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Military Museum hosts special Iwo Jima anniversary display
T
he Oregon Coast Mili-
tary Museum (OCMM)
will feature a special display
to honor the 75th anniver-
sary of the Battle of Iwo Jima
on Wednesday, Feb. 19.
“This was a turning point
battle in the Second World
War and the military mu-
seum recognizes the impor-
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tance that battle played in fi-
nal victory over Japan in the
War,” said Geoff Cannon,
Operations Manager of the
OCMM.
In 1945, U.S. forces
bounded forward in the
central Pacific as combat
reached ever-bloodier cre-
scendos. A strategic air base
was located on the island of
Iwo Jima, between the Mar-
iana Islands and Japan, and
the Japanese had carved out
a network of underground
fortifications aimed at turn-
ing the small volcanic island
into a death trap for invad-
ing U.S. Marines.
When the Marines divi-
sions invaded Iwo Jima on
Feb. 19, 1945, planners ex-
pected a brief campaign. But
for more than five weeks,
Japanese forces mounted
a fierce defense. The Japa-
nese had to be rooted out of
caves and other strongholds
in merciless close-quarter
assaults.
The bloodbath horrified
Allied military planners
and American citizens, who
feared a far greater slaughter
during an invasion of Japan’s
home islands.
The exhibit honors those
involved in the crucial vic-
tory and those who par-
ticipated in that ferocious
battle.
The
museum,
open
Wednesday through Sunday
from noon to 4 p.m., is lo-
cated on Kingwood Street in
Florence.
Cannon, who is also
OCMM board president,
said that he “hoped people
will take time to come see
the display, and to honor
the veterans of this historic
battle.”
Visit the museum online
at www.oregoncoastmilitary
museum.com.
The United States Marine
Corps War Memorial in
Arlington, Va., was
inspired by the iconic
1945 photograph of six
Marines raising a U.S.
flag atop Mount
Suribachi during
the Battle of Iwo
Jima.
LCOG names Wobbe ‘Outstanding Citizen’
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After being nominated and it continues to grow,
by Heceta Water PUD, Lane with this year’s event gar-
Council
of
nering more
Governments
than 24,000
(LCOG) re-
pounds of
cently
se-
food that
lected Cindy
was then
Wobbe
of
matched by
Florence as
an anony-
the Outstand-
mous do-
ing Citizen of
nor.
Lane County.
Wo b b e
Many cit-
has been in-
izens in Flo-
volved with
rence are
many other
aware of
local orga-
Outstanding Citizen
Wo b b e’s
nizations as
of Lane County
work with the
well.
Cindy Wobbe
Pounding for
When she
Florence Food Share that first moved to Florence,
happens every year just be- she was a Girl Scout leader
fore Thanksgiving. Wobbe where she was introduced
started that event in 2001 to Delight Fisher, the initia-
tor of Florence Food Share.
In addition, Wobbe has
worked on the Florence
Area Chamber of Com-
merce Board of Directors
and was an advocate for
the chamber for many
years. She also helped di-
rect the Rhododendron
Court showcase for four
years.
According to Wobbe, her
passion is to “help at the
point of need.” To that end,
she has set up The Good
Deed Project, which is a
nonprofit organization that
is privately funded. Wobbe
said she feels that she is the
connector between those
who are in need and those
who are able to help.
“I’ve learned that my tal-
ent is to tell people’s stories
and knowing who to tell
those stories to,” she said.
Wobbe and her husband,
Gene, are the parents of
four, grandparents to eight
and great-grandparents to
one little girl.
“I’m just flipping lucky,”
Wobbe said.
The public is invited to
attend the LCOG Annu-
al Appreciation Dinner
where Wobbe will be given
the award for Outstanding
Citizen. The dinner will
be Friday, Feb. 28, at Lane
Community College in Eu-
gene. Tickets are available
until Feb. 21.
For more information,
call 541-682-4283 or email
lcampbell@lcog.org.
Rhody Society hears about preserved
‘Love Gone Wrong’
rhododendron species Feb. 18
poetry contest Feb. 21
Florence Regional Arts
Alliance’s (FRAA) Big Wave
Spoken Word invites poets
and community members
to its fifth-annual “Love
Gone Wrong” Spoken Word
Contest on Friday, Feb. 21,
beginning at 7 p.m.
Share an original poem,
story or song or come as an
audience member to listen
to the many ways contes-
tants express their journeys
of the heart.
Past contestants have had
the audience laughing, cry-
ing and laughing again.
FRAA will award $100
for first place and gift cer-
tificates for second and
third places for best original
poem, song or story.
Entries must be four min-
utes or less.
The contest will be held
at the FRAA Gallery, 120
Maple St., in Historic Old
Town Florence. Tickets are
$10 at the door with pro-
ceeds benefitting Big Wave
Spoken Word events.
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the web
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The Siuslaw Chapter of
the American Rhododen-
dron Society will meet on
Tuesday, Feb. 18. Socializ-
ing begins at 6:30 p.m. and
the meeting starts at 7 at
the Presbyterian Church
of the Siuslaw, 3996 High-
way 101.
The speaker will be Bob
Zimmerman, who fell in
love with rhododendrons
over 40 years ago. He be-
gan cultivating them on
his kitchen stove and now
grows species of rhodies
in the greenhouses of
Chimacum Woods on the
Olympic Peninsula.
Although hybrids of-
fer beautiful flowers, the
preserved rhododendron
species are his primary in-
terest.
Some 300 species pop-
ulate the collection in his
garden, providing a reli-
able source of seed and
cuttings. He has paid par-
ticular attention to collect-
ing plants true to the spe-
cies’ description.
Zimmerman specializes
in species rhododendrons
from around the world,
including hard to come by
plants that people look for
but cannot always find.
He will be bringing
plants to sell as well.
For more information
about the Siuslaw Chap-
ter of the American Rho-
dodendron Society, visit
www.siuslawars.org.
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