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8A | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019 | SIUSLAW NEWS New Life Lutheran holds Wednesday Advent services Buying or Selling? I can help. New Life Lutheran Church in Flor- times and we need God’s healing, hope known and to be reminded that God is ence will be having short Wednesday evening services starting at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 4, 11 and 18 as people wait for the celebration of Christmas. The Christmas season can be over- whelming with messages of how happy we are all supposed to be. But ironically, this is the opposite of what Advent — the three-week season of waiting for Christmas — is all about. “In this time, Christians wait for God to come among us because we long for God to act,” said Pastor Ra- chel Simonson. “We need to know God’s presence with us in these dark and new life because this world deals us blows.” In the series called “Wounded and Waiting for Christmas,” these Ad- vent services will center on waiting and watching for God in the midst of wounds, whether they be from loss or heartbreak, are from fear around current events or are even from the church itself. Simonson admits, “I don’t know about you, but I am coming off a very difficult 2019. I am ready for more than just the hope that a new year brings. I am ready for God to make Godself with me even in the grief. That God is in the world even as it seems to be fall- ing apart. That God is with you even in the midst of the woundedness that you are experiencing.” She adds, “We all struggle with our hurts. I invite you to take time this season to watch for God showing up today through the Holy Spirit, just as people watched for God to show up in Jesus Christ at that first Christmas.” New Life Lutheran Church is at 2100 Spruce St. For more information, visit florencenewlifelutheran.org or call 541-997-8113. Richard Beaudro Principal Broker 541 991-6677 1900 Chets Trail #1900 – Siltcoos Lake area lot with well in and septic approved. Possible lake views with a creek running through the lot, and possible owner fi nancing. $150,000. #2716- 17602718 1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200 Oregon ends use of driver license and ID address stickers SALEM — When Oregon residents update their ad- dresses with DMV, they will no longer be required to ap- ply a sticker on their driver license, permit or ID card as of Jan. 1, 2020. DMV will no longer mail labels with your new address on changes of ad- dress received after Dec. 31, 2019. Under House Bill 57 passed during the 2019 Or- egon Legislature, the state joined the vast majority of states in ending the use of address stickers. Ending the use of address stickers is estimated to save $550,000 a year in printing and postage costs. That sav- ings will go into the State Highway Fund to support local and state roads. Oregon law requires driv- er license, permit and ID card holders to file a change of address with DMV with- in 30 days of moving to a new address within Oregon. You can file a change of ad- dress for free at OregonD- MV.com/dmv2u. It is important to keep your address up to date with DMV so that you receive vi- tal information such as driv- er license and vehicle regis- tration renewal reminders. In a traffic stop by law en- forcement, officers can ask if the address on your card is current and verify it from inside their patrol vehicle. Until this law change, Oregon was one of only three states that required cardholders to place a new address sticker on their li- cense, permit or ID card. As of Jan. 1, only Connecticut and Michigan will still re- quire the use of stickers. Any time you need to vis- it DMV, please first check w w w. O r e g o n DM V. c o m to find business hours, lo- cations and wait times for most offices. You also can do some DMV business, such as re- new your vehicle registra- tion, from home at www. OregonDMV.com. PORT from page 1A However, commissioners expressed a number of con- cerns regarding the language of some of the requirements and contingencies included in the agreement. These questions were re- inforced by John Murphey of Coast Insurance Services Inc., the insurance agent for the port. The wording of the IGA was discussed as Mur- phey raised issues that were primarily cautionary in na- ture. “They are talking about workman’s comp here and I feel that should be strick- en from the IGA,” he said. “They are acting like they want to add their employees to our workman’s comp, and we can’t do that. Before you sign this IGA I would like the opportunity for Com- missioner (Craig) Zolezzi, Dave and I to get on the phone together and talk to the special district about that.” These issues may be easily clarified, according to Mur- phey and Zolezzi, who is also familiar with insurance related matters. Huntington also clarified information about the own- ership of the equipment to be used and who has the le- gal authority to operate the dredge. “The State of Oregon ac- tually owns the dredge and we are paying their wages. We have to pay their insur- ance. During this operation, we will be around, and we may have to assist,” he said. “Business Oregon will set up an escrow account and they will do all of the accounting, as well as disperse the funds once the project is complet- ed. The way it works with Coos Bay, they do not profit from the project. They will only charge us for cost of the work and will return any money that does not get used.” The dredging of the Port will take approximately 24 days and should be begin soon after the call to clarify the insurance related issues is made. The final cost to the Port of Siuslaw for the work to be done will be approxi- mately $200,000. Port Manager David Hun- tington briefly recapped the steps taken to get to this stage of the project, which is set to begin in the water as soon as port commissioners approve the IGA. “What you guys would be allowing me to do is to sign this IGA between the Port of Siuslaw and the Internation- al Port of Coos Bay. I had a few questions that I sent to our lawyer and he said we should go with it,” Hunting- ton said. “He said we could dicker back and forth be- tween attorneys and possi- bly make a few changes to it, but there was nothing that he felt was serious enough that we needed to do that.” SHOP from page 1A to Bay Street, it was really wonderful to see so many members of our community come out to support our lo- cal businesses,” Hursh said. “It was a chilly day but re- ally felt seasonal and festive with Christmas decorations in place and many people enjoying the holidays with their families.” This weekend, Florence Area Chamber of Com- merce and the City of Flor- ence will hold the annual Florence Holiday Festival and Mayor’s Tree Lighting in Old Town. For more in- formation, visit Florence- Chamber.com. “I am grateful to be on the beautiful Siuslaw River and a part of the Old Town family of unique shops and great restaurants,” Hursh said. +DVLWEHHQ\HDUVRUPRUHVLQFH\RXU WDQNZDVSXPSHG"7KHQLW¶VWLPH &DOOXVWRWRGD\WRVFKHGXOHDQDSSRLQWPHQW &KHFN6DWXUGD\¶VSDSHUIRUDFRXSRQJRRGRQ\RXUQH[WVHUYLFH /RZHVW3ULFHV*XDUDQWHHG²:HZLOOPDWFKDQ\FRPSHWLWRUVSULFH In 2019 we will be celebrating the 80th anniversary of our business in Florence. It is time to express the appreciation and gratitude we feel, and have always felt, for the friendship, trust and loyalty of those who live in this community. It is your confi dence in us and your continued patronage that has made these 80 years such a pleasurable experience. Th ank you. Johnston Motor Company Since 1939 2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence (541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475 DO YOU HAVE MEDICARE QUESTIONS? ARE YOUR DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS IN NETWORK? If your doctor no longer accepts your Medicare Plan; Come get the information you need to make a good Medicare decision for 2020. Medicare Open Enrollment ends December 7th, 2019. Florence Events Center 715 Quince St. Florence, OR Wednesday, December 4th-11:00am- 4:00pm- Room #1 Thursday, December 5th- 11:00am- 4:00pm (Conference Room) Friday, December 6th- 11:00am- 4:00pm (Conference Room) Saturday, December 7th 11:00am- 4:00pm (Conference Room)
