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Local vets receive good news, recognition
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
There are very few times when
that often-dysfunctional system,
the government, surprises citizens
by responding directly to their
concerns.
But indeed, surprise was the
main reaction shared by local
vets at Monday’s “Band of Broth-
ers” meeting at the Florence Elks
Lodge.
The surprise was in receiving the
news that a request made recently
by leaders of the area’s veterans’
groups, in a meeting with County
Commissioner Jay Bozievich and
Lane County Veterans Program
Supervisor Joseph Reiley, had
been acted upon.
Bozievich and Reiley made the
trip to Florence to meet with the
leaders of local veterans’ groups
to discuss the men’s concern over
what they perceived as lack of
support for the Florence Veterans
community.
The focus of the frank discus-
sion with Bozievich and Reiley
was the important county funded
position of Veteran’s Service Of-
ficer (VSO). A VSO is needed to
assist veterans with paperwork,
gathering
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Members of the “Band of Brothers” and Ladies of the Elks received
medallions of appreciation from Coast Guard Station Commander
See VETS page 6A Joseph Niles on Monday at the Elk’s Lodge
Suspect still
being sought
after eluding
state police
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“During
Women’s
History
Month, we celebrate the countless
women whose courage and resolve
have contributed to the character
and success of our nation and the
entire world. The equal oppor-
tunity of women in every facet of
daily life is an essential feature of a
free and prosperous society. This
month, we honor women who have
fought for equality and against the
status quo, and who have broken
the bonds of discrimination, par-
tiality and injustice for the benefit
of all. These women created a leg-
acy that continues to inspire gener-
ations of women to live with confi-
dence, to have a positive impact on
their communities, and to improve
our Nation every single day.”
—Excerpt from Proclamation
issued on March 1, 2019, by Presi-
dent Donald Trump in recognition
of Women’s History Month
W
hile the important
contributions made
by women to Amer-
ica’s history and culture have al-
ways been known, it wasn’t until
1980 that President Jimmy Carter
officially recognized those achieve-
ments by declaring the week of
March 8 as Women’s History Week.
In 1987, after considerable pres-
sure was applied by the National
Women’s History Project, Congress
passed Public Law 100-9 designat-
ing the month as Woman’s History
Month.
This designation changed the
way in which women writers and
women in general were perceived
by many members of the American
public.
Departments of Education in
many states then began promot-
ing the month as a way to promote
equality of the sexes in the class-
room and the effort to recognize
and highlight this concept has con-
tinued to this day.
The current political climate has
brought added attention to the in-
creased number of women seeking
political office and to the impact
those women have had in the short
time since the 2018 election.
There is also more consideration
being given now than in the past to
the thoughts and words of women.
This change in the way in which
women writers and thinkers are
accepted by the public has echoed
throughout many other areas of
American society. One way in
which this added appreciation has
manifested itself is in the increased
number of female winners of the
Pulitzer Prize.
In 2018, Stephanie McCrummen,
Beth Reinhard and Alice Crites ac-
cepted the Pulitzer for the investi-
gative reporting work done by the
Washington Post in furthering the
nation’s understanding of Russian
interference in the 2016 presiden-
tial election.
Local law enforce-
ment is on the lookout
for Florence resident
Jerry Joseph Strosnider,
a 39-year-old who el-
luded multiple law en-
forcement departments
after a car chase over the
weekend.
The incident began
Saturday morning when
t h e
Flor-
e n c e
Police
Depart-
ment
(FPD)
r e -
ceived a Jerry Strosnider
request
for assistance from the
Lane County Sheriff ’s
Office (LCSO) and the
Oregon State Police
(OSP). Strosnider, who
was a suspect in a do-
mestic violence assault
case, failed to yield to
authorities while east
of Florence and began
driving his vehicle at a
“very high rate of speed,”
according to the FPD.
Florence police set up
spike strips on Highway
126, east of North Fork
Road, which successfully
spiked the vehicle’s tires.
Strosnider was able to
keep driving, however,
and reached Florence,
where he abandoned his
vehicle on Eighth Street
near Highway 101, flee-
ing on foot. The area
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