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Watershed council meeting to discuss coastal fire history
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At the Siuslaw Water-
shed Council General
Meeting being held to-
night (May 26) from 5:30
to 7 p.m. via Zoom, there
will be a presentation on
“Coastal Fire History: The
2020 Sweet Creek Fire &
Fire Prevention.”
Coastal Oregon has a
long history of wildfires
and is at risk for wildfires
today, as the 2020 Maple-
ton and Echo Mountain
Complex fires demonstrat-
ed. Knowing this history
can serve as a reminder
of wildfire dangers that
coastal residents face, and
be a prompt to prepare our
communities to prevent or
withstand fires.
Aaron Groth will present
this talk, which will cover
coastal Oregon fire histo-
ry, recent fires, and steps
On May 23, Florence Po-
lice was notified of a vehi-
cle broken into with items
stolen in the 2700 block of
Highway 101.
While responding to that
report, officers received in-
formation that a credit card
stolen from the victim vehi-
cle was being used at a local
market. Police responded
to the market and received
a description of the male
and female suspects, along
with a description of the
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area within the Siuslaw
watershed (Lorane/Blach-
ly in the east to Florence/
Pacific Ocean in the west
and including the Coastal
Lakes watershed from Lily
Lake north to Tahkenitch
south).
All photos are to be sub-
mitted digitally to photo-
contests@siuslaw.org and
received by May 31, 2021.
People are limited to two
entries.
In addition to the fame
and notoriety of being de-
termined the winner, the
contest winner will receive
SWC logo merchandise as
a thank you.
The contest winner will
be announced in June.
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Police pursuit ends in couple’s arrest for string of thefts
1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200
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meeting/register/
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• After registering, you
will receive a confirmation
email containing infor-
mation about joining the
meeting.
• If you have any trouble
registering, contact water-
shed@siuslaw.org, or call
541-268-3044 for help.
In addition to the above
topic, the Siuslaw Water-
shed Council is accepting
nominations for the Spirit
of the Siuslaw Award.
The deadline for the
council’s Spring Photo
Contest is May 31.
The public is invited to
enter the photo contest,
which has a theme of “New
Life.”
All photos should depict
the theme and be from an
area residents can take to
protect their community,
family, home and property.
Groth is the Regional
Fire Specialist for Coastal
Oregon in the Forestry and
Natural Resources OSU
Extension Fire Program.
He is bringing his knowl-
edge and resources to the
Siuslaw Watershed com-
munity.
The public is encour-
aged to bring questions for
a Q&A.
The meeting will be
hosted via Zoom and is
free to attend. However,
registration is required and
is easy to do:
• Register in advance for
this meeting by pasting the
following link into your
web browser and following
on-screen instructions:
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suspect vehicle, which was
a truck with trailer and a
car on the trailer.
A short time later, of-
ficers spotted the suspect
vehicle on Highway 101
just south of the Florence
bridge. Officers attempted
to stop the suspect vehicle
but the vehicle fled and offi-
cers initiated pursuit. Flor-
ence officers continued the
pursuit south, where they
were assisted by the Doug-
las County Sheriff ’s Office
(DCSO) and the Reedsport
Police Dept.
Near MP 209, DCSO at-
tempted to use spikes to
disable the suspect vehicle
but with no success. Flor-
ence officers terminated
their pursuit of the vehicle
at approximately MP 220.
Meanwhile, officers from
the Coos County Sheriff ’s
Office (CCSO) and Oregon
State Police located the sus-
pect vehicle sometime later
and those officers initiated
a pursuit of the vehicle as
well. Officers were able to
successfully spike the sus-
pect vehicle and then locat-
ed the vehicle abandoned.
Officers were able to lo-
cate the suspects after a
search and with the help of
K9 units.
The suspects were re-
turned to Florence PD and
lodged in the Florence City
Jail waiting transport to
Lane County Jail.
It was discovered that
the truck the suspects were
driving, the trailer they
were pulling and the vehicle
on the trailer were all sto-
len, each from a different
location in the Olympia,
Wash., area.
There was evidence of
drug possession and other
stolen property located in
the suspect vehicle as well,
with the stolen property
turned over to Florence PD
for follow up.
Florence Police has
charged the two suspects
with Unlawful Entry of
a Motor Vehicle, Felony
Elude, Theft II, Criminal
Mischief II, Possession of
a Stolen Vehicle x3 and
Fraudulent Use of a Cred-
it Card with additional
charges possible.
Other agencies involved
have charges against the
suspects in their jurisdic-
tions as well.
Florence PD was assist-
ed by DCSO, Reedsport
PD, OSP, CCSO and North
Bend PD.
Arrested were:
• Bryce L. Adams, 24,
of Montana (Adams had
a warrant out of MT but
it was an in-state warrant
only and not serviceable in
Oregon)
• Kendra E. Schratz, 27,
of Montana.
County planning commission seeks 3 members
There are three vacant
positions on the Lane
County Planning Commis-
sion and applications to fill
those positions are being
accepted now.
The open positions in-
clude:
• A representative of the
Lane County’s Coastal area
• A representative who
lives within an incorporat-
ed city
• An at-large representa-
tive
The Lane County Plan-
ning Commission is a
nine-member
advisory
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
board that makes recom-
mendations to the Board
of County Commissioners
regarding land use, com-
prehensive plan issues and
amendments, as well as
other regional planning is-
sues.
The group generally
meets twice per month in
the evenings.
“How we implement our
comprehensive plan and
issues related to land use is
how we build our commu-
nity for ourselves and fu-
ture generations,” said Lane
County Planning Director
Amber Bell. “It’s important
that the Commission re-
flect our community both
in terms of geography and
representation of different
voices and experiences.”
Applicants must be resi-
dents of Lane County. The
Coastal area is defined as
west of the eastern bound-
ary of the Mapleton School
District.
To learn more or down-
load an application, visit
www.lanecounty.org/vol-
unteer.
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