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VOL. 129, NO. 4
SERVING
WESTERN
LANE COUNTY
SINCE 1890
F LORENCE , O REGON
U.S. Coast Guard Station Siuslaw
River, along with the nation’s
other Coast Guard units, contin-
ues to function despite the federal
government shutdown.
U.S. Coast Guard
navigates rough
waters amidst
government
shutdown
WEATHER
By Chantelle Meyer
Ssuslaw News
Partly sunny with a
high of 57 and a low
tonight of 37.
Full forecast on A3
“A
s a recent Coast Guard
City, we made a com-
mitment to support our
Station Siuslaw River,” said Flor-
ence Mayor Joe Henry. “I respect
our Coast Guard and I respect what
they do, and not just because I have
needed them on the water before.
We have rough waters out here, and
they are always there.”
The Coast Guard’s motto is Sem-
per Paratus — Always Ready. It is a
motto Coast Guardsmen continue to
follow even without the promise of
pay. Like many other federal workers
— and unlike other branches of the
military — the U.S. Coast Guard is
either on furlough or working with-
out pay until the U.S. federal govern-
ment shutdown ends. This impacts
over 41,000 active duty Coast Guard
members, 6,200 reservists and 8,500
civilian personnel.
The current shutdown began Dec.
22, 2018, as of today surpassing the
previous longest shutdown in Amer-
ican history. The Coast Guard was
able to pay members on Jan. 1, but
the next payment, scheduled for Jan.
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15, will not come through without
emergency measures getting passed
by the U.S. House or Senate.
Both chambers of Congress have
introduced their own bills to fund
the Coast Guard, the “Pay our Coast
Guard Parity Act,” introduced in
the house by Oregon’s Rep. Peter
DeFazio, and the “Pay Our Coast
Guard Act of 2019,” introduced in
the Senate by Sen. John Thune and
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley. While
both are still in committee and not
expected to pass this weekend, the
bills would provide continuing ap-
propriations to the U.S. Coast Guard
for any period during which interim
or full-year appropriations are not
in effect.
“Coast Guard members are risk-
ing their lives to keep Oregon’s
coasts safe, yet are stressing over
missed payments on mortgages,
rents, utilities, child care and more,”
Merkley said. “This is irresponsi-
ble and unacceptable, and we need
to make sure our military members
feel secure in their daily lives while
Councilors welcomed back to Dunes City
Members of the city council sworn in Wednesday
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they’re protecting our nation.”
A press release from the senator’s
office referenced the Coast Guard’s
efforts in responding to and investi-
gating the capsizing of the commer-
cial fishing vessel Mary B II, which
led to the deaths of three fishermen
at the entrance of Yaquina Bay in
Newport, Ore., Tuesday night.
According to the bill, the appro-
priations would provide pay and
allowances for members of the
Coast Guard, civilian employees
and contractors; the payment of a
death gratuity, funeral travel and
the temporary continuation of the
basic allowance for housing for de-
pendents of members of the Coast
Guard dying on active duty; and re-
tired pay. The act would remain in
place until the enactment of spec-
ified Coast Guard appropriations
legislation.
“President Trump and his Mar-
a-Lago cronies may not have trou-
ble ‘adjusting’ if they miss a pay-
check, but for thousands of Or-
egon families, a paycheck means
a mortgage payment, childcare,
or a medical bill,” DeFazio said.
“More than 1,200 active duty Coast
Guard personnel and reservists
stationed in Oregon are currently
working without pay or furloughed
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‘Strength of county’
relayed in State of
the County Address
Bozievich delivers update
on decade’s progress
By Mark
Brennan
Ssuslaw News
SIDE SHOW
On Jan. 9, Dunes City issued the oath of
office to councilors Susan Snow, Duke Wells
and Sheldon Meyer on Wednesday, along with
the swearing in of Mayor Robert Forsythe.
All members had served in their positions pre-
viously and ran unopposed in the 2018 elec-
tion.
“Lane County is
strong.”
That was the
opening statement
and the main mes-
sage Lane County
Commissioner Jay
Bozievich shared
with residents in
the State of the Western Lane County
County Address he
Commissioner Jay
delivered on Jan.
Bozievich
7 at Harris Hall
in the Lane County Public Service Building
in downtown Eugene. Bozievich is the coun-
ty commissioner for District 1, western Lane
County.
He began his address by highlighting some
of the issues that commissioners had been
successfully working on during 2018, includ-
ing the overall improvement in many of the
situations the county has faced during the last
decade.
“Not too long ago, Lane County was dealing
with the two-fold problem of the 2008 recession
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Above, Dunes City Councilors Susan Snow,
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City Mayor Robert Forsythe is sworn in to
his first full term as mayor.
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