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2A | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2021 | SIUSLAW NEWS On The Record OBITUARIES REEVES—Brent Allan Award soon after and then Reeves passed away at moved on to the Sutton Work Center of home on Sept. the Siuslaw Na- 14, 2021, after tional Forest. an ongoing bat- Brent’s 25 tle with cancer. years with the Brent was Forest Service born in Corpus were both chal- Christi, Tex- lenging and as, on May 29, rewarding. He 1941. He lived Brent Allan was a mentor to there until join- Reeves many, whether ing the United States Army in 1960. He crew or volunteers. Brent married Brenda served in Wurzburg, Ger- many, until 1963 in the Button in 1997 while she was working at Grape Leaf 31st NF division. After his first marriage, Wine Shop on Bay Street he worked as a contractor in Historic Old Town in the Sacramento, Calif., Florence. He retired in area until moving to Flor- 2020. Brent was a member of ence, Ore. He began work- ing for the Oregon Dunes The National Rifle Asso- National Recreation Area ciation, Florence branch, in 1995 in Reedsport. and, to honor his Scottish He received their Safety heritage, he belonged to Acme, Ore., where Cush- man now resides. She was one of four children, with Betty Lou and Mar- ilyn as elder siblings and Lyle Hartzell Jr. (Ossie) as younger. She graduated from Siuslaw High School Class of 1947 and mar- ried Charles Roland Ber- nhardt in 1948. To them B E R N H A R D T — O n were born five children: Sept. 21, 2021, Ardith Catherine Louise, Leslie C h ar l e s , Ju l i e Ruth (Hartzell) Ann, Jeffrey Bernhardt, age Lyle and Chris 91, decided it Alan Bern- was time to go. hardt. Ardith lived Ardith and in the Florence C h ar l e s s e p a - area her entire rated in 1963 life, being born and Cathy, Les to Lyle Sr and Ardith Ruth and Julie pre- Mildred (Har- Bernhardt ceded her in rington) Hart- zell on Nov. 27, 1929, in death. the Scottish Societies of the Mid-Oregon coast. Over the years, much en- joyable family time was spent with Brenda’s four adult children and eight grandchildren. Burns’s Riverside Chap- el Florence Funeral Home was in charge of arrange- ments. Voter registration deadline approaches for Nov. 2 Special Election The voter registration tification card or learner’s deadline for the Tuesday, permit. • Submit a voter regis- Nov. 2, Special Election in tration form to the Elec- Lane County is Oct. 12. tions Office by 5 p.m., Registration options Tuesday, Oct. 12. • Mail a voter registra- include: tion card to the Elections • Online at www.ore- Office postmarked no lat- gonvotes.gov no later than er than Tuesday, Oct. 12. 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. The Lincoln Street 12. The online option is available to those with a ballot drop box at Lane valid Oregon driver’s li- County Elections in Eu- cense, DMV-issued iden- gene will be open through Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 5 p.m. to make it easier for voters to drop off completed reg- istration cards. New voters who will turn 18 on or before the Nov. 2 Election Day may register by the Oct. 12 deadline and receive a bal- lot, even if they are still 17 on the deadline date. The Special Election, lanecounty.org/elections, currently has one mea- sure included — Measure #20-322 for Western Lane Ambulance District. The ballot will ask voters to “Renew Five-Year Option Levy for Emergency Med- ical/Ambulance Services.” For any questions on voter registration and elections in Oregon, go to www.lanecounty.org/elec- tions or call Lane Coun- ty Elections at 541-682- 4234. Grandchildren and great grandchildren came from all over the US to visit her every year, as well as her siblings, nieces and nephews. Ardie worked for Lane County Public Welfare, where she helped families receive food and shelter before she retired and traveled the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Ardie had lunch with her lifelong friends once a week in Florence and every morn- ing enjoyed reading the paper and doing cross- ...need a friend? OCTOBER IS BLACK CAT AWARENESS MONTH. WONDER WOMAN: Oh hi there! I’m Wonder Woman and I’m 4 years old. I landed at OCHS with my fi ve cat and three canine siblings after my mother passed away suddenly. I am the only one left at the shelter from my family and I’d really like to fi nd my PURRmanent home. Could it be you? I’m sweet and outgoing, and I get along with everyone. Please fi ll out an application at www. oregoncoasthumanesociety.org if you think you may be my PURRson! Three Department of Forestry districts in Oregon end fire seasons On Tuesday, Oct. 5, Or- egon Department of For- estry announced that three districts in western Oregon are declaring an end to their local fire season and drop- ping industrial fire precau- tion restrictions. The three are West Oregon, Western Lane and South Cascade districts. They serve Lane, Benton, Lincoln, Polk, and the southern part of Linn and Yamhill counties. Recent rains in the dis- tricts have reduced fire danger to low as have short- er day lengths and cooler temperatures. District of- ficials caution that people should still exercise care when planning any out- door burning as fires can escape control even outside of fire season. Although fire danger lev- Buying or Selling? I can help. WEATHER DATA D ATE H IGH Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. 21 22 23 24 25 26 26 82 65 69 81 57 64 59 L OW R AIN 51 49 44 50 45 54 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.90 Rainfall Week: 1.19” Month: 4.21” Year: 37.11” Courtesy of Roger Cunningham Clearwater Cove Way #2500 – This area of fine homes with partial lake views would make a wonderful site for your new home. Located in the South Lakes area on a paved cul-de-sac. Deer and all kinds of birds frequent the area. Septic approved, cleared, sunny and ready to go. $225,000. #3216-21617899 Amy Johnson Broker, CSA 541 999-7875 word puzzles with a cup of hot chocolate, right up to her final morning. Her neighbors in Glenada will miss the dai- ly encouragement of see- ing her walking without an aid the long distance to get her mail that she had done for years, a tes- tament to a long life lived to the fullest. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Western Lane Com- munity Foundation’s Brit- tany Hartzell-Baguley Scholarship fund. els have dropped around most of Oregon, fire season remains in effect in all oth- er ODF districts pending further improvement in their local fire-risk condi- tions. 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