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King Retires From OPB Board Founding Board member of Oregon Pacific Bank, Bobby King, has retired. King, the last remaining original board member has stepped down after 40 years of service to Florence’s home grown institution. For the past 12 years King has served as the Chairman of the Board […]
Lady Vikings Win It took an extra day to get the game in, but the wait was worth it for the Lady Vikings. On the softball diamond yesterday the Viks dominated Cottage Grove pounding 13 hits over 6 innings and scoring runs in all but one of those. Sophomore Liz […]
DeFazio Visits Florence Congressman Peter DeFazio visited Florence for a town hall yesterday. DeFazio is currently on a tour of cities and towns in his district talking about health care and the changes that the White House is proposing. Changes that he say can be scary if they move forward. […]
Siuslaw Baseball The Siuslaw Vikings hosted Cottage Grove on the diamond yesterday. Cottage Grove got off to an early lead in the first two innings and then walked away with the victory outscoring the Vikings 13-3. Viking softball had to be postponed until today. The Lady Vikings will play today […]
City Begins Work on Miller Park Renovation Multiple city projects are in the works as the construction season begins in Florence. In addition to the completion of the refurbished Siuslaw River Bridge, the new riverfront park along Rhododendron drive, and the ReVision Florence Streetscape project, the city has now begun […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News, and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Siuslaw sophomore Gracie Freudenthal as this week’s athlete of the week. At last week’s Prefontaine Rotary Invitational, Gracie posted a first place finish in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.48 and finished […]
Another School Board Seat to Fill Citing a desire to spend more time with her granddaughter, Tammy Butler became the second person in a month to resign her post on the Siuslaw School District. Previously Eric Rines stepped down and Siuslaw School District board candidate, Bob Sneddon, was appointed to […]
Prefontaine Invitational Highlights from Saturday’s Prefontaine Rotary Invitational include 15 personal records on the day and 1 school record. Ryan Jennings set a personal best time of 54.07 in the 400 meters. Sophomore Jaxson Jensen set a personal record time of 2:12.14 in the 800 meters placing third in the […]
The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News, and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Siuslaw sophomore Gracie Freudenthal as this week’s athlete of the week. At last week’s Prefontaine Rotary Invitational, Gracie posted a first place finish in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.48 and finished second in the 300 meter hurdles 1/10th of a second behind the first place finisher with a time of 49.27.
Honorable mention goes to junior distance runner Chloe Madden for her third place finish in the 3000 meter race with a personal record time of 11:37.96
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Join us this Thursday as we catch up with Siuslaw Viking Wrestling Coach, Neil Wartnik.
