Music is one focus of Oktoberfest
If you are looking for an inexpensive day of fun in Florence, Nancy Pearson suggests the annual Oktoberfest at the Florence Events Center.
Nancy Pearson – “It’s only seven dollars and there is no additional charge for the evening events that happen. And, we’re actually have a little ‘happy hour’ from four to six, after the wiener dog races we’re going to have some really great games.”
Pearson is the events coordinator for the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce. She says they’ll put some other surprises out following the three o’clock Wiener Dog Races. Then, at 5:30, the music will shift away from the more traditional and historic German sound to something you might here there today. It’s the T-Club.
Nancy Pearson – “They’re very well known, they sound really great and, yeah… I don’t know if you would see them in Germany per se, but they have a really great energy to them and they’re very excited to come to the Florence Events Center.”
Oktoberfest opens at 11 Saturday morning… the T-Club will play from 5:30 to eight pm.
Annexation request approved by Florence Planning Commission
The Florence Planning Commission signed off this week on a proposal to annex a strip of land along Highway 126 just east of the current Florence City Limits.
Don and Norma Saxon made the application requesting annexation of their nine tax lots in July. There are no residents on the property, and they own all of the land in question. One parcel contains an unfinished commercial structure on piers between the highway and the Siuslaw River Estuary.
The Planning Commission opened and closed their hearing on the matter Tuesday evening. They recommended approval by a five-nothing vote. It will now go to the Florence City Council for final action.
Moving Viet Nam Memorial opens Thursday in Eugene
The “moving wall”… one of several touring replicas of the Viet Nam War Memorial… will be in Lane County this weekend.
The half-size memorial will be on display at Eugene’s Skinner Park beginning with an opening ceremony at 11 a.m. today.
The 250 foot long, six foot high wall contains the names of more than 58-thousand American service members who lost their lives in the Viet Nam War.
Traditionally, when the memorial visits a community, it’s open 24-hours a day. But in Eugene it will be close at 11 p.m. today before reopening at six tomorrow morning. It will be open until 11 again, then from six to 11 Saturday and six to two Sunday.
The Emerald Empire Chapter of the Military Officer’s Association is spearheading the visit.
Paying for college
An evening of information about how to “make it happen” will be offered to juniors and seniors of Siuslaw and Mapleton High Schools… and their families… next month.
The Western Lane Community Foundation, along with volunteers with the ASPIRE program at both schools will host a two hour session on how to apply and pay for college October 18th from 6:30 to 8:30 at Siuslaw High School.
Representatives from several different local groups that offer scholarships will be on hand that evening to answer questions about their offerings. ASPIRE volunteers will talk about how to fill out the required federal financial aid forms.
Each student attending will get a free USB “thumb drive” with local scholarship applications.
UCC Strong on anniversary
The anniversary of the shooting deaths of nine people on the campus of Umpqua Community College will be observed tomorrow afternoon on the steps of the Douglas County Courthouse in Roseburg. There will be a moment of silence followed by a brief invocation.
It was October 1st, 2015 that a gunman walked into a classroom and killed eight students and one instructor before taking his own life.
The victims were Rebecka Ann Carnes, Quinn Glen Cooper and Lucas Eibel, all 18 years old. 19-year old Lucero Alcaraz and 20-year old Treven Taylor Anspach died that morning, as did 34-year old Jason Dale Johnson. Sarena Dawn Moore was 44 and Kim Saltmarsh Dietz was 59. The class was led by 67-year old Lawrence Levine.
Repaving to limit some dunes access in October
Three access roads to the Oregon Dunes will be closed or subject to restricted traffic flows over the next two weeks. Oregon Dunes Recreation Area spokesperson Lisa Romano said the roads… one near Hauser, the second near Winchester Bay and the third at Siltcoos Beach south of Florence will be have pavement work and repairs done.
The closures will come any time between October 3rd and the 15th depending on the weather.
Siltcoos Road will have one-lane traffic over a two-day period during that time as repaving and repairs are made between Waxmyrtle campground and Driftwood II.
Umpqua Road, south of Winchester Bay will have a half day closure at the Umpqua #2 parking lot and Hauser Depot Road will be closed a half-day at the railroad tracks.
