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Vets rally ‘round flagpole, local family
Community offers support, fundraising after tragedy
VOL. 131, NO. 29
A PRIL 10, 2021
F LORENCE , O REGON
WEATHER
Partly sunny
with a high of 48
and a low of 36.
Full forecast on A3
COMMUNITY
Local veterans and community members met at Clawson’s Wheelhouse on Monday to hold a
fundraiser for a restaurant employee and her family. The event doubled as the chance to celebrate
the restaurant’s new flagpole and the flying of the American flag.
Local groups plan
events
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Story & Photos
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
SPORTS
T
he owners and clientele of local
restaurant Clawson’s Wheel-
house held a fundraising breakfast
April 5 to help defray costs asso-
ciated with the tragic suicide of
Siuslaw High School junior Adam
Price late last month.
Adam’s mother, Jaime Price, is
a waitress at Clawson’s. Her son’s
Softball returns
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death has reminded the commu-
nity that the dangers presented by
the COVID-19 pandemic extend
beyond the virus itself and older
members of the community. The
impacts of isolation experienced
by many is still being felt and an-
alyzed.
But though the reasons for Ad-
am’s death by suicide may have
been amplified by the isolation
associated with the pandemic, the
roots of his anger and pain stretch
back well before 2020 and, unfortu-
nately, stem from an all-too-com-
mon source: domestic abuse.
“Adam had been through hell
because of his dad, and Adam had
made it back. It was almost like a
miracle,” said Jaime, who was forth-
coming with her thoughts on the
possible motivations behind her
son’s death. “All of us [in the fami-
ly] are survivors of domestic abuse.
Adam had spent a lot of time with
his dad and, for a long time, he
Safe Families, 90by30 partner to prevent child abuse
S IUSLAW N EWS
2 S ECTIONS | 18 P AGES
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The 90by30 Child Abuse Pre-
vention Program of Lane County
has the aspirational goal of reduc-
ing child abuse and neglect by 90
percent by the year 2030. When
west Lane County communities
were surveyed in 2014, nearly 90
percent of respondents said the
goal was important and the re-
sponsibility of the whole commu-
nity.
Given this directive, a growing
number of stalwart community
volunteers have been working to
implement “preventive strategies”
throughout the Siuslaw region,
with each of the strategies backed
by research that demonstrates ef-
fectiveness.
“If a community has enough
of these preventive strategies in
place, parents will feel more sup-
ported, will know how to access
resources in times of difficulty,
and will be less apt to hurt or ne-
glect their children,” said Suzanne
Mann-Heintz, director of the
90by30 program. “It’s like building
a safety net for children to keep
them from falling into the sea of
adversities that can take them
down.”
One of the newest strategies is
the development of Host Home
Teams using the model employed
tried to be like him” Jaime contin-
ued. “But he realized he was differ-
ent than his father and didn’t want
to be like that. Deep down, he was
a really good kid — but he was just
so hurt that it was tough for him for
so long.”
In many ways, young people have
been more impacted by the isola-
tion and lack of social contact with
peers and educators than adult fam-
ily members. That is particularly
See SUPPORT page 5A
Improving
mental health
in Lane County
Prevention Lane
addresses suicide,
wellbeing in western
Lane County
By Chantelle Meyer
Siuslaw News
COURTESY PHOTO
Blue pinwheel gardens are sprouting all over western Lane
County as businesses, homes, nonprofits and more vow to pre-
vent child abuse.
by Safe Families for Children. care of children in times of need.
Safe Families is an international
Arrangements can be short-
program based on the mandate term or long-term; maybe a single
“to care for the most vulnerable parent is having surgery and needs
amongst us.” West Lane Safe Fam- someone to care for their children
ilies for Children was officially for a few weeks; maybe a parent
formed in February of 2021 in becomes homeless and needs their
collaboration with Safe Shelter for children to be cared for while they
Siuslaw Students; Safe Families for take steps to find a home; maybe
Children of Lane County became a working parent needs childcare
a partner with 90by30 in July 2020. but can’t afford it or find a pro-
The Host Home Teams mod- vider; or maybe a teenager can’t
el provides a structure for taking
See PREVENT page 7A
Throughout the COVID-19 pan-
demic, one of the talking points has
been concerns about mental health.
With so many people working from
home and students enrolling in
comprehensive distance learning,
how were people coping with isola-
tion and stress?
Roger Brubaker, MPH, Senior
Community Health Analyst with
Prevention Lane, is one of the peo-
ple following research on how the
past year has impacted people’s
mental health in Lane County.
As a branch of Lane County
Public Health (LCPH), Prevention
Lane’s mission is to lead efforts to
plan, promote and create the opti-
mal social environmental conditions
See HEALTH page 6A
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create animals with recycled materials, put roadside trash clean-up in a bag with a smiley face, paint an
old pallet, hang bird feeders, make a ladder planter. Use what you have! Be Creative! Certificate awards
go to the Most Imaginative Use of Upcycled Materials, Best Child Created, Best Group Entry, Best Theme
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