SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015
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Backstreet hosts heartfelt
exhibit through February
“Milagros Hearts” by Backstreet artist Jane Rincon
Backstreet Gallery artists
have put their heart into the
“Heart” exhibition for the
month of February. With more
than 20 talented artists pouring
their heart out into their media
with their interpretation of the
heart theme, it’s bound to be
an interesting show.
There will be a reception in
their honor on Valentine’s Day,
Feb. 14, from 3 to 5 p.m., at
1421 Bay St.
Beside the array of tasty
appetizers, guests will enjoy
the talented Rebecca Phillips
with her quartet, aptly called
“Just for Fun,” with Richard
Jones on clarinet and tenor
sax, Lou Invernon on flute and
Barbara Jones on bass.
Gallery member Jill Hardin
will possibly join them on a
song or two, while Phillips
fills in with other vocals, along
with her keyboard work.
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Petty Officer Veach led the students on an exploration of the station and two of the Coast Guard’s boats.
Tour
from 1A
On Feb. 4, seven students,
ages 8 to 11, went to the U.S.
Coast Guard Station off
Rhododendron Drive with
Grano and Twilight teacher
Ben Wells. Petty Officer Alan
Veach led the Coast Guard
tour.
“I’ve been in the Coast
Guard for 12 years,” Veach
said. “I’m a boatswain’s mate,
first class. I drive boats. Well,
on a good day I drive boats.
On a bad day I do paperwork.”
“What would they have to
do, Alan, to get into the Coast
Guard?” Grano asked.
This is one of the most
important parts of the field trip
for Grano.
“One of the goals is to pres-
ent students with careers that
they may not know about and
how to get there. We always
talk to the hosts about that,”
he said.
Veach answered, “There are
two career paths you can take.
You could enlist in the Coast
Guard, which means you
would be an enlisted person, a
petty officer like myself, or
you could go to the academy
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or get a commission as an offi-
cer. To enlist, you have to
complete high school or get
your GED, be able to read at
an eighth grade level, pass
some physical exams and go
to an eight-week long boot
camp.”
“I really like it,” he said. “In
a lot of ways, it’s just like any
other job with good days and
bad days, but the good days
are really good. It’s a nice
feeling to go out and help peo-
ple.”
After this, Veach asked the
students a question of his own.
“Who wants to go on a boat?”
Madyson, 9, said, “I want to
go, I want to go! It looks so
big!”
“I have been on a boat
before,” said Cannon, 10.
Another student said, “I’ve
never been on a boat!”
“I would be on a boat if I
got to go to Cub Scouts like
Cannon!” said Alora, 9.
“Well we’ll get you on one
today,” Veach said.
Veach led the tour onto a
47-foot motor lifeboat and
then onto the much smaller
25-foot defender class boat.
Students got to visit the engine
room, climb into the pilot
chairs, and even hear an exam-
ple of an alarm onboard.
The tour ended by the Coast
Guard’s bell.
“I would like to thank you
for asking such thoughtful
questions,” Veach said. “You
each asked very perceptive
questions. Thank you for pay-
ing attention and listening and
not touching stuff. If every
tour was like this, I would
want to give tours a lot more
often.”
“You’re welcome!” the stu-
dents yelled in unison.
The Magical Mystery Bus
Tours also help students learn
more about their community.
“Kids tend to prejudge a
place,” Grano said. “If they’re
going to the police station,
they say, ‘Oh, I’ve been there
before’ or ‘I don’t like police,
I’m not going.’ When they
don’t know where they’re
going, they just sign up
because they want to go on the
field trip and then we surprise
them with where we go and
how good it is.”
So far, Grano and Twilight
tutors have taken students to
the Florence Police
Department, Siuslaw Valley
Fire and Rescue, the Sea Lion
Caves, Siuslaw Public Library
and PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center.
Fire Marshal Sean Barrett
guided the students on a scav-
enger hunt.
“Students broke into four or
five groups and climbed
through the cab of the engine,
they opened doors and com-
partments. They just got to run
and scramble,” Grano said.
Barrett said, “I loved doing
it. It was my favorite thing. I
said to them, ‘I shouldn’t go
around and tell you what I
know. You should tell me what
you know.’”
Youth Services Librarian
Gayle Waiss also set up a
scavenger hunt.
“Students learned all the
stuff that the library has to
offer. Which is amazing. It’s
like Disneyland or something.
… It was tremendous, her
effort,” said Grano.
Grano was very impressed
by the graciousness of the
tours’ hosts.
“There were so many folks
that the students met that were
doing different things. The stu-
dents learned they could do
those jobs and help others in
doing them,” he said.
Grant
and redirect the campaign to
the Corvallis, Salem and
Portland markets.
The chamber’s ad campaign
will use a combination of
newspaper insertions, 30-sec-
ond television commercials
and social media to reach those
markets.
Applebee believes the
Uncurbed Adventures cam-
paign has been successful.
“We saw a 16 percent
increase in TRT revenues over
projections,” he said. “We also
compared our TRT revenues
from when the campaign ran
last year, compared to two
years ago, and the revenues are
up by about 11 percent. We do
know that a lot of people came
from the Bend market and
some from Medford.”
This year, the campaign will
begin in April and run for three
months.
from 1A
“This year’s grant only
required 10 percent matching
funds, but we were able to raise
50 percent for a total of
$7,500,” he continued.
Applebee said the chamber
was going to take the
Uncurbed Adventures cam-
paign that launched last year in
the Bend and Medford markets
Florence Area Humane Society
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