SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2018 | 7A
Twin Lakes annual Teen Giving Tree
has begun, applications available
Christmas is around the cor-
ner and there is no stopping it.
No matter how busy people are
at home and work, the holidays
are near. While it may seem
early to be thinking of the hol-
idays, October is kickoff time
for the Twin Lakes Store’s sixth
annual Teen Giving Tree.
“What a great way to put
the holidays in your heart, by
helping the youth right here
in our own community,” said
Vicki Ambrosio, owner of Twin
Lakes Store. “I started design-
ing the flyers for this year’s
event and immediately felt the
spark of excitement.
“This is our sixth year, and
I’ve seen how it affects not just
the teenagers, but also the par-
ents and the grandparents that
are raising many of our area
youth.”
An event like the Teen Giving
Tree takes several months of
planning. It also includes shop-
ping and organizing, not just
the gifts but stocking stuffers
and a small snack box as well.
Twin Lakes Store does go all
out on this event. Rather than
handing the gifts to the teenag-
er, the store hosts a Christmas
party at Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue’s Sutton Lake Fire Sta-
tion in a “Distribution Party.”
Last year, the hall was maxed to
capacity as community mem-
bers and volunteers enjoyed
this fast paced, crazy holiday
occasion.
“We will make a few changes
again this year,” Ambrosio said.
“We want to keep the party at
the Sutton Lake Fire Station
and we want to accommodate
all the participants, so changes
in format will have to come.”
Stop by Twin Lakes Store, on
Highway 101 north of Florence,
anytime to pick up an Applica-
tion/Wish List. Teens are en-
couraged to seriously consider
their list of needs and wants,
including any educational sup-
plies, and be specific in their
choices including col-ors, sizes
etc.
This year’s Distribution Party
is scheduled for Dec. 20.
“It takes a community to pull
off an event like this. We have
very kind and generous neigh-
bors that make a point to par-
ticipate each year,” Ambrosio
said.
For more information, to
help with fundraising or to in-
quire for a teen, call Twin Lakes
Store at 541-997-3021 or email
twinlakesstore@gmail.com.
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While it was originally ex-
pected that the board would
make a final decision on the
matter during the meeting,
there were concerns that by
doing so, the community, in-
cluding current students and
alumni, would not be included
in the decision.
To help alleviate this con-
cern, the board decided to let
community members decide.
“Anyone can cast their vote
for the design they would pre-
fer to see in the center of the
Mapleton High School gym
floor,” the district said in a
press release.
The board defined “commu-
nity” as students past and pres-
ent, along with non-students.
“Everyone should get an
equal vote,” the release said.
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votes for, the board stated they
will be committed to honoring
the choice.
The board whittled down
the choices to two renderings
the community can choose
from: Either the tradition-
al Salty design that currently
rests on the gym floor, or a big
“M,” coupled with the phrase
“Home of the Sailors.”
“The photos of the logo de-
signs are ‘renderings,’ there-
fore, they may not be exactly
as shown in the pictures, but
we will get as close as we can
(especially with Salty),” Maple-
ton School District Superin-
tendent Jodi O’Mara said.
While there had been alter-
nate designs of Salty presented
to the school board, includ-
ing one designed by a Disney
artist, the board opted to stay
with the more traditional Salty
logo that has been seen on the
gym floor since the 1970s.
The community can vote in
one of two ways: Visiting the
link on the Mapleton School
District website at www.ma-
pleton.k12.or.us, or by coming
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to the high school office be-
tween the hours of 8 a.m. and 4
p.m. Monday through Thurs-
day. Voting closes at 4 p.m. on
Tuesday, November 13.
The gym floor design with
the most votes will be ap-
proved at the Wednesday, Nov.
14 board meeting at Mapleton
High School at 6 p.m.
While each choice comes
with its own caveat, the board
stated they chose the two op-
tions to ensure that the history
of Mapleton is represented in
the gym in the most respon-
sible way. Both of the options
for voting include preserving
Salty’s presence in the gym.
If the community choos-
es the “M” design, this does
not mean that Salty will dis-
appear from the gym all to-
gether. While the floor design
will change, a mural will be
installed on the wall including
the past iterations of Salty, Sal-
ly and any other mascots that
have been designed through-
out the school’s history.
If the community decides to
keep the traditional Salty de-
sign on the gym floor, it’s pos-
sible that the school could be
forced to change the design in
the future.
The board received advice
from the Oregon School Board
Association that “a mascot
should not discriminate in any
way or have the effect of favor-
ing one protected class over
another.”
During the past year, there
have been three statewide
cases involving high school
mascots that were deemed
non-inclusive, including a
controversy in South Eugene
surrounding the name “Axe-
men.” The name was changed
to simply “Axe.”
If state laws eventually do
change prohibiting mascots
from being non-inclusive, Ma-
pleton could be forced to incur
additional costs to replace the
logo. The current estimate to
sand, seal, stripe, paint and
apply three coats of finish is
$26,795.
Refinishing the gym floor is
what began the current con-
troversy surrounding Salty in
the first place, when the school
board began asking questions
on whether or not mascot was
inclusive of all Mapleton stu-
dents and alumni, and if ev-
eryone was being represented
by Salty. This led to a round
of sometimes heated public
comment, with the majority of
the community asking to keep
Salty as is.
This final community vote
will only affect the gym floor
logo, and not the use of Salty
on the school district’s web-
site, nor will it be a deciding
vote on any other mascots the
school uses, such as the an-
chor or schooner boat.
And, as stressed by the
board, this will not affect the
Mapleton’s use of the term
“Sailors.”
“We will always be Sailors,”
board members wrote in the
press release.
And it’s as Sailors that the
community will decide the
fate of Salty on the gym floor.
Editor’s Note: Siuslaw News
previously covered the Maple-
ton mascot question in depth
in “Worth his salt?” on Oct.
13, 2018.