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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2018
Western Oregon Tribal
Fairness Act signed into law
B Y M ARK B RENNAN
Siuslaw News
On Monday, Jan. 8,
President Donald Trump
signed into law The Western
Oregon Tribal Fairness Act.
The legislation was written by
District Four Rep. Peter
DeFazio, and cosponsored by
all members of the Oregon
delegation in Washington,
D.C.
The legislation, HR 1306,
provides for conveyance of
land and, more importantly,
control of that land, to three of
Oregon’s federally recognized
tribes.
The Western Oregon Tribal
Fairness Act will place 17,519
acres of federal land, currently
managed by the Bureau of
Land Management, into trust
for the Cow Creek Band of
Umpqua Tribe of Indians and
14,742 acres of federal land
into trust for the Confederated
Tribes of Coos, Lower
Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians.
It will also amend the
Coquille Restoration Act to
require
the
Interior
Department to manage the
Coquille Indian Tribes’ forest-
lands in the same way as other
tribal forestlands.
“For years, these tribes have
been unable to govern them-
selves as the sovereign nations
that they are,” said DeFazio.
“While there is still much
work to be done to correct our
nation’s injustices towards
Native Americans, the passage
of the Western Oregon Tribal
Fairness Act is an encouraging
move towards progress. This is
a tremendous accomplishment
for the Cow Creek Tribes,
Coquille
Tribes,
and
Confederated Tribes of the
Coos, Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw.”
Dunes City announces
meeting to discuss streets
The Dunes City Council has
scheduled a Town Hall
Meeting to discuss streets and
roadways to be held Tuesday,
Feb. 13, at 6 p.m., at Dunes
City Hall, 82877 Spruce St. in
Dunes City’s historic Westlake
area.
“The City Council would
like to hear from Dunes City
residents about their concerns
with the roadways in Dunes
City,” said Councilor Duke
Wells. “We’re looking for
some feedback so we can set
some goals for getting the
work done.”
Richard Palmer, Dunes
City’s
Public
Works
Maintenance Supervisor, con-
curred.
“There’s a lot of work to do
and very little money to go
around. We need to set some
priorities and hope the citizens
will come forward to help
identify what those priorities
should be,” he said.
Dunes City does not impose
property taxes on its residents,
so the city relies solely on
Oregon State transportation
apportionments to keep its
streets in good condition.
Historically, that amount has
been a little over $50,000 a
year. Thanks to legislation
spear-headed by State Rep.
Caddy McKeown, that amount
will be a bit higher in the com-
ing years, but, according to
City Administrator Jamie
Mills, the amount will only
allow for one or two projects a
year.
The last road repair job that
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was done for the city cost over
$60,000 and only involved a
small portion of one street.
In addition to the condition
of the pavement, drainage is of
great concern. Drains in
numerous areas of the city are
clogged with debris and back-
ing up, which creates very
large puddles during high or
extended rain fall events. In
the last year, the city has
focused its efforts on cleaning
and repairing drains in areas
susceptible to standing water.
Some of those drains, howev-
er, are just catch basins that
either need to be expanded or
attached to newly installed
drainage piping — all of
which costs big money.
Dunes City residents are
encouraged to attend this open
discussion with their city
council members.
IMPOUNDMENT
OBITUARIES
DUREE—Eleanor “Ellie”
Ruth DuRee passed away
Tuesday
Nov. 14,
2017.
E l l i e
was born
Oct.
3,
1931, in
L
o
s
Angeles,
Calif., to
Eleanor
Samuel
DuRee
and Pebble
(Strong) DuRee. She grew up
in the Los Angeles area and
graduated from Inglewood
High School in 1949.
Ellie always loved the arts
in many forms. She was very
talented with drawing in char-
coal and pastels and painting
with oils. Later in life she
turned her artistic interests to
stained glass and anything she
could put into a kiln.
In 1993, she moved from
Paradise, Calif., to Florence
and began a new chapter in
her life. She loved walking
with her grandchildren on the
beach, where they would col-
lect rocks, then take them
home and turn them into
beautiful gems. She also
loved to crochet, knit, scrap-
book and make cards with her
friends.
Ellie started doing genealo-
gy and joined the Siuslaw
Genealogical Society, holding
many offices throughout the
years. She also became an
active member of the LDS
Church and head librarian in
the Genealogy Room there.
Ellie enjoyed spending
time with her friends and
family,
especially
her
Thursday Train girls.
Ellie was proceeded in
death by her parents and both
brothers, Richard and Robert.
Ellie is survived by daugh-
ters: Suzanne (and husband
Vance Smith), Sharon (and
husband Glen Stutzman),
Helen (and husband Todd
Thurman),
and
Natalie
Nelson; sons: Russell Nelson
and Len Lanzi; nine grand-
children: Jason, Crystal,
Darrell,
Josef,
Daniel,
Whitney, Hannah, Rachel and
Trevor; 18 great-grandchil-
dren: Nathan,
Brianna,
Alexis, Jacob, Joshua, Devin,
Austin, Aria, Kaylee, Karson,
Colin, Rylan, Rowan, Carli,
Easton, Coleman, Wyatt and
Chloe; and one great-great-
grand daughter, Audrey.
Ellie will truly be missed
by all.
A Celebration of Life will
be held sometime in the
spring of 2018.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
BODEN—Joyce Boden,
95, formerly of Florence, died
peacefully
Jan.
6,
2018.
Joyce
was born
Aug.
1,
1922,
to
Ernest and
Joyce Boden L y d i a
Pupikofer
of Cleveland, Ohio.
She leaves behind her lov-
ing husband, Bob; her two
daughters: Pamela Boden
(Tom) Smith of Lakewood,
Ohio, and Patty Boden
Anderson of Brunswick,
Ohio; six grandchildren: Eric
Smith
(Dina),
Laura
Schreiber (Kevin), Jason
Anderson (Rachael), Nellie
Wislocki
(Nick),
Holly
Rhubottom (Jason), and Tracy
Osborn (Andrey); and 12
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her son, Neil; her daugh-
ter, Thanya; her sister, Jean
Briggs; and her brother, Bill
Pupikofer.
Due to Bob’s career with
IBM, they lived and raised
their family in Cleveland,
Ohio, Poughkeepsie, NY, San
Jose, Calif., and Florence,
Ore.
Friends may call at the
McGorray-Hanna
Funeral
Home of Westlake, Ohio,
25620 Center Ridge Rd.,
Saturday, Jan. 13, from 3 to
4:30 p.m.
A Celebration of Life will
begin at 4:30 p.m. and all
are welcome to share memo-
ries of a long and active
life.
Memories may include but
will not be limited to her love
of her family, her famous
pies, her fondness for choco-
late in all forms, and her
enjoyment of a daily newspa-
per.
Memorial Contributions
may be made to Crossroads
Hospice, 9775 Rockside
Road, Suite 270 Valley View,
Ohio, 44125.
PETERS—Wayne
L.
Peters, 81, of Florence,
passed away Dec. 22.
Arrangements are being
held
through
Burns’s
Riverside Chapel Florence
Funeral Home.
Western Lane Ambulance District and Siuslaw Valley Fire & Rescue
Ambulance and fire call runs Dec. 31-Jan. 6
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Maple St
Saltaire St
Upas St
Maple St
16th St
Ninth St
North Ln
Maple St
Waterford Downs
Sherwood Lp
Ninth St
Highway 126
Tiernan Rd
Airport Rd
31st St
Glenbrook Cir
Shorecrest
Joshua Ln
38th Lp
Highway 101
Ninth St
Airport Rd
Munsel Lake Rd
Highway 101
Rhododendron Dr
Saltaire St
Highway 101
Highway 101
15th St
21st St
Ninth St
Mapleton Rd
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#13756
A medium-
sized female,
white
and
brown
Fox
Terrier
mix
No. 13756 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.
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