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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2018 3 A Siuslaw News editor to Chamber reveals 2018 Rody Fest theme, logo Florence Area Chamber tive pins, banners, advertise- speak at City Club Jan. 5 of The Commerce announced its ments and print guides. 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- COURTESY PHOTO Public Library. teer fire fighter Siuslaw News with Siuslaw Ned Hickson editor-in-chief Ned Valley Fire & Hickson will be the featured Rescue from 2011 to 2017 speaker, beginning at noon. before being elected to the In addition to his duties as SVFR Board of Directors in editor of the local newspaper, November 2016. Hickson is an award-winning He has also portrayed syndicated columnist with his “Elfis” twice in CROW’s weekly offerings of wit and annual Holly Jolly Follies humor appearing in dozens of community Christmas show. newspapers in the U.S. and Hickson said he believes in Canada. the importance of local news- He has been awarded “Best papers providing information, Local Column” from both the chronicling history and Oregon Newspaper Publishers encouraging dialogue that Association and the Society of builds stronger communities. Professional Journalists. He is He will be talking about his also a published author of two 19 years of experiences at our books, “Humor at the Speed of local newspaper, as well as the Life” and “Pearls of Writing role of small town papers Wisdom: From 16 shucking throughout America. years as a columnist.” The Siuslaw Public Library Prior to launching his career is located at 1460 Ninth St. in journalism at the Siuslaw Please allow ample time for News, Hickson was a corpo- parking. selection of “Rhody Rendezvous,” submitted by Jack Hannigan of Florence, as the theme for the 111th Rhododendron Festival. The Chamber board of directors requested a design that incorporates elements that convey a fun gathering with iconic local and festival images, such as rhododen- drons and Florence imagery, and the words “Rhody Rendezvous.” To bring the idea to life, the Chamber hired the team of Susan Johnson of Susan D. Johnson Design and Scott Steward of Creative Wave Marketing Solutions to design this year’s official logo. The pair have collaborated on the event’s logos since 2012. “This year’s ‘Rhody Rendezvous’ theme intends to evoke a feeling of coming to Florence and meeting up with friends and family for a great time here in Oregon’s Coastal Playground,” said Chamber executive director Bettina Hannigan. The final image combined a Library Tidings N e w s a b o u t the S i u s l a w Public Library Library Tidings, a regular feature of the Siuslaw News, features news about upcoming Siuslaw Public Library programs for adults and children, new books and videos, and other library news of interest to the community. — By Kevin Mittge The winning 2018 Rhododendron Days logo, designed by Susan Johnson and Scott Steward. 1960s era microbus, along with motorcycle, Ferris wheel, ever- green tree and rhododendron below the Siuslaw River bridge. “We are delighted with the design for its vibrancy, local icons, fun elements and its abil- ity to transcend all media,” said Bettina Hannigan. “Susan and Scott captured what we were looking for in celebrating our 111th anniversary and evoke a sense of a exciting gathering.” This year’s logo will soon start appearing in print, broad- cast and online materials to promote the event and draw visitors to Florence. The logo will be printed on commemora- Book Review “The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek” by Howard Markel From the much-admired medical historian, Howard Markel, author of “An Anatomy of Addiction,” comes the story of America’s empire builders: John and Will Kellogg. John Harvey Kellogg was one of America’s most beloved physicians; a best-selling author, lecturer and health- magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His younger brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which revolutionized the mass pro- duction of food and what we eat for breakfast. In “The Kelloggs,” the author tells the sweeping saga of these two extraordinary men, whose lifelong competi- tion and enmity toward one another changed America’s notion of health and wellness from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, and who helped change the course of American medicine, nutri- tion, wellness, and diet. The Kelloggs were of Puritan stock, a family that came to the shores of New England in the mid-seven- teenth century, went west to the wooded Michigan frontier to start a farm that became one of the biggest in the country, and then renounced it all for the religious calling of Ellen Harmon White, a self-pro- claimed prophetess, and James White, whose new Seventh- day Adventist theology was based on Christian principles and sound body, mind, and hygiene rules - Ellen called it “health reform.” The Whites groomed the young John Kellogg for a cen- tral role in the Seventh-day Adventist Church and sent him to America’s finest medical school, Bellevue Hospital Medical College. Kellogg’s main medical focus-and America’s number one mala- dy: indigestion (Walt Whitman described it as “the great American evil.”) Author Markel gives us the life and times of the Kellogg brothers of Battle Creek: Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his world-famous Battle Creek Sanitarium medical center, spa and grand hotel attracted thou- sands actively pursuing health and well-being. Among the guests: Mary Todd Lincoln, Amelia Earhart, Booker T. Washington, Johnny Weissmuller, Dale Carnegie, Sojourner Truth, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller Jr., and George Bernard Shaw. And the The Rhododendron Court will sell pins featuring the logo. Proceeds go toward scholar- ships for Queen Rhododendra, the King of the Coast, and members of the Rhody Court. The 2018 Rhododendron Festival will be held May 18, 19 and 20, with preliminary events beginning as early as Wednesday, May 16. Traditionally the Davis Shows Carnival opens on Wednesday afternoon at the Port of Siuslaw parking lot; the Rhododendron Court corona- tion takes place Thursday evening at the Florence Events Center; and the town begins filling on Friday. There is a junior parade on Saturday afternoon and the grand floral parade on Sunday. The event also includes a vendor’s fair in Historic Old Town, a spectacular rhododen- dron show along with live music, art and other festivities at the Florence Events Center, and Three Rivers Casino Resort will host its annual motorcycle show and other events. presidents he advised: Taft, Harding, Hoover, and Roosevelt, with first lady Eleanor. The brothers Kellogg experimented on malt, wheat, and corn meal, and, tinkering with special ovens and toasting devices, came up with a ready- to-eat, easily digested cereal they called Corn Flakes. As Markel chronicles the Kelloggs’ fascinating, Magnificent Amberson-like ascent into the pantheon of American industrialists, we see the vast changes in American social mores that took shape in diet, health, medicine, philan- thropy, and food manufactur- ing during seven decades- changing the lives of millions and helping to share our indus- trial age. Quattrosound at the Library The library is pleased to present Quattrosound, the Grammy award-winning group playing a mix of classical, jazz, and Latin pop, at a free out- reach concert on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m. in the Bromley Room. This event, a previous concert of their later performance that evening at the Florence Event Center, is free and open to the general public. Special thanks to Seacoast Entertainment Association for making this event possible. $9.50 | $8.50 Sen/Student/Military | $8 Matinees Before 2 | $7.50 Child | $6.50 Members | Performing Arts: $19/$15/$10 JANUARY 5 - 11 FRI 5 12:50 PM PG-13 114 MIN – “The resulting performance is 3:30 PM unlike anything Gary Oldman (as Churchill) has 6:15 PM previously delivered… the master actor rejects 8:45 PM mere mimicry, constructing from the ground up a full-bodied and impressively nuanced version of the historical figure.” Variety DARKEST HOUR – Future Oscar Winner! 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We will hand wash your car and vacuum the inside. It’s not considered a “detail” but it is a nice, quick spruce up for your car all for $59.95. 12:00 PM STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI 3:00 PM PG-13 150 MIN. – “Easily its most exciting iteration in decades — the first flat-out terrific “Star 6:00 PM Wars” movie since “The Empire Strikes Back.” LAT 8:50 PM SIUSLAW NEWS PRESENTS "A PLASTIC OCEAN" 12:50 PM 3:45 PM 6:45 PM 12:50 PM 1:10 PM 4:05 PM 4:05 PM THE POST – Steven Spielberg’s timely drama PG-13 116 MIN – Stars Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks “Even if its goals are lofty, the movie is so fleet and entertaining that you never feel you’re being lectured to. This is a superhero movie for real grownups.” Time Events & Performing Arts: THU 11 FRI 5 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 12:20 PM 12:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 3:15 PM 3:15 PM 3:25 PM 3:15 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:40 PM 6:30 PM 8:50 PM SAT 6 SUN 7 MON 8 TUE 9 WED 10 THU 11 12:30 PM 6:30 PM NR 102 MIN – Tickets are free, pick them up at City Lights box office. Box Office opens 30 min. prior to 1 st Film | 1930 HWY 101 | www.citylightscinemas.com | Times: 541-305-0014 Bring your car in with this weather ad and we will give you $5 off your fi rst wash! Gift cards make the perfect present! We offer shrinkwrap as well! We are your ONE STOP Auto Care Center Locally owned and community minded! 4515 Hwy. 101 N., Florence • 541-997-5049 AJ and Megan Shervin, Owners Open Monday - Friday 8am-5pm