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THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM | SIUSLAWNEWS | WEDNESDAY EDITION | NOVEMBER 7, 2018 | $1.00 @ SIUSLAWNEWS VIKS PLACE AT STATE SPORTS — B Sponsored by: A No Kill Shelter 128TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 89 FLORENCE, OREGON SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890 WITH ILYING COLORS Community engagement at the city level Florence seeks up to 39 people to step into revised committees The Florence City Council met on Mon- day night for a regular session, the last public By Chantelle Meyer meeting before the election drew to a Sieslaw News close. Among the con- tests in yesterday’s election was two seats for the council: the positions currently held by Woody Woodbury, who was appointed in Jan- uary, and Susy Lacer, whose four-year term ends in December. During the public comment period, Flor- ence resident Sally Wantz stepped forward to speak. “I want to thank each and every one of you,” she said to the five members of the council seated on the dais before her. “I want to thank you for your service. … You’ve put forth the work and I appreciate all you’ve done.” Siuslaw’s 2nd Color-a-Thon raises more than $10,000 S iuslaw School District held a Color-a-Thon on Saturday at Siuslaw Middle School, where more than 450 students and communi- ty members ran or walked a 5K among clouds of thrown and sprayed colored powder. Thanks to registration fees and business sponsorships, the district was able to raise $10,508.45 with the event. Florence Community PTA held a similar event in 2016. “It was awesome, and such a great commu- nity experience,” said this year’s organizer, Crystal Osburn. Because of those community partnerships, every kid who wanted to was able to run in the Color-a-Thon and experience get- ting covered in colorful powder. According to Osburn, Oregon’s rain helped with most of the cleanup. For more photos, see Page 12A. PHOTOS BY CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS See CITY page 8A Nov. 6 General Election Readers looking for results from the Nov. 6 General Election will find them in Saturday’s print edition of the Siuslaw News. Results were made public last night beginning at 8 p.m., after the paper’s print deadline, but an updated tally can be found online at www.TheSiuslawNews.com. Lane County Elections will contin- ue to provide updates on the results until all ballots are processed. Historic cemetery experiences a little ‘kindness’ Kindness Club member restores headstones at Deadwood Pioneer Cemetery By Jared Anderson Sieslaw News INSIDE “I think it’s important because they could get forgotten if they’re just covered in stuff and no one would know they are there,” Emma Meier said about cleaning headstones at the Deadwood Pioneer Cemetery. Emma, who is a 10-year-old fourth-grader at Siuslaw Elementary School, began cleaning head- stones for a school project. Along with the help of Emma’s mother Nicole, who is a kindergarten aide at the school, classmates, teachers and oth- er volunteers, Emma and her cohorts ended up cleaning and restoring 25 of the 300 headstones at the cemetery, which was established in 1883. But Emma and Nicole aren’t stopping there. Once they began cleaning the headstones, they found that more work needed to be done at the historic cemetery. With luck and support, they Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community. . . . . . . . . . . . . Kid Scoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . Library Tidings . . . . . . . . . . . B6 A3 B5 A5 COURTESY PHOTOS Emma Meier, above, in glasses, decided to help restore headstones at Deadwood Pioneer Cemetery as part of a Siuslaw Elementary School Kindness Club proj- ect she began with family and friends. Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . A2 THIS WEEK ’ S TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 56 37 59 39 59 42 58 43 WEATHER Full Forecast, A3 hope to clean and restore all of the headstones in the Siuslaw region. The project began from an idea for Siuslaw School District’s Kindness Club, headed by teacher Shannon Graham. “We do community projects,” Emma said. “Kindness Club is for kind people. It’s for ele- mentary students.” “And some middle school to do mentoring,” Nicole added. The Kindness Club was a good fit for Emma, “Because I’m kind,” she said. “And responsible,” Nicole added. Emma smiled and nodded her head, saying, “I follow the rules.” Helping others in the community is important to the Meiers for a variety of reasons. “I do it because I like to — being nice and help- ing people,” Emma said. “You do it so you can help them.” See CEMETERY page 7A S IUSLAW N EWS 2 S ECTIONS | 20 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2018 GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS: Great viewing along the Port Parking Lot and Bay Street. Oregon Coast Military Vehicles Club TR Hunter • KCST Suncoast Bookkeeping • Banner Bank Oregon Pacific Bank • Siuslaw News Grocery Outlet • Wally’s Toilets Three Rivers Casino Resort • Sea Lion Caves Tributes and treats for Veterans will be avail- able at Veterans Memorial Park and at several local restaurants including the Firehouse and Three Rivers Casino Resort. SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS: Coldwell Banker • Coast Real Estate Band of Brothers Spruce Point- Assisted Living & Memory Care Northwest Reflections Parade Begins at 1pm
