Thurston News

Camp Fire USA will be 100 years old this March, and local boys and girls have kicked off the year with the annual Candy Sale. Mints, Almond Carmel Clusters and Almond Roca are on Sale with our local youth groups.

Adults in our local council are helping spread the fun and friendship too with the annual Chocolate Affair, to be held on February 6th. There will be wine tasting, lucious chocolate deserts supplied by premier local bakeries and restaurants, celebrity chocolate carvers and a silent auction with a valentine theme. "The Hawaiian Elvis" will be entertaining.

With Camp Fire's recent move to it's new Springfield location it is now the first of the national youth organizations to have it's local council offices based in Springfield.

The Chocolate Affair is Saturday, February 6th from 2 to 4:30pm at 380 Q St, Springfield, the big Windermere building. Tickets are $15 each at the door.

Camp Fire Candy is on sale now for $5 a box. Call 541-342-6338 to order yours now.

Angie Werder sent a message using the contact form at http://springfield.kval.com/contact.

The First Baptist Church of Springfield has organized a committee to assemble and distribute 50+ (this number is increasing with demand) sack lunches to the students of Springfield Middle School on the Thursdays before the "no school Fridays" for the '09/'10 school year.  With the recent government budget cuts, the Springfield Public School District has changed it's schedule to include at least two Fridays per month where school is not in session.  

There are 340 students at SMS, and 90% of them are at or below the poverty line, which qualifies them for free or reduced lunches when school is in session.  Many of these kids go hungry on weekends because their families can't afford to feed them.  Some will hoard their free lunches starting on Wednesdays to help get them through the weekend.

Springfield police say someone robbed a deli employee atknife-point. It happened at Get N Go Deli at 152 28th St. in Springfield at 8 pm Friday. According to police, the suspect took an undisclosed amount of money from the register and fled on foot.

Springfield Police searched the area with a k-9 unit. They haven't found the suspect. He is described as a 40-year-old white male with a thin build. He was reportedly wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans and a dark stocking cap.

If you have any information on the robbery, call Springfield Police at 541-726-3714.

Update:

The owner of the Get N Go Deli was one of the four missionaries from Thurston Christian Church who were in Haiti during the earthquake. We'll hear from him tonight on KVAL News at 6 pm.

Press release from Thurston High School:

January 27, 2010 Springfield. Oregon –Thurston High School is kicking off February’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month with Assault Prevention Week. Beginning February 1, the Assault Prevention Team (APT), a Thurston student committee dedicated to educating peers on dating violence, will inspire and encourage the student body to take a stand against domestic and sexual violence.

During Thurston’s Assault Prevention Week, Womenspace, SASS, a social worker from Riverbend, and the Springfield Police Chief will share their personal experiences on domestic and dating violence, as well as provide information about community resources. The APT will also share Power Point presentations, videos and games pertaining to the topic of abuse in relationships. Thurston High School is the only Eugene/Springfield area high school to be coordinating an event of this magnitude.

For more information, please contact Cheryl Camelio at 541-913-1239 or email at cc3653@comcast.net.