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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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