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Rotary seeks submissions for
annual 4-way speech contest
Any Siuslaw or Maple-
ton-area high school stu-
dent (public, private, or
home-schooled) in grades
9-12 who cares about ethi-
cal standards and behavior
in today’s world is invited
to participate in the Rota-
ry Club of Florence’s an-
nual Rotary International
4-Way Test Speech Con-
test.
The contest will be
held virtually at 7 p.m. on
Thursday, April 22. The
top three finalists at the
contest will present their
speeches to a virtual meet-
ing of the Florence Rotary
Club on Tuesday, May 4, at
noon.
First place for the local
contest receives $750, sec-
ond place prize is $500,
and third place will receive
$250. All participants will
be required to take the Ro-
tary 4-Way Test and apply
it to real life throughout
their speeches. The 4-Way
Test has four principles:
1. Is it the truth?
2. Is it fair to all con-
cerned?
3. Will it build good will
and better friendship?
4. Will it be beneficial to
all concerned?
All speeches must be
original and may not be
less than 5 minutes or
more than 7 minutes.
Speeches should also be
memorized.
For information on par-
ticipating, including an
application and guidelines,
visit www.theflorencero-
tary.org and choose the tab
“Club Youth Programs”
followed by “Speech Con-
test.”
Oregon Coast Tourism Association joins Climate Emergency
NEWPORT—The Ore-
gon Coast Visitors Associ-
ation (OCVA) has joined
Tourism Declares a Climate
Emergency, an internation-
al initiative that supports
tourism businesses, organi-
zations and individuals in
declaring a climate emer-
gency and taking purpose-
ful action to reduce carbon
emissions as per the ad-
vice from the Intergovern-
mental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) to cut glob-
al carbon emissions to 55
percent below 2017 levels
by 2030.
OCVA will be exploring
voluntary, private sector
solutions to this complex
and global issue.
According to the Oregon
Global Warming Commis-
sion’s Roadmap, there is an
immediate need for action
across all economic sectors.
As stated in the 2020
Biennial Report to the
Legislature, Oregon is cur-
rently “not on track” to
accomplish its envisioned
progress. Tourism, one of
Oregon’s largest economic
contributors, is stepping up
to support climate change
mitigation solutions on the
Oregon Coast.
“Rising to the occasion
and working together re-
quires a little bit of grit
and a lot of courage. I can’t
think of a more creative
and lionhearted group than
what we have on the coast
and they will be key to this
initiative’s success,” said
OCVA Deputy Director
Arica Sears.
Like all signatories,
OCVA has committed to
the following five actions:
1. Develop a Climate
Emergency Plan within the
next 12 months, which sets
out intentions to reduce
carbon emissions over the
next decade.
2. Share an initial public
declaration of our Climate
Emergency Plan, and up-
date on progress each year.
3. Accept current IPCC
advice stating the need to
cut global carbon emissions
to 55 percent below 2017
levels by 2030 in order to
keep the planet within 1.5
degrees of warming.
OCVA will ensure its Cli-
mate Emergency Plan rep-
resents actions designed to
achieve this as a minimum,
through delivering trans-
parent, measurable and in-
creasing reductions in the
total carbon emissions per
customer arising from its
operations and the travel
services it sells.
4. Encourage suppliers
and partners to make the
same declaration; shar-
ing best practices amongst
peers; and actively partic-
ipate in the Tourism De-
clares community
5. Advocate for change.
“We recognize the need
for system change across
the industry to accelerate
a just transition towards
carbon-free tourism,” Sears
said.
Beginning this spring,
OCVA will synthesize ex-
isting research, resources
and solutions that are com-
patible with Oregon Coast
businesses and recruit cou-
rageous thinkers to join in
the work.
This fall, OCVA will host
sector-specific focus groups
such as hotels, vacation
rentals, retail facilities and
food industry stakeholders
to strategize holistic ways to
reduce our carbon footprint
in terms of transportation,
energy efficiency measures
and materials management.
For more information on
this work, visit visittheo-
regoncoast.com/industry/
oregon-coast-tourism-de-
clares-a-climate-emergen-
cy/.
The Oregon Coast Visi-
tors Association is the of-
ficial Regional Destination
Management Organization
(RDMO) as designated by
the Oregon Tourism Com-
mission, DBA Travel Or-
egon. This association is
comprised of chambers of
commerce, visitors centers/
bureaus, resource man-
agement entities and 100+
private tourism businesses
along Oregon’s 363 miles of
coastline.
For more information,
visit visittheoregoncoast.
com.
Habitat ReStore accepting donations of left-over paint
Space #2 in the Old Hospital on 12th Street
1601 R HODODENDRON D R #649, F LORENCE
Got Paint? Keep what
you need, recycle the rest.
Florence Habitat for Hu-
manity will take left-over
paint, which is then either
resold if in usable condi-
tion, or recycled.
A drive-through drop-
off point will be set up on
Saturday, April 24, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Flor-
ence Habitat ReStore park-
ing lot, 2016 Highway 101
in Florence.
ReStore will accept house
paint, primers, stains and
sealers. All paint must be in
the original container with
the manufacturer’s print-
ed label, secure lid and no
larger than 5 gallons.
For more information,
call 541-997-5834, email
restore@florencehabitat.
org or visit the ReStore in
the Grocery Outlet strip
mall
$289,900
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• 3 bedrooms, 2
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• Fully furnished!
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The information contained herein is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed.
Neither the Seller nor any Licensee warrants the square footage of any structures
and/or size of the land. The buyer should exercise all due care and diligence to
verify any information deemed material to their decision to purchase.
PFLAG-Florence to meet virtually next Tuesday via Zoom
PFLAG-Florence, the of LGBTQ+ people and
local branch of a national their families, will meet
organization in support online this month.
People are invited to
attend the meeting via
the Zoom meeting appli-
cation on Tuesday, April
13, at 6:30 p.m.
Estate Sale
“We’re going to test
4/9-4/10
the
waters with a vir-
9am-3pm
1089 1st & Juniper Street
tual meeting on Zoom
Furniture, electronics, sm. appli-
this month,” said local
ances, garden tools, BBQ, some
art, housewares, plants/planters
plus much more!
No early birds please!
Next Weekend - Estate Sale
Fri.-Sat., 16th-17th
10am-2pm
580 Skookum
Everything goes! Antiques, elec-
tronics, dining room set, bedroom
set, clothes, shoes, tools, misc.
PFLAG leader Linda Yo-
der. “We’ll see how this
goes, and hope to include
some programming as
we get going. As venues
open up, we will make
every effort to meet in
person again, when it is
safe to do so.”
People who need assis-
tance connecting to the
meeting should contact
Yoder at lindayoder@
hotmail.com.
To join the Zoom
meeting, use this link:
www.us02web.zoom.
us/j/87284049246?p-
wd=MEltU2QyRFdlaG-
F2aTh0SlF0d3R6Zz09
Meeting ID: 872 8404
9246
Passcode: 320890
Siuslaw plans Kindergarten Kick-off for April 20
The Siuslaw Elementa-
ry School Kindergarten
Kick-Off will be held on
Tuesday, April 20, at 5:30
and 7 p.m. at Siuslaw El-
ementary School, 2221
Oak St. Either session
may be attended.
During the kick-off,
2021-22
kindergarten
students and their par-
ents are invited to meet
teachers and visit a mod-
el classroom during this
time.
Intent to Register forms
will be available at the
event and at the school
office.
A student must be five
years old on or before
Sept. 1, 2021, to start kin-
dergarten. Oregon law
also requires that students
starting school be up-to-
date on all age appropri-
ate immunizations.
More
information
about immunization re-
quirements is available at
siuslaw.k12.or.us.
Full registration for
kindergarten and all oth-
er grades will be held
this summer, Aug. 17 to
19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at Siuslaw Elementary
School.
For more information,
call the elementary school
at 541-997-2514 or visit
siuslaw.k12.or.us.
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