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Community News
PeaceHealth volunteer
luncheon tomorrow at FEC
The next general busi-
ness and luncheon meeting
of the PHPHMC Volun-
teers is scheduled for to-
morrow, Jan. 17, at 11:30
a.m., at the Florence Events
Center.
At this month’s meeting,
volunteers will receive their
Hours and Bars awards.
These awards are pre-
sented to volunteers as
acknowledgement of their
dedicated service to the
hospital.
Hours and Bars Chair-
person Pam Thompson
Acoustic jam sessions set for Jan. 25-26
keeps records all year of the
hours spent in the various
departments.
Discussion regarding by-
laws and standing rules will
pre-empt voting on these
items.
The menu will include
chicken in white wine
sauce, scalloped potatoes,
mixed buttered vegetables,
broccoli, bacon, raisin sal-
ad and carrot cake for des-
sert. RSVP by contacting
Rosalie Johnson by email at
womangolfer7@gmail.com
or call 541-902-1368.
Volunteers needed for
local tax preparation help
AARP has provided free
income tax preparation for
the residents of Florence
and the surrounding com-
munities for more than 20
years.
In order to continue this
valuable service, the Flor-
ence site needs additional
volunteers to prepare in-
come tax returns. Training
will be provided starting
the third week of January
and tax preparation begins
in early February through
April 15.
Those interested should
contact Dave Riordan at
510-468-1796.
Raising funds for Chron’s, Colitis research
Florence resident and
patients advocate Hope
Sneddon is actively raising
funds for her participation
in the Crohn’s and Colitis
Foundation Team Chal-
lenge next month in Aus-
tin, Texas.
She has put together a
gift package valued at near-
ly $500 that will be given
away on Feb. 5, 2019.
Tickets for the drawing
are $10 each and are avail-
able at at Roby’s Furniture
and Appliance & The Mat-
tress Shoppe, 1870 High-
way 101 in Florence.
The gift package in-
cludes: $50 gift certificate
to Nosh Eatery; bag of
coffee plus $10 at Green
Salmon Coffee in Yachats;
$15 gift certificate for Los
Amigos; two handmade
pottery items from artist
Kim Pickell; 5' by 8" area
rug from Roby’s Furniture.
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Florence Funeral Home
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Participants take part in last year’s Jam Sessions, which included musicians and singers.
Three jam sessions will be part of the Friends of the
Florence Events Center's Winter Music Festival 2019
on Friday, Jan. 25, and Saturday, Jan. 26.
All musicians — instrumental and vocal — and any
curious newcomers and spectators are invit-ed to play
and sing together. Or just listen and enjoy.
The Friday afternoon gathering is from noon to 5
p.m. at the Siuslaw Public Library’s Bromley Room,
1460 Ninth Str., one block west of the intersection of
Highways 101 and 126.
On Friday and Saturday evenings, the ICM Sea-
food Restaurant hosts the evening jam sessions from
8 p.m. to midnight at 1498 Bay Street. ICM is near the
Florence Events Center and will offer snacks and soft
drinks, plus sales of a light appetizer/dinner menu and
full bar until 11:30 p.m.
All three venues (the library, the Florence Events
Center, and the ICM Restaurant) are ADA friendly
with free parking within steps of the front door.
So, what’s a Jam? Musicians share a round-robin song
circle and perform while attendees play along, sing
along, swap solo breaks and add in their own musical
interpretations. All acoustic in-struments are welcome.
All jams are open to the public and attendees can drop
in and out during the set Jam times.
For more information on the jam sessions, email Jan-
et Wellington, janetlwellington@gmail.com.
For information on the FFEC Winter Music Festival
or to purchase show tickets, go to WinterMusicFestival.
org or call 541-997-1994.
Annual Agate Festival returns to Yachats this weekend
The picturesque coastal
town of Yachats, Oregon is
gearing up for its “Eighth
Ever” Agate Festival, to be
held Saturday and Sunday,
Jan. 19 and 20 from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m., the weekend of the
Martin Luther King three-
day holiday.
The event is free.
Vendors from through-
out the state as well as from
Washington and Northern
California will be on hand to
display and sell rough spec-
imens and finished artistic
creations of minerals, gems,
crystals and fossils.
The show will take place
at the Yachats Commons,
located at Highway 101 and
West Fourth St. in the heart
of town. In addition, there
will be speakers, demonstra-
tions and fun things to do
for all ages.
On Saturday, Jan. 19 at
11 a.m., the featured speak-
er will be Marli Miller, a
geological sciences faculty
member at the University of
Oregon since 1997. She is a
geologist, photographer and
author of the new second
edition of Roadside Geology
of Oregon.
Saturday, at 1:30 p.m.,
Cameron Rauenhorst (also
known as Captain Clam-
eron because of his knowl-
edge of clam digging in
this area) will speak about
the variety of treasures
that can be found on local
beaches. Rauenhorst has
been an enthusiast of beach
rock-hounding for many
years. He has been a part-
time Oregon Park Ranger
and has given many talks for
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kids of all ages on what you
can discover on the beach —
agates and much more.
The speaker on Sunday,
Jan. 20, at 11 a.m., will be
K. Myers, who has served as
the Yachats Agate Festival’s
“Rock Doc” for a number of
years. Myers is the author of
Agates of the Oregon Coast,
a handy guide to finding ag-
ates, jaspers and other natu-
ral treasures on the Oregon
Coast.
Other attractions will in-
clude demonstrations in the
art of making cabochons
and the age-old art of flint
knapping.
Once again, the Yachats
Area Presbyterian Church,
also known as the “church
of the agate windows,” will
offer access to the sanctu-
ary where the six large agate
panels are displayed in their
glory. A volunteer will be
available at the church from
1 to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan.
20.
The festival will be offer-
ing three separate drawings
for valuable baskets of fine
prizes from many local mer-
chants. This year, all pro-
ceeds from the raffle will be
donated to Lincoln County
Sheriff ’s Office Search and
Rescue (SAR), which pro-
vides a well-trained and
equipped professional team
of volunteers who are pre-
pared to respond rapidly, ef-
fectively, and safely to serve
as an additional resource
in the search and rescue of
lost, missing, and overdue
persons. Currently there are
28 trained volunteers in the
non-profit organization.
More information can
be obtained by visiting the
Yachats Agate Festival Face-
book page, the festival’s web-
site at www.yachatsagatefes-
tival.com, or by contacting
the Yachats Visitor Center at
800-929-0477.
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