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8A | SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2018 | SIUSLAW NEWS U.S. Coast Guard delivers sound signal to North Jetty Food Backpack for Kids’ volunteers are fi nishing packing the last of the weekly food bags as their 6th year ends with the completion of the school year in June, and would like to take the opportunity to introduce the Board of Directors and to thank the community for their continued support. CEO-Dale Edwards, Pastor of Cross Road Assembly Church of God Program Director - Marilyn Barba Secretary - Barbara Chase PHOTOS BY DEBORAH HELDT CORDONE, USCGAUX PA3 Finance Coordinator - Deb Williams Two area U.S. Coast Guard teams worked together to install the fog horn on the North Jetty this week. It will be in place until October. O n the morning of Thurs- day, May 24, the U.S. Coast Guard placed a sound signal, also known as a fog horn, on the tip of the Siuslaw River North Jetty. The Coos Bay Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) and Air Station North Bend members worked collaboratively from the ground and air to set the heavy piece of equipment in place. Every fall, on or around Oct. 1, the sound signal is removed due to severe weather conditions over the winter and returns in the spring, on or around May 20. Another aid to navigation, the Approach Lighted Whistle Buoy “S” located just outside the jetty tips, also makes an audible sound and stays in position all year. Aids to navigation include buoys, lights — including lighthouses, channel markers and other signals which help mariners navigate lo- cal waters. Each has a purpose and helps in determining location, get- ting from one place to another or staying out of danger. For more information about the U.S. Aids to Navigation System and current navigation charts, visit www.navcen.uscg.gov/. Public Relations - Linda Lauck Operations - Sue Scott Packing/Distribution - Laverne Sanders Assisting the Board Distributions Assistant - Walter Homenyk Web Master - Frank Lewis Oregon Pacifi c Bank - Sponsor-paid advertisement MEMORIAL from page 1A Boys & Girls Club of Western Lane County “There is a long tradition of serving in my family,” said Ste- ven, who was a cavalry tank commander on M1 Abrams tanks. “I knew at five that I wanted to be in the military.” The Scott family traces its military roots to the Revolu- tionary War and can claim ser- vice or sacrifice in nearly every American conflict to date. Even locally, the family’s roots run deep — the Scotts settled in Up- per Fiddle Creek in 1883 and Brice’s great-grandfather guard- ed the Siuslaw Bridge during World War II. Though his father never heard him express a deep in- terest in carrying on this fam- ily tradition, Brice enlisted in the Army and was assigned to the Fourth Squadron, Fourth Cavalry Regiment, First Heavy Brigade Combat Team, First Infantry Division, in Fort Riley, Kansas. Discontent with the medioc- rity of a simple desk job, Brice Scott opted to become a cavalry scout, a position which would put him on the front lines as the eyes and ears of the Army. He took to the job quickly. “He was excellent at it,” Ste- ven said. “He trained city boys on how to not step on IEDs (im- provised explosive devices). He gave classes on how to recog- nize [them].” To his fellow service mem- bers, he delivered inspiration. “One of his friends said, ‘Brice was the kind of guy who would charge the gates of hell and one of the guys that he would follow through,’” Steven said. His service as cavalry scout seemed to fit his outgoing na- ture and it was during this time Brice expressed to a brother-in- arms an interest in continuing his family’s military tradition. Midway through his first tour, and just weeks before his 23rd birthday, Brice Scott was hand-picked for a helicopter insert into a small Taliban-held village in Kandahar Province where “they had the audacity to teach little girls how to read,” Steven said. “He was killed try- ing to protect this village and school. He was on a rooftop. … They were in a defensive posi- tion and were overwhelmed by fire on three sides.” Brice died from a headshot wound at the scene. “He loved his job. He wanted to do what he was doing. And the guy had a love for life that shouldn’t have been snuffed out so short,” his father said. Shortly after Brice’s death, fellow service member Sergeant Major Charles Cook wrote to Steven to inform him that a school in the village was under construction. “The children here will go to We are looking for volunteers to help with • Elementary tutoring, mentoring and program assistance • Teen Center tutoring, mentoring and program assistance • Club van and bus drivers 1601 15th St. • Florence, OR. 97439 541-902-0304 Florence Food Share COURTESY PHOTOS Private First Class Brice Scott joined the U.S. Army to support his family and serve his nation. He died in 2011, but his lega- cy lives on, both locally and in the Kandahar Province where he fought and died. class and learn to read and write here, just steps from where PFC Scott defended them and their future,” Cook wrote. Brice left behind two young daughters and a collection of grieving family and friends, but also a legacy of warmth for those whose lives he touched. When confronted with diffi- culties or anger, Steven said his son taught him to keep his com- posure and a level head. “I’ll stop and think for a sec- ond, ‘What would Brice do?’ I feel he would let things fly,” he said. In addition to his winning temperament, his father re- members him as a hero even out of uniform. “He stood up for people,” Ste- ven said. “He stopped people from bullying other people. He was always there to be a friend to someone who didn’t have a friend.” Monday’s Memorial Day cer- emony honors the only Flor- ence-raised service member to be killed abroad in recent times and the highway memorial sign will be the only one in the area to honor a soldier by name. Steven hopes the dedication will provide a lasting commem- oration to his son’s legacy. “As long as people remember, it makes it less painful,” he said. Get Results...List With Amy. 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