
was born on
Barbara
May
9,
Filipowicz
1926,
in
Calais, Maine, the daughter of
David and Sadie Anderson
(Kelley).
She was raised in Calais but
moved to Manchester, N.H., to
pursue work. That is where she
met the love of her life,
Charlie, on a blind date in
December of 1950.
They married in September
of 1952 and moved to the
Southern California area in
January of 1957, raising four
children.
In 1990, Barbara retired
from First Interstate Bank,
where she had worked as a
mortgage loan processor.
Barbara and Charlie then
moved to the coastal town of
Florence, where they happily
lived for 22 years.
She loved to collect small
rocks from the beach.
She leaves behind her hus-
band of 65 years, Charles; her
son Stephen and his wife
Sharon; son John and his com-
panion Stephanie; daughter
Christina and her husband
Larry Collings; daughter
Regina; five grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren; many
friends in Florence and at her
retirement home for the last
three years, The Courtyard at
Mt. Tabor in Portland.
She will truly be missed.
Services will be held at St
Ignatius Catholic Church on
April 25, at 10 a.m.
Barbara will be interred at
Willamette National Cemetery.
BRANNON— Francis
Henry Brannon, a male weigh-
ing 6 lbs., 5.5 ozs., was born to
Katelyn Michelle Mitchell and
Marshall Harry Brannon of
Mapleton on April 2, 2017, at
9:35 p.m., at PeaceHealth
Peace Harbor Medical Center.
City seeks applicants for new advisory committee
The City of Florence has
recently established a short-
term ad-hoc committee called
the Housing and Economic
Opportunities Committee.
This group will be a working
committee charged with com-
pleting the Buildable Lands
Inventory and Housing and
Economic
Opportunities
Analysis.
The committee shall serve in
an advisory capacity to the City
Council and staff in matters
pertaining to affordable and
workforce housing as well as
economic development and job
creation.
The committee will review
work products and provide rec-
ommendations on key project
issues and decisions, providing
guidance on scenarios and pol-
icy options and guiding stake-
holder and community engage-
ment strategies.
“Committee members will
be invaluable to ensuring the
communities voice is heard as
the city makes some high level
policy decisions on these topics
that effect everyone,” says City
Manager Erin Reynolds.
The City is looking for com-
munity members who represent
a broad spectrum of communi-
ty housing and economic
development interests.
The committee will meet at
approximately four meetings
over the course of six months
and will also be responsible for
research and community out-
reach in between meetings.
Applying for a position is
easy.
Applications are available at
Florence City Hall and can be
downloaded from the City’s
website at www.ci.florence.or.
us.
LOONEY—Adalyn Sage
Looney, a female weighing 8
lbs., 15.5 ozs., was born to
Erin Judith Huston and Patrick
Eldon Looney of Florence on
April 3, 2017, at 12:22 a.m., at
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center.
Introducing
Siuslaw High School Senior
P rince Benjamin
City Hall is open Monday
thru Friday; 8 a.m. to noon and
1 to 5 p.m.
All qualified persons are
encouraged to apply.
Don’t have time for commit-
tee membership, stay tuned as
there will be other opportuni-
ties to have your voice heard.
The process will include a
public survey and short work-
shops.
For details regarding the
duties and responsibilities of
this committee, contact City
Recorder Kelli Weese at 541-
997-3437.
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Dunes City Planning Commission hearing April 27
Notice has been given that a
hearing will be held by the
Dunes
City
Planning
Commission on Friday, April
27, beginning at 5 p.m.
The hearing will be held at
Dunes City Hall, 82877 Spruce
St.
The Dunes City Planning
Commission will hold the hear-
ing to provide a recommenda-
tion for the City Council to
consider a public hearing May
11 to discuss the request for a
Conditional Use Permit by the
City for impacts related to an
existing building at 82877
Spruce St. that is encroaching
on property located at 82878
Fir St. in Westlake.
The properties are Lane
County Assessor’s Map 19-12-
34-21 Tax Lots 05800 and
06300, respectively.
Failure to raise an issue to
afford the decisionmaker and
the applicant an opportunity to
respond to the issue precludes
the appeal to the Land Use
Board of Appeals based on that
issue.
The evidence relied upon by
the applicant and the applicable
criteria are available for
inspection at no cost, and a
copy can be provided at rea-
sonable cost, upon request.
The staff report will be avail-
able for inspection at no cost at
least seven (7) days prior to the
hearing.
Written testimony and evi-
dence must be directed toward
the criteria described above or
other
criteria
in
the
Comprehensive Plan or Land
Use Regulation which is
believed to apply to that deci-
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sion, and may be submitted to
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planning@dunescityor.com, no
later than the day of the public
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