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Local author to recount
history of Roanoke Island
Author and long-time local
resident Harold Titus will be
the featured speaker today,
July 7, beginning at 2 p.m. in
the Siuslaw Public Library’s
Bromley Room.
His topic will be England’s
attempt and failure in 1585-
1586 and 1587-1590 to estab-
lish a colony on Roanoke Is-
land (inside North Carolina’s
Outer Bank).
Titus will read passages
from his new historical nov-
el, “Alsoomse and Wanchese,”
answer related questions and
autograph copies of his book.
The beginning of the novel
is set in September 1583, 10
months before the English ap-
pear at Roanoke Island.
In Titus’ book, 17-year-old
Alsoomse desires freedom
to doubt, discover and aspire
without Algonquian tribal
hindrance. She pushes con-
tinuously against tribal con-
vention, the imposed role of
women and the dictatorial
authority of men, rulers and
Politics aside...
priests.
Meanwhile,
19-year-old
Wanchese’s short temper and
quest to prove himself worthy
of his deceased father’s expec-
tations lead him several times
into dangerous conflict with
one of his tribal ruler’s essen-
tial subordinates and, against
hostile tribesmen, into life and
death combat.
Titus graduated from UCLA
with a bachelor’s degree in
history. He taught intermedi-
ate school English, American
history and a drama elective
many years in Orinda, Calif.
He coached many of the
school’s boys’ and girls’ sports
teams.
Titus is also the author of
“Crossing the River,” a his-
torical novel about the ex-
periences of English and
American participants in the
Battle of Lexington and Battle
of Concord on April 19, 1775
— clashes that mark the be-
ginning of the American Rev-
olution.
Van Fans to host annual Ice
Cream Social fundraiser July 21
The Friends of Florence Van
Fans annual Ice Cream Social
is being held on Saturday, July
21, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the
Florence Events Center, 715
Quince St.
Tickets are $8 and include
homemade pie, cake or cob-
bler, as well as BJ’s Ice Cream.
In addition, there will be
music by Jeff Lovejoy.
The Van Fans holds various
types of fund drives through-
out the year to raise money to
help keep the Friends of Flor-
ence vans operational.
The Friends of Florence is
a nonprofit organization with
the sole purpose of transport-
ing cancer patients to and
from the Willamette Valley
Cancer Center and Oregon
Urology — five days a week
and 52 weeks a year — at no
cost to the patient.
All Van Fans workers are
volunteers.
oliver has been found!
Our gratitude goes out to the Florence
and Dunes City community for all the
time and eff ort that was given to help
fi nd Oliver!
We are over joyed to report that
OLIVER IS HOME,
SAFE AND SOUND!
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone
involved, Ted and Lynn
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Local Florence activists and political suppprters from both the Florence Democratic Club and Patriot Place spent a
few moments discussing the historical importance of the War of Independence and wishing each other well during
Wednesday's Fourth of July celebration in Old Town. Though Republicans and Democrats often find themselves on
opposite sides of the issues, on Independence Day both sides agreed that a spirit of cooperation and respect should
be the goal when approaching controversial issues in the months ahead.
Florence set to celebrate 125 years with block party July 27
The City of Florence will be
hosting a Block Party to cele-
brate the City’s 125th anniver-
sary on Friday, July 27, from
5:30 to 9 p.m., in Historic Old
Town.
The city invites the commu-
nity to come enjoy games and
entertainment while visiting
with local community organi-
zations and learning what they
are working on.
In addition, people are
welcome to eat at the local
restaurants and visit the shops
throughout Old Town and the
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surrounding area.
The main events located
on Bay Street between Laurel
Street and the Siuslaw River
Bridge.
Many local restaurants and
businesses will be open with
extended shop hours for at-
tendees to enjoy. The event
will include live music by the
“Pressure Point Band” out of
Portland, Ore., throughout the
evening in front of the Siuslaw
River Bridge Interpretive Cen-
ter, located just east of River
Roasters.
Remarks from Florence May-
or Henry will be given at 6:30
p.m.
“The City of Florence is cel-
ebrating its 125th anniversary
with a fun-filled block party
in Historic Old Town,” Henry
said. “The city is also hosting
the Oregon Mayor’s Conference
this same weekend with mayors
from all over the State of Or-
egon here in Florence. I can’t
think of a better way to show off
our beautiful city than by bring-
ing our community together for
this exciting celebration.”
There will be several activi-
ties for kids to participate in as
well.
“I am very proud to be the
mayor of this community and
appreciate this opportunity to
show off Florence,” Henry add-
ed. “I encourage everyone to
come out for the celebration.”
For details or questions re-
garding this event, visit the
event pages on the City’s web-
site at ci.florence.or.us or www.
facebook.com/CityofFloren-
ceOregon.
Gurtov to discuss ‘Engaging Adversaries’ at City Club
At the next City Club of Flor-
ence meeting on Friday, July 13,
Professor Mel Gurtov will pres-
ent “Engage or Confront? US
Relations with Iran and North
Korea.” Gurtov, who recently
published his book “Engaging
Adversaries,” will explore the
Trump administration’s policy
toward two adversaries: North
Korea and Iran.
Gurtov has many years of
academic research at the Uni-
versity of California, Riverside
and Portland State University,
as well as government service
with the RAND Corporation.
He is a co-author of the Pen-
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on China and Korea, and au-
thor of over 25 books.
City Club meets at Class Act
Theatre, 509 Kingwood St.
Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The
program runs from noon to 1
p.m. and is open to the public.
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