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Future First Citizens Announced Six Siuslaw High School Students have been named as nominees for Future First Citizen. This announcement and selection usually is associated with the annual Siuslaw Awards but instead has been moved up to Rhododendron Festival Weekend. The Siuslaw Awards will be in July of this year […]
Boys and Girls Club Golf Tournament – Vanessa Buss and Chuck Trent Economic Impact of the Arts – Harlan Springer – Susie Lacer – Kristen Anderson Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive – Patrick Lewis – Colin Morgan 4th District Congressional Candidate Doyle Canning Gubernatorial Candidate Court Boice Rhododendron Festival – […]
Art Survey A focus on defining the economic impact of the arts in communities across the nation includes Florence. Harlan Springer is on the Oregon Arts Commission. He says the last time a study was done in Oregon it showed that nearly 700 million dollars was spent on the arts. […]
Siuslaw Skipping Track and Field Event Siuslaw Track and Field will not be attending the Wally Ciochetti invitational in Cottage Grove today. Track and Field Coach and Siuslaw Athletic Director for Siuslaw Chris Johnson says the team will instead be preparing for district meet next week. Viking Baseball/Softball Viking baseball […]
Parking Enforcement With parking spaces soon to be at a premium in Old Town you may see the enforcement for overtime parking return. Code Enforcement Officer Dan Frazier with the City of Florence says over the past 2 years there has been little focus on parking in old town due […]
Viking Double Header The Siuslaw Vikings added a pair of wins to their schedule after a home double header yesterday. The Vikings faced Cottage Grove in the early game with senior Beau Erickson on the mound. Erickson faced 19 batters striking out 8 and allowed only 2 hits blanking the […]
Parent Irate with Mapleton School District An incident involving a Mapleton High School Student from back in December has drawn the ire of an estranged parent. On Social Media a post from Pancho Louie says his son, who is considered a runaway, was playing basketball when he suffered a head […]
Viking Baseball The Siuslaw Vikings were in Junction City yesterday to face the Tigers. Beau Erickson drove in the only run for the Vikings as Junction City put up 10 runs on 12 hits. Errors continue to plague the Vikings with 4 yesterday. Final 10-1. The Viking ladies were able […]
