Goodwill Industries makes impact in economy….
There’s been a change along one stretch of Main Street in Florence. Goodwill Industries opened up a new retail store and donation collection center at 1655 Highway 101. Rufina Saiz (SIZE) explains that it will provide a multiple boost to the economy. First of all, it creates 18 new jobs. Saiz said one new employee had been looking for work for several months and after eight months of looking for work says the job at Goodwill was – quote – “transforming. The second boost comes in that it provides a low cost source of clothing and household goods for local residents and promotes sustainability by re-using perfectly good items. Saiz said the donation center is a key portion of the facility.
206 – “You know wherever you donate the donations, pretty much if they have room to store them, you know that’s where they stay. And the production part of that is part of the work that the employees do.”
She said occasionally, if storage capacity is exceeded they may have to send things to another store, but all of it definitely stays in the Central Coast and Lane County areas. The final boost is esthetic. Goodwill took a former retail store that was looking kind of run down and improved the appearance.
207 – “We repaved the parking lot, we’ve just transformed the area, it looks really nice.”
The store opened Thursday morning at eight a.m. to a full house and appears to have become an instant hit.
First time home buyers… or people who have not owned one in the past three years have just a limited time to qualify for a sizeable tax credit. It’s the Federal First Time Homebuyer Credit and it’s all part of last year’s federal stimulus package. Local realtor Mike Cocciolo says it can make a huge difference. The credit itself is 10-percent of the purchase price of a home up to a maximum of $8,000. There are some factors, but Cocciolo says any licensed realtor can help sort out the details. But, he says, it’s only available for a limited time.
205 – “People that are interested need to get started right now and get themselves qualified and number one… and at that point they’re ready to buy a home.”
In order to get the tax credit, the home purchase must be closed no later than November 30th. Buyers have the option of applying it to their 2009 taxes, or taking it in 2010.
The Rainbow Plaza in Old Town Reedsport will be filled with exhibits featuring hawks, owls, bats and migratory birds. It will also feature a Pioneer Living Experience and an historic logging demonstration. But the key point of the 13th annual Tsalila Festival is the salmon. Visitors to the free exhibits can walk through a salmon maze outlining the life cycle of salmon and hear Native American storytellers with tales of how the salmon and coastal people’s lives were intertwined. Tsalila runs today and tomorrow in Reedsport, there will be traditional alder-smoked salmon dinners as well as live music.
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Prep Volleyball:
In three games it was Mapleton over Siletz Valley last night in Mountain West Volleyball action. Amber Harris dished nine aces, while Lindsay Logan added five kills in the win for the Sailor Girls.
On The Schedule Tonight:
Prep football tonight has Siuslaw hosting Newport in a non-league game that airs at 6:45 over Coast Radio Sports… Reedsport is on the road against Rogue River… while Mountain West League play takes the Mapleton Sailors to Marcola to face the Mohawk Indians. Games kick off at 7 o’clock…
College Grid Iron action Saturday has the Beavers hosting the Arizona Wild Cats in Oregon State’s Pac Ten season opener on KCFM. Airtime is 3:30, kick off from Corvallis is set for 4:30….The Ducks host California’s Bears in the Oregon Pac Ten season opener. Airtime on KCST is 11:30, kick off in Eugene is set for 12:30…
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