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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2017
American Legion to retire flags Wednesday
American Legion Post 59
of Florence will host a public
Flag Day ceremony to formal-
ly retire flags. The event will
be at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June
14, at Veterans’ Memorial
Park, next to The River House
Inn, 1202 Bay St. in Old Town
Florence.
“When a flag is so worn it
is no longer fit to serve as a
symbol of our country, it
should be destroyed by burn-
ing in a dignified, ceremoni-
ous manner,” said Rick
Shores, the Legion’s local
post commander. “Faded, tat-
tered or torn flags do not
honor our nation.”
Shores explained that prop-
er flag etiquette dictates how
and when flags are to be
retired to show respect for the
nation’s symbol.
“It is an honor and privilege
to host this annual ceremony
for the community, so we
invite everyone to attend,”
Shore said.
The public is encouraged to
bring their worn-out flags for
proper retirement. Flags can
also be dropped off prior to
the ceremony at the Florence
Elks Lodge, 1686 12th St., or
at the Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue Main Station at 26th
Street and Highway 101.
Shores will lead the cere-
mony with Post Chaplain Don
Jordan and a color guard from
the U.S. Coast Guard Station.
Bleachers will be erected
for public seating.
Parking is available just
west of the park in the lot of
the former Lotus Restaurant.
According to the American
Legion’s website, a flag code
was first formulated by the
National Flag Conference in
Washington, in June of 1923.
The Flag Code was an
attempt by prominent patriotic
organizations to collect
together in one instrument
statutes, executive order, and
rules of established custom
and usage relating to the U.S.
flag.
On Dec. 22, 1942,
Congress approved most of
the provisions of the Flag
Code.
Key elements of the Flag
Code include:
• The flag should be lighted
at all times, either by sunlight
or by an appropriate light
source.
• The flag should never be
dipped to any person or thing.
It is flown upside down only
as a distress signal.
• The flag should never be
used for any advertising pur-
pose.
• The flag should never
have any mark, insignia, let-
ter, word, number, figure or
drawing of any kind placed on
it or attached to it.
• When the flag is lowered,
no part of it should touch the
Submit proposals for watershed projects
CORVALLIS — Cascade
Pacific Resource Conser-
vation and Development
(CPRCD) is accepting pre-
application proposals for
watershed restoration proj-
ects in the areas represented
by the Alsea, Hebo,
Marys Peak, Siuslaw, and
Smith/Umpqua/Dunes stew-
ardship groups.
About $400,000 in Forest
Service funds are available
for projects that improve or
restore fish and wildlife
habitat on private and other
non-federal lands where
there is a demonstrated
benefit to national forest
lands.
CPRCD, working in con-
junction with the Siuslaw
National Forest and the five
partner stewardship groups,
will help administer the
process of project applica-
tion, technical review, prior-
itization and final award of
funds to approved project
proposals.
Funding requests should
not exceed $100,000.
It is recommended that
projects be scalable.
A 25 percent match in
funding or in-kind contribu-
tions is recommended.
The Siuslaw Collabora-
tive Watershed Restoration
Program was developed
after the Wyden Amendment
authorized retained receipts
from Forest Service stew-
ardship timber sales to be
used on nearby lands that
benefit resources within
watersheds of the Siuslaw
National Forest.
“The Collaborative Water-
shed Restoration Program
allows the Forest Service
and its partners and neigh-
bors to consider the whole
landscape when planning
restoration efforts,” said
Kirk Shimeall, CPRCD
executive director. “It’s a
valuable and effective col-
laborative program that
we're pleased to host and
administer.”
All projects must be pre-
Radio Club to conduct
24-hour exercise June 24
On the weekend of June
24 to 25, members of the
Central
Oregon
Coast
Amateur
Radio
Club
(COCARC) will participate
in Field Day 2017.
COCARC will be joining
thousands of amateur radio
operators worldwide to
demonstrate their effective-
ness and proficiency in pro-
viding critical communica-
tions after a catastrophic
event such as an earthquake
or tsunami.
The event begins at 11
a.m. on Saturday, June 24,
and will operate continuous-
ly for 24 hours until Sunday,
June 25, at 11 a.m.
Conducting operations
from Sutton Campground
Group Area C, COCARC
members will establish sev-
eral amateur radio stations on
emergency power, capable
of communicating all over
the Pacific Northwest and the
west coast; indeed, if condi-
tions are favorable, all over
the world.
One station will be a Get
On The Air (GOTA) station
for public education and
demonstration.
Field Day is the largest
amateur radio event in the
world. Last year, more than
2,600 different groups and
more than 37,000 licensed
operators all across the US
and Canada participated in
this event.
This year, ham operators
will construct emergency
radio stations at fire stations,
parks, shopping malls,
schools, and back yards all
around the country.
The Amateur Radio slo-
gan, “When All Else Fails,
Ham Radio Works” is more
than just words.
There are over 700,000
FCC licensed Amateur Radio
operators in the USA, and
more than 2.5 million around
the world.
Final afterschool program
update meeting Tuesday
Siuslaw School District
Twilight
Afterschool
Program Director Lisa Utz
will be hosting a final advi-
sory group meeting to update
the community on the pro-
gram, and to gather input and
feedback for program devel-
opment and improvement.
This meeting will be
Tuesday, June 13, at 4 p.m. at
the District Office, 2111 Oak
St.
The district would like to
hear from parents and fami-
lies, students, teachers, com-
munity members and busi-
nesses.
sented to the appropriate
stewardship group for
approval
during
their
June/July meetings.
Prior to submitting a pre-
application, download the
Stewardship Guidelines at
w w w. c a s c a d e p a c i f i c
stewardship.org/shop/wp
images/2018-stewardship-
fund-eligibilityguidelines
.pdf for project eligibility.
Follow the steps below to
submit a pre-application:
1. Download
the
Stewardship pre-application
from cascadepacificstew-
ardship.org and work with
the appropriate Forest
Service technical specialist
to obtain approval.
Save the file as a different
name and fill in the blanks
as directed.
2. Follow the deadline
dates
and
submission
process outlined in the time-
line on the website.
ground or any other object; it
should be received by waiting
hands and arms. To store the
flag it should be folded neatly
and ceremoniously.
• When a flag is so worn it
is no longer fit to serve as a
symbol of our country, it
should be destroyed by burn-
ing in a dignified, ceremoni-
ous manner.
The Legion Post also spon-
sors the Florence Area
Veterans’ Relief Agency
(FAVRA), a not-for-profit
group of local veterans
helping other local veterans
with limited, emergency, stop-
gap grant funding for food,
shelter,
utilities,
medical, transportation or
other personal, immediate
needs.
For more information about
Wednesday’s ceremony or
FAVRA, call Shores at 541-
590-0395
or
visit
AmericanLegionPost59.com.
OBITUARIES
VA N D E R - K A A Y —
Derrick Vander-Kaay, 56,
died June
3, 2017.
Derrick
was born
Feb.
4,
1960,
in
L o n g
B e a c h ,
Calif.,
Derrick
where he
Vander-Kaay
grew up.
He battled his demons
with drugs and was clean for
the last seven years.
Derrick found out in
March that he had an aggres-
sive form of lung cancer. He
fought with all he had.
He was the most loving,
giving and honest man
you’d ever meet.
He would ask that you
please do not smoke and to
tell your loved ones that
they are loved.
Derrick was a proud
father to his son, Cory
Roman Matthew Vander-
Kaay Sandaval, who sur-
vives him.
He is also survived by his
two sisters: Kiki Johnson of
Spring, Texas, and Janet
Thies of Florence.
Instead of flowers, please
send donations to the
American Cancer Society.
Thank you to Western
Lane Ambulance District,
Florence Police and Burns’s
Riverside Chapel.
Derrick requested no serv-
ice and for his cremains to be
spread on Siltcoos Lake.
BOEHLKE—Shirley M.
Boehlke, born May 9, 1929,
in Chicago, Ill., passed away
May 29, 2017.
She was laid to rest at the
Acacia Park Cemetery in
Chicago.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
COURTS
BIRTH
Florence Municipal Court
June 6
Ricky Wayne Williams
pleaded guilty to a misde-
meanor for driving with a
suspended driver’s license.
He was sentenced to two
days in Florence City Jail.
He must pay $575 in fines.
Brian Thomas Woods
pleaded no contest to
harassment. He was sen-
tenced to four days in
Florence City Jail and must
report to treatment. He must
pay $425 in fines and not
contact or be in or about the
residence or place of
employment of the victim.
Melissa Dawn McDowell
pleaded no contest to theft.
She was sentenced to two
days in Florence City Jail.
She must pay $1,075 in
fines and not contact or be
in or about the premises or
place of employment of the
victim.
HALVERSON—Annabelle Merrie Halverson, a girl
weighing 7 lbs., 8 ozs., was born to KcKala June
Halverson of Florence on June 6, 2017, at 8:23 p.m., at
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center.
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