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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2017
Remodel
from 1A
“Our
investment
goes
beyond just bricks and mortar
and sticks and carpet,” Murphy
said. “For that, I’m going to
introduce Dee and have her talk
about some additional invest-
ments we’re making in the
community.”
Dee Osborne, the local
branch manager in Florence,
said, “One thing I’m really
proud of working for Banner
Bank is the generosity to the
communities we serve. We’re
very strong on that. Recently
we heard that Florence Food
Share had an urgent need for
support.
Helping
feed
Florence-area families and
individuals is an important pri-
ority, especially in the winter
months. That’s why we select-
ed Florence Food Share to
receive a check for $2,263.”
She said the extra “263” was
brought in through bank-wide
food drive by customers and
Firefighters from 1A
Santa Rosa, Calif. Upon
arrival, they were granted
only enough time to stow
their gear and set up cots in
the 3,000 plus firefighter tent
city at the fairgrounds,” he
said. “Then, they were imme-
diately deployed to the fire's
front lines to protect struc-
tures. They worked a 24-hour
assigned shift before return-
ing to rest after what amount-
ed to a 54-hour duty cycle,
including
travel
from
Florence.”
The team from Oregon was
comprised of people and
equipment from fire districts
across the state.
According to Orozco, the
group was able to send a
strong, capable contingent to
California.
“Oregon has never sent a
strike team to California
before and this was a huge
step in Oregon fire service
history. The state ended up
Port
from 1A
The Port of Siuslaw hopes
to hold multiple input meet-
ings in the coming months,
with each meeting held on the
first Wednesday of the month.
Further meetings should begin
after the holidays.
In other news from the
night, commissioners rev-
iewed the port manager job
description in a work session
before the public meeting.
In the coming months, the
commission will be hiring a
new manager after the dis-
missal of the previous port
manager, Steven Leskin.
Currently, McClure is the
acting port manager. Her offi-
cial position is administrative
assistant.
The work session was a
reckoning of the past few
years, examining both nega-
tive interpersonal and business
issues the port had experi-
enced with past managers. The
goal of the review was to stave
off future problems by taking
each of the requirements of the
management position and
reworking them in an effort to
avoid confusion on what the
manager’s responsibilities are,
in particular in relation to the
commission.
For example, the original
wording of the job description
read, “(The manager) is
responsible for ongoing plan-
ning, development and main-
tenance of Port facilities.”
The requirement put the pri-
mary onus of planning on the
manager, essentially keeping
the commissioners out of the
loop until work plans had been
finalized.
The wording of the rule had
created friction in the past,
with managers presenting
future plans to the board as
essentially final, with the com-
missioners making recommen-
dations after the fact. At times,
managers had already begun
acting on future plans before
discussing them with the
employees. The community
also raised 81 canned food
items during the month-long
drive.
Florence
Food
Share
Executive Director Norma
Barton said, “I want to thank
Banner Bank from the bottom
of my heart. To collect all this
and send it to food share is so
special, especially right now. It
has been so needed, and is
greatly appreciated. We’re so
grateful to the community.”
Osborne brought out another
giant check.
“Another important organi-
zation in Florence that is
focused on improving the
health and lives of our commu-
nity members is PeaceHealth
Peace Harbor Medical Center
Foundation,” she said. “We’d
like to present a check for
$5,000 to PeaceHealth in sup-
port of the local palliative care
program.”
Foundation
Relations
Specialist Casey Farm and
Peace Harbor CEO Rick Yecny
sending 15 strike teams with a
total of 75 engines to assist in
the effort,” he said.
The significance of the
contribution made by SVFR
was emphasized by Warren,
who pointed out the impact a
devastating event like the
California wildfires can have
on people in the path of the
conflagration.
Orozco said, “The fire
moved very fast. It was in a
metropolitan area and it
burned 50 blocks in a matter
of minutes. There were whole
strip malls that were totally
gone. There was literally
nothing stopping this fire. It
burned so hot and so fast it
was unstoppable.”
Warren said SVFR respon-
ders were able to provide sup-
port and comfort to victims of
the one of the largest fires in
California history.
“Back at the fairgrounds,
just on the other side of a
fence, were many of the dis-
placed evacuees watching the
plumes of smoke rising above
board.
Instead, the commissioners
said they needed to be more
involved with the process,
with both board and employ-
ees working hand in hand to
shape the future of the port.
“My suggestion is, the man-
ager brings the board project
lists and provides recommen-
dations so the board has more
control over the planning and
development,” McClure said.
In essence, it creates a con-
crete delineation between the
essential duties of the board
and the manager. The board
makes policy; the manager
maintains the policy.
Multiple other issues were
discussed during the session,
with the commissioners and
McClure confident that the
changes would quell future
issues.
The process was not com-
pleted by the end of the ses-
sion, and will be continued in
further meetings.
The port plans to begin
interviewing for a new manag-
er in the first half of 2018.
Finally, the commission dis-
cussed the ongoing erosion
project. Commissioners app-
roved the existing plan for the
project submitted by engineer
Jack Aiken, who has been
working on the design for
more than a year.
However, the design dealt
solely with erosion occurring
from the river, and did not
account for drainage coming
from the parking lot.
Commissioner
Terry
Duman requested grading and
drainage plans from the lot be
included in the plans.
In addition, the Port of
Siuslaw will also co-sponsor
the Light Up Your Boat Float
on Saturday, Nov. 25, from
3:30 to 7 p.m. Boat displays
will be docked at the marina.
The contest is also spon-
sored by the Chamber of
Commerce and Breen Marine.
For more information and to
sign up, contact the port at
541-997-3040.
and provides for the emotional
and spiritual needs of the
patient and family facing a seri-
ous or chronic illness.
Banner Bank’s open house
allowed people to eat hors
d’oeuvres and mingle with
employees while touring the
remodeled spaces.
“I’d like to extend thanks to
all of you, the people who make
Florence such a wonderful
place to live and do business,”
Osborne said. “We’re grateful
to our clients for your loyalty
and patience during our remod-
el — which was kind of tough
at times — and we look for-
ward to continuing to earn your
business in years to come.”
CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
Community members join Banner Bank Branch Manager
Dee Osborne (center) and Senior Vice President Mike
Murphy (right) at the branch’s open house on Tuesday.
accepted the check with thanks.
“The Peace Harbor Medical
Center Foundation is honored
by our long-standing and con-
tinuing partnership with the
Florence branch of Banner
Bank. I want to personally
thank Dee Osborne and the
the areas they had just retreat-
ed from” Warren said.
“Among the memorable expe-
riences
our
firefighters
brought home was the sight of
so many affected by this dev-
astating conflagration.
“As they searched through
burnt homes for remnants of
anything resembling some-
thing of important or senti-
mental value, they came to
deeply empathize with those
who lost everything.”
The board of directors then
heard reports from Langborg,
authorized the payment of
salaries and outstanding bills
and adjourned the meeting.
entire Florence Banner Bank
family for their generous gift in
support of our palliative care
program,” Farm said.
He said the home-based pro-
gram focuses on comfort and
the relief of symptoms, such as
pain and physical discomfort,
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