Matheny tabbed to head Boys and Girls Club; Ice Machine short of goal; Middle School Sports to return; and Kool Coastal Nights on tap.

Boys and Girls Club Board Selects Interim Director


The Florence Boys and Girls Club Board appointed Jerry Matheny interim director as they begin the process to seek a new Director to fill the position formerly held by Bob Teter. Board director Eric Tanikawa said they hope to begin a nationwide search next week with the help of the national organization.

Sp 00200 “6 to 10 week to go through looking for an executive director, we want to
make sure it’s a good fit for our local charter.”

Saying Matheney was available and has been a long time supporter of the Boys and Girls Club over the years, Tanikawa and board member Cindy Cable both said he brings experience and maturity in the area of management to be able to pull their fresh staff together as a cohesive team. The national Boys and Girls Club organization will help with the process for recruiting resumes, but most of the applicants are expected to come from the greater northwest area.
(Calista Cates)

Editor's note: neither Tanikawa, nor Cable wished to comment on Teter's departure.

It’s been visible on the Old Town Wharf for several months now, a commercial ice plant that has been four years in the coming.
205 – “We have just about $270-thousand in that ice machine now. We need another $59-thousand.”

Commercial fisherman and Port of Siuslaw Commissioner Bud Saulsgiver was instrumental in the effort to replace the old ice plant that broke down in 2004. The Siuslaw Fishermen’s Association has been paying for components of the ice machine as they raised the money for each stage. Now that’s it’s in position and connected to water and power, it’s ready to go… almost. The final $59-thousand is needed to pay for the auger, the mechanism that will actually deliver the ice to waiting fishing boats, as well as other final items. Saulsgiver is confident that once they’re making ice…
206 – “It will have immediate impact. Now I’m getting calls from fishermen that want to come here. Daily I get asked for ice.”

He says it will draw commercial fishers from other ports, as well as those fishing the productive Heceta Banks just off shore.

08-28-One of the casualties of school budget restrictions this year was all extracurricular activities at Siuslaw Middle School. With the new school year just days away from beginning however, there’s been redemption.
210 – “We got some money from the Siuslaw Athletic Booster Club and between that and what student fees are, basically paid against that sport, that covers transportation, equipment and officials. Doing that with some volunteer coaches, we’re going to have the sports up and running for the school year.”

High School Athletic Director Andy Grezkowiak says the Athletic Boosters kicked in $10-thousand and the participation fees will generate another eight or nine thousand… that will allow them to bring back football, volleyball and basketball. The Cross Country and Track programs had already been reinstated because parents and supporters raised enough money by mid-August to fully reinstate those programs. Grezkowiak said varsity sports that had been cut at the high school level: wrestling, baseball and softball; will also be reinstated.

Since 1992 it’s been a fall tradition in Winchester Bay… the Kool Coastal Nights classic car show event. It starts tonight with one of the most popular components of the event offering up a ‘preview of what’s under the hood’. Dozens of hot rods will line up beginning at six to “burn” their tires off in a controlled setting, generating a lot of smoke, and giving the owners a chance to show off just a little. More than 300 classic autos… all pre 1975 rides… will be lined up along the bayfront from 11 to 3:30 tomorrow. A parade of champions follows immediately and then the cars will cruise through Winchester Bay from 6:30 to 7:30 that night.