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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015
Herb Enthusiasts to learn about mushrooming Local scouts to serve
Anna Moore, also known as
the local “Mushroom Lady,”
will return to host this month’s
meeting
of
the
Herb
Enthusiasts on Thursday, Oct.
15, starting at 11 a.m.
Moore, an amateur mycolo-
gist, has a science background
with a love of the natural world
and is now retired and spends
much of her time on the
Oregon coast hiking, foraging
and photographing.
Moore believes that getting
out into the woods is good for
the body and brain as you will
expand your knowledge of the
Oregon Coast’s secret ingredi-
ent to health that is shipped
around this country and inter-
nationally for medicinal and
culinary use.
Whether you’re a novice to
mushrooms or an experienced
forager who wants to expand
into more exotic varieties,
don’t miss this session. Moore
continues to amaze the com-
munity in her undaunted pur-
suit of knowledge in this fungal
science.
If you’re a novice, start with
a few easily identified species
such as Chanterelle and lobster
mushrooms. Some wild mush-
More also works closely
with the Real Food Co-Op
where you can drop samples
by, provide your phone num-
ber so she can contact you to
discuss.
Along with samples, Moore
will also discuss several edible
medicinal mushrooms that
grow locally and explain how
they support your immune sys-
tem and overall good health.
Her presentation will include
a slide presentation covering
all these subjects and more that
will spark an interest to be
brave and pursue a fantastic
start to a new hobby that will
benefit your body and mind.
Meeting location is at the
New Life Lutheran Church,
2100 Spruce Street (next to the
Florence Food Share).
Guests are welcome to
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attend
their first meeting free.
“Mushroom Lady” Anna Moore will speak tomorrow at
The
Florence
Herb
Herb Enthusiasts meeting.
Enthusiasts members explore,
rooms are poisonous and they 100 percent certainty before experience and learn about the
may resemble edible species.
you eat it. If you have some cultivation, culinary, craft and
Raw mushrooms have a lot recently picked mushrooms medicinal uses of herbs at
of chemicals and materials we that you need help with, bring monthly meetings and special
can’t digest, for example, them to the meeting in a brown events.
For more information, call
morels make you sick when paper bag and Moore will pro-
eaten raw. It’s your responsibil- vide assistance in idntifying Mary Vander Weit at 602-565-
7870.
ity to identify wild food with them.
FRAA to host official grand opening Oct. 23
The public is invited to the
grand opening celebration of
the Florence Regional Arts
Alliance’s (FRAA) new art
center and gallery, at 120
Maple Street in Old Town.
The grand opening will take
place Friday, Oct. 23, from 4 to
7 p.m., beginning with a ribbon
cutting by the Florence
Chamber of Commerce.
There will be brief opening
remarks by Harlen Springer,
president of the FRAA; Brian
Rogers, executive director of
the Oregon Arts Commission
and the Oregon Cultural Trust;
Catherine Rickbone, executive
director of the Oregon Coast
Council for the Arts; and Jay
Bozievich, Lane County
Commissioner.
Music will be provided by
guitarist Denny Weaver, and a
wide variety of refreshments
will be served. There will be
door prizes donated FRAA
artists, including a $25 gift cer-
tificate for merchandise or
classes offered at the FRAA
Center.
The annual members meet-
ing for FRAA will be held
Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 3 to 4
p.m., at the new art center.
Key accomplishments of this
past year will be reviewed, and
board members will be elected.
All members are encouraged
to attend.
up spaghetti dinner
Cub Scout Pack 777, Boy
Scout Troop 777 and the
Florence Elks are joining
forces to put on a spaghetti
dinner fundraiser Saturday,
Oct. 17, from 5 to 7 p.m., at
the Elks Lodge on 12th St.
The
dinner
includes
spaghetti, salad, garlic bread
and a beverage. Proceeds
from this fundraiser help sup-
port scout programs and
camping in the pack and
troop.
Dinner is $8 per person.
A bake sale of home-baked
goodies is planned with the
dinner.
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 Oct. 1
through June 15 of each year.
The dates change due to fire
conditions — and 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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