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Community News
Florence Habitat Glenn Miller Orchestra swings into
receives grant from
Florence Friday
Coquille Tribes
Founded in 2001 by the
Coquille Indian Tribe, the
Tribal Community Fund has
distributed more than $5.5
million to support projects in
the areas of education, health,
public safety, arts and cul-
ture, problem gaming treat-
ment and historic preserva-
tion, in a five-county region
of Southwestern Oregon.
This year the Fund award-
ed grants totaling $400,000.
For organizations wishing
to be considered for the next
round of funding, the dead-
line for applications is Nov.
30.
For more information, visit
the fund’s website at
www.coquilletribalfund.org.
Florence
Habitat
for
Humanity is an affiliate of
Habitat
for
Humanity
International and has been
active in Florence since
1999.
Volunteers are needed for
construction, home repair or
the ReStore programs.
For more information,
call 541-902-9227, email
florencehabitat@gmail.com,
go to www.florencehab
itat.org or visit the Habitat
office at 2004 Highway 101
in the Grocery Outlet mall.
Organizations to offer
art grant funding
A new partnership between
the
Oregon
Community
Foundation and the Oregon
Arts Commission will provide
an additional Career Opport-
unity Grant funding opportuni-
ty for literary and performing
arts artists this spring.
Applicants may apply for up to
$1,500 from the Arts
Commission and up to an addi-
tional $7,500 from The Oregon
Community Foundation.
The deadline for the
expanded funding is Tuesday,
April 5.
The partnership mirrors a
similar collaboration between
the Arts Commission and The
Ford Family Foundation for
grants to visual artists.
“In 2015, the OCF Arts
Committee identified four new
areas for learning — one of
which is support for individual
artists,” said Michelle Boss
Barba, OCF Program Officer
for Arts and Culture. “By
enhancing a program that is
already in place to support
artists we have a great oppor-
tunity to understand the impact
direct financial support has on
literary and performing arts
and artists. This is an exciting
way we can support creativi-
ty.”
“This partnership will sig-
nificantly deepen the support
we are able to provide to hard-
working established literary
and performing arts artists at a
very important time in their
careers,” said Brian Rogers,
executive director of the Arts
Commission.
“We
are
extremely grateful to The
Oregon
Community
Foundation for their vision in
knowing that an investment in
Oregon’s creative community
is an investment in the overall
vitality of our state.”
Oregon Arts Commission
Career Opportunity Grants
fund opportunities for artists to
further their careers in areas
that include artistic, business
or professional development.
Oregon Comm-unity Found-
ation Opport-unity Grants are
available only to established
Oregon literary and perform-
ing arts artists who are over 30
years of age and actively pro-
ducing new work. Most of the
grants will support the artists’
participation in residencies or
performance opportunities that
advance their careers.
Visit the Arts Commission
website for grant guidelines
and application information or
contact Carrie Kikel at 503-
986-0081 or carrie.kikel@
Oregon.gov.
Pancakes to raise funds for
Caring Pregnancy Center
The Caring Pregnancy
Center of Florence (CPC) is
hosting a pancake breakfast
fundraiser Saturday, March 19,
from 8:30 to 11 a.m., at
Florence Nazarene Church,
1536 12th St., across from the
Elk’s Lodge.
Mayor Joe Henry will be on
hand to flip flapjacks and add
to the fun.
CPC is a faith-based com-
munity service, nonprofit
organization supported solely
via private contributions. The
center offers nonjudgmental
peer counseling for women
and men, referrals and ongo-
ing support for women and
families.
Whether it be infant or tod-
dler clothing, formula, coun-
seling or other services, CPC
is there to help.
Contact CPC at 541-902-
2273 during business hours.
For more information, or to
be a sponsor of this event,
contact Joe Crenshaw at
joecrenshaw1@gmail.com, or
call Deborah Heldt Cordone at
541-991-9300.
COURTESY PHOTO
The Glenn Miller Orchestra
G
lenn Miller: the name
instantly brings to the
ear the amazing
music of the 1940s, and to
mind the sights and sounds of
USO shows, jumpin’ and
jivin’ ballrooms, crackling
radio broadcasts and the best
swing-dancing music ever
performed… or recorded.
“It’s been a few years, so
it’s time to bring one of
Florence’s — and the world’s
— favorite dance bands back
to the Florence Events
Center,” says Maggie Doud, a
SEAcoast
Entertainment
Association board member
and producer for this concert.
SEAcoast Entertainment
opens the Florence Event
Center’s flat floor so all can
enjoy big band music the way
it was intended — with danc-
ing and cabaret-style seating
— on Friday, March 18.
There is limited “open”
seating..
“The
Glenn
Miller
Orchestra stays ever-true to
its founder’s exacting sound,
with the original mix of trom-
bones, saxophones, trumpets.
Rich, powerful, melodious
and unforgettable,” Doud
said. “Dial Pennsylvania 6-
5000 to travel back to that
glorious era aboard the
Chattanooga Choo Choo to
Tuxedo Junction and get In
the Mood for an all-American
Patrol of Big Band classics.
Don’t miss a beat!”
Doud explains that Miller’s
signature sound “is created by
the clarinet holding the
melodic line, doubled or cou-
pled with the tenor sax play-
ing the same notes; and the
harmonies produced by three
other saxophones, while
growling trombones and wail-
ing trumpets add their oo-
ahs.”
“The
Glenn
Miller
Orchestra is on the road
longer and more continuously
than any other in the
world. The band covers more
than 100,000 miles a
year, working most every
night for 48 weeks out of
every 52.
“They play nearly 300
dates, performing for an esti-
mated half-million people
annually. We’re fortunate to
get them here,” adds Doud.
The first Glenn Miller
Orchestra was a total and
absolute economic failure.
But Miller knew what he
wanted, held to that dedica-
tion and relentlessly worked
to succeed.
He launched his second
band — the one that lives on
today — in March of 1938.
Miller disbanded his musical
organization in 1942 at the
height of its popularity to vol-
unteer for the Army.
There, he organized and led
the famous Glenn Miller
Army Air Force Band. It went
to Europe to entertain ser-
vicemen performing numer-
ous live and radio shows.
On Dec. 15, 1944, Major
Miller took off in a single
engine plane to precede his
band to Paris, disappearing
over the English Channel,
never to be seen again.
The release of the 1954
movie The Glenn Miller Story
featuring Jimmy Stewart and
June Allyson, led the Miller
Estate to authorize the forma-
tion of the present Glenn
Miller Orchestra.
On June 6, 1956, under
the direction of drummer
Ray McKinley, the reformed
Glenn
Miller
Orchestra
performed its first concert
and has been on the road ever
since, playing many of
the original Miller arrange-
ments both from the civilian
band and the AAFB lib-
raries.
The SEAcoast concert sea-
son continues with a rare
Thursday night concert April
7, with Shuffle, a group so
multitalented they let the
audience select the pieces
they will play from Baroque
to classical and romantic;
from jazz, to pop and
Broadway.
Then, on Friday, May 13,
you’ll be in luck when The
New Hot Club of America
comes to “wow” Florence.
This dazzling ensemble is
comprised of some of today’s
top gypsy jazz artists in North
America.
You’ll want to tango in
your seat as they recapture the
sound, style, and spirit of the
1930s-era Hot Club of
France.
Tickets, artist profiles,
show times, video clips and
more information are avail-
able
at
are
at
SEAcoastEA.org.
Tickets are $30, or $10 for
those age 17 and under.
Tickets may also be pur-
chased at the Florence Events
Center box office, 715 Quince
Street, by calling 541-997-
1994
or
online
at
www.eventscenter .org.
Soroptimists help woman ‘live her dream’
The Soroptimist Inter-
national Club of Florence pre-
sented the “Live Your Dream”
award of $1,000 to Covita
Hughes on Feb. 24 during a
meeting at Chen’s Restaurant.
Hughes was chosen over
eight applicants locally, and
only one of 10 recipients at
this level — and one of only
three from Oregon.
Because there is a chance
for her to receive an addition-
al award, Hughes’ application
was submitted to the region
level for consideration.
Hughes was chosen to
receive one of 18 awards at
the region level, which is an
additional $1,500.
Hughes is a 20 year resi-
dent of Florence with three
sons who have attended — or
currently attend — school in
the Siuslaw School District.
These awards will go to
supporting her educational
dream.
Hughes worked for the
Confederated Tribes in the
past and in Tribal Workforce,
where she met teenagers at a
COURTESY PHOTO
Live Your Dream award winner Covita Hughes (second from left) with members
of the Soroptimist International Club of Florence.
Job Corps facility in Wolf
Creek, Ore.
At that time she decided
that her life’s work should
involve helping at-risk or
under privileged teens find
productive life goals.
Since the “Live Your
Dream” award and a prede-
cessor award were instituted
in 1972, more than $30 mil-
lion has been awarded to
deserving young women
throughout the Soroptimist
International Organization.
Seniors, improve driving skills with AARP class
Even the most experienced
drivers can benefit from brush-
ing up on their driving skills.
The AARP Smart Driver
Course, hosted by Lane
Community College Florence
Center, is designed especially
for drivers age 50 and older, but
is open to all drivers.
Learn the current rules of the
road, defensive driving tech-
niques and how to operate a
vehicle more safely in today’s
increasingly challenging driv-
ing environment.
Participants will also learn
how to manage and accommo-
date common age-related
changes in vision, hearing and
reaction time.
Also, most drivers over 55
may save money on car insur-
ance by taking this course,
under Oregon Law ORS
742.490.
AARP membership is not
required to take the course and
there are no driving or graded
tests in this small classroom
course. Class fee is $20 with a
$5 discount to current AARP
members. The next classes are
Thursday, March 17, and April
21.
Call 541-997-8444 to regis-
ter.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
A grant of $3,000 from the
Coquille Tribal Community
Fund will help build the roof
of the 28th Habitat House in
Florence — the new home of
Nathan and Amber Fuller’s
family.
The lot on 37th Street is
being prepared and construc-
tion is due to being soon.
Receipt of this grant is a great
boost to the Fuller family’s
home building campaign.
Florence
Habitat
for
Humanity’s Sweat Equity and
Zero-interest Loan Program
is the only opportunity avail-
able to low-income families
to achieve home ownership
or needed home repair servic-
es in the Florence area.
Every time Habitat for
Humanity helps a family
build and take ownership of a
new house, or provides
repairs or other services to a
disabled or elderly home-
owner, another citizen, with
an investment in the commu-
nity's success, is enabled.
Funds are sorely needed to
support and further Habitat’s
community-building program
and this grant is particularly
important because it comes
from a community-minded
organization.