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HOMES from page 1A
“It is a snow house in the
north pole!” he wrote.
Well, most of the projects
were realistic. One home list-
ed at 100 square centimeters
had nine bedrooms, nine
bathrooms and two garages.
But “this house is fun, crazy,
warm, cozy loving and hap-
py,” Sapphire wrote.
Greene’s “Tiny Home Proj-
ect” began with her students
reading two books from the
“Little House” series by Lau-
ra Ingalls Wilder.
“The books had a lot of
information about how the
pioneers built their homes,”
Greene said. “That got the
kids interested in how to
build homes. The dirt floor,
how they built the fireplaces.”
So, Greene decided to fol-
low up the discussion with a
small art project.
“I had them design and
make a little pioneer house,”
Greene said. The homes were
built from the normal art-
class accoutrement — Cotton
balls, construction paper and
craft sticks.
“Then I started thinking I
could add math to this,” said
Greene. “Why not figure out
the square footage of their
little house, and then of their
land?”
It worked out perfectly,
since calculating area is a
FIREWORKS from page 1A
These are just some exam-
ples of the central role that
pyrotechnics, explosions and
fireworks play in the coun-
try’s collective Fourth of July
celebrations.
Unfortunately, the chance
that Florence will be able to
stage its popular fireworks
display is in doubt due to the
lack of an approved base from
which to launch the explo-
sives.
The annual fireworks show
part of the third-
Hunter
Realty,
grade curriculum.
came in to an-
“I think that has
swer questions on
typically been one
what was needed
area of struggle for
to make the tiny
third graders: area,”
homes a reality.
Greene said. “It’s
“They
asked
difficult for them
about plumbing,”
to get the construct
Greene said. “They
of it.”
asked things like
But if the stu-
how water gets to
dents were figuring
a house, how does
out the area of their
a toilet flush, how
own homes, the
do you put in real
concept sunk in a
wood floors, so
lot quicker.
carpentry. How do
“When
some-
you make the walls
thing means some-
stable? They came
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thing to a child,
up with these, and
they’re going to Worksheets detailing students’ dream homes will be on display, along I thought, ‘Wow,
absorb it better,” with their models, at Siuslaw Elementary’s Family Science Night on May they’re
really
Greene said. “They 23.
thinking
about
understand it when it’s ing into the idea that, ‘This is graphic designers or interior more than what you would
meaningful.”
my home that I built. I built designers. The jobs connect- think.’ They’re coming up
It’s at that point they made my home, I’m making a floor ed with homes are varied and with ideas about what they
the “dream house” proposals, plan,’” Greene said. So she offer a range of possibilities can do.”
as well as the listings for their decided to build on that en- for the students in the fu-
And Greene was surprised
actual model homes.
by how much the students
thusiasm and expose her stu- ture.”
“What about science?” dents to the actual industry.
So, she started inviting already knew about the busi-
Greene asked. “Part of the
“I believe that the early im- members of the community ness.
third-grade curriculum is to pressions the children have in to talk about what kind
“One asked, ‘What HVAC
study flowers.” So, they be- can affect what they choose of jobs are associated with systems do you have?’ I
gan designing and adding as an occupation when they housing, and to answer ques- think his dad may work in
flower beds to their model grow up,” Greene said. “I tions on what was needed to that area,” she said. “Some
homes while learning about recall a little girl who did a make their tiny homes safe of the things that surprised
how flowers worked, how math project about square and secure.
me through their knowledge,
they’re pollinated, what they footage of a model home in
She had Mike Bones, own- probably coming from what
need to grow.
third grade. Now she is an er of Bones Nursery in Flor- their parents do. I was sur-
At that point, the students architect. A boy who had an ence, come in and describe prised by some of what they
were getting really attached interest in geography became what was needed to tend knew, and the depth of their
to their tiny homes.
questions.”
a surveyor as an adult. Young their gardens.
“They really started buy- artists sometimes become
The discussion became
Tim Sapp, owner of TR
complex. What are building
codes? What is the height
of a building, and how long
does it take to build a house?
And of course, money, in-
cluding how much it costs to
rent a home, own a home and
build one.
“They were very inquisi-
tive,” Greene said. “I thought
it was so good for people
coming from the community
and talking. It really clicked.”
And she said it’s also just
plain fun.
“They’re motivated to see
real life applications, and to
make models and projects
of things they are study-
ing,” Greene said. “I’m re-
ally pleased with the results
of this. As a teacher, you get
really excited about pulling
subjects together and mak-
ing it really meaningful for
all the children.”
The Tiny Home Project
is still being built, piece by
piece. The students are still
involved with the gardens
portion right now. As for the
future, “We’ll see if we come
up with anything else. You
might be surprised, you nev-
er know,” said Greene.
The Tiny Home Project
will be on display at the Fam-
ily Science Night on Thurs-
day, May 23, from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m., located at Siuslaw
Elementary School, located
at 2221 Oak St.
is sponsored and paid for by
the Florence Area Chamber
of Commerce. The situa-
tion surrounding this year’s
display is different than the
previous two years, in that
the barge that was used to
launch the fireworks has been
relocated and other staging
arrangements have yet to be
finalized.
According to Chamber
Executive Director Bettina
Hannigan, one of the main
issues is a requirement that
there be a clear, 500-foot
large enough to meet state
standards for launching fire-
works, but which must also
be easily disassembled to al-
low for river traffic.
Huntington has offered
to donate some old docks to
the effort to come up with an
acceptable way to offer a fire-
works show this year, but feels
the docks may not be sturdy
enough for the task at hand.
With just over two months
to figure out how to make the
2019 fireworks a reality, Han-
nigan remains optimistic that
the city’s annual fireworks
display will occur.
“The chamber has executed
the contract with the Fire-
works contractor with the
anticipation of successfully
‘barging’ through this,” she
said. “I hope we can figure
out a way to make this happen
and provide another memo-
rable Fourth of July celebra-
tion for our residents and all
of the visitors that we know
will come to enjoy the holiday
in Florence.”
For information on the
Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce and its activities,
visit florencechamber.com.
area surrounding the staging
platform. This requirement
is proving to be difficult to
provide.
“I’d say right now it’s about
a 50-50 chance that we will be
able to figure out the logistics
and the legality of this pro-
cess, and then be able to find
a way to make this happen by
the Fourth of July, which is
our goal,” she said. “Current-
ly there is no barge available
to launch fireworks from and
the 500-foot clearance is pro-
hibitive to launch from prop-
erty around the port and Old
Town area.”
Dave Huntington, manager
of the Port of Siuslaw, is also
unsure if there will be fire-
works this year.
Huntington points to the
sale of the privately-owned
barge that was used the last
two years to stage the display
as the main reason for the
concern.
“The barge that was used
to stage the fireworks last
year was sold and because of
the fire regulations, we need
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500 feet of clearance around
the staging area, and we just
don’t have that kind of space
at this time of year. … We are
completely booked up for that
weekend,” Huntington said,
Hannigan is working with
other chamber members to
try and come up with a plan
that can be approved by the
U.S. Coast Guard and Siuslaw
Valley Fire and Rescue and
put in place for the holiday.
This has been more of a
challenge than Hannigan an-
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of the box to come up with an
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“The chamber is working
in conjunction with the port
and Dan Lofy of Lofy Con-
struction to try to ‘assem-
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a barge that fireworks could
be launched from,” Hannigan
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