SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019 | 11A
Networking, connections highlight of 4th
annual Three Rivers Community Job Fair
PHOTOS BY CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
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his year’s free Community Job Fair at Three Rivers Casino
Resort in Florence led to “lots of connections and network-
ing,” said event organizer Pam Hickson, recruitment specialist
for Three Rivers Casino Resort and the Confederated Tribes of
Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI). With over
40 vendors offering active job listings, educational offerings,
volunteer opportunities and job hunt resources, this was the
biggest year yet for the event that was free for both attendees
and vendors. Hundreds of job seekers of all ages attended the
event on March 7 at Three Rivers. “Thanks to all of our employ-
ers and community partners,” Hickson said.
Western Lane
Ambulance District
Invites You to
LEARN
CPR
CPR Certifi cations
Adult CPR - $50.00
Child Infant CPR Supplemental - $25.00
Total - $75 for both
2nd Saturday of every month
9am to 1pm at Western Lane Ambulance District
Call
541-997-9614
www.westernlaneambulance.com
OREGON COAST
Garden in Florence: learn how to grow fresh food
The Florence Farmers Mar-
ket and Florence Food Share
invite community members to
learn how to grow fresh food in
the Florence area year-round.
On Saturday, March 23, from
1 to 3 p.m. at Florence Food
Share, 2190 Spruce St., Garden
Coordinator Bart Mealer will
lead an interactive workshop
focused on “Growing Your
Own Food.”
This event is free and open
STORM
BE
READY Expo
READY
Saturday, March 30, 2019
FLORENCE EVENTS CENTER
FREE ADMISSION
LIVE DEMOS, VENDORS, PRIZES!
DOORS OPEN AT 10AM
to the public.
The workshop will provide
proven, practical advice for
gardeners at all experience lev-
els. The free class will demon-
strate the wide variety of vege-
tables that can be grown in the
coastal Siuslaw climate.
Tours of the Florence Food
Share Garden will be included.
This production garden grows
just under 10,000 pounds of
fresh produce each year to sup-
ply the emergency food pantry.
Mealer has been overseeing
the garden for 10 years. His fo-
cus is on feeding hungry peo-
ple.
“This pantry garden is pro-
viding food for people who
don’t have enough money to
buy what they need to eat,” he
said. “I’ll share simple growing
methods that can work for any-
one. Like how to grow food in
small spaces — on your patio
or in your front yard.”
Workshop
participants
can look forward to learning
which vegetables grow well in
the Florence area, along with
tips and techniques for suc-
cess. They will also be able to
explore the two, 40-foot-high
tunnel greenhouses and the
52 raised beds that provide the
growing areas in the garden,
along with the rainwater recov-
ery and drip irrigation systems.
The class will be informal,
with plenty of time for ques-
tions and answers.
“I’m not a gardening expert,”
Mealer said. “I learn new things
each season and I’m happy to
share what I’ve learned.”
Growing Your Own Food
is a collaboration between the
Florence Farmers Market and
Florence Food Share, with the
goal of increasing access to
fresh, seasonal food for local
residents.
Florence Farmers Market,
a nonprofit organization, will
begin its 2019 season on May
14 and run through Oct. 15
next to the Veteran’s Memorial
Park on Bay Street.
Florence Food Share is a
nonprofit emergency food
pantry serving residents of
Florence, Dunes City, Westlake
and the surrounding areas.
It provides emergency food
boxes, free of charge, to low
income, disabled, senior, un-
employed and underemployed
individuals.
For more information about
the workshop, contact Mealer
at 541-997-8663.
Filling the need for knitted knockers
Local volunteer Kathy Bell
will share her story of how
she supports breast cancer
patients who have undergone
mastectomies or other pro-
cedures to their breasts at the
March meeting of Oregon
Dunes Chapter National Soci-
ety Daughters of the American
Revolution (DAR).
Bell volunteers for a nation-
al, 100 percent volunteer orga-
nization to create breast pros-
thetics because she cares and
wants to make a difference.
The special, handmade, soft,
lightweight breast prosthetics
are very comfortable for wom-
en who have undergone mas-
tectomies, lumpectomies and
radiation, and/ or are undergo-
ing reconstruction.
One out of eight women will
experience breast cancer some-
time in their lifetime. There are
50,000 mastectomies done a
year in the U.S. alone, and 90
percent will wear a breast pros-
thesis at least for a while. Many
women find the traditional
breast prosthesis hot, heavy
and expensive.
Knittedknockers.org pro-
vides free patterns that have
been
downloaded
over
1,000,000 times. Over 500
groups are registered with this
group in 50 states and 25 coun-
tries.
All are invited to attend this
meeting on Friday, March 22,
and learn more about this sup-
portive program that benefits
women in our community and
beyond.
For the time and location,
contact Karen Childs at 541-
997-7154.
To learn more about the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, visit the nation-
al website at www.dar.org or
the Oregon Dunes Chapter at
www.oregonduneschapter.org.
EMERGENCY SUTURING CLASS
to be held at the Florence Events Center during the
FREE HOT DOG LUNCH
SPONSORED BY
KIWANIS OF FLORENCE
PRESENTED BY:
Sponsored by:
Be Ready – Storm Ready Preparedness Expo
March 30, 2019!
Please call the Siuslaw News at 541-902-3526 to sign up.
You may pay by credit or debit card.
There are two classes being offered.
Positions in the class are on a fi rst paid for, fi rst reserved basis
and classes are limited to the fi rst 25 paying participants in each class.
So don’t delay, sign up for a place now!
The class is at
11:00 AM AND 2:00 PM
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Cost is only $25.00
per participant!
Sponsored by:
Taught by:
IDENTIFY • PREPARE • SURVIVE
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