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Community
&
Lifestyle
Non-residents
restrictions lifted for
fishing, hunting
As of Tuesday (May 5), non-res-
idents are once again allowed to
fi sh and hunt in Oregon, although
recreational clamming and crab-
bing will remain closed to non-res-
idents until further notice.
ODFW lift ed the non-resident
restrictions in line with some loos-
ening of restrictions on outdoor
recreation in the state and region.
Washington state also reopened
to most fi shing on Tuesday. Ore-
gon and Washington will reopen
salmon and steelhead fi shing on
the Columbia River next week,
with both states holding a Joint
State Hearing last week to set the
reopener.
Due to concerns about increased
travel to the coast during the sum-
mer months while the COVID-19
pandemic continues, crabbing
and clamming will remain closed
to non-residents for now. Oregon
residents who do not live on the
coast should also not travel there
to crab or clam while the “Stay
Home, Save Lives” restrictions
against travel are in eff ect.
See
COURTESY PHOTOS
The Kyle Building in the final stages of repair (above); The sign for the Bridgewater Restaurant (bottom left)
which is located in the lower level of the building; A special sign (below roght) commemorates the project.
I MPROVEMENTS COMPLETE ON HISTORIC K YLE B UILDING
The nearly year-long project to revitalize the 119-year-old building was completed last month.
ODFW 2B
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
May 6
12:17pm / 6.8
6:06am / -0.9
6:05pm / 1.0
May 7
12:09am / 8.4
1:11pm/ 6.9
6:53am/ -1.5
6:50pm/ 1.3
May 8
12:49am / 8.5
2:04pm / 6.8
7:40am / -1.8
7:35pm / 1.8
8:27am / -1.9
8:22pm / 2.3
May 10
2:13am / 8.2
3:52pm / 6.3
9:15am / -1.6
9:11pm / 2.7
May 11
2:58am / 7.7
4:50pm / 6.0
10:05am / -1.2
10:06pm / 3.1
May 12
3:48am / 7.0
5:50pm / 5.9
approximately $99,000 improvement
project. The work was completed by
West Lane Plumbing, Garrett Remodel-
ing LLC, Evergreen Roofing of Oregon
and McKenzie Scaffold-Shoring. The
Florence Area Chamber of Commerce
provided administra-tion for the grant.
Completed rehabilitation work in-
cluded installation of a new roof and
gutters, structural and flooring repairs,
plumbing updates, and exterior paint-
ing of the 119-year-old building. The
Kyle Building was accepted into the
National Register of Historic Places in
1982.
To learn more about the Oregon Main
Street Revitalization Grant or the Or-
egon Main Street Network, visit www.
oregonheritage.org.
Local teachers show appreciation for ‘home teachers’
May 9
1:30am / 8.4
2:58pm / 6.6
I
mprovements to the historic Kyle
Building in downtown Florence
are now complete. The work began
in June 2019 and wrapped this past
April.
The project was funded in part by a
matching Oregon Main Street Revi-
talization grant from the Oregon State
Historic Preservation Office, Oregon
Heritage.
As an Exploring Downtown
member of the Oregon Main
Street Network, the Florence
Area Chamber of Commerce
submitted the application in
collaboration with Kyle Build-
ing owners Ron Hogeland and
Joann and Stuart Henderson.
“The Hendersons and I would
like to thank the Oregon Main
Street Revitalization Grant pro-
gram for the improvements to the Kyle
Building,” said Hogeland. “This historic
structure does deserve attention as it is
among the few such buildings that re-
main in the smaller communi-ties on
the Oregon coast.
“The new red roofing crowns its en-
hancements.”
Grant funds supplied $67,748 of the
10:59am / -0.6
11:10pm / 3.3
By Chantelle Meyer
Siuslaw News
May 4 through 8 is Teacher
Appreciation Week and, like
many other events, it looks
a little different under social
distancing rules required by
COVID-19.
In Florence, Siuslaw El-
ementary School staff de-
cided that they wanted to
extend appreciation from
local teachers to the parents,
guardians, relatives and all
the people working to help
keep area youth educated.
“We’re turning this around
a bit for this year,” staff said
in a post on the school’s Face-
COURTESY PHOTO
A Siuslaw Elementary School teacher paints a sign of appre-
ciation in preparation for a special show of support for those
teaching at home during “Teacher Appreciation Week.”
book page. “In honor of all
the new ‘teachers’ who are
working hard out there this
spring, Happy Home-Teacher
Appreciation Week.”
SES staff put together a
3-minute video of thanks and
acknowledgement.
“We know you didn’t sign
up for this. We understand.
… This distance learning is
hard,” members of the staff
said.
Participants
included
teachers, cafeteria crew, ad-
ministration and other staff.
According to first grade
teacher Shannon Graham,
district music teacher Aman-
da Sarles was the motivating
force behind the video and
the message.
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TEACHERS 2B
Hello week 7 of isolation!
Most of you know that before I started selling real estate 15 years ago, I had restaurants—Windward Inn for 4 years and Gingerbread
Village for 25 years. I depended on certain times to make money to get me thru and the restaurants here are missing those. Spring
break was big and even Rhody festival. But the really big day was Mother’s Day which is coming up without any of us being able to go
out . Th ere are a number of restaurants doing takeout. It may be small but utilizing that takeout might help them some.
Call a restaurant and have a Happy Mother’s Day !
100 Hwy. 101, Florence, OR • 541.997.7777
Lynnette Wikstrom
Broker
“We’re next to the Bridge.”
lynnette@cbcoast.com • Cell: 541.999.0786
COAST REAL ESTATE