SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016
Dinner, auction to raise funds
for Mapleton Pre-K program
A lasagna dinner and auction
fundraiser will be held Saturday,
July 9, in the Mapleton
Elementary School cafeteria,
with all proceeds going to estab-
lish a Pre-K program in the
Mapleton School District.
Tickets must be purchased in
advance at Banner Bank in both
Florence
and
Mapleton,
Mapleton Food and Fuel on
Highway 126 and the Dead-
wood Market. Dinner is from
4:30 to 5:30 p.m., with a silent
auction from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and
a live auction at 6 p.m.
Cost is $10 for adults or $7 for
children age 11 and under.
We invite you to
join us.
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Florence Garden Club awards pair of scholarships
At the Siuslaw High School
2015-16 Scholarship Awards
Night, held May 26, the
Florence Garden Club awarded
a $1,000 scholarship each to
graduating seniors Paige
Williams and Mikaela Siegel.
Beginning this fall, Williams
will be pursuing a major in
biology at Western Oregon
University; Siegel will be
majoring in biology at the
Univerity of Idaho.
Since 1994, the Florence
Garden Club has awarded more
than $53,000 in scholarships to
qualified students whose edu-
cational goals lead to a career
in horticulture, biology or a
field in environmental studies.
The Garden Club raises
money for its scholarships dur-
ing its annual plant sale and
raffle, supported by local mer-
chants and the Florence com-
munity.
PHOTOS BY CAROL JOLLEY
Paige Williams (left) and Mikaela Siegel each recieved a $1,000 scholarship from the
Florence Garden Club during Siuslaw High School’s annual Scholarship Awards Night.
Go on the road with LCC’s summer Outward Ventures
Lane Community College
Florence Center, 3149 Oak St.,
is offering a few summer road
trips through its Outward
Ventures program.
On Tuesday, June 28, Outward
Ventures will head to Veneta for
Port
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ice machine. He said he did
not have a report yet, but that
the Port of Umpqua would
have a commercial ice
machine operational by
August.
stops at two small wineries for
tastings and a picnic lunch.
Mike Bones will take groups
out clamming to share his
favorite spots to dig for mud
clams on Friday, July 8, and
Saturday, July 23.
The program will also visit
Eugene to experience two musi-
cals: on Sunday, July 10, for the
Actors Cabaret for brunch and a
matinée production of “The Little
Mermaid,” and on Sunday, Aug.
7, to the Shedd Institute for a
matinée of “On the Town.”
For other summer trips and
more information about the
program, visit www.lanecc
.edu/ce or call Marsha Sills,
program coordinator, at 541-
997-8444, ext. 4825.
“We will have an ice
machine available to us within
20 miles down the road,” he
said.
Leskin updated commission-
ers on the port’s new schedule
of weekend summer activities
on the boardwalk, called
WindFest. The schedule is
entering its third weekend of
activities, including informa-
tional presentations, lawn con-
certs and wine and beer tast-
ing.
He said the port would start
looking for sponsors for
WindFest beginning in 2017.
“It is a great event for sponsor-
ship,” Leskin said. “We think
we will have an event later this
summer that will allow us to
cover our costs. Moving for-
ward, we want to have a
smooth flowing event that
sponsors can attach their name
to with pride and we have a
ways to go to get there.”
Ore., that will be on display at
the
Florence
Municipal
Airport.
Preparing for the anniver-
sary has made several things
clear to the board: the need for
adapting.
“Now that we’ve been open
for a year, we’ve been accumu-
lating artifacts left and right.
The reality is, we’re starting to
run out of room,” Applebee
said.
OCMM’s space is filled by
permanent displays created by
Judy Murphy — which show
dioramas of significant military
conflicts — a library and video
room, U.S. military branch dis-
plays, a cantina, a gift shop and
a “touch and feel” area to inter-
act with headgear, uniforms,
replica weapons and half of a
military vehicle.
“How do we keep adding
things, creating and making it a
fresh experience for folks?”
Applebee asked.
He and the board have their
own ideas they are building
into the strategic plan, but they
also seek input from the veter-
an community — about 20 per-
cent of the area’s residents —
and the community at large.
“This is the community’s
museum, built by this commu-
nity to honor our veterans. It’s
important that we seek your
input. Do you want to see us
grow and expand, or do you
want us to stay small and inti-
mate? Those are the things we
need to find out,” Applebee
said.
He has created a survey at
www.or e go nc o a stmilita r y
museum.com to gather com-
munity input. Completed sur-
veys are due by June 30.
Applebee said, “We need to
look at what else we can do to
make the rest of the displays
more lively and more engaging
over time. The goal is to have
something in place so it guides
us into future years.”
The board will consider
expanding the museum, adding
revolving or seasonal displays,
creating a mission, seeking
grant funds and developing a
mobile museum to go along
with the blue jeep Applebee
has already started to take to
events.
“People actually see a sam-
pling of the museum, and that
encourages them to come visit
here and Florence,” Applebee
said.
The museum hopes to be an
ambassador for the community
in other ways as well. Besides
featuring the U.S. Coast Guard
and local Station Siuslaw
River, OCMM also plans to
support Florence’s bid for
“Coast Guard City USA.”
“Mayor Joe Henry is launch-
ing this new effort to create
Florence as a Coast Guard
City,” Applebee said. “His goal
is to bring together all the vet-
eran organizations with syner-
gy as we cooperate and do
greater things for the veteran
community. That’s going to be
exciting to see happen.”
Whatever else the museum’s
strategic plan entails, fundrais-
ing will continue to be a major
part. OCMM relies on commu-
nity donations to operate, lease
its property and promote itself.
“We’re coming up closer to
grant season,” Applebee noted.
“But right now, there are a
bunch of things we need to get
a handle on and get under con-
trol for managing the opera-
tion.”
The grants he pursues will
depend on the board’s direc-
tion.
“The whole intent for us was
to create something that would
be revolving and evolving con-
stantly. When people come
visit Florence or residents
bring their families to visit,
they can bring them to OCMM
occasionally and see different
things, newer and fresher
things. Part of that goal is to
have things that people can
touch, interact with and experi-
ence our military heritage,” he
said.
OCMM
is
at
2145
Kingwood St. For more infor-
mation, go to www.oregon
coastmilitarymuseum.com.
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The next part is holding
OCMM’s one-year anniversary
during Wings and Wheels on
Saturday, July 2.
“We’re not going to have a
lot of stuff going on, but we’re
going
to
have
Pop’s
Smokehouse of Mapleton
doing hamburgers for dona-
tions to the museum. A pair of
Civil War re-enactors will be
roaming, just like last year. We
want people to come in and
enjoy the museum, and see
how things are progressing,”
Applebee said.
The museum is also cospon-
soring a World War II Warbird,
a P-51 Mustang, from Erickson
Aircraft Collection in Madras,
Tuesday 6/14
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Shaude Smith
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Florence
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Mary Ann’s Natural Pet
Thursday 6/16
Bear McDaniel
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Westlake
Florence
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Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant
Friday 6/17
Robert Byrd
Donna Graves
Florence
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Saturday 6/18
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Florence
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Sunday 6/19
Jay Tank
Betty Carruthers
Florence
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Monday 6/20
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Florence
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