SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015
Rev. Dubose to speak at City Club
Georgia Caldwell Dubose
will be the speaker for the City
Club of Florence on Friday,
April 17, at 12 p.m., at the
Clubhouse of Ocean Dunes
Golf Links.
Rev. Dubose is a former
journalist and an Episcopal
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Local arts get a boost
priest who worked at the
National
Cathedral
in
Washington, D.C.
She is now the vicar at St.
Andrew’s Episcopal Church in
Florence.
Rev. Dubose will speak on
her career in journalism.
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Bettie Egerton, FRAA vice-president and grant writer, recently received a check for $2,500 from Western Lane
Community Foundation. Eggerton (far right) presents the check to FRAA board members (from left): Claudia
Brown, Ellen Traylor, Meg Spencer, Karen Nichols, Claudia Ignatieff, Ron Hildenbrand, Tracy Webster, Lisa
Walter-Sedlacek, Bev Hildenbrand and Harlen Springer. The Public Art Steering Committee is working with the
Florence City Council to form a permanent Public Art Committee to place public art in several locations around
Florence, including the western end of the Port of Siuslaw property. This grant, in combination with the donation
from Bob Forsythe, will provide the funding for this piece with a nautical theme, along with a recognition plaque.
Members of two coastal clubs win Area 34 contests
Members of the Siuslaw
Tale Spinners Toastmasters
club from Florence, and the
Yaquina Toastmasters club
from Newport, competed in the
Area 34 Evaluation Speech and
International Speech contests
last Saturday.
Laurie Weitkamp and Rob
Thomas from the Yaquina
Toastmasters won first and sec-
ond place, respectively, in the
International Speech Contest.
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From left: Rob Thomas, Yaquina Club; Laurie Weitkamp, Yaquina Club; Geff Wilson,
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Weitkamp and Thomas, who
each presented original 5- to 7-
minute speeches, are eligible to
move up to the Division B con-
tests, which will be held in the
Lebanon Library on April 18.
Jim Perry and Geff Wilson
of the Siuslaw Tale Spinners
won first and second place,
respectively, in the Evaluation
Contest. They are also
eligible to compete against
Toastmasters
from
the
Willamette Area clubs.
Siuslaw Tale Spinners meet
twice a month on the second
and fourth Wednesdays from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the
Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue
Station on Highway 101.
For more information, con-
tact president Anne Machalek
at 541-902-8008.
April 18, 10:00 a.m.
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Plant early-fl owering shrubs such as red fl owering currant and huckleberry for
mason bees
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