SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015
Annual Lenton Renewal
Weekend Feb. 21-22
The 20th Annual Lenten
Renewal Weekend will return
to its beginnings this month
with the New Life Lutheran
Church congregation as hosts
on Feb. 21 and 22.
At the same church in 1995,
five local churches began a tra-
dition that had its roots in
Africa, where founder, Dr. A.J.
Brauer met Brennan Manning,
a Catholic priest doing mis-
sionary work.
Brauer persuaded Manning,
an internationally known
author, friar, priest, contempla-
tive and speaker, to come to
Florence to participate in that
first weekend. It was so suc-
cessful that the five churches
continued it the following
year.
Over the next two decades,
the Lenten Renewal has grown
in stature and attracted minis-
ters from all of the participat-
ing churches.
For many years, it continued
at Florence Events Center. For
the past two years, the week-
end was at St. Mary, Our Lady
of the Dunes Catholic Church.
At the Feb. 21 and 22 ses-
sion, Stephen J. Patterson a
professor of religion and ethi-
cal studies at Willamette
University will officiate and
explore the meaning of Lent
and of Holy Week.
Saturday sessions will be at
10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30
p.m.
On Sunday, a 10:30 a.m.
community worship service
will be offered. All sessions
will be at New Life Lutheran,
2100 Spruce Street.
The community of Florence
is invited.
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Library
Tidings
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
Library Tidings,
a regular feature
of the Siuslaw News,
features news about
upcoming Siuslaw
Public Library pro-
grams for adults and
children, new books
and videos, and other
library news of interest
to the community.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
First Frost
By Sarah Addison Allen
Book Review by Susie Voth
There is an apple tree in
Bascom, N.C., that blooms and
bears fruit on its own schedule. It
is surrounded by a tall iron fence
covered in honeysuckle vines
two feet thick in the Waverly
family garden.
First frost is when the white
blossoms on the apple tree fall
and cover the ground like snow.
It is then that the Waverly
women gather in the garden to
celebrate. It is a magical tree, as
any Waverly will tell you.
The Waverly women are all
touched by a tiny bit of magic,
each in her own special way.
Evanelle gets an overwhelming
urge to give someone a gift. It
may be a book, a plum or a spat-
ula. In all of her 80 years, she
has not been able to determine
why it is her Waverly gift, and
she wishes it had been a different
gift, but she accepts her gift and
carries around a large bag filled
with odd items in anticipation of
that itch to give something away.
Claire’s gift is in the preparing
of delicious food that soothes
souls or promotes happiness.
Sydney does magical things
with hair and after someone gets
Literary trivia
Join Library Director Meg
Spencer as she leads a fun ses-
sion of literary trivia on
Saturday, Feb. 14, at noon in the
Bromley Room. Do you know
your Harry Potter from your
Beatrix Potter? Grafton from
Griffin? Compete in an epic bat-
tle of the nerds for wonderful
Valentine’s Day prizes!
Best books of 2014
Librarian Kevin Mittge will
be presenting his Best Books of
2014 program on Tuesday, Feb.
24, at 2 p.m. Selected by
patrons, volunteers, staff and the
critics, this will be a fast-paced,
approximately 60 reviews in 60-
minutes program.
Come join the fun and maybe
learn about a new book or a new
author!
AARP tax service available
The AARP tax service is
available again this year at the
library. The service is available
on Monday and Thursdays, from
9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and runs
through April 13.
This tax service is particularly
important this year as the IRS,
for the first time, will not be pro-
viding instruction booklets, just
the three basic 1040 forms,
which have not yet arrived at the
library.
Oregon has not provided tax
instruction booklets or forms to
libraries for some years.
Holiday Closure
In honor of Presidents Day,
the library will be closed
Monday, Feb. 16. Regular hours
resume Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 10
a.m.
OYA youth medical records now fully online
Dr. Marcia Adams (left),
medical director at the
Oregon Youth Authority,
examines an electronic
health record with nurse
Nancy Mills.
Oregon Youth Authority in
final phase of electronic health
record implementation to make
youth intake and care more
efficient, accessible and cost-
efficient for facilities, includ-
ing Camp Florence.
Until late 2014, all medical
records for the 650 youth in the
Oregon Youth Authority’s
close-custody facilities were
paper files.
Transferring records as
youth moved between facilities
and from OYA to the commu-
nity required hand delivery,
which was time- and staff-
intensive.
OYA has now put this manu-
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a cut by Sydney, they experience
a perfect day.
Bay, Sydney’s daughter,
knows where things (and people)
belong.
First Frost unfolds slowly.
There is a bit of a mystery (just
who is the mysterious stranger
and why is he asking about
Claire Waverly), a bit of
romance (Bay knows she
belongs with Josh but how to
convince him is the question),
and, of course, a bit of magic.
First Frost is the second book
in the Waverly series by Sarah
Addison Allen. Garden Spells
introduces the Waverly family
and the magic that swirls around
them.
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Jetty Road. The new system
replaces the paper process of
charting youth medical and
psychiatric histories.
“EHRs are the clinical stan-
dard now in place in most
major health care systems, hos-
pitals and physicians’ offices,”
said OYA Director Fariborz
Pakseresht, “and this innova-
tion not only benefits our
youth, it places OYA at the
forefront of juvenile justice
systems nationwide.”
The benefits of the new EHR
system are many. As well as
reducing costs of maintaining
and transferring medical files
as youth travel between OYA
facilities, EHRs ensure that
medication updates are instant-
ly shared and accessible among
all caregivers.
EHRs also provide continu-
ity of care and access to med-
ical records for community
health providers when a youth
leaves Camp Florence and
returns to the community,
regardless of where he resides.
Chance of human error and
time spent accessing medical
records are reduced as well.
“Thanks to the cooperation
of our physicians, nurses, nurse
practitioners and other staff at
OYA, we’re now fully online,”
said OYA Medical Director
Marcia Adams, M.D. “Our
goal is to better serve our
youth, improve continuity of
care, streamline the documen-
tation process and lower
costs.”
The next major phase of the
EHR transition requires imple-
menting
an
electronic
Medication Administration
Record (eMAR) system called
Sapphire, which begins this
month. Sapphire will replace
paper MARs with rolling med-
ication carts assigned to each
living unit.
Each medication cart will
feature a secure, encrypted lap-
top, where staff will review
and document medication
orders and administer medica-
tions.
Medications will be stored
safely and securely in the
locked carts in secured rooms.
Another portion of the roll-
out occurring in tandem with
the Sapphire transition is the
incorporation of youth dental
care information, including
dental histories, treatments, X-
rays and other care. When
completed, every aspect of a
youth’s medical record will be
available electronically to
authorized staff and medical
providers.