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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016
BIRTH
OBITUARY
PEARSON—James
S.
“Jim” Pearson, 71, of
Florence, passed away and
went to be with the Lord on
July 2, 2016, at his home with
his family and friends sur-
rounding him.
Jim was born on Nov. 5,
1944, in Sacramento, Calif.,
to Harold James and Margaret
Rose Weeks Pearson.
He spent his life devoting
himself to his family and the
community of Florence with
the Florence fire department
and Western Lane Ambulance
District. His passions were
his family and fishing and
hunting.
He is survived by his wife
Peggy; his son, Ronnie, and
his wife Kim; his son Jimmy;
his daughter, Lori, and her
husband Mark; grandchil-
dren: James, Alicia and
Dustin; great-grandchildren:
Hunter, Keelin, Riley, Kelley
and Jewel; his brother, J.D.;
his like-sons Matt and
Stecher; and many very close
friends.
Funeral Services will be
held Friday, July 8, at 10 a.m.,
at the First Baptist Church.
Contributions in his name
can be made to the Peace
Harbor Home Health and
Hospice.
A very special thank you
goes
to
the
Florence
Emergency Room, local hos-
pice caregivers, Dr. Jalilain
and Stecher.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Private interment was held
at Pacific Sunset Cemetery.
VAN BRUNT—Kimberly
Lynn Van Brunt, a girl weigh-
ing 7 lbs., 2 ozs., was born
to Deanna Lynn Van Brunt
of Florence on June 28,
2016, at 11:23 a.m., at
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center.
SMART brings early literacy program to local youth
meaningful partnership that
will bring community mem-
bers into the school to sup-
port literacy.
“I’m really excited about
having SMART at Siuslaw
Elementary. It is exactly
what our kids need,” said
Harklerode.
The
program,
which
will serve Siuslaw’s third-
graders, will use SMART’s
proven model of pairing
adult volunteers with stu-
dents for one-on-one reading
sessions in combination
with access to books to
take home and keep.
SMART will support exist-
ing literacy efforts at Siuslaw
to help all students meet or
exceed the third-grade read-
ing benchmark, which is
widely recognized as a key
indicator of a child’s future
educational success.
Brown said, “SMART
South Coast is thrilled to be
welcoming back Siuslaw
Elementary after an eight-
year hiatus, and we look
forward to a long partnership
with Principal Michael
Harklerode at Siuslaw and
the Florence community.”
The SMART program at
Siuslaw will begin running in
early October. SMART’s
goal is to serve 30 third-
grade students this year at
Siuslaw.
SMART welcomes volun-
teers to the Siuslaw program.
SMART volunteer readers
commit to one hour a week
for 28 weeks.
Anyone interested in vol-
unteering with SMART can
contact Cheryl Brown at
541-266-7476 or cbrown@
getsmartoregon.org.
SMART is a statewide
nonprofit organization that
envisions an Oregon where
every child can read and is
empowered to succeed.
Relay For Life
FUNDRAISER
IMPOUNDMENT
SATURDAY , JULY 16
AT EAGLES CLUB IN REEDSPORT
DINNER BEGINS AT 5PM
Spaghetti Dinner
Cash bar on site, Live music by
“Strange Brew” until 10pm
Crews work on Rhody Drive shoulder
City of Florence will begin
construction
of
the
Rhododendron Drive Shoul-
der Extension Project the
week of July 7.
Construction will occur
during the day, and residents
will experience single lane
closures with flaggers con-
ducting traffic control. The
intersections of 11th Street,
Wildwinds and Center Road
(to Greentrees) will remain
accessible from Rhodo-
dendron Drive.
No detours are planned.
The contractor will first set
up traffic control and remove
vegetation from both the east
and west side of the road.
Mapleton holds auction to
establish new pre-K program
MAPLETON — A lasagna
dinner and auction fundraiser
will be held Saturday, July 9,
in the Mapleton Elementary
School cafeteria, with all pro-
ceeds going to establish a pre-
K program in the Mapleton
School District. The school is
at 10870 E. Mapleton Road.
Tickets are $10 for adults or
$7 for children age 11 and
under and can be purchased at
Banner Bank in Florence and
Mapleton, Mapleton Food and
Fuel and the Deadwood
Market.
Dinner will be served from
4:30 to 5:30 p.m., with a silent
auction from 4:30 to 6 p.m.,
followed by a live auction.
Construction work will begin
on the east side of the road
first, followed by the west
side in mid summer.
The city hopes to have con-
struction completed by the
end of October.
For more information
on the project, go to ci.
florence.or.us.
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June 28
June 29
June 30
July 1
July 2
July 3
July 4
Rainfall
(beverage not included)
Purchase your tickets on site or
Jitterbug N Java, Heidi’s Grind,
The Eagles bartenders and Deb
All proceeds go to Relay For Life
Team: Reedsport
For more information
call Deb at 541-361-6083
13040
A male German shepherd/
retriever mix #13040 has
been impounded at the
Oregon Coast Humane
Society.
Call 541-997-4277 or stop
by the shelter at 2840
Rhododendron Drive to
claim. Visit OCHS on the
web at florencehumane.org.
www.RelayForLife.Org/FlorenceOR
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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Oregon’s largest volunteer
literacy program, SMART
(Start Making A Reader
Today), is excited to
announce that it will be open-
ing a new program at Siuslaw
Elementary
School
in
Florence this fall.
SMART, which currently
serves coastal communities
from Astoria to Brookings,
is delighted to be returning to
Florence to provide one-on-
one reading support to local
students, as well as books for
children to keep and read
with their families.
Siuslaw
Elementary
School Principal Michael
Harklerode and SMART
Area Manager Cheryl Brown
are looking forward to a