SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2015
Ocean Woods to be
discussed Wednesday
Heceta
South
Home
Owners Association (HOA)
and concerned community
members have scheduled a
meeting on Wednesday, Nov.
4, to discuss the fate of Ocean
Woods, a 40-acre undevel-
oped Lane County park that
the county is considering sell-
ing. The meeting will be at 6
p.m. at the Florence Elks
Lodge, 1686 12th St.
Anyone interested is invit-
ed to attend.
Charlie Campione, presi-
dent of Heceta South HOA,
said, “The Lane County Parks
Department has developed a
draft master plan which rec-
ommends the sale. ... Ocean
Woods is a 40-acre parcel that
was deeded to Lane County
by the state of Oregon to be
retained as park land. I am
sure that you can predict the
many adverse situations if
this property is sold, such as
negative impact on wild life
and endangered species,
decrease in property values,
etc.”
Campione said that a peti-
tion against the sale already
has more than 300 signatures.
This meeting will provide
background on the subject
and a solicitation of recom-
mendations on how to explore
other solutions to preserving
the parcel.
For more information, or to
be placed on the agenda,
contact Charlie Campione at
cnjcampione@gmail.com.
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Local veterans donate backpacks of food
Florence’s Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 3232 and
the Band of Brothers have
partnered with the Food
Backpack for Kids Program
by “adopting” two students for
the 2015/2016 school year.
With their donations, they
have actually funded weekend
meals for the entire year for
these two students.
The Food Backpack for
Kids Program is beginning its
fourth year providing three
ready-to-eat, prepackaged,
nutritious meals a day for the
weekends during the school
year.
The filled backpacks are
delivered to the Siuslaw and
Mapleton school offices where
they are privately distributed
to the most at-risk children
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Veterans of VFW Post 3232
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Brothers, other community
organizations and donors
make this program possible.
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Salvation Army gears up to help out
The Salvation Army of
Western Lane County will be
hosting the visit of Kimberley
Pettina, Divisional Director of
Home Front War Relief and
Emergency Disaster Services
in Oregon and Idaho.
Pettina will be in the Nov.
11 Veterans Day Parade, dis-
playing the EDS Van at 1 p.m.
in Old Town, visiting the
Oregon
Coast
Military
Museum between 2 and 4
p.m., and appearing at the free
food and concert for vets and
military families at the
Shorewood Retirement Home
from 4 to 6 p.m. on Veterans
Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11.
More than 30 local support-
ers of The Salvation Army
gathered together at the
Siuslaw Riverside Restaurant
on Columbus Day evening to
discuss ways the organization
could help fill any gaps in
social services within western
Lane County.
Gayle Waiss, executive
director of the Western Lane
Community Foundation, will
help set up a dedicated charita-
ble fund to serve as a resource
of The Salvation Army within
the local area.
Tax deductible donations
can be received and 100 per-
cent of the distributions made
locally in accordance with the
wide range of social services.
Contributions can mailed to:
WLC/Salvation Army P.O.
Box 1041 Florence, OR
97439.
Kettle volunteers are needed
for the Christmas season.
Kettles will be located at
major grocery stores and in
Old Town Florence for the
first time in many years. All
donations will go into the
WLC/Salvation Army Fund.
The goal is to raise $10,000
and many donations and vol-
unteers will be needed.
Interested persons can sign up
at the Shorewood Retirement
event Nov. 11, or contact vol-
unteer coordinator Janet Snow
by calling 559-289-3063.
The Salvation Army pro-
vides services to adults, fami-
lies and children, as well as
emergency disaster services.
Sam Spayd of Florence made
the first donation toward the
establishment of this WLCF
and Salvation Army Fund with
a $1,000 donation.
A total of $10,000 is needed
to establish the fund so that it
can begin distributing money
for local services. The WLCF
board will consider a proposal
to create an agency fund to
receive contributions in the
near future.
The “VIP Kettle Kick-off”
will be hosted by Geraldine
Lucio, owner of the Old Town
Barbershop on Bay Street.
This event will feature local
dignitaries, celebrities, live
music and take place just prior
to Thanksgiving Day when the
official kettle campaign will
begin.
The Red Kettle campaign
will last until Christmas Eve.
Volunteers are needed to stand
at kettle. Interested persons
can contact Janet Snow by
calling 559-289-3063.
Snow is also available to
speak to local civic groups and
churches about The Salvation
Army and to encourage orga-
nizational support.
The Salvation Army is an
international organization that
operates in 127 nations and in
nearly 8,000 centers in com-
munities across the United
States.
Springfield,
Eugene,
Newport and Coos Bay have
offices that provide social
services and food assistance
programs.
Service extension support is
available in Reedsport. .
Contributions can mailed to:
WLC/Salvation Army P.O.
Box 1041 Florence, OR
97439.
Local Florence area sup-
porters want to bring the serv-
ices of The Salvation Army to
Western Lane County.
Anyone interested in joining
this effort or having a presen-
tation made to any local civic
or church organization about
The Salvation Army should
contact Janet Snow by calling
559-289-3063.
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