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library during that time, you
can also drop off your art today
only, Oct. 31, at Frames of Flor-
ence. For specific size limita-
tions and hanging preparations,
ber. Bring your 2D or 3D art to visit www.siuslawlibrary.org.
the library tomorrow, Thursday,
Nov. 1, between 9 a.m. and 1 Author George Byron Wright
p.m. If you can’t make it to the
The library is pleased to pres-
Hang-It-All — Tomorrow!
artists and craftspeople
Library and All collectors
are invited to par-
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MEASURE 106 from page 1A
“I don’t necessarily like abor-
tion (I wouldn’t choose one my-
self),” Hummell continued, “but I
also don’t believe I have the right
to tell someone else what to do.”
Hummell stated that the issue
was not about access to abortion,
but whether or not it is right to
ask those who do not believe in
practice to help pay for it.
“Having personal freedoms
and individual rights are one
thing — but asking YOU to fund
MY rights is a totally different
story,” she said, and then went on
to liken the issue to the Second
Amendment debate:
“... We all have the freedom
of choice when it comes to gun
ownership. But it doesn’t mean
the government should reach into
your pocket and buy my guns and
ammo. … It’s exactly the same
with elective abortions,” she said.
Opponents of the measure ar-
gue that it would not stem the
amount of abortions in the state
but would only make them more
ent Oregon author George By-
ron Wright on Saturday, Nov.
3, at 1 p.m., to discuss and read
from his latest book, “I Am Ned
Pine.”
Wright’s newest novel is “I
Am Ned Pine.” The protago-
nists Ashley and Ned Pine have
spoken perhaps six words over
yet another dispirited evening
meal when black-booted attack-
ers kick in their kitchen door
wielding aluminum bats and no
explanations. Who is behind the
heinous attack? Answers lie in
the convoluted layers of Ned’s
ordinary life. He has written it
all down as the worst six months
of his life.
Wright frequently appears at
the Florence Festival of Books
and anyone interested in Ore-
gon fiction and the art of writ-
ing will enjoy this program,
open to the general public.
Visit www.siuslawlibrary.
info for more information.
dangerous and costlier.
“Lack of access to abortions
harms low-income women and
women of color,” City Club of
Portland Executive Director Ju-
lia Meier wrote. “Policies that at-
tempt to restrict funding for abor-
tions do not reduce the number
of abortions sought or obtained.
However, these policies do make
abortions less safe and contrib-
ute to the economic instability of
low-income women.”
For Christel Allen of NARAL
Pro-Choice Oregon, the measure
is about keeping healthcare avail-
able to all Oregonians.
“We believe that every Orego-
nian — especially those who have
historically been marginalized —
must have access to the full range
of reproductive health care, start-
ing with proper preventative care,
and continuing through postpar-
tum care,” she wrote. “This in-
cludes access to safe, affordable
abortion care.”
Allen compared the measure
to the national debate regarding
women’s rights, stating, “... We
have seen a fervor in attacks on
women — we are living in a time
when many of our elected offi-
cials and policies do not represent
the views of the majority. This is
why it’s so important that we hold
the line in Oregon by opposing
Measure 106.”
Fiscally, the measure would
most likely have a negative effect
on the Oregon tax base, according
to the state.
If passed, the measure is in-
spected to increase public spend-
ing by $19.3 million annually,
according to a report written by
Oregon Secretary of State Dennis
Richardson and other state agen-
cies.
The report states that $2.9 mil-
lion would be saved annually by
preventing the types of abortions
mentioned in the measure, ac-
cording to the report.
However, there would be an in-
crease of $22.2 million annually
from those born due to the ban.
The expenditures would come
from health care, food and nu-
tritional services provided by the
state.
That financial impact wouldn’t
be felt immediately, however. The
first year is only expected to see
an increase in $4.8 million in state
costs.
One of the main reasons for
budget increase is the income
level of those who utilize abor-
tion services. According to a 2017
study done by the Guttmacher
Institute, which backs legalized
abortion, 49 percent of women
who get abortions are below the
federal poverty level, a group that
traditionally utilizes state and fed-
eral social programs.
Organizations that are for the
measure’s passage include a va-
riety of grass roots organizations
such as Women for Measure 106,
Oregon Right to Life PAC, Pub-
lic School Teachers for Measure
106 and Medical Professionals for
Measure 106.
Opponents include the Ore-
gon Medical Association, Oregon
Nurses Association, Oregon Pub-
lic Health Association and the
Northwest Health Foundation.
point of safety from anywhere in
Old Town,” Southerland said. “At
two feet per second, you could
make it from these furthest points
in Old Town to the safety desti-
nations. … It’s no more than four
blocks to safety in any direction.”
Some areas will require the
faster speed, such as northern
subdivisions of Heceta Beach, but
Southerland said communities
could add trails, paths and even
vertical evacuation structures to
help resolve that.
“In seeing other communities’
results, ours are enviable,” he said.
“Ours are very, very good com-
pared to other cities like Seaside,
where there are sections of the
city — assuming that the bridges
did not survive the earthquake —
where it is hard to survive a tsu-
nami event.”
He said one place in the area
that could have difficulties during
a tsunami hazard would be at the
South Jetty of the Siuslaw River,
since the road’s surface would
likely be disrupted and car access
would not be guaranteed.
“At the very tip of the jetty … it
would be hard to survive that event
without some sort of evacuation
structure built towards the tip of the
South Jetty,” Southerland said.
The Beat the Wave code also
includes development of tsu-
nami evacuation routes, with
increased signage and walking
paths; discouraging high-density
and lodging development within
the tsunami zone; and requiring,
where feasible, tsunami resilient
construction methods in infra-
structure development.
The code’s other purpose is to
“put less people in harm’s way,
but also particular groups of peo-
ple, where it would be difficult to
evacuate a large number of them
and get them a good distance
away,” Southerland said. “This is
a tool to get people to recognize
that there is a risk of tsunamis
and to consider evacuation route
improvements, but not to prohibit
any type of development.”
For more information and to
view the area’s tsunami maps, vis-
it www.ci.florence.or.us/planning
and go to “Hazard Planning.”
DOGAMI also has Beat the
Wave Maps and further infor-
mation available for download
at
www.oregongeology.org/tsu
clearinghouse/beatthewave.htm.
There is also information spe-
cifically for Dunes City and the
areas outside Florence.
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CITY CODE from page 1A
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The maps provide three rates
that people tend to travel — a
slow walk, at two feet per second;
a regular walk at four feet per sec-
ond; and a fast walk at six feet per
second — and overlay those rates
over maps of the area.
He added later that DOGAMI
included the “slow walk” rate in
Florence’s maps reluctantly.
“They had to make a separate
calculation, a separate category, for
Florence, which is the slow walk
category,” Southerland said. “They
didn’t even want to put that in
there, but they did for Florence.”
He also said much of Florence
“looks pretty good” for evacua-
tion times.
“You would only have to walk
at a slow walk pace to get to any
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