27 May 2015
Interviews today for arts and eco development boards
Florence City Councilors will have a couple of busy afternoons this week. They’ll be interviewing 18 people applying for 14 open positions on a pair of new boards.
A new Public Art Committee will be just what it sounds like. The group will advise the council and mayor on installation of public art displays as a way of spurring economic development. The council will interview eight applicants today and one more tomorrow. They’re all seeking appointment to one of the seven open positions.
Tomorrow the council will meet again. They’ll interview eight of the 11 applicants for the new Economic Development Committee. One applicant will be interviewed this afternoon.
Today’s interviews will be in the conference room at City Hall. There’ll be two sessions… one at 2:30, the other at four.
Tomorrow’s interviews will also be at city hall with the first session beginning at four pm.
The appointments will be made next month.
Florence average gas prices hold steady
The reopening of a shuttered gas station in Florence has helped keep the average price for a gallon of regular gas down this week.
The former 76 Station at 8th and 101 has been closed for nearly two years. It reopened ten days ago under the Space Age banner.
Space Age is one of the largest independent retailers of gasoline in the state. According to the company’s website they operate 21 company owned outlets with 60 more affiliates. The brand is known for their discounted prices.
Partly because of that, the average cash price for a gallon of regular gas in Florence went up only a penny in the past two weeks. It’s currently at $2.85.
The average price in Oregon, according to Triple-A is $3.04 a gallon this week. The average price nationwide is up three cents in the past week. It’s at $2.74.
Coos Forest Patrol making headway on Remote fire
Firefighters are making headway on the Sandy Creek Fire near the tiny Coos County community of Remote. The fire is burning in steep, rocky terrain and is estimated at about 35 acres. As of late yesterday, it was 60-percent contained. The cause of the fire is under investigation but it was possibly caused by a controlled burn that escaped.
Fire officials say already this year there have been 108 fires on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry. That’s about 24-percent over the ten year average.
They expect a very difficult and busy fire season this summer.
