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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2015
Grants
from 1A
Florence Senior Center
will install a new walk-in
refrigerator with the funds
from the foundation, totalling
$5,200. This will allow the
center to meet code require-
ments for the separation of
refrigerated meats and veg-
etables. Ron Borge accepted
the grant from Bozievich.
Three Rivers Foundation
was established in October
2011 to serve as the charita-
ble giving arm of the
Confederated Tribes of Coos,
Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Indians and the Three Rivers
Casino and Hotel.
“We are pleased to offer a
new funding opportunity for
nonprofit organizations that
meet our criteria for support
for their important work,”
said Mark Ingersoll, chair-
man of the Three Rivers
Foundation board.
CROW
from 1A
Board member and costume
designer Polly Fleming has
two children involved with the
show.
“It’s something that parents
and their kids work on togeth-
er,” she said.
Fleming first met Heard
when Fleming’s son found out
about “Honk!,” produced in
2010 through the Last Resort
Players and directed by Heard.
Fleming said, “My son hung
on to that idea, saying, ‘I’m
going to try out for this play.’
It was the first time I’d ever
seen him latch onto an idea
like that. This was his thing. It
was big for him for a few
years, and now for his sister,
too. He’s working backstage
this year. There are a lot of
different aspects to CROW.”
Through CROW, Fleming
was able to volunteer her
sewing skills.
“I’ve learned a ton about
sewing. I knew how to run a
machine, but I taught myself
10 times more than I knew 10
years ago,” she said.
Haylee, 9, wore one of
Fleming’s creations in 2013.
“In ‘The Music Man’ I had
this flowery dress and I really
liked it. It was all sorts of col-
ors,” she said.
Fleming sees the impact of
CROW not only through being
a board member, but also
through her children.
“Now my son feels like he’s
got a family. My daughter was
having a tough week with her
friends in her grade last week,
and she came home kind of
down, and at one point she
said, ‘At least I’ve got my
CROW family.’ It is a safe
place,” Fleming said.
Paula, 13, who is one of the
stars of their upcoming show,
said, “I’d say my favorite part
about being in CROW is the
point that we all are together
–– all of the cast — and we’re
kind of like a family. And I
love how we all have to work
together to bring a show
together.”
PHOTOS BY JACK DAVIS/SIUSLAW NEWS
Local grant recipients included (from left): David Wiegan, treasurer of the Florence Area Community Coalition, receives $1,500 from Three Rivers
Foundation board member Jay Bozievich; Siuslaw School District Superintendent Ethel Angal thanks foundation board member Teresa Spangler for
$1,352 awarded to the district; and Ron Borge accepts $5,200 on behalf of the Florence
Senior Center from Bozievich.
Paula’s mother said, “Paula
is that miracle kid that CROW
created. The first time my
daughter auditioned, she went
out there and ran right out.
They comforted her and gave
her another chance and said,
this is who we are, we want to
welcome you and love you.
The love was so huge and the
love was so big. … This year
came around and she is the
leading role. Everybody
pitched in for that. In other
places, if your kid fails the
first time, they say to take her
somewhere else. And they did-
n’t say that. That’s something
we’re very grateful for.”
Paula said, “I’m most excit-
ed about all the singing and
dancing I’m doing in the play,
because I just love them. I
love that I can be myself dur-
ing the play.”
Roxi, 7, loves coming to
practice.
“I’m in the ensemble,” she
said. Her favorite part of
CROW is that they make
rehearsals fun.
“The best part I like is the
singing and acting,” said
Cecile. “I also like dancing. I
like it ’cause I just love to act
and I love to have an audience
and a crowd and I like per-
forming. I’ve had a funny
character before, but with this
one, I’ll get to be silly.”
Letting the students be silly
is in addition to encouraging
hard work among the perform-
ers and those helping back-
stage.
During practice, students
get affirmation for their
strengths and support for their
weaknesses.
Jason Wood, CROW vocal
director, said, “When it gets to
the parts where there are prob-
lems, I’ll make sure they
aren’t problems.”
He and the other CROW
leaders work through issues
with the students, whether it is
keeping perfect time with a
difficult score, learning to
dance and sing at the same
time, managing conflicting
schedules and finding places
to rehearse, build and perform.
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Heard said, “We can’t work
magic.”
Parents agreed that one
building would help CROW in
the long run.
“There’s that place where
we could all go to, versus run-
ning around trying to find our
spot. We shouldn’t have to do
that with that nucleus already
in place. The cell is created.
We just have to put that cell
somewhere,” said Paula’s
mother.
CROW already selected a
potential building. A budget of
$280,000 has been set as the
minimum amount needed for
the project to succeed.
Heard and other members
hope to raise $75,000 in dona-
tions from the community and
will then apply for matching
grants from local and national
foundations.
Besides Share Your Heart,
CROW students are also sell-
ing candy.
“It’s really cool to see peo-
ple that don’t have any kids
(in the program) come and see
shows and donate,” said
Fleming.
“People other than parents
were going out and buying
tickets without knowing any-
body in the cast. Because it’s a
good show. I think that
Melanie’s really stepped it
up.”
Paula’s mother added,
“There’s something that
they’re teaching that works
with how the children develop.
What they’re doing is right,”
she said.
Share Your Heart begins at
7 p.m. on Feb. 13.
Reservations are required
for this event. Single tickets
are $39 for adults and $25 for
youth 12 and under. A full
table of eight also can be pur-
chased for $285.
Tickets include wine for
those over 21 and hot hors
d’oeuvres
There will be an auction on
baskets, prizes and desserts as
well as a “Raise Your Paddle”
donation opportunity.
For tickets, call the
Florence Events Center at
541-997-1994, or visit
www.eventcenter.org.
For more information about
CROW, visit crowkids.com or
contact Melanie Heard at 541-
999-8641.
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