SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2015
Siuslaw schools volunteer
orientation tomorrow
All new, current and poten-
tial school volunteers are invit-
ed to attend an orientation to
learn more about volunteering
in Siuslaw schools.
Discussion of the newly
adopted volunteer handbook,
rights and responsibilities for
our volunteers and ideas to
engage high-impact support of
Library
Tidings
teachers and students will take
place at the orientation.
The orientation will be held
at the school district office,
2111 Oak St., from 2 to 3 p.m.
on Thursday, Jan. 8.
For more information, con-
tact Vonnie McClellan at 541-
997-2651.
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
Stocks.
Bonds. CDs.
IRAs. Mutual
funds.
Library Tidings, a reg-
ular feature of The
Siuslaw News, fea-
tures news about
upcoming Siuslaw
Public Library pro-
grams for adults and
children, new books
and videos, and other
library news of interest
to the community.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
Andy Baber, AAMS®
Financial Advisor
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1010 Highway 101
Florence, OR 97439
541-997-8755
www.edwardjones.com
Member SIPC
Welcome Baby
Konnor
Isaiah
Kade
Henson
Epilogue by Will Boast:
A Memoir
Book review by Kevin Mittge
Imagine for a moment that
you’re 24-years-old, English, but
raised in small-town Wisconsin,
a university student, and getting
the news that your father has just
died. And your father’s death
was only the latest as just three
years previously your only
brother, a teenager, dies in a car
accident and five years previous-
ly your mother dies of cancer.
And then in cleaning out
papers after your father’s funeral
you discover that your father had
been married before your mother
and that you have two older half-
brothers back in England that
you never knew existed.
This is what happened to
author Will Boast.
This memoir, sad, heartbreak-
ing, and ultimately redemptive,
must have been a cathartic
process for the young author,
now in his mid-30s.
The secrets his parents kept,
the confusion of being British in
America or being an American
in Britain, the loneliness of
being the last one alive in your
family, and the awkwardness of
newly found siblings is a moving
story, very well told.
Boast, a former Wallace
Stegner Fellow, has previously
written a book of short stories
and was going to write this story
as a novel.
But he was told no one would
believe all of those events in a
novel and so this memoir,
Epilogue, is the result.
Cover Oregon
Today from noon to 3 p.m.
there will be a Cover Oregon
health insurance open house at
the library. At this enrollment
event an expert can guide you
through the application on
HealthCare.gov and help you
sort through your health plan
options.
You’ll also find out how much
you can save on insurance costs.
Who should attend? People
who had a private plan through
Cover Oregon in 2014. People
without insurance, or people
who want to comparison shop
for 2015 coverage.
You will need to bring the fol-
lowing information for everyone
in your family who wants cover-
age: Social Security number, if
you have one; non-citizen ID
number, if you have one; and
income documents or self-
employment records if you don’t
already know your yearly
income.
Walk-ins are welcome or you
can register for the event at:
5 A
www.bit.ly/13mhEmW.
Anime Club
The next meeting of the
library’s Anime Club will be on
Friday, Jan. 9, at 3 p.m., in the
library’s Bromley Room. There
will be a showing of the movie
Summer Wars.
Don’t miss this fun event for
anime and Japanese animation
fans!
Borrowing material from
other libraries
Do you ever need a book or
other material which we don’t
have here at the Siuslaw Public
Library? You can always ask if
we can order it on interlibrary
loan.
Interlibrary loan is a system
where we search for the material
at other libraries and request to
borrow it for you. Books are usu-
ally the easiest to borrow. Many
libraries have restrictions on
lending audiovisual materials
such as DVDs, videos and
recorded books, as well as spe-
cial collections such as genealo-
gy or local history, but it’s
always worth a try to see if we
can borrow it. The next time you
need something just stop by the
reference desk and we will see if
we can help you out!
Solve It seeks Earth Day volunteer leaders
Born:
January 3, 2015, 2:05 am
7 lbs., 12 oz
19 & 6/8 inches
Excited Mom & Dad: Michael & Amber Henson
Proud Big Sister: Zoya
Grandparents: Stan & Edie Torgison
Frank & Cathy Dietz
Great Grand Parents: Lily Phelps
Delbert & Betty Phelps
Voice your opinion! Submit letters to:
Editor@TheSiuslawNews.com.
Solve It is currently accept-
ing applications for volunteers
to lead Earth Day projects for
the 26th annual Solve It event.
Solve It events will take place
across the state on Saturday,
April 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Also as part of Solve It, teach-
ers are encouraged to involve
their students in service-learn-
ing activities between April 13
and 24.
The deadline for applications
is Saturday, Jan. 31.
Project leaders receive assis-
tance for Earth Day volunteer
The Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Presents
2015 Rhododendron Court
REQUIREMENTS:
You must be a Junior or Senior at
Siuslaw or Mapleton High Schools
Must have a 3.0 grade point average
Seeking
dedicated young
women and men
To form the
2015
RHODODENDRON
COURT
The Rhododendron Court will compete
for the title of Queen Rhododendron and
King of the Coast and scholarships on
May 6th at the Florence Events Center
DON’T MISS OUT!!!!
Pick up your application at
--> www.fl orencechamber.com/
--> Siuslaw High School Main Offi ce
--> Mapelton High School Main Offi ce
--> or email request to cindywobbe@msn.com
projects, including free project
planning assistance and train-
ing, event flyers and pre-event
publicity, online volunteer reg-
istration, and cleanup project
supplies. Solve It also has a
limited number of grants of up
to $100 for reimbursement of
project expenses.
The Solve It program sup-
ports Oregonians who help take
care of our parks, waterways
and neighborhoods by picking
up trash, pulling invasive
weeds, planting trees and tak-
ing care of watersheds in other
ways.
Last year, Solve It helped
6,700 Oregonians volunteer at
more than 180 sites across
Oregon.
“The health and beauty of
Oregon depends on the volun-
teer leaders who step up and
commit to making a positive
difference in the environment
for Earth Day,” said Quintin
Bauer, Solve It statewide team
leader. “Solve It is ready to
help individuals, community
groups and government agen-
cies organize successful volun-
teer events in their community
to take care of the special natu-
ral areas, parks and neighbor-
hoods they love.”
Since 1990, Solve It volun-
teers have removed more than
15 million pounds of invasive
plants and litter from illegal
dumpsites, neighborhoods, and
natural areas.
Interested volunteer leaders
can visit www.solveoregon.org
to apply online, or call Solve It
at 503-844-9571.
WLCF grant deadline is Jan. 15
Western Lane Community
Foundation is reminding all
western Lane nonprofits that
the deadline for submitting a
grant application is Jan. 15.
The application can be found
on the WLCF website at wlc-
fonline.org.
Each year, WLCF awards
several grants to local non-
profit organizations for proj-
ects/programs in its target area
of western Lane County.
Grants are awarded in the
areas of education, medicine
and science, the arts, and social
and civic services.
In 2014, more than $77,000
was awarded to several of
these worthy causes. The annu-
al amount to be awarded is
determined by the performance
of the invested portfolio of dis-
cretionary funds during the
current year.
Submit 11 copies of the
application to Western Lane
Community Foundation, P.O.
Box 1589, (or hand delivered
at 1525 12th St., Suite 18)
Florence, OR 97439.
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Wildlife Encounters
Cougars and
and Bears;
Bears; Coyotes
Coyotes and
and
Cougars
Raccoons
Raccoons
must be received no later than
Jan. 15, 2015.
Applications
will
be
reviewed by the board of direc-
tors and each applicant will be
contacted by a board member
for an interview regarding the
request for funds.
Grants will be approved in
February and then awarded in
late March.
For more information, con-
tact WLCF at the address
above, call 541-997-1274 or
email wlcf@oregonfast.net.
Beachside
Writers
Eugene Author and speaker
Bob Welch
Strengthening
the Siuslaw River
Bridge and
Heceta Slide
Repairs
Rick Little
Oregon Department of
Transportation
Full Day
Kindergarten
Featuring Siuslaw Elementary
Principal
Mike Harkelrode
And 97J Superintendent
Ethel Angal
Featuring Wildlife
Wildlife Biologists
Biologists
Featuring
Doug Cottam
Cottam and
and Nick
Nick Leonetti
Leonetti
Doug
For more information visit our website
www.fl orencechamber.com or
Call 541-997-3128
Application
DEADLINE
JANUARY 1
5TH
2015
Oregon Department
Department of
of Fish
Fish and
and Wildlife.
Wildlife.
Oregon
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Edward Jones Investments
Holloway and Associates, CPAs
PeaceHealth Siuslaw Region
The Archives, Photo Restoration Specialists
Wednesday
January 7
from 4:00 to 7:00 pm
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With Host
Bob Sneddon