SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2016
City council, mayor
election deadline Aug. 16
City of Florence and City
Recorder Kelli Weese invite
eligible citizens to run for
mayor and two positions on
the Florence City Council
during the November elec-
tion cycle.
Positions held by Mayor
Joe Henry and councilors
Joshua Greene and Ron
Preisler will be up for re-
election. All three plan to run
for their current positions
again.
Any qualified elector who
is registered to vote in the
City of Florence and has
resided in the city since Nov.
8, 2015, is eligible to run for
the two four-year councilor
positions and the mayor’s
two-year position.
The city council is the
governing body of the city. It
is responsible for passing
laws, fees, policies and the
annual budget. It also devel-
ops the overall vision for the
city.
The mayor has no addi-
tional executive functions
aside from his or her position
on the council. However, the
mayor facilitates the council
and presides over delibera-
tions, determines order of
business, appoints positions
to boards and committees
and performs ceremonial
functions.
Weese encourages quali-
fied citizens to run for an
office. She is available by
appointment to meet with
people to give more informa-
tion and to go over require-
ments.
To apply, complete a filing
packet by Tuesday, Aug. 16.
Packets are available
online
at
www.ci.florence.or.us and at
Florence City Hall, 250
Highway 101.
For more information on
the electoral process, contact
Weese at 541-997-3437 or at
kelli.weese@ci.florence.or.us.
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River Gallery featuring Durma, Schwartz art
The River Gallery will be
featuring two local artists dur-
ing the Second Saturday
Gallery Tour on Aug. 13, from
to 5 p.m.
Kitty Durma is a local
jewelry artist who divides her
time between Portland and
Florence.
She creates her fascinating
pieces in her home studios.
Her jewelry reflects her love
for working with metal and
wire. Her ability to repurpose
vintage findings in her designs
results in a blend of the past
and present.
Durma’s work takes you on
adventures to distant places
and times, especially France.
Thoughts and feeling are inter-
woven into her designs
through words and phrases
echoed from the past and
whispered into the present.
Michael Schwartz creates
beautiful pit-fired ceramics.
After his pieces are leather
COURTESY PHOTOS
Artwork from Michael Schwartz (left) and Kitty Durma is on display at The River Gallery.
hard, he kiln-fires them to
1,800 degrees F. He covers
some areas with copper or
steel mesh and various other
interesting items. He then
buries the pots in a sawdust
pit, sets it ablaze and leaves
them to smolder overnight, as
was (and still is) done by
Indians in the American
The Gallery Above the
Silver Lining Boutique, 2217
Highway 101, will feature
artist Susan Stevens from
Washington during August
with her one-of-a-kind cre-
ations of art.
“Stevens has taken her art-
work to levels never seen in
this gallery,” said Silver
Lining owner Kimberly
Fleenor. “Her mosaic tables
and frames for her delightful
paintings are totally unique
and beyond imagination.”
Her frames are actually an
integral part of her creations
filled with wonderful, light-
filled compositions of oils
and acrylics.
The subject matters are
from coastal scenes to elec-
tric storms over the ocean,
from palm trees to majestic
mountains, from flowers to
fanciful fairies.
Stevens’ champagne and
hors d’oeuvres reception will
be Saturday, Aug. 13, during
the Second Saturday Gallery
Tour, from 3 to 5 p.m.
Everyone is welcome and
encouraged to participate.
Stevens will attend and dis-
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The result is due to the
interaction of fire and some on
salts and metals. No glaze has
been used. Each piece is a one-
of-kind work of art with
blacks, grays, greens and reds.
The River Gallery features
the work of more than 20 local
artists and carries a wide
selection of hand-blown
Oregon glass floats.
The gallery, located in Old
Town Florence, is on the cor-
ner of Bay and Laurel streets.
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Saturday
Gallery
Tour
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the artists and enjoy some
champagne and chocolate.
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and will answer any
questions.
Stevens cur-
rently lives in
Kingston,
W a s h ,
where she
and
her
husband
live a busy
home life
with five
children.
“There is
never a dull
moment,”
said
Stevens, who volun-
teers at the local elemen-
tary school as an art
docent. “I love teaching
art to the children.”
Stevens said the
Oregon coast, in itself,
is a magnificent piece of
art.
“The scenery here is
like no other place in the
world,” she said. “I
thrive out in nature
where I am consistently
in awe of her beauty.”
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Stained glass art by featured
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