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NVB President
Dan Rupert said
he feels like the
group’s
yearly
trip to Florence
is one of the
highlights on the
NVB calendar.
“Our club has been do-
ing this for a few years
now and it’s a lot of fun.
We had around 240 folks
pre-registered, and we had
people showing up that
haven’t registered. I’ve al-
ready talked to a few of
them and I think we will
end up with about 250 ve-
hicles.”
Not only have the mem-
bers of the NVB returned
to Florence for nearly a
decade, they have so en-
joyed their time here that
they have gone above and
beyond what most visi-
tors do when visiting: they
contribute to a local social
support group. The bene-
ficiary of this generosity
for the past few summers
has been Florence Food
Share.
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“Each year, we have an
event at the Three Rivers
Casino and as part of our
‘Show and Shine’ we do
a big food drive,” Rupert
said. “We have a raffle and
the only way to get tickets
is to bring food donations
to the Show and Shine. At
a certain point, it becomes
a competition to see who
can bring in more than the
next guy.”
Food security remains
a serious concern for por-
tions of the local com-
munity. The need for do-
nations at Florence Food
Share is always high and
the contributions made
this year were important
additions to the summer
choices available to clients.
Colin Morgan is the op-
erations manager for Flor-
ence Food Share and he
said clients of the organi-
zation will greatly appreci-
ate the efforts made by the
members of the NVB.
“This year’s Northwest
Vintage Bronco Club’s
Round Up food drive was
an overwhelming success.
Florence Food Share re-
ceived over 8,600 hundred
pounds of food to help
feed the hungry families
and individuals in West-
ern Lane County,” Morgan
said. “On behalf of our cli-
ents, Florence Food Share
would like to send our ut-
most thanks to the Bronco
club.”
According to Rupert,
the great reception the
Bronco group has received
over the years has drawn
his members closer to the
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56476 Highway 126, of the
Confederated Tribes of the
Coos, Lower Umpqua, and
Siuslaw Indians, while on
the second day the confer-
ence moves to the Florence
Events Center, 715 Quince
St.
This year’s theme is “In-
frastructure Investments: A
Collaborative Approach.”
According to State Sen.
Arnie Roblan’s website,
“Our focus this year is on
the health and safety of our
PHOTO BY COLIN MORGAN/FLORENCE FOOD SHARE
Members of Northwest Bronco Round Up donated 8,617 pounds of food to Flor-
ence Food Share after the group’s Show and Shine on Aug. 17.
Florence community, and
this is one way they feel
they can repay the hospi-
tality.
“It’s just the people. Ev-
erybody here is friendly
and everyone out here gets
it. Maybe it’s just the Bron-
co family, but this is a way
we can give back to the
community. We are com-
ing here, and we are kind
of invading Florence, and
I am sure we irritate some
people, but it’s nice to give
to the food share and it’s
really nice to hear how
much it helps,” he said.
“To a lot of people here,
this is a really big deal. It’s
about wanting to give back
and help where we can.”
For more information
about the Broncos, visit
northwestbroncoroundup.
com and Northwest Vin-
tage Broncos on Facebook.
rural and coastal — Infra-
structure Investments. Our
Collaborative Approach —
must and will be an ongo-
ing effort, that we all take
with us when we leave and
continue in service to Ore-
gon and our communities.”
Coastal Caucus mem-
bers will share information
about their 2019 legisla-
tive efforts to streamline,
modernize and maintain
the state’s infrastructure.
These include but are not
limited to: promoting
housing and seismic resil-
iency; developing renew-
able energy and education;
creating better systems to
fund water infrastructure;
and preparing rural com-
munities for challenges
accompanying the shifting
energy landscape.
As part of rural-coast
initiative to work collab-
oratively to generate eco-
nomic growth, the Coast-
al Caucus will once again
feature informative panel
discussions,
concurrent
sessions, with a great line-
up of keynote speakers.
The opening session at the
casino will include plena-
ry sessions, debates and
networking
opportuni-
ties. The day will conclude
with a Taste of the Oregon
Coast event at the Florence
Events Center.
Speakers throughout the
event include U.S. senators
and representatives, Or-
egon senators and repre-
sentatives, coastal county
commissioners, state lead-
ers, tribal representatives,
local politicians and many
more.
The keynote speak-
ers and industry leaders
will engage in discussions
and share their expertise,
knowledge and leadership
on the issues that are sig-
nificant to coastal commu-
nities and stakeholders.
This year’s featured pan-
el discussions are “Sys-
temic Housing Challeng-
es or Underproduction?
Connecting Infrastructure
to Affordable Housing”
and “Hindsight is 20\20:
Changing the Climate of
the Carbon Reduction
Conversation.” Additional
panel discussions include:
• Connecting infrastruc-
ture to affordable housing
through public/private in-
vestments;
• Water quality and avail-
ability issues through in-
frastructure construction
projects;
• Enhancing and expand-
ing telecommunication and
rural broadband infrastruc-
ture;
• Oregon’s P-20 education
governance infrastructure
to achieve equity and maxi-
mum impact and utility;
• Perspectives on how to
work effectively with Ore-
gon’s Tribal Governments
• Developing an infra-
structure framework for
seismic resilience of coast-
line structures.
• HB 2020: Changing the
Climate of the Carbon Re-
duction Conversation.
During the Taste of the
Oregon Coast, summit at-
tendees will get a taste of
the best seafood and local
flavors from the Oregon
Coast, along with tastings
from renowned wineries,
breweries and distilleries.
For further informa-
tion, visit www.oregonlegis
lature.gov/roblan/Pages/
coastalcaucus.aspx.
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