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THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM ❘ / SIUSLAWNEWS ❘ @ SIUSLAWNEWS SATURDAY EDITION ❘ MAY 5, 2018 ❘ $1.00 INSIDE THIS ISSUE “I love to help people buy and sell property” Siuslaw School board Meeting – A12 — SPORTS – B Final week for Far West Delbert lb L. "Del" l Phelps hl Real Estate BROKER Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate 1875 Hwy 101, P.O. Box 276, Florence, OR. 97439 Cell - 541-991-7787 dphelps@bhhsnw.com • oregoncoastallistings.com A member of the franchise system of BHHS affi liates, LLC 128TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 36 SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890 OCHS board hires interim executive director Florence can finally ask, ‘What’Cha Brewing?’ Barbara Butzer selected to advise board, lead organization into future B Y M ARK B RENNAN Siuslaw News The Oregon Coast Humane Society (OCHS) continues to implement major changes to the structure and manner in which operations at the local 501(c)3 nonprofit are conducted. This week, Board President Jack Hannigan announced a significant new hire that takes effect on Tuesday. “We have hired Barbara Butzer as interim executive director. Barbara was hired through the Nonprofit Association of Oregon,” Hannigan said. “She will take over the management of the shelter and assist in the search for a permanent executive director and shelter manager. She will also advise the board on all things nonprofit, teach the directors Robert’s Rules of Order, develop a budget and help in creating job descrip- tions.” He explained that the decision to hire a temporary executive director was prompted by the results of an Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiry undertaken by the department last year. “DOJ recommended we hire an inter- im executive director while searching for a permanent executive director,” Hannigan said. See Jerry’s Place becomes first legal, local brewpub COURTESY PHOTO A fter numerous unsuccessful attempts, Florence will soon have a brewpub to call its very own. MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS S WIMMING B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News INSIDE It was the name “Siuslaw” that brought the Siuslaw Watershed Council’s (SWC) new Executive Director Eli Tome to the area. Growing up in Pennsylvania in a small town in Appalachia, Tome was used to a complete- ly different environment when it came to rivers, which were downstream of coal mining plants. “Our streams were orange, not a lot of aquatic life,” he Business Beat . . . . . . . . . . A10 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B7 Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Karl and Janet Engel, owners of Siuslaw News Jerry’s Place, have received approval from city, state and federal agencies to begin brewing and serving beer on premises. The Engels have just celebrated the one year anniversary of their purchase of the popular local pub, located at 88274 Rhododendron Drive, and are pleased to have received the go ahead to start serving their handcrafted brews to the public. They said they have found the process of gaining approval from the various oversight agencies of the city, state and federal govern- ment to brew and serve beer less daunting than anticipated. “The city doesn’t require any special permits but we did need a federal license and a state license. We started the process in September, B Y J ARED A NDERSON INTERIM 7A Watershed’s new director goes over Siuslaw’s history, future of salmon Broker/Owner working with the feds, and we had to jump through some hoops with the (Alcohol and) Tobacco Trade Bureau, but we received approval in February,” Karl said. “Working with the state was pretty simple because we had already passed our background checks when we bought the bar.” The Engels originally came to Florence when Karl was hired to manage Spruce Point, a posi- tion he held for a couple of years and a position that Janet now occupies. The couple moved to a house on Rhododendron Drive and enjoyed taking walks along the busy street where Jerry’s is located. “We were in the habit of walking there for dinner, and we watched the ‘For Sale’ signs go up and then sit idly for months and months,” Karl said. “That’s when Janet started working on me to buy Jerry’s Place.” The couple spent some time coming up with a long-term strategy for Jerry’s in the eventuality they decided to move ahead with the purchase. See BREW 8A UP STREAM Mapleton Proud: In its 2nd year New Siuslaw Watershed Council Executive Director Eli Tome rides the rapids of Lake Creek, a major tributary of the Siuslaw River. COURTESY PHOTO said. “It’s interesting growing up with a river that’s not healthy.” The only thing he knew about Oregon was the chil- Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2 Sideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B6 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B This Week on the Coast . . . . A7 dren’s video game “Oregon Trail,” but when he first flew to Oregon, he fell in love. See SIUSLAW 9A THIS WEEK ’ S The Mapleton Pride Clean Up Challenge is beginning its second year this morning as teams from across the Siuslaw region compete to beau- tify the town. B Y J ARED A NDERSON The event starts at Siuslaw News 9 a.m., when teams will be assembled to help weed, pick up trash and plant new flowers along the Highway 126 corridor, running from Mapleton Food and Fuel to the rail yard. At noon, the volunteers will be treated to a free taco lunch at Mapleton Food and Fuel. At that time, the collected trash will be reviewed and the team with the most trash will get two free tacos at Rosa’s Mexican Restaurant in Florence. “It’s about connecting the community with the businesses down here,” event coordinator Terri Johnston said. “It’s just being part of some- thing.” Beyond the main cleanup, volunteers will do other beautification projects. “We’re also bringing a tractor,” Harden said. “The grass and the weeds have encroached the TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 66 50 57 47 66 49 64 50 WEATHER Full Forecast, A3 Jim Hoberg is a Florence native, and has been working in Real Estate since 1989. He has served as a Principal Broker for 29 years. He has obtained several designations that require continuing education, which keeps him on the cutting edge of the industry and he is constantly looking for ways to expand his areas of expertise. Jim enjoys helping people fi nd solutions to their real estate needs and discovering why Florence is such a great place to live. JIM HOBERG FLORENCE, OREGON sidewalk between the riverbank and downtown. So we’re bringing a tractor to scrape that.” The event is the brainchild of Johnston and Karen Harden, president of Mapleton Food Share. The two had been working with students in the Mapleton School District Beyond Me pro- gram, which Johnston also coordinates. That program requires Mapleton junior high students to complete 40 hours of community service a year and high school students 50 hours. Last year, the program provided over 3,000 hours of community service to the area. “And students enjoy it,” Johnston said. “It is a requirement, but they do enjoy it.” It was when Johnston and Harden were work- ing with students volunteering in the communi- ty garden that they came up with the idea for the event. “Karen and I were with the students and got to talking about how we were going to clean up this town, and then it evolved from there,” See PRIDE 7A S IUSLAW N EWS 2 S ECTIONS ❘ 22 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2018 • R ESIDENTIAL • L AND • C OMMERCIAL • P ROPERTY M ANAGEMENT 541-997-7653 • WWW . JIMHOBERG . COM 1870 H WY . 126, S UITE A • PO B OX 3040, F LORENCE , OR • F AX 541-997-7654
