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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2017
Florence to host Roblan, McKeown for legislative talk
Sen. Arnie Roblan and Rep. Caddy McKeown will discuss transportation and education.
Education and transporta-
tion will be the key topics of a
town hall hosted by Sen. Arnie
Roblan, D-Coos Bay, and Rep.
Caddy McKeown, D-Coos
Bay, next weekend in
Florence.
The event is scheduled for 4
p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, in
the Bromley Room of the
Siuslaw Public Library, 1460
Ninth St., in Florence. The dis-
cussion will feature Oregon
Education Innovation Officer
and Oregon Department of
Education Interim Director
Colt Gill, in addition to
Oregon
Department
of
Transportation Region 2
Manager Frannie Brindle and
local legislators.
McKeown serves as co-
chair of the Joint Committee
on Transportation,
Preservation and
Modernization and Roblan is
the chair of the Senate
Committee on Education.
Both provide powerful voic-
es for the Oregon coast on
education, transportation and
numerous other topics in the
Oregon Legislature.
Gill was appointed as
Oregon’s first Education
Innovation Officer in 2016 and
recently was promoted to the
interim director role in the
Department of Education.
He has a 27-year history as
an educator in Oregon.
The town hall event is free
and open to the public.
BALLOTS ARRIVING FOR NOVEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION
receive a ballot for the Nov. 7
Special Election can check on
the status of their registration
and ballot at www.oregon
votes.gov.
They can also contact Lane
County Elections at 541-682-
4234 to determine if they need
to update their voter registra-
tion to receive a ballot.
Lane County Elections
mailed ballots Thursday for
the Nov. 7 Special Election.
Voters will receive ballots
through Tuesday, Oct. 24.
This election involves
approximately 187,000 regis-
tered voters in Lane County.
Voters who are eligible to
vote in this election and do not
Voters can drop off their
ballots at one of many official
drop box locations listed in the
insert included with their bal-
lot.
Drop boxes are now open
and will remain open until 8
p.m. on Election Day.
Lane County Elections is
located at 275 W. 10th Ave.,
on the corner of 10th and
Lincoln streets in downtown
Eugene.
Public office hours are 9
a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
On Election Day, Nov. 7,
the Lane County Elections
Office will be open from 7
a.m. to 8 p.m.
OBITUARY
H I E TA L A — D e b o r a h
Hietala, 63, of Florence,
passed away
in the com-
fort of her
home while
peacefully
surrounded
by her fami-
ly on Sept.
27, 2017.
Debbie
Deborah Hietala
was
born
Feb. 10, 1954, in Saudia
Arabia, to Catherine and
Bruce Trimble.
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Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
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65
61
Rainfall
Month: 1.96”
Sheriff’s office to hold Search, Rescue volunteer open house
Lane County Search and
Rescue is currently recruiting
new volunteers. The program
is looking for individuals
experienced in outdoor activi-
ties with a positive attitude
who are community service
oriented. Volunteer members
must be willing and prepared
to be called out at all times of
the day or night, sometimes in
very inclement weather and
extreme conditions.
Being a Search and Rescue
Volunteer is a great way to
help your community and
Sheriff’s Office.
The mandatory first step in
joining is to attend one of three
informational open house
meetings. Following the meet-
ing, those who are interested
can pick up an application.
Applications will not be
accepted from individuals who
did not attend one of the meet-
ings. Those interested in
applying only need to attend
one of these meetings.
Open houses will take place
Saturday, Oct. 21; Thursday
Oct. 26; and Thursday, Nov. 2.
Each open house will take
place at 6 p.m. at the Lane
County
Public
Service
Building, 125 E. Eighth Ave.
in Eugene.
Applicants who attend one
of the Informational Meetings
listed above and are successful
in the application process will
be invited to attend Search and
Rescue 101, an in-depth train-
ing covering all aspects of
search and rescue, including
search techniques, land navi-
gation, tracking, rescue and
recovery, and first aid.
Search and Rescue 101 is
mandatory training for SAR
volunteers.
Application requirements:
• Must be able to pass a
criminal background check.
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• Must be able to work in a
chain of command environ-
ment and follow directions
provided by Search and
Rescue Coordinators and
group leaders.
• Must be willing to attend
Search and Rescue 101 in
2018 to learn the required
skills needed to gain state cer-
tification.
Initial training generally
occurs February through June
and is held two weekday
evenings and one weekend day
a week.
L OW R AIN
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0.00
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Week: 1.60”
Year: 75.89”
Courtesy of Roger Cunningham
IMPOUNDMENT
Senior
female
miniature
Te r r i e r
m i x
#13667
has been
impound-
13667
ed at the
Oregon
Coast Humane Society.
Call 541-997-4277 or stop
by the shelter at 2840
Rhododendron Drive to
claim.
Visit OCHS at oregoncoast
humanesociety.org.
Correction
In the front-page article,
“Humane Society Inspection
Shows No Abuse or Neglect,”
in the Oct. 18, 2017 issue of
the Siuslaw News, the agency
identified as prompting the
inquiry was identified as the
U.S. Department of Justice;
the agency was the Oregon
Department of Justice (ODJ),
which is the Oregon State
Office of the Attorney
General.
Siuslaw News regrets the
error.
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Debbie is survived and
deeply loved by her husband
Leroy; her children: Chris
(Denise) Boutell, Jamison
(Dot) Boutell, Robyn (Doni)
Bilyeu, Eira Hietala and Steve
Hietala; her sister, Sandee
(Ross) Miller; six grandchil-
dren and three great-grandchil-
dren.
A service will be held for
her family and friends at First
Baptist Church on Oct. 21, at
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