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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2017
R INGING
IN FOR A
GOOD CAUSE
am Spayd, Kettle Coordinator for
The Salvation Army, with Bell
Ringers Florence Mayor Joe Henry
and wife, Pamela. The Kettle program’s
goal this year is $20,000. “Please consider
giving $10 by Dec. 10, and $20 by Dec. 20.
Every single cent counts,” said Spayd. In
addition, checks can be made payable to
The Salvation Army – Western Lane
County, which can be counted towards
the Red Kettle Campaign Goal. Donations
can be mailed to The Salvation Army –
WLC, P.O. Box 1041, Florence Oregon
97439. To volunteer to be a Bell Ringer at
one of the six Red Kettle locations in
Florence, call Sam Spayd at 541-991-6319.
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COURTESY PHOTO
Over-the-air TV channels
require re-scan today
Florence, OR CCB#195304
541-997-2422
The sale of Spectrum by
the FCC requires that West
Lane Translator, Inc. change
channels for three of its
translators, KVAL (CBS),
KMTR (NBC) and KLSR
(Fox).
The change is scheduled to
occur on Thursday, Dec. 7,
between noon and 4 p.m.
During this time, antenna-
based viewers will lose all
stations and need to re-scan
their televisions to find the
new channels.
After setting your TV to
Scan (through the Menu
option), and assuming that it
successfully finds the trans-
lators on their new channels,
nothing will look different to
the viewer.
The three network stations
will once again appear on the
same channel selections as
before (channels 13, 16 and
34).
Down time will affect all
over-the-air TV channels and
is expected to be a few hours
due to the complexity of the
changes.
West Lane Translator
cooperated with other broad-
casters and engineers in Lane
County to find interference-
free schemes of channel
assignment. Much gratitude
is due to those who figured
out this difficult frequency
allotment puzzle.
WLT regrets this incon-
venience to viewers and will
work diligently to restore the
channels as quickly as possi-
ble.
For more information, go
t o w w w. w e s t l a n e t v. o rg /
HDTV/Repack.
Community
Chorus holiday
concert Dec. 9
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This
year,
the
Community Chorus of
Florence will present two
free holiday concerts at the
Presbyterian Church of the
Siuslaw.
Directed by David Aakre,
the chorus will perform
classical Christmas music,
with Rhianna Haines, cho-
rus accompanist, playing a
special piano solo.
The concert will take
place Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7
p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 10,
at 2 p.m.
Both free concerts will
take
place
at
the
Presbyterian Church of the
Siuslaw, 3996 Highway 101
in Florence.
Although the concert is
free to all, any donations are
appreciated.
For more information,
call 541-997-3469, or visit
www. communitychorusflo-
renceoregon.org.
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