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The Rhody Run and Rhody Poker Run were two events held to
commemorate the 114th annual Rhododendron Festival, which
was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the ab-
sence of many traditional events, people came to Florence over
the weekend to enjoy the sunshine and experience a little of
the City of Rhododendrons.
RHODY from page 1A
“This will help the
non-profit
community
which has struggled fi-
nancially during this past
year.”
People came from out of
town for the event, joining
local participants Rhody
Cruisers and Florence
Jeeps R Us.
“The event was intend-
ed to provide a little nor-
mality to our community
on Rhody Days, and judg-
ing from the vintage cars
that participated, several
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from out of town, it was a
success,” Cargill said.
Beyond the poker run,
Bay Street and Historic
Old Town Florence were
packed to the brim with
motorcycles, who have
visited Florence for the
Rhododendron Festival
weekend since the 1970s.
Florence Area Cham-
ber of Commerce, which
sponsors the Rhodo-
dendron Festival, posted
about the weekend on its
Facebook page.
“We couldn’t do our an-
nual Rhododendron Pa-
rade again this year, but
our faithful Ambassador
Mike Bones kept up the
tradition in a one-man
Rhody Parade,” the post
stated.
In addition, the iconic
and colorful rhododen-
drons that inspired both
the festival and the City
of Florence’s tagline as the
“City of Rhododendrons”
have been bursting into
bloom all over the region.
This prompted the Siuslaw
Chapter of the American
Rhododendron
Society
to hold a plant sale at the
Florence Municipal Air-
port last night.
Habitat to collect
bottles, cans May 29
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Florence Habitat is host-
ing its next bottle and can
drive on Saturday, May
29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This is a social distancing,
drive-thru event.
People can bring their
redeemable bottles and
cans they wish to donate
to the Florence Habitat
ReStore parking lot, 2016
Highway 101. Volunteers
will be on hand to unload
them from your vehicle.
If people are unable to
make the event and would
still like to donate, Flor-
ence Habitat collects de-
posit cans and bottles ev-
ery day in our collection
container located behind
ReStore off Spruce Street.
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contact Ivy at the Florence
Habitat for Humanity Of-
fice at 541-902-9227 ext.
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at www.florencehabitat.
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