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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015
Departments respond to weekend water emergencies Sonshine begins registration
Firefighters, Coast Guard, ambulance arrive on scene
Registration for the 2015-16
school year is underway at
Sonshine Christian School,,
Florence’s Christian school for
grades 1 to 8.
A limited number of open-
ings are available for fall.
The school is open to people
of all faiths and backgrounds,
and some financial assistance
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
In the third water emergency
in only two days, crews from
Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue
(SVFR) and the U.S. Coast
Guard Station Siuslaw River
(USCG) responded to a cap-
sized boat on the Siuslaw River
on Monday, July 13.
The incident happened
near milepost 2 on Highway
126 at approximately 5:30
p.m.
On arrival, first responders
found a male subject out of his
boat and attempting to swim to
the river bank. He was wearing
a personal flotation device
(PFD).
The male, who was not
injured or hypothermic, report-
ed he was the boat operator and
the only person aboard the 12-
foot 1981 San Francisco Bay
Pelican sailboat.
According to the boat opera-
tor, he lost control of his sail,
causing his boat to tip, capsize
and take on water.
USCG and SVFR assisted
is available for students of
qualifying families.
For more information, call
Sonshine Christian School at
541-997-5909.
The school is at 4555
Highway 101, across from
NAPA Auto Parts, at the
Florence Seventh-day Adven-
tist Church.
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Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue and the U.S. Coast Guard
send boats to help a capsized sailboat on the Siuslaw
River Monday.
the boat operator in securing
his boat and towing it back to
shore.
Western Lane Ambulance
District (WLAD) also respond-
ed. WLAD personnel assisted
securing the sailboat and
examined the operator for
injuries and hypothermia.
The other incidents occurred
on Sunday, when a sport fisher
ran out of fuel in the lower
river and, while responders
were still there, a kayaker tan-
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gled in the boat’s rudder lines
SVFR reminds all boaters to
“check their equipment before
launching, wear their PFDs
and respect Mother Nature
while enjoying our lakes and
rivers.”
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Library Conversations to host Nan Laurence
The
Siuslaw
Public
Library’s adult summer reading
program
“Escape
the
Ordinary” wraps up with a free
discussion about the role of the
“downtown” on Saturday, July
25.
The event is part of Oregon
Humanities’
statewide
Conversation Project.
Historically, a city’s down-
town core has been the com-
munity’s cultural and economic
center, expressing shared val-
ues and aspirations.
Today, however, many
downtowns represent a com-
munity’s social and economic
distress. Cities of all sizes are
trying to revitalize their down-
towns, but the qualities essen-
tial to this revitalization remain
elusive.
This is the focus of “A City’s
Center: Rethinking Down-
town,” a free conversation with
Nan Laurence, a senior planner
for the City of Eugene, begin-
ning at 1 p.m. in the Bromley
Room on July 25.
This program is hosted by
University.
Through the Conversation
Project, Oregon Humanities
offers free programs that
engage community members in
thoughtful, challenging con-
versations about ideas critical
to our daily lives and our state’s
future.
For more information about
this free community discus-
sion, contact Meg Spencer
or Kevin Mittge at 541-997-
3132.
For more information about
this program and the library’s
summer reading programs in
general, visit the Siuslaw
Public Library in person, call
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541-997-3132, or visit the
Nan Laurence, senior planner for the City of Eugene, will dis- library’s website at www.
cuss the role of “downtown” in city planning.
siuslawlibrary.org.
Siuslaw Public Library and
sponsored
by
Oregon
Humanities.
Laurence manages down-
town development projects and
revitalization as a senior plan-
ner for the City of Eugene.
Her role is to help the city’s
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activities more closely reflect
the community’s vision.
Laurence has a master of
architecture degree from the
University of Virginia and a
master of city and regional
planning degree from Cornell
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Storyteller continues KXCR Folk Series tonight
Florence will have the
opportunity to hear and visit
with performers from the
Oregon Country Fair this sum-
mer.
Unique American storyteller
Chris Chandler is playing
tonight, July 18, at 7 p.m., at
the
Florence
Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship.
His performance is third in a
series, coming on the heels of
shows by two former musical
partners, Anne Feeney and her
daughter, Amy Sue Berlin.
Behind Chandler’s free-
thought riffs on American cul-
ture is a sharp eye and a deep
love of language.
Striking in appearance,
sporting a black bowler on his
shaved head, he sometime
finds himself climbing any
nearby chair to add emphasis
to a story’s hilarious conclu-
sion.
Chandler, son of a southern
preacher, left his home and,
instead of pursuing a career in
theater, he trusted his instincts
to hit the road to find and tell
the stories of America.
For the last 25 years he has
traveled from gig to gig losing
his long blond hair but sharp-
ening his craft.
The guitar and voice of Paul
Benoit weaves tastefully
throughout the performance,
sometimes subdued, some-
times soaring.
Chandler credits his music
director for lifting the act to its
current elevated level of pro-
fessionalism.
Everywhere they appear the
reaction usually includes a
recognition that it was a totally
unique entertainment experi-
ence.
There is no admission
charge but donations will be
gratefully received by the per-
formers.
For information, call 541
997-2997 or visit www.kxcr.
net.
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