SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015
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S ONSHINE
When the City of Florence
opened the adoption process
during the summer of 2013 for
people and organizations to
take on responsibility for clean-
ing and maintaining local
parks, Sonshine Christian
School responded, requesting
“ownership” of Singing Pines'
playground, parking lot and
walking paths.
SCHOOL ADOPTS , CLEANS LOCAL PARK
Each month since the start of
the 2013 school year, the stu-
dents, faculty and several board
members have taken about an
hour to spruce-up the park near
Kingwood and 15th streets.
Students comb the paths, and
the accessible underbrush, from
Singing Pines to Miller Park,
returning each time with bags
and bags of garbage-mainly
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nants of fast-food meals.
In addition, students often
come armed with rakes and
shovels to level the sand and
improve the look and safety
beneath the play structure.
In November of 2013, stu-
dents planted more than 100
flower bulbs around the park’s
perimeter which have bloomed
each of the last two spring sea-
sons.
On Friday, May 29, the
group partnered with the City
of Florence department of pub-
lic works to repaint the play
structure. Parks supervisor
Mark Durbin and his team pro-
vided paint, buckets and brush-
es.
The school’s board provided
the supervision, and the stu-
dents provided the energy, and
in less than two hours the struc-
ture had been rejuvenated in
bright yellow and green.
“We see this partnership with
the City as a great fit for our
school and community,” said
Karen Nelson, the school’s
principal and a teacher. “We
hope the kids’ participation in
community service projects
will help them develop a life-
long interest in looking for
niches where they can serve,
and experience the joy of meet-
ing those needs.”
Nesloin said she believes
such experiences provide great
opportunities to applying aca-
demics to real-life situations.
“For example, an applied
mathematics lesson could come
from measuring the park and
learning its square footage,”
COURTESY PHOTO
Sonshine Christian School students and organizers celebrate the completion of their
park improvement project at Singing Pines.
Neslon said. “Then we could
calculate how many cubic
yards it would take to resurface
the play area in two inches of
wood chips.
“We can learn how much
paint it takes to cover the play
structure, how much paint
costs, how weather affects
wood and paint, what colors are
complimentary, and write a
story about our experience.”
“Life principles, like com-
munity service, go hand-in-
hand with rigorous academics,”
said Nathan Large, school
board chairman and a former
student of the school before it
closed in the mid-1980s.
“Learning to navigate the world
with respect — toward others
and for self — leads to confi-
dence and higher academic
achievement.
“Much of that respect and
confidence comes from the
Biblical principle of service to
others. It’s part of what we
teach and why our students are
doing well.”
Sonshine Christian School is
open to all faiths and back-
grounds for grades one to eight.
It is a partner with Sonshine
Kids Preschool and Childcare,
a state certified and DHS
approved program open to chil-
dren ages three to six.
Both schools are accepting
applications for the 2015-16
school year.
For more information about
Sonshine Christian School, call
541-997-5909.
For information on Sonshine
Kids Preschool and Childcare,
call 541-997-5025.
Both schools are located at
4445 Highway 101 in Florence,
across from NAPA Auto Parts,
inside the Florence Seventh-
day Adventist church.
Local NSDAR awards scholarship to SHS senior
Oregon Dunes Chapter,
NSDAR (National Society
Daughters of the American
Revolution) awarded its third
scholarship to Natalie Madden.
Madden is headed to Lane
Community College and then
on to George Fox University in
Tuesday 5/26
Roy Baughman
Muriel Wilhelmi
Florence
Florence
Safeway
Rite Aid
Wednesday 5/27
Rod Howland
Donna Randall
Florence
Florence
Safeway
Safeway
Thursday 5/28
Shirley McCrew
Don Jordan
Swisshome
Florence
Safeway
Copeland
Friday 5/29
Linda Gentry
Linda Eichberger
Eugene
Florence
Moʼs Restaurant
Tavelers Cove
Saturday 5/30
Bob Loren
Wayne Shotwell
Florence
Florence
Toneyʼs Garage
Safeway
Sunday 5/31
Jimmy Davis
Mary Baunach
Florence
Florence
Florence Fresh Harvest Café & Bakery
Three Rivers Casino Resort
Monday 6/1
Dawn Weber
Michael Kopilec
Florence
Florence
Safeway
Grocery Outlet
Newberg, with the goal of
becoming a physical therapist.
Madden’s $500 scholarship
was awarded by Marsha
Klosterman,
Scholarship
Committee chairwoman, at the
Evening of Excellence held at
Siuslaw High School on May
28.
Madden met the criteria of
strong community and family
participation as well as main-
taining academic success.
Since its founding in 1890,
the Daughters of the American
Revolution has promoted his-
toric preservation, education
and patriotism in communities
across the nation.
The Oregon Dunes Chapter
members work hard to raise
funds to sponsor this scholar-
ship. Sales of their recently
COURTESY PHOTO
Scholarship winner Natalie Madden (left) and DAR
Scholarship Committee chairwoman Marsha Klosterman.
published cookbook, DAR
Delicious Ancestral Recipes,
will help fund next year’s
scholarships.
Cookbooks will be available
for purchase at their booth dur-
ing July 4 festivities in Old
Town. They also will be avail-
able for purchase at the Oregon
Coast Military Museum.
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