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Third year of Women’s March in Florence draws community support
be greeted with appreciation
for the manner and tone
with which women interact
and communicate.
There was purposeful ef-
fort by local group Florence
ORganizes (FOR) to keep
the event positive and fo-
cused on areas where com-
munity members can make
a difference in the commu-
nity.
“The whole day went so
very well,” said Eileen An-
gilletta, spokesperson for
FOR. “The march went off
right on time after a very
good pep talk from Caddy
McKeown about how well
women are doing in govern-
ment. There were several of
us in costume: we had Ros-
ie the Riveter, Lady Liberty,
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
While hundreds of thou-
sands of Americans, the ma-
jority of whom were women,
participated in a nationwide
series of demonstrations
Saturday protesting the pol-
icies and performance of
President Donald Trump,
Florence held its own ver-
sion themed as the Women’s
Wave — a rally attended by
approximately 200 and pri-
marily highlighting women’s
achievements.
State Rep. Caddy McK-
eown started the day with
a speech, indicating that
the role women play in the
country’s future has shifted
and that the changes should
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fragette, and the Mermaid
bringing in the wave. Many
people honked their horns
in support as we marched
along Highway 101.”
The rally was followed
with a fundraising luncheon
and silent auction at the
Florence Senior Center, with
all money raised to be used
for education and support
of new local housing group,
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Alliance.
“At the Senior Center, the
Silent Auction did very well.
I know that Kimberly Flee-
nor’s and my basket alone
raised $100. The food donat-
ed from the restaurants was
well received with plenty for
all the attendees. The music
was great, and I got several
women up dancing to a few
Bollywood numbers,” Angil-
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Saturday’s marches and
rallies were promoted and
organized by a nation-
wide affiliation of woman’s
groups, which have seen a
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In the meantime, the im-
passe in Washington D.C. has
a very direct impact on many
households that include one
or more family members
who are now either working
without pay or have been
furloughed. Until the finan-
cial aspects of the battle over
the funding of the wall have
been agreed upon, many of
dramatic rise in
the interest and
participation lev-
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President Trump’s
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Local
activ-
ist and past candidate for
County Commissioner Le-
onora Kent was one of the
organizers of the local rally
and her takeaway from Sat-
urday’s march was positive.
“We were very pleased
with Caddy’s speech about
the number of women in im-
portant roles in the Oregon
State Government. She also
reminded us of the courage
it takes to run for office, so
all runners need to be giv-
en appreciation,” said Kent.
“She also gave a shout out
to all the men who support
the women’s march and
our causes. We would like
to thank all the wonderful
businesses and private do-
nors who donated gifts to
the silent auction.”
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savings and whatever finan-
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community members and
organizations helping to fill
the gap created by the shut-
down.
There are approximate-
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Oregon, with 9,583 directly
impacted by the shutdown
— with just over 500 of them
within Lane County who are
not being paid at this time.
At the same time, there are
a number of other important
oversight and administrative
services that have been in-
terrupted by the shutdown,
many of which citizens are
unaware of until they require
the service. For example, at
this time all loans that are
being processed for or by the
Small Business Administra-
tion have been halted. This
was done without informing
many small businesses that
there would be long delays
in acquiring funds to open a
new business or to improve
an existing one.
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losses incurred because of
Chinese trade tariffs are in
limbo due to the closure of
the Agriculture Department.
In the area of national se-
curity, the E-Verify system
that was created specifically
to check on the legal work
status of potential employees
— a service used primarily
by businesses when hiring
new or seasonal employees
— has been taken off-line.
This means that employers
nationwide are unable to
verify the work eligibility for
any potential employee, ef-
fectively halting hiring.
Also, brewers and vintners
cannot get approval to sell
new varieties of beer or wine
until the Alcohol, Tobacco,
Tax and Trade Bureau is re-
opened.
The long-term impact of
the shutdown on the nation’s
overall economy has begun
to have a noticeable impact.
Kevin Hassett, the chairman
of the White House Council
of Economic Advisers, told
media outlets last week that
the shutdown should reduce
economic growth by 0.13
percentage points for every
week that it lasts, a change
from the 0.1 percentage
points every two weeks it
originally projected. That’s
because its first projections
did not include contractors
not being paid or the ripple
effect on the economy, such
as restaurant meals not being
taken, movies not being seen
and other entertainment and
recreational spending now
being curtailed.
JPMorgan
economist
Daniel Silver also lowered
projections for first-quarter
GDP growth to 2 percent
from 2.25 percent.
Meanwhile, there are no
talks between the president
and Congressional lead-
ers currently underway, or
scheduled in the near future,
to address the issue of the
shutdown.