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8A | WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS Florence Habitat announces board election results At Florence Golf Links Florence, Oregon Sponsored by Donate bottles, cans to Habitat Is your storage being overtaken by empty bottles and cans? Help the envi- ronment while supporting Florence Habitat for Hu- manity. Florence Habitat is host- ing its next bottle and can drive on Saturday, Aug. 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a social distancing drive-thru event. People can bring return- able bottles and cans that they wish to donate to the parking lot at Habitat Re- Store, 2016 Highway 101. Volunteers will be on hand to unload them from your vehicle. Funds raised from this event will be used toward replacing Habitat’s delivery truck. For more information about Florence Habitat for Humanity, visit www. florencehabitat.org. A Charity Golf Tournament To Benefit SIUSLAW OUTREACH SERVICES FUNDS RAISED WILL GO TO HELP NEEDY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER FORMS OF CRISIS. SPECIALL COVID--199 Playing g format Morning Pool Team Rate: $425 AŌernoon Pool Team Rate: $375 (Team Fee includes: 3 puƩs for each player in the puƫng contest, 3 mulligans for each player, meal, snacks, and beverages) Register no later than August 21st For more informaƟon call 541-997-2816 RS 2020 A look back at 130 years E AT I N G 1 30 Y 1910 1911 S IUSLAW N EWS THROUGH O CTOBER OF 1912 1913 The Example of the Siuslaw — The West Vol. 19, No. 30 January 7, 1910 Public Wharves on the Siuslaw — The West Vol. 21, No. 30 January 5, 1912 An example is set by the Siuslaw to all Oregon. Weary of waiting for government improvement of the harbor entrance, the people have organized a port commission and undertaken the work of improve- ment on their own account. Bonds to the amount of $100,000 have been issued and sold at par. A supervising engineer has been em- ployed and the work of building a 5,000 foot jetty on the south side of the entrance is to begin at once. There is hope that the federal government, as a result of the local example in self-help, will complete the jetty already begun on the north side and give a depth of 14 feet at low water. The region is open of the best dairy sec- tions in Oregon, and is rich in other re- sources. It is shut off from the interior, and the movement for deepening the water on the harbor entrance is the effort of resolute men to develop their district and improve their chances for getting on in the world. Their example challenges the attention of all Oregon. It is the kind of spirit that expands communities and builds a state. The same purpose and the same resolution adopted in all communities would quickly transform Oregon into a commonwealth of vastly heightened importance. Even Portland might study Siuslaw with profit. The regular monthly meeting of the commissioners of the Port of Siuslaw was held here Wednesday. After disposing of the routine business, the question of building a public wharf was discussed. On motion, it was voted to invite the town council of Florence to be present at the next meeting of the com- missioners to confer over the matter with a view to uniting in the work of building a wharf. President Cushman informs us that some time ago an offer was made by George Melvin Miller to give a tract 100 feet square at the foot of Jefferson Street, and extending to the river channel, if the commissioners would have a wharf built there. The commissioners want the town to build a wharf in the adjoining street, thus making a wharf altogether with a frontage of 160 feet. The port commissioners also contem- plate later on building a public wharf at Acme and another at Mapleton. — The West Vol. 21, No. 6 July 21, 1911 The fishing season opened last Sunday a number of our fishermen were out with their boats and nets in pursuit of the fes- tive salmon. Some of them made pretty good catches of chinooks. The Wilhelmina sailed Friday after- noon for points north after discharg- ing freight at Florence and taking on what was to be shipped out. The launch, Pearl, which was on dry dock a few days ago, again took to the water after being equipped with a new engine and being given a fresh coat of paint. The schooners Sausalito and Hugh Ho- gan arrived here, having been towed up from San Francisco by tug. Both vessels will take out lumber for the city market. The Anvil came from Portland with several passengers and some freight for Florence and Bandon. She left again in a couple hours on her way to Bandon. Cap- tain Robert Jones is master of the Anvil now and is the right man for the place. Excav Excavatng Septi Septic Systems Subdivisions Subdi Land Clearing Paving Pavin Trucking Truck Brush & Debris Recycling Recyc Demolition Demo 1770 Laurel Place rayw raywellsinc.com 541-997-2054 541- Fax: 541-997-3499 5 DEQ#37263 INSIDE EACH EDITION EA CEL SN BR Saturday, August 29, 2020 ditional fundraisers will be planned to pay for the truck. Board meeting are held on the last Tuesday of the month and are open to the public. For more information about how to become in- volved with Florence Hab- itat, call 541-902-9227. T HE W EST ❖ T HE S IUSLAW N EWS ❖ F LORENCE T IMES ❖ T HE S IUSLAW O AR ❖ T HE S IUSLAW N EWS ❖ S IUSLAW N EWS AW NE S 1890 SL W SIU Florence Habi- tat for Humanity held its annual meeting on Sun- day, June 28. The meeting included the re-election of board members and the election of officers. The 2020-21 Florence Habitat Board of Directors includes: Mike Harklerode, President; Alice Burns, Vice-President; Beth Wood- yard, Treasurer; Vanessa Buss, Secretary; Stephanie Wright, Assistant Secretary; and Directors Jacqualine Case, Jerilyn McCollough, Aric Sneddon, Lesa Carna- han and Denise Johnston. At the meeting, discus- sions were held for a plan to complete construction on a home-in-progress while ob- serving current COVID-19 restrictions that can be followed by volunteer con- struction workers. Board members reported that due diligence is being completed on three pieces of property to build future Habitat Homes, and two pieces of property to build a “Home for Habitat.” Executive Director Janell Morgan said, “We are look- ing to build a Home for Habitat, a permanent loca- tion for Restore and our of- fice. Our goal is to be rent/ mortgage free, so that the funds we are now paying for rent would go directly to our programs.” The board also voted to designate the funds raised through the bottle and can drive to replace the very tired delivery truck. Ad- Speak your peace. Write a Letter to the Editor today. Email Editor@TheSiuslawNews.com CCB#91052 Dry Dock A crew of six or seven men began work Monday on the riverfront just below Kyle & Sons’ cannery to build a dry dock, on which to haul out the large rock scows when necessary to make repairs. A Summer Resort — The West Vol. 22, No. 34 Jan. 3, ‘13 The time is not many years distant when this portion of the coast will be a favorite sum- mer resort, and large numbers of people will come here to spend their vacation or to take an outing for the benefit of their health of merely for pleasure. These people will bring large amounts of money here to pay for their entertainment and for those who cater to their wants. We have the natural advantages for a summer resort equal to any other place on the coast, but there are certain respects in which it can be made better. Of course hotels will be needed in differ- ent localities to provide suitable accommo- dations for transients while others will build cottages of their own. Many of these transients are fond of fish- ing and will spend many hours with the rod and line if they find a place where there is good sport of this kind. A few miles north of Florence there is a fine group of freshwater lakes, and between this town and Gardiner are three more large lakes, which are fed by creeks flowing into them from the moun- tains. Most of these bodies are well stocked with trout and afford fine sport for the fish- ermen at certain times of the year. LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTERS Tires • Brakes • Shocks • Alignment 4325 Highway 101, Florence 541-997-7178 HOME OF THE BEST TIRE VALUE PROMISE