SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2017
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PHOTO BY RICK OLSON
Dave Rankin (top left) demonstrates how a mobile
dimension sawmill works to attendees of the Oregon
Small Woodlands Association annual meeting held
June 15 to 17 in Florence.
Woods
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At one station, Dianne
talked about managing an
unevenly
aged
multi-
species coast range forest.
She said, “(OSWA)
encourages people to come
and see a woodland and
learn what private landown-
ers are doing with their
property as far as steward-
ship.”
Dave demonstrated a
portable sawmill at another
station.
“I demonstrated what is
called a mobile dimension
mill. It is a circular dimen-
sion mill that cuts both ver-
tically and horizontally,”
he said.
At the third station,
Oregon State University
Extension Agent Lauren
Grand talked about the
importance of proper forest
thinning.
The Rankins, both retired
Siuslaw School District
teachers, purchased the
197-acre
Rankin
Woodlands, LLC, located
south of Florence, in 1973.
Oregon Small Woodlands
Association and Oregon
Forest Resources Institute
sponsored the annual meet-
ing.
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The 2017-18 Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors were installed during the June 15 annual meet-
ing at the Florence Senior Center.
Chamber
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“This event is really about
honoring our volunteers. That
really is the heart of the cham-
ber. I hope you’ll join me in
appreciating and recognizing
their service to us.”
She also thanked the cham-
ber’s board of directors.
“These board members —
their dedication is incredible.
They run or own businesses,
yet they have time to come out
and sit on a board and share
their time,” she said.
As part of the board installa-
tion, the chamber honored
retiring board members Cal
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Applebee, Annette Foglio, Jim
Martin and Kelsey Terry.
Hannigan also praised retir-
ing board president Jenna
Bartlett, who has served seven
years on the chamber board,
with three years of those as
president.
Bartlett said, “To anyone
who is considering volunteer-
ing or even joining the board, it
has been one of the most
worthwhile things I have done
on both a personal and profes-
sional level. I have gained
amazing friendships and men-
torships with people I likely
would not have. It truly has
been a great experience.”
She will continue on
the chamber board as past
president.
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who are hungry in our community. If you have
four hours a week available, we are in need of
volunteers to staff our Front Desk and also act
as Guides as clients walk through the pantry.
Please call our volunteer coordinator, Gina Yates,
@ 541-997-9110 (Monday – Friday, before noon)
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New board members Tom
Bassett, Shauna Beckendorf
and Dee Osborne join remain-
ing board members Martin
Alletson, Jennifer Connor
and Robbie Wright, along with
newly elected board leadership
Treasurer
Gary
Cargill,
Secretary Nancy Bosket and
President Elect Russ Pierson.
Presiding over all will be
Chamber President Jensen.
“Leadership is your mantle,
and your board will be looking
to you for direction,” Hannigan
said to Jensen. “Your enthusi-
asm and out-of-the-box think-
ing will bring new growth and
purpose to the chamber.”
Jensen, who owns and oper-
ates Breen Marine, said the
chamber’s focus under him
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Columbia River and its tribu-
taries and a nuclear plant locat-
ed at the Hanford Site in
Washington.
Tyler said, “BPA sells
wholesale electricity to public
utility districts in Oregon,
Washington,
Idaho
and
Western Montana, including
Central Lincoln Public Utility
District. We also transmit elec-
tricity, for a fee. When British
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Bonneville Power Administr-
ation staff discuss a new $ 20
million project during an
open house at the Florence
Events Center Wednesday.
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be
simplified
to two things: developing
members and promoting
Florence.
“I’m so grateful to be in a
community with you guys who
support and help people to live
out their passions. The gen-
erosity is phenomenal,” he
said. “I hope we can make
these next couple years amaz-
ing as we move forward, devel-
op the businesses and promote
Florence. It’s going to be awe-
some.”
For more information about
the Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce, stop by the
Visitor’s Center at 290
Highway 101, call 541-997-
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Columbia generates excess
electricity and they want to
transmit it to Los Angeles, we
will move that electricity along
our lines.”
According to Tyler, the proj-
ect will not cause a rate hike in
utility bills.
“BPA has anticipated this
project for a long time. The
financial impact has already
been built into the rate struc-
ture that we have. This project
will not increase rates because
it is already in the rates we are
currently charging,” he said.
The project will also
improve BPA’s reliability.
BPA Substation Operator
Larry Kite said, “It is impor-
tant to have redundant electric-
ity routes. In the event of main-
tenance or some kind accident,
people may not even know,
because the electricity still gets
to their house.
“Most of the time, your
lights will blink, maybe for a
couple of seconds. There is a
fair chance a line may have
kicked off and be out of service
because of storm damage. One
line coming into this area was
out for six weeks last winter
because of severe ice storm
damage in Eugene.”
In addition to helping
improve reliability, the project
will have a positive impact on
the local economy.
According to Tyler, BPA
workers and subcontractors
will stay at local motels, eat at
local restaurants and buy gro-
ceries and gas locally.
The only inconvenience
Tyler sees will be that some
traffic along Highway 126 may
be temporarily interrupted
when materials are moved
from the staging area to the
point of installation.
For more information, visit
www.bpa.gov.