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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2015
Nursery
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the Florence Senior Center,
Florence’s Community Garden,
the Oregon Coast Military
Heritage Museum, Habitat for
Humanity, and many other non-
profit community service organi-
Camp
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Gauderman has been work-
ing with the Boys and Girls
Club summer camp program
for five years. She started as an
aide when she turned 18. After
three years she became an
assistant to the director and
recently was appointed director.
The club has been working
with Siuslaw School District to
coordinate the Boys and Girls
Park
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It is utilized by families,
dog walkers, hikers and run-
ners, especially the Siuslaw
High School cross country and
track teams.
The trail was closed earlier
this year, and only opened
again unofficially after the
efforts of students, coaches
and community members.
OPRD made it clear that the
Social Trail was not the main
focus of the meeting, but only
a small part.
“Our goal today is to listen.
We want to hear about how
you use the park, what’s really
valuable to you about the trails
in Honeyman and not to make
any decisions. We’ll do that
later in the process,” said
OPRD Senior Planner Jaime
English.
Dennis King, fourth-grade
teacher at Siuslaw Elementary
School and runner, said, “The
Social Trail is what I thought
we were coming to hear about
and discuss.”
“We absolutely want you to
bring up those issues if that’s
something that’s important for
you and those that are in the
room. I’m sure it is,” said
English. “It’s expected to be a
topic of the discussion today.
How is it used, what do you
use it for, what’s the route you
take.”
One person called to mind
the saying, “If it ain’t broke,
don’t fix it.”
English responded, “We
have concerns that it is bro-
ken. That’s the outstanding
question for us from a safety
perspective.”
Armed with emails and cor-
respondence, the participants
asked for honesty, clarity and
further notifications as the
process continued.
One concern is that they
were worried that not enough
people were present to show
zations.
Some of Laurel Bay’s high-
profile projects include the
design and installation of land-
scaping at Three Rivers Casino
Resort, projects at Peace Harbor
Medical Center, the River House
Inn, the Krab Kettle, Florence
Area Chamber of Commerce and
Dutch Bros. Coffee.
“Community support has been
a key part of our success,” says
Walter-Sedlacek. “That’s why
we feel strongly about giving
back to the community in time,
donations, and support for proj-
ects that benefit our area.”
Laurel Bay Gardens’ staff
counsels its customers on what
kinds of plants work in which
environments — not just in the
coastal Oregon climate, but on
which side of the client’s house,
in proximity to existing plants —
and in what combination of soils
and moisture that may occur nat-
urally at the customer’s site.
In fact, Walter-Sedlacek has
worked with suppliers to develop
their signature soil blend “Royal
Soil,” and their new “Gro More”
potting soil, both custom-formu-
lated to Florence-area bio sys-
tems.
“We know what grows,” she
explains. “One size does not fit
all in this area. We don’t offer
cookie-cutter ideas to clients. We
invest heavily in continuous edu-
cation for our staff and manage-
ment for the benefit of our cus-
tomers.”
Laurel Bay Gardens is north
of Florence at 88493 Highway
101.
Club summer camp with the
four-week Twilight Indian
Education after school pro-
gram.
“Twilight will be running a
separate four-week summer
program,” said Kristen
Goodman, Boys and Girls Club
board member and school dis-
trict liaison. “If parents want to
sign their kids up for both
Twilight and our program they
can do that and have the kids
come over to our program after
the Twilight program is over.
We have separate rates for the
Boys and Girls Club program
and for the combined Twilight
and Boys and Girls Club pro-
gram.”
The Twilight program runs
from June 15 to July 9,
Monday through Thursday,
from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Both pro-
grams are held in the Siuslaw
Elementary School.
In addition to field trips and
outdoor activities, the Boys and
Girls Club summer camp
includes daily 45-minute
Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts and Math
(STEAM) lessons. Each day
will focus on a different
STEAM category.
Daily 30-minute learning
experiences will cover topics
like math fun, sign language,
reading aloud, mind jog and
bully prevention/team building.
Supervised free time and
physical fitness activities also
will be included daily.
“These kids are really getting
a summer adventure,”
Goodman said. “Some of these
kids might have just been at
someone’s house all day, but
here they are getting to do sum-
mer fun activities.”
In addition to summer day
camp, Boys and Girls Club is
gearing up for girls’ summer
softball. Football and soccer
will be offered in the fall.
“We are making progress.
We are growing in new ways.
The community is starting to
see us again in a new light,”
Goodman said. “We have a lot
of kids that we are reaching out
to in different aspects, whether
preschool, sports or after-school
programs. And of course, vol-
unteers are always needed.”
For more information, con-
tact Boys and Girls Club of
Western Lane County at 541-
902-0304.
the Social Trail and the entire
park’s significance to the com-
munity.
“One of the reasons I hope
this gets out there is that other
people will come forward and
say, ‘I use this trail too,’” said
Siuslaw track and cross coun-
try coach Chris Johnson.
The participants discussed
the importance of the
Honeyman park trails, includ-
ing soft surfaces to walk or
run; safety; variety in trails,
steepness and distance; natural
surroundings; opportunities for
all stages of a work-out; value
for runners, walkers, cyclists,
mushroom pickers and dog-
walkers; and the closeness to
Florence and surrounding
towns.
Siuslaw High School senior
Courtney King said, “I’ve
always loved going out to
Honeyman and Woahink since
I was a kid. I love how all the
trails connect you to the lakes.
I prefer trails to running in
town.”
Courtney King based her
Rhododendron Court
Scholarship Showcase plat-
form on the importance of the
trail to her teammates and the
community.
Johnson uses the trail sys-
tem as a runner and as a
coach. It is a safe place for
him to assign workouts of
varying lengths and difficulty
where he can monitor the
entire team.
“It’s the home of Siuslaw
Cross Country. I don’t know if
it means a lot to everybody in
town — but it means a lot to
some people,” he said. “The
people in this town hit the
jackpot in terms of all the out-
door spaces that we have. But
this (park) is our home.”
The high school hosts the
Woahink Lake Invitational
cross country meet there every
year, with teams from across
the state running the park and
using the Social Trail to cross
the highway.
“You take away a piece,
you’re taking away the con-
nector. You can’t connect the
two sides of the park,”
Johnson said.
English agreed that that was
an important aspect.
“I have been charged with
coming together with all of
you and looking at how this
trail fits into the larger trail
system and understanding how
it’s used. That’s going to help
us make a good decision on
how we’re going to manage it
going forward,” she said.
Besides the Social Trail, one
trail uses an overpass to cross
Highway 101. But for runners,
the overpass path is not an
ideal surface, well-placed in
relation to the entire trail sys-
tem or designed with running
in mind.
“The Social Trail provides
the nice easy pace that you can
maintain (when running),”
Dennis King said. “The value
to me with the Social Trail is
that it fits.”
Johnson said, “It’s pivotal to
our success. It has everything
a runner needs for proper
training. It has the soft sur-
faces and some hard surfaces
where we can pick up the
tempo.”
After more clarification
from the community members,
English said, “So it’s about
what you do on either side.
There’s an experience that
you’re having on either side
that’s important.”
The Social Trail allows run-
ners to connect Canary Road
and the east side of the park
with day-use areas near
Cleawox Lake.
It’s not just runners, howev-
er, as Siuslaw School District
Superintendent Ethel Angal
noted.
“It’s one of the nicest trails
to walk when my grandson is
in town. That’s a good place,”
she said.
“We want to make sure
we’re taking care of now, and
the future, both recreationally
and natural resource-wise,”
English said.
She also said that OPRD
will listen to the results from
the meeting before moving on
to the next meeting, which
will show results from tests
done by the park and other
entities.
“I recognize now that there
is a level of value for recre-
ation and value for running in
these parks that we weren’t as
aware of in the 2009 plan,”
she said.
She assured the community
present that, “There will be a
lot of conversations happening
after this meeting in the Salem
office.”
The Honeyman Trails
Evaluation Survey is available
online at
honeymanstatepark.com.
The public also is invited to
continue to comment by con-
tacting English at
jaime.english@oregon.gov; at
503-986-0723 or by mailing
written comments to Jaime
English, OPRD, 725 Summer
St. NE, Suite C, Salem, OR
97301.
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Caputo opened the meeting
by saying, “I want to assure
everybody that the port will
not shut down over $15,000,
which is about 1 percent of our
budget. We will be open for
business as usual.”
After limited deliberation,
the board agreed to balance the
budget by reducing the legal
budget by $5,000, travel by
$5,000 and to eliminate elec-
tion expenses of $3,000,
because no elections were
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year.
Miscellaneous and advertis-
ing budgets were each reduced
by $1,000 to make up the
$15,000 shortfall.
Caputo, Huntington and
Duman agreed to the proposed
cuts. When Caputo asked
Rickard if she agreed as well,
she replied, “This was your
meeting. I voted for the other
(original) budget.”
The revised balanced budg-
et will be presented to the
commission for adoption dur-
ing its June 17 meeting.
Compartiendo Alimentos (Food Share) de Florence
es una despensa de alimentos que sirve a personas
necesitadas con cajas de comida de emergencia en el
área del Oeste del Condado de Lane. Nosotros distri-
buimos un suministro de 3 a 5 días de alimentos para
nuestros clientes, sin costo alguno, hasta 16 veces al
año, y estamos disponibles para todas las personas que
califi quen por bajos ingresos. Nuestra misión es aliviar
el hambre en el Oeste del Condado de Lane y creemos
que nadie debe sentir hambre, sin importar su raza o
grupo étnico. Compartiendo Alimentos (Food Share)
recientemente recibió dos becas específi camente para
ayudar a nuestra comunidad Latina, así que por favor
visite nuestra despensa y disfrute de nuestra “Área de
Comida Internacional”, que ahora provee harina de
maíz, o masa, tortillas de maíz, salsa mole, hojas de
maíz para tamales, salsa para enchiladas, jalapeños, y
mucho más. Nos encontramos en 2190 Spruce Street,
Florence, Oregón, en el mismo estacionamiento que
la Iglesia New Life Lutheran. ¡Gracias!
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“A Spring Potpourri”, under the baton of
John Monks. The program is a delightful
mix of pieces arranged for small orchestra.
A partial list of the programs includes the
tongue-in-cheek “March Funabre del Signor
Contrapunto” by Mozart, the grand “Procession
of the Sardar by Ippolitov-Ivanov, the folk and
ethnic inspired “Spanish Dance” by Moskowski,
“Overture to The Mikado” by Sullivan, and “Eire
Inspiration and Jigs” by Sung. The soothing
“Bercuese” by Faure and bossa nova “O Amor
Em Paz” are spiced up with “Laurel” and “I
Remember New Orleans” by Charlie Perkins.
May 31, Sunday 2 p.m.
Florence Community
Baptist Church
4590 HWY 101
Tickets are $10 at the door.