23 June 2014
Military Museum Receives Gift, Sets Fourth of July Opening
The Oregon Coast Military Museum picked up some unexpected cash last week. When Florence middle-schooler Kaylee Graham won the national Prudential Spirit of Community Award; it came with a $5,000 scholarship for her:
Tim Sapp – “But also, $5,000 she was able to choose the 501c3 of her choice.”
Museum spokesman Tim Sapp said Graham chose the museum and, along with her parents Todd and Shannon, presented a check last week. The cash will help the facility open within two weeks.
Tim Sapp – “Fourth of July we’re going to have a celebration over at the museum. We’re going to open the doors and let everyone in and see. Not all the displays are out, but we are going to open it up on the Fourth of July.”
The museum will be open 11 to three on the Fourth and the Fifth. The final displays are expected to be open later this summer.
City Street Rehab
Four stretches of city streets are getting some special attention over the next few weeks. Johnson Rock Products of Coos Bay has already begun work on the one; Nopal Street between ninth and tenth is getting a complete rebuild. That will include new curbs and sidewalks.
The intersection of Ninth and Rhododendron Drive will be rebuilt, as well as stretches of 15th between Highway 101 and Spruce; and 25th between 101 and Spruce.
Drivers will be facing detours during the work in each area.
Habitat For Humanity Receives Funding
A charitable grant totaling $55-thousand over three years will help local homeowners with repairs, rehabilitation and neighborhood revitalization programs.
Ken Gaylord with Florence Habitat for Humanity said the Meyer Memorial Trust already sent the first check… $25-thousand.
Gaylord said the money will be distributed in a series of grants coordinated by his group. Applications for home repair projects, and volunteers to assist with those projects, are being accepted at the Habitat office, in the Habitat Re-Store in the Grocery Outlet Center.
No Mussels for You!
Mussel harvesting on the entire Oregon Coast has been closed due to the presence of toxins that are hazardous to humans.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Department of Fish and Wildlife are cooperating on the closure that was initially posted May 30th. It’s been extended three times now due to the presence of “paralytic shellfish toxins” in mussels on beachs, rocks, jetties and bay entrances between the Columbia River and California border.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture says the toxins are produced by algae and are naturally occurring.
