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BY JUNE 9 APPRECIATED TO: AMY BICKLEMAN, 541.272.9240 AMY.BICKLEMAN@CANCER.ORG Save the Date for yoru local Relay For Life of Florence - July 22 @ Florence Events Center Survivor’s Lap & Openining Ceremonies @ Noon, sign-up at: www.RelayForLife.org/FlorenceOR Deadlines for press releases and news items are by noon Mondays and Thursdays. Email them to: P RESS R ELEASES @T HE S IUSLAW N EWS . COM . 2017 Rhododendron Court Advisor Wendy Krause (left) introduces Junior Court Princesses and Senior Court Princes and Princesses to the Florence City Council Monday night. The Rhody Court Coronation for Queen Rhododendra and King of the Coast will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at Florence Events Center. Tickets are $10, and $6 for 18 and under. Visit eventcenter.org to purchase tickets or go to florencechamber.com for more information. KCST radio to host live candidate forum today There are 25 candidates seeking election to 13 different local government positions on the May 16 ballot. That’s the most choices Florence area voters have had in many years. In addition to that, Lane County residents are being asked whether or not they want to renew an additional property tax levy that has been generat- ing an extra $5,000,000 a year to operate the jail and fund youth treatment services. How do you get answers to your questions about the differ- ent candidates and the levy? A voters guide published last week in the Siuslaw News has a lot of information, but some- times you want to hear from the candidate live. 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WEDNESDAY THURSDAY what they see as the real issues facing us today.” The former KCST-KCFM News Director lamented the fact that political opponents are often demonized by the opposi- tion. That’s why the Our Town Candidates Forum will not be a debate. Despite earlier media characterizations as such, this week's forum is intended to give candidates a chance to talk about themselves. Audience members will have a chance to chime in with questions. But that chance may be somewhat limited because of time constraints. “I know three hours sounds like a long time, but when you split that up between 23 people, it really gives each person a short amount of time,” Sneddon said. He added that he hoped audience members would understand and those who do get a chance to ask a question should be brief and succinct. Ballots for the May 16 elec- tion were mailed out April 27 and households in Lane County began receiving them over the weekend. Historical results have shown that fewer than 20 per- cent of voters in Oregon return their ballot in the first week, so by attending or listening to the Our Town Forum, people should have a good chance to become better informed. If you can’t attend the live presentation at the events cen- ter, or listen to it Wednesday afternoon, there will be a spe- cial encore presentation of Our Town on Thursday, May 4, on KCFM AM1250/FM 104.1. It will begin at 10 a.m. and will replay, unedited, through the entire length of the show. This month’s Our Town will be a bittersweet one for Sneddon, who started doing the program in January 1999. This will be his last show as host. New host George Henry has already taken over Sneddon's news responsibilities at Coast Radio and his first official Our Town will air on Wednesday, June 7, on KCST. “But, this likely won’t be my final appearance on the show”, said Sneddon. “I made George promise to invite me back to do an interview from time to time in the future.” Our Town is a production of Coast Radio News. It is co-pro- duced by Sneddon and Michael Simmons. FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY MAY 7 MAY 8 MAY 9 MAY 3 MAY 4 MAY 5 MAY 6 Sunny Mostly Cloudy Showers Showers 71°F 52°F 65°F 50°F 54°F 45°F 55°F 45°F TIRE EVENT Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy 58°F 48°F 62°F 46°F Sunny 64°F 49°F 10% OFF list price on a set of tires AND receive a free alignment! SAFETY ON THE ROAD: Free vehicle inspection with every oil change. 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The forum will be moderat- ed by Sneddon, whose focus will be on pointing out the pos- itive differences between the candidates. “I’ve been very concerned over the trend in recent years for campaigns to focus on neg- ative aspects,” he said. “I wish more candidates would spend time talking about how they would deal with things and 6:00 PM 165 MIN - George Balanchine’s classic Open Monday-Friday 8 am- 5pm Box Office opens 30 min. prior to 1 st Film | 1930 HWY 101 | www.citylightscinemas.com | Times: 541-305-0014 Aj Shervin, Owner
