SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, J ULY 18, 2018 | 3B
Register now for annual
‘Cool at the Coast’ tourney
The ninth annual “Cool at
the Coast” golf tournament
will tee off Saturday, Aug. 4,
at Ocean Dunes Golf Links.
Prizes at this year's event
will include a week-long get-
away at San Diego Country
Estates Condo, a Fid-dlers
Green Gift Certificate, Golf
at Pumpkin Ridge or a two-
night stay at Mercer Lake
Resort right here in Florence.
Those are just a few of the
prizes being raffled off at this
years tournament, which will
be a day of golfing, fun and
an opportunity to win great
prizes.
The Rotary Club of
Florence’s annual golf event
will raise funds for the Rotary
International’s “End Polio
Now” campaign, along with
Florence community proj-
ects.
The tournament will tee
off at Ocean Dunes Golf
Links following its traditional
World War II biplane flyover
by Aero Legends at 10 a.m.
Tournament
sponsors
include: Allstate Agency
Owner Bob Garcia, who is
the 2018 grand “hole-in-one”
sponsor;
and Platinum
Sponsors Oregon Pacific
Bank, Peace Health; Banner
Bank, Coldwell Banker/Coast
Real Estate, Dr. Brian Holmes
and Dr. Justin Linton.
To register, call 541-997-
3232 or visit www.the-
forencerotary.org.
Registration forms are also
available at Ocean Dunes
Golf Links, 3345 Munsel
Lake Rd. in Florence, or call
541-997-3232.
S IGNUPS BEGIN FOR
B&GC FOOTBALL ,
VOLLEYBALL
The Boys & Girls Club
of Western Lane County
is now tasking registra-
tion for the fall football
and volleyball seasons.
Cost will be $65 for
members or $90 for
non-members.
Signups began July 16
and will continue through
Aug. 20.
Sign up at the Boys &
Girls Club Elementary
Program taking place at
Siuslaw
Elementary
School or at the Teen
Center, located at 1601
15th St.
For more information,
call the Teen Center at
541-902-0304
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Email PressReleases@TheSiuslawNews.com.
EMERGENCY
Living on Shaky Ground:
Prepare-Survive-Recover
PREPAREDNESS
A WLEOG Public Outreach Program
Sponsored by West Lane Emergency Operations Group
Web address: www.wleog.org
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS | ELECTRICITY
NOW YOU CAN LEARN
HOW TO PREPARE FOR
EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS -
ON YOUR COMPUTER,
PHONE OR TABLET!
Go to WLEOG.ORG and click on
PREPAREDNESS CLASSES for a menu
of disaster prep subjects. Each has short
videos on different topics that you can
watch when it is convenient for you and
your family.
**SAFE WATER, SAFE SANITATION
**EMERGENCY FOOD PLANNING
AND PREPARATION
**PET CARE PLANNING
FOR DISASTERS
**ARE YOU READY?
**SENIOR CITIZEN PREPAREDNESS
**DOCUMENTATION AND
INSURANCE
Blackout!
W
e often think of tornadoes, earthquakes and fires when
devising our emergency preparedness plans. But what
about blackouts?
A loss of power can accompany
many major storms and can often
be the most dangerous part of the
situation. Blackouts can downright
cripple your living situation during
the cold weather and can cause
heat issues during the summer
because they usually cut off power
to heating and cooling systems.
• Keep your car’s gas tank at least
half full.
• Know the location and operat-
ing specifications of your electric
garage door’s manual release lever.
• Use flashlights for emergency
lighting instead of candles or other
open flames, which can pose a
great risk of fire.
BEFORE A BLACKOUT
DURING A BLACKOUT
To prepare for a blackout, the
American Red Cross recommends
you do the following:
• Build an emergency kit and
share communications plans with
family members.
• Keep refrigerator and freezer
doors closed to keep your food as
fresh as possible. If you must eat
food that was refrigerated or fro-
zen, check it for spoilage. The
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention states that food can last
four to six hours in case of a power
outage.
• Leave on one light so that you’ll
know when your power returns.
• Turn off or disconnect appli-
ances and electronics that were in
use when the power went out.
When power returns, it can do so
in surges that can cause serious
damage.
• Never run a generator inside a
home or garage.
• Listen to local stations on your
battery-operated radio for updated
information.
In addition to the classes, the WLEOG.ORG web-
site has extremely useful information on NATURAL
HAZARDS and EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
Each of these has videos on various topics that
explain the hazards the Pacifi c Northwest faces, and
how to prepare for them.
For more information, visit these websites:
A MERICAN R ED C ROSS — WWW . REDCROSS . ORG
C ITY OF F LORENCE — WWW . CI . FLORENCE . OR . US
FEMA — WWW . READY . GOV
L ANE C OUNTY — WWW . LANECOUNTY . ORG
S IUSLAW V ALLEY F IRE AND R ESCUE — WWW . SVFR . ORG
WLEOG — WWW . WLEOG . ORG
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