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PR R OG ESS P R ESS R OG PR Postal Customer Florence, Ore. 97439 RESS A3 OG AND PHOTOS PR R ESULTS S IU IUSLAW F LAVORS RESS Siuslaw News O KTO -F UR -F EST 2019! OG SN WEDNESDAY EDITION | OCTOBER 16, 2019 | $1.00 TH THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM P ROGRESS S ECTION — C Circles in the sand VOL. 129, NO. 83 NEWS & VIEWS THAT DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY F LORENCE , O REGON WEATHER Hundreds come to share unique experience of sand art Clouds and rain with a high of 58 and a low tonight of 50. Full forecast on A3 COMMUNITY By Mark Brennan Siuslaw News T he transient nature of life played out in real time Saturday afternoon when a team of talented art- ists created a large, unique design on the beach at Driftwood Shores, live and in front of hundreds of Florence residents. Hours later the fruits of that labor were washed away by the incoming tide. Denny Dyke is the creative force behind the group known as “Circles in the Sand,” which spent the after- noon drawing, raking and smoothing a large maze-like walking path which the team refers to as a “Dream- field.” The intricate design, also referred to as a Laby- rinth, ultimately encompassed hundreds of square feet and was festooned with ocean related imagery, assort- ed shells and driftwood from the sea. Hundreds of interested individuals came, watched and talked among themselves and with the artists as Wine and Chowder Trail in Old Town INSIDE — A11 SPORTS See SAND page 10A James Ferreira with Circles In the Sand rakes an area in preparation for Saturday’s event; sea shells (inset) decorate a section of the labrynth. PHOTO BY MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS Sailors lock in on state appearance. INSIDE — SPORTS RECORDS Obituaries & emergency response logs Inside — A2 KID SCOOP Activities and comics every Wednesday Inside — B5 CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices Inside — B6 FOLLOW US FOR THE LATEST NEWS : /S IUSLAW N EWS @S IUSLAW N EWS T HE S IUSLAW N EWS . COM Emergency simulation tests new equpiment By Mark Brennan Siuslaw News The inevitability of a natural di- saster occurring in the Florence area, or elsewhere in the state, was the impetus for an exercise con- ducted Saturday morning by the West Lane Amateur Radio Emer- gency Service (ARES) group. ARES is a subset of the Central Oregon Coast Amateur Radio Club which is a group of HAM radio op- erators that not only enjoy talking to other HAM operators around the world but want to provide commu- nication options to the community and first responders in the event of a catastrophic natural disaster. ARES is intended to be a lifeline of communication in case of a dis- ruption in normal telephone ser- vice during an emergency. Bob Pine is the emergency coor- “We have had a number of simulated disasters, from the standard tsunami and earth- quake emergencies.” — Bob Pine, ARES dinator for ARES and works closely with its sister organization, the Ra- dio Amateur Civil Emergency Ser- vices RACES group. “On Saturday, we ‘responded’ to a statewide emergency test of ARES for all 36 county units in the state of Oregon,” said Pine, who explained that, every six months, the group performs a practice simulation to See PREP page 8A Siuslaw culinary students get ‘brazen’ with beef Story and photos by Jared Anderson Siuslaw News S IUSLAW N EWS 3 S ECTIONS | 26 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2019 “Okay, we’re going to cut some beef,” butcher Kyle Anderson said. Lying in front of him was a hind quarter of a cow slaughtered seven days prior. It was a Saturday morn- ing, and gathered around Anderson were around 20 students enrolled in the culinary classes at Siuslaw High School, taught by instructor Kyle Lewis. Anderson, who works at the Culinary students at Siuslaw High School learn the ins and outs of preparing beef dishes from the source. high-end Portland restaurant Re- nata, has been coming to Florence annually after Anderson took a class with the profession butcher a few years ago through the Portland Meat Collective. “Those are the classes where you got to spend $200 for a two-day See SHS page 7A M edicare e Supplements Dana Dane Insurance Learn how to find the best Medicare plan for you. 1932 Pine St Suite B-6 Florence, OR. 97439 x x x x Gain an understanding of How Medicare works. Learn the difference between Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans. Discover how Medicare Prescripon Drug Plans work. Ask about the Oregon Birthday Rule. Dana Dane Insurance is not connected with or endorsed by the United States government or the federal Medicare program.
