SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015
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I N BRIEF
Library Friends
gather tomorrow
The Friends of the Siuslaw
Public Library will hold its
monthly
board
meeting
Thursday, June 25, at 11 a.m.,
in the Bromley Room at the
library.
All members and anyone
interested in supporting the
library or learning more about
the Friends is invited to attend.
Refreshments are provided.
For more information, con-
tact SiuslawLibraryFriends@
gmail.com.
Belly dancing troupe
performs at cinemas
City Lights Cinemas and It’s
About Time Productions will
present an evening of world
music and belly dancing on the
Chaplin Stage at City Lights
Cinemas on Thursday, June 25,
from 7 to 9 p.m. with a 20-
minute intermission.
Local belly dancer Angela
Palmer, Troupe Damali and
belly dancers from MEDGE
(Middle Eastern Dance Guild
of Eugene) will perform to the
live music of Americanistan, as
well as to selections from their
new CD, “Beautiful Nights.”
Americanistan is not a place
or political statement. It’s an
eclectic band of musicians
based in Eugene. The band cov-
ers a wide range of styles,
reflecting the variety of dancers
that they accompany.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for members,
$12 for non-members. A por-
tion of the proceeds will be
donated to the Siuslaw School
District music programs.
For more information, visit
www.citylightscinemas.com or
call 541-305-0014.
Author to speak on
quest for missing son
In October 2010, Sandy
Lee’s 36-year-old son disap-
peared without a trace while
visiting his hometown. Three
months later, his partial
remains were found during a
community search organized
by Lee — who then began her
own search to discover the cir-
cumstances surrounding her
son’s murder.
“No Stone Unturned” chron-
icles a mother’s passionate pur-
suit to lay her son to rest by
finding him justice, as well as
begin the process of healing
through her memoirs, which
include photographs, personal
poems and insights.
On Friday, June 26, at 7 p.m.
Lee will be at Port Hole Books,
179 Laurel St., in Old Town
Florence to discuss her experi-
ence, share excerpts and sign
copies of her book.
The event is free, and
refreshments will be served.
about the club, as well as any-
one who just wants to listen
and/or sing along.
Beginners meet first from
1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
For more information, email
janetwellington@charter.net
Summer hours begin
at LCC
The Florence Area Humane
Society will host its annual
Tour of Gardens on Sunday,
June 28, featuring five distinc-
tive gardens in the Florence and
Mapleton area.
Tickets are $15 and now on
sale at Mary Ann’s Natural Pet,
On Your Feet with a Splash,
Raining Cats and Dogs, the
FAHS Shelter, Laurel Bay
Gardens
and
Premier
Landscaping. The tour will run
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A colorful glass garden art
tree is being offered as the raf-
fle prize. Tickets for this item
are one for $3, four for $10 and
eight for $20 and will be avail-
able on Saturday during the
monthly Hot Dog and
Hamburger Sale at Grocery
Outlet and at the gardens dur-
ing the Tour of Gardens.
Lane Community College
will close on Fridays for the
summer beginning Friday, June
26, and continuing through
Friday, Aug. 28.
No services will be avail-
able, and no classes or events
will be held, unless otherwise
scheduled by a department or
program.
Ukulele players
to strum June 28
Florence Ukulele Club (The
Flukes) will meet June 28, from
3 to 4 p.m, for a song circle.
The group meets in the
Bromley Room of the Siuslaw
Public Library, 1460 Ninth St.
Meetings are open to ukulele
players of all levels and anyone
interested in learning more
FAHS Garden Tour
June 28
A day camp for Girl Scouts,
where they learn new skills,
make new friends, and share
work and play, will take place
June 29 and 30, from 3:30 to
8:45 p.m., and again July 1 and
2, for an overnight at the Elks
Campground, 05607 Mercer
Lake Road.
Cost is $25 and includes
crafts, a dinner, breakfast, patch
and T-shirt.
Non Girl Scouts are wel-
come for an additional $15 fee.
For more information, call
Norma Parry at 541-991-2594
or Debbie Edwards at 541-991-
7876.
Van Fans to meet
The next monthly meeting
and luncheon for the Van Fans
will be Wednesday, July 1, at
The Shorewood on Spruce
Street at 11:45 a.m.
For more information or to
volunteer, contact Karen Lee at
541-997-9669.
Habitat seeks items
for yard sale
Habitat for Humanity’s Faith
Relations Committee is holding
a sale to raise funds for home
Trudie,
Denyse,
Shelby and
Lalitha
Time for a new
look?
Call and make
your appointment
today. We look
forward
to seeing you!
Girl Scouts to sleep
under stars
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QCCF lost $35,000
between January and May of
this year, despite the board’s
efforts to cut costs, including
staff benefits, and raising
tuition.
“We looked at our salary
rates, the debt that we inherit-
ed and the coming three-
month (summer) forecast,”
Trent said. “We cannot con-
tinue to lose money without
jeopardizing the Boys and
Girls Club. Our core mission
is kids from 6 to 18. That is
the heart of what this organi-
zation does.”
The board also is evaluat-
ing the viability of ABC.
Lower enrollment is plaguing
the preschool and increasing
the cost per child.
Board member Michael
Pearson said, “When we start-
ed this, we had about 35 kids
each in ABC and QCCF,
about 70 kids (total), and we
said, this will work, we can
make it. The numbers have
just fallen off ever since. One
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construction and repair.
Donations of all types
(except clothing) are needed.
Contact Florence Habitat at
541-902-9227 or Shirley
Kilmer at 541-997-4010 to
arrange a time to deliver your
donations.
The sale is July 2-4, at 2075
40th St., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Colorado Picnic
returns in July
The third semi-annual
Colorado Picnic is being
planned for Sunday, July 19,
from noon to 6 p.m., at the
Woahink Lake picnic meeting
place on Canary road
Bring a dish to share and
your favorite Colorado stories.
Anyone with a Colorado
connection is invited. For more
information,
call
Donna
Dobson at 541-997-7383.
Poetry Group meets
Wednesdays
Friends of Poetry meets
every Wednesday from 3 to 5
p.m., in the activity room at
Shorewood
Retirement
Center, 1451 Spruce St.
All are welcome.
For more information, call
541-991-7556.
of the things I think is signifi-
cant is that almost 20 of the
kids we had in ABC are not
coming back. They are going
to kindergarten. How many
will come back? We don’t
know.”
“We have not made a deci-
sion yet on ABC Preschool,”
Trent said. “We are looking at
financials, we are still doing
our homework.
“We understand how this
impacts the community and
we hate it. We tried every-
thing we know how to do and
we just don’t see any way we
can save QCCF without jeop-
ardizing the Boys and Girls
Club too,” he added.
The board is focused on
reopening the Teen Center,
retiring Boys and Girls Club
debt and moving forward with
summer and fall programs.
Board members have met
with both national and region-
al Boys and Girls Club repre-
sentatives and are encouraged
with the outcome of the meet-
ings.
“They are going to allocate
resources to help us restart
this club,” Trent said. “They
are going to work with us on
how to raise the capital to pay
off the dept and to pay off the
buildings.”
The board also will be
meeting with community
leaders next week to begin
developing a strategy for a
capital campaign.
Despite the hardships, both
donations and fundraising
efforts for the club are up
over last year.
“We have reduced our debt
from $120,000 down to
around $50,000,” Pearson
said. “That is a huge retire-
ment of debt.”
“For the Boys and Girls
Club, we still have a moun-
tain to climb,” Trent added,
“But, we have done an amaz-
ing amount of progress in six-
months time.”
The Boys and Girls Club
10-week summer camp pro-
gram is underway with about
30 children attending the
weekday camp and fieldtrips.
More are expected to join
after the school district’s four-
week Twilight summer pro-
gram ends July 9.
Board member Kristen
Goodman-Christiansen said,
“We are looking forward to
our fall sports programs. We
will be having flag football,
tackle football, soccer, volley-
ball and cheerleading. Signup
sheets and pricing information
will be at the Teen Center in
August.”
The club is referring people
who want to know about child
care options in the Florence
area to Lane Family
Connections at 541-463-3308.