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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2017
OBITUARIES
SLEIGHT—Michael
E.
Sleight, of Florence, passed
away at home with his family
Nov. 23, 2017, from cancer-
related causes.
Born Jan. 21, 1953, to Verna
Lindgren, Mike grew up in
Oregon’s Rogue Valley. There,
he soon had
a younger
brother and
sister, as well
as a large
extended
family
of
a u n t s ,
u n c l e s ,
Michael
cousins and
Sleight
friends.
He
had
many cherished memories of
camping, fishing, smudging,
hiking and shenanigans. He
was a boy scout. As a young
man, Mike travelled the south-
ern United States and retained
a lifelong love of the south,
southern cooking and the
friends he made there.
He always returned to
Oregon, calling it the greatest
place on earth.
Mike tried a wide variety of
jobs in his early life including
logging, bartending, tavern
ownership and mill work.
After marrying Sally in 1981,
he settled on energy conserva-
tion as a career.
In 1989, they moved their
small family of four to
Florence, where he spent 22
years at Central Lincoln PUD
as an energy conservation ana-
lyst.
Retiring in 2010, Mike
enjoyed long walks with their
dog, Tater, gardening at the
Sleight Estates, cold beer and
pondering, visiting with friends
on the porch, arguing politics
and studying scripture.
He was a lifelong U of O
Duck fan, win or lose. He loved
his family and many friends.
His passion was white water
rafting.
He will be loved forever and
greatly missed by Sally, his
wife of 36 years; daughter
Alexis Sleight; son John
Sleight; daughter-in-law
Mendy; perfect granddaughters
Kayden and Bailey; his broth-
er, Gary Sleight; his sisters
Barbara Lozar and Linda
Debrick; plus a multitude of
aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces,
nephews and friends.
A memorial service will be
held at 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8,
at the Community Baptist
Church, 4590 Highway 101 in
Florence.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
ANTHONY—John
Avit
Anthony, 82, of Florence,
passed away Nov. 15, 2017.
Born Oct. 16, 1935, John
grew up on
a
home-
stead fami-
ly farm in
Ellensburg,
Wash., with
his parents
and
two
sisters. As a
John Anthony young man,
he left the
farm for Seattle to become a
pharmacist at the UW School
of Pharmacy.
As a proud Husky, he
enjoyed a 40-year career in
both Washington and Oregon,
until retiring along the Oregon
Coast. John was rarely seen
without a University of
Washington baseball cap on,
and was an equally avid Seattle
Mariners fan.
John is survived by his best
friend and wife of over 51
years, Darleen.
Throughout their long mar-
riage, Yellowstone National
Park was a favorite travel desti-
nation and they were able to
celebrate 50 years of marriage
last summer by renewing their
vows alongside the
Yellowstone River with family.
John will be remembered as
a kind and caring man whose
wife, children, many grandchil-
dren, and dog meant the world
to him.
Despite recent health chal-
lenges, his wit, good charm and
positive attitude never dimin-
ished, always “game” for what-
ever adventure his family
threw at him.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
gifts may be made to the Medic
One Foundation, 11747 NE 1st
St, Suite 310, Bellevue, Wash.,
98005.
Over-the-air TV channels
require re-scan Dec. 7
The sale of spectrum by the
FCC requires that West Lane
Translator, Inc., change chan-
nels for three of its transla-
tors, KVAL (CBS), KMTR
(NBC) and KLSR (Fox).
The change is scheduled to
occur on Thursday, Dec. 7,
between noon and 4 p.m.
During this time, antenna-
based viewers will lose all
stations and need to re-scan
their televisions to find the
new channels.
After setting your TV to
Scan (through the Menu
option), and assuming that it
successfully finds the transla-
tors on their new channels,
nothing will look different to
the viewer.
The three network stations
will once again appear on the
same channel selections as
before (channels 13, 16 and
34).
Down time will affect all
over-the-air TV channels and
is expected to be a few hours
due to the complexity of the
changes.
West Lane Translator coop-
erated with other broadcasters
and engineers in Lane County
to find interference-free
schemes of channel assign-
ment. Much gratitude is due
to those who figured out this
difficult frequency allotment
puzzle.
WLT regrets this inconven-
ience to viewers and will
work diligently to restore the
channels as quickly as possi-
ble.
For more information, go
to www.westlanetv.org/HD
TV/Repack.
POLICE LOG
Florence Police
Nov.13
Trespass was reported in
the 1700 block of Highway
126.
Theft from motor vechicle
was reported in the 4000
block of Seapine Dr.
Vehicle and bicycle acci-
dent was reported at 35th
Street and Rhododendron
Drive.
Nov. 14
Hit-and-run accident was
reported in the 100 block of
Harbor Street.
Arrest, with warrant, was
reported in the 1500 block of
Ninth Street.
Hit-and-run accident was
reported at the Florence
Events Center.
Fire was reported in the
5000 block of East Gleneda
Road.
Shots fired was reported in
the 3000 block of Highway
101.
Accident, without injury,
was reported on Badger
Mountain Road.
Nov.15
Theft was reported in the
1600 block of Rhododendron
Drive.
Assault was reported in the
2200 block of 11th Street.
Theft was reported in the
1400 block of Highway 101.
Death investigation was
conducted in the 100 block of
Highway 157.
Nov.16
Harassment was reported
in the 4700 block of Highway
101.
Hit-and-run accident was
reported at Three Rivers
Casino.
Harassment was reported
in the 1000 block of Maple
Street.
Arrest, with warrant, was
reported in the 900 block of
Greenwood Street.
Hit-and-run accident was
reported in the 4700 block of
Highway 101.
Nov. 17
Accident, without injury,
was reported at mp seven on
Highway 126.
Accident, with injury, was
reported on North Chestnut
Street.
Arrest, with warrant, was
reported in the 80000 block of
Driftwood Shores.
Criminal mischief was
reported in the 700 block of
Highway 101.
Accident, without injury,
was reported at mp 203 on
Highway 101.
Nov. 18
Harassment was reported
in the 1400 block of Bay
Street.
Arrest, with warrant, was
reported at 10th Street and
Highway 101.
Accident, without injury,
was reported at the South
Jetty.
Burglary was reported in
the 4000 block of
Foulweather Street.
Trespass was reported in
the 1500 block of Highway
101.
Trespass was reported in
the 89000 block of Spindrift
Way.
Nov. 19
Arrest, with warrant, was
reported in the 900 block of
Highway 101.
Theft from vehicle was
reported in the 1900 block of
24th Street.
Trespass was reported in
the 840000 block of Branch
Ballet Fantastique
American Christmas Carol
with Halie Loren
December 9, 2017 @ 7pm
Tickets available at: Florence Events Center
715 Quince St.
FEC Box Offi ce: 541-997-1994
Road.
Hit-and-run accident was
reported in the 2000 block of
12th Street.
Trespass was reported in
the 890000 block of View
Drive.
Burglary was reported in
the 1000 block of Highway
101.
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C ORRECTION
In the front-page photo
caption for “Giving Thanks,”
in the Nov. 25, 2017, issue of
the Siuslaw News, the
Kiwanis Club of Florence
was mistakenly referred to as
the
Florence
Kiwanis
Foundation.
Siuslaw News regrets the
error.
A total of 665 free
Thanksgiving dinners were
served by 100 volunteers;
this information had not been
available at press time.
Light Up a Life
Saturday, December 9
2 – 3:30 p.m.
Florence Events Center
Free admission. Refreshments served.
Bring friends and family.
WEATHER DATA
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Week: 2.36”
Year: 93.10”
Courtesy of Roger Cunningham
For more information, call
Peace Harbor Hospice at 541-997-3418.
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