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SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
FLORENCE, OREGON
CITY LIGHTS CINEMAS REFLECTS ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY
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City Lights Cinemas owners
Susan Tive and Michael Falter
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omething old
(“Casablanca”) and
something new (digi-
tal 3D movies) will help
usher in the first anniver-
sary of City Lights
Cinemas, located at the
south end of the Grocery
Outlet parking lot, on
Thursday, Aug. 13.
Though “Casablanca”
will not be viewed in 3D, a
newly restored edition of
the classic will be shown to
the public at 7 p.m. A
reception for City Lights
members only begins at 6
p.m., and one of the four
theaters at City Lights is
being converted to show
3D movies.
In December 2013,
while vacationing in
Florence, City Lights own-
ers Michael Falter and
Susan Tive discovered that
the city’s only movie the-
ater complex had closed.
“I saw this theater — it
was shut down — and I
thought ‘Wow, Florence is
a great town. It needs a
theater,’” Falter said.
He and his wife have a
long history in independent
movie theater marketing
and operation. They stud-
ied the demographics of
Florence and came to the
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Lunch
program
marks
20 years
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Florence organizations
unite to offer free meals
for those in need
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July marked the 20th anniversary of
the Florence Free Lunch program.
Lunches are served between 11:30 a.m.
and 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday and
Thursday at the Florence United
Methodist Church kitchen at 333
Kingwood St.
Yola Hesser and the Methodist
Women’s Group started the program in
1995. Currently 11 different religious,
service and community groups provide
more than 50 volunteers to cook, serve
and cleanup for the lunch program.
Florence Free Lunch program board
member and coordinator Suzanne
Mann-Heintz said, “In 2013, we served
just over 2,400 lunches. In 2014, we
served more than 3,800. This points to
the growing need for this service in our
community.”
Any leftover food is donated to
Helping Hands. That organization
offers free lunches on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
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Florence Councilor Ron Preisler, City Manager Erin Reynolds, Councilor George
Lyddon, Mayor Joe Henry, Councilor Susy Lacer and Public Works Director Mike
Miller ceremonially break ground Wednesday on the Rhody Drive repair project.
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School board picks
final member
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Long-awaited repairs begin this
month for Rhododendron Drive
F
lorence Mayor
Joe Henry and
other city officials
initiated the north
Rhododendron Drive paving
improvement project during a
groundbreaking ceremony
Wednesday, Aug. 5.
“This is a special occasion for me
because street maintenance is one of my
big things that I want to see happen,”
Henry said. “We’re finally doing some of
it for the first time in several years.”
Florence Public Works Director Mike
Miller said the road construction will
begin Friday, Aug. 21, between the
entrance to Greentrees Village and Wild
Winds Street, and will include a one-day
road closure. Henry said he was excited to
start on the project.
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Siuslaw School Board voted 4-2 to
have Bill McDougle fill board position
No. 7 during a special meeting held
Thursday, Aug. 6.
McDougle was one of five appli-
cants seeking the opening left vacant
by board member Michele Rose, who
declined to run for a third four-year
term. There were no candidates filed
for the position on the May ballot.
Superintendent Ethel Angal said, “I
feel privileged to work with a school
board that works so well together and
has added another potentially wonder-
ful member.”
McDougle is a retired school teacher
and high school vice principal who has
recently moved to Florence from
Bakersfield, Calif.
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