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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015
S ALVATION A RMY K ETTLES
Supporters and volunteers
of The Salvation Army-
Western Lane County are
calling upon their fellow
community members to step
forward as volunteers for
“Standing
Kettle”
this
Christmas season.
“We have seven locations
now for friends in western
Lane County to contribute to
our local effort to fund a
$10,000 Agency Fund with
the Western Lane Community
Foundation,” says volunteer
kettle coordinator Janet
Snow. “Everyone is very
excited to have kettles back in
Florence. We will even have a
kettle in Mapleton, and anoth-
er ‘floating kettle’ to be used
by special arrangement.”
Local retail stores Safeway,
Grocery Outlet, BiMart and
Fred Meyer have kettles in
front of their stores now. Bell
ringers started ringing on
Friday.
One Kettle in Old Town
Florence will have a bell
ringer at either The Riverside
Restaurant or Old Town
Barbershop.
In
addition,
it
was
announced
that
Pop’s
Smokehouse, just outside of
Mapleton on Highway 126,
will serve as an additional
location where supporters can
bring cash or checks.
“We didn’t want Mapleton
to be left out of this,” says
local
supporter
“Pops”
Goodman. “So we intend to
have a kettle on this side of
Florence and we’ll have a
special promotion with our
Carolina BBQ Sandwich with
$1 going to The Salvation
Army each and every
Sunday.”
The floating kettle can be
scheduled by special arrange-
ment to be used by churches
and civic groups during the
holiday season.
In addition, a Salvation
Army Christmas Boat Parade
is scheduled for Saturday,
Dec. 12, at Darlings Marina
ARRIVE IN
COURTESY PHOTO
Siuslaw News sports editor and syndicated humor colum-
nist Ned Hickson hands a donation to Kettle coordinator
Janet Snow while kayaking on Siltcoos Lake. A “floating
kettle” is available for churches and civic groups to sched-
ule during the holidays, though Hickson adds that it will
not actually float.
and RV Resort on Siltcoos
Lake. A dinner with live
music will follow the early
evening parade on Siltcoos
Lake.
“We definitely will need
some top end, larger gifts to
reach our goal,” says support-
New Life
Lutheran Church
Presents an organ and violin concert,
“Advent
Contemplations”
Dec.6 • 4:00pm
Brian Lindsey,
New Life Organist,
on the pipe organ.
&
Steve Avery
on the violin.
A benefi t for
“Helping Hands Coalition.”
Th e community is invited.
Free will off ering
er Sam Spayd. “But the com-
munity is extremely generous
and when they realize that
their gifts to The Salvation
Army-Western Lane County
will be used 100 percent in
our area, I am confident we
will get all the support we are
F LORENCE Celebrate winter Solstice,
seeking and then some.”
A special dedicated agency
fund will be established with-
in
the
Western
Lane
Community Foundation for
use by The Salvation Army in
the local area.
“Once we’ve reached the
$10,000 level, the West-
ern
Lane
Community
Foundation will begin send-
ing checks annually to
the Salvation Army,” says
Spayd, “Officers who coordi-
nate services in all of Lane
County will be restricted to
use these funds for their serv-
ices within western Lane
County, which is specifically
the areas of the Mapleton and
Siuslaw school districts at
this time.”
Anyone willing to help
establish
the
Salvation
Army’s Agency Fund with the
Western
Lane
County
Foundation should send their
tax-deductible checks to: The
Salvation Army, P.O. Box
1041, Florence, OR 97439
and write in the memo line
“WLCF”.
To volunteer for Kettle
duty, call Janet Snow at 559-
289-3063.
‘New Light’ in Yachats
YACHATS — The Yachats
Academy of Arts and
Sciences invites all to join
it and the greater Yachats
community in celebrating
the winter Solstice and the
coming of the “New
Light.”
This annual event has
become popular and takes
place Saturday, Dec. 19, at 4
p.m.
People gather around that
time, just as the sun sets on
the Pacific Ocean. The bon-
fire will be lit shortly there
after.
If it is raining, the picnic
shelter will provide cover.
Again this year, the
Yachats Ladies Club will be
providing sweet treats and
there will be coffee and hot
chocolate.
Spontaneous drumming
and singing always breaks
out, so feel free to bring a
percussion instrument — or
bring a piece of firewood to
add to the bonfire.
This is a free celebration
event.
Any donations will be
shared with the nonprofit
organizations that are partici-
pating.
For more information, visit
www.YachatsAcademy.org,
www.GoYachats.com or call
541-961-6695.
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