SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
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STEM night comes to Siuslaw Middle School
Science, technology, engineering and math are focus of tomorrow evening’s event open to community
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Middle School gymnasium.
Students, parents, grandparents
and friends are all invited.
“The Oregon Coast STEM
Hub, located at the Hatfield
Marine Science Center in
Newport, will bring a trailer
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Science, Technology, Engi-
neering and Math (STEM) will
be the focus tomorrow from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m at the Siuslaw
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full of hands-on science and
engineering activities for the
community to engage in.
Whether it is engineering a sail-
boat to try and get it to go as far
as possible, or examples of
alternative
energy,”
said
Siuslaw School District STEM
coordinator and seventh-grade
science teacher Andy Marohl.
This is the first year the dis-
trict has been involved in
STEM, and Marohl is hoping to
see the program expand to
grades three through 12.
STEM night is not just
another science fair, according
to Marohl.
“Rather than coming to
admire students’ work,” he
said, “STEM is about families
coming together and experienc-
ing what students may have the
opportunity to do in the class-
room. It is designed to help cre-
ate excitement and enthusiasm
for STEM-based programs.”
In addition to STEM night,
two current STEM projects
have Marohl’s seventh-grade
science classes busy, thanks to
grants from Western Lane
Community Foundation.
Marohl’s class has been
working on completing a
Marine Advanced Technology
Education Remotely Operated
Vehicles (MATE ROV) pro-
gram in time to participate in an
underwater robotics competi-
tion this Saturday in North
Bend.
“It is essentially an underwa-
ter robotic program,” Marohl
explained. “My students have
been working hard all this quar-
ter, learning how to solder.
They soldered circuit boards
together, which run switches
that control three motors
mounted on robots made out of
PVC pipe.
“They are working at accom-
plishing missions underwater.
For example, the theme for the
competition is Science and
Industry in the Arctic. We sim-
ulate an ice sheet and the robot
has to go out and scrape biolog-
ical samples from beneath the
ice sheet that are simulated by
ping-pong balls. The robots
have to go underwater, retrieve
the ping-pong balls from under
simulated ice.”
Marohl hopes to take eight
students to the competition.
Another science project is
Lego Robotics. Students use
kits to engineer their own
robots that they program with a
computer. The robots are
designed to run autonomously
to accomplish specific missions
on a grid layout.
One of the Western Lane
Community Foundation grants
was also used to purchase a 13-
workstation computer lab with
a projector, printer and docu-
ment camera.
With the STEM program and
continued support from the
foundation, Marohl sees a
bright future for Siuslaw stu-
dents.
“Siuslaw STEM seeks to pro-
vide a challenging learning envi-
ronment, which maximizes indi-
vidual potential and ensures stu-
dents are well equipped to meet
the challenges in the 21st centu-
ry,” Marohl said. “We believe in
increasing student engagement
through STEM activities and
programs to gain deeper under-
standing and raise achievement
levels on state assessments and
to prepare kids for a competitive
world market.”
Peace Harbor hosts benefit concert April 24
A free benefit concert to
raise funds for the PeaceHealth
Peace Harbor Medical Center
Emergency
Department,
“Leave A Legacy: Save a Life”
campaign, will be held at the
Florence Events Center on
Friday, April 24, at 7 p.m.
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When she retired, she was
the executive chef at the
Federal Reserve building in
Portland.
Maxine grew up in Kelso,
Wash., and lived with her
grandparents at Washington
Hotel. They had an old Model-
T Ford. She graduated high
school in 1934 with honors.
Her grandfather was good
Fair
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In preparation for the event,
Florence Mayor Joe Henry
proclaimed April 17 through
19 as “Let’s Get Healthier,
Florence, Weekend” at the
April 6 city council meeting.
“We were thrilled,” said
Community Health Fair head
organizer Linda Lydick. “To
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A suggested tax-deductible
donation is $25.
Tickets will be available at
the door and performers will
include:
Larry Pattis, an accom-
plished guitarist who was
named one of the top acoustic
artists of the decade by the
International Acoustic Music
Awards; C. Daniel Boling, an
award-winning singer-song-
writer; Mike and Carleen
McCornack,
who
have
impressed audiences for more
than 40 years with their harmo-
nious vocals and acoustic
instrumental accompaniments;
and the New Folksters, a group
of folk singers (Hal Weiner,
Beverly Schriver, Keith Barr
and Ken Luse) from Eugene
who combine strong harmony
with instrumentals.
youth and families,” she said,
“the pool at Coastal Fitness is
wonderful, but nobody wants
to see 75 kids swimming
around that pool. And there is
no room for families to sit and
watch their kids. The Mapleton
pool has bleacher areas around
the sides.”
During tomorrow’s meeting,
the SWIM board will offer
details on what the proposed
repairs and upgrades will cost,
as well as estimates on how
long it will take to apply for
and receive grant funds.
Board member Zach Ruhl
said, “The SWIM board feels
that even if we got started
tomorrow, we have probably a
three-year cycle, maybe longer
to apply for and receive
grants.”
For more information, call
Lauren Hesse at 541-268-6943
or email her at stang-hesse@
msn.com.
with numbers and taught her
how to keep the books at the
hotel.
“I grew up in a man’s
world,” she said. “I had a good
foundation in math and I
enjoyed it because I thought a
lot of him.”
Her grandmother taught her
how to sew. Over her life, she
cooked at at a soup kitchen in
Gresham and was proud of her
excellent penmanship.
“I spent 25 years on the PTA.
Larry always said he got his
best grades the year I was presi-
dent of the PTA,” she said.
Of her three sons, only
Larry survives. She has 10
grandchildren in New York,
Las Vegas and Portland.
While Maxine said her
health is “pretty good,” she
doesn’t know how many more
birthdays she wants to reach.
She said, “You get old, you
don’t have any more friends.
But I wouldn’t want to leave
Larry, so I guess I have to
stick around.”
The Marringers are a tight-
knit family that worked in
businesses together and stayed
close through family illnesses.
“One thing I hate right now
is I’m losing my memory. I
think that some things you
remember because you keep
repeating and telling them. I
can still remember some of my
teachers — the good ones,”
she said.
have Mayor Henry recognize
our event and encourage
everyone’s attendance and par-
ticipation means so much to
our committee. It added an
extra degree of significance to
the hard work of our volun-
teers, to all our exhibitors and
seminar leaders and to the par-
ticipants in the 5K.”
The annual Community
Health Fair is presented as a
community service by the
Florence Seventh-day
Adventist Church and is
underwritten in part by a gen-
erous contribution from the
Korando Dental Group.
“We appreciate how this
event brings together various
ideas and different people to
improve the overall health of
our community,” said Dr.
Charles Korando. “People
need to know what all is avail-
able in our community so they
are empowered to make
informed decisions to make
their life better and healthier.”
He added, “Linda Lydick
and her team from the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
do a great job of bringing all
these people together to show
what products and services are
available in this area to help
remedy, and even reverse,
many preventable diseases.
Their message is one of better
living for a fulfilling life of
health and hope now, and for
the future. We believe in what
they’re doing and are honored
to support it.”
Organizers wish to thank
the exhibitors, seminar presen-
ters, sponsors and attendees
who made the event a success.
“This was a tremendous
three days,” Lydick said. “It
was truly a community effort,
thanks to coverage by Siuslaw
News and KCST/KCFM, and
help from the Bridgewater
Restaurant, Nature’s Corner
Restaurant, Fresh Harvest
Bakery, Coastal Fitness,
Korando Dental Group,
Florence Events Center staff
and volunteers, Siuslaw Valley
Fire Department and the
Western Lane Ambulance
District.”
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