SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2016
Siuslaw School District announces
2016-17 registration for students
Siuslaw School District has
announced registration days
and first-day information for
students attending the 2016-17
school year.
Siuslaw
Elementary
School registration — All
grades: Aug. 16-18, from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Siuslaw Middle School
registration — All grades:
Aug. 17-19, from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m., and Aug. 22-26, from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Casino officially opens expanded nonsmoking area
Siuslaw High School reg-
istration — All grades: Aug.
17-18, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Note: These two days are
also photo and locker assign-
ment days.
First day of school for all
grades is Sept. 7, except for
kindergarten (Sept. 12) and
seventh and eighth grade
(Sept. 8).
Call the district office at
541-997-2651 for more infor-
mation.
True Value Hardware would
like to express our gratitude
and appreciation to the
Florence Police Department
for apprehending the
suspect in our recent
burglary.
We are sure that the city of
Florence as a whole is aware
that our offi cers are truly
here to serve and protect.
You are what makes
our community a safer place
to live and raise our families.
JACK DAVIS/SIUSLAW NEWS
Three Rivers Casino Resort staff, tribal officials and the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors helped
with the ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday for the expanded 12,000 square foot nonsmoking area of the casino.
Casino CEO Mike Rose said, “We are very excited about our new nonsmoking area. It is something our guests have
asked for and it has been highly received. Now you can come to visit us, walk into our hotel, go to any of our food
outlets and gamble and not be exposed to any smoking. I think it is a win/win scenario for everybody. All the peo-
ple that worked on this project were local contractors.”
Denyse, Shelby, Trudie, Lalitha, Melissa
h ank you
Florence Police Department
~True Value Owners & Staff ~
541-997-3160 • 351 LAUREL STREET
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
provided leadership to St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church, particularly
during the search for a new rector.
He and his wife, Maggie, partnered
delivering meals for Meals on
Wheels over the last four years and
served on Hospice together since
2014. h en there was Seacoast
Entertainment.
ERNIE DOUD
Seacoast Entertainment
Association
h e Florence community just lost a great volunteer who
typii es the activism that makes Florence work. Ernie
Doud moved to Florence in 2010. He brought his business
consulting skills to the non-proi t / volunteer sector for the
benei t of the entire community. As a Senior Warden, he
Seacoast Entertainment
Association
Ernie’s close college buddy, Ken
Henderson, recruited Ernie to
the SEA Board the day he arrived
in Florence! Ernie was an active
member of the Board for 3 years
when the call came for him to step
up as the President of the Board.
With his years of counseling and
consulting family owned businesses,
he was the perfect leader for an all-volunteer organization.
For the last 3 years, Ernie led the fund raising, budgeting,
logistics, and most signii cantly the Board Meetings that
make SEA work and result in the great performances
presented by the non-proi t group. When a performer was
proposed as part of the SEA season, his litmus tests were
simple, “Will it delight the Florence Community? Does it
forward our mission of bringing world class entertainment
to Florence? Can we at least break even?”
We have lost a signii cant contributor to the Florence
volunteer community but we have his example as a model
of how each of us can make a dif erence. h ank you, Ernie,
for all your contributions to Florence.
PO Box 3287
Florence OR 97439
Chad Clement, D.D.S., P.C
The August meeting of the
Florence Area Community
Coalition set for Wednesday,
Aug. 3, will feature Florence
Habitat
for
Humanity
Development Director and
FACC board member Ken
Gaylord. The meeting is from
9 to 10:30 a.m., in the
Bromley Room of the Siuslaw
Public Library.
Gaylord will speak about
the
upcoming
“Senior
Tsunami: Aging in Place
Forum.”
This community event will
be held at the Florence Events
Center on Friday, Sept. 16,
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Gaylord will speak about
the concept of “Aging in
Place,” which is part of a
national campaign of Habitat
for Humanity International,
for which Florence is the first
community in the U.S. to hold
such a forum.
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FACC, Habitat for Humanity,
the City of Florence, and
PeaceHealth, will be free and
open to the public.
Whether you are a senior, a
caregiver for a senior, or a
person who will be a senior
someday, you are invited to
attend.
Attendees are also encour-
aged to bring items or donate
cash for this month’s featured
agency, Food Backpacks for
Kids.
This organization provides
weekend food to children in
Florence
and
Mapleton
schools who might otherwise
go hungry. Items can include
packaged snacks or entrees
that are easy to carry and pre-
pare, like Kraft Mac &
Cheese, tuna and crackers,
fruit, oatmeal, apple sauce, or
pasta and sauce.
For more information about
the program, visit www.back
packimpact.org.
Open Tues - Sat 9am - 5 pm
1751 12th Street, Florence
541-997-2726
See Jim for your auto sales needs!
Submitted by Sandy Kuhlman
First Baptist Church
Wanda Johnson, Broker
Coldwell Banker Coast Real Estate
County Transfer and Recycling
Florence Habitat director
to speak at FACC meeting
SPONSORED
BY:
Oregon Pacifi c Bank
Sawnson’s Pest Management
Boys and Girls Club of Western Lane County
2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence
(541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475
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