SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2018 | 3A
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Kiwanis selling See’s Candy
through Christmas Eve
The Kiwanis Club of Flor-
ence is selling See’s Candy as a
fundraiser at Roby’s Furniture
and Appliance, 1870 Highway
101, now through Dec. 24, or
until the candy is gone.
Candy sales are open Mon-
day through Saturday from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m.
This is a new location for
the Kiwanis See’s Candy Sales,
so people are encouraged to
stop in and visit Kiwanis vol-
unteers in this new, warm
venue.
Proceeds from the candy
sales go to Kiwanis projects
like the Community Thanks-
giving Dinner (which served
over 665 people in Novem-
Empty Bowls helps add to food pantry
ber), Head Start Harvest Fes-
tival, school supplies for Ma-
pleton and Siuslaw schools,
Rhody Days Kids Games, Key
Club & Builders Clubs at area
schools and the Florence and
Mapleton food shares, just to
name a few.
Candy includes the tradi-
tional 1-pound boxes of choc-
olates, but Kiwanis will also be
selling peanut brittle, truffles
and holiday boxed chocolates.
“Please help support the
Kiwanis Club of Florence so
we can continue our local
projects,” said Kiwanian Jean
Murphey.
For more information, visit
www.florencekiwanis.org.
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Over the weekend, the annual Empty Bowls event to benefit Florence Food Share took place Nov. 30 through Dec.
2 at the Florence Events Center, where hundreds of handmade ceramic bowls created by local artists from through-
out the community, including students at Siuslaw High School, were for sale. Money collected from the event goes
to local food pantry Florence Food Share.
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PAC makes progress toward art beautification projects
Public Art Committee
(PAC) has been making some
big strides towards 2019, the
biggest year yet for the com-
mittee.
After a competitive appli-
cation process, the Public Art
Committee has nominated
two members of the public to
be part of our Selection Com-
mittee for the Central Lincoln
PUD building mural.
Annalee Griffis, a Siuslaw
High School senior, and Pa-
tricia Briggs, who recently
moved to Florence from Yach-
ats, will join Harlen Springer
(PAC chairperson), Joshua
Greene (City Councilor and
Ex-Officio to PAC) and Mark
Freeman (Central Lincoln
Agency (FURA), the board
authorized City Manager Erin
Reynolds to sign the contract
for Jessilyn Brinkerhoff, the
artist chosen for the Siuslaw
Bridge Steps project.
Now that the contract is
signed, the artist will be final-
izing her design based off in-
put from FURA board mem-
bers as well as members of
PAC, then submitting it to the
Oregon Department of Trans-
portation as well as the State
Historic Preservation Office
for review.
Once she has been ap-
proved, Brinkerhoff will be
working on fabrication of the
metal pieces of her installation
over the winter with a hopeful
PUD representative) on the
selection committee.
The selection committee
will meet the first week of De-
cember, where they will make
a recommendation to the PAC
about what artist’s proposal
should be chosen for the Cen-
tral Lincoln PUD Mural.
PAC values the input of the
community on these types of
serious decisions and aims
to involve the community as
much as possible.
The final decision will be
made by the full Public Art
Committee at the next meet-
ing on Monday, Dec. 10, to
which the public is invited.
At the Nov. 20 meeting of
the Florence Urban Renewal
installation date before Rhody
Days in May 2019.
With the passage of the
Committee and Commission
Policy Manual at the Nov.
5 meeting of Florence City
Council, the Public Art Com-
mittee can now have up to 11
members, which the commit-
tee is actively recruiting for.
Anyone interested in pub-
lic art, meeting new people in
the Florence community or
just want to be involved in the
beautification of the city is en-
couraged to apply to serve on
then PAC committee.
Applications can be found
on the City of Florence’s web-
site at www.ci.florence.or.us.
Children’s choir prepares for ’Joyful Noise’ concert Dec. 9
The Joyful Noise Children’s
Choir is excited to invite the
Florence community to their
holiday
production,
“The
Christmas Express.”
The show will be presented
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 9 a.m. and
10 a.m. at the Florence Chris-
tian Church, located at Second
and Ivy streets.
Joyful Noise Children’s Choir
is a seasonal choir for children
of our community, 4 years old
through fifth grade.
Everyone is invited to attend.
For more information, con-
tact the church office at 541-
997-2961.
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