SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2016
CROW student
teaches dance
A new summer dance class
for area youth taught by
Siarrah Rain, former student
of Children’s Repertory of
Oregon Workshops (CROW),
will be held Tuesdays from
July 19 to Aug. 30 at the new
CROW Center for the
Performing Arts,
3120
Highway 101.
The Creative Movement
course is open to students 2-
1/2 to 5 years old, and
Beginning and Intermediate
Ballet is for students ages 6
and up. Enrollment forms are
available at crowkids.com.
Club
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“The Teen Center had been
closed for about 10 months,”
Trent said. “When we
reopened in September we
started with nine members.
Seven of the nine had D or F
grades their first few weeks of
school. It became apparent
very quickly that the kids
were struggling with math.”
The club started each day’s
activities with a program
called Power Hour, specifical-
ly designed to help with
homework and tutoring.
“We were really fortunate
that Rick Steiner offered to
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Trent said. “We started with
this group of seven. Other kids
would come in that needed
help with any kind of home-
work.”
Then, Teen Center Director
Tracy Aaron came up with the
idea of Club Bucks.
Initially the club offered
Club Bucks for good grades
and attendance in school, but
then homework was soon
added, along with helping to
do cleanup chores around the
Teen Center. Members use
Club Bucks to purchase items
from the Teen Center store.
“The timing was perfect,”
Trent said. “We started the
Club Bucks on homework
assignments. It took off from
there.”
The club’s Money Matters
program also helped members
with math and life skills.
According to Trent, through
the Money Matters program,
Teen Center members now
have their own checking
accounts and 401-K type sav-
ings plans. Members take 10
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percent of their weekly Club
Bucks earnings and put that in
their savings account and the
club matches that 10 percent.
“These programs are how
we try to give these kids the
skills they need to be success-
ful in school, in team sports
and in life,” Trent said. “These
programs are building blocks.
“I believe the reason our
grade results are so high is
that the kids are learning but
they don’t think of it that way.
They just know they are hav-
ing fun,” he added.
Assuming his hair has re-
grown by then, Trent plans to
raise the bar on expectations
for next year’s competition.
The elementary and Teen
Center programs are open to
anyone ages 6 through 18.
Both programs have financial
scholarships available for fam-
ilies in need.
Both Teen Center and ele-
mentary summer programs run
through Aug. 19. For more
information, visit the Teen
Center at 1601 15th St., or call
541-902-0304.
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Power
from 1A
Ava’s mom Ella said, “My
favorite part has been watch-
ing Kaylee inspire even the
youngest
members
of
Florence. She explains the
meaningfulness of pitching in
and lending a hand. It’s just so
beautiful, and I know that’s
what happened for Ava being a
part of this.”
Power of Florence will
begin with the Power Walk,
starting at 9 a.m. at the
Florence Christian Church,
990 Second St., and heading
down the streets of Old Town.
Florence Police Department
will lead the procession with
one of its patrol vehicles.
From there, groups put on
such annual events as the pan-
cake breakfast, a carwash,
beautifying parks, raising
money, clothing and food for
local organizations, an ice
cream social and more.
Florence-Siuslaw
Lions
Club is offering free health
screenings from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at City Lights Cinemas,
joining the many events of the
Party in the Parking Lot in the
Grocery Outlet parking lot,
2066 Highway 101.
“There’s always a lot to do,”
Kaylee said. “My mom always
does such a good job of help-
ing me with it and it’s also
great to have Ella and Ava
help. It’s more than just a one
person job, definitely. I feel
like we will be ready.”
This year will have more
than 38 events and hundreds of
volunteers from service organ-
izations, community groups,
area schools and the communi-
ty at large. A ladder truck from
Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue will mark where the
Casino
from 1A
In addition to the new non-
smoking section, the casino
has more than 14,000 square
feet designated for smoking.
Within that area are more
than 550 games with new
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events are, and other emer-
gency response agencies plan
to be involved.
Shannon said, “Power of
Florence has developed its
own reputation after all these
years. When Kaylee first start-
ed, it was hard for people to
even grasp what she meant.
It’s taken on a life of its own
now.”
Ella said, “It is really neat to
see how it’s becoming part of
the community.”
In five years, Power of
Florence events raised more
than $36,000 for nonprofits,
completed 70 service projects
and collected more than
12,000 pounds of food for
Florence Food Share and
Oregon
Coast
Humane
Society.
Kaylee and Ava spoke to the
Florence
City
Council
Monday night about their
event.
“This day means so much to
me. I’m proud of what I have
accomplished with this com-
munity,” Kaylee said. “It is
important to me that you, as a
city, support Power of
Florence and Ava when I’m
gone.”
Mayor Joe Henry thanked
the pair for their presentation.
“You are just wonderful,
thank you very much. Ava,
good luck and we’ll be here to
support you,” Henry said.
“I’m glad that I believed in
myself, my parents encour-
aged me, the city council
allowed me and the communi-
ty supported me,” Kaylee said.
“It’s amazing what we can do
when we all work together and
believe in the possible: the
Power of Florence.”
For a list of ways to get
involved on Saturday, July 16,
go to powerofflorence.org.
game titles added frequently.
Three Rivers Casino Resort
is owned and operated by the
Confederated Tribes of the
Coos, Lower Umpqua, and
Siuslaw Indians.
For more information about
the casino, visit the website
ThreeRiversCasino.com.
Summer Fun at
Sandpines
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KEN JANOWSKI
FloTones
Ken is a key factor in the success
of the FloTones. As new music is
acquired he enters each voice part
(soprano, alto, tenor, bass, etc.) plus
accompaniment into a computer
program and then generates
audio i les and sends them out to
each singer with their particular
part emphasized. h e singers
can download these i les as CD’s
etc. to assist them in learning the
music. h is is particularly helpful
to those who are not expert music
readers. Ken brings his laptop to
all rehearsals and this gives the
group background music to sing
with when the rehearsal pianist is not there. When
there are trouble spots to work on Ken puts those
measures in a loop and repeats it until all the bugs
are out. Ken also shares valuable tips from choral
directors with whom he has previously sung. Ken
is also the FloTones treasurer and pays the bills for
insurance, rehearsal space rent & other expenses,
He collects dues and puts the budget together,
reporting this information to FloTones members
monthly. Because the FloTones is a 501 c-3 non-
proi t organization, there are many forms to be
i led with the federal government and the Oregon
Department of Justice. h is is another task that Ken
takes care of for the group. Ken is currently putting
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the FloTones September shows.
In addition to Ken’s involvement with the FloTones,
he directs St. Mary’s choir, is Vice President of the
Friends of the Florence Events Center and helped
Florence Habitat for Humanity to become an oi cial
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as board president. Ken has also provided practice
CDs for the Community Chorus of Florence.
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