8A | WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2019 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw Outreach Services advocate wins ‘PASSION’ Award
SOS Advocate and Vol-
unteer Coordinator Lori
Oltman was recently the
recipient of the coveted
P.A.S.S.I.O.N. Award for
2019.
This award is presented
to the outstanding advocate
of the year for the entire
state of Oregon. Oltman
was presented the award
at the annual Oregon Co-
alition Against Domestic
& Sexual Violence (OC-
ADSV) Conference in Sun-
river this past spring.
Passion not only de-
scribes Oltman’s work eth-
ic, but each letter represents
the values of those in the
field of DV/SA advocacy.
P-perseverance; A-advo-
cacy;
S-sensitivity;
S-strength; I-integrity;
O-optimism; N-nur-
turance.
“Oltman
demon-
strates all these things
in her work,” said SOS
Executive Direector
Bob Teter.
Oltman said she
was very surprised
when OCADSV Ex-
ecutive Director, Va-
nessa Timmons, read
Oltman’s name and
asked her to join her
on the stage. The moment
was made extra special for
Oltman because her daugh-
ter and granddaughter were
also attending the event.
As Oltman made her way
on subjects that are im-
portant to her clients.
Oltman said she was
both shocked and deep-
ly honored to be recog-
nized for her efforts to
care for her clients and
support her team of
dedicated staff and vol-
unteers at Siuslaw Out-
reach Services.
When news of her
prestigious award was
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shared with staff and
Lori Oltman
volunteers at SOS, sev-
to the stage, Timmons read
eral expressed it was
a portion of her nomina- well deserved and they
tion that had been submit- were not at all surprised.
ted by Teter.
Oltman’s dedication to
In it, Teter noted Olt- her work for the communi-
man’s dedicated service ty is well known within the
and efforts to stay current Siuslaw Outreach Services.
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CS2 Savannah Leffler
advances to Specialist
PHOTO BY DEBORAH HELDT CORDONE
From left: Chris Moxley, CS2 Savannah Leffler and
grandmother Judy Bacon.
Culinary Specialist Sa-
vannah Leffler advanced
to Culinary Specialist
Second Class during an
advancement ceremony
at Coast Guard Station
Siuslaw River on July 1,
2019.
CS2 Leffler, originally
from Enosburgh, Vt., has
served in the Coast Guard
for almost three years.
She is working towards
becoming a Special Aide
and dreams of becoming
an Officer someday.
CS2 Leffler’s grandpar-
ents, Judy and Alan Ba-
con, traveled from Rich-
land, Wash., to attend the
ceremony.
There
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including what is pre-
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Culinary Specialists.
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