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Community News
OCHS Board of Directors FACC hears about Florence Farmer’s Market
The Florence Farmer’s
applications due Tuesday Market
will be the featured
Oregon Coast Humane So-
ciety (OCHS) is in the nomi-
nation phase of electing new
board members, with the
deadline for nominations to
be received coming up on
Tuesday, April 2.
All current members of
OCHS are eligible to join the
board of directors and are in-
vited to complete a nomina-
tion application and submit it
to OCHS.
More information about
the nomination process and
how to apply can be found
on our website, oregoncoast
humanesociety.org or by con-
tacting OCHS Executive Di-
rector Mark Curran at mark@
oregoncoasthumanesociety.
org or Board President Shau-
na Robbers at shauna@ore
goncoasthumanesociety.org.
Curran said, “This is a
great opportunity for mem-
bers of OCHS to become
more involved in driving the
future of OCHS and to help
save more animals’ lives.”
Peace Harbor wants to help
smokers quit — for free!
Thanks to the support of
the PeaceHealth Peace Har-
bor Medical Center Founda-
tion and its generous donors,
Peace Harbor will be offering
its next smoking cessation
program—beginning
on
Monday, April 8 — free to all
participants.
The seven-week series will
be held on Mondays from
3 to 5 p.m. in Building 320
on the hospital campus, 400
Ninth St. In the fourth week
— “Quit Week” — there will
be a second class on May 1.
The PeaceHealth Smoking
Cessation Program uses the
American Lung Association’s
Freedom From Smoking® for-
mat, with a trained facilitator
leading a small group of six to
10. The curriculum includes
the latest research about nic-
otine replacement therapy.
The Freedom From Smok-
ing® self-help manual comple-
ments the lessons, providing
smokers with the additional
motivation and information
they need to quit. Participants
may customize the workbook
based on their own reasons
for quitting. Learn more
about the program at lung.
org/stop-smoking/join-free-
dom-from-smoking.
For information or to sign
up, please call 541-902-6300,
Ext. 5635.
agency this month at the reg-
ular meeting of the Florence
Area Community Coalition
on Wednesday, April 3, from
9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Bromley
Room of the Siuslaw Public
Library.
President Mary Shaw and
Secretary Jen Nelson will give
updates about the Farmer’s
Market, which will open for
its second season in May, con-
tinuing each Tuesday from
3 to 6 p.m. throughout the
summer months.
The market is located in
the lot next to the Veterans
Memorial Park on Bay Street,
right near Bay and King-
wood. Ms.
Shaw is excited to share
information about the Sup-
plement Nutrition Assistance
Program’s (SNAP) “Doubled
Up Dollars” arrangement
available to market shoppers.
To help fund this program,
the Florence Farmer’s Mar-
SIUSLAW NEWS FILE PHOTO
The Florence Farmer’s Market will return for its second season in May.
ket grows plant starts, which
are available to everyone with
hopes of a small donation.
Plants will be available at
Wednesday’s meeting.
Shaw will also tell about the
recent receipt of a Western
Lane Community Founda-
tion grant, new vendors and
the cooking skills program at
the market.
You won’t want to miss this
exciting update
All individuals and orga-
nizations are reminded that
FACC’s annual Volunteer
Recognition Event will be
held on Wednesday, April 10,
from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Flor-
ence Events Center.
This year’s theme is “Jazzed
About Our Volunteers.” Key-
note speaker Russ Pierson,
jazz guitar, scholarship award,
volunteer slideshow and deli-
cious edibles are all part of the
event. Cost is $8 per person
or $60 per table of 8. Dead-
line is April 1 to reserve your
seats. Call 541-999-2927.
Looking to the Future: Siuslaw Vision invites community input
All community members in
the Siuslaw region are invited
to gather together on Sunday,
April 7, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the
Florence Senior Center, 1570
Kingwood St. The purpose of
the event is to talk about the
future of Siuslaw Vision 2020
and the organization that is
working to implement it.
This event is free and open
to the public. Refreshments
will be provided. Please RSVP
to SiuslawVision@gmail.com
or call 541-590-2425.
In 2015, hundreds of Siu-
slaw residents, from Dunes
City to Florence and up the
river through Mapleton and
Deadwood, came together to
create a shared vision for the
future. Now, residents are in-
vited to have a conversation
about how Siuslaw Vision
should evolve.
Tree Bressen, a facilitator
from Eugene, will lead attend-
ees in an Appreciative Inquiry
process to explore what has
been successful in this com-
munity vision so far, what
challenges remain, and how
Siuslaw Vision can best meet
the needs of local residents
into the future.
A delicious dessert bar will
be provided, along with prize
drawings — including Flor-
ence Farmer’s Market gift
certificates. Participants can
enjoy networking opportu-
nities with other volunteers
and community leaders, and
a chance to talk about shared
priorities.
For more information, visit
www.RiverCal.org.
Siuslaw Vision is a grass-
roots effort to improve quality
of life for residents living in the
western Lane County region,
including Deadwood, Swis-
shome, Mapleton, Florence,
Dunes City and surrounding
areas. The Vision was created
following two years of input
by over 1,200 local residents.
It focuses on six inclusive el-
ements, all centered on the
people of the Siuslaw region:
Working People (jobs and
the economy), Happy People
(health and human services),
Educated People (lifelong
learners), Connected People
(infrastructure and public ser-
vices), Creative People (arts
and culture) and Active People
(recreation and the outdoors).
For more information, visit
www.siuslawvision.org.
LRP announces auditions for ‘Mamma Mia!’
Last Resort Players is an-
nouncing auditions for the
musical “Mamma Mia!,” in
which the songs of ABBA are
used to tell the tale of a young
woman’s search for her birth
father. The story unfolds on
a Greek island on the eve of
her wedding. She has invit-
ed three men to the wedding
from her mother’s past, ex-
pecting to identify her father
so he can walk her down the
aisle. The rest is a rollicking
musical with twists and turns
as the truth unfolds.
Bringing back the success-
ful directing team from Last
Resort Players’ “Chicago The
Musical” in 2015, “Mamma
Mia!” will be directed by Da-
vid and Rosemary Lauria and
produced by Dave Hansen
and Paula Burnette.
Auditions will be held Fri-
day, Saturday and Sunday,
April 26, 27 and 28, and invit-
ed callbacks will be held May
3, 4 and 5 at the Cross Road
Assembly of God Church,
1380 10th St., in Florence, just
north and west of the Siuslaw
Public Library. Friday audi-
tions and callbacks will be at
6:30 p.m., Saturday and Sun-
day auditions and call backs
will be at 1:30 p.m.
Further information and a
fillable Audition Information
Sheet are available at www.
lrpproductions.org.
Auditions are open to any-
one aged 12+, all ethnicities
and body types.
Actors should bring with
them an Audition Informa-
tion Sheet, headshot and mu-
sic. A pop song or even an
ABBA song that best displays
your vocal range and ability is
acceptable. Look for bright,
up-tempo numbers with
lots of energy, in the style of
“Mamma Mia!”
An accompanist will be
available, but bring your own
sheet music. A music track is
acceptable but must be com-
pletely instrumental with no
backup vocals. A CD player
and sound bar will be avail-
able. Also acceptable is an
Android/Apple phone, iPod,
computer track on a laptop,
tablet or similar equipment
with a 3’ cable. Bluetooth
pairing will not be available.
“Mamma Mia!” will be per-
formed at the Florence Events
Center, 715 Quince St., No-
vember 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Full rehearsals will start in
September, while dance re-
hearsals are expected to start
in the summer.
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