SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015
New WLCF scholarship
deadline is April 15
A new Roger and Sherrie
McCorkle $500 scholarship
has been added to the list
of Western Lane Community
Foundation
scholarships,
totalling $31,000, that will be
awarded this spring.
The scholarship program is
available to both Mapleton
and Siuslaw high schools
and the applications are
available at each school’s
counseling office.
Scholarships are available
for traditional four-year
colleges, community coll-
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Reaching the summit
eges and approved trade
schools.
The deadline for submit-
ting all 2015 scholarship
applications is April 15.
Completed and signed
applications with all docu-
mentation must be received
at the Florence WLCF office
at 1525 12th St., Suite 18, or
mailed to P.O. Box 1589,
Florence, OR, 97439 by
close of business April 15.
The list of scholarships
may be viewed at the WLCF
website at wlcfonline.com.
PHOTOS BY JENNA BARTLETT/SIUSLAW NEWS
Mayor Joe Henry, city staff and area representatives
met at Florence Events Center Thursday in the first
Economic Development Summit. One of the 2015
goals for the Florence City Council is to encourage
economic development and vitality. The meeting was
held to create a successful strategy and to engage
community effort in making Florence a more eco-
nomically viable place. The 37 attendees compared
Florence livability factors with other Oregon cities
and answered questions in an open session. The
Florence City Council will meet in a work session on
May 6 to follow up.
Hosts needed for exchange students, chaperones
The 4-H International
Programs are seeking host
families for two programs now
open for applications.
Applicants do not need to
have previous or current 4-H
involvement.
The
summer
program
involves hosting a Japanese
student, ages 12 to16, for four
weeks, July 26 through Aug.
22.
improve their English.
The Year-long program
focuses on life skill develop-
ment,
including
com-
munication, tolerance, respect
for others and engaged citizen-
ship.
Families hosting an interna-
tional student do not have to
have children at all, or can
have children that are of any
age.
This is because the expecta-
tion is that the delegate will be
actively involved in school,
extracurricular activities and
sports, as well as area service
projects.
The 4-H provides a network
of support for families, includ-
ing a local Lane County
Coordinator and state coordi-
nator.
International students are
highly selected, have strong
English language skills and
The 4-H International
also
seeks
hosts
for
the Japanese chaperones.
Such host families do not
need to have children in the
home.
The Year-long program
involves hosting a student
from Japan, South Korea or
a nation in Eurasia. Host
families can be without chil-
dren or with children of
different ages than the dele-
gates.
Summer program youth
delegates are matched by
age and interest with famil-
ies applying to host them.
American families must
have a child within two
years of the hosted youth’s age
and of the same gender.
No specific activities need
to be planned; these youth
want to experience American
culture, make new friends and
have very high standards to
qualify.
Consider how much you
and your family will gain
from opening your home
and your lives to the interna-
tional community in this
way.
All applicants will complete
either online or paper applica-
tions which include a
background check among
other information.
Contact
Lane
County
Coordinator Lauren Hesse
by email at stang-hesse@msn.
com or call 541-268-6943.
You can also call the
Oregon 4-H International
Program Office at 541-737-
1303.
Read more about the pro-
grams at www.oregon.4h.ore-
gonstate.edu/4h-world-citi-
zenship-project-international-
exchange-programs.
‘People’s Rights’ presentation April 2
Community Environmental
Legal
Defense
Fund
(CELDF) Northwest organiz-
er, Kai Hushke, will present
“People’s
Rights
over
Corporate Harm: Changing
the Oregon Constitution
to Secure Our Right to
Decide” on Thursday, April 2,
Stephanie
Matt
Cameran
at 6:30 p.m. in the Bromley
Room at the Siuslaw Public
Library.
Learn about the recently
filed proposed Oregon consti-
tutional amendment and
how to be a part of making
the right to decide your
community’s legal future.
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A short petition sig-
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follow.
The presentation is spon-
sored by Community Rights
Lane County and is free to the
public.
Donations will be accept-
ed.
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