SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2016
Burger sales to benefit
FAHS dogs, cats today
Hamburgers and hot dogs
hot-off-the-grill will be avail-
able today in the Grocery
Outlet parking lot.
This event, from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m., will raise money to
help provide care for once-
homeless cats and dogs await-
ing a home at the Florence
Area Humane Society’s
(FAHS) no-kill shelter.
Hamburgers cost $4 and hot
dogs and Polish dogs are $3.
Add cheese to any order for 50
cents. Cold drinks are $1 and
include a variety of soft drinks
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as well as bottled water.
FAHS volunteers will also
have homemade pastries avail-
able.
Inside the store, adoptable
kittens with FAHS volunteers
will be the main attraction.
Volunteers will also be offer-
ing information about the serv-
ices offered by the humane
society.
Grocery Outlet owner
Woody Woodbury sponsors
this fundraising event for
FAHS and donates all of the
food.
lorence Area Chamber of
Commerce Executive Director
Cal Applebee belts out a
farewell karaoke song during the
retirement party held for him at
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Banner Bank Thursday evening.
More than 150 chamber members,
community members and friends attended the Chamber Business After Hours event to honor
him. Applebee, who has been chamber director since 2011, will retire Friday, Feb. 26.
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Ternyik named Rhody Parade Grand Marshal
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The 109th Rhododendron
tices with regard to the manage-
Festival Committee announced
ment of natural resources, wet-
this week it has selected Wilbur
lands and beaches.
Ternyik, aged 90, to be Grand
Ternyik has given thousands of
Marshal of the Grand Floral
hours selflessly in services to the
Parade on Sunday, May 22.
community.
After Ternyik served in the
His last most meaningful gift
U.S. Marine Corps during World
was the beautification of the
War II and was wounded on the
landscaping at the entrance into
island of Okinawa in Japan, he
Florence in front of True Value.
began a lifetime of community
“Wilbur played a pivotal role
service in Florence.
as an early leader in coastal con-
Ternyik served multiple terms
servation and many other contri-
as mayor, city councilor and port
butions to the Oregon coast, and
commissioner.
we are excited to have him as our
COURTESY PHOTO Grand Marshal,” said Jenna
His visionary leadership took
him to Washington, D.C., on
Bartlett, board president of the
Wilbur Ternyik
many occasions, lobbying suc-
Florence Area Chamber of
cessfully (in full native American
Commerce.
regalia, as he is a Clatsop Indian) for funding for
The Rhododendron Festival is Friday, May
port and river dredging.
20, to Sunday, May 22, in Florence and its
He has been a strong and active lobbyist over Historic Old Town.
the years for responsible and sustainable prac-
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