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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2016
T HREE R IVERS
On Jan. 19, The
Children’s Repertory
of Oregon Workshops
(CROW) announced it
had been selected by
the Three Rivers
Foundation, the giving
arm
of
the
Confederated Tribes
of
Coos,
Lower
Umpqua and Siuslaw
Indians, to receive
$10,000 to help put a
new heating system
into the CROW Center
for the Performing
Arts.
The new center is at
3120 Highway 101,
and will house ongo-
ing classes in the arts,
as well as rehearsal,
DONATES TO
CROW Register Monday for
COURTESY PHOTO
The entrance to CROW’s performing Arts Center on Highway 101
Add your voice to region’s 10-year plan
The final opportunity for
community members to help
shape a vision for the Siuslaw
Region will be held Thursday,
Jan. 28, at the Florence Events
Center, 715 Quince St.
The meeting is the next step
in nearly a year of exploration
and conversations, led by the
Vision Action Team from the
Siuslaw Pathways Program.
An open house format will
run from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7
to 8 p.m., with a formal presen-
tation of the ideas and concerns
from 6 to 7 p.m.
Light refreshments will be
available during the evening.
Anyone residing in Dunes
City, Florence and upriver
communities from Mapleton to
Deadwood is encouraged to
attend.
“We want to share this and
get input from as many people
as we can,” commented Becky
Goehring, a member of the
visioning team. “This is a great
opportunity to let your voice be
heard.”
The Siuslaw Visioning team
has held 10 Focus Group meet-
ings, inviting between 10 to 20
individuals to each meeting,
ranging in scope from econo-
my and business, education,
health care and age demo-
graphics youth to seniors.
The 2025 Siuslaw Vision is
the culmination of the work
being done by the Siuslaw
Region Visioning Project, sup-
ported by Rotary of Florence,
The Siuslaw Public Library,
the City of Florence and The
Ford Family Foundation.
The work has grown out of
the 2014 Pathways program,
which was offered to the
region by The Ford Family
Foundation.
For more information, visit
the Pathways website at www.
siuslawpathways.com.
storage and workshop
space for the nonprofit
youth theatre organiza-
tion.
“We are truly grate-
ful to the Florence
community for it’s
ongoing support of
children in the arts,”
said program director
Melanie Heard. “We
hope everyone will join
us Saturday, Feb. 13, at
CROW’s ‘Share Your
Heart’ event.”
The second annual
event is a fundraiser at
the Florence Events
Center, 715 Quince St.
For more informa-
tion, visit www.crow
kids.com.
a presentation on the Archie
Knowles Campground Rehab-
ilitation Project, given by Ed
Alverson, natural areas coor-
dinator, Lane County Parks.
The annual Spirit of Siuslaw
Award will be presented to a
recipient for outstanding contri-
butions to the improvement of
the community and environ-
ment in the Siuslaw.
Dan Carpenter, the SWC’s
new executive director, will
share why he is excited to be
part of the Siuslaw Watershed
Council team, and there will be
updates on current SWC proj-
ects and efforts.
Author Owen Cummings to lead Lenten Renewal
The Ecumenical Lenten
Renewal Weekend, now in its
20th year, brings nationally
known speakers to Florence
during the liturgical season of
Lent, a traditional time of
reflection in anticipation of
Easter.
Writer,
professor
and
Catholic
deacon
Owen
Cummings, chair of theology
at Mt. Angel Seminary in St.
Benedict, Ore., will headline
the 2016 Lenten Renewal
Weekend, Feb. 20 to 21.
Cummings will give three
lectures on Saturday, Feb. 20,
and deliver the message at the
Sunday service at New Life
Lutheran Church, 21st and
Spruce streets, in Florence.
The theme of his presenta-
tions is “Lift High the Cross.”
His Saturday lectures are
entitled “A Radical Lent,” at
10:30 a.m.; “The Cross and St.
Paul,” at 1 p.m.; and “The Way
of the Cross,” at 2:30 p.m.
His message, “Transfigur-
ation Through the Cross,” will
be given at the Sunday service
at 10:30 a.m.
The Lenten Renewal Choir,
under the direction of Laura
Merz, will sing at the service.
Brian Lindsey will be
organist.
Cummings is the author of
18 books, including “One
Body in Christ,” which high-
lights ecumenical voices pri-
marily in the 20th century, and
“Mystical Women, Mystical
Body,” which examines the
spirituality of 10 women mys-
tics, among them Hildegard of
Bingen, Teresa of Avila and
Edith Stein.
He previously served as
deacon and director of reli-
gious education for the
Cathedral of the Madeleine in
Salt Lake City, Utah, and
remains a permanent deacon
of that diocese.
A native of Glasgow,
Scotland, he holds a bachelor’s
degree in Semitic languages, a
bachelor’s and a master’s
degree in theology and a doc-
tor of divinity degree, which
he earned during the course of
his theological studies in
Dublin, Ireland.
The
congregations
in
Florence who sponsor the
event include host New Life
Lutheran Church, Presbyterian
Church of the Siuslaw, St.
Andrew Episcopal Church, St.
Mary Our Lady of the Dunes
Catholic Church and Florence
United Methodist Church.
All will participate in the
joint worship service on
Sunday.
There is no charge for the
Lenten Renewal lectures, and
the public is invited to both the
lectures and the ecumenical
worship service.
Register to sing with
Community Chorus Florence
Oregon on Monday, Jan. 25, at
6:30 p.m., at Cross Road
Church on 10th and Maple
streets.
The first rehearsal will fol-
low immediately afterwards
until 8:30 p.m. All singers from
high school age and up are wel-
come.
There is a registration fee of
$60 to cover the cost of music
and other expenses. Several
scholarships are available and
may be discussed at registra-
tion.
The
chorus
regularly
rehearses on Monday evenings
from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
The May 1 concert will take
place 2 p.m. at the Florence
Event Center.
Dr. Paul Guthmuller will
direct the Chorus. The chorus
will be singing selections from
Irving Berlin’s song book and
other music from that era. The
performance will include a
number of patriotic songs.
The chorus is also seeking
volunteers for a number of non-
singing roles, such as fund rais-
ing, bookkeeping, computer
graphics, secretarial and other
administrative chores.
For more information, call
970-618-6307 or visit www.
communitychorusflorenceor.
org.
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The Siuslaw Watershed
Council’s general meeting will
be held Wednesday, Jan. 27, at
the Mapleton Grange, 10868 E.
Mapleton Road.
Doors open at 6 p.m., and the
meeting gets underway at 6:30
p.m.
The meeting agenda includes
Community Chorus
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