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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019 | 3A Community News Local agencies team up to help Coast Guard New Life Lutheran Church and Florence Food Share, a local food distri- bution agency, teamed up to raise funds for the local Coast Guard personnel, working without pay during the recent government shut- down. In one week of fund- raising, the church raised $1,650. The donations went to the Chief Petty Officers Association to be dispersed to Station Siuslaw. As the shutdown has ended for the moment, the church has ended fundrais- ing. New Life Lutheran is a small congregation made up of mostly older members, many of which are military veterans. “The people at Siuslaw River Station are our peo- ple, and we want them to know we stand with them in the same way they stand with us,” said New Life Lu- theran Pastor John Maas. “We provided the financial assistance, and Food Share helped make the connection with the Guard Station.” New Life Lutheran Church is at 2100 Spruce St. in Florence. For more information, visit floren-cenewlifeluther- an.org. SALES • INSTALLATION • SERVICE • REPAIR COURTESY PHOTO Members of Three Rivers Casino Resort recently matched a $2,500 donation made by the Confederated Tribes, to help members of the Coast Guard-Siuslaw Station during the recent government shutdown. 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The Confederated Tribes will be giving their check to the North Bend Station of the Coast Guard. “Even though the government reached a deal to reopen earlier today, the Tribes and the casino are both com- mitted to our local men and service women,” said Rich Colton, Three Rivers Casino Marketing Director. “We ap- preciate what the United States Coast Guard does for us all here on the Oregon coast. We are honored that at this time we can support them.” Three Rivers was initially opened as a casino-only facil- ity in 2004 and was expanded into a full-service resort in- cluding the adjoining hotel in 2007. Owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, Three Rivers Casino Resort has strong ties to the communities along the Central Oregon Coast. For more information, visit threeriverscasino.com. The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians are made up of three tribes (four bands): two bands of Coos Tribes, the Hanis Coos (Coos Prop- er) and Miluk Coos; Lower Umpqua Tribe; and Siuslaw Tribe. The tribes trace their ancestry back to the aborigi- nal inhabitants of the South-Central coast of Oregon. For more information, visit ctclusi.org. City Club to hear about coastal conservation City Club of Florence will meet Thursday, Feb. 7, from noon to 1 p.m., at Ocean Dunes Golf Links, 3345 Munsel Lake Road. Attendees will hear about the natural wonders of Or- egon’s complex marine food web when Paul Engelmeyer, a respected coastal conserva- tion voice, will speak about “Coastal Conservation Issues and Strategies, and the Land- Sea Connection.” Engelmeyer will talk about efforts to protect forage fish — the prey base for seabirds — as well as the unique habi- tat requirements for the ESA listed Marbled Murrelet. He has managed lands for The Wetlands Conservancy located in Alsea Bay, Bea- ver Creek and Yaquina Bay. Landscape conservation ef- forts and partnership will be discussed. Engelmeyer will be draw- ing upon his years of expe- rience managing the Ten Mile Creek Sanctuary (lo- cated near Yachats) for the Audubon Society of Portland and on his service on Ore- gon’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC), which has developed a system of ma- rine reserves and protected areas for Oregon’s coast. The presentation will in- clude information about WEDNESDAY THURSDAY JANUARY 23 JANUARY 24 Cloudy AM Rain 48°F 46°F 55°F 29°F the Wetlands Conservancy parcels in Alsea Bay, Beaver Creek and Yaquina Bay, as well as the designated Glob- ally Significant Central Coast Marbled Murrelet Import- ant Bird Area (IBA), which extends over 100,000 acres from north of Yachats basin to south of Heceta Head. He will also share how the Ma- rine IBA effort includes part- ners from Baja to Barrow, Alaska. Engelmeyer’s update will include the current status of Oregon’s five marine reserves as well as the Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve and Seabird Protected Area. Engelmeyer has decades of experience working in part- nership to achieve conser- vation goals, including the Siuslaw Forest Stewardship groups, which received the 2010 Two Chief ’s Partner- ship Award. This award is presented annually to a hand- ful of projects by the Chiefs of the U.S. Forest Service and the USDA Natural Resourc- es Conservation Service (NRCS) to recognize exem- plary efforts working across both public and private lands to promote conservation and forest stewardship. City Club meets the first Thursday of the month at Ocean Dunes. Limited lunch options are available to pur- chase prior to the meetings. For more information about City Club of Florence, visit www.cityclubofflorence. org. 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