SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015
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I N BRIEF
The
Oregon
Oldtime
Fiddlers, District 5, will be
playing music from 1 to 3 p.m.
on Saturday, Jan. 17, at the
Winchester Bay Community
Center. There will be an
acoustic circle jam from 3 to 4
p.m.
The public is invited.
For more information, call
541-759-3419.
Woahink Lake Assn.
winter social today
The
Woahink
Lake
Association will hold its win-
ter social today, Jan. 17, at the
West Woahink Meeting Hall,
at 2 p.m.
The mission of the Woahink
Lake Association is to pro-
mote the understanding, pro-
tection and thoughtful man-
agement of Woahink Lake and
its watershed and ecosystem.
Membership is open to
those who reside or are prop-
erty owners within the
Woahink Lake watershed.
Prospective new members
are welcome to attend.
Applications for new mem-
bers and membership renewals
will be available at the meet-
ing.
Ada Grange to host
bingo night tonight
Ada Grange is having a
bingo fundraiser. The public is
invited to come for dinner and
play bingo tonight, Jan 17.
The kitchen opens at 5 p.m.
and will be serving tacos along
with its regular menu.
Bingo starts at 6 p.m.
Proceeds
benefit
the
Siuslaw High School bowling
teams.
The grange is 10 miles out
Canary Road.
For more information, call
541-997-2380.
The public is invited.
The meeting will be held at
the Presbyterian Church of the
Siuslaw, 3996 Highway 101 in
Florence.
College Florence Center at
541-997-8444 to register.
Diabetes Support
Group meets Tuesday
LCC closed for MLK
Day Monday
The Siuslaw Diabetes/Pre-
diabetes Support Group will
meet Tuesday, Jan 20, at 2
p.m., in the conference room
at the Siuslaw Public Library.
The group meets the third
Tuesday of each month for
education and sharing.
For more information, call
541-902-6059.
West Lane Translator, Inc.,
a a not-for-profit organization
providing free television and
radio re-transmission to the
Florence area, and a new non-
commercial radio station
KXCR, will hold a board
meeting Wednesday, Jan. 21,
beginning at 6:30 p.m., in the
Bromley Room at the Siuslaw
Public Library.
The public is invited to
attend.
Library board meets
Jan. 21
Port of Siuslaw
meets Jan. 21
The Siuslaw Public Library
District Board of Directors
will meet Wednesday, Jan. 21,
at 1:30 p.m., in the Bromley
Room of the Siuslaw Public
Library, 1460 Ninth Street, for
a regular meeting of the
Siuslaw
Public
Library
District board of directors.
A complete agenda is avail-
able online at www.siuslaw
library.org.
The Port of Siuslaw Board
of Commissioners will hold its
regular
meeting
on
Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m.,
at the port office, 100 Harbor
Street.
Port meetings are open to
the public.
For more information con-
tact the port office at 541-997-
3426.
Lane Community College
will be closed for the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday on
Monday, Jan. 19.
Classes will not be held and
services will not be available,
unless otherwise announced
by a department or program.
The college will host its
annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Community Celebration at
6:30 p.m. in the Center for
Meeting
and
Learning,
Building 19, LCC main cam-
pus, 4000 E. 30th Avenue in
Eugene.
Event and ticket informa-
tion are available online.
Rhody Society meets
Tuesday
The Siuslaw Chapter of the
American
Rhododendron
Society will meet Tuesday,
Jan. 20, for refreshments at
6.30 p.m.
At 7 pm, Steve Hootman
from
the
Rhododendron
Species Botanical Garden will
talk about “The 2012
Expedition
to
Sichuan,
Guizhou
and
Guangxi,
China.”
He will show images of the
landscapes and plants, includ-
ing
never-before-seen
Rhododendron species.
AARP Driver Safety
class offered Jan. 21
AARP
Driver
Safety
Program will be offered on
Wednesday, Jan. 21.
Class will be held from 10
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at
Shorewood
Retirement
Apartments, 15th and Spruce
streets.
Cost for AARP members is
$15; nonmembers is $20.
Call Lane Community
West Lane Translator
Board meets Jan. 21
Luncheon to benefit
Mapleton Food Share
An annual luncheon and
game
party
benefitting
Mapleton Food Share will take
place Jan. 26, beginning at
11:30 a.m., at the Florence
Elks Lodge.
There will be door prizes, a
raffle and table games.
Admission to the event will
be $12, with lunch provided
by the Elks Lodge’s chefs
promptly at noon.
Any non-perishable food
items will be accepted at that
time for Mapleton Food Share.
All proceeds will go to
Mapleton Food Share.
For more information or to
register, contact Jan Naylor at
541-997-9396.
www.shoppelocal.biz
Community Chorus
begins Jan. 26
Anyone who likes to sing
should consider joining the
Community
Chorus
of
Florence Oregon.
Registration for the spring
session is 7 p.m. on Monday,
Jan. 26, at Cross Road Church
on 10th and Maple streets.
The registration fee is $60
with financial aide available
for those who qualify.
Rehearsals are every Monday
from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Cross
Road Church.
For more information, visit
w w w. c o m m u n i t y c h o r u s
florenceor.org, or call 541-
902-8567.
Women in Transition
registration to begin
Free orientations preview-
ing the Women in Transition
program at Lane Community
College will be held Tuesday,
Jan. 27, from 1:30 to 4 p.m.,
and again Wednesday, Feb. 4,
from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in
the Women’s Center, Building
1, Room 202, main campus in
Eugene, 4000 E. 30th Avenue.
Interested participants are
invited to come learn about the
courses which empower
women to become economi-
cally and emotionally self-suf-
ficient through access to edu-
cation and training.
For more information, or to
register for one of the orienta-
tions, call the Lane Women’s
Center at 541-463-5353.
Humane Society
hosts event Jan. 31
A reception to benefit the
Florence
Area
Humane
Society is on Saturday, Jan.
31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
the Florence Events Center.
Donations of dog or cat
food accepted.
LCC seeks volunteers
for ESL program
The English as a Second
Language (ESL) program at
Lane Community College
Florence Center is in need of
volunteers.
On Monday evenings from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m., ESL needs
one volunteer to help a student
study for the citizenship test.
Thursday mornings, 10 a.m.
to noon, a volunteer is needed
to help mid-level ESL stu-
dents with English conversa-
tion.
For more information, call
the LCC Florence Center at
541-997-8444, ext. 4835.
Poetry Group meets
Wednesdays
Florence Poetry Group
meets every Wednesday from
3 to 5 p.m., in the activity
room
at
Shorewood
Retirement Center, 15th and
Spruce streets.
All are welcome.
Art/ Drafting Cabinet
L: 73 inches • W: 48 3/4 inches
H: 39 1/2 inches • Deep: 42 inches
GREAT FOR ARTISTS!
Asking $250.00
541-268-1029
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Fiddlers play today
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