http://www.thesiuslawnews.com Top Stories RSS Feed Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:39:19 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3141 Local agencies team up to protect the Siuslaw River Estuary A newly formed stakeholder group for the Siuslaw River Estuary Partnership project will assemble tomorrow to discuss ways of protecting and improving water quality as well as fish and wildlife habitat in the Siuslaw Estuary Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:10:19 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3140 A draft agreement with Heceta Water District also has been shelved. Florence city councilors have directed staff to inform the Lane County Board of Commissioners they have suspended efforts to co-adopt Florence's 2020 Comprehensive Plan in response to what City Manager Bob Willoughby described as Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:08:22 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3139 Three intentionally set fires in the span of a month has Siuslaw Valley Fire Marshal Sean Barrett warning area residents and businesses to be on the lookout for suspicious activity. On Jan. 24, firefighters responded to a call about two trash cans set on fire Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:07:29 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3131 Kathy Anderson (above) of Orygon Home Center and staff from Cedar Works Spas (right) set up displays yesterday in preparation for the opening of the annual Florence Home & Garden Show. The show continues today, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 11 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:19:48 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3130 After weeklong trial, former director of Siuslaw Outreach Services, Ethel Bassett, is acquitted of all agency theft charges. After just over an hour of deliberations Thursday afternoon, a Lane County jury found former Siuslaw Outreach Services (SOS) Executive Director Ethel Bassett not guilty of charges Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:17:27 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3129 Lane Community College (LCC) Florence Center held an open house Friday morning, allowing visitors to explore the new eight-station science lab, Smart classrooms and other building improvements. "I suppose the biggest group I want to thank are the citizens of Lane County who generously supported Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:16:19 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3128 Last year the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) received a report of child abuse and neglect every eight minutes, totaling 67,885 suspected cases with 11,090 children - half of whom were younger than 6 years old - confirmed as victims of mistreatment. These statistics Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:15:40 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3117 Remodel would include digital mammography and other new equipment at a cost of $600,000. A Peace Harbor Hospital volunteer proposed a challenge this month for local women to donate to the hospital's capital campaign of raising $600,000 for digital mammography and ultrasound equipment. "I want Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:11:46 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3116 Sticking point rests on boundaries for restrictions. A proposed prohibition on legal, personal fireworks in Old Town stalled Monday night, when Florence city councilors could not agree on a boundary for the banned area. Councilors had previously identified banning personal fireworks in Old Town as Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:09:33 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3115 The trial against a former Siuslaw Outreach Services (SOS) director accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the local non-profit started Feb. 24. Ethel Bassett, 61, has pleaded not guilty to charges she stole over a seven-year period from the domestic violence advocacy Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:08:40 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3114 The 14th annual Florence Home and Garden Show kicks off Friday, March 5, at the Florence Events Center and runs through Sunday, March 7. A packed facility that includes many new vendors and four returning nurseries has organizers predicting another "must see" show this year. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:08:07 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3113 Florence Masons host night of music and Dance for Haiti. Dance for Haiti, to be held March 3, promises an evening of good music and company. At the Three Rivers Casino and Hotel, the event starts at 4:30 through 7 p.m. Music will be provided Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:07:33 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3109 Public has until March 8 to review wording of ballot title. Florence City Council, along with the Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue (SVF&R) Board of Directors, unanimously approved a set of resolutions Wednesday evening, Feb. 24, that will allow Florence voters to decide on whether Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:38:41 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3108 Local transitional facility hires vocational coordinator to assist older youth in gaining job skills. With the introduction of a vocational coordinator, Camp Florence continues to strengthen employment and educational opportunities for youthful offenders to gain job skills before returning to the community. Located south Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:37:23 -0600 http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=3107 Lane County residents are neither the healthiest nor the unhealthiest in Oregon, according to a national report released last week that ranks each state's counties based upon health outcomes and factors. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:36:27 -0600