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Oregon Main Street
Revitalization receives $5million
The Oregon Main Street
Revitalization Grant Program
received $5 million included in
a lottery bond bill (SB 5530)
during the 2017 legislative ses-
sion.
These funds
will be available
to Oregon Main
Street Network
organizations in
the spring of
2019 to fund
building proj-
ects that encour-
age economic
revitalization.
This
grant
program
was
created during
the 2015 legisla-
tive session, and
placed with the
Oregon
State
Historic Preservation Office.
The 2015 legislation estab-
lished a permanent fund for the
Oregon
Main
Street
Revitalization Grant, and pro-
vided an initial infusion of
funds from the sale of lottery
bonds.
In the first round of applica-
tions last spring, 27 matching
grants worth $2,355,700 were
awarded to Oregon Main Street
Network organizations across
the state. Awards ranged from
$17,500-$100,000 for projects
from facade improvement to
elevator access and seismic
upgrades.
Klamath Falls Downtown
Association received $100,000
to install elevators in two
downtown buildings. The proj-
selected for work to repair or
restore their historic theaters:
The OK Theatre in Enterprise
$100,000, the Rivoli Theater in
Pendleton $100,000, the
Bungalow
Theater
in
W o o d b u r n
$100,000, and the
Hill Theatre, now
a retail store, in
H i l l s b o r o
$100,000.
The next round
of the Main Street
Revitalization
Grant will be open
in the spring of
2019.
The funds must
be used to award
grants to partici-
pating
Oregon
Main
Street
Network organiza-
tions to acquire, rehabilitate or
construct buildings to facilitate
community revitalization.
The program also requires
that at least 50 percent of the
funds go to rural communities
as defined in the initial bill.
To learn more about the
Oregon
Main
Street
Revitalization Grant or the
Oregon Main Street Network,
visit www.oregonheritage.org
or contact Sheri Stuart at
Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov or
503-986-0679.
In the first round of
applications last spring,
27 matching grants worth
$2,355,700 were awarded
to Oregon Main Street
Network organizations
across the state.
ect will address the goal of
downtown housing and make
available 20 units.
Astoria Downtown Historic
District Association received
$100,000 for a downtown
housing project that comprises
40 units and retail space.
A $100,000 project in Burns
will restore a historic hotel left
vacant for decades.
A $100,000 project in
Independence will rehabilitate
an underused building to be a
local brewery.
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Saturday
September 23rd
March 2
2:30pm
1 pm
& 6 pm
Vancouver
Trap Center
Club
Florence
Event
11100
76th Street
715 NE
Quince
St.
TX
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Walk-in’s welcome.
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DAR to host talk from
married Korean War vets
The Oregon Dunes chapter
of the Daughters of the
American Revolution (DAR)
will resume their meeting year
with a program by local veter-
ans
Terri
and
Charlie
Pennington on Friday, Sept.
22.
The Pennington's met in the
army, married and after a year
of separate assignments, were
reunited in South Korea after
Charlie completed a year in
Vietnam.
Little did they know they
would become an important
part of history.
On January 23, 1968, the
USS Pueblo was seized by
North Korea. Eighty-three
American sailors were cap-
tured and tortured.
Eleven months later, eighty-
two surviving crewmembers
and one body were bussed
down to the border crossing at
the Bridge of No Return on
Dec. 23, 1968. The surviving
crewmen walked one by one
across
the
bridge
at
Panmunjom to freedom in
South Korea.
Terri, who was a first
Lieutenant nurse, tended to the
crewman at the US Army
Garrison Yongsan hospital.
Charlie, who was a Chief
Warrant Office and a Medical
Services Corps helicopter
pilot, returned the caskets of
those who didn't survive.
The public is invited to hear
about the Pennington's extraor-
dinary story, as they talk about
COURTESY PHOTO
Charlie and Terri Pennington show off pictures from their
time in the Koren War.
their involvement in this time-
ly part of American history.
The meeting will be held at
the New Life Lutheran Church,
located at 2100 Spruce St.
Please call Karen Childs at
541-999-7154 for the start
time.
Any woman 18 years or
older, regardless of race, reli-
gion or ethnic background,
who can prove lineal descent
B OYS AND G IRLS C LUB TO
HOST ‘S ENIOR -S ENIOR P ROM ’
A white sports coat and a
pink carnation will fit right in
at the Senior-Senior Prom set
for Friday, Oct. 20, at Three
Rivers Casino Resort.
This gala party is a fundrais-
er for Boys and Girls Club of
Western Lane County, with
proceeds going toward helping
finish the building expansion
project currently underway at
the Boys and Girls Club.
“The project is a critical part
of the club’s expanding out-
reach and ongoing commit-
ment to helping kids in the
Florence area realize their full
potential as healthy, happy,
involved members of this com-
munity,” said Boys and Girls
Club Executive Director Jack
Davis.
The Senior-Senior Prom will
have dancing to popular tunes
of the ’50s and ’60s, a silent
and live auction, games and
hors d'oeuvers. In addition,
beer, wine and soft drinks will
be available, so no need to
spike the punch bowl.
Dance the Mashed Potato,
Twist, Hand Jive and Chicken
Dance, or just slow dance to
the Righteous Brothers.
Tickets are $65 each, or
sponsor a six-, eight- or 10-seat
table.
Corporate and individual
sponsorships are available at
the Senior, Junior, Sophomore
or Freshman level.
No prom is complete with-
out a king and queen. The king
and queen of the Senior-Senior
Prom will be crowned at mid-
night (8:30 p.m. Senior-Senior
time.)
The prom runs from 6 to 9
Yard Debris Disposal
Next Date is September 16
9am to 2pm
Sign up for Winter Leagues!
Looking for something different to do
this winter? Break out of your old
routine and join us for good old
fashioned fun at Holiday Bowl.
We have plenty of leagues for
men, women, kids and
social leagues.
League Bowling begins
after Labor Day Weekend!
Everyone is Welcome to Join a League at
Holiday Bowl
Florence, OR • 997-3332
from a patriot of the American
Revolution is eligible for DAR
membership.
DAR boasts 185,000 mem-
bers in 3,000 chapters across
the United States and interna-
tionally.
To learn more about the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, visit the national
website at www.dar.org.
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
SEPTEMBER 16
Medium Utility
Trailer
(10-12 ft)
$15
Large Utility Trailer
(12-18ft)
$20
Greater than
20 cubic yards
$20 +$5/yard over
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
p.m.
“We’re the Boys and Girls
Club of Western Lane County
and we know how to have
fun,” said Davis. “So, be a cool
daddy and bring your main
squeeze. Get down with it and
have a far out, groovy, blast
from the past.”
Tickets will be available
beginning Tuesday, Sept. 5, at
Coast Insurance, Boys and
Girls Club, Umpqua Bank,
Banner Bank, Oregon Pacific
Bank, The Shippin’ Shack,
State Farm Insurance and
Washington Federal.
This is a 21-and-way-older
event.
For more information, call
the Boys and Girls Club at
541-902-0304.
Purchase
Soroptimist
Roses now
Tickets are now on sale for
The Soroptimist Club of
Florence Annual Rose Sale.
Tickets are $20 for a dozen
roses which will be hand
delivered locally on Tuesday,
Nov. 7. Proceeds support the
Soroptimists mission of
improving the lives of
women and girls in the
Florence area.
Ongoing projects include:
Christmas Food and Toy bas-
kets, Human Trafficking
Seminars, Scholarships for
the Rhododendron Court,
Live Your Dream Awards,
and more.
To purchase tickets, con-
tact any Soroptimist member,
call Hine at 541-997-2233 or
email siflorence@soroptimist
.net.