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Siuslaw Elementary School hosts Back to School Barbecue for district families
“I
coming school year, which began dis-
trictwide on Wednesday.
“I like school because it’s fun,” Chase
said. “We get to do activities and also fun
work.”
He listed off a bunch of subjects he
was excited about, including music, art,
writing and math. In fact, there really
wasn’t a subject he wasn’t thrilled about.
“The only thing I don’t really like is
when we have to actually play some-
where else than outside. I like playing
outside, but I don’t like playing inside,”
he said, referring to indoor recess.
See SCHOOL page 7A
’m super excited for every-
thing!” said third-grader
Chase Fodge about coming back
to school this week.
Was he nervous about anything?
“Everything again!”
Chase was standing in line for hot-
dogs and hamburgers on Tuesday night
as Siuslaw Elementary School held its
annual Back to School Barbecue, where
hundreds of students and families gather
after a long summer break to catch up
with friends, see what their new class-
rooms look like and talk about the up-
Siuslaw sweeps
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Community Coalition discusses
Florence’s housing code update
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
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The Florence Area Commu-
nity Coalition (FACC) offered
a general update on the re-
write of the City of Florence’s
Residential Housing Code to
the community at the group’s
September meeting. The pre-
sentation was given Wednes-
day morning at 9 a.m. in the
Bromley Room of the Siuslaw
Public Library.
Florence real estate agents
Brian Jagoe and Aric Sneddon
joined City of Florence Plan-
ning Technician Dylan Hu-
ber-Heidorn to give brief pre-
sentations to the small crowd
in attendance.
Jagoe, who is on the City
Planning Commission, and
Sneddon, who serves on the
Community and Economic De-
velopment Committee’s Hous-
ing Code Update Sub-Com-
mittee, are both involved with
the ongoing update to the City
of Florence Building codes.
However, Jagoe was clear in
his opening remarks that he
was speaking as a private cit-
izen, not as a member of any
city entity or as a spokesperson
for local realtors.
The overview presented by
Huber-Heidorn explained that
the update of the new code is
still being discussed and mod-
ified by the Planning Com-
mittee and city staff. He also
recounted the previous steps
in the rewrite process, which is
entering its final stages.
The Planning Commission is
finalizing details to the revised
code and will be meeting soon
with Florence City Council to
discuss approval of the updat-
ed code. After that, the city will
review the suggested modifica-
tions and enact some type of
major revision to the current
code.
The process for revision was
undertaken because the current
regulations have been criticized
for the difficulties it presents to
builders interested in develop-
ing housing in Florence.
During the panel discussion,
Jagoe and Sneddon brought up
some unique issues regarding
the anticipated needs of current
and future residents. Among
those was the importance of
building different types of
housing for the changing de-
mographics of the area.
The age difference between
the two men seemed to play
a part in their differing views
of the community’s housing
needs.
Sneddon was representative
of the area’s younger demo-
graphic while Jagoe was speak-
ing from the perspective of the
area’s retirees.
Jagoe also seemed primarily
focused on the importance of
retaining the ability to build
single-family dwellings and
suggested that there was a co-
ordinated effort to eliminate
the single-family dwelling des-
ignation statewide.
“I like selling single-family
dwellings. My clients like sin-
gle-family dwellings, and they
want housing with two- and
three-car garages, and a place
to park their RV. These are big
selling points for many home
See COALITION page 8A
Missing man found
deceased near
Florence Wednesday
Staff Report
Siuslaw News
On
Wednesday
afternoon, the Lane
County Sheriff ’s Of-
fice released a state-
ment that 38-year-old
Jeremy Golden, who
had been missing
Jeremy Golden
since Saturday, was
located deceased south of Florence.
Golden had been last seen the evening of
Saturday, Aug. 31, while camping with his
family at Honeyman State Park.
Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue (SVFR) Op-
erations Chief Jim Dickerson said Siuslaw Val-
ley was contacted on Saturday but was unsuc-
cessful in locating Golden.
“SVFR was informed of the possible Search
and Rescue case on Monday, Sept. 9, at 9:25
a.m. SVFR conducted a briefing and sent
crews for a search from 10 a.m. to noon, cov-
ering trails and wooded areas where infor-
mation from bystanders indicated,” he said.
“Lane County Sheriff ’s Search and Rescue
was contacted and consulted with before and
after the search. Four units and 11 personnel
responded.”
See MISSING page 7A
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