SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2016
Florence Area Community
Coalition has announced that
there will not be a general
meeting in July.
Monthly meetings will
resume Aug. 3 from 9 to 10:30
a.m. in the Bromley Room of
the Siuslaw Public Library and
continue
on
the
first
Wednesday of each month
throughout the year.
At its monthly meeting on
June 1, the Florence Area
Community Coalition added
two new board members. Lynn
Anderson and Bob DuBose
will join the other eight mem-
bers to govern the activities of
the coalition.
The board of directors will
hold its annual planning retreat
on Wednesday, July 13. It will
review and update by-laws for
the organization and plan top-
ics and events for the coming
year, including the “Senior
Tsunami: Aging in Place
Forum” scheduled to be held at
the Florence Events Center on
Friday, Sept. 16.
This full-day event is held in
collaboration with Habitat for
Humanity, the City of Florence
and PeaceHealth. Speakers
and exhibitors will provide
information to prepare for liv-
ing out one’s life at home,
which 89 percent of seniors
hope to do.
For more about this, visit
the website www.seniortsu
nami.org.
2016 FLORENCE ROTARY CLUB’S 7TH ANNUAL
“COOL AT THE COAST”
SUMMER GOLF SPECTACULAR
AT OCEAN DUNES GOLF LINKS
(541) 997-3232
www.coolatthecoast.com
Saturday, August 6, 2016 • Shotgun Start 10 a.m.
2016 FORD MUSTANG HOLE IN ONE PRIZE
SPONSORED BY THREE RIVERS CASINO RESORT
Teams of four • Scramble format • Gross & Net Divisions
Tee prizes: Long Drive, Accuracy Drive, and KPs on all Par 3s
Chipping/putting green & putting contest
Entry Fee $80 per player, $320 per foursome
Includes beverages on the course, breakfast snacks, cart, and lunch
2016 Cool at the Coast Premier Sponsors
Siuslaw grads receive Soroptimist scholarships
Soroptimist International
Club of Florence awarded
$8,000 scholarships to four
graduating seniors on May
26 at the Siuslaw High
School 2015-16 Scholarship
Awards Night. Two of these
young women also received
additional scholarships from
Florence Garden Club.
The presenter was Mimi
Teachout, Soroptimist’s club
scholarship chairwoman.
Lila Whitney Pattison
received a $1,000 Chigasaki
Award for nursing; Anna
Stonelake received $1,000
for the Professional Tech
Award for her chosen field of
medical imaging; Mikaela
Siegel won $3,000 for the
Eugene and Thor Chin Award
for medical school; and
Paige Williams received
$3,000 for the Eugene and
Thor Chin Award for her
field of molecular biology
genetics.
Soroptimist International
COURTESY PHOTO
Mimi Teachout, Anna Stonelake, Mikaela Siegel,
Paige Williams and Lila Whitney Pattison
Club of Florence gives out
scholarships each year. This
year, the club was able to
increase the amount from the
club’s rose sale fundraiser.
The club will again have
roses ready on Tuesday, Nov.
8.
Tickets are ready now for
orders from any Soroptimist
member.
In addition to raising more
money for higher education
scholarships, the club is host-
ing a fun “Bras for a Cause”
event on Oct. 15. Go to
florencechamber.com
for
more information.
Soroptimist of Florence is
a member of the international
organization to help women
and girls to be the best that
they can be. This year, the
club presented $1,000 to
Covita Hughes with the
“Live Your Dream Award.”
With support from the
Florence community, the
Florence club is able to make
a difference in someone’s
life, which is the reward for
all the members of the club.
Yachats plays ‘Spirit of New Orleans’ Sunday
Come on down to Yachats
on Sunday afternoon, July 3,
for a free outdoor concert with
Skip Jones and The Spirit of
New Orleans, featuring Paul
Biondi on saxophones. The
show will be held in the
Yachats Commons Picnic
Shelter with music played from
1 to 4 p.m.
The Spirit of New Orleans
lives on with Skip Jones and
his band. While Jones is at
home on both piano and organ
in a number of musical styles,
he always returns to his New
Orleans roots influences, such
as Booker T. and the MGs,
Doctor John, James Booker
and Professor Longhair.
“Our shows are like a blues
travelogue, but we always
return to New Orleans. New
Orleans is our base camp,”
Skip Jones
Jones said.
He has worked with The
Coasters, The Drifters, The
Platters and Bo Diddley. He
toured with Canned Heat in
1985-86 holding down Larry
Taylor’s bass position.
Biondi fell in love with
Florence, Ore., in the early
1990s and now lives in
Eugene. He has worked with
Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Ella
Fitzgerald and Ray Charles and
has toured with Smokey
Robinson and Aretha Franklin.
Byron Case is an original
member of the 1960’s surf
band The Sunrays, whose hit
song “I Follow The Sun” —
plus other recordings — rode
high on the charts.
This concert is produced by
Polly Plumb Productions, a tax
exempt 501(c)3 organization
that supports and promotes
music and dance performances
and art exhibitions in the
Yachats area. Other programs
include the annual Rainspout
Music Festival (rainspout.org),
the March Ocean Artistry Art
Quilt Show and the popular
annual Yachats Celtic Music
Festival from Nov. 11 to 13.
For more information con-
tact info@rainspout.org.
Heel-kicking
good time at
Shorewood
Hoedown
The Shorewood Retire-
ment Residence had a heel-
kicking good time June 25 at
its Shorewood Hoedown.
There were tasty barbecue
hamburgers and hot dogs,
salads, watermelon and
strawberry short cake to wrap
it up. Cowboy Bill Olson put
on a great show with amazing
music and had the audience
singing
and
laughing
throughout the show.
A beautiful picnic basket
was raffled off to Bud Salzer,
and prizes were given out for
best-dressed cowboy and
cowgirl, which went to guest
Jayden Welker and resident
Edna Noyes, respectively.
Anyone who would like to
be put on the list for future
events at The Shorewood can
call 541-997-8202.
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Florence Community Coalition to meet Aug. 3
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