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Line clas- sifieds and legal notices for Saturday are due by Wednesday at 4 p.m. SPORTS — B 128TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 92 FLORENCE, OREGON SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890 Fire destroys home on Arago Street Salty remains Mapleton mascot One man displaced after unoccupied second-floor unit catches fire After public survey, Mapleton School Board elects to keep high school gym floor mascot The Mapleton School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to uphold a community vote to keep By Damien Sherwood Salty the Sailor as the school district mascot. Siuslaw News The decision follows weeks of public deliber- ation on the mascot’s future. “We appreciate the engagement of the community and their willingness to provide their input through- out the process,” said Board Chair Mizu Burruss. The vote ended with 188 community votes in favor of Salty versus 96 to replace the decades-old mascot with an “M” logo. Salty the Sailor has been a part of the Mapleton High School gym’s center design since the 1970s when it was painted by local artist John Gay. Elsewhere, the mascot appears on the school dis- trict website and on the boys’ locker room door. Salty’s female counterpart, Sally, appears on the girls’ locker room door. The prospect of changing mascots was raised by the school board in October in response to the gym floor’s upcoming resurfacing. As part of ongoing bond-funded renovations to Mapleton’s schools, the gym is slated to receive its upgrade in December, which prompted school officials to question wheth- er it was time for a new design. The board solicited ideas from the community, asking that submissions fit into categories of a new mascot, symbol, a letter or a combination of the three. Among guidelines for designs, the board request- ed that “all submissions exhibit equity to all potential team participants,” and that they include a descrip- tion of how the design incorporates that equity. By Mark Brennan Siuslaw News PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS The second floor of a duplex on Arago Street caught fire Nov. 14. Siuslaw Valley firefighters suppressed the fire while Western Lane paramedics made sure the resident of the lower unit was unharmed. S iuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue (SVFR) responded Wednesday night at approximately 11:30 p.m. to a house fire at 4558 Arago Street, just off of Rhododendron Drive near Heceta Beach Road. Though the two-story du- plex was partially destroyed in the fire, the end result might have been much worse if not for the barking of a neigh- bor’s dog. George Roach, the resident of the bottom half of the building that burned, was awakened and evacuated by next- door neighbor Rachel (who requested only her first name be used) after her dog’s persistent barking drew her atten- tion to the fire. “I just thought there was a raccoon in the yard or something,” Rachel said of her dog’s barking, which eventually prompted her to look away from the television to go to the window, where she saw flames rolling from the up- stairs window next door. She then ran to the burning building to make sure Roach was out of the structure before returning home to call 911. Crews from SVFR and Western Lane Ambulance District (WLAD) ar- rived a short time later. See DUPLEX FIRE page 8A Helping the people of Northern California In response to the recent devastating fires in Cal- ifornia, Deadwood resident Shannon Fritz has been busily collecting goods By Jared Anderson to bring down to the af- Siuslaw News fected areas in hopes of bringing some comfort to those who lost homes and possessions in the deadly Camp Fire blaze. The fire has left 63 dead, 631 miss- ing and decimated the town of Paradise, among oth- ers. It is the deadliest wildfire in California history. “I can’t imagine the devastation and horror they’re going through, to be honest,” Fritz said. “That’s just horrific, to lose everything. It’s phenomenally devas- tating. The devastation is horrible.” Fritz, who grew up in Grass Valley, Calif., knows the tight-knit communities in Northern California well, a place where “everybody is going to help ev- erybody else out,” she said. S ee DONATIONS page 7A INSIDE Toge o C N r, B7 A3 A4 A2 hild Will Local veterans contemplate steps to replace bronze memorial marker Florence is usually a very veter- an friendly town. Sunday’s Veter- ans Day Parade brought together active and retired members from all five services on a beautiful sun- ny day, with service flags flying as they marched through Historic Old Town Florence to the applause of thousands of fellow citizens along the parade route. However, there was one dark cloud in the sky on this bright Vet- erans Day, according to local vet- eran Tony Cavarno. “Somebody stole the brass plaque from Veteran’s Memorial Park! I can’t believe that someone would stoop that low and on Vet- erans Day no less,” he said. Cavarno got a call from a fellow veteran early in the day on Sunday, Nov. 11. Sideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B6 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Monthly Calendar . . . . . . . . . A6 Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . A2 Go ngr y Hu the Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community. . . . . . . . . . . . . Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veteran’s Park Plaque stolen on Veterans Day By Mark Brennan Siuslaw News Deadwood family gathers donations for victims of deadly Camp Fire S See GYM MASCOT page 7A THIS WEEK ’ S “He told me the plaque was missing. At first, I thought may- be it had fallen down, but when I went and looked at the spot where it had been, I was pretty sure it had been taken,” he added. Cavarno has filed a police re- port concerning the theft, but the prospect of recovering the stolen plaque is dim — which is particu- larly troubling to the vet as he has been involved with the park since its inception. Cavarno is a member of Flor- ence Elks Lodge #1858, a member of the “Band of Brothers” group of veterans and a leader in the extended community of veterans MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS and ex-military members who make up a large percentage of the Local veteran Tony Cavarno shows where a bronze plaque was population of Florence. He is also removed from the Veteran’s Memorial Wall in Florence last weekend. establishing a permanent location one of the members of a group of in the service. This is the group that first met in Florence for the recognition of veterans that meets at Old Town Coffee to informally share stories with the Florence city manager al- veterans. See PLAQUE page 8A and reminiscences from their days most 15 years ago to work towards TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 62 38 60 39 58 40 58 45 WEATHER Full Forecast, A3 S IUSLAW N EWS 2 S ECTIONS | 22 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2018 Food Backpack for Kids 1st Matching Funds Campaign Our Matching funds campaign to raise $40,000 from our community is coming to a close November 30th! $4,000 is needed to reach our goal. Th e estimated cost of feeding one child on weekends during the school year is $70 a month/$630 for 9 months. Th e singular purpose of our program is to feed at risk children with three meals each weekend day during the 2018/2019 school year. Food is purchased locally, so every donated dollar is reinvested in our community. Be assured ... every dollar donated to our nonprofi t, all volunteer program purchases food and only food. Your donation really makes a diff erence to a hungry child, and will be doubled during our Matching Funds Campaign. Th ank You! Please send your tax deductible check payable to Food Backpack for Kids, P.O. Box 3347, Florence, OR 97439 Thank you! www.foodbackpackforkids.com Ad paid for by private sponsor. Children should be happy, not hungry.