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Three Rivers Foundation distributes $100K in grants
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Siuslaw News
Four Florence-area organiza-
tions were among 23 grant
recipients at the fourth annual
Three Rivers Foundation grant
awards
luncheon
held
Thursday, Feb. 5, at Three
Rivers Casino and Hotel. The
foundation distributed more
than $100,000 in grants.
Siuslaw School District
received $1,352 to help support
the district’s Siuslaw Stream
Teams program that coordi-
nates watershed studies, includ-
ing educational materials and
more than 35 field trips for stu-
dents in third grade through
high
school.
District
Superintendent Ethel Angal
accepted the grant for the
school district from foundation
board member Teresa Spangler.
The grant to Florence
Habitat for Humanity was
$10,000 to purchase a project
trailer and construction tools to
help with home preservation
projects as part of Habitat’s
neighborhood revitalization
and home repair program. Kate
McBroom-Redwine, executive
director, Ken Gaylord, neigh-
borhood revitalization manag-
er, and Phyllis Steeves, board
member, accepted the funds
from foundation board member
Stephanie Watkins.
Florence Area Community
Coalition received funds to
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help defray costs of its annual
volunteer recognition dinner,
during which local nonprofits
thank volunteers for their serv-
ice. Coalition treasurer David
Wiegan accepted the $1,500
grant from foundation board
member Jay Bozievich.
With no decision
on zoning legislation,
city council schedules
work session
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Y OUTH THEATER PROGRAM
PREPS FOR S HARE Y OUR H EART
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Students in the CROW program recently began rehearsals for their new production, “Once Upon a Mattress,” premiering at the
Florence Events Center in April. They sing in ensembles, act in lead and supporting roles and dance in musical numbers. A group
of students also will perform during the nonprofit’s fundraising party next week.
One of the major issues on the
Florence City Council agenda on Feb. 2
was the upcoming end of the one-year
moratorium on medical marijuana dis-
pensaries in Florence.
The meeting, which included a public
hearing, addressed Ordinance No. 1,
Series 2015, “An ordinance to establish
locational, site design and operational
criteria related to medical marijuana
facilities.”
After much discussion, the council
moved to delay a decision pending a
work session, scheduled for Monday,
Feb. 9. The council now operates under a
deadline of only three more council
meetings before the moratorium ends
March 16.
Planning Director Wendy Farley pre-
pared an extensive proposal that detailed
zoning regulations as established by state
law and city ordinances.
According to the planning commis-
sion’s proposal, amendments to city land
use codes would allow medical marijua-
na facilities conditionally in the North
Commercial District.
This was the only area in Florence that
followed minimum distance provisions
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ext Friday, Feb. 13,
at 7 p.m. at the
Florence Events
Center, Children’s Repertory
of Oregon Workshops
(CROW) will present Share
Your Heart, a fundraising
party designed to help the
nonprofit group purchase
and renovate a permanent
performing arts facility for
local youth.
CROW will use the facility to house classes
in dance, theater, voice and other fine and per-
forming arts genres.
Director Melanie Heard has made her
rounds in Florence, presenting her vision of a
building to community members, businesses,
clubs and organizations. She and one of her
students also appeared this week on KCST
106.9 FM.
Ten-year-old Nyah previously performed in
front of the Elks Club and Kiwanis and sang
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“It’s a little bit of everything,” Nyah said.
“From the thrill of coming on stage the first
time on the first night to the very end, it’s just
awesome!”
Really, Heard emphasized, it is for the
youth. Seven students, ages 7 to 13, will sing
at Share Your Heart.
Other performances will include local vocal-
ists Marty Adams, Mary Beers, Michael
Jacobson, Sheena Moore, Erin Reinke, Jacob
Steinberger and Jason Wood.
Kayla, 9, one of the CROW students per-
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forming at Share Your Heart, said, “I’m
most excited because we’ll actually
have room and CROW kids will feel
like we actually have our own space.
And we don’t have to use it from any-
one else.”
“Well I’m excited ’cause there’s
going to be rooms and there’s going to
be more room for practicing. It’s not
going to be a building that we have to
borrow. It will be our own building so
we can do what we want with it and
have fun with it,” said Cecile, 10.
“I’m excited that we’re going to have
it all to our selves,” said Ramiro, 12. “We can
use it for many uses.”
One parent said, “I think the main part is
just a place to call home. Right now we
bounce around the schools. … That dedication
that we spend in time running around will be
spent on teaching and focusing on the arts of
the children.”
The building selected would provide space
for rehearsals, small performances, set con-
struction and artistry and costume and prop
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Chamber cancels
Business Expo
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Florence Area Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director Cal Applebee
announced that the 2015 Business Expo
scheduled for Feb. 12 at the Florence
Events Center has been canceled due to
lack of business participants.
According to Applebee, the annual
event, which started in 2009, needed at
least 20 businesses to make it viable.
This year, less than half that number
signed up. He said checks would be
mailed out to those businesses that had
already paid for space.
“The chamber board of directors is
evaluating how to adjust that event to
make it fill a need for our members,”
Applebee said.
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23 nonprofit organizations, including
4 in Florence, receive funds