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128TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 61
FLORENCE, OREGON
SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
PHOTOS BY MARK BRENNAN AND CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
Taking it to the streets
City of Florence’s 125th anniversary closes Bay Street for Block Party
By Chantelle Meyer
Siuslaw News
F
lorence celebrated its 125th
year as an incorporated city
last Friday with a block par-
ty on Bay Street. More than 1,500
people attended the event, set in
front of the Siuslaw River Bridge,
to hear live music, take their pic-
ture, enjoy activities and eat free
BJ’s ice cream.
“Hello, everyone, and welcome to the
City of Florence celebrating 125 years,”
said City Manager Erin Reynolds. “Let’s
give a round of applause to the city, and
thank you all for everything we’ve done.”
She told attendees about many of the
events going on between Laurel Street
and the bridge on Bay Street, primar-
ily centered around a stage set in front
of the Siuslaw River Bridge Interpretive
Center. These included booths from
Florence Public Works, Florence Po-
lice Department, Florence Communi-
ty PTA, the Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce, Siuslaw Vision 2025 and the
Siuslaw Public Library.
Pressure Point Band, based in Port-
land, Ore., provided a mix of classic rock,
favorite oldies and new pop favorites for
the crowd, which frequently broke into
spontaneous dancing.
On the rest of the block, area first
responders brought vehicles for youth
and other attendees to explore. Siuslaw
Valley Fire and Rescue’s ladder track dis-
played the American flag high above the
other activities, including an ambulance
from Western Lane Ambulance, a patrol
car from Florence Police Department
and 29-foot small response life boat
from U.S. Coast Guard Station Siuslaw
River.
Oregon Coast Military Museum also
had one if its military Jeeps on display.
“There are quite a few activities
around the block,” Reynolds said.
“There’s a photo booth, and it is staged
with the bridge right behind you in the
view.”
See BLOCK PARTY page 9A
Sounds from our history A PASSION FOR ART
Artists at Spruce Point connect art with memory
Story & Photo
By Jared Anderson
Siuslaw News
Story & Photos
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
INSIDE
Area residents have the op-
portunity to spend some time
with visitors from Florence’s
past as they share songs and sto-
ries from yesterdays long gone
on Thursday, Aug. 2, at City
Lights Cinemas.
Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Community. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kid Scoop . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Library Tidings . . . . . . . . . . .
B6
A3
B5
A5
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B
Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . A2
The Heritage Players, a group
of actors affiliated with the Siu-
slaw Pioneer Museum, and the
New Folksters, a musical en-
semble that reinterprets tradi-
tional and folk music, will be
performing together in a benefit
performance for local commu-
nity radio station KXCR.
See HERITAGE page 7A
“When I was in grade
school, it was my teachers
who provided us the oppor-
tunity to have an art class as
a major curriculum, and that
was something I just really
liked,” Christine Moss said.
“With math, there’s a right and
wrong answer. Two plus two
equals four, it doesn’t equal
sixteen. Math is solid, but art
is fluid. It doesn’t bind you or
chain you. It doesn’t restrict
Spruce Point artists, such as photographer Brigitt Lyon (above),
your mind.”
At that point, Moss threw will display their work in a new exhibit on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
up her hands and started singing lyrics from En ence, will be showing off her artwork in the facil-
Vogue’s early 1990’s pop hit, “Free Your Mind.”
ity’s first-ever “Art of Our Lives” art showcase on
“‘Free your mind, and the rest will follow.’ Wednesday, Aug. 8.
That’s art,” she said. “It gives you an opportuni-
Some of the artists and the event’s organizers
ty to be free from restrictions and what is old. talked about why art is important to the resi-
It gives you an opportunity to be you, fresh and dents of Spruce Point, how it recaptures import-
new every day.”
ant memories and what art means to them.
Moss, along with other residents of Spruce
See ART page 8A
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