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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018 THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM ❘ / SIUSLAWNEWS ❘ 3 B @ THESIUSLAWNEWS Community News Builders Create N EW ‘Upcycled’ Habitat The Florence affiliate of Habitat for Humanity recently invited local residents to build a different kind of home: bird- houses. Burney Moore, manager of the Habitat ReStore, and his wife, Simone, a skilled design- er, displayed more than 35 imaginative and whimsical “habitat” entries for the com- munity’s feathered friends. While some birdhouses were yard art, others were functional. Vera Blas, age 10, and her brother Takla, age 7, built the winning entry. When asked about the inspiration for their birdhouse design, Takla said, “It looked good when I planned it in my mind.” The Blas birdhouse was built with scrap lumber, moss, plastic bottles and containers, a coat hanger, clay and addi- tional household items. Local artists, designers and DIYers are invited to visit the ReStore in the Grocery Outlet shopping center. Materials for more bird- houses are in great supply, along with the tools needed for backyard construction proj- ects. The Habitat for Humanity ReStore is open Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Kindergarteners, parents invited to SES meet & greet The Siuslaw Elementary School spring kindergarten pre-registration and meet and greet will be Monday, April 23, from 6 to 7 p.m. Parents and 2018-19 kindergarten stu- dents are invited to visit the classrooms and meet the teachers. Packets are available at Siuslaw Elementary School, 2221 Oak St., and must be returned by Monday, May 7. Full registration for kinder- garten and all students will take place Aug. 15 to 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Siuslaw Elementary School. A student must be five years old on or before Sept. 1 in order to start kindergarten. Oregon law also requires that students starting school be up- to-date on all age appropriate immunizations. Cel 70 ebrat + Y ing ear s! Hoberg’s ARTISTS JOIN The terrific threesome of Phyllis Laird, Tom Lederle and Don Mathis are now showing their memorable artwork at Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay St. in Florence. Laird learned to create pot- tery in a studio in Santa Monica, Calif. She continued developing her skill and even- tually taught classes at Mohave Community College. After vacationing in Florence, she and her husband moved here in 2013. Always one-of-a-kind, Laird’s pieces are wheel- thrown, often sculptural with expressively beautiful paint- ings inside or outside the piece. The decorative paintings range from bold color to earthy tones to soft, ethereal tints. Watch for a variety of plates, bowls, vases and tiles. Since the 1980s Lederle has B ACKSTREET G ALLERY consulting and data visualiza- tion would experiment and cre- ate Digital Surrealism. This is where he manipulates his pho- tographs and images on his computer into a final, imagina- tive, abstract one-of-a-kind print. As with many artists, Mathis enjoys many media. Self- taught, his work shown in Backstreet Gallery may be abstract, linear, realistic or experimental. He works mainly in oils and acrylics but also enjoys colored pencil, leather- work and wire-wrapped jewel- ry. COURTESY PHOTO Mathis refers to himself as a From left, Don Mathis, Phyllis Laird and Tom Lederle join mixed-media artist. Expect a Florence’s Backstreet Gallery, offering works in mixed wide variety of subject matter media, pottery and digital surrealism. in his unique work. Mathis is originally from been creating art. Early on, he shown in several other San Francisco, but having been became a member of an artists’ Northwest galleries. co-op in Seattle. In various It isn’t surprising that a in Florence for 40 years, he’s media, his artwork has been career IT specialist in system almost a native. Florence Farmer’s Market to open in Old Town The New Florence Farmer’s Market will officially open Tuesday, May 15, from 3 to 7 p.m. The market will be located next to the Veteran’s Memorial Park in Old Town, at Bay and Kingwood streets. The Market will be open rain or shine every Tuesday through October. Florence is joining markets up and down the Oregon coast in providing locally grown and processed foods to fill the need for food security locally and in surrounding areas. Committed responses from 10 area vendors will provide greater access to a variety of organic and sustain- ably grown farm products, both fresh and processed. And as part of the market’s mission to support the commu- nity, the SNAP program will be accessible to its participants at the market. The market is an initiative of the Siuslaw Vision program Buying or Selling? I can help. 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A market team, coordinated and assembled by Mary Shaw, worked this year to make the market a reality. “Community response for the market has been tremen- dously supportive,” said Shaw. “Many residents helped to fund the market through its gofundme page.” On May 1, at 5 p.m., two weeks prior to the market’s official opening, the communi- ty is invited to a special ribbon cutting ceremony, and the chance to visit the market site, meet its vendors and the mar- ket team. Following the ribbon cut- ting, the group will meet at River Roasters Coffee House for a potluck celebration begin- ning at 5:45 p.m. Military Heritage Day honors Vietnam vets today The Oregon Coast Military Museum is hosting its Military Heritage Day today, April 21, starting at 2 p.m., at the Florence Municipal Airport, 2001 Airport Lane, in Sam Spayd’s hangar. The event will honor Vietnam veterans. Southern Oregon Veterans Benefit Member at Large, Russ McBride, himself a Vietnam vet, will share infor- mation about a permanent Vietnam Memorial Wall in Medford. The memorial will be national in focus, built to 80 percent scale, measuring 360 feet in length and bearing the names of 58,479 Americans who gave the ultimate sacri- fice. It will sit on 2.1 acres with- in the Medford parks system. McBride will be joined by the President Steve Bates of the Salem-sponsored Vietnam War Memorial Fund, who will make a presentation on a planned state memorial in Salem. This memorial will not only be an Oregon state focus, but will contain emphasis on mul- tiple components of the veter- ans’ experiences, such as MIA/POW, nurses, Agent Orange and other aspects. The $1.5 million project is to be located on the grounds of the State Capitol in Salem and is targeted for completion on Veteran’s Day 2020. Oregon Coast Military Museum is located at 2145 Kingwood St. in Florence. 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