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Get to know the Van Fans
The monthly meeting
and luncheon for the Van
Fans will be Wednesday,
July 3, at Shorewood Se-
nior Living, 1451 Spruce
St., beginning at noon.
Check in time is 11:45 a.m.
Everyone is welcome to
bring guests and friends.
The Van Fans is a fun
group of volunteers who
meet monthly with the
goal of raising money to
keep the Florence Cancer
Bus in operation. This is
a free service for the com-
munity which transports
patients roundtrip to Eu-
gene and Springfield for
radiation treatment.
The next Van Fans fund-
raiser is Saturday, July 20,
with the annual Ice Cream
Social from 1 to 3 p.m. at
the Florence Events Cen-
ter, 715 Quince St.
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The Florence - Siuslaw Lions Club Presents
Masons help student travel to Europe
C
hoir student Danielle Gold-
blatt graduated with honors
from Siuslaw High School this
year. Based on her singing tal-
ent, she was recommended by her
choir teacher Bruce Morganti to
attend the Oregon Ambassador
of Music Program, sponsored by
Oregon State University.
This summer, the Ambas-
sador of Music group will vis-
it seven countries — England,
France, Switzerland, Liechten-
stein, Austria, Italy and Germa-
ny. During that time, the ambas-
sadors will perform with other
students as they tour some of the
most famous locations on the
continent.
Goldblatt was required to raise
money for the trip and had suc-
cessfully raised $1,000 through
recycling bottles and cans and
selling baked goods. She also
wrote letters to various nonprof-
it agencies, one of which was the
Florence Masonic Lodge.
Danielle Goldblatt receives a check from Paul Kindsvater, Florence
Masonic Scholarship Chairman, to help cover her expenses for her
trip to Europe this summer.
After receipt of the letter, the
trustees of the lodge invited
Goldblatt to be interviewed. Af-
terwards, she was notified that
the lodge would sponsor the rest
of her trip in full.
The Florence Masonic Lodge is
honored to sponsor local youth
that go above and beyond to fol-
low their dreams.
Cooking Matters at the Store helps families
save money grocery shopping July 8
Families on a tight bud-
get report that the cost of
healthy groceries is their
biggest barrier to making
healthy meals at home.
Food skills, like smart
shopping, can help over-
come that barrier. Cook-
ing Matters at the Store is a
free program of FOOD For
Lane County and OSU Ex-
tension SNAP-Ed that em-
powers families to stretch
their food budgets so their
children get healthy meals
at home.
This program will be in
Florence on Monday, July
8, from 10 a.m. to noon at
Fred Meyer, 4701 Highway
101. People are asked to
register at www.eventbrite.
com/e/cooking-matters-
at-the-store-florence-tick-
ets-63386704339 or by
contacting Beatriz at 541-
283-5120. Space is limited.
During the two-hour
tour, participants will be
empowered with four key
food skills: reading labels,
comparing unit prices,
finding whole grain foods
and identifying ways to
purchase produce. Cook-
ing Matters at the Store will
end in the $10 Challenge,
an activity where partici-
pants use the skills they’ve
just learned to buy a healthy
meal for a family of four, for
under $10.
Healthy food doesn’t
have to break the bank.
OSU Extension pro-
vides high-quality, re-
search-based information
to the public. FOOD For
Lane County is a nonprof-
it food bank dedicated to
eliminating hunger by cre-
ating access to food. Visit
online at www.extension.
oregonstate.edu/lane and
www.foodforlanecounty.
org.
Florence releases 2018 Annual Water Quality Report
10AM-3PM
Florence Municipal Airport
Trophy Presentations at 2:30PM
Suggested Spectator Donation: $2 per person
Proceeds Benefi t Florence-Siuslaw Lions Club
Charities & Siuslaw H.S. Wrestling Team
FOOD • LIVE MUSIC • FAMILY FUN
ALL DAY!
WWII Historial Aircraft Aerial Demonstrations:
Grumman Hellcat, AT6-Fighter/Trainer and Stearman Bi-Plan
Opportunity Drawings All Day including Win a FREE Flight on the AT6
Live Entertainment, Food Booths, Military Vehicle Rides,
Exhibitors and More!
The City of Florence
Water Quality Report
for 2018 is now available
and copies of the final re-
port can be downloaded
at www.ci.florence.or.us/
pu bl i c wor k s / 2 0 1 8 - w a -
ter-quality- report. Paper
copies will only be mailed
by request or a copy can
be picked up at the Public
Works Operations Cen-
ter, at 2675 Kingwood St.,
or Florence City Hall, 250
Highway 101.
“The City of Florence
works hard to ensure that
our water not only com-
plies, but exceeds state
and federal drinking water
standards,” said Florence
Public Works Director
Mike Miller. “In addition,
the city continues to be
recognized as an outstand-
ing performer by the Or-
egon Health Authority,
Drinking Water Services.
This report shows our ef-
forts are working.”
As a water supplier, the
city is required by the En-
vironmental
Protection
Agency (EPA) to provide
an annual Consumer Con-
fidence Report. Common-
ly known as a Water Quali-
ty Report, it provides water
quality data from Jan. 1 to
Dec. 31, 2018. The report
also informs customers of
the location of the city’s
water sources, the city’s
source water protection
programs, if there are any
contaminants in the drink-
ing water as well as the
water analysis undertaken
to ensure that the water
delivered is safe and of the
highest quality.
“Florence’s dunal aquifer
system is the only one of
its kind in the State of Ore-
gon,” said Miller. “Protect-
ing it and providing our
residents with high quality
drinking water is our top
priority.”
In addition to the le-
gally required language,
the 2018 version includes
information
regarding
source water protection,
fun and informative water
facts, a chart displaying
daily water production
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as well as a “water word
scramble” activity for kids.
The 2018 edition also
provides information on
water conservation, spe-
cifically xeriscaping. Xeri-
scaping is not “zeroscap-
ing,” as in no landscaping.
Xeriscaping is “landscap-
ing for water conserva-
tion,” where we can have
beautiful landscapes that
thrive in our coastal envi-
ronment.
To request a paper or
electronic copy of the 2018
Water Quality Report,
contact Public Works at
541-997-4106. To down-
load an electronic copy,
visit www.ci.florence.or.us/
publicworks/2018-
water-quality-report.
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