SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017
Community invited to
Breon celebration of life
The public is invited to a
celebration of life for
Elizabeth “Liz” Breon on
Sunday, June 25, at 2 p.m., at
the Florence Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
Breon, who owned Coast
Jewelers in Old Town
Florence, was a local philan-
thropist whose interests
included helping local veter-
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Siuslaw Education Foundation gives progress update
ans’ groups.
The service will be hosted
at
Florence Seventh-Day
Adventist Church, 4445
Highway 101 in Florence,
across from NAPA Auto Parts.
The public is invited to
attend and share remem-
brances of her life and the pos-
itive impact she made on the
community.
Last Resort Players Present:
Maria Callas
Master Class
A play by:
Terrence McNally
is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York
Directed by Leah Goodwin
Florence Events Center
June 9-11 & 16-18
Fri. & Sat. 7:00 • Sun 2:00
For tickets and show information go to eventcenter.org
or call the Florence Event Center at (541) 997-1994
Starring Annie Schmidt as Maria Callas • Music Direction by Jennifer Weier
Produced by Kathleen Wenzel and Paula Ziegelasch
Some Content by not be suitable for all patrons.
Yard Debris Disposal
Next Date is June 17
9am to 2pm
at the Kingwood entrance to the airport,
located at Kingwood & 27th St.
COST
Pickup load
$10
2017
Collection
Dates:
Small Utility Trailer
(Single Axle)
$10
JUNE 17
Medium Utility
Trailer
(10-12 ft)
$15
AUGUST 19
Large Utility Trailer
(12-18ft)
$20
Greater than
20 cubic yards
$20 +$5/yard over
JULY 15
SEPTEMBER 16
OCTOBER 21
Bring:
• Tree Clippings
• Leaves
• Grass Clippings
• Weeds
• Prunings
• Brush
DO NOT
Bring your:
• Food &
Household waste
• Animal Waste
• Plastics
• Construction
Debris
• Hazardous Waste
For questions, please contact the
City of Florence Public Works Department at 541-997-4106
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PHOTO BY MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS
Members of the Siuslaw Education Foundation met June 9, with members of the community and the organiza-
tions board, to share information on the areas of progress made in the last year. From left, Deena Mitchell, Rachel
Pearson, Lynne Finney (retiring), Vevie McPherran, Suzanne Mann-Heintz, Jeanne Shannon and Margie Cruz
COCARC set to conduct 24 hour emergency excersize
On the weekend of June 24-
25, members of the Central
Oregon Coast Amateur Radio
Club (COCARC) will partici-
pate
in Field Day 2017.
COCARC will be joining thou-
sands of amateur radio opera-
tors worldwide to demonstrate
their effectiveness and profi-
ciency in providing critical
communications after a cata-
strophic event such as an earth-
quake or tsunami.
The event begins at 11 a.m.
on Saturday, June 24, and will
operate continuously for 24
hours until Sunday, June 25, at
11 a.m.
Conducting operations from
Sutton Campground, Group
Area C, COCARC members
will establish several amateur
radio stations on emergency
power, capable of communicat-
ing all over the Pacific
Northwest and the west coast;
indeed, if conditions are favor-
able, all over the world.
One station will be a Get On
2.5 million around the world.
Hams voluntarily, and at no
charge, provide emergency
communications for thousands
of state and local emergency
response agencies.
Wildfires, blizzards, floods,
earthquakes, tsunamis; all these
and more are the events Hams
endeavor to prepare for and
Field Day is a valuable tool to
exercise and cultivate readiness
and capabilities.
COCARC supports, main-
tains and operates emergency
communications stations year-
round at the Florence Justice
Center, Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue hall, and Dunes City
Hall, as well as adjunct equip-
ment in other community facil-
ities in town and powerful two
MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS
meter repeaters atop Herman
Members of the Central Oregon Coast Amateur Radio Peak and Glenada Peak.
Club, (COCARC), will be participating in a 24 hour-long
The Central Oregon Coast
nation-wide emergency excercise on June 24 and 25
Amateur Radio Club invites
the public to come participate
The Air (GOTA) station for will construct emergency radio
in Field Day 2017.
public education and demon- stations at fire stations, parks,
Join the group at Sutton
stration.
shopping malls, schools and
Campground, group area C, to
Field Day is the largest ama- back yards all around the coun-
learn more about this valuable
teur radio event in the world. try. The Amateur Radio slogan,
pursuit and it’s cadre of dedi-
Last year, more than 2,600 dif- “When All Else Fails, Ham
cated radio enthusiasts and per-
ferent groups and more than Radio Works” is more than just
haps, how to get your own FCC
37,000 licensed operators all words.
Amateur Radio license before
across the US and Canada par-
There are over 700,000 FCC
the next disaster strikes.
ticipated in this event.
licensed Amateur Radio opera-
This year, ham operators tors in the U.S., and more than
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