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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
I N BRIEF
Fire department welcomes new EMT
Poetry group meets
tonight, every
Wednesday
The Friends of Poetry
gathers
together
every
Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m.
at
The
Shorewood
Retirement Residences, 15th
and Spruce streets.
Readers and writers of all
poetry are welcome.
For more information, call
the new contact number at
541-373-0065.
‘Mercy Killers’
to play at City Lights
tomorrow
“Mercy Killers” is a
thought-provoking one-man
play by actor and playwright
Michael Mulligan that puts
our current healthcare system
under a microscope.
It will be performed live at
City Lights Cinemas on the
Chaplin Stage on Thursday,
Sept. 24, at 7 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased
at City Lights daily between
noon and midnight.
Call 541-997-2997 for
more information.
LCC closed for
in-service tomorrow
Lane Community College
will be closed to the public
for its annual fall in-service
on Thursday, Sept. 24.
No services will be avail-
able,
unless
otherwise
announced by a department
or program.
Fall classes begin Monday,
Sept. 28.
Want to join the
Girl Scouts? Learn
how tomorrow
Local area Girl Scout lead-
ers will be having a Girl
Scout Recruitment night on
Thursday, Sept. 24, for
grades K-12.
The meeting will begin at
6:30 p.m. at the Florence
Evangelical Church, 1813
Rhododendron Dr., one block
off Highway 101.
Come learn about the fun
that Girl Scouts have
and what Girl Scouts is all
about.
For more information, call
Lisa Spencer at 541-999-
9878 or Norma Parry at 541-
991-2594.
Annual Senior Expo
set for Oct. 1 at FEC
The annual Good Life
Boomer and Senior Expo
will be held Thursday, Oct. 1,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Florence Events Center.
Admission is free.
The Expo is a unique
hybrid
of
information,
resources and entertainment,
all geared toward satisfying
and enhancing the life of
boomers and seniors.
Spend the day socializing,
becoming better informed
and having fun.
For more information on
booth
and
sponsorship
opportunities, call 541-902-
3524.
Volunteer Russell Wymore earns emergency medical technician certification
Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue Director John
Carnahan, Chief Jim
Langborg, new EMT Russell
Wymore, Director Woody
Woodbury and Board
President John Scott
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
The Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue Board of Directors
honored volunteer Russell
Wymore at its September board
meeting on Wednesday.
“We wanted to publicly and
formally recognize firefighter
Russell Wymore for his
efforts,” Fire Chief Jim
Langborg said. “He successful-
ly completed the EMT class.
As we say many times, it’s kind
of a big deal, and well over 100
hours of training.”
An EMT is an emergency
medical technician who is
trained to respond to medical,
and safety situations.
“It is a big deal,” Board
President John Scott agreed.
Langborg presented Wymore
with a certificate of apprecia-
tion.
According to Langborg,
Wymore’s final certificate is
“still in the hopper” at the
national registry.
“We want to thank you and
Friday, Oct. 9. Applications are
available at the SVFR main
station, 2625 Highway 101.
For more information on
Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue
and its operations, go to
www.svfr.org.
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CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
congratulate you. It’s a major
investment on your part, and
we want to say that we appreci-
ate it,” Langborg said to
Wymore.
SVFR is looking for people
like Wymore to join the fire
department as volunteers. It
will be holding a volunteer
recruit academy on Saturday,
Nov. 14. Recruits will be
trained to an entry level fire-
fighter position.
Oldtime Fiddlers
to play Oct. 3
The Oregon Oldtime
Fiddlers will be playing at
the Pistol River Friendship
Hall, 94416 Linda Ln., Gold
Beach, on Saturday, Oct. 3,
from 1 to 3 p.m., with an
acoustic circle jam following
from 3 to 4 p.m.
The public is invited to
this free event and donations
are accepted.
This is a good opportunity
to see and hear great musi-
cians in the district which
goes up the coast from
Brookings all the way to
Florence.
For more information, call
541-759-3419.
The fire department is
accepting applications through
Follow Chantelle on Twitter
@SNews_Chantelle. Email her
at cmeyer@thesiuslawnews.com.
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Meet Kip
I’ve been a couch potato for a while
but that’s going to change. My New
Years resolution is to eat better (and
less) and get more exercise. With my
goal of becoming a lap dog, I think I
can keep it. I am house broken, up to
date on vaccinations, microchipped
and will come to you with freshly
cleaned teeth. With your help I will
keep this New Years resolution.
Kip is a very nice dog but can get
defensive around new people. We
have been taking Kip to classes at Surf City Dog Training where he has been doing
very well! We have a few suggestions for Kips future adopter that we think will help
him succeed in his new home. Kip does need to fi nd a quieter home with no kids or
big dogs. Please contact the shelter if you are interested in Kip.
If you would like to meet Kip or any of his
friends, please visit us at:
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