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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2017
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FRAA hosts exhibit by student photographer Applicants sought to fill
Florence Regional Arts
Alliance
(FRAA)
has
announced a new exhibit by
student photographer Ashley
Thomas.
Ashley Thomas is currently
a junior at Siuslaw High
School with a love of horses
and the outdoors. Her passion
for photography began three
years ago when she earned the
money making blankets to buy
herself a camera.
Thomas has already estab-
lished herself with her beauti-
ful floral and wildlife photog-
raphy in her mother’s gallery in
Gearhart, Ore., and now will be
showing her work at the FRAA
Art Center in Florence.
Thomas’ photography can be
viewed at the art center, 120
Maple
St.,
Wednesdays
through Saturdays, noon to 5
p.m., and Sundays from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
The public is also invited to
attend the Second Saturday Art
Tour today, Jan. 14, from 3 to 5
p.m., with FRAA being one of
several participating galleries.
Refreshments will be served.
Siuslaw Library Board
This and other photos by student photographer Ashley Thomas are on exhibit at FRAA.
‘Sweet’ incentives sought for new CROW fundraiser
Children’s Repertory of
Oregon Workshops (CROW)
announced that its upcoming
February fundraiser will fea-
ture a unique competition for
local bakers, “cakers” and all
sorts of dessert makers.
“You can ‘bake’ a big differ-
ence in the life of a child, just
by doing what you do best,”
says CROW Producer Rose
Ellen Jacobson.
On Saturday, Feb. 11,
CROW will hold a festive
fundraising party at Three
Rivers
Casino
Resort’s
Showroom entitled, “Death by
Dessert.” The nonprofit youth
theater organization aims to
liven things up in the fundrais-
er realm, kick winter out of
here and raise some big bucks
so CROW can continue to pro-
vide high-caliber arts education
for local youth.
“We know we can make
donors drool over the mere
thought of sampling dozens of
magnificent desserts while cel-
ebrating Valentine’s Day.
Guests will sample tasty treats,
bid on extravagant silent auc-
tions and kick up their heels to
live music. Then, they get to
vote for their favorite yummy
bites. Sounds fun to me,” says
Jacobson.
By helping with this
WLA
fundraiser, local dessert makers
are contributing to a great
cause in their own community.
Tickets for the party will be
reasonably priced, it will be
open to the general public as a
great Valentines day event for
both couples and singles alike,
and CROW believes that it will
grow to be the event to attend
in February.
What do the dessert contest-
ants need to provide? Simple.
CROW is asking that contest-
ants provide 300 itty bitty bites
or samples of their best dessert,
to be automatically entered in a
fierce and feisty contest to win
recognition and prizes.
The rules are, participants
can enter only one type of
dessert (cake, cookie, brownie,
pie, unique dessert, or ??), and
they must donate enough for
300 samples.
“300 sounds like a lot, but
it’s not. Each sample should be
just a bite,” says Jacobson.
Also, the competition is
open to home bakers, as well as
anyone in the restaurant and
food industry, such as bakeries,
chocolatiers, caterers and
restaurants.
Lane County Health Board
confirmed by phone that con-
testants do not have to bake in
a licensed facility, since the
public will be only sampling
treats under 3 oz.
The winner of the first annu-
al Death By Dessert will win
prizes including: the honor of
displaying an incredible trophy
— handmade by CROW
Assistant Director Genevieve
Meltzer — for one year, com-
munity public recognition for
their culinary whiz kid skills, a
walk-on role in CROW’s
upcoming production of “The
Addams Family” — delivering
Morticia Addams a Devil’s
Food cake prop — and a full
page ad in CROW’s program,
which can be used by the win-
ner or donated to a local chari-
ty.
Second and third prizes will
also be awarded. CROW antic-
ipates that this competition will
grow to become a fierce fight
to the finish, where the real
winners are the taste-testing
public.
Those interested in entering
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WINTER
SOCIAL J AN .22
The
Woahink
Lake
Association will host its
annual Winter Social on
Sunday, Jan. 22, beginning at
1 p.m. in the Honeyman
Group Meeting Hall (Yurt).
Residents around Lake
Woahink and others interest-
ed in issues related to the area
are invited to join members at
this free event.
Jamie Mills, administrator
of Dunes City, and Dan
Schewlakow,
Honeyman
State Park Ranger, will be
featured speakers at the meet-
ing.
Members
of
the
Association will bring a
dessert or favorite snack to
share. Anyone interested in
joining the Woahink Lake
Association will have the
opportunity to enroll at the
meeting. Dues are $20 per
year; RSVP by Jan. 20.
For more information,
contact Linda Yoder, lindayo-
der@hotmail.com or 541-
590-0944.
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must contact CROW by the
deadline on Friday, Jan. 20.
To request an entry form,
email CROW Artistic Director
Melanie Heard at crow
theatrekids@yahoo.com or call
541-999-8641.
For more information on the
CROW nonprofit youth arts
program and Death By Dessert,
visit www.crowkids.com.
The Siuslaw Public Library
District has a vacancy on its
Board of Directors due to the
resignation of current Board
Member Dr. Ian Jarman.
Jarman shared in his resig-
nation letter that “[He has]
great admiration for and confi-
dence in each remaining mem-
ber of the board as well as the
management, staff, Friends of
the Library, and volunteers of
the library,” but that personal
and professional obligations
necessitated the decision.
The remaining board mem-
bers and current Library
Director Meg Spencer all
extended their thanks to
Jarman for his years of service
to the Library District and the
community.
During his tenure, Jarman
participated in the library’s
expansion project and headed
the search committee when
Library
Director
Steve
Skidmore retired three years
ago.
The board will interview
applicants and appoint a
replacement for Jarman’s
unexpired term at a special
meeting Jan. 27.
The person who is selected
by the board as a replacement
will be eligible to run for elec-
tion in May 2017.
The Library Board is com-
posed of five residents of the
district who are elected to
four-year terms.
In addition to residing in the
Siuslaw
Public
Library
District, members must be
qualified electors.
The responsibilities of the
Board of Directors include set-
ting library policies, approving
the annual budget, and hiring
and supervising the library
director.
All board members serve
without remuneration.
Meetings are held on a
monthly basis with longer
planning sessions scheduled as
needed.
Individuals interested in
serving on the Library Board
must submit a completed
application and skill inventory
form no later than 4 p.m. in
Friday, Jan. 20, in person to
either library location, 1460
Ninth Street in Florence or the
Mapleton branch at 88148
Riverview Ave., or email it to
ref@siuslawlibrary.org.
Application packets are
available at both locations of
the Siuslaw Public Library and
online at the library’s website
at www.SiuslawLibrary.org.
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