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‘Rodents of Unusual Size’
coming to Florence Sept. 26
Have you ever seen a nutria
up close? They are big and
ugly. Director Quinn Costello
will appear in person to pres-
ent his documentary “Rodents
of Unusual Size” at City Lights
Cinemas on Wednesday, Sept.
26, with showtimes at 12:30
and 6:30 p.m.
Life Chain is a peaceful
and prayerful public
witness of pro-life
American. We stand
for 1 1/2 hours, praying
for our nation and for
an end to abortion.
We invite you to join us on
October 7, 2018
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
We meet on the sidewalk at
Hwy. 101 at 13th Street.
•Bring your whole family
• Rain or Shine
• Signs will be furnished
Florence Chapter of
Oregon Right to Life
Any Questions?
Call Mona Dick
541-997-2065
In the film, hard-headed
Louisiana fisherman Thomas
Gonzales doesn’t know what
will hit him next. After decades
of hurricanes and oil spills he
faces a new threat: hordes of
monstrous 20-pound swamp
rats. Known as “nutria,” these
invasive South American ro-
dents breed faster than the
roving squads of hunters can
control them.
Gonzales and a pack of live-
ly bounty hunters are hellbent
on saving Louisiana before it
dissolves beneath their feet.
It is man vs. rodent; may the
best mammal win.
“Chris Metzler and Quinn
Costello have made a fascinat-
ing, sometimes funny, some-
times scary documentary on
what happens when invasive
species get out of control,” says
Michael Falter, owner, City
Lights. “I’ve heard rumors that
there are nutria in Lane Coun-
ty — I don’t want to meet one
of these in a dark alley.”
Tickets are available at the
box office or by visiting www.
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Mapleton SB seeks designs for high school gym logo
With the bond renovations
almost complete, Mapleton
High School is now focused on
re-surfacing the high school
gym floor.
One aspect of the gym floor
is the design/logo in the mid-
dle.
The Mapleton School Board
would like the input of the
community, students, staff and
alumni on the process of decid-
ing what to put in the center of
the gym.
In submitting suggestions or
designs, there are some basic
guidelines and rules. Any sub-
mission deemed by the clerk
to be vulgar, obscene or spam
will not be included in consid-
erations.
All submissions should ex-
hibit equity to all potential team
participants.
Submissions should fit into
one of four categories:
• Mascot — Image of a poten-
tial mascot
• Symbol — Image that sym-
bolizes the school
• Text — Letter or text that
symbolizes the school
• Combination — A combi-
nation of items
Submissions can be submit-
ted electronically on the Ma-
pleton School District website,
www.mapleton.k12.or.us, or by
submitting a paper copy to a
school board member.
Submissions are due by Oct.
4 and will be voted on Oct. 8 by
the student body.
Up to two selections in each
category will be submitted to
the Mapleton School Board at
the meeting on Oct. 10 at the
Deadwood Community Center.
The designers of the final se-
lections will be notified and will
have an opportunity to give a
short presentation to the board
if they so desire.
All submitted materials be-
come the property of the Ma-
pleton School District and may
be used as they are or as inspi-
ration for the final design.
Submissions must include ei-
ther a description of the design
or artistic rendering, as well as a
description of how the design/
logo exhibits equity to all po-
tential team participants.
Mapleton School District
staff, board members and the
community look forward to re-
viewing submissions.
Voice of Democracy, Patriot’s Pen contests open
Since 1947, the Voice of De-
mocracy has been the Veterans
of Foreign Wars’ (VFW) pre-
mier scholarship program.
This program provides high
school students, from ninth to
12th grade, the opportunity to
write and record a broadcast
script on a patriotic theme se-
lected by the VFW each year.
Competition begins at the Post
level.
A winner goes to the District
level to compete with students
selected by other posts. Those
winners advance to the State
level and on to the National
level. State winners receive an
all-expense-paid trip to Wash-
ington, D.C. The top national
scholarship prize is $30,000.
The 2018-19 theme is “Why
My Vote Matters.”
Students are invited to send
their entries to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 3232 in Flor-
ence at PO Box 825.
In addition, Patriot’s Pen
is open to sixth, seventh and
eighth grade students.
This VFW-sponsored youth
essay competition gives stu-
dents an opportunity to write
essays expressing their views
on democracy. All entries are at
Post level with students advanc-
ing through regional, then state
levels to national level.
First place award at National
level is currently $5,000, plus an
all-expense paid trip to Wash-
ington, D.C., for the winner and
a parent or guardian.
The 2018-19 theme is “Why I
Honor the American Flag.”
All submissions are due Oct.
31.
County Public Health advises parents to keep child immunizations updated
Lane County Public Health
(LCPH) is urging parents to
stay up to date with their chil-
dren’s immunizations.
With students back in the
classroom, the risk of contract-
ing and spreading a communi-
cable disease is increased. By
staying up to date on vaccina-
tions, parents help prevent their
child from becoming ill, as well
as control the spread of disease
throughout the community.
“Vaccination is one of the few
truly protective, scientifically
proven tools we have available
to help protect our communi-
ties from large-scale outbreaks,”
said Lane County Senior Public
Health Officer, Dr. Patrick Lu-
edtke. “Our ability to use that
tool, however, is directly depen-
dent on the willingness of Lane
County residents to vaccinate
themselves, and their families.”
Oregon state law requires
that all school-age, and some
pre-school age, children have
completed a series of vaccina-
tions or submit a medical or
nonmedical exemption. Every
year in January, LCPH checks
all of those records and sends
letters to families whose chil-
dren are not up-to-date on their
vaccinations.
If those families have not ei-
ther caught their children up on
their vaccinations or completed
the steps necessary to exempt
by Feb. 20, they will not be able
to attend school.
“I am a parent myself and on
one hand I feel a responsibility
to protect our community by
making sure my kids are vacci-
nated,” added Luedtke, “but on
a more practical note, by vacci-
nating now I save the headache
of scrambling to do it mid-year
and I always advise the parents
I see to do the same.”
The impact of not vaccinat-
ing can reach beyond schools
and affect the community at
large. Parents who cannot vac-
cinate their children or them-
selves due to medical reasons
must rely on those who can for
protection from these diseases.
Low vaccination rates can
lead to outbreaks, such as the
pertussis, commonly referred
to as “whooping cough,” out-
break in Lane County with over
250 cases to date in 50 schools.
These outbreaks are not only
costly for the community; they
also expose some of our most
vulnerable community mem-
bers to potentially dangerous
diseases.
LCPH aims to prevent these
illnesses through its commu-
nicable disease immunization
program.
Immunizations for infants,
children, adolescents and adults
are provided. No one will be
turned away because of inabili-
ty to pay for necessary vaccines.
For more information about
Lane County Public Health’s
Immunization Program, visit
www.lanecounty.org/cms/One.
aspx?portalId=3585881&page-
Id=4078566.
Lane County Public Health
is a division of Lane Coun-
ty Health & Human Services
whose mission is to promote
and protect the health and
well-being of all people of Lane
County.
Dr. James Ridley,DDS
206 Nopal Street
Florence, OR 97439
CALL NOW
541-997-6226
Alternative Radio’s David Barsamian returing to Florence
Florence community radio
station KXCR will host David
Barsamian for a return visit to
Florence on Monday, Oct. 8, at
6:30 p.m. Armed with years of
tireless investigative journal-
ism, he’ll bring his insights and
observations to the City Lights
Cinemas stage.
For 32 years, Barsamian has
collaborated with world-re-
nowned thinkers, lecturers,
writers, scientists and philos-
ophers to produce Alternative
Radio, aired on more than 250
stations worldwide. Even with
his wide-ranging speaking en-
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gagements here and abroad, he
is making time to come to Flor-
ence to offer discussion and
perspective on pressing world
problems.
Barsamian is the winner of
the Media Education Award,
the ACLU’s Upton Sinclair
Award for independent jour-
nalism, and the Cultural Free-
dom Fellowship from the Lan-
nan Foundation. He is also
the recipient of the Lifetime
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Achievement Award from the
Rocky Mountain Peace and Jus-
tice Center.
Advance tickets can be ob-
tained at City Lights Cinemas,
1930 Highway 101 and www.
citylightscinemas.com, or at
the KXCR FM studios on Ninth
Street in Florence, across from
the Siuslaw Public Library.
KXCR FM is Florence’s non-
profit, all-volunteer community
radio station.
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