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T HE R ECORD
OBITUARIES
CUNNINGHAM—Robert
“Bob” David Cunningham,
loving
hus-
band and fa-
ther, passed
away on May
31, 2018, at
the age of 87
in Florence,
Ore.
He
was
born
in
Royal
Bob
Cunningham Oak, Michi-
gan on Nov.
22, 1930 to parents David and
Helen Cunningham.
In 1953, Bob earned a Bach-
elor of Science degree in Po-
litical Science and Adminis-
tration from Michigan State
University, where he was a
member of the ROTC. After
graduation, he enlisted in the
U.S. Army and began officer
training at Fort Gordon. He
served as a First Lieutenant in
the European Theater for two
years, earning the Army of
Occupation Medal (Germany)
and the National Defense Ser-
vice Medal. He completed his
service in 1956.
On Aug. 2, 1957, Bob mar-
ried Janet Wold. In 1960 they
had a son, David, and in 1963
they welcomed daughter Lisa.
Bob’s law enforcement ser-
vice continued throughout his
career. After his time in the
military, he graduated from
the Los Angeles Police De-
partment Police Academy and
was hired by the LAPD, where
he worked until relocating his
family to Ventura, Calif., in
1962. At that time, he joined
the Ventura County Sheriff ’s
Department, where he served
until he retired in 1985.
As a father, Bob was a strong
role model, exemplifying such
qualities as honesty, hard
work, self-discipline and per-
sonal character. He provided
a safe and stable environment
for his family and was a true,
loving patriarch. Bob was al-
ways on hand to help out at
Little League functions, and
the family enjoyed camping
and visiting national parks.
Never one to be idle, Bob
enjoyed numerous hobbies
throughout his life, most of
which involved working with
his hands. In pursuit of these
interests, he took several
courses at Ventura Commu-
nity College, such as welding
and bike and small engine re-
pair.
A good friend and a talent-
ed tradesman, if there was a
project in sight Bob was al-
ways there to lend a helping
hand. He was a member of the
Active Men’s weekend social
and work group at his church,
Trinity Lutheran in Ventura.
The group would gather to en-
joy breakfast together then get
Lane County lifts some fire
restrictions in campgrounds
Cooler temperatures have
allowed Lane County Parks
to lessen some fire restric-
tions placed last week. Now,
campers at Richardson Camp-
ground on Fern Ridge Reser-
voir and Camp Lane on High-
way 126 are allowed to have
campfires in already estab-
lished fire pits.
Due to the continuing risk
of fire in our area, Lane Coun-
ty Parks will still be enforcing
these restrictions at several
parks:
• No open flames are al-
lowed in Lane County parks,
including
no
campfires,
warming fires, cooking fires or
ceremonial fires unless noted
otherwise in this press release.
• Gas-powered barbeques
and cooking stoves using liq-
uid or bottled fuels are allowed
where restrictions prohibit
campfires, but are restricted to
use for cooking purposes only.
• Open flames are prohib-
ited at day-use areas in Lane
County parks.
• Tobacco use and vaping
are already prohibited in Lane
County parks.
• Any other spark-emit-
ting operation not specifically
mentioned is prohibited.
Not included in these re-
strictions are coastal Lane
County parks located west of
milepost 18 on Highway 126,
including Archie Knowles
Campground and Harbor Vis-
ta Campground.
Lane County will continue
to monitor weather condi-
tions, especially humidity and
wind, to determine if further
restrictions become necessary,
including potential park and
trail closures.
With the marine layer of
clouds bringing greatly in-
creased humidity levels as well
as lower temperatures to Lane
County, Oregon Department
of Forestry and Lane Fire Au-
thority have agreed to move
the public fire danger levels
to “high,” effective Thursday.
This means mowing, chain
saw use, etc. can be done after
8 p.m. or before 10 a.m.
The fire danger will be re-
evaluated on Monday, Aug. 6.
For more information, visit
www.lanefire.org.
to work on projects around the
church.
After his retirement, Bob
and Jan bought property in
Florence, Ore., and Bob be-
gan splitting his time between
Florence and Ventura. When
Jan retired from her career as a
medical technologist in 1993,
the couple made the move to
Oregon permanent.
In Florence, Bob continued
as “Mr. Fix It,” buying and
renovating several properties,
assisting friends and neigh-
bors and helping out around
his new church, New Life Lu-
theran.
Bob also enjoyed volun-
teering at the Florence Events
Center, setting up the stage for
entertainment, special events
and other productions.
He also volunteered with the
Salmon and Trout Enhance-
ment Program (STEP).
A tough cop to the end, in
his later years Bob showed his
softer side as he doted on sev-
eral cats he and Jan rescued.
He also was known for his
sharp wit and quick sense of
humor.
Bob is survived by Jan-
et Cunningham, his wife of
60 years; son and daughter-
in-law David and Catherine
Cunningham of Ventura, Ca-
lif.; daughter and son-in-law
Lisa and Tim Escalante of
Coos Bay, Ore.; and numerous
friends in both Southern Cali-
fornia and Oregon.
A memorial service will be
held Saturday, Aug. 18, at 1
p.m. at the New Life Luther-
an Church, 2100 Spruce St. In
lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to the Oregon Coast
Humane Society or Peace Har-
bor Hospice.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is in
charge of all arrangements.
Figures released on new tobacco sales age
An Oregon Health Author-
ity (OHA) report released this
week found that the rate of re-
tail tobacco sales to underage
people increased slightly over
the past year, as a new law took
effect that raised the minimum
age to buy tobacco.
Enforcement of Oregon’s new
tobacco sales law, which raised
the age for a person to buy to-
bacco products from 18 to 21,
began Jan. 1, 2018.
The Public Health Division,
in collaboration with the Ore-
gon State Police, checks on to-
bacco retailers across Oregon to
make sure retailers are follow-
ing the law.
Data from the first six months
of 2018 show that since enforce-
ment of the new sales age began,
the retailer violation rate was 18
percent statewide. That’s slight-
ly higher than the 16 percent re-
tailer violation rate for the pre-
vious year, when the legal age
being enforced was 18.
“Selling tobacco to people
under 21 years old is illegal,
but these data show that near-
ly one out of every five tobac-
co retailers in Oregon still sells
to people under the legal age,”
said Tom Jeanne, MD, deputy
state health officer at the OHA
Public Health Division. ”To-
bacco remains the number one
preventable cause of death and
disability and kills nearly 8,000
people in Oregon each year.”
It also costs the state $2.5 bil-
lion per year in medical costs
and lost productivity.
A key part of ending tobacco
addiction in Oregon is making
OREGON COAST
Register Siuslaw students
for the 2018-19 school year
Mapleton
School
District
Siuslaw School District has
First Day of School for the
released back-to-school reg- 2018-2019 School Year:
istration information for the
• Orientation Day for Grade
2018-19 school year.
6 and Grade 9 is Sept. 4, in-
Mapleton School
cluding all students new to the
District’s First Day of
Siuslaw Elementary School
district
School for the 2018-19
Registration — All Grades
• First Day of School for
School Year is Sept. 4.
Aug. 14 to 16, from 9 a.m. to Grades 1 through 12 is Sept. 5
3 p.m.
• First Day of School for
For more informa-
Kindergarten is Sept. 10
tion about Mapleton
Siuslaw Middle School
schools and the
Registration — All Grades
Additional details may be
2018-19 School Year
Aug. 14 to 16, from 9 a.m. to found on the school district
Calendar, visit
3 p.m.
website
www.siuslaw.k12.
www.mapleton.k12.
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Registration — All Grades
Aug. 14 and 15, from 8:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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ROBBINS—Becky Hambrick
Robbins, of Florence, Ore.,
went home to
the Lord on
Monday, July
30, 2018. She
was 74 years
old.
She
was
born June 23,
1944. Her hus-
band Bill Rob-
Becky Rob-
bins survives
bins
her.
She had five children,
12 grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren. She loved
them and all her many friends.
She is also survived by her
sister Kay Kranz of Silver-
ton, Ore., and brother Roger
Witherite of Florence, Ore.
A celebration of life will be
held at Coolidge McClaine
Park at 300 Coolidge St., Sil-
verton, Ore., on Saturday, Aug.
11, at noon.
sure youth don’t start. Oregon
was the fifth state to raise the
legal age to purchase tobacco
products to 21.
Retailer owners that sell to-
bacco to underage persons face
up to a $500 fine for the first
or second violation and up to
$1,000 for three or more viola-
tions.
For the first time, the OHA
Public Health Division has tak-
en the added step of publicizing
the list of tobacco retailers that
violated the tobacco sales law.
The list of Oregon retailers
that sold tobacco to under-
age persons in the last year is
available at www.oregon.gov/
oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELL-
NESS/TOBACCOPREVEN-
TION/Documents/Inspection-
CoReport.PDF.
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