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128TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 56
FLORENCE, OREGON
SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
FLORENCE WINGS & WHEELS 2018
Boat survey
counts
anglers, fish
Department of Fish and
Wildlife conducts ORBS
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
The mission of the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is to protect
and enhance Oregon’s fish and wildlife
and their habitats for use and enjoyment
by present and future generations. This
includes direct responsibility for regu-
lating harvest of fish, protection of fish,
enhancement of fish populations through
habitat improvement and the rearing and
release of fish into public waters.
To accomplish that goal, ODFW per-
sonnel are currently gathering numerical
data for the 2018 edition of the Ocean
Recreational Boat Survey (ORBS) at loca-
tions in the area.
ORBS is part of the Ocean Sampling
Project, which is made up of two sub-
units: The Commercial Troll Salmon
Project (CTSP) and ORBS.
ORBS collects the information needed
to manage Oregon’s ocean sport fisheries,
while the CTSP gathers needed informa-
tion for management of the ocean com-
mercial troll salmon seasons.
One of the primary collection points in
the Florence area is the dock at the Port
of Siuslaw.
ODFW employees are now engaged in
the process of manually counting boats
and keeping track in a log of the number
of each species taken by local fisherman.
Eric Schindler, the project leader for
the Ocean Sampling Project, said, “We
are tasked with making estimates of the
recreational fishing effort, ocean angler
trips, the harvest of ocean-caught fish
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Crowds turn out in force for
8th annual Wings & Wheels
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
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OCMM honors military
heritage with 3rd anniversary
Oregon Coast Military Museum (OCMM)
started eight years ago with a vision to honor the
By Chantelle Meyer Florence area’s military
heritage. Now, it has
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blossomed into a ven-
erable organization rec-
ognizing every branch of the U.S. military and
many of its conflicts.
On Saturday, the museum celebrated its
third anniversary at 2145 Kingwood St., right
next door to Wings and Wheels at the Florence
Municipal Airport.
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housands of interested
individuals and families
made their way to the Flor-
ence Municipal Airport on
Saturday morning for the
eighth annual Wings and
Wheels Fly-in and Car Show.
The crowds gathered on
a beautiful summer day to
wander through rows of
well-maintained automobiles
from by-gone eras and among
restored military airplanes
that were at one time in-
strumental in maintaining
American freedom and inde-
pendence.
Organizers for the event did
face some challenges this year,
as one of the event’s featured
aircraft experienced technical
difficulties in the air as it was
Florence Municpal Airport was filled with live music, cool cars
and awesome aircraft Saturday during Wings and Wheels.
making its way to Florence.
The Vought F4U Corsair
that was scheduled to appear
Saturday was forced to make a
repair stop in Red Bluff, Calif.
That repair required the aerial
pick-up and delivery of a part
by the second plane that was
to be featured at the show, a
North American T-6 Texan.
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Intolerance Part I — Fourteen Words
A look into the world of white supremacy and its ties to popular culture
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Editor’s note: This
is the first part in
an ongoing series exploring the topic
of intolerance within our community
dialogue and, ultimately, our nation’s.
In the coming months, the Siuslaw
News will examine the many facets
of this growing trend by looking at
political partisanship, school bullying,
online trolling, the history of racism
in Oregon, cultural and religious
beliefs, and other aspects of intoler-
ance in an attempt to understand the
impasses we face — and maybe how
we can bridge them within the
Siuslaw region. We’ll warn you that
there is some explicit content…
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Siuslaw News
“A
lot of the younger guys looked
up to me,” said Arno Michae-
lis, former white supremacist and
co-founder of the white power skin-
head group Northern Hammerskins.
“They were like puppy dogs who tried
to talk like me and act like me.
“One morning, one of the kids
showed up on my doorstep, and he’s
beside himself with laughter. He glee-
fully relates to me how between the
liquor store and my house, he saw a
Latino boy in the alley. He kicked him
in the stomach and left him writhing
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in pain after spitting on him. He’s tell-
ing me like a kid would tell his dad
about a straight-A report card — just
beaming.”
Michaelis and coauthor Pardeep
Singh Kaleka have just released a new
book, “The Gift of our Wound,” an
examination of forgiveness after hate.
The two will be coming to Florence
on July 15 to the Presbyterian Church
of the Siuslaw for an event hosted by
Serve2Untie, a group that works with
young people of all backgrounds to
cultivate compassion and kindness.
“We feel those things are the anti-
dote to bullying, both for people who
are being bullied or people who are
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acting like a bully, in a school or work
environment. If those places are root-
ed in compassion and kindness, the
likelihood of bullying diminishes sig-
nificantly,” Michaelis said.
Michaelis talked with the Siuslaw
News in an extensive interview rang-
ing on topics including the white su-
premacist movement, the history of
intolerance in America and how a per-
son like Michaelis escaped the cycle of
intolerance.
He was a founder of the Northern
Hammerskins, which is now a chapter
of Hammerskin nation, which the An-
ti-Defamation League has described as
“the most violent and best-organized
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neo-Nazi skinhead group in the Unit-
ed States.”
The young boy who kicked and spit
on a Latino was one of Michaelis’ fol-
lowers.
“When I heard him say that story, in
my head, I distinctly thought, ‘That’s f--
-ked up. Why would you attack a kid?’”
But he only said that in his head.
“Because I had taken that kid, and
every other kid like him, and would
get them rip-roaring-drunk night after
night, telling them how all the blacks
and the Mexicans are coming to kill
us,” Michaelis recalled.
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