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2A | SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2018 | SIUSLAW NEWS T HE R ECORD OBITUARIES SMITH—Dorothy Jean among a loving family of many Smith, loving wife, mother, aunts, uncles and cousins. She mother-in-law, sis- attended Inglewood ter-in-law, grand- High School, partici- mother, great-grand- pating in theater, speech mother, aunt, cousin and debate, and attend- and friend, passed ed UCLA. In 1948, she away June 25, 2018, married Donald McKay in Reno, Nev., where and they had two chil- she had lived for the dren, Candy and Alan. past five years. In 1959, the family Jean was born June moved to Boulder City, Dorothy 14, 1928, in Grafton, Nev., where they raised Smith N.D., moving shortly the kids, spending many thereafter to Los An- hours boating and wa- geles, Calif., with her adoptive terskiing on Lake Mead. mother, Marion Gray. In Boulder City, Jean was Jean grew up in Los Angeles known as a “cool mom,” who welcomed everyone into their home and was loved by her kids and their friends. From the early 1960s until her retire- ment, Jean worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as an EEO specialist, making several lifelong friends with whom she remained in contact. In 1970, Jean married the love of her life, Robert (Bob) Smith, and they enjoyed over 30 happy years together un- til Bob’s death in 2002. Their house and pool in Boulder City were magnets for friends and grandkids. Jean and Bob were active members of Eastern Star, where Jean was the Worthy Matron of the Grand Chapter of the Neva- da Order in 1986. They loved to host parties (their St. Patrick’s Day celebration was famous), cook, make pickles and jams, travel and play in poker tour- naments. Jean and Bob moved to Flor- ence in 1994 to be near Candy and escape the southern Neva- da heat. There they made a new circle of good friends, hosted memorable parties, traveled up and down the coast and volun- teered at the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum. Jean was an avid reader, en- joying books by Stephen King and John Grisham, historical novels and political nonfiction. She was a lifelong Democrat — especially loyal to presidents Clinton and Obama — and was dismayed by current political events. Jean loved to sing and knew all the words for every song from the 1940s and 1950s. She loved to decorate for Christ- mas, made beautiful cross- stitch Christmas scenes that are cherished by her family and baked delicious Christmas cookies. Jean was preceded in death by her husband Bob and daugh- ter Candy. She is survived by her son Alan and his family, Kathy and Zachary McKay, all of Reno; son-in-law Paul Webster; nu- merous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces and nephews. We miss you Mom and Grammy Jean, and will always cherish you. No memorial service is planned; Jean’s ashes will be scattered on her beloved Siu- slaw River in Florence this fall. ODF upgrades fire danger to ‘extreme’ as high temps continue Due to prolonged extreme heat and dry conditions, the Oregon Department of For- estry (ODF) has raised the fire danger level in western Lane County and parts of northwest Douglas County that it protects to “extreme” (red), which began July 25. The parts of eastern Lane County and southern Linn County that ODF protects are already at the extreme fire dan- ger level. The use of gas-powered equipment for general public use is prohibited at all times, with the exception of mow- ing well-irrigated green grass lawns. Campfires are also prohibited throughout the district, even in areas where they were previous- ly allowed. “We are well aware that we all have projects or maintenance to do on our properties, but now is the time to take a break and enjoy the summer without the risk of starting a fire by burning backyard debris or building a campfire,” said Dave Kjosness of the Western Lane District. “We encourage the public to continue to think about safety first. We’d rather see you at the lake than at the perimeter of a fire.” For updates on fire season and the fire danger levels in the Western Lane District, the pub- lic may call the district’s Veneta office at 541-935-2222 or check the district’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ODFWest- ernLane. Lane County health reports hundreds of patient medical records lost Lane County Health & Hu- man Services (H&HS) an- nounced Thursday that 49 box- es containing 566 Community Health Centers of Lane County patient medical information files and 149 Lane County De- velopmental Disabilities client files were lost. Contained within the lost records were medical histories, addresses, contact information and social security numbers. On Tuesday, June 19, during a routine search, staff was unable to locate the records in ques- tion. The records had previous- ly been relocated by a moving company to a storage facility for temporary storage during the renovation of the Charnelton Clinic. Subsequent searches by mul- tiple teams failed to locate the records. Analysis indicates the records may have been inadvertent- ly destroyed as part of routine document management prac- tice for non-medical records. Because this cannot be verified at this time, the CHC is obligat- ed to provide notification to pa- tients and the public. On Tuesday, July 24, H&HS sent written notification to all patients and clients whose re- cords could not be located and for whom it had up-to-date contact information. H&HS immediately began to review its policies and practices regarding records storage and is taking steps to protect against future incidents, including ob- taining specialized, secure med- ical records storage services. To date, investigators have yet to determine how the records were misplaced; however there is no indication they were sto- len or that any of the informa- tion has been compromised. H&HS is encouraging pa- tients and clients to regularly review financial statements and credit reports to check to for unexpected items, accounts or services. H&HS will also reimburse patients for up to six months of membership to an accredited credit monitoring services. Patients can check credit re- ports online at www.annual creditreport.com, or by con- tacting any of the following three companies: • Experian: 1-888-397-3742, www.experian.com • TransUnion: 1-800-888- 4213, www.transunion.com Heceta Water District announces board position vacancies There are three Board of Director seats on the Heceta Water District that will be up for election in the November election. To be qualified to run for these seats, applicants must currently live within the subdi- vision with an open seat, be a registered voter and have lived in Heceta Water PUD for two years prior to the election. The term is for four years, and the board generally meets once a month throughout the year. The seats that are open for this election are for Subdivi- sions 1, 2 and 5. There is a map 28. and a list of addresses in each For more information, visit subdivision at the office, locat- the Heceta Water District office ed at 87845 Highway 101. or call 541-997-2446. Filing information is avail- able at the office or online at the Lane County Elections website. The deadline to file is Aug. • Equifax: 1-800-685-1111, www.equifax.com If unusual activity is detect- ed, H&HS advises patients to call the incident hotline at 1-833-404-0027, as well as the appropriate authorities, such as the Oregon Attorney General’s Office, the Federal Trade Com- mission, or local police. Additional updates, should they arise, can be found by vis- iting www.lanecounty.org/HI PAAUPDATE. Land Clearing Unlimited, LLC Take your land back! 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