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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2015
Florence Masons to host Cold Weather Shelter Submissions sought for
Artistic Visions show
as given a warm kennel outside
the back door of the lodge,
where their companions can
visit them.
The committee is asking for
more volunteers.
“If we are to keep our poor-
est and neediest brothers and
sisters from freezing in the
inevitable threatening weather
we will have this winter, more
people need to step up,” said
volunteer coordinator Norma
Wood.
Volunteers are needed to
help set up in the late after-
noon, welcome guests, help
with preparing and serving
dinner and breakfast, commit
COURTESY PHOTO to being on duty at one of three
Cold Weather Shelter facilitator Linda Castro displays a nightly shifts, take care of pets,
flag that will be posted around town when the Cold do laundry, help with adminis-
Weather Shelter at the Masonic Lodge is open.
trative tasks such as providing
transportation, getting opening
A van will pick up people at pillows and blankets.
notifications out on short
designated locations listed
The shelter will close the notice and other jobs that
online at www.coldshelter.org. next morning after a nourish- might arise.
The shelter opens at 5 p.m. ing breakfast at 9 a.m.
The easiest way to volunteer
on freezing days, and then
Guests will be transported to is to go to the shelter’s website
closes the next morning.
their choice of day locations.
at www.coldshelter.org and
Visitors will receive a warm
Pets are welcome at the click on “volunteer.”
welcome, warm dinner and shelter and will be fed, as well
comfortable cots with sheets,
Artists are encouraged to
submit original 2-D, 3-D and
photography works of art for
the Artistic Visions Awards
Show at the Florence Events
Center (FEC).
This show is sponsored by
the Friends of the FEC and its
Gallery Committee.
The show will run from
Jan. 5 through Feb. 1, 2016.
Three out-of-town judges
have been selected for this
show, each one respected in
their field of expertise.
A cash prize of $150 will
be awarded for first place in
each category, along with
honorable mention ribbons.
Each artist may submit up to
three works of art.
Reproductions, with the
exception of photography, of
original artwork are not eligi-
ble.
A nonrefundable fee of $20
per work must be sent with the
entry form.
High school student art fees
will be $10 per work.
All artwork must be for
sale, and content must be
appropriate for the FEC.
The deadline for entry
forms and fees is Dec. 15.
Due to space restraints,
forms will be accepted on a
first-come, first-served basis.
All artwork must be hand
delivered to Gallery One at the
FEC on Monday, Jan. 4,
between 9 a.m. and noon.
Awards will be presented at
a reception on Jan. 9.
Entry forms may be
obtained at the FEC office, or
by visiting www.eventcenter.
org.
5th annual Crab Crack
tickets go on sale Dec. 1
The fifth annual Florence
Crab Crack will take place
Saturday, Feb. 6, from 4 to 7
p.m. Tickets will be available
starting Dec. 1.
Ticket price is $35 per per-
son and only 400 tickets will
be sold. There will be no tick-
ets available at the door.
Enjoy Oregon coast crab
along with pasta, coleslaw,
garlic bread, sodas, coffee and
dessert. A no-host bar will be
available.
There will also be a silent
auction held during the event.
All proceeds from this event
benefit Florence Food Share.
For more information, to
arrange group seating, or to
purchase tickets, contact Bob
MacDuffee at 541-997-9599
or email dunesguy97439@
yahoo.com.
Siuslaw News Congratulates
Bree Carpenter, Halloween Coloring
Contest Winner.
Bree is 7-years old and attends
Siuslaw Elementry School.
Thank you to all that entered our Contest.
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For the second year,
Florence’s homeless and peo-
ple without heat will find
warmth,
welcome
and
overnight shelter when the
nights turn cold, thanks to the
Masonic Lodge.
As Lodge Master Hunt
Ramsey said, “That is what we
do.”
As stated in the agreement
between the Lodge and the
Florence Emergency Cold
Weather Shelter Committee,
signed Nov. 17, “Masonic
Lodge #107 has undertaken
this responsibility as an
expression of its traditional
and historic mission of service
to the community.”
Mason Master-elect Rod
Stowe signed the agreement
with the Florence Emergency
Cold
Weather
Shelter
Committee chairman, Bob
DuBose.
The Cold Weather Shelter
will be open when the wind
chill is below freezing.
Its opening will be broad-
cast, but an important signal
will be its flag, which will be
displayed around Florence.