SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2018 | 3A
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Public Works to host
open house next week
The City of Florence Public
Works Department is inviting
the community to an open
house Thursday, June 7, from
2 to 6 p.m., in celebration of
its new facility located at 2675
Kingwood St.
Activities and demonstra-
tions will be taking place
throughout the day to provide
a behind-the-scenes look into
the contributions of public
works professionals that serve
the community.
A short program will begin
at 3:30 pm.
“We value our communi-
ty and the role Public Works
plays in keeping them safe and
functioning smoothly,” said
Mike Miller, Florence Public
Works Director. “Our objec-
tive is to increase the pub-
lic’s awareness of what Public
Works is about, including the
duties and responsibilities of
our highly trained and profes-
sional staff.”
Miller said the community
relies on Public Works each
day for some type of service,
including drinking water; ef-
ficient and effective convey-
ance and treatment systems
for sanitary sewer; stormwater
management; street mainte-
nance, signage and markings
for vehicular and pedestrian
safety; maintenance of area
parks and trails; and more.
“Every member of Flor-
ence’s Public Works Depart-
ment takes this responsibility
seriously and works hard to
achieve the highest levels of
service possible,” Miller said.
The Open House will fea-
ture a tour of the Public
Works facility, education on
its equipment and services,
demonstrations by various
departments, rides on the de-
partment’s vehicles and light
refreshments.
“Residents will have the op-
portunity to see firsthand the
diverse duties and responsibil-
ities of Public Works in a fun
and entertaining way,” Miller
said.
Children should be accom-
panied by an adult.
For more information re-
garding the event, contact the
Public Works Department at
541- 997-4106.
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Making connections
L
ocal veterans welcomed Siuslaw Elementary School
second-grade classes to the Veteran’s Memorial Park
during a recent field trip. Veterans included (from
left) Florence Police Dept. Corrections Officer Stephanie
Sansom, Florence Police Commander John Pitcher, VFW
Chaplin and Peace Harbor Hospital Board Member Ken
Henderson and Veteran’s Memorial Park Founding Com-
missioner Steve Olienyk, who shared their messages of
service to country and community with students. They
also explained the history of the Veteran’s Memorial Park
and the importance of Memorial Day. Afterwards and
during the event, students wrote letters to thank these
veterans and others who serve. “It was a good and posi-
tive event for everyone involved,” Olienyk said.
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Roots of Empathy seeks babies, instructors for new projects
The Siuslaw Education Foun-
dation announced that the Ma-
pleton Community Foundation
awarded $1,000 for the imple-
mentation of the “Roots of Em-
pathy” program in the Mapleton
Elementary School for the 2018-
19 school year.
“Roots of Empathy” is one
of the three strategies selected
by the 90 by 30 Child Abuse
Prevention Project to initiate
efforts to make Lane County
communities safer for children
by providing proven prevention
programs.
In September, the Mapleton
and Siuslaw School Districts
will be implementing “Roots of
Empathy” in the five first-grade
classrooms. This program is a
classroom-based strategy for
teaching children about emo-
tions through guided observa-
tions of a baby and discussions
about the baby’s emotional re-
sponses during these sessions.
In addition to the first-graders
and their classroom teacher,
there is an instructor trained in
“Roots of Empathy” and a baby
with their parent/caregiver.
Roots of Empathy is current-
ly seeking instructors and baby/
caregivers for the project.
Instructors are volunteers
who agree to be trained (three-
day training in August in Eu-
gene), and to make three visits
per month to the classroom.
The first visit is the week be-
fore the baby visit, the second
is the baby visit, and the third
is the week after the baby visit.
Curriculum for each visit is pre-
pared. Materials are provided.
The schedule for visits is to be
agreed upon between the class-
room teacher, instructor and ba-
by’s parent/caregiver. Each visit
is 45 minutes long. Instructors
are asked to make a two-year
commitment.
The baby wears a little onesie
that says “Teacher” and is the
focus of learning for the stu-
dents. This baby needs to be 3 to
4 months old in September and
to have had beginning immuni-
zations. The baby-parent/care-
giver team visits the classroom
once each month between Sep-
tember and June. Students look
for developmental milestones
and learn many lessons from
this baby. The commitment
from the baby-parent/caregiver
is just for one school year.
If you are someone who
might make a good instructor,
or someone who will have a
baby the right age, please con-
tact Suzanne Mann-Heintz,
541-590-0779 or Suzanne@siu
slaweducationfoundation.org as
soon as possible.
Roots of Empathy will need
five instructors and five ba-
by-parent/caregiver teams by
early June.
Ruby’s Tuesday brings music night to Florence
The public is invited to par-
ticipate in a musical-devotion
program Tuesday, June 5, from
6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Class Act
Theatre, 509 Kingwood St. in
Florence.
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The program is sponsored by
the Florence Bahá'í community
and features Ruby’s Tuesday, a
Corvallis troupe of college stu-
dents who sing sacred writings
and prayers put to music, some
MONDAY
JUNE 4
composed by past and current
members of the group.
The event is free to the public.
For more information, call
Rich or Donna Forster at 541-
997-5869.
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FRIDAY
JUNE 8
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