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SN THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM | SATURDAY EDITION | NOVEMBER 13, 2021 | $1.00 Find Your Perfect RV Rental! RVshare connects millions of renters to the perfect RV rental and provides a safe, secur booking experience. Start Planning the Road Trip of a Lifetime rentrvusa.com/siuslaw Siuslaw News Siuslaw News ‘Recognizing those who came before us to ensure our freedom’ NEWS & VIEWS THAT DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY VOL. 131, NO. 91 N OV . 13, 2021 F LORENCE , O REGON 21st annual Pounding for Food Share planned for Nov. 20; Empty Bowls ready for December WEATHER Siuslaw High School honors local veterans with assembly Mostly cloudy with a high of 63 and a low of 53. Full forecast on A3 COMMUNITY The Siuslaw High School Leadership class coordinated a Veterans Assembly Wednesday to recog- nize and thank U.S. military veterans. Approximately 40 veterans attended. Story & Photos By Mark Brennan Siuslaw News Showing ‘care’ to health care workers INSIDE — A3 SPORTS S iuslaw High School honored area veterans on Wednesday morning with a student and staff assembly to recognize the service and sacrifices of those who served the U.S. in all branches of the mil- itary. Local veterans and former mil- itary members from Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3232, Ameri- can Legion Post 59 and Disabled American Veterans Post 23 gath- ered at the high school before the 9 a.m. ceremony to discuss other veteran related activities which were scheduled to take place on Veterans Day. Siuslaw Principal Mike Har- klerode greeted the former ser- vice personnel, thanking them for attending. He also reinforced the need for masking during the event. When the assembly began, Siu- slaw students rose and greeted with applause the entrance of the two dozen or so veterans who at- tended. The veterans took their seats. See VETERANS page 7A Armendariz, Lacouture selected to fill open positions Siuslaw School Board holds November meeting By Zac Burtt Siuslaw News Siuslaw athletes named to All-League INSIDE — B RECORDS Obituaries & emergency response logs Inside — A2 SIDE SHOW Activities and comics every Saturday Inside — A5 CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices Inside — B6 FOLLOW US FOR THE 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 Flo ce ren Oreg o EG O N’ S COA GRO STAL PLAY UN Spradling and Jason Wood. At this week’s meet- ing, the di- rectors had a choice to fill one or Brian Lacouture both recently vacant posi- tions, and after some discussion, the board voted unanimously to fill both positions. Chair Sneddon proposed that each director decide on a ranked list of their top three candidates. When the director’s lists were tallied, five candidates appeared within the director’s top threes: See BOARD page 8A D “‘Jenny’” and her kids will go hun- gry tonight, but they don’t have to,” said Colin Morgan, executive direc- tor of Florence Food Share. “Jenny,” whose name is protect- ed for privacy reasons, represents just one of approximately 1,700 in- dividuals and 650 households Flor- ence Food Share serves in Florence, Westlake, Dunes City and surround- ing areas every month. “She’s typical of a lot of single moms, many of whom work in our local economy, but they’re unable to earn enough to cover rent, child- care and food,” Morgan continued. “Many like her work seasonally in tourism, which employs about 1,900 of the roughly 4,600 job holders in the area, but their jobs are severely cut back or completely go away until late spring. They need the commu- nity’s support. They’re hardworking people.” See GIVE page 6A Owners to rebuild Dairy Queen By Mark Brennan Siuslaw News Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue Fire Marshall Tony Miller has re- leased a brief update on an August fire which completely destroyed the Dairy Queen located at 125 High- way 101. “The Dairy Queen fire was listed as accidental, with the cause elec- trical. It started in the storage room and not in the kitchen, and the own- er plans to rebuild in the same loca- tion,” Miller stated. The building has been demolished in preparation for new construction. Siuslaw Valley responded to a call about the fire on Aug. 18 at 1:30 a.m. See DQ page 6A Weather conditions call for awareness of potential hazards Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management advises residents to be aware — and prepared — for poten- tial hazards due to heavy rains fore- casted this week across the state. According to the National Weather Service, expected rainfall amounts through Friday may cause potential flooding of creeks and riv- ers in northwest Oregon, especially along the coastal terrain and Cas- cades. Rain amounts may be high enough to cause flooding. Heavy rain can trigger debris flows and landslides in steep terrain, and the risk is higher in wildfire burn areas. Debris flows are rapidly moving, extremely destructive landslides. They can contain boulders and logs transported in a fast-moving soil and water slurry down steep hill- sides and through narrow canyons. They can easily travel a mile or more. A debris flow moves faster than a person can run. People, structures and roads located below steep slopes in canyons and near the mouths of canyons may be at serious risk. • If told to evacuate, do so imme- The public can remain safe using diately. basic preparedness actions, includ- ing staying informed, being aware Drive with caution of surroundings, having a plan for • Be aware of the latest road con- emergencies and being prepared ditions before driving by checking with an emergency kit. tripcheck.com. • Be alert when driving; embank- Stay informed ments along roadsides may fail, • Monitor the weather forecast for sending rock and debris onto the watches, warnings or advisories at road. www.weather.gov. • Turn on lights, increase follow- • Sign up for local emergency ing distance and slow down. alerts at oralert.gov. See WEATHER page 6A Florence Charm Trail n Charm Trail OR The Siuslaw School District Board of Directors met on Wednes- day, Nov. 10, at the Siuslaw Middle School commons. One of the tasks was to select candidates to fill va- cancies on the board caused by the September resignation of Director Guy Rosinbaum, Position 1, and the October resignation of Direc- tor Dennis King, Position 5. King’s resignation was accepted during Wednesday’s meeting. School board members, con- sisting of Chair Bob Sneddon and directors Maureen Miltenberger, Kady Sneddon and Dianna Pim- lott, were in attendance in person and Director John Barnett joined via Zoom. Additional staff and members of the pub- lic also attended in person, with masks and social Frank Armendariz distancing required. Siuslaw School District has dis- cussed the vacancies and how to fill the positions since September. On Oct. 26, the board met with and interviewed eight candidates to fill those positions: Frank Armendariz, Clare Kurth, Brian Lacouture, Robin Mendolia, Debbie Paster- nak, Edgar Rodriguez, Stephanie Florence Food Share enters its high season For a limited time and while supplies last only. 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