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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 | 3A Community News Physicist James Brau to speak at City Club City Club of Florence will host speaker Dr. James Brau tomorrow, June 6, at Ocean Dunes Golf Links, located at 3345 Munsel Lake Rd. The program begins at noon. Dr. Brau is renowned for taking scientific terminol- ogy and simplifying it in Elks announce Safety Poster contest winners terms understood by the average citizen. He is responsible for establishing Oregon’s first experimental particle physics group at the Uni- versity of Oregon, as well as establishing the Center for High Energy Physics in 1997. COURTESY PHOTO From left: Karen Smales the Exalted Ruler, Chloe Bitner, Bob Catterton the local Chair for the annual poster contest, Nevaeh Benson, Emmy Center and Joyce Middleton the Chair for the District Eye Program and a State Trustee. Florence Elks Lodge #1858 recently recognized students at Siuslaw Elemen- tary School for winning first-, second- and third- place at the district compe- tition for the Elks Youth Eye Safety Annual Poster Con- test. Chloe Bitner, Nevaeh Benson and Emmy Center had been previously recog- nized for winning locally. Bitner took first place at the district level, winning $100. Benson placed second and won $75, with Center tak- ing third and $50. By winning at the district level, all three were eligible for the Elks statewide com- Stocks. Bonds. CDs. IRAs. Mutual funds. Andy Baber, AAMS® Financial Advisor . 1010 Highway 101 Florence, OR 97439 541-997-8755 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC Speak your peace. Write a Letter to the Editor. Editor@TheSiuslawNews.com petition. Benson went on to place third at the state level and won an addition- al $100. Her poster will be framed and hung at the OHSU Casey Eye Clinic in Portland for the upcoming year. The presentations were made by Karen Smales the Exalted Ruler; Joyce Mid- dleton, the Chair for the District Eye Pro-gram and a State Trustee for the Elks; and Bob Catterton, the lo- cal Chair for the Annual Poster Contest. The Elks Children’s Eye Clinic at the Casey Eye In- stitution is the major chari- table project of the Oregon State Elks Association. The clinic would not be possible without the organization’s commitment to providing eye care for babies and chil- dren along with safety edu- cation for youth. The Elks became involved with the OHSU School of Medicine in 1949 and have contributed enormously to the growth of the clinic. To- day, the visual program of the Oregon State Elks As- sociation contributes more than $2,000,000 annual-ly to the Elks Children’s Eye Clinic, working with 18,000 children each year through the support of local lodg- es like the Florence Elks Lodge #1858. Financial assistance is not the only service the Elks provide. Elk volun- teers donate thousands of hours at the Casey Eye In- stitute. They assist patients, work on projects for staff and provide information to the public. The Elks have also funded up-to-date equipment for the pediatric ophthalmology examina- tion room at OHSU Doer- nbecher Children’s Hospital staffed by faculty from the Elks Children’s Eye Clinic. Garden Club presents scholarships to SHS seniors At the Siuslaw High School Awards cere- mony on May 30, The Florence Garden Club awarded two scholarships to graduating se- niors. Audrey Lowder received a $1,500 scholar- ship for her major in Biochemistry at Oregon State University. Angela Bartlett also received $1,500 for her Pre-Med major at Western Oregon University. Since 1994 The Florence Garden Club has given more than $61,000 in scholarship awards to qualified students in Florence and Maple- ton whose educational goals lead to a career in horticulture, forestry, biology or an environ- ment-related field. “The Garden Club thanks the merchants and public who support our annual plant sale and raffle,” said scholarship committee chairman Carol Jolley. “It’s community support and the dedication of Garden Club members that pro- vide the money for these awards.” COURTESY PHOTO From left: Garden Club scholarship committee chair Carol Jolley and scholarship recipients Angela Bartlett and Audrey Lowder ‘Walking in Their Footsteps’ at Genealogy Society meeting The Wednesday, June 19 meeting of the Siuslaw Ge- nealogy Society will feature Meta Ann Steele, Coos Bay Chapter DAR Registrar. Steele will lead a dis- WEDNESDAY THURSDAY cussion on her journey of “Walking in Their Foot- steps in Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky.” All are welcome to at- tend the meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Siu- slaw Room of the Siuslaw Public Library. More infor- mation is available at www. siuslawgenealogy.org. FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY JUNE 9 JUNE 10 JUNE 11 JUNE 5 JUNE 6 JUNE 7 JUNE 8 Cloudy Mostly Sunny Rain AM Showers 58°F 51°F 61°F 50°F 57°F 48°F 64°F 52°F Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy 63°F 52°F 60°F 52°F Sunny 62°F 50°F Receive $5 off when you spend $100! WE ARE YOUR ONE STOP CAR CENTER • Full Service Repair • ASE Certifi ed Technician • Shrink Wrap • Tire sales Locally Owned. Community Minded Aj Shervin, Owner