SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015
Yachats Arts Guild hosting summer show July 2-5
Brown Hen spaghetti
dinner to benefit Mobley
The Brown Hen Cafe and
friends of Liz Mobley invite
the community to a spaghetti
feed Wednesday, July 15, to
benefit Liz Mobley.
Mobley is a lifelong
Florence resident, Siuslaw
High School graduate and U.S.
Army veteran who was diag-
nosed with brain cancer earlier
this year.
A silent auction also will be
Landrum featured artist
at Shorewood this month
COURTESY PHOTOS
“Peace Valley” watercolor by Robin Adcock (above); a
natural-edged wood vase and wooden bowl by Barry
Campbell.
and to call attention to the
beauty of the Oregon coast.
Anyone interested in becom-
ing a member or a subscriber
member to support the Yachats
Show hours are 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Thursday through
Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on Sunday.
Arts Guild can apply at the
summer show.
A percentage of all sales go
to the support and promotion of
the Yachats Commons.
Shorewood
Retirement
Residences is featuring local
artist Jan Landrum as the June
Artist of the Month.
Her watercolor paintings
will be on display in the
Shorewood dining room and
hallways.
All her paintings are for
sale.
Her paintings feature ani-
mals, flowers and portraits.
Landrum will be at
Shorewood, 1451 Spruce St.,
for a meet the artist reception
Friday, June 26, at 10 a.m.,
when she will answer ques-
tions about herself and her art.
Schools report positive impact from Food
Backpacks for Kids program
Do you have what it takes to be
t h e n e xt M r . R el ay ?
Food Backpack for Kids
(FB4K) is nearing the end of
its third year feeding children
at risk for weekend hunger in
the Siuslaw and Mapleton
School Districts. Many of the
program’s partners, volunteers
and donors in Florence and
Mapleton
attended
the
FB4K
Appreciation
Luncheon on April 21.
Marilyn Barba, FB4K pro-
gram leader, reported a major
change this year in the pro-
gram’s marketing structure
that now purchases all week-
end food for 73 children (60
in Siuslaw School District and
13 in Mapleton School
District), from local business-
es.
Mike Harklerode, Siuslaw
Elementary School Princi-pal,
and Jodi O’Mara, Mapleton
School Super- intendent, each
spoke to the variety of bene-
fits the program provides for
students. An energetic presen-
tation from “Angie and The
Gang” was fun and informa-
Saturday, August 8th 6:00pm
Florence Relay For Life
Man up for a good cause and compete in Florence’s
2nd annual Mr. Relay competition!
The contestant who collects the most donations will be crowned and
treated to a 2 night stay and $75 restaurant gift certificate at the
Adobe Resort in Yachats.
($500 value Generously Donated by: Oregon Coast Magazine)
We ’ r e
held throughout the duration
of the event.
This event will be from 4 to
7 p.m., with all money raised
going to help pay for Mobley’s
cancer treatment and expens-
es.
Mobley owned Florence
Travel Agency for many years
before having to close the
business after her cancer diag-
nosis.
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YACHATS — The Yachats
Arts Guild will host its annual
summer show July 2 through
July 5 at The Commons, locat-
ed at W. Fourth St. and
Highway 101 in Yachats.
The guild welcomes new
members Kathy Whitson,
Eileen Lighthawk, Lee Haynes,
Mark Adcock and Jane
McCarthy.
These new guild members,
as well as original participating
artists Claire Good, Carol
Summers and Barry Campbell,
are just a few of the artists who
will be featured in this sum-
mer’s show.
The show will feature vari-
ous mediums of artwork
including watercolor, oil,
acrylic, photography and
wood-turned bowls and vases.
Original paintings as well as
prints and note cards will be
available for purchase.
The Yachats Arts Guild was
formed to promote central
coast artists and photographers
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Mapleton Schools superintendent Jodi O’Mara (right)
and Siuslaw Elementary School principal Mike
Harkelrode each spoke of the positive impact from the
Food Backpack for Kids program.
tive.
“The Appreciation Lunch-
eon was a visual example of
the Florence communities
learning of the invisible reali-
ty of hungry children living
among us and working togeth-
er so that ‘Together, No Child
Will Go Hungry,’” said Barba.
For more information, visit
www.backpackimpact.org or
call 541-997-3533.
Deadline for WLCF non-high
school scholarships June 30
Are you a parent of a stu-
dent who needs money to fin-
ish their degree? Are you a stu-
dent who had to go back to
work to continue college or
trade school?
Are you someone who
never went to college but has
been thinking of furthering
your education now?
Act now; we have scholar-
ship money to give to qualified
applicants.
Western Lane Community
Foundation has announced
five new $1,000 post- second-
ary school scholarships.
These scholarships are
designed for students who use
permanent home addresses
within west Lane County and
have already been attending
college, trade school or who
want to enter higher education
for the first time.
Applicants must already
hold a diploma from high
school,
including
home
school, or achieved their GED.
Application deadline for
these scholarships is Tuesday,
June 30.
Scholarships are available
for traditional four-year uni-
versities, colleges, community
colleges and approved trade
schools.
Eligible students may apply
for these scholarships through
June 30; the scholarship com-
mittee will select awardees no
later than July 15 of each year.
Applications are available
online at www.wlcfonline.org
or at the WLCF office, 1525
W.12th St., Suite 18.
Completed
applications
with all appropriate inclusions
must be received or post
marked no later than June 30.
–Gordon and Katherine Gilbert, Hillside residents since September, 2013
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