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Full forecast on A3 COMMUNITY Florence City Recorder honored INSIDE — A3 SPORTS Trail connects beach, woods INSIDE — B RECORDS Obituaries & response logs Inside — A2 TV GUIDE Veterans Wall adds final tiles Remaining section at Veteran’s Memorial Park completed this week By Mark Brennan Siuslaw News The final steps of a journey that began 17 years ago for a handful of local veterans has been taken as the last row of service tiles, recogniz- ing those who served in America’s armed forces, has been installed at Veteran’s Memorial Park, 1200 Bay St. in Historic Old Town Florence. Tony Cavarno, USMC Retired, has been involved with the project since its inception and has been coordinating the sale, purchase and placement of the tiles on the panels at the park for more than a decade. are very happy. It’s a great relief to an obligation to finish this and we “It’s taken a long time, but we have the wall completed. We had are happy to have the tiles to put South Coast Water Company delays rate increase request Water company for Dunes City residents withdraws request from PUC Dunes City residents have received a temporary reprieve from the By Mark Brennan imposition Siuslaw News of dra- matically higher water rates as a request to the Oregon Public Utilities Commission (PUC) from South Coast Water Company (SCWC) asking for the increase has been pulled from the PUC’s upcoming calendar. Initially, on July 1, 2020, SCWC sent out a notice to approximately 100 customers it serves in Dunes City, announcing its request to the Oregon PUC for a rate increase. The letter was sent to the PUC on July 16, 2021, and sought “to increase our annual revenues to See WATER page 6A (From right) This week, local veterans Tony Cavarno and Mike Bones, along with a team from Center Brothers Construction, completed the final panel at Veteran’s Memorial Park, honor- ing the service of veterans. in place on the last wall panel,” Ca- varno said. The Veterans Wall has approx- imately 6,084 plaques, including 20 Civil War veterans, three medal of honor winners and a plaque for President Ronald Reagan, “whose wife Nancy gave us permission to put one up in his honor,” Cavarno said. See WALL page 6A Cottage Preschool ‘reinforces compassion, kindness’ with Art for the Animals By Reina Harwood Siuslaw News From translucent watercolor paintings to woodcraft, salt art, and eye-catching collages, The Cottage Preschool raised over $400 at its first Art for the Ani- mals event on Saturday, July 31, in support of the Oregon Coast Hu- mane Society. Students from the preschool and children throughout the community gathered in previous months and prepared to sell their artwork, which appeared “strik- ing and impressive,” according to community members who attend- ed the event. “They’ve worked so hard,” said Chalice Carkhuff, the founder and director of The Cottage Preschool. For Carkhuff, the mission be- hind the event was to “reinforce compassion and kindness towards animals,” through creativity and art, she explained. Ultimately, the event gave her students and children from the Florence area an opportunity to get involved and creative, all while learning about the importance of helping the community. Local preschoolers made ‘Art for the Animals’ at Oregon Coast Humane Society. Some of the artwork began at $2 and others around $8. Each art piece was carefully selected and hung on the walls, ceilings and cabinets of the preschool’s main room with a colored tag that identified the young art- ist’s name, age and the title of their artwork. Some titles of the artwork included, “Free,” “Oh Yeah,” “Earth,” “Snow” and “Flower.” The young creatives drew a sense of free spirit that filled the room, and the attendees were get- ting in on the feelings too. See ART page 7A Inside — B3-B4 KIDS CORNER Activities for kids Inside — B5 British Car Club motors back to action Central coast group restarts meetings, trips CLASSIFIEDS Listings & notices Inside — B6 By Mark Brennan Siuslaw News FOLLOW US FOR THE The Central Oregon Coast British Car Club (COCBCC) met for breakfast in person for the first time in more than a year on Saturday, July 31, at the Fresh Harvest Café, 3056 Highway 101. The group has been meeting out- doors and in parking lots while main- taining a safe social distance on and off throughout the pandemic. This has included taking short excursions with a small number of cars. Now, howev- er, they have decided to ramp up for full meetings and day-long road trips around the state. On Saturday, the club met for breakfast and a trip after reconn- ecting and discussing the options for LATEST NEWS : /S IUSLAW N EWS @S IUSLAW N EWS T HE S IUSLAW N EWS . COM S IUSLAW N EWS 2 S ECTIONS | 16 P AGES C OPYRIGHT 2021 Members of the Central Oregon Coast British Car Club stand with a red Jaguar Roadster parked outside Fresh Harvest Café. the day’s itinerary. COCBCC was formed in 2010 with just a few local British car aficionados meeting informally to talk about their cars and share road stories and infor- mation on the types of cars owned by individual members. Jaguar, MGB, Tri- umph and MINI Cooper are some of the car companies represented when the group gathers. “We are a social group first and fore- most, with ownership of a new, classic or vintage British vehicle — running or not — with an interest in our British motoring heritage. We don’t take our- selves, or our cars, seriously. Our club motto is, ‘We don’t do tours unless food, wine or ice cream is involved,’” said club member Gary Plunkett. See CARS page 7A C elebrating Over 30 Years in Real Estate LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED JIM HOBERG Broker/Owner 1870 Hwy. 126, Suite A • PO Box 3040, Florence, OR