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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2015
Lunch
free hot lunches five days a
week: Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at Helping Hands, from
11 a.m. until 2 p.m., and the
Free Lunch program Tuesday
and Thursday from 11:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.
The Free Lunch program
also serves as a social function.
Many people who come for
lunch live alone and want some
time with other people, accord-
ing to Mann-Heintz.
“Some people just don’t like
cooking for just themselves,”
she said. “It’s an important
mental health factor. Anyone
can come.”
Several factors are responsi-
ble for the decline of volun-
teers.
“The main reason we are los-
ing volunteers is their age,”
Mann-Heintz said. “The pro-
David Dumas, Paula Harrison and April Dumas, volunteers
gram has been going 19 years
Universalist Fellowship, prepare to serve homemade soup
and people who started out
at the United Methodist Church kitchen on Dec. 23.
when they were in their 60s or
70s are in their 80s and 90s good crew is between four and online, read the manual and
take the test, pay your $10 for
now. We have some attrition six people.”
The volunteers who prepare the two-year license and print
due to age and some people just
get tired of the commitment. and serve food are required by the card out on your printer.
We do have to draw from a state law to have food handler’s You can go online to Lane
County Food Handlers, or just
population of people who don’t cards.
“It’s not difficult to get a Google it.
have to work during the day. It
“If you do dishes, help pour
takes between 50 and 60 volun- food handlers card,” Mann-
teers to run the program. A Heintz said. “You can go coffee and juice and clear
Center
arrive between 9:30 and 10
a.m. and prepare the lunch and
the bread and desserts and then
they serve and clean up
between 12:30 and 1 p.m.
“Most volunteers just do
once a month. You don’t need
to be associated with any of the
churches or organizations. If
you want to volunteer we can
plug you into any group. We do
ask you to make a commitment
to the same day each month,
such as first Tuesday, second
Thursday.”
The Free Lunch program is
funded in part through an annu-
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reverend DuBose, my wife,
spent the night there. She was
in charge.
“The Masonic Lodge was
warm and comfortable and
welcoming. It took a lot of
work to get this going and we
want to thank the Masons
because we could not have
done this without their having
offered their building.”
Some of the seven overnight
guests showed up at the lodge,
at 84910 Highway 101 South,
and some received a ride from
the warming center van, which
was driven by a volunteer who
started at the Fred Meyer park-
ing lot and drove south to des-
ignated pickup points estab-
lished by Siuslaw Outreach
Services.
“We had four dog crates set
up, which were loaned to us by
the Florence Area Humane
Society, but we didn’t get any
dogs on Tuesday or Wednesday
nights,” DuBose said. “It was a
bit of a surprise because I’ve
gotten to know many of the
homeless and a lot of them
have dogs.”
Masonic Lodge Worshipful
Master Hunt Ramsey said, “It
went very well, the guests were
helpful and respectful and very
grateful. In the morning every-
body got their breakfast and
out the door they went.
Everyone was happy. The com-
mittee and the volunteers did a
wonderful job.”
The warming center com-
mittee and the Masonic Temple
members need to act quickly
when the weather turns cold.
“Typically the committee
decides in the morning whether
the shelter will be open that
evening,” Ramsey said. “They
try to give us 24-hour notice,
but that is not always feasible.”
The Masons also offer more
than just a building. Both
Ramsey and Masonic Lodge
World-class soprano comes to FEC
Marie-Josée Lord, a world-
class, Haitian-born Canadian
soprano, has performed the key
roles in Porgy and Bess and La
Bohème to great international
acclaim.
She has performed on radio,
television and at prestigious
venues across North America.
Her intense and flamboyant
personality, and her interna-
tional caliber performance,
will fill the theater at the
Florence Events Center, 715
Quince St., on Friday, Jan. 23.
“Madame Lord is simply
stunning, vocally and visually,
with a personality to match,”
said SEAcoast president Ernie
Doud. “Even those for whom
opera isn’t at the top of the list,
Marie-Josée Lord will be.
“Her irresistible charisma
and passion for lyrical art have
made her an outstanding guest
for many TV and radio pro-
grams, and a headliner for a
number of metropolitan opera
houses across North America,”
he added.
Marie-Josée Lord began her
musical education in Quebec’s
historic capital upon her arrival
from Haiti at age 5. Her adop-
tive parents, high-school sci-
ence teachers, had a piano and
were delighted to see how
much the instrument intrigued
her, and how quickly she
learned.
Lord began formal piano
lessons at age 7 and continued
for nearly 10 years, also learn-
ing violin along the way.
After studying piano at the
Quebec Conservatory, she
began to see her limitations.
But during a music workshop
for voice, she discovered an art
form that was everything she
had been looking for.
Lord was encouraged by a
friend to take voice lessons.
Just for fun, she agreed. As a
quick learner with a solid foun-
dation in music, she asked her
instructor to push her to work
at an advanced level. The
results speak for themselves.
Lord began studying voice
Marie-Josee Lord
(courtesy photo)
in 1992 as a mezzo-soprano,
and gave her first recital in
1996. Her career progressed
rapidly, taking on more
advanced instruction and levels
of performance. Eventually,
the Montreal Gazette would
write, “… A voice of wonder-
ful depth and pliability casting
a radiant glow. Her presence is
spellbinding … a very classy
singer with a bright future.”
Awards and record sales fol-
lowed.
She has performed leading
roles in Puccini’s Turandot
Opera, Suor Angelica, and La
Bohème, Chabrier’s l’Étoile,
Verdi’s Falstaff, and in the
world premiere of the operatic
version of Starmania.
The rest of SEAcoast’s sea-
son promises an exciting vari-
ety of musical styles and cul-
ture: Friday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m.,
Metales M5; Sunday, March
15, 2 p.m., The Voetberg
Family Band; Friday, April 17,
7 p.m., Quartetto Gelato; and
Friday, May 15, 7 p.m.,
Eugene Symphony.
Tickets for each show are
$30 per adult and $10 for those
under 18, and are available
online at SEAcoastEA.org, at
the FEC box office, or by
phone at 541-997-1994.
Artist profiles, video clips,
and more information on all of
SEAcoast’s shows are avail-
able at SeacoastEA.org.
SEAcoast Entertainment
Association is the largest
provider of talent, event fund-
ing and diversity of entertain-
ment to the FEC.
The all-volunteer group is
dedicated to advancing the arts
and bringing great music,
dance, comedy and variety
entertainment to Florence.
In more than 30 years the
group has produced several
hundred concerts and is proud
to support the arts in Florence.
SEAcoast Entertainment
Association is a 501c3 non-
profit. Contributions in sup-
port of their work are tax-
deductible.
ity managed by the Western
Lane Community Foundation
that was established several
years ago.
In 2014, the program
received a grant in the amount
of $1,000 from the Kiwanis
Foundation.
The
United
Methodist Church also holds an
annual fundraiser for the pro-
gram.
For information about volun-
teering, call 541-590-0779. The
Free Lunch program also has
three vacancies coming up on
the board of directors. The
board meets quarterly.
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from the Florence Unitarian
for the Free Lunch program
tables and clean up at the end,
you do not have to have a food
handler’s card.”
The Free Lunch program is
set up so that each volunteer is
expected to commit to only one
day per month.
“Most volunteers make a
monthly commitment. They
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member Rod Stow helped out
the first night.
“I think there are enough
volunteers to make the pro-
gram work,” Ramsey said. “If
not, I have a list of Masons
who are willing fill to in where
needed.”
DuBose said that as of
Tuesday, Dec. 30, Julian Laner,
a veteran and student at Lane
Community College, has been
hired as the emergency warm-
ing shelter manager.
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