SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2016
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Teen Center sets summer schedule
Free summer program includes meals, field trips for current club members
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At the Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony, Adjutant
Ralph Martin, Commander Skip Stitt of DAV Chapter
23 and Florence Mayor Joe Henry took a moment to
view the special memorial wreath created by local
flower shop Florence in Bloom. The wreath was laid
on the water by members of the U.S. Coast Guard as
part of the Memorial Day ceremony on May 30.
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Boys and Girls Club of
Western Lane County Teen
Center summer program begins
June 20 and continues through
August 19. The nine-week pro-
gram will be from 10:30 a.m.
until 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday and includes a
full lunch and supper.
The program is open to all
students entering grades six
through 12.
Teen Center Director Tracy
Aaron said, “We have been
talking with our teens about
what they would like to do this
summer and what we could
offer.”
According to Aaron, the Teen
Center summer program will
have a variety of activities,
including nine Friday field trips
to places like Sandland
Adventures, Skate World, Get
Air, a trampoline park in Eugene,
and a Eugene Emeralds evening
baseball game.
“We will also have two ‘wet
and wild’ water days at the
Teen Center with obstacle
courses, races and water
slides,” Aaron said.
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The budget also has
$210,000 in capital reserve,
with an additional $88,388 in
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was the dissenting vote.
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The summer program is free
for current Boys and Girls Club
members, including the two
meals per day and all field
trips. Aaron said new members
would need to pay $25 for the
annual membership and $50
for the summer program.
“Not everyone does big fam-
ily vacations and there is not a
lot around here for kids to do
during the summer,” Aaron
said. “Instead of kids sitting
alone at home and bored, or
wandering around, they can
come to the Teen Center and
have fun.”
Aaron said the same Teen
Club rules apply during the
summer program as the rest of
the year. Members do not have
to come every day and they can
come to the center any time
during the day.
“Members can also sign
themselves out at any time,”
Aaron said, “But if they do,
they can’t come back that day
without an adult. That way they
can’t sign in, in the morning,
then signing themselves out,
disappearing for the day and
then show back up in time for
pickup.”
Several popular Teen Center
programs will continue through
the summer, including the Club
Bucks program. Members may
do chores to earn “club bucks”
to purchase items from the
Teen Center store.
“We are going to start giving
the members check books and
check registers instead of hand-
ing out paper club bucks,”
Aaron said. “We will be teach-
ing them how to balance a
checkbook and how to use a
checking account and a savings
account with their club bucks.”
The Teen Center’s conces-
sion trailer has been refur-
bished and will be used at sev-
eral summer events like men’s
softball games.
“The teens will learn to
stock the concession stand, do
inventory, sales, run work
schedules and work that all into
the Money Matters program,”
Aaron said, “as well as make
some money for the Teen
Center and the club store.”
The new drum corps pro-
gram will continue through the
summer.
Poetry, cooking and guitar
and music writing classes will
be offered, as well as a summer
reading program.
“Just because on a certain
day we are offering a cooking
class, that doesn’t mean you
can’t come in and play basket-
ball all day. It just means that
we have something that day for
those whom are interested in
cooking.
“We will have quiet areas for
members that just want to
come in and read. The home-
work room will still be set up
and available for those who are
working on summer projects.”
Aaron said the center would
also arrange free tutoring for
students needing help. The
tutoring does need to be sched-
uled in advance.
“We are taking a fun
approach to summer, but we
don’t want the kids to lose any
ground during the summer,”
Aaron said.
The center is also planning
on being open from 8 to 10
p.m. one night a month for a
dance or movie night.
For more information on the
Teen Center summer program,
call 541-902-0304 or visit the
Teen Center at 1601 15th St.
Complete schedules are
available on the club’s website
www.bgcwlc.org.
to take inventory of where we
are and whether it is worth it to
open our doors again. We still
have lots of product. I believe
we are going to be opening
next week. But we need to have
people in there shopping.”
Volunteers fill all the co-op
positions, except for Hazelwood.
And, she has not taken a pay-
check for some time.
“We will open the doors next
week regardless of whether we
know what is going to happen
or not,” Hazelwood said.
“Within a week or two we will
determine whether or not we
keep the doors open.”
front of the board,” Carnahan
said. “If you think that when
we approve this budget you
automatically get the opportu-
nity to put those in, I’ll have to
go against the budget.”
He referred to one position’s
$8,000 increase in FY 2016-17.
Langborg said, “This isn’t a
raise, it is a reclassification of a
position into a division chief
position. It’s putting that per-
son into a division chief
payscale.”
The new division chief of
administration is part of the
Intergovernmental Agreement
between Siuslaw Valley and
Western Lane Ambulance
District for administrative serv-
ices. The fire board approved
the IGA; Western Lane’s board
of directors will vote on it on
Thursday, June 23.
Langborg said the classifica-
tion will allow the administra-
tive position to effectively
manage the aspects of the IGA.
“I think we as representative
taxpayers have to represent the
community in a reasonable
manner,” Carnahan said. “Part
of that is being responsible for
the money we have.”
Board President John Scott
and
directors
Woody
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Lori Gates voted to approve the
budget.
Follies
“I love all the people I have
worked with these past years,
and I didn’t want to disappoint
any of them. So this is fantas-
tic,” she said.
Holly Jolly Follies is sched-
uled for the first weekend of
December at the Florence
Events Center.
Heard said, “It’s a wonderful
tradition in Florence that
involves many members of the
community and various groups
of dancers, singers and actors.
Everyone really chips in. It’s
focused on family, friendship
and laughter, and those are the
things I really love and want to
have involved in our model.”
CROW plans to include
familiar faces and talents, espe-
cially as people in town have
already expressed continued
interest and support in the
Follies.
“It’s typical Florence, and
everyone is really supportive.
Everyone wants to be involved
and help make it as great as it
can be,” Heard said. “CROW
will put our own spin on it and
we will contact people once we
figure out a game plan.”
“I know Melanie will bring
together the kids she has been
mentoring with the adults who
have been seasoned in this
show, improving on a Christmas
tradition that our community
looks forward to,” Sapp said.
Traditionally, Holly Jolly
Follies donates to a charity each
year. CROW plans to create col-
lege scholarships for area stu-
dents with this year’s donations.
“This is a great opportunity
for CROW and the community,”
Heard said. “The kids are going
to benefit from another perform-
ing arts opportunity and share
the stage with some of
Florence’s greatest talents.”
Heard will schedule an inter-
est meeting later this summer
after CROW’s annual Theater
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but I was hoping that she would
see this as another opportunity
to be creative and to grow the
artistic muscles of our Follies
family,” Sapp said.
Before she decided, Heard
met with her CROW team and
board of directors, the people
who help CROW put on main-
stage musicals, such as “Once
Upon a Mattress” and “Shrek
the Musical, Jr.,” at the Florence
Events Center each April.
“They realized what an out-
standing opportunity it would be
for CROW to offer some really
high-quality holiday events,
where the kids could be actively
involved in the community and
with adults who could create
mentorship opportunities,”
Heard said. “The possibilities
are really exciting.”
Sapp was delighted at
CROW’s decision.
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