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variety of categories including
“Best Child-Created Display,”
“Most Imaginative” and “Best
Representation of Theme.”
In addition, there will be sev-
eral coordinated beach clean-ups
in the area. These are organized
in part through SOLVE (Stop
Oregon Vandalism and Litter-
ing), which will be holding beach
clean-up events in dozens of lo-
cations along the Oregon Coast,
including Florence.
Locally, there will be three con-
tact-free and socially distanced
events. These include beach
clean-ups at the South and North
Jetties of the Siuslaw River as
well as the Heceta Beach Coun-
ty Park near Driftwood Shores.
The cleanup events start at 10
a.m. and directions to the precise
location of the sign-in tables are
available at www.solveoregon.
org.
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tradition of the Rhododen-
dron Grand Floral Parade,
to showcase the communi-
ty’s creativity and resiliency,
and to celebrate local busi-
nesses and organizations.
This year, instead of hav-
ing our floats travel down
the parade route, parade
attendees will drive along a
lineup of stationery parade
floats along Oak Street and
27th Street, starting at Mill-
er Park.
This will be a float-only
These events
are
part
of
SOLVE’s Oregon
Spring
Clean-
up, which has
its roots in the
Spring Oregon
Beach Cleanup,
created in 1986,
and SOLVE IT
for Earth Day,
started in 1990.
SOLVE is hop-
ing the Oregon
Spring Cleanup
will become a
new family tra-
dition and an
opportunity to
join with other
Oregonians
in
making the state
a better place for
both humans and wildlife, from
Astoria to Brookings, Bandon to
Burns, and all points in between.
Mike Allen is a member of the
parade.
All floats will be asked to
be decorated and/or con-
structed in the tradition of
celebrating Rhody Days.
Before the Rhododendron
Festival was cancelled, a
theme of “Rhody Wonder-
land” was selected. Floats
can follow that theme or
come up with their own
creative way to celebrate
Florence and the Rhodo-
dendron Festival.
The official Rhododen-
dron Festival has been
canceled for 2021 and this
Oregon Chapter of Elder Climate
Action, a member of SOLVE and
a leader in the Florence area en-
vironmental community. He said
event does not indicate au-
thorization for unapproved
events.
While we are creating an
alternative for the tradition-
al parade, this is a COVID
safe event for the Florence
community and all partic-
ipants will be required to
follow the rules outlined.
Float entries will be asked
not only is the
clean-up import-
ant, but it is also
fun.
“This year Pat
and I will par-
ticipate in two
Earth Day cel-
ebrations.
The
first is a beach
clean-up spon-
sored by SOLVE,
which is a great
way to kick off
the week leading
up to Earth Day,”
Allen said. “It’s a
fun way to meet
other like-mind-
ed environment
activists and do
our part to ‘Re-
store our Earth.’”
For Allen, there are also other
ways to show support for the goal
of restoring the planet, besides
cleaning up after others. He and
to park their float in place
by 10:30 a.m. on Sunday,
May 16, before the parade
attendees arrive. The float
will remain in this spot un-
til 3:30 p.m., after the last
car finishes the route. The
last car will be admitted at
3 p.m.
For more information,
visit www.ci.florence.or.us.
his wife Pat have also taken it
upon themselves to keep a very
busy portion of one of the city’s
most traveled roads clean. They
also maintain a stretch of beach
near their house.
They hope to utilize debris
they’ve gathering during their
cleanup activities in their Earth
Day Porch Parade entry.
“The display at our home will
be four big bags of trash and
two containers of cigarettes and
micro plastics we collected over
three months — totaling over
75 pounds,” Allen said. “We will
add signs urging folks not to lit-
ter and to join the Adopt a Street
program.”
To sign up for the porch parade,
contact organizer Tina Haydel at
teenasan67@gmail.com.
For more information on local
events, visit www.facebook.com/
florenceoregonearthday to find
out other ways to join in Earth
Day celebrations.
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