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Boys and Girls Club of Western Lane County has an immediate
opening for Teen Center Unit Director.
Duties and responsibilities include developing, directing and
managing overall daily operations of the Teen Center Unit, with
a focus on a comprehensive, outcome-driven program and ser-
vice delivery. Also supervises and trains staff , handles personnel
issues, manages facility, develops and manages a budget, active-
ly engages and supports a Unit Advisory Council, and manages
community relations, volunteers, and membership administra-
tion.
Applicant should have:
• Four-year degree from an accredited college or university, or
equivalent experience.
• A minimum of fi ve years work experience in a Boys & Girls
Club or similar organization planning and supervising activ-
ities based on the developmental needs of young people, or
equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint
and Adobe Photoshop
• Applicant must be able to be physically active and capable of
lift ing up to 40 pounds.
All applicants will be subject to both a criminal background
check and drug test.
Apply in person to the
Boys and Girls Club of Western Lane County
administrative offi ce at
1501 Airport Road, Florence, OR
Visit us online: www.TheSiuslawNews.com.
I
t has been several years
since I first wrote about our
local U.S. Coast Guard
Station Siuslaw River, and it’s
time to update that story for a
variety of reasons.
Today, the City of Florence
is being named a “Coast Guard
City,” only one of three in
Oregon and one of 24 across
the nation.
It is an honor for our com-
munity to be recognized in this
way by the United States Coast
Guard for the special efforts
that we have proven for show-
ing the appreciation for our
own “Coasties” here in
Florence.
Today’s honor will be
bestowed on our community,
by none other than Rear
Admiral
David
Throop,
Commander of Coast Guard
13th District. In conjunction
with that ceremony, Station
Siuslaw River will be holding
an open house later today and
open its doors for the public to
see what they do and meet the
crew.
U.S. Coast Guard Station
Siuslaw River was established
Dec. 14, 1917, when Capt.
Theodore Roberge from the
Coast Guard Station Cape
Disappointment was appointed
as the “Keeper” of Station
Siuslaw River. By March 1918,
the Station had a full crew con-
sisting of five men from
Florence and three men from
other local towns.
Today, Station Siuslaw River
serves as one of seven lifeboat
stations in Oregon whose pri-
mary mission is to provide
search and rescue to commer-
cial mariners, recreational
boaters and surfers.
But that’s not all they do.
They also escort fishing ves-
sels across the bar; provide
marine environmental protec-
tion; conduct fisheries conser-
vation enforcement; tow dis-
tressed vessels; and enforce
boating regulations.
Celebrating 100 years in
Florence this year, the Station
has been autonomous since
1917, with the exception of a
brief period following Clinton-
era budget cuts.
The local Station does this
with an average compliment of
34 personnel, whose length of
duty at this station can range
from six-months to two years,
depending on rank and service
rating.
In addition, they are aug-
mented by an Auxiliary
Detachment, Flotilla 52, filled
with volunteers who help with
station duties as well as per-
form safety inspections on ves-
sels. The station is equipped
Florence will become a bar-
gain hunter’s paradise from
Friday, Sept. 8, through
Sunday, Sept. 10, during its
fifth-annual Community-wide
Garage Sale.
Dozens of private homes,
neighborhoods, gated commu-
nities and retail outlets will
open their doors to adventurous
shoppers.
To participate as an official
sale site, sellers pay $20 to be
included in a map of all partic-
ipating locations published and
delivered to subscribers of the
Siuslaw
News
in
its
Wednesday, Sept. 6 edition.
Extra copies will be avail-
able at the Siuslaw News and
on its website, as well as at the
Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce.
Deadline for inclusion in the
map and directory is 5 p.m.
Aug. 31. Participating sites
also receive a 15-word descrip-
tion of their offerings, two
official
Community-wide
Garage Sale signs, guidelines
on how and where to post
them, along with a tip sheet on
how to have a successful sale.
Fees can be paid in person at
the Siuslaw News, 148 Maple
St., or by mail at P.O. Box 10 in
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THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD
R 118 MIN – “As close to a live-action cartoon as 3:55 PM
you’re likely to get this year…in the hands of 6:30 PM
helmer Patrick Hughes — and more importantly, 9:05 PM
owing to the chemistry of stars Samuel L. Jackson
and Ryan Reynolds — it makes for a delightfully
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ANNABELLE: CREATION
R 109 MIN – “A professional jitters-fest, made
with deep-seated esteem for the genre rather
than cynicism about a box-office sure thing.”
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funny romp from a filmmaker whose precision 8:55 PM
and craft is nearly unparalleled. It’s hard to think
of a movie this year that has been as singularly
delightful, one that, with each passing moment,
reveals something charming or odd or real.”
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WONDER WOMAN
PG-13 141 MIN – “Wonder Woman ranks as one 8:55 PM
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Events & Performing Arts:
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THE WATCHMAN'S CANOE
Florence.
“Area residents and visitors
can pick up the handy guide
and cruise the bargain trail to
see dozens of commercial and
private sales all over town from
Friday through Sunday,” said
Chamber Executive Director
Bettina Hannigan. “Smart
shoppers are always looking
for
bargains
and
the
Community-wide Garage Sale
is a fun way for the entire area
to clean out their garages, spare
rooms, or storage units and re-
home their treasures while they
make a little money too.”
The event coincides with the
10th annual Rods ’n’ Rhodies
invitational hot rod and classic
car weekend. Rods ’n’Rhodies
is hosted by the Florence Area
Chamber of Commerce and
sponsored by Three Rivers
Casino Resort.
Events take place all around
town.
For more information on
how to participate in the
Community-wide Garage Sale,
contact the Siuslaw News at
541-902-3526 or visit www.
TheSiuslawNews.com, or con-
tact the Florence Area
Chamber of Commerce at 541-
997-3128 or visit events@
FlorenceChamber.com.
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NR 106 MIN – Take a musical journey through
the Louisiana Bayou, the Mississippi Delta and
the North Mississippi Hill Country.
120 MIN – Filmed on the Southern OR Coast!
Writer/Producer/Director Barri Chase in person
and shifting sandbars.
The recreational vessel and
all four souls aboard were
returned to safety at the Port of
Siuslaw boat ramp.
Some people may have mis-
nomers about the U.S. Coast
Guard — such as it is not an
armed-service like the US
Army or USMC.
In reality, the motor life
boats are armed with fire-
power, as well as personnel
trained and armed with side-
arms and who sometimes par-
ticipate in drug enforcement
actions; the USCG chopper
which we see regularly flying
the friendly skies over Florence
is based out of North Bend not
Florence — although they per-
form regular training exercises
together.
And even though our
Coastguard men and women
may not serve in harm’s way
overseas in some conflict, they
serve the waters off our coast to
keep us from harm’s way by
putting themselves on the line.
Be sure to thank our local
Coastguard men and women
when you see them in our com-
munity.
The museum just unveiled a
new United States Coast Guard
display and the community is
invited to join us Thursday
through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. to check it out.
To learn more about military
heritage in general, visit the
Oregon
Coast
Military
Heritage Museum website at
www.oregoncoastmilitarymu-
seum.com.
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with two 47-foot motor life
boats, which are the most
active vessels, and one 29-foot
response boat, which often
does double duty by also per-
forming in parades and public
displays.
The current Officer in
Charge is Master Chief Tim
Tregoning, who just celebrated
his advancement in March of
this year, at the Oregon Coast
Military Heritage Museum.
While many of us may only
see our USCG neighbors in
parades or in practice on the
Siuslaw River, they are far
more active than that: over the
past four years they have con-
ducted 153 search and rescue
cases with 17 lives saved and
313 lives assisted.
A notable search and rescue
case was the rescue of the fish-
ing vessel Pacific Rose in
March, who broke down off of
Heceta Head. A 47-foot Motor
Lifeboat (MLB) responded and
towed the disabled boat
through 10- to 12-foot seas and
30kts of wind back to the
Siuslaw River bar, where two
MLBs worked together to get
the fishing vessel and all three
of her crew to safety at the Port
of Siuslaw.
A more recent case included
the search and rescue of a dis-
abled recreational vessel that
drifted over a shoal and quick-
ly became extremely in danger
as it approached the rocks.
A 29-foot Response Boat-
Small II (RB-S II) responded
and quickly took the disabled
vessel into tow and navigated
through the narrow channels
Community garage sale set for Rods ’N’ Rhodies weekend
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