SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
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Win a gourmet dinner Roby’s employees volunteer service at SOS
for 10 at Senior Center
The Florence Senior Center
once again is offering the
chance to win a gourmet prime
rib dinner for 10.
Tickets are now available
for the annual fundraiser for
$10 each.
“Only 300 tickets will be
printed, so your chances of
winning are really good,” said
senior center board President
Beth Johnston.
The raffle is open to the
community and all ages are
encouraged to participate.
Since this is a fundraiser, there
are no restrictions on who can
buy tickets or who can attend
the winning meal.
Tickets are available at the
senior center, 1570 Kingwood
St. The senior center is open
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. week-
days. Reserve tickets by call-
ing 541-997-8844.
Chef Larry Osgood will pre-
pare the five-course feast for
the winner and nine of his or
her friends. The winner of the
raffle will be drawn on St.
Patrick’s Day.
Proceeds from the fundrais-
er will benefit the activities
and operations of the Florence
Senior Center.
The Senior Center offers
daily meals and a variety of
classes and activities for area
seniors 60 or older.
For more information, visit
www.florenceseniorcenter.org.
On Jan. 28, Roby’s Furniture
was closed and the whole staff
spent the day doing volunteer
work at Siuslaw Outreach
Services.
One crew raked leaves, fer-
tilized plants, trimmed shrubs
and spread barkdust. A second
crew painted the entire SOS
conference room.
“This was a tremendous
donation of service for us, and
our building looks great,” said
Executive Director David
Wiegan. “We have said this
many, many times. Florence is
an amazing community with a
big heart.”
Roby’s manager, Dustin
Herring, arranged for the day
of volunteerism and stated that
all of the Roby’s stores were
participating in their respective
communities.
Roby's crews included
Dustin Herring, Ryder Herring,
Nolan Herring, John Alsop,
James Tennison, Tom Hagle,
COURTESY PHOTO
Vanessa Blankenship, Tina
Ruggles and Kevin McClellan. Roby’s volunteers help clear landscape around the Siuslaw Outreach Services building.
Show your love of books at library book sale
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In the spirit of upcoming
Valentine’s Day, the communi-
ty is invited to show its love for
the Siuslaw Public Library
with the big February Book
Sale, Saturday and Sunday,
Feb. 7 and 8.
The sale will be from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. both days, in the
Bromley Room at the main
branch of the library, 1460
Ninth St.
As a sweet treat for Friends
of the Library, a special VIP
preview sale will be open from
8:30 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, for
Friends members only.
Coffee, juice and a continen-
tal breakfast will be provided,
along with door prizes and first
dibs on thousands of books.
This preview event is a small
thank you to the Friends for
their support of the library all
year long. Friends of the
Library memberships start at
$10 per calendar year and will
be available at the door, or may
be purchased in advance at the
library.
This two-day book sale is a
great opportunity to stock-up
on winter reading material at
bargain prices.
“We have thousands of hard-
cover books selling for only a
dollar, pocket paperbacks are
only 50 cents,” said Sherry
Curran, president of Friends of
the Library. “The book sale is
the perfect time for readers to
fill their bookshelves without
spending a lot of money.”
The popular $2-per-bag sale
will run for the last hour of the
sale on Sunday, from 3 to 4
p.m. Credit and debit cards are
accepted, along with cash and
checks. All proceeds go to sup-
port the Siuslaw Library and its
programs.
Friends volunteers have
been hard at work sorting fic-
tion and nonfiction books,
along with magazines, DVDs,
CDs, and even VHS tapes for
the big sale. All types of fiction
will be for sale, grouped alpha-
betically by author’s last name,
along with a huge variety of
nonfiction including biogra-
phy, history, cookbooks, sports,
nature, spirituality and travel.
Reusable canvas book bags,
featuring whimsical book art
by a local artist, also can be
purchased at the sale and filled
with books.
New books are put out
throughout the sale; shop early
and shop often.
The book sales provide ter-
rific value for book lovers,
while also providing tremen-
dous service to local libraries.
“The Friends of the Library
are amazing,” said Meg
Spencer, Library Director. “We
could not offer all of the pro-
grams that we do without the
Friends’ help. Plus, they are our
biggest fans — they act as
ambassadors for the library
throughout the community.”
Book sales are one of the
Friends’ primary fundraisers.
By purchasing books, shop-
pers help to support the
libraries in both Mapleton and
Florence.
Anyone having books to be
donated for this or future sales
may bring them to the library at
any time.
For more information, email
SiuslawLibraryFriends@gmail
.com or call 541-997-3132.
Judy Roth to be guest speaker at
Friendship Club meeting Feb. 12
Judy Roth of the Florence
Humane Society will be the
guest speaker at the February
meeting of the Friendship
Club.The meeting will be
Thursday, Feb. 12, at Three
Rivers Casino at 10:45 a.m.
Reservations are required.
On March 18, the club will
hold its postponed fundraising
luau. Tickets are $15 and all
proceeds benefit Florence
charities.
For more information, call
Pam Thompson at 541-999-
4883.
The Friendship Club meets
on the second Thursday of the
month, September through
June, at the casino.
In addition to luncheons, the
club sponsors card games:
pinochle on Thursday and hand
and foot on the second and
fourth Friday of the month.
Annual dues are $15.
Formore information, con-
tact membership chairwoman
Betty Fieldson at 541-997-
2842.
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