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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Seneca offers scholarship Writers on the River offers monthly programs
to wide pool of applicants
EUGENE — The Seneca
Family of Companies has cre-
ated a scholarship program to
award a $5,000 scholarship to
a junior or senior high school
student in Oregon.
The scholarship will be
awarded to a single recipient
based on an essay contest. To
prepare for the essay, the
applicant is required to hold
three different interviews with
people connected to the wood
products industry, based on
this question: “What are the
benefits of forest management
for the forest and for the com-
munity?”
Seneca’s mission is for stu-
dents to learn about Oregon’s
greatest natural resource in the
process of this application.
While most scholarships
aim to narrow their pool of
applicants, Seneca views this
as a unique opportunity to give
all students, no matter their
academic standing, demo-
graphic or athletic talent, the
chance to earn a college schol-
arship with their excellence in
research and creativity.
The Seneca Scholarship is
for $5,000 toward an Oregon
college of their choice irre-
spective of GPA or any other
qualification.
Seneca is offering the schol-
Writers on the River is a
free group open to both aspir-
ing and experienced writers
that offers inspiring literary
events, resources, support,
mentorship and education,
plus a time and place to
write.
A free drop-in group dis-
cussion and writing practice
session takes place on the
first Saturday of each month
at the Siuslaw Public Library,
1460 Ninth St.
The next writers gathering
is this Saturday, March 4,
from 2 to 3 p.m., in the
Bromley Room. This is not a
critique group and no regis-
tration is required.
Writers of all levels and
genres are welcome to the
next monthly workshop
designed to hone their story-
telling skills.
“Memoir: From Real Life
to Real Story,” will take place
Saturday, March 18, from 10
a.m. to noon, at the Florence
Regional Arts Alliance Art
Center, 120 Maple St. in Old
Town Florence.
Through simple steps and
writing practices, participants
will learn how to turn their
life experiences and precious
memories into entertaining
and
compelling
stories.
Workshop space is limited, so
pre-registration is required.
arship to get the future genera-
tions involved and interested
in the wood product industry
and to have a better under-
standing of sustainable forest
management.
By writing the essay, “They
put themselves in the position
to win a scholarship. At the
same time, they’re being edu-
cated about something that is
extremely important to the
State of Oregon and to the via-
bility
of
our
natural
resources,” said co-owner
Kathy Jones-McCann. “I think
its huge for the kids that have
always felt that they couldn’t
compete, grade wise, that they
know they can apply for this
scholarship. Even if they don’t
earn the scholarship, or they
don’t go to college, it may
have given them some insight
and some inspiration into the
wood products industry.”
The essay contest is now
open at www.senecascholar
ship.com.
The deadline for all students
to upload their 5- to 10-page
essay applications is March
29.
Co-owner Becky Jones said,
“Education is so valuable. It
should be available to anyone
who wants it and is willing to
put in the work.”
COURTESY PHOTO
Writers on the River facilitator Catherine Rourke (top left) teaches creative writing work-
shops at the Florence Regional Arts Alliance Art Center in Historic Old Town Florence.
The cost is $20 for FRAA
members or $25 for non-
members, payable at the door.
For more information about
these events, call 541-708-
2120 or email class facilitator
Catherine Rourke at CJR
editor@gmail.com.
Rourke is an award-win-
ning writer, journalist, author,
editor and literary artist with
more than 30 years of staff
experience at daily newspa-
Let the sunshine in by singing
with Community Chorus
For the next two Mondays,
Feb. 27 and March 6, anyone
who likes to sing can still
register to sing with the
Community
Chorus
of
Florence during its May con-
cert, “Songs of Sunshine and
Summer-time.”
Weekly rehearsals take
place Monday evenings from
7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Cross
Road Church, 10th and
Maple streets in Florence.
The concert will take place
on May 6 and 7.
The chorus will sing songs
with summer themes by
the Beach Boys, The Beatles,
Motown and other con-
temporary artists, as well as
traditional, springtime mel-
odies.
Come join the fun on
Monday evenings.
For more information, call
541-997-3469.
pers, national magazines and
major publishers.
Educated at the City
University of New York, the
University of Oxford/England
and the Walter Cronkite
School of Journalism, Rourke
has served as a book editor
and jacket cover copywriter
for Amazon, Kirkus and
Random House in both print
and digital formats.
The former New Yorker
now resides in Florence
where she teaches creative
writing and is completing a
memoir about her adventures
as an investigative reporter.
Deadlines for press releases
are Mondays and Thursdays
by noon. Email them to:
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