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ROCKET homeschoolers to perform Shakespeare in the park Friday
The local Florence home-
school group will be pre-
senting its seventh-annual
Shakespeare performance
on Friday, May 31, at 5:30
p.m., at Honeyman State
Park in the meadow (across
from the bathrooms), then
again on Tuesday, June 4,
at 3:30 p.m. at the Florence
Farmers Market, located at
the west end of Bay Street
next to the Veteran’s Memo-
rial Wall.
This is a free and fun
event and the students and
families would like to invite
the community to attend.
Performing
“Hamlet”
this year are members of
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the ROCKET group (Rad
Oregon Coast Kids Edu-
cating Together). ROCKET
was organized seven years
ago by a motivated and
involved group of homes-
chooling parents and kids.
The group works togeth-
er to provide meaningful
opportunities for their chil-
dren to learn. There are reg-
ular field trips, a yearly field
day at Honeyman State
Park, weekly science class
and, of course, Shakespeare.
Members of the public
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are invited to join ROCK-
Members of the ROCKET homeschool group will perform this Friday at Honeyman
ET for its presentation of
State Park and next Tuesday at the Farmers Market.
“Hamlet” at one or both of
the performances.
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a blanket or chair for com-
People are asked to bring fort.
contact Sabrina Hand at
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FRAA makes open call to artists for ‘Spirit of Summer’
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Local and regional art-
ists are cordially invited to
answer the “S.O.S.” (Spirit
of Summer) Call to Artists
from Florence Regional
Arts Association (FRAA).
During the busy months
of July and August, artists
will have the opportunity
to exhibit at the Florence
Events Center FEC Galler-
ies One and Five.
FRAA welcomes 2-D
paintings, photography and
mixed media, as well as
3-D art, including jewelry,
pottery, ceramics, mosaics,
wood, stained glass and
more.
The application fee is $30
per rod for up to two piec-
es. This also applies to 3-D
art, which must fit in the
locked case. People can also
share a rod with someone
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else.
Applications will be ac-
Applications can be cepted on a first-come,
picked up at FRAA, 120 first-served basis until Gal-
Maple St., or online at www. leries One and Five are full,
fraaoregon.org.
as well as the case.
The deadline for appli-
cations is Thursday, June
20.
There will be “People’s
Choice” Awards, first place
for $150, second place for
$100 and a youth artist
award of $100.
The public is urged to
cast their ballots for their
choice, and a perfect time
to do this will be the artist’s
reception on Friday eve-
ning, July 26, from 5 to 7
p.m. at the Florence Events
Center, 715 Quince St.
There will be live music,
food and spirits to enjoy,
and this will be a great op-
portunity to meet the art-
ists.
All artwork in the exhib-
it will be available to pur-
chase.
Library to hold annual Summer Book Sale June 8-9
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The Friends of the Siu-
slaw Public Library will
hold a big, two-day book
sale Saturday, June 8, and
Sunday, June 9, from 10
a.m. until 4 p.m. each day in
the Bromley at the Siuslaw
Public Library, 1460 Ninth
St., in Florence.
Friends of the Library
members can come to a
special preview sale Satur-
day from 9 to 10 a.m. Mem-
berships are available at the
door.
Friends of the Library
President Linda Weight
said, “If you want to stock
up on some great summer
reading at great prices, this
is your chance. We have al-
most 200 boxes of quality
used books, many in like-
new condition and we’ve
lowered prices on many
items.
“We also have au-dio-
books, DVDs and wonder-
ful tote bags with custom
art by a local artist.”
The Friends of the Siu-
slaw Public Library is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit organi-
zation.
Proceeds from the book
sales benefit the Siuslaw
Library District in many
ways, including equipment,
support of the summer
reading program and the
Library Endowment Fund.
In 2018 the Friends of the
Library were able to donate
over $19,000 directly to the
library and another $4,000
to the Library Endowment
Fund.
For
more
informa-
tion, email siuslawlibrary
friends@gmail.com.
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LCSO, Bi-Mart offering free boat inspections in Florence
The Lane County
Sheriff ’s Office is partner-
ing with Bi-Mart again this
year to offer free boat
inspections to help boaters
get on the water safely.
Inspectors can make
sure boaters have every-
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thing they need.
Bring boats (any kind)
to Florence Bi-Mart, 4310
Highway 101, on Sunday,
June 16, between noon and
2 p.m.
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