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THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM | SIUSLAWNEWS | @ SIUSLAWNEWS WEDNESDAY EDITION | MAY 16, 2018 | $1.00 ON TO STATE SPORTS — B 128TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 39 FLORENCE, OREGON SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890 Rendezvous with the 2018 Festival Court Rhody Court Senior Princesses Princess Th elma Gentry Princess Lainey Goss Princess Alex Saindon Princess Andrea Sanchez- Hernandez Senior Princes Princess Denielle VanWinkle Prince Trent Reavis Rhody Court Junior Princesses First Grade Princess Aleeya Th omas Second Grade Princess Jasmine Krause Th ird Grade Princess Abigail Galvan-Mendez Fourth Grade Princess Kylee Stinger Fift h Grade Princess Brittney Adams Prince Colby Waters See COURT page A5 Stamp Out Filling in the Dunes City Triathlon and Duathlon sets records Hunger benefits Both professional and amateur athletes participate in annual event gaps of student 6.2 miles, and sprinters run- By Jared Anderson ning 3.1 miles. Florence Food scholarships Siustaw News The course ended with a New program helps A total of 250 athletes of sprint up a tall dune, where Share all ages arrived in Dunes City participants were greeted by a By Mark Brennan Siustaw News The largest one-day food drive in the nation took place on May 12, and Flor- ence residents participated in a big way. The United States Postal Service con- ducts a high-profile collection effort on the second Saturday of May each year. The program is spearheaded annually by the National Association of Letter Car- riers (NALC), with help from indepen- dent rural carriers. Florence Postmaster Lisa Herbert said the collection of food from residents was well supported and carriers were pleased to be able to contribute to the goal of less- ening hunger in the local community. “We are all really happy that the food drive was a success, as everyone works so hard to make it happen. We have 12 routes that were all out delivering mail INSIDE See DRIVE page A10 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community. . . . . . . . . . . . . Kid Scoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Voices . . . . . . . . B6 A3 B5 A7 on Saturday to run, bike and swim their way to the finish line of the sixth annual Ore- gon Dunes Triathlon and Du- athlon. “It seems that the triathlon gets better every year,” said Dunes City Councilor Shel- don Meyer, who handed out medals to finishing athletes at the end of the race. “From my vantage point, there are more and more positive com- ments each year. It is better organized and ran smoother than before.” The event, which was hosted by Dunes City and Best in the West and sponsored by Three Rivers Casino Re- sort, had athletes as young as 11 years old, and four racers over 70. The event was separated into two events — the triathlon, which includes swimming, cycling and running, and the duathlon, which has cycling and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . A2 JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS two running courses. The triathlon began in Woahink lake, where sprint participants swam .5 miles and Olympic participants swam .93 miles. Next on the course was the bike race, which snaked through the sce- nic country streets of Dunes City. The course covered 24.8 miles for the Olympic contenders and 12.4 miles for the sprinters. Finally, the athletes ran on foot through Jessie M. Honeyman State Park, with Olympic runners traversing THIS WEEK ’ S cheering crowd and the finish time. Two new course records were set on the Olympic course, with Shannon Coates finishing the race with a 2:34:38 time, compared to 2:38:21 in 2015, and Stephen Campbell finishing the race 2:13:47, compared to 2:16:38 in 2015. “It was a beautiful day on the Oregon Coast and we could not have asked for better conditions or volunteers,” said race director Blair Bronson and owner of Best in the West Events. “We had a very successful event and a huge part of that is thanks to the hard work and support of volunteers and sponsors. Thank you to all who came out and helped make this event a huge success.” See more photos of the event on page B4. TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 57 53 59 47 63 47 62 59 WEATHER Full Forecast, A3 students with difficult home lives afford college By Jared Anderson Siustaw News A new scholarship program named Students for a Better World is opening up to high school juniors and senior in Siuslaw and Mapleton school districts. While the concept of a scholarship in the region is nothing new, with dozens of generous groups and foundations in the area offering financial assistance to youth for higher education, Students for a Better World looks to fill in the gaps for those who have difficulty ap- plying for assistance. Along the way, the program lays bare prejudices in scholarship programs which may inadvertently perpetuate income inequality and further depress See SCHOLARSHIPS page A9 S IUSLAW N EWS 2 S ECTIONS | 18 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2018
