SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016
Independence Day
fireworks in Old Town
Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce invites the public
to enjoy Fourth of July
Fireworks on Monday, hosted
by the Port of Siuslaw.
The port property offers an
excellent vantage viewpoint
for the official fireworks dis-
play, which will be launched
from the east end of the port
property over the river in a
westerly direction.
There is plenty of viewing
space on the boardwalk, as
well as the Nopal and Harbor
streets parking lots.
Additional parking is avail-
able at the Florence Events
Center, 715 Quince St., and at
the west end of Bay Street.
Florence Food Share will
be on hand to accept dona-
tions, too. Guests are encour-
aged to bring two cans of
food, and collection bins will
be set out around the port
property. All donations go to
feed the underprivileged in
our community.
The RV campground at the
Port will be closed to the pub-
lic and RV campground
campers and their guests will
be the only people admitted.
The docks will also be
closed to the public at 8 p.m.
Moorage tenants and their
guests will be the only ones
permitted on the docks after
that time.
Chairs and blankets are pro-
hibited on the docks’ walk-
ways.
The chamber reminds
everyone that personal fire-
works are prohibited on port
property and the Old Town
area.
In addition, personal fire-
works are not allowed on pub-
lic streets or right of ways
throughout the community,
beaches, dunes and forests.
The port wishes to remind
guests that the City of
Florence’s rules governing the
consumption of alcohol in
public also apply to port prop-
erty as well.
The
Chamber
of
Commerce, Port of Siuslaw,
Florence Police Department,
Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue and the City of
Florence are working together
to ensure everybody enjoys a
safe and memorable Fourth of
July Celebration.
Florence Senior Center gets
new chef for weekly meals
Florence Senior Center,
1570 Kingwood St., reports
that Teresa Boultinghouse will
be the center’s new chef.
“The Florence Senior
Center is sorry to lose our cur-
rent chef, Tonia Cardwell,” a
spokesperson said. “She has
done an amazing job and we
will miss her. Our new chef,
Teresa Boultinghouse, was
highly recommended and has
many years of experience.”
The center serves hot lunch
on Tuesdays and Thursdays
and breakfast on the third
Friday of each month.
Boultinghouse begins her
new position with the Senior
Center on Tuesday, July 5.
Come to the center and join
volunteers and area senior for
a tasty meal and to meet her.
Call the center at 541-997-
8844 for reservations. The cost
of lunch or breakfast is $5.
Voice your opinion! Submit letters to:
Editor@TheSiuslawNews.com.
Library
Tidings
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
Library Tidings,
a regular feature
of the Siuslaw News,
features news about
upcoming Siuslaw
Public Library pro-
grams for adults and
children, new books
and videos, and other
library news of interest
to the community.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
Henry Kaufman hits and
destroys their buggy. This is
where the trouble begins.
Kaufman is a ruthless and
unscrupulous man. He is deter-
mined not to pay the Kopp sis-
ters for the damage to their
buggy.
Over the course of a year, the
sisters are threatened (by brick-
mail), shot at and harassed by
Kaufman and his gang of thugs.
Constance enlists the help of
Sheriff Robert Heath who teach-
es the Kopp sisters how to load,
aim and fire a gun.
The recorded book is read by
Christina Moore, an excellent
narrator who gives distinctive
voices to each of the characters.
Author Stewart says, “It’s
been a huge research project,
and it isn’t over yet.”
“Lady Cop Makes Trouble,”
the second book featuring the
Kopp sisters, will be published
in September.
Girl Waits With Gun
by Amy Stewart
Book review by Susie Voth
I’m guilty. Once again I
picked a book because of the
striking cover art. The art-deco
book jacket of “Girl Waits With
Gun” was designed by Jim
Tierney, who has designed cov-
ers for Stephen King, T. C.
Boyle, Rainbow Rowell and the
playwright Arthur Miller.
Although the cover enticed
me to check out the recorded
book, “Girl Waits With Gun” is
the engaging and exciting tale of
Constance, Norma and Fleurette
Kopp that captured my interest.
Amy Stewart’s book is based
on the true story of Constance
Kopp, one of the first women in
the United States to become a
deputy sheriff.
The novel is told from
Constance’s point of view. She
was not your typical Victorian
era woman. She was 6 feet tall
(the average height of a man in
1916 was 5 feet 8 inches) and
180 pounds — definitely not del-
icate. She and her sisters live on
a secluded farm that they inherit-
ed from their mother.
One fine morning, the Kopp
sisters are on their way to town
when a motorcar driven by
Hiking the
Oregon Coast Trail
Author Connie Soper will be
speaking about her book,
“Exploring the Oregon Coast
Trail,” on Tuesday, July 12, at 6
p.m., in the library’s Bromley
Room, 1460 Ninth St.
Oregon Pacific Bank (OPB)
has selected Lila Pattison of
Deadwood, Ore., to be the
recipient of this year’s
Geraldine Bagley Foundation
Scholarship.
Pattison currently lives with
her parents on their farm in
Deadwood and plans to attend
Cedarville University in
Cedarville, Ohio, this fall.
She will pursue a nursing
degree with the ultimate career
goal of becoming a nurse prac-
titioner and midwife. Pattison
has maintained an interest in
the medical field from an early
age, inspired by her grand-
mothers, who were both nurs-
Lila Pattison
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helping others.
Pattison is the first
Geraldine
Bagley
F o u n d a t i o n
Scholarship recipient
who has completed
her entire education
through home-school-
ing
within
the
Mapleton
School
District. Despite liv-
ing in the middle of a
national forest and 80
miles away from
Florence,
Lila’s
resume highlights an
impressive array of
academic achieve-
ments, extracurricular
activities and volun-
teer efforts.
FREE CONCERT
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a full Concert Band comprising 40 members, as well as smaller ensembles or Music Perfor-
mance Teams (MPTs) including “Rock Steady”, our rock/pop band; “Brass Ops”, our brass
band, and our woodwind/chamber ensemble “General Dischord”.
Holiday closure
The library will be closed on
Monday, July 4, in honor of
Independence Day.
Regular hours resume at 10
a.m. in Florence and noon in
Mapleton on Tuesday, July 5.
The library wishes everyone a
happy and safe Fourth of July!
715 Quince Street, Florence, OR
Saturday, July 23rd, 2016 2:00pm
Admission Tickets required (limit two per person)
available at:
Best For Hearing
2285 Hwy. 101
FLorence Events Center
715 Quince
For more information, call 541-997-1994
www.eventcenter.org
Sponsored by:
From maintaining her posi-
tion on the Home School
Honor Society from 2012 to
2016, holding office in the
Toastmasters Youth Leadership
Program, growing as a weekly
Sunday School Teacher since
2012, and scaling Mt. St.
Helens twice, Pattison is a
uniquely talented individual
with a bright life ahead of her.
“We were very impressed by
Lila’s application and the way
she presented herself in the
interview. She was very profes-
sional and determined,” said
Tina Meyers, vice-president
and trust officer. “I truly
believe she will become the
midwife she wants to be, and
those of us on the scholarship
committee for the Geraldine
Bagley Foundation are thrilled
to grant Lila this opportunity.”
The Geraldine Bagley
Foundation Scholarship was
established in 1999 by the late
Geraldine Bagley. It is
designed to give financial
assistance to graduating sen-
iors in the Siuslaw or Mapleton
school district who intend to
pursue higher education.
The scholarship is adminis-
tered by Oregon Pacific Bank’s
Trust Department and amounts
to $20,000 distributed at the
rate of $5,000 per year over the
period of four years.
For more information about
Oregon Pacific Bank and the
Geraldine Bagley Foundation
Scholarship, visit www.opbc.
com or call 541-997-7121.
Three Rivers
features
Michaelis,
Anderson
Florence Events Center
Banner Bank
777 Hwy. 101
Soper’s book serves as a prac-
tical trail guide, describing how
to navigate 40 consecutive day
hikes starting at Fort Stevens
State Park in the north and end-
ing in California.
Those walking the trail will
experience the majesty of
Oregon’s beaches in personal
and immediate ways, and are
certain to better appreciate the
open access to Oregon’s shores.
Descriptions of most of the day
hikes are accompanied with
mile-by-mile maps and also
include many historic and pres-
ent day photographs.
The author will have books
available at this event for sign-
ing, as well as at the Books ’N’
Bears store on Bay Street.
This program is free and is a
part of the adult summer reading
program at the Siuslaw Public
Library.
OPB names Pattison as Bagley scholarship recipient
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Siuslaw News
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FLORENCE EVENTS CENTER
SEEKS CATERING SERVICES
The Florence Events Center is seeking applications
for an exclusive, in-house catering service.
Applications must be received no later than
4:00 p.m. on Tuesday July 5th.
The Request for Proposal (RFP), contract,
description of services, minimum qualifi cations
and application guidelines may be obtained on the
FEC website at www.EventCenter.org. For questions
or additional information, call the FEC offi ce at
541-997-1994.
Always Something Happening
541.997.1994 | 888.968.4086
715 Q UINCE S TREET | F LORENCE , OR 97439 |
WWW . EVENTCENTER . ORG
Three Rivers Casino
Resort’s Comedy Thursdays
is featuring stand-up comedi-
ans from around the
Northwest every Thursday at
Blue Bills Sports Bar and Tap
Room (located inside the
casino at 5647 Highway 126)
from 7 to 8 p.m. On June 30,
laugh with headliner Cory
Michaelis and opener Billy
Anderson.
Michaelis is a teacher by
day and comic by night. He
keeps his act edgy enough to
keep the audience from feel-
ing like they’re in his 10th
grade history class. He clev-
erly tells short stories and
jokes that try to get audiences
to think but are silly and
absurd as well.
Anderson was born in
Texas and raised in Augusta,
Georgia. He is currently a
stand-up comedy orphan liv-
ing in the city of Seattle.