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Saturday, April 30
Monday, May 2
T OASTMASTERS OPEN HOUSE
The public is invited to attend the
Siuslaw Chapter of Toastmasters
International’s open house from 1 to 3
p.m., at the Siuslaw Public Library,
1460 Ninth St.
P HOTOGS TO FOCUS ON WEATHER
The Siuslaw Viewfinders Camera
Club will hold its next meeting at 6
p.m., in the Bromley Room at the
Siuslaw Public Library, 1460 Ninth St.
The contest theme is “Rain or Foul
Weather.”
Everyone is welcome.
‘D IARY OF A NNE F RANK ’ AT FEC
Last Resort Players will play the
final performance of “The Diary of
Anne Frank” at 2 p.m. at Florence
Events Center, 715 Quince St.
For more information, go to event
center.org or call 541-997-1994.
SSWCD MEETS M ONDAY
Sunday, May 1
CCOF TO HOST PATRIOTIC CONCERT
The Community Chorus of Florence
will present its spring concert in
shades of red, white and blue at 2 p.m.
at the FEC. The chorus will bring to
the audience a selection of inspiring
patriotic songs.
Adult tickets are $10 and children
under 18 will be admitted free.
Tickets can be purchased at the
Florence Events Center, 715 Quince
St., or by calling 541-997-1994.
C HAMBER MUSIC TO PLAY
The Oregon Coast Chamber
Orchestra will present the season
finale of its 2016 Spring Concert
Series at Florence Community Baptist
Church, 4590 Highway 101, at 7 p.m.
Featured soloists are local musicians
Sara Gage-Hunt and Richard Jones.
Tickets for adults are $10 at the
door, students and children are admit-
ted free.
Visit www.occorchestra.org or call
The Siuslaw Soil and Water
Conservation District will hold its reg-
ularly scheduled board meeting at the
district office, 1775 Laurel Place, Ste
#4, at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, contact the
District Office at siuswcd@gmail.
com or call 541-997-1272.
Wednesday, May 4
L EARN ABOUT ADULT MENTAL HEALTH
The public is invited to attend the
May meeting of the Florence Area
Community Coalition (FACC) from 9
to 10:30 a.m. in the Bromley Room at
the Siuslaw Public Library.
The speaker will be Christopher
Eilers, M.A., LPC., an Older Adult
Behavioral Health (OABH) specialist
from Trillium Behavioral Health
Service.
For more information, contact board
secretary Monica Kosman at
MONISTAR@aol.com.
V AN F ANS TO HOST LUNCHEON
The monthly meeting and luncheon
for the Florence Van Fans will be held
at The Shorewood on Spruce Street at
11:45 a.m. Lunch is $8.50.
Everyone is welcome to join the
group of volunteers and learn about
the many activity the group does for
the community.
For more information, call Karen
Lee at 541-997-9669.
Old Fashioned Car Hop Service
1690 Hwy. 101, Florence
541-997-8124
Call 541-997-8104,
Florence Antiques
The original A&W Drive-in opened in 1961
Let us cater
your special events!
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490 Hwy. 101 • Florence
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Where great friends and good food meet!
P OETRY S LAM COMES TO FEC
T HERAPY ANIMAL ORIENTATION
Oregon Coast Therapy Animals is
inviting the public to attend its upcom-
ing orientation. Anyone interested in
Pet Partners and volunteering with
their pet as a visiting therapy animal
team can come find out how to get
started.
Orientations will be held in Lincoln
City at the Samaritan North Lincoln
Hospital at 6 p.m.
For more information, visit www.
OregonCoastTherapyAnimals.org.
Saturday, May 7
Florence Regional Arts Alliance
(FRAA) presents the Big Wave
Spoken Word Poetry Slam and Contest
at 6 p.m. at the Florence Events
Center.
Poets are encouraged to register at
www.fraaoregon.org/poetryfest.html.
Rules and information are available on
the website.
Poets are free to perform any style.
Admission to the event is $10,
which supports FRAA Poetry Events
and the Youth Poetry Program.
For more information, visit
www.fraaoregon.org or call Bettie
Egerton at 503-910-3625.
CAT AUDITIONS ‘G RACE , G LORIE ’
F LORENCE D EMS TO MEET
The Florence Area Democratic Club
will meet at 11 a.m., in the Bromley
Room of the Siuslaw Public Library,
1460 Ninth St.
There will be a presentation and dis-
cussion about the City of Florence
ReVision plans for the Highway 101
and 126 corridors, and entry to Old
Town. Everyone is welcome.
G ARDEN C LUB HOLDS PLANT SALE
Florence Garden club will hold its
annual plant sale and raffle from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Disabled
American Veteran’s building, 1715
21st St.
The plant sale, held the day before
Mother’s Day, offers hundreds of
plants provided by club members in 4-
inch and larger pots, priced from $1.
Many are suitable as Mother’s Day
Class Act Theatre (CAT) are audi-
tioning the part of Gloria — in an
upcoming production of Tom Ziegler’s
“Grace and Glorie” — from 7 to 9
p.m., and Sunday, May 8, from 2 to 4
p.m. at 509 Kingwood St.
A prepared monologue is not neces-
sary, but those auditioning are encour-
aged to borrow a script from the
Siuslaw Public Library or by calling
the Class Act Theatre at 541-997-4815
to check out a script.
Upcoming Events
E LKS TO CELEBRATE MOTHERS
Florence Elks Lodge #1858 will
honor all mothers on May 8 at 1 p.m.
The public is invited to join the Elks
family at this ceremony at 1686 12th
St. in Florence.
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Gold, silver, platinum jewelry with
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uating seniors.
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