SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
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Community Suppers to Local humane society celebrates its volunteers
continue in March
Garden Club seeks
scholarship applicants
The Florence Garden Club
invites local Siuslaw and
Mapleton High School sen-
iors to apply for the Garden
Club scholarship for the
2016-17
school
year.
Applicants must be planning a
post-high school career in
horticulture or a related field
such as forestry or environ-
mental science. Awards are
typically $1,000 or more.
Applications are available
through each high school
counseling department.
Deadline for applying is
Saturday, April 1.
Since the first scholarship
was awarded in 1994, over
$53,000 has been distributed
to local students.
The Garden Club raises
funds throughout the year
from donations, raffles and
the spring community plant
sale.
“We gratefully thank the
Florence and Mapleton area
merchants who have con-
tributed merchandise and
services for raffles, as well as
monetary donations to the
club for scholarship fund rais-
ing,” members said.
The Florence Garden Club
was formed in 1949 to
improve the community and
to promote the knowledge of
horticulture. The club meets
the second Wednesday of
each month at 12:30 p.m. at
the Presbyterian Church on
Highway 101 in Florence.
The club currently has over
90 members.
For more information
regarding the scholarship
application process, contact a
school counselor, or call
Carol Jolley, Garden Club
scholarship chairwoman at
541-902 -9343.
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THE 2017 ROTARY AUCTION
Saturday, March 11, 5 p.m.
Florence Events Center
http://thefl orencerotary.org/
$
65
Contact Craig Sanders for tickets:
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After a one-year hiatus, the
annual Community Health Fair
will be back bigger than ever at
the Florence Events Center
April 7 through 9.
Admission is free all three
days, and each day offers
something different. Each day
at noon, the first 100 people
will receive a free healthy
lunch. Friday’s lunch will be
provided by The Bridgewater
restaurant, with Saturday’s and
Sunday’s lunches being provid-
ed by the Florence Seventh-day
Adventist Church members
who also teach healthy cooking
classes in the area.
On Friday only, April 7,
from noon to 5 p.m., attendees
can interact with more than 30
exhibiting experts from across
the spectrum of healthcare.
The early-bird deadline for
exhibitor applications is Friday,
March 1.
Also on Friday, the public
can chose from two classes.
From 1 to 5 p.m., Western Lane
Ambulance District (WLAD)
will offer its adult certification
class in CPR/First Aid/AED for
free to the first 20 people who
pre-register by email at lindas
veggies@gmail.com.
From 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.,
there will be a free overview
class on mental health first-aid
taught by Jonathan Betlinski,
M.D., of the Department of
Psychiatry at Oregon Health
and Science University.
Betlinski trains resident
physicians in public psychiatry.
Friday’s session will present
an overview of what to look for
and how to respond in a mental
health emergency. Friday’s
overview prepares participants
for the following workshops
that take place from 1 to 5 p.m.
on Saturday and Sunday.
Workshop
topics
will
include first aid for mental
City Club presents City
Light’s Falter as speaker
On Friday, March 3, the
City Club of Florence will
hold its regular meeting, fea-
turing guest speaker Michael
Falter, who will give a presen-
tation on “Film in the Digital
Age: Why Exhibition Still
Matters in the 21st Century.”
Michael Falter is co-owner
of City Lights Cinemas and
Program Director for the
Pickford Film Center. Falter,
his wife Susan Tive and other
industry leaders, co-founded
Art House Convergence
(AHC). AHC was designed to
bring best practices to inde-
pendent theaters around the
country and navigate the per-
ils of the shift to digital pro-
jection. He will provide a
brief overview of the major
upheavals in the film industry,
including the shift from silent
to sound and the more recent
shift from 35mm to digital.
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 runs
from noon to 1 p.m., with
time for Q & A after the pres-
entation.
Lunch reservations can be
sent to Ruth at socialpollin
ator@gmail.com.
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scholarships for Florence area youth and other community projects.
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age 100.
The pre-registration dead-
line for the 5K to ensure a par-
ticipant receives a T-shirt prior
to the run is Monday, March
20.
Pre-registration by email at
lindasveggies@gmail.com for
the run is recommended. On-
site registration for the 5K
begins at 8 a.m. the day of the
event.
A limited number of T-shirts
will be available the day of the
run. The 5K starts at 9 a.m.
Entry fees help benefit SAP-
PSA, the Siuslaw Area
Partnership to Prevent Subst-
ance Abuse.
Fee is $20 including T-shirt,
or $10 without a commemora-
tive T-shirt.
The annual Community
Health Fair is presented by the
Florence Seventh-day Adven-
tist Church and underwritten
by the Korando Dental Group.
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Bump in the Road Feb. 24-25
Courtesy Photo
The Blue Bills SportsBar
and Taproom, located inside
the Three Rivers Casino
Resort at 5647 Highway 126,
will be presenting, Bump in
the Road, on Friday and
Saturday, Feb 24 and 25,
from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Bump In The Road
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back in 2003 as the Oregon
State Champions in the
Colgate Country Music
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health, depression, substance
abuse, anxiety and psychosis.
Those
who
complete
Saturday’s and Sunday’s ses-
sions will receive nationally-
recognized certification in
mental health first aid.
There is a $20 fee to cover
books and materials.
Pre-registration for the class
is recommended by emailing
lindas veggies@gmail.com.
On Saturday only, April 8,
attendees can choose from a
variety of helpful seminars by
experts from different areas of
healthcare starting every half
hour from 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday will be the annual
5K fun walk and run and a day
of activities for kids from 1 to 5
p.m. There will be a giant
obstacle course for older kids
and a bounce house for the
younger ones, along with other
games, prizes and exhibits
that include tips for living to
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March 8: The Presbyterian
Church, 3996 Highway 101.
March 15: United Methodist
Church,
Second
and
Kingwood streets
March 22: The Episcopal
Church, 2136 19th St.
March 29: New Life
Lutheran, 21st and Spruce
streets.
Anyone who would like to
join in a friendly meal once a
week is welcome. Donations
towards the cost of the meals
will be accepted but not
required.
Come for a meal, no strings
attached.
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Free Florence Community
Suppers, which began in
February as a way to bring
families and community mem-
bers together, will be continu-
ing into March.
Community Suppers are
held each Wednesday at one of
four local churches and is
sponsored by St. Andrews
Episcopal, New Life Lutheran,
Presbyterian Church of the
Siuslaw and Florence United
Methodist Church.
Suppers for March:
March 1: New Life
Lutheran Church, 21st and
Spruce streets.
Oregon Coast Humane
Society (OCHS) volun-
teers were recognized on
Sunday, Feb. 19, at the
first-ever
Volunteer
Appreciation Day.
The celebration was
designed as an opportunity
to thank and appreciate
those who give so gener-
ously of their time and
skills toward the care of
the animals living and
waiting at the shelter for a
forever home.
The shelter simply
could not exist without
those who volunteer their
time at the shelter caring
for the animals, working at
the thrift store and at other
tasks.
COURTESY PHOTO
Robert Bare, president
of the OCHS board of OCHS board members Ed Gervais, Carla Porter and Robert Bare (far right) present
directors, spoke honoring Woody Woodbury (center) with a painting by Carla Porter after announcing him as
those volunteers that give the first Benefactor of the Year award recipient.
so generously of their time
while enjoying a few hours Woody Woodbury.
years. A garden painting by
and of their talents.
Board member Berne Hill local artist Carla Porter was
The Sunday afternoon of camaraderie.
It was also a day to made the presentation of the also presented to Woodbury
gathering also provided an
opportunity to meet and honor and express OCHS’s first Benefactor of the Year as a token of gratitude for
mix with other volunteers, appreciation to a long time award to Woodbury for his his years of support and
staff and board members friend of the animal shelter, many generous acts over the friendship.
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