SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017
OBITUARIES
HARRY—Paul “Big Paul”
Harry, 85, passed away peace-
fully,
sur-
rounded by
family, Jan.
20, 2017.
Paul is a
d i r e c t
descendant
of
Jesse
Applegate,
an Oregon
Paul Harry
pioneer who
surveyed and developed the
“Applegate Trail” in 1846 as
a southern route and branch of
the
Oregon
Trail
into
Willamette Valley.
Paul was born at home Nov.
5, 1931, in Yoncalla, Ore., to
Violet and Hubert Harry. Paul’s
father died when he was 13
years old. Paul worked on local
farms for five years helping his
mother support his seven
brothers and two sisters.
He joined the Navy in 1948
and served in the Korean War
on the USS Essex. He married
Bernetta Ann Drollinger in
1956.
Together, they traveled to
many logging camps before, in
1961,
they
settled
in
Deadwood, where Paul worked
as a timber faller (lumberjack)
for 35 years.
Paul enjoyed watching his
children and grandchildren’s
sporting events, working in his
garden, hunting, fishing and
mushroom hunting.
After retirement, Paul and
Bernetta traveled throughout
the United States, Europe and
Korea, spending time with their
grandchildren and bringing
Oregon to the grandchildren
when their parents were serv-
ing in the US Army.
He was a lifetime member of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
(VFW) and Mapleton Lions
Club.
Paul is survived by his four
children: Herbie (Kathy) Harry,
Michael (Bev) Harry, Paula
(Robert) Scherer, Dorman
(Cheri) Harry; 11 grandchil-
dren, 3 great-grandchildren and
four siblings: Wayne (Leilani)
Harry, Vernon (Kathy) Harry,
Hannah Landers, and Hubert
(Norma) Harry.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, wife, sister Alice
and brothers Leland, Joseph,
Gene and David.
A celebration of his life is
scheduled for Saturday, Feb.
11, at 1 p.m., at Mapleton
Lions Club in Mapleton.
All are welcome to attend
and celebrate Paul Harry’s life.
In lieu of flowers, donations
can be sent to the Mapleton
Lions Club, PO Box 237,
Mapleton, OR 97453.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
McBEE—Betty McBee, 86,
formerly of Florence, passed
away Dec. 8, 2016.
A celebration for her life and
pot luck will be held Feb. 11,
beginning at 1 p.m., at 344
Eighth St., in Springfield, Ore.
BIRTH
LCC offers free safety, self defense course
Lane Community College
Florence Center invites the
community for a conversation
about personal safety and
awareness during a free semi-
nar to be held Wednesday, Feb.
8.
The free seminar includes
workshops that cover the topics
of sexual assault, dating and
domestic violence and basic
self defense from noon to 5
p.m.
The classes are held sepa-
rately throughout the day and
will be taught by LCC public
safety officers. Participants are
welcome to take one or more
classes being offered that day
depending upon their personal
schedule.
“These classes are free and
open to all community mem-
bers — not just LCC students,”
said Lt. Lisa Rupp of the LCC
Public Safety Department.
“We provide this training for
free because we feel it is neces-
sary for the community to join
in the conversation about sexu-
al assault and dating and
domestic violence,” added
Rupp, who explained that those
who attend will receive infor-
mation on prevention tech-
niques, statistics and informa-
tion on public safety response
to various situations.
“The seminar is designed to
be useful to anyone concerned
about the growing threat of per-
sonal violence in our society,”
said Russ Pierson, interim
director of LCC Florence.
“The three sessions are
intended to offer real-world
tools to help in three areas of
personal safety: sexual assault
and harassment; dating and
domestic violence; and basic
self defense. Anyone is wel-
come to attend any combina-
tion of these sessions,” Pierson
said.
From noon to 1 p.m., officers
will discuss how to prevent
sexual assaults and harassment,
including what to do and not do
if one is sexually assaulted and
how and where to report inci-
dents.
From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., the
workshop will focus on dating
and domestic violence aware-
ness. In this class, participants
will learn the warning signs
ofabuse, what abuse is, making
a plan to get away safely and
available college and resources.
The final three-hour class is
from 2 to 5 p.m. and covers
basic self-defense training.
After simple warm-up exer-
cises, participants will learn
proper methods of performing
a variety of strikes and escape
techniques, as well as personal
safety techniques to use in
parking lots.
The public safety officers
will also be available to give
examples of scenarios and
answer personal safety ques-
tions for participants.
“LCC’s Public Safety Office
includes a team of highly
trained professionals commit-
ted to serving the greater Lane
Community College communi-
ty — and that definitely
includes Florence,” Pierson
said. “This is a series of three
trainings they offer occasional-
ly in the metro area and we at
the LCC Florence Center are
really happy they have offered
to bring these trainings to our
community, too.
“Sexual assault, domestic
violence and harassment of all
types are an unfortunate shad-
ow that hangs over many of us
these days, and these classes
offer hope, help and tools that
can make a real difference in
our personal and communal
safety.”
The classes are free, though
registration is required to help
officers with their course plan-
ning.
To
register,
visit
lanecc.edu/ce or call 541-997-
8444 for assistance.
CROSSLEY— Harper
June Crossley, a girl weigh-
ing 7 lbs., 3 ozs., was born to
Heather and Cris Crossley of
Florence on Dec. 27, 2016, at
McKenzie
Willamette
Hospital.
She joins her brother, Rye.
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Highway 101
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Highway 101
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21st Street
Ocean Blvd
Sherwood Loop
Highway 126
Oak Street
Park Village Drive
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Woodlands Drive
Highway 126
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Outer Drive
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I N HONOR OF THE
100 TH A NNIVERSARY OF R OTARY F OUNDATION
Florence Rotary Club’s
100 Acts of Good
38. Rotary distributes 120 Dictionaries to Siuslaw 3rd grade
students
39. Rotary distributes 115 Thesauri to Siuslaw 4th grade
students
40. Florence Rotarians raise $781 and boxes of food for
Florence Food Share
41. Florence Rotarians join District 5110 “Connecting for
Good” to support the Emerald Valley Boys & Girls Club
42. Rotarians raise over $4400 for Soroptimists Holiday
Food Baskets
43. Florence Rotary Interact students make dozens of
Thanksgiving cookie platters as a fundraiser for Interact
community projects
For more information Call President, Pat Riley: 541-991-6371
www.thefl orencerotary.org
FACC to discuss education, tobacco prevention
The Siuslaw Education
Foundation and Lane County
Tobacco Prevention and
Education Program will be pre-
senters at the monthly meeting
of
the
Florence
Area
Community Coalition (FACC)
today, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., in
the Bromley Room of the
Siuslaw Public Library.
Board member Jeanne
Shannon will share informa-
tion about the Siuslaw
Education Foundation (SEF)
whose aim is to generate rev-
enue for the Siuslaw and
Mapleton schools.
The Foundation, formed in
October 2015, has been able to
purchase
headsets
for
Mapleton students to use in
classrooms and computer labs,
a large projection screen for
Siuslaw Middle School’s
multi-purpose room, materials
for the development of a
“Maker Space” in the library of
the Siuslaw High School and
the construction of book-
shelves for the Siuslaw
Elementary School library.
Lane County representatives
will explain “Tobacco 21,” an
educational and legislative
campaign to raise the legal age
to purchase tobacco products
from 18 to 21.
Stephanie Shepard will
make a brief presentation about
the City of Florence grants pro-
gram.
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Each month, participants are
encouraged to bring donations
for some community cause.
This month the featured agen-
cies are Siuslaw and Mapleton
schools. Bring school supplies
or cash donations.
Lists of school supplies can
be found on the websites for
each district at www.siuslaw.
k12.or.us or www.mapleton.
k12.or.us
Also, this year’s “Cheers to
Volunteers” event during
which FACC recognizes area
volunteers, will take place
Wednesday, April 19, from 1 to
3 p.m. at the Florence Events
Center.
All local nonprofits are
invited to treat their volunteers
to a light lunch, speakers,
prizes, and recognition for the
many hours they give to the
community.
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A Midsummer
NIGHT’S DREAM
Meet Dodger
A real dude, Dodger loves the bachelor
life and would prefer to spend the rest of
his days as man’s only best friend. Dodger
is 8 years old but age don’t mean a thing
to him. He is always ready for a new
adventure and still has a lot of energy to
keep up on long hikes, runs on the beach
and so much more! Dodger is always
very happy to meet new people so if you
would like to visit him please plan to stay a
little while and let him get his wiggles out
by playing in the yard or taking him for a
walk. This is the best way to see Dodgers
true personality!
No Cats • No Children
Dodger has passed his Canine Good
Citizen test. If you own a dog already they
must come in to meet me when your application has been approved.
If you would like to meet Dodger or any of his
friends, please visit us at:
Thursday, Feb 2 | 7:00 pm
Florence Events Center
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Wandering On, award-winning choreographer Stephanie Martinez‘s new commissioned ballet
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