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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016
Salvation Army dinner Monday night
Everyone is invited to a
gathering to thank and congrat-
ulate the volunteers and donors
in Western Lane County who
successfully raised nearly
$17,000 in the recent Red
Kettle Campaign.
This was the first Red Kettle
Campaign in many years in
Western Lane County and by
every measure was a huge suc-
cess. The all-volunteer effort
was led by Janet Snow, a first-
year resident in Florence who
has worked annually as a bell
ringer volunteer in the Fresno,
Calif. area.
“We wanted to get together
again to say thank you to our
many friends and especially to
The Siuslaw News and KCST-
KCFM Radio for their tremen-
dous support of this effort,”
says Snow. “We also wanted to
be sure that our supporters
knew that recently an anony-
mous donor arranged to match
dollar-for-dollar everything we
raised so that the total amount
credited to the Red Kettle
Campaign will be $33,544.”
Local volunteers, donors
and community leaders have
met and discussed with officers
and representatives of The
Salvation Army to share their
vision of how best The
Salvation Army can have an
ongoing, positive effect on the
people in Western Lane
County and help to meet their
greatest needs.
A special quasi-endowment
is being put together to provide
a steady stream of moneys to
be used in the local area each
year. Local donors can con-
tribute directly to that endow-
ment.
The Salvation Army plans to
have other events in Western
Lane County before the next
Red Kettle Campaign, which
officially begins Thanksgiving
Day and ends on Christmas
Eve 2016. Darlings RV Resort
and Marina at Siltcoos Lake
will be holding a “Christmas in
July” lighted boat parade near
the weekend of July 4.
Others have proposed a din-
ner at Pop’s BBQ Smokehouse
with live music outdoors in
Mapleton and a series of com-
munity support projects to help
other organizations with their
ministries to the homeless and
hungry in Western Lane
County.
Another series of “Canned
Food Concerts” to benefit the
Florence and Mapleton Food
Share programs will be dis-
cussed.
Local restauranteurs Blaise
Khufu and Melonie Rollins
will be hosting a Making a
Difference
Dinner
this
Monday, April 4, from 6 to
7:30 p.m., at the Siuslaw
Riverside Restaurant, 1340
Bay Street in Old Town
Florence.
Seating is limited so call
now to make your reservations
by calling 541-991-3663.
Cost of the dinners will be
$20 each.
Anyone interested in being
involved in support of The
Salvation Army in Western
Lane County can write P.O.
Box 1041 Florence, OR 97439;
or email: bill.olson@usw.
salvationarmy.org.
Rotary donates to Memory Care
COURTESY PHOTO
On Feb. 23, Rotary presented a check to Carol Krasel for $400 to the Memory
Loss Respite Center of Florence to provide funds to help pay for advertising to
increase the participation in the program. The program provides four hours of
respite care for caregivers of persons with memory loss on Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. From left are: Rotary President-Elect Pat
Riley, Carol Krasel and Rotary President Crystal Farnsworth.
Taco feed to benefit Dela Mora scholarship
The Dela Mora family has
announced it has established
a new scholarship memorial-
izing their son, Jose Dela
Mora, and will be hosting a
taco feed to support the fund
on Sunday, April 3, beginning
at noon.
The taco feed is being
cooked by the Dela Moras,
who own and operate Rosa’s
Mexican Restaurant. The ben-
efit feed will be held at
Crossroads Church, 1380 10th
Street (across from the
library), from noon until the
food runs out.
Get six tacos for $10.
The community is encour-
aged to attend. You can eat-in
or grab tacos to go.
Jose’s Siuslaw senior class-
mates will be serving at the
event.
The Jose Dela Mora schol-
arship was established spring
2016, the year Jose Dela Mora
would have graduated from
Siuslaw High School.
The scholarship was estab-
lished to honor Jose’s life and
to memorialize the lives that
he touched; Jose was tragical-
ly taken from this earth in a
drowning accident.
Jose was a gifted wrestler
and a talented artist. However,
he was most known for his
fun-loving character and kind-
ness.
Everyone considered Jose
their friend.
Two $500 scholarships will
be offered annually to students
who have a passion for art or
for wrestling, and who need
support to pursue enrichment
opportunities, college or voca-
tional training.
Interested students can get
the scholarship application in
the counseling office at
Siuslaw High School.
Donations to the scholar-
ship fund can be made to the
Jose Dela Mora Scholarship at
Oregon Pacific Bank.
For information, contact
Jennifer Waggoner at 541-
520-1255.
Laurel Bay Gardens offers free potting
Now that spring has arrived,
local nursery, landscaping and
gardening store Laurel Bay
Gardens announced they are
giving away their custom-
blended GroMor potting soil
during a “free potting day” on
Saturday, April 2.
For every unit of potting
soil Laurel Bay Gardens gives
away to customers, they will
donate a matching amount to
the Siuslaw Middle School’s
garden project.
“One of our long standing
slogans is, ‘We’re glad to get
you growing,’ and this is just
one more way to prove it as we
celebrate the start of spring,”
says Laurel Bay’s Lisa
Sedlacek.
“The public is welcome to
bring or buy pots, and we’ll fill
them with potting soil and
plant their flowers or veg-
etable
starts,”
Sedlacek
explains. “Our potting soil is
custom blended to our specifi-
cations to have nutrients from
compost that help plants thrive
in our coastal environment,
with just the right amount of
pumice to promote the proper
amount of minerals and facili-
tate a proper balance between
moisture
retention
and
drainage.”
Laurel Bay Gardens also
has a wide variety of bedding
plants and flowers on sale.
Customers are encouraged to
bring a friend and enjoy a free
cup of Dutch Bros. coffee
while Laurel Bay staff fill the
pots and plant the flowers for
them.
The event runs from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
The school’s garden project
will also benefit. For every
unit of potting soil Laurel Bay
Gardens gives away to cus-
tomers on April 2, they will
contribute the same amount to
the students’ garden.
“We want to help students
learn how things grow, where
their food comes from, and
why the right soil and nutrients
are important for successful
gardening,” says Sedlacek.
“This is a great way to teach
responsibility along with biol-
ogy, botany, and nutrition.
Plus, it’s a lot of fun watching
kids achieve something so
practical as growing food.
We’re honored to be part of
this important project.”
Laurel Bay Gardens is at
88493 Highway 101, about
three miles north of Florence.
For information call 541-
997-5973 or visit www.
LaureBayGardens.com.
FRAA ART CENTER
120 Maple Street
Phone: 541-997-4435
Hours Open: Wed-Fri noon-5pm,
Sat 10am-5pm, Sun. noon-5pm
Classes and Workshops
The Magic of Color Workshop
with Sharon Wildey-Pryor
Explore the way watercolor pigments
interact with one another and different
paper textures using information given
in class.
2-day class, April 11&12, 10 am-12 pm
$45/member, $50/non-FRAA member
Some painting experience preferred.
Bring your own paper, brushes and
pigments as well as an 8”x10” shaded
drawing of your favorite subject ready
to transfer. Pre-registration required at
FRAA.
Whimsical Hand Building
Ceramics with Alissa Clark
Every Wednesday, 3 - 5 p.m.
Per weekly session: $10/member, $15/
non-FRAA member, Clay and Firing
extra
$5/hr open lab after class
No experience required.
Class will be held at Alissa’s Studio at
180 Laurel Street. Register at FRAA
or with Alissa. Contact Alissa for
questions: 503-957-5222
Creative Writing Workshops -
Writers on the River with
Catherine Rourke
Saturday April 16th, 9 am - 11 am
“Simple Steps to Improve Your
Writing”
Streamline your prose with tips from
an Amazon editor
$20/member, $25/non-FRAA member
To register, call 541-708-2120 or
email CJReditor@gmail.com
Upcoming Spring classes: May 14th,
June 11th 9 am - 11 am
Painting with John Leasure
Saturdays (March 12 and 26, April 2,
9, 23, and 30)
Fridays (March 18 and April 15 ) 9:00
am - 12 noon
Contact: jnleasure@hotmail.com or
541-991-2754 for details and fees.
Oil Painting with Michael Wood
Every Monday, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Contact: fmwood@msn.com for
details, fees, and more information
For more information about classes, visit fraaoregon.org. To register for
these classes, please call or visit FRAA at our art center on Maple Street.
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What is your favorite April Fool’s joke?
“Take the creamy center out of an Oreo
cookie and replace it with toothpaste. Then
put the cookies back together and giving
them to people.”
—H ENRY , 6 TH GRADE
”Put a rubberband around a faucet and
when someone turns it on they get sprayed in
the face.”
—L ILY , 6 TH GRADE
“Put Saran Wrap around a doorway and
somebody walks into it..”
—A VERY , 6 TH GRADE
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