SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018 | 3A
G ENERAL N EWS
LCC to be closed for Veterans
Day holiday on Monday
Lane Community College
will be closed for the Veterans
Day holiday on Monday, Nov.
12.
No classes will be held, and
no services will be available,
unless otherwise announced
by a department or program.
A veteran’s honor ceremony
Ribbon cutting
will follow on Tuesday, Nov.
13, at 11:30 a.m. in the Parnell
Center on Lane main campus,
4000 E. 30th Ave., Eugene.
The ceremony will conclude
with a luncheon for Lane stu-
dents and employees who are
veterans.
Free workshops being held today to
explain Medicare options
Tim Sinclair and Dawn
Eden of Futurity First Insur-
ance Group is offering two
Medicare 101 workshops to-
day, Nov. 7.
The first will be held in
Florence at noon in Room 103
at Lane Community College,
located at Oak Street.
Then the pair will travel to
Coos Bay at 4 p.m. to speak in
the Cedar Room of Coos Bay
City Library, located at 525
Anderson Ave.
The hour-long workshops
will explain Medicare Parts
A and B and explore options
with Medicare Advantage
Plans and Medicare Supple-
ments. Participants will also
learn how prescription drug
plans work, how to get help
with the cost of prescription
drugs and how Medicare
works with the VA.
The workshops are available
at no charge.
For more information, call
541-285-4812.
Aglow will celebrate it's 12th
Reopening Anniversary
Saturday Nov. 10 at 10 AM and you are invited to
2610 Kingwood. Lunch will be served. Please come
and celebrate with us.
We meet the 2nd Sat. of each month.
COURTESY PHOTO
Hearing Associates of Florence hosted an open house and ribbon cutting on Nov. 1 at its new location, 1901 Highway
101, Suite A. The public was invited to attend the ribbon cutting at noon and enjoy refreshments and giveaways
throughout the day. Pictured in front of the sign are: Dr. Scott Anderson, Au.D., Dr. Steven Anderson, Au.D. and
Practice Manager Chad Harris, along with Florence Chamber of Commerce representatives.
Aglow is an International Christian based organization for men and women not affi liated with any denomination.
Pies Plus at St. Andrews Episcopal Church
November 17th • 9am-1pm
Come join us-have a piece of pie and coffee.
You may also purchase Thanksgiving pies
and/or Christmas gifts made and crafted
by members of the church.
VISIONS OF
SUGARPLUMS
HANDMADE
CRAFTS SALE!
Please join us in this fun
holiday celebration!
Saturday
Nov. 10th
9 am - 4 pm.
At the
Florence Senior Center
on Kingwood
Find that special
something’
for that special
‘someone’.
Location: 2135 19th St. ( off Spruce)
Annual ‘Pounding’ to help fill food bank
The 19th annual “Pound-
ing” to benefit Florence
Food Share will be held at
Grocery Outlet on Saturday,
Nov. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m.
Founded and hosted by
local businesswoman Cin-
dy Wobbe, this annual food
drive aims to fill the food
bank’s pantries with much
needed canned, boxed and
frozen food items in time for
the holiday season.
Started in 2000 and held
the Saturday just before
Thanksgiving, the Pounding
is modeled after the early
tradition often practiced in
small communities when
a new family or preacher
would move to town.
“To help folks get their
feet firmly planted, every-
one would join together and
contribute a pound of food
to fill the pantry,” Wobbe
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
said. “Someone would bring
a pound of flour, another a
pound of sugar and some-
body else a pound of beans.
When everybody chips in,
we can fill those shelves
pretty quickly. Over 650
families in our community
rely on Food Share to keep
from going hungry each
month and that need is not
going to go away. This food
drive has been a godsend
year after year.”
Last year’s event raised a
record 13,088 pounds, push-
ing the total Pounding do-
nations over the last 18 years
to over 100,000 pounds.
For the second year, Top
Hydraulics has announced
that it will also match the
total number of pounds do-
nated.
“I'm thrilled for Food
Share,” said Wobbe. “This
corporate match means that
for every pound we receive,
Top Hydraulics will donate
an additional $1. It’s a signif-
icant and generous gift that
will impact so many who are
in need.”
Wobbe will be joined
by local radio personali-
ty Wayne Sharpe of KCST
Radio, who has conducted
a live radio remote on lo-
cation every year since the
beginning.
Florence Grocery Outlet
mark specials throughout
the store of items most des-
perately needed at the food
bank and plans to have ex-
tra staff available during the
event to help with push-
ing grocery carts, loading
boxes of canned foods, and
ringing in customers at the
checkstands.
Grocery Outlet is located
at 2066 Highway 101.
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