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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2017
Community makes 447 dozen cookies for veterans
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n Dec. 18, Leo and Shirley Stapleton, their daughter Sheryl and grandsons Zackery and Cory delivered 447
dozen cookies (that’s 5,364 cookies!) to the Veterans at the Roseburg VA Hospital, along with lap robes, jeans
and various donated clothing items. The Ladies of Elks donated $500, which Leo (center, with grandsons) used
to purchase additional clothing that the Veterans requested. In addition, $50 was donated in Leo’s name because
he does so much for the Veterans. Leo is a veteran and being able to make this delivery is near and dear to his
heart. The cookies were made by the Ladies of Elks, the Rolling Elks, the Florence Quilt Guild, Band of Brothers,
Elks Lodge members and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. An extra thank you to Shirley Stapleton who made 100
dozen of the 447 dozen cookies. The veterans really look forward to the cookies and clothing and are deeply
appreciative of all that is done for them. We in turn thank them for their service to our country.
Siuslaw News editor to
speak at City Club Jan. 5
The Friday, Jan.
rate chef in Dallas,
5, meeting of the
Texas and Atlanta,
City
Club
of
Ga.
Florence will kick
He has deep
off its 2018 sched-
roots
in
the
ule of speakers in
Florence commu-
its new location in
nity and, among
the Bromley Room
other activities, has
of the Siuslaw
served as a volun-
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Public Library.
teer firefighter with
Ned Hickson
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw Valley Fire
editor-in-chief Ned
and Rescue from
Hickson will be the featured 2011 to 2017 before being
speaker, beginning at noon.
elected to the SVFR Board of
In addition to his duties as Directors in November 2016.
editor of the local newspaper,
He has also portrayed
Hickson is an award-winning “Elfis” twice in CROW’s
syndicated columnist with his annual Holly Jolly Follies
weekly offerings of wit and community Christmas show.
humor appearing in dozens of
Hickson said he believes in
newspapers in the U.S. and the importance of local news-
Canada.
papers providing information,
He has been awarded “Best chronicling
history
and
Local Column” from both the encouraging dialogue that
Oregon Newspaper Publishers builds stronger communities.
Association and the Society of
He will be talking about his
Professional Journalists. He is 19 years of experiences at our
also a published author of two local newspaper, as well as the
books, “Humor at the Speed of role of small town papers
Life” and “Pearls of Writing throughout America.
Wisdom: From 16 shucking
The Siuslaw Public Library
years as a columnist.”
is located at 1460 Ninth St.
Prior to launching his career
Please allow ample time for
in journalism at the Siuslaw parking.
News, Hickson was a corpo-
Oregon Coast Military Museum elects officers for 2018 Rhody Society to meet to
discuss hybridization
The Oregon Coast Military board in 2014,” said out-going and Treasurer Joe Henry.
who would like to join the
Museum held its annual elec-
tions at the December board
meeting, returning three cur-
rent members to additional
two-year terms and electing a
new slate of officers.
Tim Sapp, Don Drozdenko
and Joe Henry were re-elected,
and long-serving board mem-
ber Tom Benedict elected not
to retain his position.
“Volunteering during the
early years of the construction
effort, Tom was elected to the
President Wayne Sharpe. “He
has worked hard for the muse-
um and will be missed on the
board. “The success of the
museum is directly connected
to his leadership and the many
hours of volunteerism he put in
at the museum.”
Sharpe remains on the board
as past-president, with the elec-
tion of new officers including
President Gene Wobbe, Vice-
President Jolene Medeiros,
Secretary Jacquie Beveridge
“Wayne Sharpe has been
instrumental in the success of
our museum effort from the
very
beginning,”
said
Executive
Director
Cal
Applebee. “It has been a pleas-
ure as well as fun to work side
by side with Wayne all these
years, and I’m looking forward
to his continued influence as
past-president.”
With the vacancy of
Benedict’s position, the board
is seeking interested parties
effort to honor the veterans in
our community.
Those interested can contact
Applebee at 541-999-4175 to
for more information.
The museum is located at
2145 Kingwood St., and is
open
Thursday
through
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Visit the museum website at
w w w. o r e g o n c o a s t m i l i t a r y
musem.com.
The Siuslaw Chapter of the
American
Rhododendron
Society meets on Jan. 16, at
6:30 p.m. for refreshments fol-
lowed by the program at 7
p.m. Speaker Jack Olsen from
Fall Creek, Ore., will be pre-
senting a digital program on
Hybridizing.
Olsen will discuss how he
chooses the correct parents,
pollinating, collecting seed,
sowing the seed and how to
grow them on to award win-
ning flowering plants. This
will be a very educational pro-
gram and, knowing Olsen, it
won’t be boring.
The public is invited to
come to the Presbyterian
Church of the Siuslaw 3996
Highway 101 in Florence, to
learn the details of this inter-
esting process.
Call 541-997-3082 for more
information
Denyse
Lalitha
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