Teacher’s Lounge Makeover
They call it serve day, a day when all locations of Roby’s furniture and appliance close to work on a project in the community. This past Wednesday the staff at Roby’s was working on giving the faculty lounge at Siuslaw Elementary a new look. Store Manager, Bob Sneddon says “Serve Day” was born out of a desire to be in service to others, something that the ownership at Roby’s has been dedicated to for some time.
“That concept was implemented was implemented at Roby’s 10 years ago and has been an annual fixture since then.”
The team spent the day at Siuslaw Elementary School clearing the cramped lounge, delcuttering and giving it a fresh coat of paint. In addition they added some new furniture including an expanding dining room table with six new chairs, a loveseat and easy chair and two new end tables. Sneddon said he had received a letter from a fourth grader last year requesting the makeover for the teachers and decided that this would be the project for 2020. Roby’s is a family owned and operated retailer with 7 locations.
Flu Report
The Flu is ramping up across the state . A second grade student at Irving Elementary School died last week from complications related to the Influenza B virus. The Oregon Health authority is reporting that 23 percent of the flu like symptoms reported in the past week were actually the flu and emergency visits are up 3.8 percent this week. Statewide there were 4813 tests last week with 1112 testing positive. Of those, 872 were influenza B there was a slight decline from the previous week’s numbers which had over 90 emergency room visits for flu-like symptoms. Over half of the cases reported are centered in the Portland Metro area with the central part of the state, including Lane County, being one of the lowest numbers of cases reported.
ReVision Florence
The Revision Florence Project is preparing to move into the month of February as weather continues to provide some challenges. Yesterday crews were in the lot on Quince Street beginning to clear the debris pile created from the months of deconstruction while work continues on Highway 101 and Highway 126. Landscaping work continues and the 101 126 intersection is beginning to take shape. There has been no new timeline as of yet for the completion of the project. The last official update was that the majority of construction would be completed by the end of the month. Monuments for the entry ways into Old Town will still need to be purchased and installed. City officials, ODOT and Alex Hodge construction continue to meet weekly as the project enters its final stages.
