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B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
M
axine Marringer was born
100 years ago today in
Dundee, Ore. The Florence
resident celebrates this special day
with her son Larry Marringer, close
family friends Jane and Gary
Georgeson and family members.
Larry, 67, has been a big support in
her life.
“He’s taken care of me and been
real good,” Maxine said.
Maxine and Larry moved to
Florence in 2005 after living together
in Gresham and Vernonia since 1981.
“I like it here. It’s nice and
warmer,” she said. “There’s so many
things to do. We eat out a lot.”
Her favorite restaurant is Kozy
Kitchen, which she called a local
hangout.
“They make a fuss for her there,”
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Maxine
Marringer
sits in
her home
while
displaying
a portrait
of herself
and the
birthday
letter she
received
from
President
Barack
Obama.
Florence resident
Maxine Marringer
turns 100 today
Larry said.
One of the reasons they like to eat
out is because Maxine cooked at vari-
ous cafes, restaurants and buildings
through her career in the restaurant
industry.
She once made lasagna for 1,000
people in Seattle at the Bell Building.
“She said they were sliding on
spaghetti sauce,” Larry said.
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Support
needed for
public pool
H EALTHY L IVING
Group meets tomorrow
to report progress
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PHOTO BY DAVID ROSS
Visitors stop by the Florence Events Center last weekend to view dozens of exhibits and seminars promoting a healthy lifestyle.
PHOTO BY CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
LET’S GET
HEALTHY
Hundreds turn out for 5th annual Community Health Fair
A
crowd of nearly
250 people visit-
ed 30 different
exhibitors Friday
afternoon as part
of the weekend’s Community
Health Fair festivities. This year
marked the fifth anniversary of the
event that culminated with the 5K
Fun Run/Walk on Sunday (see
today’s Sports section).
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Set at the Florence Events Center, health fair
exhibits covered everything from dental care and
hearing loss solutions to healthy retirement liv-
ing, prostate cancer, weight loss, pet health, men-
tal health, drug addiction, emergency prepared-
ness, massage, exercise, in-home and long-term
care, herbal remedies, organic foods and spiritual
health.
Attendees were treated to exercise demonstra-
tions by personal trainers from Coastal Fitness
and Bollywood dance exhibitions by Studio
Florence. The first 100 attendees enjoyed a deli-
cious heart-healthy, gluten-free, vegetarian lunch
provided by the Bridgewater Restaurant.
Also on Friday, about a dozen individuals
received their first aid/CPR/AED certification by
participating in the course courtesy of the
Western Lane Ambulance District’s Charley York
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and George Lydick.
On Saturday, attendees enjoyed a free vegetar-
ian lunch prepared by the Seventh-day Adventist
Church. Fifteen different presenters conducted
nearly 30 seminar sessions on topics ranging
from gluten-free diets to organic and GMO-free
foods; from running as a lifestyle to simple chair
exercises; and from dealing with infectious dis-
ease to prostate cancer, hearing loss, and dental
hygiene.
Throughout the three-day health fair, attendees
told organizers how thankful they were for the
diversity of informative exhibits and seminars,
and exhibitors and presenters said they were
delighted by the number of people they were
able to help.
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MAPLETON — There used to be a pub-
lic swimming pool in western Lane County
and there may be again if the board of
Siuslaw Wellness in Mapleton (SWIM),
formerly Siuslaw Regional Aquatic Center,
can muster enough community support and
funding to repair and reopen the six-lane
pool, located on the Mapleton School
District grounds.
SWIM will host an information and
recruitment meeting tomorrow, April 23, at
5:30 p.m. in the Siuslaw Public Library’s
Bromley Room to share the board’s
progress and goals, and to recruit board
members and others interested in helping
with the project. The meeting is open to the
public.
The amount of money needed to repair
the pool, retrofit the pool building for ener-
gy efficiency and upgrade the pool’s
hydrological systems is estimated to be
$600,000, with 90 percent to be raised
through matching grants, according to act-
ing board president Lauren Hesse. She said
SWIM has raised approximately $10,000
through fundraisers and gifts.
The pool facility, which closed in 2009
because of cracks and leaking, is currently
maintained by the Mapleton School
District. Budget tightening has prevented
the school district from repairing and
reopening the pool.
SWIM is working to finalize an agree-
ment with the district to take over respon-
sibility for the pool facilities.
Hesse envisions the pool, once repaired
and upgraded, to become a regional desti-
nation. In addition to school students, she
sees the current focus on wellness as a
means of attracting families and the elder-
ly to the pool. Wellness may also become
an avenue for revenue.
“There is a strong push for wellness
going on in our country right now,” Hesse
said. “I have made calls to two insurance
companies. They offer wellness grants that
will help fund operating expenses. But, we
need water in the pool.
“We also have verbal agreements from
major corporate health networks in the area
that once the pool is open, there will be a
contribution because it is in their best inter-
est to keep people healthy.”
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