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SN THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM TH SATURDAY EDITION | JUNE 1, 2019 | $1.00 June Arts & Entertainment INSIDE Siuslaw News VOL. 129, NO. 44 NEWS & VIEWS THAT DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY F LORENCE , O REGON WEATHER Clouds and wind with a high of 65 and a low tonight of 51. Full forecast on A3 Story & Photos By Chantelle Meyer Siuslaw News COMMUNITY Campers from the Elks Living Group (above) gather for the end-of-day Flag Ceremony at Outdoor School. Max Reynolds (Right) takes aim. Overnight Outdoor School returns A Siuslaw Middle School sixth-graders attend first Outdoor School since 2006 fter a 13-year hiatus, Siuslaw students experienced an over- night Outdoor School this week at Camp Cleawox. Thanks to Outdoor School Director McKenzie Perry and a team of leaders, teen councilors and eighth-grade helpers, more than 100 sixth-grade students spent Tuesday to Friday at the camp. Perry, whom the students called “Chickadee” during the camp, remem- bers her own Outdoor School adventures Watercolor workshop comes to arts alliance INSIDE — A3 SPORTS Workshop plans to promote ‘SAFE’ thinking when she was a student at Siuslaw. “I did Stream Team when I was at the middle school, and my grade was one of the last groups to do the overnight Out- door School,” she said. She said that Siuslaw ended its previous overnight Outdoor School in 2006 after a couple years on and off. It was eventu- ally replaced by the Outdoor Adventure Camp for fifth- and seventh-graders at Camp Baker, a local Boy Scout Camp. See OUTDOORS page 10A Siuslaw Scholarship Ceremony Free self-defense, awareness workshop offered June 10 Skate park visitors INSIDE — SPORTS An active lifestyle is part of the appeal of living in Florence. Unfortunately, an attack By Mark Brennan suffered by a wom- an at Carter Lake on Siuslaw News May 4 has signifi- cantly raised the lev- el of concern among local woman’s groups re- garding their personal safety when outdoors. According to the assault victim, she was walking her dog when she was attacked and raped. The brutal attack has prompted an increased level of awareness among women that walk or hike in the forests and dunes that surround Florence. This concern has now coalesced into a strategy to better pre- pare women to be aware of the situations See SAFE page 7A RECORDS Obituaries & emergency response logs Inside — A2 SIDE SHOW Activities and comics every Saturday Inside — B5 CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices Inside — B6 FOLLOW US FOR THE LATEST NEWS : /S IUSLAW N EWS @S IUSLAW N EWS CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS T hirty-five Siuslaw High School graduating seniors, including recipients of awards managed by Western Lane Community Foundation (above), received 137 scholar- ships from 49 local providers on May 30 at the Florence Events Center. According to School Counselor Steve Moser, the scholarship awardees make up 41 percent of the entire senior class. As of press time Friday, the total amount generated by the Florence community was still being tallied. “It was an amazing night for sure. And will only get better next year too!” Moser said. Additional information and pictures will be included in the June 5 edition of the Siuslaw News. Oregon Dunes Restoration plan released for comment Project looks to eliminate invasive species in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area By Jared Anderson Siuslaw News T HE S IUSLAW N EWS . COM S IUSLAW N EWS 2 S ECTIONS | 18 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2019 The Central Coast Ranger Dis- trict/Oregon Dunes National Rec- reation Area (CCRD/ODNRA) of the Siuslaw National Forest has re- leased a draft environmental anal- ysis for the Oregon Dunes Res- toration Project (ODRP), which looks to promote the recreational economy and natural ecosystem by reducing non-native species in a 13,700-acre swath of ODN- RA and the adjacent Baker Beach area. The 58-page report, which cov- ers the history of non-native plant species in the region and gives a detailed explanation on how the project looks to reduce grasses such as European beachgrass, is open for a public comment period. “I think that people should rec- ognize that what’s going on out there is a very unique ecosystem,” said Project Leader Mick Mueller of the Siuslaw National Forest. “It really doesn’t occur anywhere else in North America. There was a time it was very natural and we de- cided to plant species to hold the sand in place, and now we’re hav- ing to do a lot of work to change that back to natural.” The history of the dunes goes back millions of years, when “the ocean floor uplifted to create the Coast Range and Cascade moun- oregon coast military museum jeep junction Jeep-only Show & Shine to celebrate the birth of the jeep in WWII and the iconic vehicle it has become! saturday, june 15th, 2019 • 10 a.m.—2 p.m. johnston motor co. on hwy 101 Sponsored by & Johnston Motor Co. & Tony’s Garage tains that dominate the local land- scape,” the report explained. “Ex- treme events such as earthquakes, floods and storms hastened the erosion of these landforms, and rivers transported gravel, sand and other sediments downstream from the mountains to the ocean. Near- shore ocean currents moved sands north along the shoreline to a shal- low basin west of Florence.” See DUNES page 7A