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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2015
Volunteer
from 1A
Wobbe dedicated her speech
to her parents, David and Helen
Brent, who instilled hard work
and care for others in her from
an early age. Wobbe especially
honored her father, who died in
1999.
She mentioned her favorite
quote, “Neglect not the gift that
is in thee,” and said, “It was
planted in my heart by a father
who believed in giving of him-
self and his resources in what-
ever way he could.”
Through her resources,
Wobbe provides meals to
Habitat for Humanity crews,
encourages girls’ education in
developing countries, runs the
Grocery Outlet Pounding and
helps the community in many
other small, often invisible,
ways.
She said, “I’ve come to
believe that some of the most
meaningful gifts given are the
ones done anonymously, and
that extraordinary things are
accomplished when no one
cares who gets the credit.”
She thanked area volunteers,
praising their dedication, hard-
work, creativity, energy and
intellect, for the causes they
have championed in the last
year.
“When (those go) back into
PHOTOS BY CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
Florence First Citizen Cindy Wobbe speaks about the
inspiration that led her to her active community service
career. Above right, Suzanne Mann-Heintz introduces
scholarship recipient Tucker Ford, 18, a senior at
Mapleton High School.
your community for the benefit
of others, it will change your
corner of the world. It will also
change you,” she said.
According to FACC, there
are 3,508 volunteers in the
Florence area who donated a
total of 149,609 hours of work
last year.
“We all have a set of tools in
our toolbox,” Wobbe said, “a
resume of strengths and assets
that we can offer to worthy
organizations and causes. This
room is full of people who do
just that.”
One of those people, Tucker
Ford, 18, received the 2015
FACC Scholarship for $500.
Ford, a senior at Mapleton
High School with plans to
attend Oregon State University,
said, “As an aspiring professor
and coach, I would like to con-
tribute to the growth and devel-
opment of the young adults that
I will teach and coach in the
future.”
He plans to get a Bachelor of
Arts degree with a double
major in social studies and gen-
eral education.
“I really want to thank the
FACC again for helping me
follow my dreams. I hope that
one day, you will see that your
investment in my education
benefited not only me, but
every community I’m involved
in, whether it’s locally or
nationally,” Ford said.
“He’s an extraordinary
young man. We are delighted
that he is the recipient,” said
FACC board member Suzanne
Mann-Heintz. “It’s so sweet for
us to be able to honor a student
and to honor the future.”
Earnshaw praised the organ-
izations and volunteers who
attended, noting that the
amount of hours that some
volunteers donate amounts to
a full-time job.
“These agencies and fellow-
ships you see here are always
welcoming newcomers to
widen the diversity and broad-
en the scope of ideas and
plans. Find a need and go
there,” she added.
Wobbe said, “I honor each
of you who share so selflessly
and tirelessly in so many
ways.
“Take a fresh and fearless
look at the gifts that are within
you. Say yes to new opportu-
nities to use them in the serv-
ice of others. Choose a
grasshopper and be a mentor.
Speak gratitude with both your
hands and your heart.”
The event was sponsored by
Three Rivers Foundation.
Homegrown provided hors
d’eouvres
and
FACC
Treasurer David Wiegan pro-
vided musical accompani-
ment.
Western Lane Ambulance
takes on fitness challenge
This past winter, 16 Western
Lane Ambulance District
(WLAD) employees and sev-
eral family members took on
the
Firefighter
Fitness
Challenge of Lane County —
and the results were astound-
ing.
Tom Wiens, owner of Max
Muscle Sports Nutrition in
Eugene, launched the fitness
challenge as a way of giving
back to the community as well
as helping the men and women
in uniform.
The goal of the challenge
was not only to lose weight,
but also to gain muscle in
order to create overall fitness
in individuals and Fitness
Challenge Teams.
A total of 149 challengers
from various Lane County fire
departments and ambulance
districts completed the chal-
lenge, losing a combined
1,541 pounds, with an average
of 10.3 pounds per individual.
Five WLAD personnel
formed Team Flab-u-less 5:
Aaron
Stefanik,
Darrek
Mullins, Dave Haberman,
Zach Werner and Mandy
Werner. They earned first
place in the overall team cate-
gory.
In the individual fitness cat-
egories for Top 3 Males,
Haberman was a distinguished
winner in that group. In the
Top 3 Female category, honors
went to Danielle Hanson.
“I lost 23 pounds of fat,
gained 10 pounds of muscle,
lost over 23 inches and 10 per-
cent body fat,” Hanson said.
She described it as an amaz-
ing experience, through the
combination of peer support,
competition and the drive to be
healthy as the keys to her suc-
cess. —Submitted by Al Kreitz,
WLAD paramedic and public
information officer
2066 Highway 101, Florence
541-997-0343
Farm
from 1A
Other classes took turns rid-
ing horses and sharing a
hayride on a flatbed trailer
pulled by a vintage Ford trac-
tor.
Feeding the shaggy, long-
horned Scottish Highlander
cows was one of the children’s
Sheriff
from 1A
The other applicant was
former Florence Police Chief
and current Dunes City
Councilor Maurice Sanders.
Each applicant got to speak
to the board and then went on
Water
from 1A
She urged the city to take
action, saying, “The group is
asking that the city show some
real demonstration and interest
in protecting our Florence
aquifer.”
Shauna Boyd, founder of
Protect Florence Aquifer, has
brought the pesticide issue to
the public by petitioning the
community, the city council
and the state. She recently tes-
tified in front of a state com-
mittee charged with crafting
future legislation on pesticide
use in Oregon.
“If the state protected us,
none of us would be in this sit-
uation with an entire communi-
ty’s aquifer at risk,” she said.
According to Boyd, recent
studies have revealed 11 water
sources in Oregon with pesti-
cides and manmade chemicals.
“We’re hoping that the laws
will be changed,” she said,
especially with the addition of
buffers for water sources and
people.
Addressing the council, she
said, “Please make an effort. …
When the community is con-
cerned, we really count on you
to help and respond and not
forget about it.”
Greene, who presided over
the session in place of Mayor
Joe Henry, who was absent,
said, “We don’t want you to
have a misunderstanding. All
of us looked into what we
could and could not do.”
The property on which the
spraying occurs is to the north
of Florence and out of the
city’s — and therefore the
council’s — jurisdiction.
The aquifer itself, and the
Clear Lake Watershed, is man-
aged by Heceta Water People’s
Utility District and also outside
the city’s jurisdiction.
Under Oregon law, the
spraying is legal. The
Department of Forestry regu-
favorite activities.
The pot-bellied pig was the
only farm critter that did not
seem interested in getting
involved in the day’s activities.
More than 30 Elliott family
members and friends helped
answer the myriad of questions
posed by the inquisitive stu-
dents and made sure the day
stayed on schedule.
At 2 p.m. the students and
chaperones returned to the
school, with enough memories
to last another 50 years.
Schofield knew she wanted
to continue the farm field trip
tradition years ago when she
asked a first-grader where eggs
came from. Having been
raised on a farm, she was
shocked to hear the response,
“From the store.”
That reply was all the moti-
vation she needed to determine
to continue the family tradi-
tion.
“We enjoy doing this and
the kids have fun,” Schofield
said. “And when they leave,
hopefully they will know
where an egg really comes
from.”
to individual interviews.
After deliberating in execu-
tive session, the Board of
Commissioners unanimously
voted to hire Trapp.
Once officially appointed
Lane County sheriff by the
commissioners, Trapp will
have the option to run for the
position for a four-year term
in the May 2016 election.
Lane County sheriff over-
sees a department with 274
employees, more than 200
volunteers and an annual
budget of approximately $69
million.
The sheriff is responsible
for the Lane County jail,
police services and adminis-
trative divisions.
The annual salary for the
position is $123,438.
lates and manages pesticide use
in Oregon.
“After further discussion
with staff and the mayor,”
Greene said, “what we’re in the
process of doing is drafting a
letter to help go to the state and
ask them to change the laws.”
“It’s the whole principle,” he
went on to say. “None of us
want our watershed damaged.
But, the problem is the law.
Clearly, in order to change that
law, it’s going to take people
who care and letters written to
your legislators.”
When the letter is finished, a
draft will be presented to the
council for approval. From
there, it will be sent to the state,
the public and the landowners,
news which made Protect
Florence Aquifer very happy.
Resident John Yager said,
“Water for development is
essential. If we’re going to
develop Florence … we need
to insure the water. We need to
make sure that we can do what
we can. Your statements
tonight were welcome to us.”
Greene said, “With your
help, and the outcry, I think it
only helps in making our case
stronger because we don’t
stand alone. We stand more
united.”
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