SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018
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Rhody Society to hear LRP announces new, returning board members
about shade gardens
The Siuslaw Chapter of the
American
Rhododendron
Society (ARS) has its next
meeting on Tuesday, March
20, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Presbyterian Church of the
Siuslaw, 3996 Highway 101.
This free event features coffee
and cookies and a social envi-
ronment.
This month’s topic is shade
gardens, with information
from Sebright Gardens.
So you have lots of shade
and don’t know what to grow.
There is a fix for that. Hostas,
ferns and epimediums are just
three groups of plants that will
prosper under that oak tree or
in the shade of the neighbors
house.
Hostas are super hardy easy
to grow shade plants that have
little care issues.
Ferns come in many shapes
and sizes and add a peaceful
and fresh look to the land-
scape.
Epimediums are like little
harbingers of spring; many
shoot forth from the ground in
February and immediately
cover themselves with cute lit-
tle columbine type flowers.
Thomas Johnson and his
partner Kirk Hansen own and
operate Sebright Gardens, a
shade specialty nursery, near
Salem. Sebright was born out
of a splitting of another busi-
ness, Mid- America Garden, in
2002.
Johnson started his plant
crusade as a child selling bed-
ding plants out of a green-
house in Alberta, Canada,
when he was 8 years old. In
1994, he moved to Oklahoma
City and joined Mid-America
Garden. In 1998 Mid-America
Garden and Thomas moved to
the Salem area. Mid-America
Garden still operates at the
same location as Sebright
Gardens but is primarily a mail
order business specializing all
classes of bearded iris.
Johnson is also an award
winning iris hybridizer and has
lectured on them across the
U.S. and in Australia and New
Zealand.
For more information, con-
tact Mike Bones, president of
the Siuslaw Chapter ARS, at
541-997-3082
or
rhodies@charter.net.
Willamette Valley
Arms Collectors Association
Collections Display
& GUN SHOW
(Includes Member Gun Collections)
Saturday March 17th
9am to 5pm
Sunday, March 18th
9am to 3pm
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THE
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Admission: $6.00
Kids under 12 Free (when accompanied by paying adult)
Local theater group The Last
Resort Players has announced
the addition of five new mem-
bers to its board of directors.
Joining the board in 2018 are
costume mavin Sabrina Hand,
recording secretary Crystal
Farnsworth
and
Grant
Harmond.
The board also added two
new student representatives,
Raelee Dimon and Patrick
Rowley.
Returning members include
president Kassy Keppol, vice
president Jennifer Connor, cor-
respondence secretary Judy
Kaplan,
treasurer
Cathy
Dupont, Karylynn Keppol and
Victoria Seitzinger.
For more information or a
list of upcoming productions
for 2018, visit www.lastresort
players.org.
COURTESY PHOTO
Pictured left to right: (Top row) Grant Harmond, Patrick Rowley, Kassy Keppol, Raelee
Dimon, Victoria Seitzinger, Judy Kaplan, Sabrina Hand and Jennifer Connor. (Bottom row)
Crystal Farnsworth, Cathy DuPont and Karylynn Keppol.
Rotary seeks submissions for 4-Way-Test Speech Contest
Any Siuslaw area high
school student (public, private,
or home-schooled) in grades
9-12 who cares about ethical
standards and behavior in
today’s world is invited to par-
ticipate in the 2018 Rotary
I n t e r n a t i o n a l 4 - Wa y Te s t
Speech Contest
The contest will be held
Thursday, April 19, at 4 p.m. at
the Florence Events Center.
Three finalists will then
present their speeches and
receive certificates and cash
prizes totaling $1,500 at a
Rotary meeting on Tuesday,
April 24 at noon.
The winning speaker will
also be expected to compete in
a “Speak Off” at the Rotary
District
Conference
in
Ashland, Ore., on May 5.
First place prize for the
local contest is $750, second
place will receive $500 and
third place is $250.
There are even more cash
prizes available at the District
level.
All participants will be
required to take the Rotary 4-
Way Test and apply it to real
life throughout their speeches.
The 4-Way Test has four prin-
ciples:
1. Is it the truth?
2. Is it fair to all concerned?
3. Will it build goodwill and
better friendship?
4. Will it be beneficial to all
concerned?
The choices for topics are
endless. Would the Super
Bowl pass the 4-Way Test?
What about homework assign-
ments? How about social net-
working?
N EW F LORENCE F ARMERS M ARKET
The Florence Farmers
Market, which will open on
Bay Street on May 15, is look-
ing for a manager with a pas-
sion for sustainably grown or
produced local foods.
This position requires
exceptional customer service
skills across a broad spectrum,
including working with farm-
ers, volunteers and market
attendees.
The market manager will be
onsite at the market, which will
be open on Tuesdays, from 3 to
7 p.m.
The market will include
about 10 vendors who will sell
locally-produced goods such
as fresh produce, eggs, baked
items, meat and flowers from
within 60 miles of the Siuslaw
Region.
In addition to being at the
All speeches must be origi-
nal and may not be less than 5
minutes or more than 7 min-
utes. Speeches should also be
memorized.
For information on partici-
pating, including an applica-
tion and guidelines, visit
www.the florencerotary.org
and choose the tab “Club
Youth Programs.”
Those interested can also
contact Committee Chair Meg
Spencer via email at mspencer
1818@yahoo.com.
SEEKS MARKETING MANAGER
market site, the manager will
spend an additional six hours
keeping records, processing
SNAP tokens and reimbursals,
and helping with promotion
and marketing, including
social media, special market
events and partnering with
other community businesses.
The proposed start date for
this position is March 26 and
the ending date will be Nov.
15.
For a complete job descrip-
tion and proposal criteria,
please visit www.rivercal.org
/marketmanager or email
SiuslawVision@gmail.com.
Contractor proposals are due
Thursday, March 15.
The Florence Farmers
Market is an initiative of the
Siuslaw Vision.
FREE for Active Duty with ID
Dunes City seeks volunteers to help with sixth annual triathlon
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Dunes City is getting ready
to host the sixth annual Oregon
Dunes Triathlon and Duathlon
on Saturday, May 12.
Even though the city’s signa-
ture event is still weeks away,
organizers are already recruit-
ing volunteers to help staff the
event.
Volunteers help ensure that
the races run smoothly and
safely. Volunteers also play a
vital support role for all of the
participating athletes by pro-
viding encouragement and hos-
pitality; many athletes have
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
said that they return to the
Tri/Du each year because they
appreciate the enthusiastic vol-
unteers.
Most volunteers work only
half a day and all volunteers
will receive a free event t-shirt.
Again this year, Dunes City
will award a $250 donation to
the organization that brings the
most volunteers on race day, so
make sure to mention your
organization’s name when you
register to volunteer.
Volunteers are needed
between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. on
race day, Saturday, May 12.
Anyone who would like to
volunteer can call Dunes City
Hall at 541-997-3338.
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