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• Tuesday Evening Group (2nd Tuesday)
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12 noon – 1:00 p.m. – Ichiban Chinese/Japanese Restaurant
Urologist Dr. Roger McKimmy attends.
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Today
Get an intro to ‘Safe Shelter’ for students on Feb. 24
Safe Shelter for Siu-
slaw Students is working
to assist students who are
struggling to sustain se-
cure housing, with the
overall goal of supporting
students for school suc-
cess. Insufficient housing
is a huge barrier to school
attendance,
readiness,
performance, and gradu-
ation. In keeping with the
Siuslaw School District
mission “Motivating and
Preparing All Students to
Reach their Greatest Po-
tential,” Safe Shelter wants
to help.
On Wednesday, Feb.
24, at 4 p.m., there will be
a virtual introduction to
Safe Shelter for Siuslaw
Students and its part-
ner, Safe Families of Lane
County. Interested per-
sons are invited to contact
Suzanne Mann-Heintz at
541-590-0779 or via email
at
suzanne@safeshelter
forsiuslawstudents.org for a
Zoom invitation.
“There is a growing need
for support for families who
which met virtually, to
form Safe Families of West
Lane County and convene
its Local Leadership Coun-
cil. Council members are
are insufficiently housed
and a growing concern,
and in some cases outrage,
about the number of home-
less people springing up all
over,” Mann-Heintz said.
“Safe Shelter has taken on a
tiny but important piece of
the challenge by focusing
on our Siuslaw students.”
On Feb. 4, Safe Shelter
brought together commu-
nity members represent-
ing an array of like-mind-
ed Florence organizations,
Therese Arnold, Maggie
Bagon, Ella Glowacki, Le-
onora Kent, Linda Moy
and Mann-Heintz.
Safe Shelter for Siu-
slaw Students is partner-
ing with Safe Families of
Lane County to develop
Host Home teams to pro-
vide accommodations for
insufficiently housed stu-
dents and their families.
Volunteer Host Home
team members create a
circle of support for fami-
lies or young people going
through hard times.
Safe Families for Chil-
dren is an international
program with chapters in
the US, Canada and Kenya.
Founder Dave Anderson
explained that Safe Fam-
ilies emerged as a need
for an alternative to foster
care.
There are several roles to
be filled by team members
with varying levels of time
commitments. Safe Fami-
lies is a preventative strat-
egy to keep children safe
and keep families together.
Safe Families of Lane
County has recently for-
malized their partnership
with 90 by 30 Child Abuse
Prevention Project, which
also has an active chapter
here in West Lane County.
For more information,
visit safeshelterforsiuslaw
students.org.
City conducts electrical repairs at 1st Avenue sewer pump station
According to the City
of Florence, the electrical
service, including the CT
(Current
Transformer)
cabinet and meter base
for the wastewater pump-
ing facility on First Ave.
near Driftwood Shores
and Lane County’s Hece-
ta Beach Access wayside/
park, is in need of total
replacement. The project
will require that the emer-
gency power generator to
operate 24 hours a day be-
ginning Monday, Feb. 22,
through Wednesday, Feb.
24.
The moist coastal salt
air and the extreme en-
vironment in which this
pump station is located
has deteriorated the CT
cabinet and meter base
to a point that these elec-
trical systems need to be
replaced. Both of these
items are located outside
of the actual pump sta-
tion control building and
will be replaced with new
stainless steel equipment
enclosures.
Since the pump sta-
tion requires electricity
to pump the wastewater
from the pump station to
the city wastewater treat-
ment plant, the emergen-
cy power generator will
need to operate during
this “shore power” shut
down event.
The generator does pro-
duce noise and will need
to run during the evening
and early morning hours
to effectively pump the
wastewater from this area
to the treatment plant.
Florence Public Works
would like to extend our
thanks to the public for
their patience as it com-
pletes this very important
electrical system replace-
ment project.
“Although we have
planned and coordinat-
ed this project well with
Central Lincoln PUD
and have worked hard to
minimize any inconve-
nience, due to the nature
of this electrical systems
replacement project, there
will be slight noise incon-
venience due to the need
to operate the emergency
power generator,” stated
Public Works Director
Mike Miller. “The City
sincerely apologizes for
any inconvenience we
or the contractor might
cause during this project
and we will certainly try
to minimize those incon-
veniences.”
For more details about
this project, call City of
Florence Public Works at
541-997-4106 or visit ci.
florence.or.us.
LCC offers tuition-free summer course for high school juniors, seniors
Eugene—High
school
students graduating in
2021 or 2022 can take one
tuition-free course this
spring or summer from
Lane Community College
to jump-start their college
education. That’s a $480
savings for one four-credit
course.
Courses will be held re-
motely from March 29 to
June 12 for spring term,
and June 21 to Sept. 11 for
summer term. Students
will receive free access to
Moodle, Zoom and other
important college resourc-
es to take their course.
Registration and a Tui-
tion-Waiver Request form
must be completed by
the first day of each term;
March 29 and June 21 re-
spectively. This includes
courses that start in July or
August.
This initiative started in
summer 2020 with almost
200 high school students
starting their college career
early. High school students
saved $68,970 in tuition
costs last summer.
For more information go
online at www.lanecc.edu /
tuitionfreecourse or con-
tact High School Connec-
tions advisor Brenda Wil-
liams at williamsb@lanecc.
edu or 541-463-3443.
Lane is an AA/EEO/Vet-
erans/Disabilities Employ-
er.
Bus service between Florence, Yachats suspended
S IUSLAW N EWS
The
Florence-Yachats
Connector will be tem-
porarily suspended be-
cause of the Highway 101
closure between Florence
and Yachats. The service
will resume as soon as the
roadwork is finished, and
it is safe to once again trav-
el along the coast between
Florence and Yachats on
Highway 101.
For
updates,
visit
Link-Lane.org or call the
Florence-Yachats Connec-
tor service provider, River
Cities Taxi, at 541-902-
2067.
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FRIDAY
Health is our #1 Priority!
At Shervin’s we are taking extra precaution in order to ensure that our customers and staff are kept safe
and healthy during this quickly changing situation.
1 Car Sanitation – All cars are wiped down with a sanitizer before and aft er the service. We wipe down
any areas in the interior where employees have touched, such as door handles, the steering wheel, keys,
shift ers and power window panels.
2 Hand Sanitation- Our staff will continue to wash their hands throughout the day and change gloves
aft er each car they service.
3 Give Customers Options- We will pick up and deliver your vehicle to your home. You may also drop
your key in our secure mailbox for drop-off s to avoid or minimize contact.
4 Employee Illness is Serious- We are encouraging employees
not to shake hands. We are practicing “personal distancing” and
encouraging employees to stay home if they feel under the weather.
5 Wipe Down High Touch Points- We wipe/spray counters, credit
card machines, door handles, phone handles, kitchen areas, and
chair arms and tables in waiting area multiple times a day.
We continue to be focused and committed to working with each
of you to ensure we continue to meet and exceed your expecta-
tions. We are here for you.
We thank you for your business and more importantly, your
friendship. Please be safe and exercise extra precaution during this
challenging time.
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