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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018
POLICE LOG
Florence Police
Mar. 27
Criminal mischief was
reported in the 4200 block of
Spuce Street.
Arrest was reported in the
1400 block of Highway 101.
Animal abuse was reported
in the 300 block of Kingwood
Street.
Accident, without injury,
was reported in the 91000
block of Highway 101.
Hit-and-run accident was
reported in the 4700 block of
Highway 101.
Trespass was reported in the
88000 block of First Street.
Mar. 28
Death investigation was con-
ducted in the 100 block of
Shoreline Drive.
Trespass was reported in the
85000 block of Highway 101.
Theft was reported in the
400 block of Highway 101.
Theft was reported in the
1600 block of Second Street.
Fire was reported in the 400
block of Ninth Street.
Theft was reported in the
1700 block of Highway 101.
Dispute was reported in the
500 block of Laurel Street.
Trespass was reported in the
3000 block of Oak Street.
Mar 29
Trespass was reported in the
2500 block of Highway 101.
Arrest, with warrant, was
reported in the 900 block of
Greenwood Street.
Fraud was reported in the
1600 block of Rhododendron.
Dispute was reported in the
Florence area.
Shots fired was reported on
Xylo Street.
Theft was reported in the
1500 block of Ninth Street.
Mar. 30
Hit-and-run accident was
reported in the 2100 block of
Spruce Street.
Fire was reported in the 100
block of Outer Drive.
Trespass was reported in the
2000 block of Spruce Street.
Trespass was reported in the
3000 block of Munsel Lake
Road.
Theft was reported in the
10000 block of Highway 126.
Mar. 31
Trespass was reported in the
4700 block of Highway 101.
Trespass was reported in the
400 block of Ninth Street.
Arrest, with warrant, was
reported at Second and Harbor
Streets.
Apr. 1
Dispute was reported in the
500 block of Myeena Street.
Accident, with unknown
injury, was reported at Gleneda
Hill Road and Highway 126.
Death investigation was con-
ducted in the 1100 block of
Maple Street.
Shots fired was reported in
the 11000 block of Highway
36.
#DriveHealthy: April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
National Distracted Driving
Awareness Month is in April,
just as the week of April 9 to 13
is National Work Zone Safety
Awareness Week. Oregon
Department of Transportation
(ODOT) encourages people to
#DriveHealthy in April and
every month.
ODOT gives some “startling
statistics” on distracted driv-
ing: On average, in Oregon…
• A distracted driver causes a
crash every 2.5 hours — almost
10 crashes each day.
• Distracted driving causes
one in every 12 serious injury
crashes in Oregon.
ODOT gives some “startling
statistics” on work zones: On
average, in Oregon…
• A work zone crash occurs
O REGON
every 17 hours.
• An inattentive (distracted!)
driver is the most common
cause of work zone crashes.
• Four out of five work zone
fatalities are drivers and their
passengers.
• Fines double 24/7 — when
workers are there or not.
Help ODOT mark the month
of April and the week of April
9:
• Think about your one and
only job when you’re behind
the
wheel:
driving.
#DriveHealthy: Hands on the
wheel, mind on the road. Put
your phone in the glove com-
partment or hand it to a passen-
ger.
• When you’re a passenger,
don’t let your driver drive dis-
tracted. Ask for their phone —
you can answer, instead. Or set
it aside.
• Pay attention all the time
you’re driving, but especially
when you see orange signs,
barrels, cones and barricades.
Stay alert in work zones.
From April 1 to 30, com-
memorate National Distracted
Driving Month with the social
media hashtag #JustDrive for
the national campaign and
#DriveHealthy for the ODOT
program.
From April 9-13: commemo-
rate National Work Zone
Safety Awareness Week with
the social media hashtags
#WorkZone,
#NWZAW,
#EverybodysResponsibility. In
addition, Oregon will also
mark work zone safety aware-
ness for the entire month of
May.
Wednesday, April 11, is Go
Orange Day, the day to wear
orange as a reminder: Orange
is your clue! Pay attention
when you see orange signs,
barrels, cones or barricades.
People are encouraged to post
an orange selfie and use the
social
media
hashtags:
#GoOrange
and
#Orange4Safety.
For updated information on
highway work and current trav-
el information throughout
Oregon,
visit
www.tripcheck.com or call the
Oregon road report at 511 or 1-
800-977-6368.
state highways.
In addition to studded tires,
other types of traction tires are
available that meet the Rubber
Manufacturers
Association
standards for use in severe
snow conditions. These tires
carry an emblem on the tire
sidewall of a three-peaked
mountain with a snowflake in
the center.
Research shows these tires
R E-CORNER
and the surrounding area, and
should be able to prepare a
monthly report for the Dunes
City Council. To apply, com-
plete an Application for
Appointive Office available at
Dunes City Hall or from the
City’s website www.dunescity
.com/permits andforms.
Applications may be deliv-
ered to Dunes City Hall,
82877 Spruce St. in Westlake,
mailed to PO Box 97,
Westlake Ore., 97493, or
emailed to recorder@dunes
cityor.com.
For more details, call City
Recorder Jamie Mills at 541-
997-3338.
Applicants will be notified
of the date the City Council
will consider applications and
should plan on attending that
meeting.
Clarification
In the front-page article,
“The Right of the People To
Keep and Bear Arms” in the
March 31, edition of the
Siuslaw News, “revolvers”
were identified as “single-
shot.” Technically revolvers
are double-action, meaning the
firing mechanism (hammer)
does not need to be cocked
each time the trigger is pulled.
A single-shot would be sim-
ilar to a falling block rifle or
muzzleloader.
Also, a bolt-action rifle does
not need hand-fed ammunition
if it is magazine- or tube-fed.
Siuslaw News regrets any
confusion.
The name you have learned to trust,
now in our new state of the art practice in Eugene!
will work to clear any late-sea-
son snow or ice as soon as pos-
sible.
Dr. Sarah Rincker, DPM, FACFAS
4750 Village Plaza Loop, Suite 202, Eugene, Oregon 97401
541-650-6170
CHARM TRAIL
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Follow the
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Make a personalized keepsake from your
travels to Florence
PAPER TOWELS
AND TISSUE PAPER
NO
As it’s often already made from
recycled paper, tissue paper can’t
be recycled again, because the
fi bers are too short to pulp properly.
Similarly, paper towels can’t be
recycled, especially if it’s been
contaminated with food. However,
it is compostable, so you can put
it out on your garden instead of in
your bin.
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Candidate to
hold lunch
meeting
Nora Kent, candidate for
West
Lane
County
Commissioner, invites the
community to a “Lunch Date
with Nora” at the Windsong
Apartments, 1365 Spruce St.
in Florence, on Saturday,
April 7, at 1 p.m.
Kent will be speaking
about protecting the area’s
waterways and forests and
bringing living-wage jobs,
affordable housing and
access to healthcare to west-
ern Lane county.
Suggested donation for
lunch is $20 to $25.
cause no more damage than
standard all-weather radial
tires, but they provide better
traction than studded tires on
bare pavement.
Drivers with studded tires on
their vehicles after the deadline
can be charged with a Class C
traffic violation.
ODOT maintenance crews
will continue to monitor high-
ways and weather forecasts and
Dunes City is looking for a
volunteer to serve as the
Dunes City Council represen-
tative
at
Lane
Area
C o m m i s s i o n o n
Transportation (Lane ACT)
meetings. Lane ACT is an
advisory body to the Oregon
Transportation Commission
established to provide a forum
for stakeholders to collaborate
on transportation issues affect-
ing Lane County.
Meetings are held the sec-
ond Wednesday of every
month from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
in
Springfield. Applicants
must be Dunes City residents
and be willing and able to
drive to Springfield.
Applicants should be inter-
ested in learning more about
Lane County transportation
issues, funding and projects
that might impact Dunes City
A PRIL 15
STUDDED TIRE SEASON EXTENDED THROUGH
Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT) and
the Washington Department of
Transportation have extended
studded tire season in the two
states until the end of the day
Sunday, April 15.
Travelers can use studded
tires only during this season,
which usually lasts Nov. 1 to
March 31. State law grants
each state’s transportation
department the ability to
extend the studded tire season
when necessary based on pro-
jected weather forecasts.
“The forecast suggests
Oregon’s mountain passes will
receive some significant snow
in the next few weeks,” said
Luci Moore, State Maintenance
and Operations Engineer. “But
we ask that if you’re not plan-
ning to travel in those areas,
please don’t wait until the last
minute to remove your studded
tires.”
This is only the fifth time in
the past 16 years that ODOT
has extended the studded tire
season past March 31. Three of
those extensions occurred from
2010 to 2012.
ODOT encourages drivers to
consider other types of traction
tires or chains to help minimize
the roadway damage that stud-
ded tires cause.
A 2014 study concluded
studded tires cause about $8.5
million in damage each year to
Dunes City seeks Lane
ACT representative
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PO Box 1629
Florence OR 97439
2017 RECYCLE STATS
Comingle - 1,313,120 pounds
Glass - 174,580 pounds
Motor Oil - Over 500 Gallons
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