SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015
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available at SOS
PHOTOS OF M ONGOLIAN TRIP AT LIBRARY
Low Income Home Energy
Assistance
Programs
(LIHEAP) funds are now
available at Siuslaw Outreach
Services (SOS).
Lane County LIHEAP
agencies were recently award-
ed additional dollars to help
low income households with
electric, propane or oil bills.
Those who did not receive
LIHEAP funds between Nov.
1, 2014, and March 31, 2015,
are encouraged to sign up for
this program by contacting
Siuslaw Outreach Services
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Call SOS at 541-997-2816
or visit the office at 1576 12th
St. in Florence.
Names will be taken until
funds run out, so sign-up
today.
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The
Siuslaw
Public
Library’s Adult Summer
Reading “Escape the Ordinary”
program continues this month
with a trip to the Asian conti-
nent. On Saturday, June 27, at 1
p.m., in the Bromley Room at
the main library in Florence,
local residents and frequent
travelers, Vicki Sieber-Benson
and Bill Benson, will share
their photos and impressions of
their three-week visit in 2014
to various parts of Mongolia,
“Land of the Eternal Blue
Sky.”
Sieber-Benson and Benson
have traveled to numerous con-
tinents, seen many amazing
sights and met a wide variety of
people.
The couple is often seen
around town volunteering for
many of the local nonprofits.
Sieber-Benson, an attorney, is a
member of the boards of direc-
tors of Food Share and Western
Lane Community Foundation.
Benson is a dedicated volun-
teer at Siuslaw Public Library
and occasional circulation
clerk substitute. Not only are
they passionate about this com-
munity, they are passionate
about learning about other
communities in the world, and
plan a trip each year to a new
and exciting destination. Last
year their destination was
Mongolia.
The couple made the long
journey to Mongolia, a country
COURTESY PHOTO
Bill Benson and Vicki Sieber-Benson in Mongolia.
wedged between China and
Russia, in July 2014 during the
time of that country’s Naadam
holiday.
The holiday is a national fes-
tival that celebrates the coun-
try’s manly sports: horseracing,
wrestling and archery (women
compete in archery only). The
annual festival is celebrated in
rural areas as well as in the
more populated areas, the
largest celebration taking place
in the capital city of
Ulaanbaatar.
The couple was able to expe-
rience both the capital city’s
colorful celebration and com-
petitions as well as attend a
smaller festival in the Gobi
Desert area.
They not only visited the
city and the Great Gobi Desert,
where they hiked in tempera-
tures reaching nearly 120
degrees. The traveled to Gorky
Terelj National Park and Lake
Khovsgol, the second deepest
lake in the world, located a
mere 100 miles from Siberia.
Mongolia is one of the last
places on earth where tourists
can experience the self-suffi-
cient nomadic lifestyle which
Sieber-Benson and Benson did,
staying in gers (yurts) while
visiting herding families and
sampling the unusual foods and
beverages on which the
nomads subsist.
“The overriding lesson of
the trip was that people can sur-
vive and be happy in wildly
difficult climates and with little
in the way of worldly posses-
sions,” said Sieber-Benson.
The couple took many pho-
tographs
while
touring
Mongolia, photos that portray
the happy and peaceful people
they met as well as the varied
landscapes they viewed. A
sample of their spectacular
photographs are currently on
display in the library lobby.
They will share more of their
stunning photos, talk about
their experiences, and answer
questions during their program,
“Mongolia:
Land of the
Eternal Blue Sky,” on Saturday,
June 25.
Don’t miss this unique
opportunity to journey to an
extraordinary land and its peo-
ple. This program will appeal
to the traveler, the armchair
traveler, and anyone with a
sense of wanderlust.
There is no charge to attend
the event and this opportunity
to travel vicariously to
Mongolia 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, call 541-997-
3132 or visit www.siuslawli-
brary.org.
Planes, cars and more at Wings, Wheels
The sixth annual Wings and
Wheels aircraft fly-in and car
show will be Saturday, July 4,
Siuslaw News
at the Florence Municipal
Airport. The event is produced
by the Florence-Siuslaw Lions
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Club and will feature nearly 20
local organizations, including
the Florence Radio Controlled
aircraft club, which will be fly-
ing throughout the day; The
Florence Police Department;
CERT; The Siuslaw Valley Fire
and Rescue fire apparatus; the
Central Oregon Coast British
Car Club; the Central Oregon
Military Vehicle Group and
many more.
New this year will be a per-
formance by The Old Time
Fiddlers, along with two per-
formances by the Florence
Dance Guild. There will also
be DJ music all day.
The Florence-Siuslaw Lions
club and the Ada Grange will
be providing food throughout
the day.
Gates will open at 10 a.m.
and a donation of $2 per car-
load will be asked at the gate,
with plenty of parking provid-
ed onsite at the airport.
Members of the Siuslaw High
School Wrestling team will be
parking cars and will receive
the proceeds from the dona-
tions collected.
Until July 6th
Here’s the Scoop on How to Enter…
1. Email your photo to
classifi eds@thesiuslawnews.com. There is a $5
processing fee, we will call you for payment.
2. The most photogenic pet will be selected by our
panel of judges.
3. All pets and the grand prize winner will be
featured in the July 11th issue.
4. You may also enter by mail. Simply fi ll out this
contest form, and send it and payment along with
a labeled photo of your pet to:
Siuslaw News
148 Maple • P.O. Box 10
Florence, OR 97439
We’re looking for the cutest critters to
compete in our photo contest!
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