SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2015
PeaceHealth names new
hospital services director
Rand O’Leary has been
named president of hospital
services for PeaceHealth
Oregon, overseeing operations
at all four of PeaceHealth’s
Oregon hospitals: PeaceHealth
Sacred Heart Medical Center
at RiverBend, PeaceHealth
Sacred
Heart
Medical
Center University District,
PeaceHealth Cottage Grove
Community Medical Center
and PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center in Florence.
In his new role, O’Leary
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Humane Society seeks volunteers
becomes a member of
the PeaceHealth System
Leadership Group reporting to
chief operating officer Beth
O’Brien.
O’Leary joined Peace-
Health in July of 2014 as chief
administrative officer at
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart
Medical Center.
He was previously Senior
vice-president and chief
operating officer of Henry
Ford Wyandotte Hospital
in Wyandotte, Mich.
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SWC examines water rights,
fate of sea stars Wednesday
Water rights and the fate
of sea stars will be examined
at the next Siuslaw Watershed
Council (SWC) meeting,
Wednesday, Aug. 26, from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
There will be presentations
by
Michael
Mattick,
watermaster
of
Oregon
Water Resources Department,
and Jenna Sullivan, PhD
candidate at Oregon State
University, as well as regular
meeting topics.
The SWC meets at the
Mapleton Grange, 10880 E.
Mapleton Road.
Visit www.siuslaw.org or
call 541-268-3044 for more
information.
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Chamber announces Rhody Festival theme
The Florence Area Chamber
of Commerce is hard at work
planning
next
year’s
Rhododendron Festival, which
runs from May 20 to 22, 2016.
The chamber is pleased to
announce that the 2016 Rhody
Fest’s theme is “Catch the
Wave.”
Plans are already underway
for next year’s 109th annual
Rhododendron Festival in
Florence.
The festival is a long-stand-
ing tradition in the area and
brings together the community
to celebrate the flower that
makes Florence the City of
Rhododendrons.
In the coming week, the
chamber will announce a con-
WLCF awards Continuing Education Scholarships
Western Lane Community
Foundation (WLCF) recently
unveiled the formation of a new
scholarship program entitled
WLCF Continuing Education
Scholarships.
According to Cindy Cable,
president of the board of direc-
tors, these scholarships are
designed to address the finan-
cial needs of those who are
already in college or an
Arts • Crafts • Fishing Derby • Live Music
approved trade school, or who
are about to enter school at that
level for the first time after
receiving their GED, a job or
career change, etc.
WLCF recently announced
the five $1,000 scholarship
awardees: Jorge Loza-Sanchez,
Hannah Wartnik, Zana Mosley,
Kylie Brandt and Daniel Loza-
Sanchez.
Loza-Sanchez will be a jun-
ior this fall at Oregon State
University majoring in mechan-
ical engineering. He holds a
cumulative grade point average
(GPA) of 3.49 while he com-
mutes from Florence to
Corvallis each week. He is an
intern with Daimler Trucks, and
upon completion of college
plans to work in the automotive
or aeronautical industry.
Wartnik is a senior at
Wheaton College in Illinois
with a grade point average of
3.24. She is majoring in English
writing.
Wartnik was the valedictori-
an of the class of 2012 at
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She plans to get her masters
degree in education and eventu-
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Wartnik has worked at Sea
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years.
Mosley will enter her junior
year at Portland State
University this fall, majoring in
pre-nursing with the goal of
becoming an RN and eventual-
ly becoming a mid-wife.
She has an associate of arts
degree from Southwestern
Oregon Community College
and is a licensed certified nurs-
ing assistant who works at
Spruce Point in Florence during
the summer.
Brandt is beginning her
sophomore year at Western
Oregon University, majoring in
psychology with a GPA of 3.39.
She has worked this summer at
Honeyman State Park and pre-
viously graduated from Siuslaw
High School with a 3.9 GPA.
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Her goal is to earn a master’s
degree in psychology and then
become either a speech pathol-
ogist or a school psychologist.
Daniel Loza-Sanchez contin-
ues his post high school educa-
tion (2013 SHS) this fall as a
sophomore with a grade point
average of 3.1. He is majoring
in mechanical engineering at
Lane Community College.
Loza-Sanchez works at
Three Rivers Casino and plans
to transfer to Oregon State
University upon earning his
AA.
He plans to stay in Oregon as
a mechanical engineer.
The chair of the Scholarship
Committee also announced that
the annual Arils Ulman Nursing
Scholarship will be awarded to
Stacey Dixon in the amount of
$3,000. Dixon currently has a
GPA of 3.38.
For more information on all
scholarships, contact Western
Lane Community Foundation
at 1525 12th St. No. 18 in
Florence or call 541-997-1274.
SATURDAY
2015
enjoy all the artists under the big tent !
Saturday 9/5/15 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sunday 9/6/15 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
test to design the “Catch the
Wave” logo.
If you would like to partici-
pate in this year’s fest, email
Chamber
Director
Cal
Applebee at cal@florence
chamber.com.
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