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Spencer estimates that more
than 100 volunteers donate
4,800 hours each year.
That’s not even counting the
Friends of the Siuslaw Public
Library, who donate time, raise
funds, complete projects and
hold book sales to support the
library.
“The Friends of the Library
was established in 1977. Since
then they have been raising all
kinds of funding for the
library,” Spencer said.
Siuslaw Public Library
District Board of Directors
President Ian Jarman said,
“Friends of the Library is
instrumental in promoting the
library, raising funds for spe-
cial purchases and hosting
many friendly receptions at the
library.”
One of the recent projects
donated by Friends of the
Library was updated lighting
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Klupenger began to develop a
hypothesis that the mean precip-
itation on the Sunday of Rhody
Fest would be less than the mean
precipitation of the surrounding
days.
And so her study began.
Klupenger looked at weather
patterns on the West Coast from
1947 to 2014 for her analysis.
She picked those 67 years, she
said, because the festival was
held more consistently after the
end of World War II.
Most years, the festival has
been held on the third weekend
in May. The other years, the fes-
tival took place on the fourth
weekend in May.
She chose rainfall data
sources like National Climatic
Data Center, Climatological
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An old favorite returning for
the 65th year is the carnival by
Davis Shows NW, a popular
perennial attraction since 1950.
Davis Amusement Company
of Portland started its long-
standing run of appearances in
our community, located at the
“new grounds especially made
for this feature on airport
road,” according to The
Siuslaw Oar coverage that year.
Davis Shows representative Pat
Davis recalled spending most
of his birthdays in Florence
during Rhody Days.
“Florence is like working
from home. If they will keep
having us, we will keep coming
and we are third generation,
going on fourth,” he said.
Pre-sell tickets are on sale
now at the Florence Area
Chamber of Commerce’s
Visitor Center for $20 each, a
savings from $1-$4 over regu-
lar admission.
A new adventure this year is
Airboat Tours Northwest. The
in the Florence branch’s great
room. Another patron built on
the Friends’ donation and pro-
vided racks to hang quilts in
the atrium.
“I am in love with our
library, as it is a community
treasure,” said Jarman. “The
library offers something for
everyone.”
Besides volunteers, the
Siuslaw Public Library District
has 21 employees and a five-
member board of directors.
“We’re our own municipal
government with our own
budget and human resources.
We do everything in house,”
Spencer said.
Look for more programs
throughout the year, she
added.
“I want us to do more out-
reach where people can find us
in unexpected places. The
Green Fair is part of that,”
Spencer said.
Representatives from the
library will attend the May 2
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Now, Siuslaw Public
Library in Florence is open
seven days a week and the
Mapleton branch is open
Tuesday to Saturday.
Like the Siuslaw News
reported in 1950, “The
library’s value to the people is
only limited by the use they
make of it. Its purpose is, and
always has been, to serve.”
Siuslaw Public Library
invites guests to come to a
May 7 celebration of 100 years
PHOTO BY CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
of library services in the
Assistant Library Director Gayle Waiss, or Miss Gayle, Siuslaw region from 6 to 8
reads to children during Story Time in the Children’s p.m. at the Florence location,
Room at Siuslaw Public Library’s Florence location. May 1460 Ninth St.
The Mapleton branch is at
7 marks 100 years of having a public library in Florence.
88148 Riverview Ave.
Access the library online at
event and hold one demonstra- ing, building solar cells, con-
www.siuslawlibrary.org.
tion on creating greeting cards
verting trash to treasure and
Look in Siuslaw News’
from books and one on book
Kill-a-Watt services,” Spencer
Wednesday,
May 6, edition for
said.
repair.
a
special
commemorative
When the library was called
“The library has all kinds of
keepsake all about the Siuslaw
“Florence Public Library” in
things to offer — books on
Public Library.
green living, organic garden-
1950, it was only open
Data, weekly weather submitted
by Roger Cunningham to
Siuslaw News, City of Florence
records and daily rainfall statis-
tics from 1997 to 2010 reported
by David Franzen.
Her data included daily
records of precipitation over the
10 days centered on the Saturday
and Sunday of the festival. She
looked at Florence, Newport,
Yachats, Reedsport/Gardiner
and North Bend to compare
data. One difficulty Klupenger
noticed in documenting rainfall
was that each station measured
at a different time of day.
However, once she created a
system, her results began to
speak for themselves.
“The data indicated that the
days leading up to and including
the Rhododendron Festival had
less rainfall than the days fol-
lowing the festival,” she said.
On weekends where it did
rain, recorded rainfall indicated
that it did not rain on the parade.
Overall, there have been more
dry parades than rainy ones.
Klupenger calculated that rain
did not fall on 67 percent of the
parades. She hoped that her
results would be more decisive,
or at least more dramatic. As it
stands, she could not prove that
human intention helped the
weather stay sunny.
“However, I can say with con-
fidence that we really do tend to
have less rain during Rhody Fest
than average days in May,” she
said.
Klupenger is willing to share
more of her research with inter-
ested community members. She
will hold a discussion from 5 to
6 p.m. Monday, May 4, in the
Conference Room at Siuslaw
Public Library, 1460 Ninth St.
15-passenger airboat experi-
ence will tour the Siuslaw
River from the Port of Siuslaw
docks.
Enjoy this everglades-type
experience for $25 per 45-
minute ride. This water adven-
ture promises to add a lot of
thrills to the festival.
Rhododendron Parade en-
tries are rolling in with famil-
iar groups and floats and a few
new faces signing up. The
chamber is still accepting
parade entries with a $15 appli-
cation fee.
Youth ages 9 to 17 who wish
to volunteer during the parade
as banner carriers and pooper
scoopers can sign up at the
Visitor Center. They get one
free ticket to the Davis Shows
carnival for their help.
The Junior Parade is held on
Saturday, May 16, at 11 a.m.
and travels from Miller Park,
down Oak Street and culmi-
nates at the Kiwanis’ Kids’
Games at Siuslaw High
School.
The primary Vendor Fair
will offer food and a variety of
booths on Maple Street in his-
toric Old Town during the fes-
tival. There also will be a por-
tion of the Vendor Fair on
Highway 101 in the parking lot
of the Shippin’ Shack.
A Festival Information
Booth will be open on Friday
and Saturday in the parking lot
at the junction of Highway 101
and Highway 126.
Commemorative Rhody pins
are for sale at locations around
Florence. Festival apparel is
available at both the Visitor
Center and the Shippin’ Shack.
For more information, stop
by the Visitor Center at 290
Highway 101 or go online to
www.florencechamber.com.
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DOLL HOUSE CLUB
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Make miniature doll house furniture and accessories.
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Calligraphy: Do the “Write” Thing
3 sessions left: May 7, 21, June 4 1:00 – 3:00
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Watercolor Class with Ken Kent
4 Sessions Wednesdays starting May 6, 1-4 p.m
$60 plus one time materials fee of $15
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ZENTANGLE: Prisma Tangles
Thursday, May 14, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
$17 members/ $22 nonmembers
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COPIC CLASS: Making greeting card
Monday, May 18th, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
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Face-painting during rhody days
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