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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2017
Transforming change
God taught me to talk like
Him. Proverbs 18:21 says,
“Death and life are in the power
of the tongue…” And Hebrews
4:14 says that Jesus is our great
High Priest and we should “hold
fast our confession” (AMPC).
The word confession means
“to say the same thing as.”
Jesus can only do what we’re
saying that agrees with His
Word. So it’s vital for us as
Christians to learn how to speak
the Word of God and not just
say things based on our feelings
or what other people have said
about us.
Now, I believe we’ll have
greater success with this if we
concentrate on what we should
be doing with our mouth, rather
than focusing on all the things
we shouldn’t say.
I want to encourage you to
really listen to yourself and
locate yourself. Where’s your
heart? The Bible says out of the
abundance of the heart the
mouth speaks (see Luke 6:45).
The truth is, the things we say
come from something that is
formed in our heart. So you can
determine where your heart is
by listening to yourself.
How do you talk while you’re
going through a hard time? Or
when you don’t get what you
want? Remember that what you
say reveals the real you.
Changing the way you talk
will change your heart. We all
have room to grow in our rela-
tionship with God. And the way
to make progress is to speak His
language.
When you do, you will:
• Bless everything you can
possibly bless. The Bible says
we have the power to bless or
curse with the words of our
mouth. (See James 3:8-10.)
• Be thankful and say so.
(See Psalm 100:4.) Don’t just
think about how much you
appreciate someone — tell
them.
• Be an encourager. Make an
effort to give someone an
encouraging word every day.
• Speak the Word of God.
Recite and memorize verses that
deal with things you want to
change or overcome, such as
anger, unforgiveness, insecurity.
• Stop talking too much. Be
quick to hear and slow to speak.
God wants you to pray and
ask Him to help you use your
mouth to say the right things.
When you do, it will change
your life.
Spirituali-Tea to examine auxiliary languages
Monday evening, June 19 at
6:30 p.m., interested individu-
als are invited to join an engag-
ing group of people from
diverse spritual paths who are
looking to share spiritual paths
and to understand and appreci-
ate the paths of others.
The gathering will meet at
the home of James and
Suzanne Heintz at 875 Seventh
St. Normal participation is
twelve to twenty friends. The
topic discussed this week will
be Auxillary Language.
The Baha’i Writings state
that the auxiliary language
Port
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eligible for contract rates.
Owen also let the boat’s
Oregon registration expire at
the end of December. This was
another violation of the port’s
moorage contract.
Buckwald said, “It is a mat-
ter of what the port policies and
ordinances are. It has got to be
clear. Nothing about this whole
ordeal, to me, has been clear.”
Huntington said, “You can
charge him the monthly rate,
which is more than the annual,
or even the semiannual rate. I
can see that. Just because we
can charge him $17 per day
because he doesn’t have a con-
tract…”
Duman, who was participat-
ing in the meeting by speaker-
phone, said, “The last thing we
had signed by Gordon Owen
was a contract for moorage. If
on that contract it says we need
to go to a daily rate, then we
need to charge him. If it does-
n’t, we are going on what the
port manager assumes, and
everybody says, ‘Well, you’re
should not suppress existing
natural languages, and that
the concept of unity in diversi-
ty must be applied to lan-
guages.
The Bahai’s teachings state
that cultural heterogeneity is
compatible with unity, and that
the Bahai’s teaching of unity
requires the embracing of cul-
tural diversity, since humanity
is enriched by the various cul-
tures throughout the world.
The Baha’i teachings state
that having an international
auxiliary language would
remove the pressure from the
natural aggrandizement of
majority language groups and
thus preserve minority lan-
guages, since each person
would keep their own mother-
tongue, and thus minority cul-
tures.
Bring your thoughts on the
subject for open discussion.
The gathering will end at 8
p.m. with prayers for the
requests left in the Prayer Pole
in the garden of the Florence
Playhouse and those shared by
the group.
For more information, call
Suzanne at 541 590-0779.
giving away public funds.’ We
never had public funds. Give
(the money) back.”
He continued, “The last con-
tract (Owen) signed was a
semiannual. A contract out of
lease is still a contract. You
don’t have anything else signed
by him. If (the daily rate) was-
n’t on his contract, that he
signed and acknowledged … It
is our fault for not enforcing
the semiannual. If he didn’t
pay the semiannual, we should
have kicked him out that day.”
Buckwald said, “I’m in
favor of not charging him the
daily rate. Put him on a month-
ly rate and walk away.”
Commissioners voted to pay
Owen $1,477, the difference
between the monthly rate and
the daily rate he was charged
for the six months from Oct.1,
2016, to April 1, 2017.
According to port records,
Owen’s last payment to the
port only covered moorage
through March 3. The port had
previously written off the bal-
ance of his March bill.
After coming out of an exec-
utive session to discuss port
property transactions and to
consider appointment of an
interim manager, Caputo
reopened the special session.
Commissioners voted to
reject an offer to purchase sur-
plus port property located at
1499 Bay St. and to have the
port attorney draw up a 60-day
agreement to sell.
The port will maintain the
right to refuse any offer for any
reason.
The property originally
housed Port of Siuslaw offices
and most recently was leased
by Silver Sand Dollar, which
vacated the property in
December.
In other business, commis-
sioners voted to appoint Dina
McClure as interim port man-
ager while current manager
Steven Leskin is on paid
administrative leave, pending
the outcome of a sexual harass-
ment investigation. That inves-
tigation began Monday.
McClure previously served
as interim manager for approx-
imately four months between
2015 and 2016.
Helping
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He also explained Helping
Hands’ definition of loitering
around the proposed enclosed
waiting area.
“From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. it
is a waiting area. Prior to that
and after that it is loitering, and
there is no loitering allowed,”
Hamilton said.
The Rev. Carol Thompson of
the United Methodist Church
said, “Helping Hands has been
a part of our congregation min-
istry since August of last year
and I believe on the police
report there has been one inci-
dent where a call was made. I
want you folks to be assured
that (Helping Hands) are good
neighbors.”
Area resident Linda Castro
said she was a supporter of
Helping Hands but had con-
cerns about the operation being
located close to a residential
neighborhood and a bus stop on
18th Street.
“My really big concern is
because I have a 4-year-old that
is going to be going to kinder-
garten. During the summer
they have a pre-kindergarten
program. The bus picks them
up at 10 a.m. and drops them
off at noon. Children are going
to be getting off at 12 p.m.
when (Helping Hands) is fully
occupied. That worries me,”
she said.
Helping Hands co-founder
Debbie Hanson said, “We have
looked for 11 months for a
place. If anyone has another
place for us to move into,
please tell us. We finally found
a landlord that has no problems
with us being there. Ninety
nine percent of our people are
well-behaved people that just
want to feel a bit human for an
hour and a half, three times a
week.”
After the public testimony,
FarleyCampbell said the staff’s
recommendation would be to
continue public hearings.
“The reason for that is to
give the planning commission
better certainty on the site plan,
where the parking is going to
go and to address the access
between the (coffee) kiosk and
the (Helping Hands) building.
More information is needed for
you to make an objective deci-
sion,” she said.
Commissioners expressed
several concerns on the non-
profit operation moving into a
commercially zoned area.
Commissioner
Michael
Titmus said, “I don’t think this
particular enterprise, lofty as it
is, fits within the description of
a business, only being open an
hour and a half, three days a
week, and there is no money
and commerce being done in
this commercial zone.
“I also know that in working
with the homeless and raising
money for the rescue missions
in Los Angeles that all the pro-
fessionals say, ‘Please, don’t
give handouts.’ They need
other services.”
He concluded by saying,
“I’m not sure this particular
enterprise fits in a commercial
area.”
Board Chairman John
Murphy closed the session by
saying, “I am struggling on this
issue when it comes time to
vote. If this were any other type
of regular retail or wholesale
business and not a nonprofit
that is really needed in our
community, we know it would
be denied. I’m struggling with
our code that we have to make
decisions by and the need for
this in the community.”
Commissioners agreed to
postpone a final decision until a
June 27 meeting, to allow more
time to study the proposal, with
added modifications, and to
receive additional written com-
ments, either for or against the
project.
Anyone wishing to submit
written comments can email
the planning commission at
wendy.farleycampbell@ci.flo-
rence.or.us., or fax to 541-997-
4109, or drop comments off at
city hall, 250 Highway 101.
All correspondence must
include a return address.
Written testimony will be
accepted until 4 p.m. on June
27.
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