Author: Bob

City Manager evaluation; It’s a Wonderful Life; Calendar scams; Umpqua Crab ok; Hang It All

Annual evaluation of City Manager set for tonight. The Florence City Council will convene this afternoon at four o’clock for a private executive session at City Hall. The reason, consider the annual evaluation of City Manager Erin Reynolds.   Her immediate predecessor, former interim manager Larry Patterson, will be on hand.  […]

Basketball: Preps; college and schedule

Prep basketball: The Mapleton Sailors were on the court over the weekend… Friday, the boys fell to Pacific High School 66-41; then the next afternoon they lost to the Brookings JV 60-38.  The Sailor girls are still looking for that first win of the season.  They lost to Pacific 50-13, […]

No School at Siuslaw; Christmas Basket distribution; Christmas Lighting Contest; possible scam; Overtime police patrols; Elliot State Forest options sought

Icy roads cause school cancellation Students and staff at Siuslaw Schools have the day off.  Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak said things were very slick out on area roads at five this morning. Andy Grzeskowiak– “Several icy bus routes.  We might be able to get away with a late start, but having […]

No Viking athletics; Mapleton will play; and college basketball

Weather causes cancellation of Siuslaw athletics The weather has had an impact on schedules at Siuslaw Schools… Siuslaw wrestlers headed out early this morning for Grants Pass and the Winter Wrestling Classic.   Driving conditions, though, were anything but classic and they turned around and headed home.  They’ll have the weekend […]

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AP-NW–Sports Right Now UPDATE/1112 RAMS-SEAHAWKS Seahawks take NFC West title with 24-3 win over Rams SEATTLE (AP) — Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes, Tyler Lockett had 130 yards receiving and a score, and the Seattle Seahawks won the NFC West title with a 24-3 victory over the Los Angeles […]