SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015
DiPietro wins Davis book
Medicare topic of next
FACC meeting Oct. 7
“Medicare
and
Open
Enrollment” will be the
keynote at this month’s gener-
al meeting of the Florence
Area Community Coalition
(FACC) on Wednesday, Oct. 7,
from 9 to 10:30 a.m., in the
Bromley Room of the Siuslaw
Public Library.
Suzanne Mann-Heintz is
a volunteer counselor for
SHIBA
(Senior
Health
Insurance Benefits Assist-
ance). She will talk about
SHIBA and some of the serv-
ices the program offers to
those already enrolled in
Medicare and those whose eli-
gibility is coming up.
The featured agency for this
COURTESY PHOTO
Vern DiPietro of Westlake holds the Katheryn Davis Volume Two fine-art book he
won at the fifth annual Florence Festival of Books. There were 43 entries. The
book was presented to DiPietro by author Leroy Krzycki. The all-color 350-page
hardcover book has some 380 of Davis' paintings and sketches, none of which
were in the first volume. One of the paintings is of DiPietro, painted in 2001. The
book is available at Quiet Waters Gallery, Pro Lumber and online at www.
katheryndavis.com.
Learn about Episcopal Church, Anglican
spiritual tradition Wednesdays
On Wednesdays at 5 p.m.
there will be a class on
Christianity as seen through
the faith of the Anglican spiri-
tual tradition.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church, which is Episcopal, is
a member of the worldwide
Anglican Communion.
The Anglican Communion
shares the Celtic Christian
focus on God’s creation as holy
and living and continuing. It
also shares the Roman and
Orthodox focus on the liturgy
(life of prayer of all the peo-
ple), on Sunday and through-
out the week, as a way of cele-
brating the presence of the liv-
ing God in Jesus Christ.
The Episcopal Church’s
Sunday and weekday worship
services have four scripture
readings, from the Old
Testament, Book of Psalms,
Letters of the early church, and
Gospels.
It uses the Nicene Creed as a
summary of Christian faith,
and a catechism as a series of
questions and answers about
how to live that faith out.
Classes take place in the
library at the back of the
church.
For more information, call
the church at 541-997-6600, or
Mother Georgia DuBose at
541-503-5549.
In
Honor
of All
Veterans
The staff at the Siuslaw News are preparing to publish the annu-
al Veterans Day publication, which is a special supplement to the news-
paper that is devoted to all military veterans who currently are Florence-
area residents or have a connection to this area.
If you are interested in sharing your military background information in
the annual tribute publication, or in updating information that we have pub-
lished previously, please complete this form and submit it to the Siuslaw
News. Service photographs are also welcome.
Submit forms and photos by e-mail to rcronk@thesiuslawnews.com, by
regular mail to Siuslaw News, Attn: Ryan Cronk, P.O. Box 10, Florence,
OR 97439; or drop off materials at the Siuslaw News office in Old Town,
148 Maple St.
If your profile was published in the 2014 Veterans tribute and you do not
wish to make any changes to the profile, there is no need to resubmit this
form or your military information.
Please be sure that all materials are carefully labeled with your name and
phone number and are submitted by October 28, 2015.
Thank you for participating in this project to remember and honor our
veterans.
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month is Siuslaw Outreach
Services.
In honor of Domestic
Violence Awareness month,
FACC will be collecting
donations for SOS.
Attendees are invited to
bring socks, toiletries, dispos-
able
diapers,
feminine
hygiene products, or mone-
tary contributions in lieu of
items.
The Florence Area Com-
munity Coalition serves as a
networking agency to educate
others about all the opportuni-
ties for service and assistance
in our wonderful community.
For more information go to
www.florenceareacc.org.
Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue
initiates burn permit program
Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue (SVFR) has started a
new burn permit program. The
burn season will begin
Sunday, Nov. 1.
According to the Lane
County Fire Defense Board,
the burn season opening is
postponed due to continued
wildfire danger.
SVFR Fire Marshal Sean
Barrett said, “In the last week
Oregon
Department
of
Forestry has responded to sev-
eral wildfires in Lane County.
One was estimated at 15
acres.”
Recently, SVFR adopted the
Oregon Fire Code and now
requires a permitting process
for open burning.
As a way to educate the
public and keep track of open
burns, SVFR is initiating a
free burn permit program.
The permit program will be
in conjunction with the Lane
Regional Air Protection
Agency (LRAPA).
LRAPA has rules and regu-
lations for the open burn sea-
son that usually runs October 1
through June 15 of each year.
The dates change due to fire
conditions. This year, no fires
are allowed until Nov. 1.
“This is the first year of the
program,” said Barrett. “We
are making this an education-
al program rather than a puni-
tive one.”
Should there be an occa-
sion that enforcement is
required, SVFR will refer the
issue to LRAPA.
Barrett said that there is no
open burning allowed in the
Florence City limits.
All open burns will require
a burn permit.
Burn permits are now
available to the public for
those that live outside of the
city limits.
The burn permits are valid
for the entire burn season.
Each permit has informa-
tion on what can be burned
and who to call to confirm
each appropriate burn day.
The permits are available
online at www.svfr.org, the
main fire station at 2625
Highway 101, at the Heceta
Water PUD office and Dunes
City Hall.
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