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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ JULY 18, 2018 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Community members host annual layover for cyclists
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Two of the 24 riders participating
in the annual Texas 4000 stand
outside the support trailer during
the group's layover in Forence
last week.
articipating bicyclists in the
annual Texas 4000 arrived in
Florence with 24 cyclists on
July 10. The riders represented the
University of Texas-Austin as part of
the Texas 4000’s Ride For The Cure
organization.
It is the 13th year that St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church in Florence has
hosted the group as it pedals its way
from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska
each summer.
The stop in Florence represents
day 39 on the group’s 70-day sched-
ule.
As in years past, the riders were
guest in the homes of many hosts in
the Florence area, where they did
their laundry, interacted with com-
munity members and got a good
night’s rest. In addition, the annual
layover includes a gathering of riders,
hosts, cooks and crew members who
gather at St. Andrew’s for a large
“Thanksgiving In July” feast of tur-
key, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy
and all the trimmings.
The meal is followed by the indi-
vidual introduction of each rider and
their goals.
Following a large Wednesday-
morning breakfast, the riders did
their traditional “Circle of
Commitment” for the day’s ride
before heading back onto the road at
8:30 a.m. toward their next stop:
Lincoln City.
“As you can imagine, getting this
all to happen requires the work, com-
COURTESY PHOTO
mitment and skills of many, many
people,” said Terri Pennington, a
Florence resident who helps organize
the layover each year. “In addition to
the St. Andrew’s staff, cooks, kitchen
crew and hosts, this year the group
was assisted by four Siuslaw High
School students — Brendon, Jaxsen,
Camp and Caelia — along with Sheila
and Ricki, which made this a truly
community-wide effort.”
Pennington said the community
spirit was mentioned by many of the
riders. “They commented that they
really want to come back here and
visit in the near future,” said
Pennington. “The recommendations
made to this group from past riders
was ‘Change the route however you
want, but do not skip Florence.’”
Support for the stayover also came
from Sea Lion Caves and Coastal
Fitness.
S PORTS
T IDE T ABLE
Calendar
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
July 19-21
Low Tide
July 18
4:36am / 6.3
5:39pm / 7.0
• SHS Mini
11:04am / -0.2
11:58pm / 1.3
Football Camp
at SHS
July 19
5:42am / 5.6
6:29pm / 6.9
TBA
July 21
• Sand Master Jam
11:55am / 0.7
July 20
Sandbording
6:58am / 5.0
7:22pm/ 6.9
1:08am / 1.1
12:50pm/ 1.4
Sand Master park
2-5 p.m.
July 21
8:19am / 4.8
8:14pm / 6.9
Upcoming:
2:18am / 0.8
1:50pm / 2.1
Aug. 4
July 22
• Rotary "Cool at
9:38am / 4.8
9:05pm / 6.9
the Coast"
3:21am / 0.4
2:52pm / 2.5
golf tourney
Aug. 6-10
July 23
10:44am / 5.0
9:53pm / 7.0
SHS XC
Dunes Camp
East Woahink
Day Use Area
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Aug. 7-10
MARK BRENNAN PHOTOS/SIUSLAW NEWS
A golfers in the two-day Florence City Championship held at Florence Golf Links last weekend tees off during the
opening round on Saturday.
N EW GOLF TOURNEY TEES OFF IN F LORENCE
• Viking Youth
Football Camp
3 to 5 p.m.
H. Petersen Field
Aug. 10
• SHS Hall of Fame
Induction
The inaugural Florence City
Championship was played over the
weekend at Florence Golf Links, July
14 and 15. In addition to the challenges
posed by the 18-hole course, players
battled through tough, windy condi-
tions on Saturday with gusts up to 37
mph on the course.
See
5:30 p.m.
July 24
11:36am / 5.3 5:04am / -0.3
10:37pm / 7.1 4:43pm / 2.8
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
GOLF 4B
cermemony
at the FEC
4:16am / 0.1
3:50pm / 2.7
From left: Shauneen Scott of Salem;
women’s net winner Theresa
Schonbach of Santa Monica, Calif.;
and women’s gross winner Caroline
Mecham of Salem.
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