SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015
Foundation honors
Mapleton graduates
Western Lane Community
Foundation has announced the
2015 scholarship winners for
Mapleton High School.
WLCF gave three Mapleton
graduates a total of $2,750 in
scholarships.
On behalf of Alan and
Virginia Robertson Fund,
Jesse Reeves received a
$1,500 scholarship.
Tyler Bendix was awarded
the Justin Black $500 scholar-
ship, which he will be using
while
attending
Lane
Community College.
Tucker Ford received one of
the Beachcomber Community
Scholarships in the amount of
$750.
The generosity of these and
many other families and
organizations have given local
students hundreds of scholar-
ships worth more than
$300,000 to help them reach
goals through furthering their
education.
Western Lane Community
Foundation has been awarding
scholarships for the past 41
years as trustees for these and
other scholarship funds.
For more information on
how to become a scholarship
donor, contact Gayle Waiss,
executive director of Western
Lane Community Foundation,
at 541-997-1274 or email her
at wlcf@wlcfonline.org.
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Library
Tidings
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
Library Tidings,
a regular feature
of the Siuslaw News,
features news about
upcoming Siuslaw
Public Library pro-
grams for adults and
children, new books
and videos, and other
library news of interest
to the community.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
Tula Pink’s City Sampler:
100 Modern Quilt Blocks
By Tula Pink
(2015 endowment book)
Book review by Susie Voth
I am an experienced enough
quilter that I have progressed
beyond “how to” quilt books.
Now, when I look for a quilt
book, I am looking for inspira-
tion. I’m looking for new ways
to use beautiful fabrics.
In “Tula Pink’s City Sampler:
100 Modern Quilt Blocks,” I
found a treasure trove of ideas
for new-to-me, creative ways to
make modern quilt blocks.
Tula Pink is a textile designer
and quilt maker. She is known
for her bold, unique use of color
and patterns.
The 100 blocks in this book
use fabrics from her fabric lines,
so one can see the deep, rich col-
ors and unusual designs.
Pink gives very simplistic
directions for making each
block. She gives the dimensions
for cutting the fabric, tells how
many different fabrics are used
and how many actual pieces of
fabric are needed for each
block.
Interestingly, she does not
name the blocks; they are num-
bered.
In her words, “I have not
infused the blocks with any
meaning. This is your quilt. The
fabrics that you choose, the col-
ors that you use and why you are
making it are what will give the
quilt a purpose. Name your
blocks…”
Perhaps I will do just that.
I don’t intend to make all 100
blocks, but pick and choose the
blocks that most appeal to me. I
tell you what else — I don’t
intend to make all of my blocks
6.5 inches by 6.5 inches either.
I might expand to make them
12 inches by 12 inches or 12
inches by 6 inches or 9 inches
by… you get the picture.
Oh happy day, I can hardly
wait to start!
Travel to Mongolia
On Saturday, June 27, at 1
p.m. in the library’s Bromley
Room, join Vicki Sieber Benson
and Bill Benson as they take us
on a wild journey to Mongolia, a
little-known country in the heart
of Central Asia.
Not coincidentally, this pro-
gram is accompanied by a lobby
art display featuring the beauti-
ful photographs of Mongolia by
Sieber-Benson.
The Westlake couple visited
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Mongolia for three weeks in July
of 2014.
They went specifically to
attend the Naadam Festival, an
annual celebration of the three
national “manly” sports of
horseracing, wrestling and
archery. Women only participate
in archery.
Many festivals are held in
towns and villages around the
country, giving both nomadic
peoples and city dwellers a
chance to visit and compete with
their neighbors.
Besides visiting the capital
city of Ulaanbaatar, they visited
Gorky Terelj National Park,
Lake Khovsgol, the second
deepest lake in the world, the
Gobi desert and many other
beautiful sites.
This program is free and open
to the general public. It is a part
of the Adult Summer Reading
program at the Siuslaw Public
Library.
Holiday closure
The library will be closed both
Friday, July 3 (the official holi-
day this year) and Saturday, July
4, in honor of Independence
Day.
May you all have a safe and
wonderful holiday.
Toastmasters welcome three new members
Toastmasters International
and Florence’s own represen-
tative club, the Siuslaw Tale
Spinners, inducted three new
members last month.
Sharon
Sweet,
Eric
Knudsen and Jim Walak were
all welcomed aboard by vice-
president of education Cathy
French, who performed the
honors for acting president
Anne Machalek, who was
unable to attend.
Sharon Sweet, a certified
craniosacral therapist, joined
the Toastmasters after attend-
ing one of several special
events hosted by the Tale
Spinners.
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“I
joined
Toastmasters to
learn how to
speak
with
greater ease and
fluidity … it
helps to have
supporters and
guideposts when
it comes to pub-
lic speaking,”
she said.
Eric Knudsen,
a chef at Fresh
Harvest restau-
rant, said he kept
hearing
how
COURTESY PHOTO
people’s lives From left: New Toastmasters Jim Walak, Sharon Sweet and Eric Knudsen
and
outlook
were
drama-
tically changed
the International Club for moving to Florence to enjoy a
through the Toastmasters pro- years, serving most recently semi-retired life of traveling
gram.
as a Toastmasters Area and pursuing his great love,
“I feel liberated and no Governor.
photography.
longer stay on the sidelines
“Toastmasters is a non-
The Siuslaw Tale Spinners,
when it comes to conversing profit organization that helps meet the second and fourth
with others,” said Knudsen. people achieve their goals and Wednesday of each month
“Toastmasters offers the tools live up to their potential for from 5:25 to 6:30 p.m., at the
and training to become a more very little cost,” said Walak. Siuslaw Valley Fire and
confident speaker.”
“People don’t know what they Rescue Station, Highway 101
Jim Walak is a new mem- are missing in life by being at 26th Street.
ber of the Florence speaking too shy or too timid to
All who wish to improve
and leadership club, but stand up and present them- their communication skills,
is no stranger to Toastmast- selves with confidence and gain confidence and learn the
ers.
ease.”
art of leadership are encour-
Walak has been involved in
Walak is in the process of aged to attend.
HUGE
INDOOR
YARD SALE
THE LARGEST YARD SALE UNDER ONE ROOF!
OVER 40 BOOTHS
INDIVIDUALS , FAMILIES AND NON PROFIT GROUPS
Saturday
June 27
8 a.m. — 2 p.m.
Join the Boosters at
www.BoostSouthwestOregon.org
Florence Events Center
715 Quince Street
Florence, Oregon
541-997-1994
$1.00
Admission