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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2016 OBITUARIES SPOMER—Craig J. Spomer, 63, died in Florence on Feb. 29, 2016. He was born in Kansas and was a long- time resident of both Hays and Topeka, Craig Spomer Kan. He gradu- ated from Fort Hays State University and Washburn University School of Law. He spent several years in the private practice of law before becoming Wabaunsee County Attorney and later Chief of Prosecution for the City of Topeka. He was a partner in the Florence law firm of Spomer and Bessey. Craig was also a proud vol- unteer with Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue. He is survived by his wife, Erika Bessey; his children: Ian Spomer, Theryn Spomer, Dylan Spomer and Hannah Spomer; and his granddaugh- ter, Natalie Munoz. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, at the SVFR main sta- tion at 2625 Highway 101. Craig requested donations be made to the Craig Spomer Scholarship Fund, c/o Oregon Pacific Bank, 1355 COURTS Florence Municipal Court March 15 Cory Dean Richards plead- ed guilty to interference with police and disorderly con- duct. He was sentenced to 10 days in Florence City Jail and must report to Emergence Addiction and Mental Health Services. He must pay $425 in fines. Byron Leroy Barnett pleaded guilty to theft. He was sentenced to 20 days in Florence City Jail and must report to Emergence Addiction and Mental Health Services. He must pay $875 in fines and not contact or be in or about the residence, premises or places of employment of the victims. Trevor Welch Scott plead- ed guilty to giving false information to police. He was sentenced to five days in Florence City Jail. He must pay $475 in fines. Lucille Jenny Wade plead- ed guilty to attempted posses- sion of methamphetamine. She must pay $775 in fines. Windie Adolphena Rand pleaded guilty to DUII. She was sentenced to 10 days in Florence City Jail and must report to treatment. She must pay $2,430 in fines and her driver’s license is revoked for life. Aaron Barnes pleaded no contest to criminal trespass. He was sentenced to one day in Florence City Jail and must pay $325 in fines and not contact or be in or about the premises or place of employ- ment of the victim. March 22 Jeanine Kay Overturf pleaded no contest to DUII. She was sentenced to two days in Florence City Jail and 65 TH ANNIVERSARY must report to Emergence Addiction and Mental Health Services. She must pay $2,230 in fines and her dri- ver’s license is suspended for one year. Brian Thomas Woods pleaded no contest to theft. He was sentenced to two days. He must pay $431 in fines and not contact or be in or about the premises or place of employment of the victim. Charles Willy Wright pleaded guilty to criminal trespass. He must pay $375 in fines and not contact or be in or about the premises or place of employment of the victim. Alexis Lynn Johnson pleaded no contest to improp- er use of an emergency call. She was sentenced to two days in Florence City Jail and must pay $575 in fines. Angela Murray Wenner pleaded guilty to attempted possession of methampheta- mine. She must comply with the terms of her probation. Taylor Maxwell Smith pleaded guilty to giving false information to police and eluding the law by foot. He was sentenced to six days in Florence City Jail. He must pay $675 in fines. Norman Dwayne Cagle pleaded no contest to initiat- ing a false report. He must pay $475 in fines and not contact or be in or about the residence or place of employ- ment of the victim. Kenneth Leon Cook plead- ed guilty to harassment. He was sentenced to 12 days in Florence City Jail and must report to Siuslaw Batterer’s Intervention Program. He must pay $450 in fines and not contact or be in or about the residence or place of employment of the victim. FRI 25 SAT 26 SUN 27 Bob and Shirley Merz of Florence cele- brated 65 years of mar- riage March 4, 2016, with family and close friends. It was fall of 1950, in Florence, when Shirley Bonney, almost 19 years old, took her 1941 Studebaker Coupe to Johnston Motor Company for an oil change. At the end of her work day at Lane County Bank on Bay Street, she walked up to Johnston’s to retrieve her car. Unfortunately, there was only one mechanic working that day and he was working on a black Mercury when Shirley arrived. Waiting patiently, she began SVFR scholarship applications due April 15 Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue (SVFR) has two $1,000 scholarships available to graduating seniors at Siuslaw High School. App- lications are available at the high school and are due Friday, April 15. The SVFR and Vern Passenger scholar- ships are $1,000 each. For more information, contact the SVFR Main Station at 2625 Highway 101 and at 541-997-3212. Voice Your Opinion! EDITOR@ THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM MON 28 TUE 29 WED 30 THU 31 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 12:30 PM 12:30 PM 12:25 PM 12:25 PM 12:25 PM 12:25 PM 12:25 PM 6:20 PM PG-13 151 MIN With Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before. Advance buzz says this clash of the superheroes is ‘awesome’. 6:20 PM 6:30 PM 8:00 PM 6:30 PM 8:00 PM 6:30 PM 8:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 8:00 PM 3:30 PM 9:10 PM 3:30 PM 9:10 PM 3:05 PM 3:05 PM 3:05 PM 3:05 PM 3:05 PM MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN - PG 109 MIN Jennifer Garner stars in a faith-based film based on “'Three Miracles From Heaven' by Christy Beam about a young woman’s accident that leads to a miracle… 1:10 PM 3:40 PM 6:10 PM 8:40 PM 1:10 PM 3:40 PM 6:10 PM 8:40 PM 12:30 PM 12:30 PM 12:30 PM 12:30 PM 12:30 PM 3:10 PM 3:10 PM 3:10 PM 3:10 PM 3:10 PM 5:40 PM 5:40 PM 5:40 PM 5:40 PM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 1:20 PM 4:00 PM 6:30 PM 9:30 PM 1:20 PM 4:00 PM 6:30 PM 9:30 PM 12:20 PM 12:20 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 8:10 PM 8:10 PM 1:00 PM 3:50 PM 9:00 PM 1:00 PM 3:50 PM 9:00 PM 12:40 PM 12:40 PM 12:40 PM 12:40 PM 12:40 PM 3:50 PM 3:50 PM 3:50 PM 3:50 PM 3:50 PM 6:15 PM 6:15 PM 6:15 PM 6:15 PM 6:15 PM 6:40 PM 6:40 PM 8:40 PM BATMAN V SUPERMAN: 3D Stars: Amy Adams, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Jesse Eisenberg PG-13 110 MIN “Recaptures the original film’s sense of constantly discovering and adapting to fresh information.” ZOOTOPIA - PG 108 MIN “Expertly combines keen wit with a gentle, and very timely, message of inclusivity and empowerment.” ZOOTOPIA 3D – PG 108 MIN Action, Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family 8:40 PM 3:00 PM 5:30 PM 8:10 PM 8:40 PM 12:20 PM 12:20 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 8:10 PM 5:30 PM 8:10 PM 8:40 PM 8:40 PM THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL EVENTS: Films are regular prices | Performing Arts $19/$15 Member/$10 Student NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: HANGMEN 185 MIN Academy Award winning writer Martin McDonagh “The best new play of the year.” – Time Out NOMA: MY PERFECT STORM UN 90 MIN Noma is the top rated restaurant in the world. Get as close to tasting it as you can with My Perfect Storm. 6:00 PM A can’t miss theatre event! True Story Tuesday Funeral Home. R A I N WAT E R — J o e Rainwater, 83, of Florence, passed away March 20, 2016. Burns’s Riverside Chapel Florence Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. B U R S AW — L a w r e n c e “Bear” Bursaw, 39, of Florence, passed away March 22, 2016. Burns’s Riverside Chapel Florence Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The English Language Learners (ELL) program at Lane Community College Florence Center is in need of volunteers on Wednesday or Thursday morning, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., to lead a small group in English conversa- tion. For more information, contact LCC Florence Center at 541-997-8444. HELP WANTED Bob and Shirley Merz THIS WEEK’S FEATURES: $9 | $8 Senior/Student/Military | $7.50 Matinees Before 3 | $7 Child | $6.50 Members MARCH 25 - 31 Highway 101, Florence, OR 97439. Private cremational rites were held. Burns’s Riverside Chapel Florence Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements. DOYLE—Danny Alton Doyle, 69, of Reedsport, passed away March 18, 2016. Arrangements were han- dled through Burns’s Riverside Chapel Florence LCC seeks volunteers 12:45 PM 5:40 PM Box Office opens 30 min. prior to 1 st Film | 1930 HWY 101 | www.citylightscinemas.com | Times: 541-305-0014 h e Florence Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking an enthusiastic, personable, self-motivated community minded professional to i ll a full time Executive Director position. Please see our ad in the Classii ed Section for more details. chatting with the owner of the Mercury, a 20-something, good looking, tall man named Bob. In those short 20 min- utes, they got to know each other just enough to want to know more. Bob called the next week for a date, and the rest, as they say, is history. www.l orencechamber.com “A TRIBUTE TO A SIUSLAW PIONEER MUSEUM BENIFACTOR” Don Lee Davidson 1930 – 2016 I had the extreme good fortune to have worked for this gentleman from 1954 until 1991. I considered him a friend, a teacher and a coni dant. Don provided summer work for high school students who were old enough to get a work permit. And at er a summer of sweat and instruction as to how to pull board at er board, (they just kept coming) from the planer chain and place them neatly in stacks by percentage of grade and length, a good number of those young boys & girls made the decision that going on to college at er high school might just be a smart career choice! Doctors, lawyers, bankers, and entrepreneurs, these young men and women be- came at er getting their college funds by working for Don. Some stayed on at er high school and became trusted and skilled employees for Don. Don was tremendously generous and went about setting up retirement accounts that the workers could contribute to and he would match. He liked to see us learn and broaden our horizons. And example was the formation of an investment club using make believe money over a period of time to see who could have the highest gain in the stock market. h ere was a real money prize for the winner. h e annual kids Christmas parties he funded and let his employee volunteers organize a must go to event, held at the Mapleton Lions Club (the Mapleton High School until 1950). h e high- light of the party would be a visit from a Portland kid’s TV show personality. And what seemed to all of the employee’s kids, to be a real Santa Clause making sure that every child had their very own git in their age group with their own name on it to take home was the highlight of the year to the youngsters. On i ve-year company anniversaries special events were held to recognize employee length of service and for Don to give what I called his “State of the Union” about the company’s position in the market. h ese events were very special and usually held at nice venues. One was held at Salishan Lodge, all expenses paid. To our surprise at the Salishan event, opera performers from Italy were l own in. It was truly, a night to remember. I remember one year in the 70’s that Don allowed a group of us to build a l oat for the Rhodo- dendron Parade, he provided two carpenters to build the body of the l oat which was then deco- rated by volunteer employees. It was a site to see at 12’ wide, 13.5’ tall and 33’ long with a rotating carousel. It did win the grand sweeps stakes prize that year. A group of six or eight couples were allowed to take it to six other parades that summer in the Willamette valley, it won top honors at every one. Don gave his employes the git of encouraging participation in community involvement and arraigning schedules so they could. He had the wisdom to see that this, and all of the other things his employees could do in the community would make them a better and more loyal work force for his company. Don was a quiet, generous, and very private man who never ever bragged about what he would be doing to help his community. When git s of money or land were given for things that the community leaders saw the need for, it would be done. and he would never publicly take credit for it. Schools, Hospitals, Event Centers, Museums and many more community entities would be the benefactors of this wonderful giving man. Don and I would meet for lunch or breakfast every now and again over the years since I let the mill, and we would enjoy reminiscing on the good old days. h e last time we met was last year at ICM on Veterans Day. He had clam strips and I had a lumberman’s breakfast. One of the subjects that came up was an elevator for the museum, when he leaned forward, looked me in the eye and said, “Delbert, you need an Elevator in that museum”! I said to him “You are preaching to the choir Don”, we are already working on plans for one. And now in looking back and thinking of all of the help he has given our pioneer museum, I would dearly love to somehow get his name on that elevator in his memory. I am sure going to miss those get-togethers with him. I will be the i rst to say that for me, the experience that Don gave to me over the years was priceless and allowed me to have the courage to step out into the world and be successful on my own, with my own project, and for that, I am forever grateful! I am sure I speak for many people when I say, h ank You Don Lee!!! You will be missed … And well-remembered. By Del Phelps, Board President, Siuslaw Pioneer Museum CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK 2 A