SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015
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City seeks ‘art influencers’ for new committee
Call to poets for
third ‘Spoken Word’
contest Saturday
Siuslaw News
Florence’s Spoken Word
Monthly Poetry Contest is
looking for more poets to par-
ticipate in the contest held at
Kenneth B Gallery’s new loca-
tion in Old Town.
This third contest, set for
Saturday, May 2, offers a
“winner takes all,” up to $250,
for first prize. Additionally,
this event will now offer a free
open mic for all poets who
wish to share additional poems
after the contest readings.
Registration begins at 3
p.m. and is only available at
the door, due to technical diffi-
culties with the online process.
Registration fee is $10 per
poet, and a $5 donation for the
audience is suggested.
Readings begin at 4 p.m.
All poems for the contest
must be original and read
within three minutes.
Jurors will be Stuart
Henderson, artist and activist;
Robert White, last month’s
first-prize winner; and Karen
Brown, professor of writing at
Lane Community College.
The location for this contest
has changed to better accom-
modate what has been a stand-
ing-room-only event in the
past.
This and all future poetry
contests will now be held at
the new KB Gallery, located at
120 Maple St.
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Last week, Florence City
Council passed a resolution to
form a public art committee for
the city. The committee will
consist of three artists, three
citizens at large, a member of a
local art agency, one city coun-
cilor and one member of city
staff. The city will open the
application process soon, with
hopes for the new committee to
meet officially in June.
“This is very near and dear
to my heart,” said Council
President Joshua Greene.
Area artists, businesses,
community members and even
Florence Events Center (FEC)
staff have been working toward
getting more public art in the
city for some time.
Florence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA) formed a
steering committee to begin
organizing the various efforts.
“We applaud what the FEC
is doing,” said President Harlen
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Two fire trucks held up an
American flag along the route.
Numerous motor officers
from around the state provided
traffic control.
Community members lined
the streets with signs to honor
Datan, his family and law
enforcement.
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Springer. “They’re trying to
find ways to get more public art
out there. We’re simply trying
to find a way to coordinate all
that.”
The steering committee met
with the city council in March
and proposed to become a city
committee. With city council’s
unanimous vote of approval,
the committee might be picked
by the end of May.
The committee will begin
the process of establishing a
public art policy and program
for Florence. They will explore
how other jurisdictions handle
the acquisition and display of
public art and apply what they
learn to the Florence area.
Councilor Ron Preisler cau-
tioned, “Art is not inexpensive.
Is there a plan in place for
fundraising for additional proj-
ects? I know we have the first
one pretty well set at the Port
(of Siuslaw). Are we waiting
for the committee to come for-
ward with options?”
Springer said, “There are a
According to Pitcher, com-
munity members held their
hands to their hearts and some
stood at attention and saluted.
During the service, awards
were given to the family of
Datan, including the state flag
that flew over the capital build-
ing on April 20 and the Medal
of Ultimate Sacrifice award
from Gov. Kate Brown’s office.
The service included an
honor guard formed by mem-
bers of police agencies, a 21-
gun salute and a rider-less
horse. It ended with the final
radio call for Datan’s badge,
No. 524.
The Coos County Sheriff’s
Office, with assistance from
the Oregon Fallen Badge
Association, put on a fitting
tribute to Datan and his family.
The “Wives Behind the
Badge” association, which
included wives of FPD offi-
cers, also assisted by helping
with set up, feeding the many
volunteers, finding and pur-
chasing last-minute items and
Boat
from 1A
“The helicopter came very
fast. Maybe 10 minutes after
the crewman pushed the dis-
tress button,” Patureau said.
The helicopter stayed near
the catamaran for 15 to 20
minutes, communicating
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number of sources for funds for
this endeavor.”
He listed private donations,
grants, business donations, city
funds and fundraising projects.
He also reported that
through private donations and a
grant from Western Lane
Community Foundation, they
already have enough funds “to
purchase the city’s first piece
of outdoor public art.”
“We plan to have that in
place sometime in the fall,” he
said.
City Manager Erin Reynolds
also mentioned that Florence
Urban Renewal Agency is
addressing public art in upcom-
ing meetings.
“We are excited to see this.
It’s a great way to kick off eco-
nomic development and art in
the community,” she said.
Greene said, “We want to
see everybody showing as
much art everywhere, so that
people look around this town
and say, ‘It’s got art, it’s got
beauty, it’s got architecture.’”
The committee will be made
of seven voting members and
two members from the city. As
long as the majority are from
within the city boundaries, as
many as four representatives
can be from the surrounding
area.
Besides artists, Greene
hopes for “art influencers,” like
those involved in architecture,
landscaping design and gal-
leries, to join the committee.
The city also emphasized the
importance of grant writing
skills as a consideration.
Councilor Susy Lacer said,
“I am very excited about this
whole public art movement.
I’m excited to see this
progress.”
“Thank you to everybody,”
said Greene. “This has been a
longtime coming and you’ve
gotten hard work done.”
Those interested in joining
the public art committee should
look for applications online in
May at the city’s website
www.ci.florence.or.us.
A ceremonial rider-less horse walks in the procession.
many other tasks.
Pitcher said, “(The volun-
teers) helped make the celebra-
tion of life a memorable event
for Datan’s family, friends,
community members and his
law enforcement family.”
Thousands of community
members attended the ceremo-
ny.
The state board in charge of
supporting police officers and
their families in times of need
held a meeting Monday to pro-
vide benefits for Datan’s fami-
ly. The fund, established in
1999, provides financial assis-
tance to public safety officers
who are disabled in the line of
duty, and to family members of
officers killed or permanently
disabled in the line of duty.
through VHF radio.
“They asked if we needed
them to pick up anyone
for emergency treatment,”
Patureau continued. “We said
no, that we were OK.”
A Coast Guard 47-foot
MLB from Station Siuslaw
River ran the 30 miles out to
the catamaran’s location. A
second 47-foot MLB waited to
assist at the mouth of the
Siuslaw River.
“The biggest issue was the
language problem,” Greenlief
said. “It was difficult to relay
information.”
After salvaging the boom
and the two sails, and clearing
away the mast and unsalvage-
able debris, the Twin Image,
under Coast Guard escort,
motored to the mouth of the
Siuslaw River, across the bar
and up river to the Port of
Siuslaw transient dock.
According to Coast Guard
records, the catamaran tied up
to the dock at 1 p.m., five
hours after being dismasted.
None of the four members
of the catamaran crew had
U.S. visas, because they had
not intended to dock in any
U.S. port.
“We came from Tahiti
directly to Vancouver. We
have a Canadian visa, but we
don’t have an American visa,”
Patureau explained.
The two crew members
flew home, but Patureau and
Darceot have to stay until the
boat repairs are completed and
then finish their voyage to
French Polynesia.
U.S. Customs issued a spe-
cial 30-day boat parole, which
gives the couple special per-
mission to stay on the boat,
but they cannot travel or visit
other parts of the country.
“Generally, repairs covered
under a boat parole would
only take a few weeks. In this
case, it could take four to six
months,” Patureau said.
Rather than reapply for boat
paroles every 30 days for the
next six months, the couple
decided to apply for U.S.
visas. But you cannot apply
for a U.S. visa while you are
in the Uunited States.
“We decided that the best
way for us, and for the U.S.
Customs, is for us to go to
Vancouver, B.C., by car and
apply for a visa,” Patureau
said.
The couple is hoping for a
quick trip.
The boat is French built,
registered in the Cayman
Islands and insured through a
London-based insurance com-
pany. The previous owner was
a New Zealander who was
keeping the vessel in Canada,
and the current owner is a
French citizen living in Tahiti.
Now the U.S. government is
involved.
Once they have their visas,
Patureau and Darceot will
motor down to San Francisco,
where there are boat haul-out
facilities large enough to han-
dle the catamaran’s 29-foot
beam. They plan to spend the
nights in coastal ports along
the way, eliminating the need
for additional crew.
The couple has enjoyed
their unscheduled layover in
Florence as much as the cir-
cumstances would allow.
“The town and the people
are very friendly, very wel-
coming,” Patureau said. “In a
small town like Florence, it is
easy to meet people. If we go
to San Francisco, it will be
more difficult because it is a
big city.”
The only drawback to
Florence, from Patureau’s per-
spective, is the weather.
“It is a little cold for us
because we are used to living
in Polynesia, in tropical
weather,” he said. “Perhaps
San Francisco will be
warmer.”
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