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FEC’s ‘Spirit of Summer’ awards area artists
Left, Jo Beaudreau holds her first place People’s Choice Award-
winning encaustic “Heceta Head Sunset.” Below, Nina Toepher
holds her Second Place People’s Choice Award-winning watercolor
“Spring.” The third-place winner was college student Ben Cahoon.
F
lorence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA) and
the Friends of Florence
Events Center are pleased
to announce the People’s
Choice Winners for the
two-month Spirit of Sum-
mer Exhibit.
Over 90 ballots were cast,
and monetary gifts were
awarded to the winners for
their achievements.
The results were:
• First place: Jo Beaudreau
for her encaustic “Heceta
Head Lighthouse”
• Second place: Nina Toe-
HABITAT from page 1A
“The future looked fairly
grim,” Lloyd said.
On the recommendation of
a friend, he applied for Habitat
housing. The selection of his
family overwhelmed him with
gratitude.
“I can’t wait to start building
on somebody else’s house,” he
said.
The groundbreaking marks
the first Habitat construction
project in two and a half years,
though in that time the non-
profit has recycled two of its
already-built houses by placing
new families in them.
The Lloyd family’s proper-
ty on Seventh Street was pur-
chased by Florence Habitat
earlier this year and is slated to
be finished by next March, see-
ing a project that will include
property bought, constructed
and occupied by a family in less
than a year.
Several particulars to this
project have set it apart from
previous Habitat housing.
Among them are an enclosed
garage and a full second bath-
room, giving the house a less
spartan quality than other con-
struction projects. While slight-
ly increasing the house’s cost to
an estimated $156,000, it is ex-
pected to increase value in the
long run.
Habitat’s Family Services
Manager Debbie Grigsby also
believes the unit’s look will
bring an aesthetic appeal to the
area.
“It will blend in the neighbor-
hood very nicely,” she said.
Habitat Executive Director
Janell Morgan affirmed that in-
tegrating with a neighborhood’s
aesthetic standard is one of
Habitat’s goals.
“We don’t want people to
drive down the street and say,
‘That’s a Habitat house,’” she
said.
The project has also seen a
unique synthesis of local sup-
port and donation.
Ray Wells of the excavation
company Ray Wells, Inc. has
donated site prep work, Dan
Lofy of Lofy Construction has
joined as Habitat’s contractor
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gan. “You can bring lunch … or
you can help in gathering dona-
tions.”
Habitat also accepts help in
the Habitat ReStore, 2004 High-
way 101 in Florence, as well as
donations of materials.
Additionally, Habitat will im-
plement a new fundraiser for
the first few weeks of October
called “Walls of Hope” in which
people can purchase a 2x4 in
the ReStore for $10 and write
a message of hope on it for a
family. The lumber will then
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and a founding member of
the Yachats Art Guild. A
copy of her award-winning
seascape “The Smelt Fisher-
men” hangs at the Newport
Museum.
Cahoon has been an active
member of the arts com-
munity during his Siuslaw
High School years, exhibit-
ing in local venues, repre-
senting youth artists on the
Friends of the FEC commit-
tee, teaching classes at Alissa
Clark Clayworks on Laurel
Street, and teaching and aid-
ing at The Studios at Jayne
Smoley Designs. He now at-
tends George Fox University,
where he is double-majoring
in studio art and art admin-
istration.
be used in construction of the
home.
This weekend, Habitat for
Humanity invites the commu-
nity to participate in its annu-
al Beachwalk fundraiser today,
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The walk
will extend between the North
Jetty and Driftwood Shores Re-
sort and include live music, fes-
tivities and refreshments.
For more information, call
541-902-9227 or contact flor-
encehabitat@gmail.com.
Florence Food Share provides food to those who
are hungry in our community. If you have four
hours a week available, we are in need of vol-
unteers to staff our Front Desk and also act as
Guides as clients walk through the pantry. Please
call our volunteer coordinator, Sarah Lovejoy,
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and entities such as the U.S.
Coast Guard Station Siuslaw
and Three Rivers Casino Resort
have expressed interest in vol-
unteering, seeming to give the
home’s March deadline a clear
run.
While appreciative of the in-
flux of professional support on
this project, Habitat is always
encouraging community mem-
bers to help in other ways.
“If you don’t want to build,
there are additional ways that
you can be involved,” said Mor-
pher for her watercol-
or “Spring”hird place:
Ben Cahoon for his pa-
per sculpture “August In
Abandon.”
Beaudreau has a bachelor’s
of fine arts, and is owner of
BeauxArts Fine Art Mate-
rials in Florence. She is an
active supporter of the local
art community, serving on
such committees as the City
of Florence Public Art Com-
mittee; Suislaw Vision 2025
Vision Keepers and FEC
Gallery Committee. She is
also the coordinator of the
2nd Saturday Gallery Tour
and promotes the Florence
Passport to the Arts.
Toepher is a member of
the Yaquina Art Association
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