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2 A SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017 County expands veterans services as strike continues Florence City Recorder The Lane County Board of Commissioners met in execu- tive session on Sunday, fol- lowed by several hours of con- tinued mediation until 12 a.m. on Monday morning. Lane County and AFSCME will continue in mediation this week. As of 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 20, some 20 percent of AFSCME members have cho- sen to return to work. This has enabled Lane County to restore several services that were impacted by the strike: • Behavioral Health will return to normal business hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. • Veterans Services will return to normal business hours and offer full walk-in services, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. • The Land Management Division is now able to offer its customers building permit and land use application consulta- tions during its reduced cus- tomer service hours of 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday. • Parole and Probation will extend its main office lobby hours to 9 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. • The RiverStone Community Health Center in Springfield has reopened and is offering full adult clinical serv- ices Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Methadone Treatment Program group therapy Two Oregon children recovered during recent FBI sex trafficking sting The FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, work- ing with a number of local and state partner agencies in Oregon, recovered two child sex trafficking victims as part of a national and international operation in the past week. The FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) spearhead the “Operation Cross Country” initiative to recover minor sex trafficking victims and to target the crimi- nal enterprises responsible for the commercial sex trafficking of children. Across the United States, FBI task forces recovered more than 80 minors and arrested 120 traffickers. In all, 55 FBI field offices, working with hundreds of local and state law enforcement partners took part in this, the 11th iteration of Operation Cross Country (OCC). International partners included Canada, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines. The Oregon operations resulted in: • Portland — Two minor sex trafficking victims recovered in Portland. One of these two just recently turned 18 but dis- closed victimization that began when she was a minor; nine adult prostitutes were arrested and/or cited. Law enforcement and social service providers offered assis- tance to all contacted. • Eugene — Five adult pros- titutes contacted. Law enforce- ment and social service providers offered assistance to all contacted. • Salem — One arrest, Terrence Martell Williams, age 34, on a state charge of pro- moting prostitution. He was arrested by Salem Police Department; six adult prosti- tutes were arrested and/or cited. Law enforcement and social service providers offered assis- tance to all contacted. The FBI’s victim specialists work with state protective service agencies and social service providers to offer those minors recovered medical assistance, mental health coun- seling or other support as need- ed. Adult prostitutes arrested by local law enforcement partners assisting in Operation Cross Country are also given the option to receive social servic- es. “It can be easy to think that selling sex with children is so corrupt, so depraved that it couldn’t possibly happen in my town, my neighborhood, my school. But, as we find out every time we recover a child, these victims are here and their WEATHER DATA D ATE Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. H IGH 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 62 57 58 54 57 60 67 Rainfall Month: 7.98” needs are very real,” said Loren Cannon, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oregon. “These kids are every- one’s responsibility, and they are counting on us — the FBI, local law enforcement, the community — to come togeth- er to give them a chance at a life we would all wish for our children.” Nationally and internation- ally, investigators staged oper- ations in a number of locations, including casinos, hotels and truck stops as well as on street corners and via the Internet. With regards to the Oregon operations, specifics will not be released as to the stings, including locations, to protect the integrity of future opera- tions. “We were honored to join this massive effort to hold offenders accountable,” said Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts. “We’ve made child exploitation a major enforcement focus at our agency, with initiatives and partnerships that include our Child Abuse Team, the Inter- agency Child Exploitation Prevention Team (INTER- CEPT), A Safe Place Family Justice Center and our annual Child Abuse Family Violence Summit. “We salute the FBI, our deputies and partner agencies in their large-scale effort to bring these individuals to jus- tice.” For more information, con- tact Beth Anne Steele, FBI Public Affairs, Portland Division at 503-460-8099. resumed today. Visit www.lanecounty.org for a list of service changes occurring during the AFSCME employees strike; it will be updated regularly. Community members with questions about affected serv- ices are encouraged to call the hotline at 541-682-3977. The hotline is open between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, until the strike ends. IMPOUNDMENT 13676 Male Labrador mix #13676 has been impounded 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 installed on board The Oregon Association of Commerce (Ex-Officio) and Municipal Recorders (OAMR) many others. recently installed In addition, Weese Florence City serves as the staff rep- Recorder/ Economic resentative of the Development Public Arts Comm- Coordinator Kelli ittee, helping establish Weese, as the 2017- a strategy and proto- 2018 OAMR Second cols for Florence’s Vice President. new program. Weese received Weese has worked the oath of office at Kelli Weese for the City of the association’s Florence since May annual conference banquet 2008 and has served in multi- held at the Best Western Agate ple other capacities in addition Beach Inn on Sept. 22. to city recorder, including Weese has been an active Geographic Information member of OAMR since 2010. Technician and Interim She has served on the Records Planning Director. Management Committee, She is a certified planner Internet Committee and and has earned her city AICP Conference Committee. status. She is also very involved in OAMR is a professional her local community. She organization dedicated to pro- serves on the board/committee moting governmental relation- for the local Downtown ships and providing education- Revitalization Team/Main al and training opportunities Street USA, City Club, for more than 200 Oregon city Florence Area Chamber of recorders statewide. Voice Your Opinion! 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