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4th of July fireworks in doubt
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‘Local Matters’
education series to
begin at Florence
Farmers Market
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Florence Farmers Market has an-
nounced the beginning of “Local Mat-
ters,” a free education series available
at the market. The educational work-
shops will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. on
the first three market days of the 2019
season: Tuesday May 14, May 21 and
May 28. The Florence Farmers Market
is located next to the Veteran’s Memo-
rial Park, at the intersection of Bay and
Kingwood streets in Historic Old Town
Florence.
These events are free and open to the
public.
“Local Matters” offers short work-
shops on food-related topics of interest
to Siuslaw residents. These fun and in-
formal education sessions are present-
ed by local instructors and will include
plenty of time for Q & A.
The first workshop, “Growing in
Florence,” will be held Tuesday, May
14. It will feature a panel of local
gardeners sharing their experience and
tips for growing food in the Florence
area.
On May 21, Jen Nelson will present
“Backyard Wild Edibles.” She will share
information about edible plants com-
monly found in backyards.
“Plants that we call weeds are often
nutritious and delicious!” says Nelson.
The third and final workshop is
“Basic Backyard Beekeeping” on May
28. Dave Williams will provide in-
formation on beekeeping, equipment
and varieties of honey. Williams is
a Journey level beekeeper with the
Oregon Master Beekeeper Program
and a member of the Lane County Bee
Association.
All “Local Matters” workshops will
begin at 4 p.m. at the market.
Florence Farmers Market, a nonprof-
it organization, promotes awareness
and access to healthy, local foods for
Siuslaw residents. The 2019 season
begins May 14 and runs through Oct.
15, every Tuesday from 3 to 6 p.m.
See MARKET page 8A
ireworks
on
the
Fourth of July is usu-
ally the highly antici-
pated culmination of a day
of celebrating America’s
Independence from En-
gland 243 years ago. Fam-
ily picnics and neighbor-
hood barbecues are staples
of the holiday and from the
beginning of the republic
these celebrations featured
extensive after dark pyro-
technics.
In 1870, the U.S. Con-
gress declared July 4 a
federal holiday, although
unofficial celebrations of
America’s independence
had included fireworks
from the beginning.
In 1776, John Adams,
one of the nation’s found-
ers, suggested a pyrotech-
nics celebration was war-
ranted by the significance
of the event.
“I am apt to believe that
it will be celebrated, by
succeeding generations, as
the great anniversary fes-
tival. … It ought to be sol-
emnized with pomp and
parade, with shows, games,
sports, guns, bells, bonfires
and illuminations from
one end of this continent
tiny ‘TINY
to the other, from this time
forward, forever more,”
wrote Adams, who served
as president of the United
States from 1789 to 1797.
On July 8, 1776, the first
public readings of the Dec-
laration of Independence
were held in Philadelphia’s
Independence Square to
the ringing of bells, band
music and fireworks. One
year later, on July 4, 1777,
Philadelphia marked Inde-
pendence Day by adjourn-
ing Congress and celebrat-
ing with bonfires, bells and
more fireworks.
See FIREWORKS page 7A
HOMES’
Story & Photos
By Jared Anderson
Siuslaw News
Dolly Greene’s third-grade class at Siuslaw Elementary is learning about their dream homes based on
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” series and lessons on reading, math and science.
3rd-grade students learn ins and outs of the housing industry
“This house cost 5 trillion
bucks,” Lucca wrote about his
dream home. “And it has a
two-story bedroom, arcade, air-
port, trampoline park.”
The accompanying picture the
third-grader drew depicted a gi-
ant airplane resting on top of the
house, with a large slide connect-
ing the many rooms of the gigantic
home.
“The dream homes, they’re com-
pletely unrealistic,” Dolly Greene
said with a laugh, but that was the
point of the exercise. “Dream big,
whatever you want.”
Greene, who has been teach-
ing at Siuslaw Elementary School
for over 20 years, beamed as she
looked over what her students had
come up with. What started as a
small art project tied to a literature
discussion has evolved into a mas-
sive undertaking where her stu-
dents learn the housing industry
— how to build and design a home,
the thought process that goes into
it and the jobs that are associated
with the profession.
“I have 26 rooms and 3 kitch-
en and 2 living rooms and 2 more
theater and 1 helia pad,” Addyson
wrote. “4 bedrooms. 5 bathrooms.
3 kitchens: a 4 house 2 librarie the
location is in the mountains. The
length of the house is 100 feet. I
have 200 fire places and a wood
floor. And 300 (foot) wide porch
and what is in the kitchen is a stove
and a microwave 200 of them.”
Some of the houses were in caves,
others were underwater. One stu-
dent had 50 rooms with five garag-
es, and “there are 10
pools in my house
and it’s crazy and
warm there are 50
fireplace my house.”
The children may
have dreamed big,
but with the train-
ing they received
from Greene and
local professionals,
they also knew what
was realistic. When
Lucca wrote the
listing agreement
for the actual mod-
el home that he had
built, which was
recently showcased
along with his classmates at the
Early Rhody Show at the Florence
Events Center, the scale was con-
siderably smaller.
“This house is very small with
a warm fireplace,” he wrote. The
home had a snow arch, a stream,
rhododendrons and a pathway. It
had one bedroom, two bathrooms,
and a home area of 100 square cen-
timeters.
See HOMES page 7A
Interior and Exterior
House Painting
Florence, OR CCB#195304
• Deck and Railing Staining
• General Repairs
• Pressure Washing
• Mossy Roof Treatment
• Gutter Cleaning