SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2019 | 7A
Learn about lineage societies, how and why to join one
Next year will mark the
400th anniversary of the ar-
rival of the Mayflower and
establishment of the Plym-
outh Colony in 1620. The
members of this hereditary
organization, founded in
1897, are those who can doc-
ument their descent from
one or more of the 102 pas-
sengers who arrived at Plym-
outh Rock.
The General Society of
Mayflower Descendants is
just one of more than 200
lineage organizations in the
United States. On April 17,
Jacquie Beveridge, a mem-
ber of Colonial Dames XVII
Century, Jamestowne Soci-
ety, Daughters of the Amer-
ican Revolution, and U.S.
Daughters of 1812, will share
information about lineage
societies and tips for joining
one during a meeting of Siu-
slaw Genealogy Society.
“You may well qualify for
membership in one of the
numerous organizations,”
said Beveridge, who says that
there are four basic catego-
ries of lineage societies: Mil-
itary Lineage societies, such
as Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, Sons of the
American Revolution, U.S.
Daughters of 1812, Sons of
Union Veterans of the Civil
War, and Sons and Daugh-
ters of WWII Veterans; first
families and pioneer lineage
societies, such as Sons and
Daughters of Oregon Pio-
neers; colonial and New En-
gland lineage societies, such
as National Huguenot Soci-
ety, Colonial Dames of the
XVII Century and the James-
towne Society; and occupa-
tional lineage societies, such
Florence Farmers Market to host
plant sale on Earth Day, April 20
Florence Farmers Market
will have a plant sale and
information booth at Earth
Day this year. Community
members are invited to stop
by on Saturday, April 20,
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the
Port of Siuslaw Boardwalk
in Old Town Florence. Earth
Day is free and open to the
public.
During the Earth Day
event, Florence Farmers
Market will be offering veg-
etable and other plant starts
for sale.
Proceeds of the sale help
fund the Market’s Double Up
Food Bucks match program
for SNAP (Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Pro-
gram) recipients.
This program allows
SNAP shoppers to redeem
up to $10 in matching funds
to purchase fresh, local pro-
duce. In 2018, the first sea-
son for Florence Farmers
Market, over 70 low income
families were able to benefit
from the program.
Earth Day is a family
friendly event.
Florence Farmers Market,
a nonprofit organization,
promotes awareness and ac-
cess to healthy, local foods
for Siuslaw residents. It will
begin its 2019 season on May
14 and run through Oct. 15,
open every Tuesday from 3
to 6 p.m., next to the Veter-
an’s Memorial Park on Bay
Street.
The Market offers only lo-
cal foods, grown or produced
within 60 miles of Florence.
Short workshops will be
offered during the first three
Market days as part of the
Local Matters series. These
fun and informal sessions
will provide free education
on relevant topics for area
residents. The first work-
shop, “Growing in Florence,”
will be held Tuesday, May 14,
at 4 p.m.
The second in the series,
on May 21, will focus on
Backyard Edible plants.
Florence Farmers Market
is fiscally sponsored by the
Florence Area Communi-
ty Coalition and received
funding support from the
Western Lane Community
Foundation; it is an initiative
of Siuslaw Vision.
For more information
about Florence Farmers
Market, email contact@flor-
ence farmersmarket.org.
J OIN U S I N W ORSHIP
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Located at Munsel Lake Road and North Fork Road
Worship Services 10:00 AM Sunday
All are welcome! 541-997-7268
FLORENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Worship Services 10:00 a.m. Sunday
Adult Classes at 9am; Children’s Sunday School at 10:30m
Coff ee Fellowship Following Service
2nd & Kingwood • (541) 997-6025
FOURSQUARE CHURCH
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
4590 Hwy. 101, Across from Fred Meyer –- 997-7418
Sunday School, 9:30a.m. – Worship, 10:45
Wed. Prayer - 6:00 p.m. –Wed. Ministries 1-8 Grade 7 p.m.
1624 Highway 101 (next to A&W) –- 997-6337
Pastor George Pagel – Something for the entire family.
Sun. Services: 10:45 a.m., Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m.
Website:fl orence4square.com
CROSS ROAD ASSEMBLY OF GOD
NEW LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH, E.L.C.A.
Corner of 10th & Maple –997-3533
Wednesday, 7 p.m. - Family Connections
Adult Bible Class, 9:30am on Sundays.
Sunday Services, 9am and 10:45am.
fl orencecrossroad.org • offi ce@fl orencecrossroadag.org
21st & Spruce Street – 997-8113
Adult Forum 9 a.m.
Worship service: Sun. 10:30am
Welcome to all!
www.fl orencenewlifelutheran.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - SBC
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE SIUSLAW
1935 25th St. – 997-7660 • Pastor, Ron Allen
Series “People of the Bible.” on Wednesdays 6 p.m.
A friendly place to worship, vacationers welcome.
Sun.; 11am & 6pm, Sunday school 9:45am.
FLORENCE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
2nd & Ivy – 997-2961 –Non-Denominational
Worship Service: 9:00 am & 10:30 am
Middle School and High School youth groups meet on
Wednesday.
FLORENCE CHURCH OF CHRIST
Pre-Denominational (Romans 16:16)
1833 Tamarack Street (2 blocks east of Hwy. 101 on 18th St.)
Bible Study: Sunday 10 a.m.; Worship: Sunday 11 a.m.
www.churchofchristfl orence.org
FLORENCE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
12th and Nopal –997-9020 • Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
Saturdays, Mens’ Breakfast @ 8 a.m.
Online Worship Service@ fl orencenaz.church
Wednesdays Celebrate Recovery 5 pm
facebook:fl orenceoregonchurchoft henazarene
FLORENCE EVANGELICAL CHURCH
1318 Rhododendron Dr. • 541-997-2523
Sunday Service 11am ( Children Sunday School)
Mid-Week Activities, all ages.
Traditional Worship Service 10:00 a.m. , Reverend Greg Wood
Sunday School and Nursery – Organ and Choir
All Welcome. Come as you are.
3996 N Hwy 101 997-7136
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS)
“War is still not the answer.” FCNL
We worship in homes at 11am Sundays
Call 997-4237 or 902-9511 for locations.
FLORENCE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
87738 Hwy 101 at Heceta Beach Road
RUAUU? All are welcome to explore the answer.
Sunday Worship Service ~ 10:00 a.m.
www.FlorenceUUF.org - (541) 997.2840
have similar research inter-
ests, it lets you access the
organization’s library, rec-
ommends publications and
other resources you may not
have known.”
All are welcome to attend
the April 17 meeting of the
Florence Genealogical Soci-
ety, which will be held in the
Bromley Room of the Siuslaw
Public Library beginning at 7
p.m.
For more information, visit
www.siuslawgenealogy.org.
Siuslaw
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Volunteers needed to help
with SHIBA applications
Anyone looking for a vol-
unteer activity that is need-
ed and fulfilling, consider
being a trained Medicare
counselor for the SHIBA
program.
SHIBA stands for Senior
Health Insurance Benefits
Assistance.
Florence only has two
SHIBA counselors, so the
need for counselors to help
those applying for SHIBA
grats is greater than ever.
Trained counselors meet
with Medicare eligible cli-
ents to introduce them to
Medicare, to help them se-
lect and enroll in programs,
to troubleshoot problems
with Medicare or to get as-
sistance with medical costs
through available low-in-
come subsidies.
Florence SHIBA counsel-
ors meet with clients at the
Lane Community College
computer lab one Friday
per month throughout the
year, and more often during
Open Enrollment, Oct. 15 to
Dec. 7.
Appointments are sched-
uled for one hour per client.
In order to become a SHI-
BA counselor, volunteers do
a two-day training and an
online course.
A new volunteer training
is scheduled for Thursday,
April 18 and Friday, April
19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
Springfield.
Lunch, snacks and bever-
ages are provided. There is
no charge for the training.
Interested persons can
call 541-736-4421 or email
Jake.Gariepy@willamalane.
org.
Registration deadline is
April 15.
FUUF to discuss how ‘You
Can’t Please ’Em All’ with art
On Sunday, April 14, from
10 to 11 a.m., Unitarian Uni-
versalist member Jennifer
French will share a message
at the Fellowship Hall, titled:
“You Can’t Please ‘Em All.”
“Eleven Florence citizens
answered the City’s call for
applications for people who
wanted to volunteer for the
City Public Art Committee,”
said French. “We were ap-
pointed by our town mayor
because he liked what each
of us had to offer in the
way of our art and business
knowledge. The City gave
our group the autonomy,
meaning they trusted us to
move forward and do what
we needed to do — to finally
bring eye-catching art to our
town.”
French will explain how
one of the things she said
she learned through the
recent mural installation
process in a town of 8,500
people is there is no way to
please everyone. “After all,
art is certainly in the eye of
the beholder, isn’t it? Ones’
own perspective — which
means that it’s a matter of
personal opinion.
Each one of us has dif-
ferent opinions and values
about whether something
is beautiful or not, inter-
esting or not, or even good
enough.”
FUUF, located at 87738
Highway 101 at Heceta
Beach Road, is wheelchair
accessible.
For more information,
visit the FUUF website at
www.florenceuuf.org
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH,
L.C.M.S.
Every Sun., Bible Class 9 a.m., Worship Service 10 a.m.
85294 Hwy. 101 S. – 997-8038
DVD of Weekly worship service available.
Pastor Randy Benscoter
ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
2135 19th St. –- 997-6600
8:30am, Tuesdays, Morning Prayer
Sunday Services: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. - Wed, 11 a.m.
Everyone Welcome – Come walk our Labyrinth.
SAINT MARY, OUR LADY OF THE
DUNES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Masses: Sat. 5:30 p.m., Sun. 11:00 a.m.
1.5 miles south of river on Hwy 101 – 997-2312
FLORENCE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
4445 Hwy 101 (South of Fred Meyer) – 997-3951
Worship on Saturday 10:30 A.M.
Adult/Children’s Sabbath School 9:15 A.M.
as National Society Sons and
Daughters of Antebellum
Planters, Order of Descen-
dants of Colonial Physicians
and Chirurgiens, Society of
the Descendants of the Co-
lonial Clergy, Hereditary So-
ciety of Teachers, Flagon and
Trencher, and Associated
Daughters of Early American
Witches.
“Membership in lineage
organizations comes with
many privileges you might
not otherwise consider,” says
Beveridge. “It connects you
with family historians who
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FROM WHENCE THEY COME
It was just a thought;
But not one soon forgot.
Now we get on this special little bus, to ride for free;
This act of love for his fellow man, was started years
ago, for those of us, that are not yet, cancer free.
In our small town, there seemed to be a great demand;
For a few good people to drive, there was no shortage
of hands.
The drivers, take us to places, like Eugene, and Springfi eld,
to be treated for this hand of cancer, that we have been delt;
Some of us feel no pain, while others, there is not a moment,
when it is not felt.
As we board the bus, we feel the warmth from the drivers
greeting, and the bus's small heater;
There are those, that just look out the window, others are
lost in conversation, and each is a believer.
For most of us, there was many things to rearrange;
As we listen to the driver's story, some of them had what
we have, but now want to drive, to me that doesn't
seem so strange.
Many volunteers, make quilted blankets, which fi ll the bus
galore;
We are encouraged, to take one with us, on your last day
of treatment, the day that we shut cancers door.
Charles L. Myrick
www.shoppelocal.biz