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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2015
FRAA hosts Holiday Arts ‘Season of Caring’ supports nonprofits
Festival Dec. 4 and 5
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Holiday Arts Festival 2015,
presented
by
Florence
Regional
Arts
Alliance
(FRAA), runs for two days
this year, beginning Friday,
Dec. 4, from 1 to 7 p.m., then
again Saturday, Dec. 5, from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Florence Events Center.
Admission is free.
Come meet the craftsmen
and artisans showing their lat-
est creative designs and unique
works of art in many genres.
The list of vendors in this
year’s festival includes:
Karen Skulley, knitted
scarfs and shawls, purses and
quilts; Ralph and Vicki
Martin, scrollsaw wood art;
Cindi Covert, all things cro-
cheted; Debbie Brown, hand-
woven bags and pillows;
Carol
Strenkoski,
dog
sweaters and women’s beaded
hats; Peggy Goodrow, stained
glass; Patti Land, fabric bas-
kets and pottery; Debbie
Kiturkes, painted pottery
dishes and jewelry; Karen
Souza, upcycled jewelry and
Port
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“And if we don’t, then we go
back out?” Duman asked.
Caputo said the board would
have to move forward and cross
that bridge if it happened.
Buckwald said he would like
to see a unanimous vote.
“I’d like to see us all in sup-
port of whatever it is we do,” he
said. “We have to find a way to
make that work.”
The board voted 4-1 in favor
of seeking new applicants and re-
evaluating the previous applica-
tions. Duman voted no.
Districts
“My vote of no was based on
information gained during the
executive session and I cannot
comment on that,” Duman said.
“I will respect the wishes of the
board.”
Caputo felt the board had
learned a lot by going through
the process.
“The next time the process
might be a little bit easier,” he
said.
“The commissioners all
have their individual visions of
who they want in this posi-
tion,” interim port manager
Dina McClure said. “A few of
them share a common vision,
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T
he “Season of Caring” reception and soup kitchen held Nov. 14 at the Florence
Events Center raised a total of $250 that was shared with Siuslaw Outreach
Services (SOS) and Florence Food Share. The soup kitchen served 75 people and
earned $100, and the artists raffle brought in $150. In addition, approximately 100
pounds of food were collected for Food Share. SOS received 40 coats, some blankets,
two sleeping bags and several sets of gloves.
but it is not a consensus.
“If the board is unable to come
to a consensus, I commend them
for taking more time to re-evalu-
ate the first round of applicants
and do further recruitment. I
don’t expect their decision to be
unanimous, but it is in the best
interest of the port for the major-
ity to agree.”
The port will accept additional
applications for the position of
port manager until Dec. 15.
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T he
Chick en Coop
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M A P L E
Join Us for our
CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, November 21st, 12 -4
We are having refreshments,
drawings and lots of fun!
Christmas has arrived at The Chicken Coop!
129 Maple Street , Old Town Florence 541-991-7739
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The employee will keep
track of her hours for both
agencies.
The SVFR Board of
Directors signed the intergov-
ernmental agreement (IGA) at
its meeting on Nov. 18.
The WLAD board signed
the IGA on Thursday.
According to the IGA,
“SVFR remains an independ-
ent contractor, providing serv-
ices through this intergovern-
mental agreement to WLAD.”
“I’m excited to do this,”
Brown said. “I work with great
people in both places.”
The SVFR board also dis-
cussed other issues at its board
meeting, including the October
burglary at its Canary Road sta-
tion.
“The last estimate of loss
was in the neighborhood of
$16,000,” Langborg told the
board. “That’s pretty high. I
didn’t realize that the radios
were worth $5,000 a piece, and
we lost two.”
According to Divisions
Chief Marvin Tipler, the radios
were so expensive because
they are commercial radios.
“We’re looking at ways to
improve security and ensure
that this doesn’t happen again,”
Langborg said.
Airport
yard art; Tina Shoys, mosaic
art; Lori Muir, local photogra-
phy; Claudia Ignatieff and
Ron Hildenbrand, prints,
cards, oil paintings and light-
ed cubes; Sun Levine, fine
pottery; Claudia Brown, sea
glass, bead and wirework;
Annette Bignami, woodwork-
ing; Sharon Pryor, tole paint-
ed item, Christmas crafts and
glass art; Maggie Bagon,
hand spun and dyed and felted
items; Ken McDougal, fine
art scenic photos; Janet and
Kevin Square, intarsia wood-
working and fractal art; Diane
Osborne, Santas (large and
small); Norma Burkett, fibre
arts; and Peggy Murray, orig-
inal art and illustrated printed
cards.
Artisans exhibiting in the
Holiday Arts Festival will be
donating 10 percent of their
sales to the FRAA Art Center,
120 Maple St.
For more information, con-
tact Claudia Brown at 541-
902-1933 or Peggy Goodrow
at 541-902-1430.
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Please Join With Us at
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
1875 Hwy. 101, Florence
By donating toys for the children
recieving toy baskets from
Florence Soroptimist.
Please drop off unwrapped toys
by Dec. 15th so they may be
distributed on December 19th.
Please purchase toys for age group of
9-12 for boys and girls.
We would like to thank those who have already
dropped toys off.
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We asked members of the local Boys and Girls Club
this question. View more of their responses in a special
Thanksgiving section on Wednesday, Nov. 25.
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The council re-established
the
Airport
Advisory
Committee on Sept. 8, after
which city staff began the
recruitment process.
Henry announced that the
seven members of the commit-
tee are Andreas Blech, Byron
Devries, Larry Farnsworth,
Richard Holcombe, Carl
Middleton, Craig Sanders and
Sam Spayd.
According to city code, the
committee shall meet at least
every other month, at a regu-
lar time to be set by the com-
mittee.
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“I am thankful for my mom, dad, cats,
dog, food, home, Netflix, books, basketball,
cross country, my friends, Sam and Ms. Pat
and karate.”
—A LISON , 13
“I am thankful for BGC, food, water,
school, frends, family, people around the
world, peace, the munny that people downate
to the boys and girls club.”
—M ADY , 11
“I am thankful for my dad and mom and
my family and games like Mincraft and
Halow and movies like Friday the 13th, and
my frinds Ryan and Vinny. I love holidays.”
—S HILOH , 8
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