6A | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021 | SIUSLAW NEWS
PHOTOS BY MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS
Youth from Camp Florence got to test heavy equipment as they practiced at the City of Florence’s Quince
Street site last week. Instructors were able to offer advice as they monitored the youth at work.
TRAINING from page 1A been seen as an obstacle
for those wishing to build
using
state-of-the-art housing in the area.
CAT simulators. Upon
Funding for the in-
successful completion of struction of Camp Flor-
the simulation tests, the ence residents has been
students moved to the split among a number of
field instructors for ac- different entities, all in-
tual hands-on machine volved in educating Ore-
operation. For another gon’s youth.
week they practiced their
“A huge thank you to
skills in pre operation in- the City of Florence, for
spections, counterweight allowing the use of the
and positioning, trench- land, to BTI for their pro-
ing, loading, grading and fessional instruction, to
more.”
Oregon Youth Authority
The need for construc- and Oregon Department
tion equipment operators of Education for their vi-
has seen an increase in re- sion and support,” English
cent years. Locally, it has stated. “And especially to
Multnomah Education-
al Service District for the
financial support. It is
funded through a grant
made possible by the CTE
Revitalization Grant from
ODE through grant fund-
ing.”
Dawson Vanderwiele,
Dave Frazey, Tres Tuck-
er and Heath Paxton are
instructors for the train-
ing sessions, and all have
worked closely with the
Camp Florence Youth.
During the training, the
instructors monitored the
youth and communicated
about a number of differ-
ent pieces of equipment.
They all believe the
skills learned will be a
benefit not only to those
they teach but the larger
community as well.
“The young men gained
valuable skills and cer-
tifications that will last
a lifetime,” Tucker said.
“This will provide real
living-wage career oppor-
tunities and will help with
construction in housing
and commercial build-
ings, which will benefit
everyone.”
For more information
on Camp Florence, go to
Oregon.gov.
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Chamber, city initiate banner program
those visitor dollars for our
economy. When we do, ev-
eryone benefits.”
The chamber’s call-to-
artists to submit design
ideas closes June 14. To
learn more and submit de-
signs, entrants are directed
to FlorenceChamber.com/
FlorenceBannerArtistCall.
“This will be in harmo-
ny with our installation
of those 120 magnificent
flower baskets that adorn
Old Town and Highway
101 from the bridge to
Highway 126; but the ban-
ner project goes farther, all
the way up to Fred Meyer,”
Hannigan said. “It’s also
part of the new streetscape
improvements on Highway
101, and a way to bring a
little joy, celebrate opti-
mism and good will and
mark our cautious steps
toward the restoration of
tourism.”
Under normal circum-
stances, tourism employs
approximately 1,900 of the
4,600 people working in
Florence and pumps about
$147 million into the Flor-
ence area economy. The av-
erage tourist spends about
$175 per day when they
stay in town overnight.
“By hanging these ban-
ners along the new 101
streetscape, at the casino,
and uptown, we will give all
drivers and pedestrians a
positive impression of our
community, and that helps
commerce in our area,”
Hannigan added.
Jo Beaudreau, of Beaux-
Arts Fine Art Materials &
Gallery at 2285 Highway
101, is helping drive the
initiative.
She said the program will
include six primary themes
and three sizes to hang in
different locations. Banners
will rotate seasonally and
feature the themes “Shop,
Eat, Stay, Play,” “Oregon’s
Coastal Playground” and
“Florence,” to coincide with
the Chamber’s other tour-
ism marketing messages.
The program is possible
through a partnership be-
tween community stake-
holders — the chamber, the
city, Central Lincoln, busi-
nesses, civic clubs and indi-
viduals — that will invest in
this program.
Those interested in spon-
soring banners can visit
the Events tab at Florence-
Chamber.com.
“This is also an exciting
way to showcase local pub-
lic art and design talent,”
Beaudreau added. “We
hope to receive the best
designs from right here in
Florence. We also want to
show that art and the pub-
lic display of art, even when
functional in nature as
these banners are, is worth
compensating.”
For more information on
the banner project, contact
Hannigan at 541-997-3128.
Drift wood Shores Resort
88416 1st Avenue, Florence
We are open for dine-in, take-out,
sidewalk & patio seating
We are doing everything
we can to safely
serve our community.
We are open:
11am to 9pm every day
2020
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Florence Area Chamber
of Commerce, in partner-
ship with the City of Flor-
ence, Central Lincoln PUD
and Three Rivers Casino
Resort, is preparing to hang
festive, colorful banners
on power poles along the
Highway 101 corridor and
at the casino.
But first, they need some
design ideas. The person
submitting the winning de-
sign suite could win $1000.
“The chamber is pleased
to launch this program to
catch drivers’ attention at
the casino and through
our Highway 101 corridor,
get them to slow down a
little, and help direct visi-
tors to stop, shop, eat, play,
and stay here in Oregon’s
Coastal Playground,” ex-
plained Chamber Presi-
dent/CEO Bettina Han-
nigan. “Four million cars
pass through Florence on
Highway 101 every year.
We want to capture some of
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