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RS 2020 E E ASTER S UNDAY A PRIL 12, 2020 EA CEL SN BR SATURDAY EDITION | APRIL 11, 2020 | $1.00 S SIU THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM W 1890 AW NE L S AT I N G 1 30 Y Siuslaw ‘sends love’ to students with staff parade Siuslaw News NEWS & VIEWS THAT DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY VOL. 130, NO. 29 F LORENCE , O REGON WEATHER PHOTOS BY MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS T eachers and staff from Siuslaw School District held a social-distance friendly parade on Friday, honking and waving from their cars as they made their way from Siuslaw Elementary School to the north of Florence, and then down through Historic Old Town. Their cars were adorned with balloons, ribbons and an assortment of signs that read “We miss so much,” “Siuslaw strong,” “Sending love,” and “We can do this.” Students throughout Florence stood outside to return the message as they stood with their fami- lies and guardians with signs that read “Thanks for all you do” and “We miss you too, thanks for everything!” SVFR details precautions for April 17 blood drive Eggs by delivery COMMUNITY Oregon Congressional Delegation focuses on CARES By Jared Anderson Siuslaw News By Mark Brennan Siuslaw News Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue (SVFR) will be hosting a community wide blood drive on Friday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in conjunction with the Red Cross at SVFR’s main station, 2625 High- way 101. With hundreds of blood drives being cancelled due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the state has seen over 10,000 fewer blood donations in the past few weeks. “That can be dangerous because blood expires,” SVFR and Western Lane Ambulance District (WLAD) Operations man- ager Matt House said. “The blood supply is crucial, See DRIVE page 7A Oregon’s U.S. Congres- sional Delegation has been busy since the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Re- lief and Economic Security (CARES) Act determining which aspects of the stim- ulus package apply to their constituents and the best manner for those constit- uents to access the support offered by the bill. The CARES stimulus package allocates $2.2 bil- lion to various financial mechanisms intended to blunt the impact of the eco- nomic shutdown forced by the COVID-19 pandemic and mandated by state and federal leaders. The act, S.B.3548, includes provi- sions designed to provide See CARES page 5A Rotary hands out Easter eggs through school district T he Easter Bunny and Easter eggs getting them By Chantelle Meyer its helpers again pre- ready for this weekend’s Eas- Siuslaw News pared 4,000 eggs for ter Egg Dash. There’s about Rotary Club of Florence’s 4,000 of these eggs.” annual Community Easter Egg Hunt. With school closures and stay-at-home However, due to the novel coronavirus mandates, Rotary decided to cancel this COVID-19, the event — which features year’s event. The next decision was what to hundreds of kids storming the fields at do with the treats — plastic eggs already Miller Park to gather candy-filled eggs — filled with saltwater taffy, cream-filled will not be held this year. eggs, sour candy, fruit snacks, chocolate That hasn’t stopped Rotary from reach- and more. ing out to get eggs into local kids’ Easter Gates said she was contacted by Siuslaw baskets. School District Food Service Director According to Lori Gates, coordinator for Mark Hill. Every Monday, Wednesday and the Rotary Interact Club at Siuslaw High Friday, Siuslaw School District provides School and organizer of the Community meals for students. For more information Easter Egg Hunt, “The Interact Club at the on that, call 541-997-2651 or visit siuslaw. high school and the Junior Interact Club at k12.or.us. the middle school have been stuffing these See EGGS page 6A Schools move online permanently for remainder of 2019-20 year Siuslaw and Mapleton school districts react to school closures, distance learning By Jared Anderson Siuslaw News W OAHINK L AKEFRONT D EEPWATER R IVERFRONT 13 closure, all seniors on track to graduate will receive a ‘pass’ grade for second semester classes and be awarded credit. Any senior student that was not on track to graduate will be given the time and oppor- tunity to earn a passing mark for credit.” As for students taking dual cred- it classes in conjunction with Lane Community College (LCC), two grades will be awarded as was stan- dard in the past. W OAHINK L AKEFRONT Region’s restaurants reopen INSIDE — A6 SPORTS Academic All-Star Sailors INSIDE — SPORTS RECORDS Obituaries & emergency response logs Inside — A2 SIDE SHOW Activities and comics every Saturday Inside — B4 CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices Inside — B5 FOLLOW US FOR THE LATEST NEWS : /S IUSLAW N EWS “The high school grade will be pass, and the community college grade will be awarded through LCC,” Grzeskowiak said. Siuslaw School District is still processing credits and transcripts to determine the status for senior students, who will receive a call from a teacher, counselor or ad- ministrator who will then inform seniors of their unique details for graduation. See SCHOOLS page 7A @S IUSLAW N EWS T HE S IUSLAW N EWS . COM S IUSLAW N EWS 2 S ECTIONS | 16 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2020 On April 8, Ore. Gov. Kate Brown formally announced her decision to close schools for the remainder of the school year, where “school, and learning, will continue as best as we can using remote means,” she said. Local school districts in Florence and Mapleton have been prepar- ing for the announcement since the governor first closed school prop- erties in March. “Distance learning will continue for Siuslaw students, either in an electronic, instructional packet, or hybrid form,” said Siuslaw Superin- tendent Andrew Grzeskowiak in a statement on Wednesday. He also addressed the guidance the state had given regarding the path to graduation for seniors. “The plan for seniors from the governor’s office is fairly simple,” Grzeskowiak said. “As of the March Partly sunny with a high of 54 and a low tonight of 40. 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