SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
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“Overall, I think we all
worked together, adapted and
overcame the challenges both of
these events caused.”
Florence Mayor Joe Henry
expressed that these occurrences
had a profound effect on the
community and first responders.
He shared his appreciation for
local public safety emergency
responders.
“Our police department is a
reflection of our community…
Our officers and our responders
are very special people in that
they are out there on the front
line for you and me every day,
protecting our community,”
Henry said. “They are also regu-
lar people, just like the rest of
us, with families and all the
challenges that you and I face
every day. So as the mayor, I
want to say ‘thank you’ to
Florence Police Department,
Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue,
Western Lane Ambulance
District and the other first
responders. You make me proud
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Florence City Manager Erin
Reynolds
continued
the
evening’s welcome by thanking
city employees and recognizing
the important role that family
members have in supporting
first responders.
“While these two events that
we are recognizing tonight
weren’t wished for or hoped for,
one thing I am proud to say is
we do train and plan for unfortu-
nate events,” Reynolds said. “I
am proud of the service these
individuals gave to our commu-
nity. While they were unfortu-
nate, both incidents highlighted
some of the best of us. … It
makes me happy to see family
here because family is so impor-
tant to the jobs we do every
day.”
Reynolds explained that
events like those in May and
June highlight the best of local
families, the best of the depart-
ments and the coordination that
comes in responding to events
like these.
“It highlights the best of our
partner agencies. It also shows
how great our community is. Of
course, we know that, but it is
important to recognize that,”
Reynolds said. “I am proud to be
the city manager and proud to
know each and every one of
you.”
Turner presented the awards,
with assistance from Mayor
Henry.
Recognition awards included:
• Valorous Service Award:
Commander John Pitcher
Sergeant Brandon Ott
Sergeant James Macfarlane
Officer Rob Merryman
• Meritorious Service
Award:
Corrections Officer Stephanie
Sansom
Communications Officer
Yolanda Ross
Communications Officer
Tyler Marler
• The Purple Heart:
Corrections Officer Stephanie
Sansom
Police Officer Ken Larson
• Chief’s Star:
Executive Assistant Jamie
Gorder
Building Maintenance
Technician Mike Wheeler
WLAD Operations Manager
Matt House
WLAD Paramedic Supervisor
David Rossi
WLAD Paramedic Supervisor
Ron Pearson
WLAD Paramedic Rob
Chance
WLAD Paramedic Ali Gharib
• Unit Citation Award:
Florence Police Auxiliary
Turner closed the ceremony
by thanking everyone who
responded to the two events.
“Lastly, there are so many
people that need to be recog-
nized that helped with these two
incidents. Thank you to all of
the Public Works personnel who
responded and helped us direct
traffic and put up road signs, the
fire department personnel that
never hesitated to help, the other
city employees that often don’t
get mentioned, but have to
receive the difficult calls when
these incidents occur and, of
course, to all of the other agen-
cies, businesses and citizens that
surround our city, help keep it
safe, and never ask for recogni-
tion. All of you are what makes
Florence such a great place to
be,” Turner said.
Unfortunately, not all who
were honored at the recognition
reception were able to attend the
ceremony.
Turner has since presented
those who were not in atten-
dance with their awards and
thanked them for their service.
“The overwhelming support
this community shows for its
Police Department is amazing,”
Turner said. “Truly a rarity in
today’s world.”
Breach
The company has also set up a
dedicated call center to assist
consumers concerned about the
hack and is in the process of
ramping up call center support to
more efficiently manage the
large numbers of incoming calls.
In addition, there have been
thousands of reports of ongoing
technical issues connecting to
Equifax via telephone and on-
line, with repeated error mes-
sages or busy signals, when con-
nection is finally achieved.
The most effective and sim-
plest remedies available to
Equifax customers to possibly
prevent unauthorized use, are
relatively simple.
1. Consider a credit freeze.
This step makes it harder for oth-
ers to open a new account in your
name. There are often minimal
charges to free and unfreeze your
accounts. There can also be a
delay before the freeze can be
initiated or removed.
2. Check your credit report for
unusual activity and for charges
you don’t recognize or did not
authorize.
3. Monitor existing accounts
for changes that you did not
make.
4. File your taxes early, before
a potential scammer has the
opportunity to do so.
Two additional issues are like-
ly to be investigated by the FTC
and Congressional oversight
committees.
The first is a report from a
Homeland cyber-security unit
that had warned Equifax of the
“hole” in its software, three
months before the breach was
initiated; and the company was
still unable or unwilling to pre-
vent the incursion.
The second troubling aspect is
the report that three Equifax
executives sold shares of the
credit-reporting firm worth near-
ly $2 million shortly after the
breach was discovered. The sales
came before the breach was
announced to the public.
Equifax has also apparently
realized the irony of selling cred-
it monitoring services to detect
identity theft, while being the
victim of one of the largest data
hacks in history.
Last Friday, the company
announced the “resignation” of
David Webb, chief technology
officer, and Susan Mauldin, the
company’s top security officer.
Equifax has set up a website,
www.equifaxsecurity2017.com,
to provide additional information
and to access credit monitoring
and identity theft protection
services.
ground, she can support her
claims.
She had to learn when not
to apologize — something
Anderson believes women in
Western society are ingrained to
do — and when to speak up.
“I had to be confident in order
to do well in the tournament and
with my speaking,” she said.
“Now that I want to go into the
media and share the news, that
confidence is necessary.”
In 2016, Anderson put her
speech skills to the test during
the
109th
Rhododendron
Festival. In the “talent” portion
of the evening, she performed a
humorous 1940s-style radio
show she wrote about women in
World War II and changes in how
modern women interact with the
world.
“The Rhody Court was sup-
posed to showcase what we
could do. I wanted to put my best
foot forward,” Anderson said.
It paid off, for a panel of
judges voted her as that year’s
Queen Rhododendra. Anderson
spent her senior year as a repre-
sentative of the Florence com-
munity, finally crowning the next
queen, Claire Waggoner, in May.
“I really learned to appreciate
my town in that year, especially
by being an ambassador for
Florence,” Anderson said.
Her love of the Florence area
means she wants to stay in the
Pacific Northwest during and
after college, but she also sees
herself living in a bigger city
someday.
“Having grown up in
Florence surrounded by green
and trees, it would be really
weird to move to a city where
there isn’t some of that,” she
said.
There are things Anderson
will miss in town, but close fam-
ily remains in the area, including
her parents Dirk and Kathy
Anderson. She may even come
back to write for the Siuslaw
News next summer.
“If I were to give a final mes-
sage before I go to college, it
would be to tell people not to
give up on what they want to do.
You can do whatever you want.
Just, don’t give up,” Anderson
said. “I’m going out into the
world and I can say, ‘Hey, I care
about myself, and I m going to
go do good things.”
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Equifax has provided infor-
mation and links on the compa-
ny’s website regarding the steps
consumers can take to prevent or
deter unauthorized use of the
information that may have been
hacked.
The National Consumer Law
Center reports that one half of
the entire U.S. population and
nearly three quarters of
Americans with a credit report
could be impacted by this
unprecedented
breach,
as
Equifax organizes, assimilates
and analyzes data from 820 mil-
lion consumers and more than 90
million businesses worldwide.
The company then commodi-
tizes this information. In 2016,
Equifax Inc. reported revenues
of more than $3.1 billion.
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sort of gave up on me in high
school. I refused to see that as an
excuse to give up on myself. I
still have a lot of plans that I
want to do.”
When Anderson discovered
speech and debate through her
forensics classes, everything
clicked into place.
“Forensics has a lot to thank
for my self-confidence,” she
said.
Now, Anderson boldly wears
1950s-inspired clothes and
makeup, and she is not afraid to
give a controversial opinion.
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