SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015
OPB closing Safeway
branch after Friday
Oregon Pacific Bank has
announced it will be closing
the Florence Safeway Branch
and consolidating it into the
main branch at 1355 Highway
101.
The last day of operations at
the Safeway branch will be
Friday, July 31.
To meet the needs of clients
who have enjoyed the extend-
ed hours at the Safeway
branch, Oregon Pacific Bank
will be increasing banking
hours at its main branch.
Beginning Saturday, Aug. 1,
the bank will have the follow-
ing hours of operation:
Monday through Friday,
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with the
drive-through opening at 8:30
a.m.; and Saturdays, from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Grill & Lounge
at Sandpines
We are now open for lunch in the
Lounge 7-days a week!!
Dinner Fri & Sat nights from 5-8pm
HAPPY HOUR 2-5 Wed-Sun
SATURDAY NIGHT DINNER SPECIAL
Surf and Turf Pasta ONLY $14
“Best value in Florence Period!!”
1201 35th Street at Kingwood, Florence
Highway 101 & 35 St.
541-997-4623
During any earthquake…..
DROP, COVER, HOLD
until the shaking stops; then get your “grab
and go bag” and evacuate preferably on foot
to an assembly area.
However, if you must drive make sure you
always keep your gas tank at least half fi lled.
Be sure to tune into 106.9 FM KCST as the
local emergency broadcast station for further
information.
The rule of thumb is if there is violent shak-
ing and it lasts more than 10 seconds once the
shaking stops – evacuate immediately if you
are in a low lying inundation zone area.
This message brought to you by the
West Lane Emergency Operations Group
www.wleog.org
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
As You Wish:
Inconceivable Tales from
the Making of
The Princess Bride
By Cary Elwes
Book Review by Susie Voth
I loved this heartwarming
memoir about the making of the
film “The Princess Bride.” The
movie is one of my all-time
favorites. When Wesley and I
got married I gave it to him as a
wedding gift. We love it. We
watch it with our children, who
also love it.
Part of what makes this audio-
book so fantastic is the perfect
narration by Cary Elwes (or
Westley) and the tidbits of
shared information and memo-
ries read by various members of
the cast and crew including Rob
Reiner, Billy Crystal, Robin
Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Carol
Kane and Christopher Guest, to
name a few.
The behind-the-scenes tales
will make you laugh, smile,
wince or cry. I especially
enjoyed the stories about Andre
the Giant, a gentle man who,
because of his enormous size
(7’4” and 500 pounds), died far
too young.
Also of interest were the tales
of mishaps such as when Elwes
broke his big toe in an ATV acci-
dent just prior to shooting the
Fire Swamp segment of the film.
And then there is the six-
minute sword fight. Neither
Elwes nor Patinkin knew how to
fence prior to making the film.
Each spent many hours training
with professional swordsmen to
become proficient.
Ultimately the sword fight
was shot without the use of stunt
doubles (except for the acrobat-
ics). There are many memorable
quotes from the movie among
them:
“Inconceivable!”
“Get used to disappointment.”
“Hello. My name is Inigo
Montoya. You killed my father.
Prepare to die.”
“Have fun storming the cas-
tle!”
And of course, “As you wish.”
Caution: If you have not yet
seen the movie or read the book
The Princess Bride (both avail-
able from our library) please do
so prior to enjoying this book!
Applicants sought for
library board
The Siuslaw Public Library
District has a vacancy on its
board of directors due to the res-
ignation of current board mem-
ber Dave Forsberg. The board
will interview applicants and
appoint a replacement for the
unexpired term of Forsberg at a
5 A
regular meeting Aug. 19.
The person who is selected by
the board as a replacement will
be eligible to run for election in
May 2017 at the end of
Forsberg’s current term.
The library board is composed
of five residents of the district
who are elected to four-year
terms. All members serve with-
out remuneration.
Meetings are held monthly.
Applications are available at
the Florence and Mapleton
branches, and more information
is available from library director
Meg Spencer by calling 541-
997-3132.
Application and other materi-
als must be received by 4 p.m.
on Friday, Aug. 7.
No exceptions.
Summer reading grand
finale
The grand finale for the chil-
dren’s summer reading program,
“Every Hero Has a Story,” will
be today, July 29, in Mapleton,
from noon to 2 p.m., and tomor-
row, Thursday, July 30, from
10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Florence.
Come for the picnic and
waterslide party! Celebrate the
end of the summer reading pro-
gram, but hopefully not the end
of your reading for the summer!
Polio hits closer to home than you might think
One of the causes that will
benefit from the money raised
by Florence Rotary’s “Cool at
the Coast” golf tournament
Saturday, Aug. 1, at Ocean
Dunes, will be Rotary
International’s End Polio Now
campaign.
Only three countries in the
world still have recorded cases
of polio: Nigeria, Pakistan and
Afghanistan. Polio seems of lit-
tle concern to the people of
Florence.
Not so fast. Ethel Angal,
Superintendent of the Siuslaw
School District, tells a different
story.
“I was 5 years old when I got
it,” Angal says. “I turned five in
April and was diagnosed dur-
ing the summer months.”
No one seems to have a cred-
ible theory about how Ethel
contracted polio.
“I was an active child and I
remember kids had to stay
inside that summer because of
polio fears running throughout
the country. I also remember
talk about swimming pools, but
we mostly swam in lakes and
rivers.
“I had taken a fall on my
skates and remember having a
really achy, stiff neck. The
stiffness spread from my neck
down my back to my legs.”
When it didn’t get better, but
instead seemed to get worse,
Angal’s mom bundled her up
and took Angal to the family
doctor in Cottage Grove.
He told her that, based on
Angal’s symptoms, she either
had spinal meningitis or polio.
“I was rushed to the hospital
and I vividly recall the spinal
tap that confirmed the diagno-
sis of polio,” recalls Angal. “I
remember my mom crying that
day. It was the only time I had
ever seen her cry, except for
happy tears.”
Angal’s treatment was var-
ied and largely experimental.
Over the next four to eight
weeks, she was wrapped in
cool blankets to keep her fever
down. Then her legs were
wrapped in really warm blan-
kets.
Later, after the warm blan-
kets, her legs were rubbed and
gently moved to maintain mus-
cle strength. That happened
several times a day. It was
called the Sister Kenney treat-
ment and was developed by a
nursing sister.
“I was lucky that I had a doc-
tor willing to try it,” Angal
says.
She also had penicillin injec-
tions every three hours to pre-
vent infection.
The doctor said that Angal’s
COURTESY PHOTO
Ethel Angal
case did not leave her with last-
ing paralysis or shriveled limbs
that many polio victims suf-
fered, because her mom got her
in to see him within a day of
her first symptoms.
“I had some ongoing physi-
cal therapy and missed attend-
ing kindergarten that year,
which was even worse than
polio to me at the time,” says
Angal. “I was still in the hospi-
tal over Halloween and could-
n’t go trick-or-treating.”
As she approached adoles-
cence, Angal had no noticeable
after effects of the disease. Her
most severely impacted leg is
about 1/4-inch shorter than the
other leg. She became a varsity
cheerleader and was on the
high school dance team. She
skied, swam, fished, hiked and
rafted, and did all the outdoor
things that Oregon has to offer.
“I think polio made me a bet-
ter reader early in life because I
couldn’t go outside to play for
months,” says Angal. “When I
hit first grade I was a very flu-
ent reader, well above my
grade level, because my mom
checked out amazing books
from our library.”
Today, Angal has pretty sig-
nificant arthritis and degenera-
tive disc disease but to this
point she has not experienced
the more severe post-polio syn-
drome symptoms. She has had
two back surgeries and a knee
replacement, with another to
come.
“In an odd way,” she says, “I
believe having that early expe-
rience of a body that didn’t
work for a while has made me
more appreciative of the bless-
ing of free movement,” says
Angal. “I still like nothing bet-
ter that hiking and swimming
because it gives me an amazing
sense of freedom and peace to
be out in nature and to be
active.”
When asked for her thoughts
about Rotary’s End Polio Now
campaign, Angal said, “I
believe that we need to finish
the fight. We are so close to
eradicating this crippling dis-
ease. It is also important to
keep spreading the word about
booster shots, especially for
anyone traveling to an area that
has not eradicated polio.
“Although polio is not a
worldwide epidemic, it still
exists in some parts of the
world and is still crippling bod-
ies.”
Any golfer in the area can
become a part of this world-
wide effort. There are still a
few spots left for Saturday’s
tournament, which tees off at
10 a.m. at Ocean Dunes.
To register, call 541-997-
3232 or visit www.coolatthe
coast.com.
— By Paula Becker
2015 FLORENCE ROTARY CLUB’S 6TH ANNUAL
“COOL AT THE COAST”
SUMMER GOLF SPECTACULAR
AT OCEAN DUNES GOLF LINKS
(541) 997-3232
www.coolatthecoast.com
ONLY A FEW SPACES LEFT! REGISTER TODAY!
Saturday, August 1, 2015 • Shotgun Start 10 a.m.
ENTRY FEE $80 PER PLAYER, $320 PER FOURSOME
2015 FORD SUV HOLE IN ONE PRIZE
SPONSORED BY THREE RIVERS CASINO RESORT
Teams of four • Scramble format • Gross & Net Divisions
Tee prizes: Long Drive, Accuracy Drive, and KPs on all Par 3s
Contests for both players and non-golfers
Entry fee includes beverages on the course, cart and lunch. Non-golfers lunch $10
Additional prize, food, and beverage sponsors include
Coast Jewelers, R.J. Pilcher, McDonald Wholesale, Dutch Bros,
Fred Meyer, Hop Valley Brewing Company, Deschutes Brewery,
Columbia Distributing Company, Oakshire Brewery.
Course transportation provided by FlorenceYamaha.