SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Mayor Henry to speak at
next City Club meeting
On Friday, Feb. 3, the City
Club of Florence will hold its
regular meeting, with Florence
Major Joe Henry giving a city
update titled: “The Year in
Review and the Year to Come.”
Mayor Henry will discuss
the accomplishments of the
City of Florence over the last
year and what is next for 2017.
Henry was recently sworn in
for his second term as Mayor of
the City of Florence.
During his first term in
office, he was able to lead the
city in building a foundation for
a change in leadership and cul-
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ture, allowing Florence to form
a “can-do” attitude that has per-
meated through the organiza-
tion.
The talk will discuss how
these changes came about, and
what is next in keeping the city
moving forward.
City Club meets at the Ocean
Dunes Golf Links Club House,
off Munsel Lake Road.
Lunch orders are taken after
11 a.m. and served from 11:30
to noon.
The program will be from
noon to 1 p.m., with an option-
al Q&A for the last 10 minutes.
Pre-Super Bowl Bingo Bash
to benefit Project Graduation
Tickets are on sale and
going quickly for the 2017
Project Graduation’s “Pre-
Superbowl Bingo Bash”
event, which will be held this
Saturday at Three Rivers
Casino Event Center on the
the night before the Super
Bowl.
Project Graduation has
gathered more than $5,000
worth of prizes including a
week at Las Vegas, an Apple
watch, Beaver tickets, a shop-
ping spree, a Sun River
Getaway, golf membership,
dinner gift certificates from
local restaurants, spa pack-
ages, Doggie Day Care pack-
ages, Fit Bits and much more.
Doors open at 5 p.m. and
games start at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets are $25 per person
and include two bingo cards
good for 15 games.
Dinner platters hosted and
donated by Hole in the Wall
BBQ Restaurant will be avail-
able for $5.
Tickets are on sale at the
casino cage at Three Rivers or
by calling Michelle Rose at
541-999-0401.
All ages are welcome.
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ew members of the Commuity Choir were welcomed to the first rehearsal of the season on Jan. 23
at the Cross Roads Church at 1380 10th Street. The Choir is open to anyone who likes to sing.
Rehearsals are on Monday evenings from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and anyone interested in finding out more
information is invited to attend the next rehearsal.
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Nicaragua, county roads, more on today’s ‘Our Town’
A local family’s odyssey to
provide physical and spiritual
assistance to residents of
Nicaragua will highlight the
Feb. 1 and 2 editions of KCST
Coast Radio’s “Our Town,” the
monthly audio news magazine
about and for the Florence area.
Dustin and Angie Herring
returned from a trip to
Nicaragua last spring and said
they felt empty when they
walked into their home. They
had just spent four weeks
working with people in that
country who often didn’t have
clean water.
They and their four children
spent an exhilarating month
helping out and they wanted to
experience more of that.
So, after several weeks of
thought and prayer, they decid-
ed to sell their home and most
of their belongings, and pack
up Nolan, Ryder, Parker and
Brielle to move back perma-
nently.
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The result is a nonprofit
organization called Water and
Life International.
The Herrings will talk about
that on Our Town.
Other conversations during
the broadcast will include one
with Steve Templin, an Oregon
Department of Transportation
(ODOT) project manager.
He’ll talk about the progress
of a four-year project to
replace the railings on the
Highway 101 bridge over the
Siuslaw River and install a
special anti-corrosion coating
to the structure.
Another Highway 101-relat-
ed project is the Florence Re-
Vision program currently
championed by the Florence
Urban
Renewal
Agency
(FURA). Joshua Greene is a
Florence City Councilor and
the current chair of FURA.
He’ll give Our Town an update
on a projected facelift for what
may be a state highway
through the middle of
Florence, which also happens
to be the main street of our
community.
Jennifer Bitterman is the
Public Affairs manager for a
company called Livanta,
which has embarked on a proj-
ect with the Centers for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
Services to help improve the
quality of care for Medicare
patients. She’ll talk about how
seniors can get assistance in
making care decisions.
Ron Green, president and
CEO of Oregon Pacific Bank,
will talk about efforts to estab-
lish a scholarship in the name
of Marteen Wick that will be
presented annually to the
Florence Future First Citizen.
Wick, a longtime area resi-
dent, was on the board of
directors for OPB. She passed
away last year after a lengthy,
chronic illness and friends
raised $2,500 to present to last
year’s Future First Citizen.
They’ve also raised more
than $10,000 towards an
endowment to ensure the con-
tinued award, but need about
$50,000 more.
One other segment on Our
Town this month features a
South African Geologist. Chris
Landau has been using the
technique of dowsing to find
geologic fractures beneath he
surface in order to help find
water.
Landau says he doesn’t
guarantee you’ll find water
using his methods; only that
you’ll be able to locate the
right geologic circumstances
that will likely provide it.
He teaches classes on the
subject.
Our Town airs each month
on the first Wednesday of the
month from 4 to 6 p.m. on
KCST, FM 106.9.
It then reairs the next morn-
ing from 10 a.m. to noon on
KCFM, AM1250/FM 104/1.
The show is hosted and pro-
duced by Coast Radio News
Director Bob Sneddon.
CROW ‘Death by Dessert’
fundraiser targets sweet tooth
On Saturday, Feb. 11, at 6:30
p.m. at Three Rivers Casino
Resort Showroom, things are
going to get sinfully sweet as
local bakers, restaurants, cater-
ers and purveyors of delicious
treats vie for recognition and
prizes at CROW’s first annual
“Death by Dessert” fundraiser.
Sweethearts and singles are
both encouraged to tickle their
tastebuds at this Valentine’s Day
weekend party. Guests will be
invited to try samples of a large
variety of decadently wonderful
sweets and treats and then vote
for their favorites, kick up their
heels a bit to the Rat Pack
stylings of “Buck and A Quarter
Band” and participate in a fan-
tastic Silent Auction and Wine
Pull.
And, all of this will be hap-
pening while attendees are sup-
porting a truly great cause —
local youth in the arts.
Last year’s CROW fundraiser
was nearly sold out, so it is best
to reserve your tickets early. Pre-
sale tickets are $22 each, or $40
for a couple. At the door tickets
are $25 each, and $45 for a cou-
ple, upon availability.
Tickets include a large variety
of dessert samples including
cakes, pies, cookies, brownies
and “unique” desserts, live
music, the opportunity to pull a
fancy bottle of wine and to bid
on the amazing baskets, prizes
and desserts up for grabs.
The Death by Dessert theme
goes
hand-in-hand
with
CROW’s production of “The
Addams Family,” a darkly
comic musical.
To reserve your ticket for
Death by Dessert or to get
involved, visit crowkids.com or
contact Melanie Heard at 541-
999-8641 or crowtheatrekids
@yahoo.com.