SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015
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Enjoy burgers, help Florence PTA awards scholarships to seniors
FAHS Saturday
This month’s event also fea-
tures Stuff-the-Van, when the
FAHS delivery vehicle will be
on hand to load pet food
donated by FAHS supporters.
The food is used to help feed
the cats and dogs at the shelter,
as well as to help families who
cannot afford to feed their
companion animals.
Inside the store, FAHS vol-
unteers will be greeting visi-
tors with adoptable cats.
Literature about the services
offered by the Humane
Society is also available.
Grocery Outlet owner
Woody Woodbury sponsors
this fundraising event for
FAHS and donates all of the
food.
Join us for
our annual
Ice Cream
Social Event!
The Summer Reading pro-
gram at Siuslaw Public Library
is in full swing. This year, the
Adult Summer Reading theme
is “Escape the Ordinary,” a cel-
ebration of the extraordinary
people (fiction and nonfiction)
who capture our imagination
and attention.
On June 18, at 1 p.m., in the
Bromley Room at the main
library, Florence resident Bob
DuBose will present an
overview of his exciting career
in the Foreign Service.
DuBose, a retired diplomat,
will talk about his experiences
working on behalf of our coun-
try on numerous continents in a
number of countries while
negotiating important treaties.
As a diplomat, DuBose
served in Rwanda, Nigeria,
Live music during the event!
Free ice cream from
BJ's Ice Cream Parlor!
member
541-997-7121
Courtney King, Joseph Dotson, Alice Burns (PTA), Elizabeth Wartnik
and David Johnston
high school English; and
Elizabeth Wartnik, planning to
attend George Fox University
to double major in music and
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Retired diplomat Bob
DuBose will speak tomor-
row at the Siuslaw Public
Library as part of the Adult
Summer Reading program.
PTA, visit the website at
www.florencepta.org.
To join, download a form
from the website.
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winter.
The above is a quick sum-
mary of Bob Dubose's life in
the most dangerous career
service of our government.
What about love in the most
dangerous career service of our
government?
Anyone interested in the
answer to that question as well
as the intrigue, glamour and
adventures of this extraordi-
nary Foreign Service officer,
this program is for you.
And the timing of this event
is perfect for recent high school
or college graduates who might
be thinking of pursuing an
exciting and challenging career
in public service. The program
is guaranteed to be engaging.
There is no charge to attend
and this rare opportunity to
speak to a former State
Department official is open to
the public.
For more information about
this program and the library’s
summer reading programs in
general, visit the Siuslaw
Public Library in person, call
541-997-3132, or visit the
library online at www.siuslaw
library.org.
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CELEBRATING
15 IN BUSINESSES
YEARS
resulting in the formation of a
united organization for the pro-
hibition of such weapons. This
group, which he created and
incubated, was awarded a
Nobel Peace Prize in 2013.
Reading the adventures of
DuBose, one might wonder
when he stopped to take a
breath. His biography is
impressive and exhausting:
Harvard and UC Berkeley
graduate; U.S. Naval Officer;
Foreign Service officer for
more than 30 years; member of
numerous commissions and
committees in Harper’s Ferry
after official retirement; ongo-
ing consultant to the State
Department;
Scoutmaster;
Eagle Scout; member of local
Episcopal Church and member
of Oregon Episcopal Church
Diocesan Council; and a family
man devoted to his wife,
Georgia; priest at Florence’s St.
Andrews Episcopal Church, as
well as their combined fami-
lies.
He has lived here a little
more than a year and was
instrumental in the opening of
the Florence Cold Weather
Emergency Shelter this past
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Sweden, Ireland, Jamaica,
Antigua and Geneva.
His career spanned over
three decades and his areas of
expertise include counterterror-
ism, arms control and chemical
weapons, to name a few.
One assignment of his was
to negotiate for the global pro-
hibition of chemical weapons
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history, and hopes to go on to
teach history.
To
find
out
more
about Florence Community
DuBose to speak at Summer reading program
Friday, July 3rd
11:00am to 3:00pm
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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Hot Dogs and hamburgers
hot-off-the-grill, plus home-
made pastries, will be avail-
able on Saturday, June 20, at
the Grocery Outlet parking lot.
The event is from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m., and raises money to help
provide care for the once-
homeless cats and dogs await-
ing for homes at the Florence
Area Humane Society’s
(FAHS) no-kill shelter.
Hamburgers cost $4, hot
dogs and Polish dogs are $3, or
$3.50 with cheese.
Cheeseburgers cost $4.50.
Drinks are $1 and include a
variety of soft drinks plus bot-
tled water. Baked goods home-
made by FAHS volunteers are
priced individually.
The Florence Community
PTA recently announced its
2015 Senior Scholarship
recipients. PTA scholarships
are awarded to students who
intend to pursue careers work-
ing with children or teaching,
and were given at the annual
Siuslaw
High
School
Scholarship Award Night on
May 28.
This year, the PTA was able
to award four $500 scholar-
ships to local graduating sen-
iors due to increased funding
through the Box Tops collec-
tions throughout the school
year.
PTA earns 10 cents for each
Box Top redeemed.
Congratulations to the fol-
lowing 2015 recipients:
Joseph Dotson, who plans
to attend Southern Oregon
University to major in elemen-
tary
education;
David
Johnston plans to attend the
University of Oregon to major
in music education; Courtney
King, who will attend Oregon
State University to major in
English, and intends to teach