SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2015
Service expansion includes
mental health support, jobs
Through a partnership with
Lane County Behavioral
Health, Shangri-La is now
providing
Home
and
Community Based Services
(HCBS) to people with docu-
mented chronic mental illness
in rural Lane County, primari-
ly in Florence.
Through the HCBS program
individuals with mental illness
can receive supports in the
comfort of their own home.
Supports can include personal
care, community inclusion
activities, assistance with
medical appointments and
housekeeping activities.
Support hours are cus-
tomized to each person with
average supports ranging from
10 to 20 hours per week.
The program aims to serve
70 individuals with mental ill-
ness in the Florence-area.
Services can be accessed by
contacting Shangri-La’s Lane
County HCBS Manager at
541-515-4576. The 1915(i)
Plan or Adult Mental Health
Initiative (AMHI) funds can
be used to pay for HCBS
through Shangri-La. Private
pay is also accepted.
As a result of the service
expansion, Shangri-La is seek-
ing to hire multiple Mental
Health Community Based
Services Agents.
Qualified applicants must
be at least 18 years of age,
have a high school diploma,
possess a valid Oregon dri-
ver’s license, have an accept-
able driving record and be able
to successfully pass a criminal
history check.
Candidates with experience
working with people with
mental illness are encouraged
to apply. Extensive training
will be provided to all HCBS
agents.
The Shangri-La Florence
Home and Community Based
Services Hiring Fair will be
Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m., at the
WorkSource Oregon Center,
3180 Highway 101.
Interested candidates should
bring a resume and be pre-
pared to interview. Shangri-La
will be making job offers to
qualified candidates during the
hiring fair.
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Small HOME and LAND in
gated ALL AGE community
of Coast Village. Sleeps
6. New furnace, 200 amp
service w/outlets for toys,
Fully furnished. Community
amenities include: Pool, Bath
House, Sauna, Laundromat,
Rec Hall, Playground
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Suburbs.
Minivan.
How’d that happen?
Library
Tidings
“The Life-changing Magic
of Tidying Up: the Japanese
Art of Decluttering and
Organizing”
by Marie Kondo
Book Review by Susie Voth
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
Many of us feel like our pos-
sessions rule our lives, they
overtake our homes and clutter
our environments. Marie Kondo
has a magic method for tidying
up those pesky possessions.
Kondo encourages people to
make a clean sweep, a one day
cleanse to eliminate items that
do not “spark joy.” In order to
determine if an item sparks joy,
one needs to touch it. The
KonMari Method is specific –
start with clothing, then books,
paper, komono (miscellany), and
last mementos. Mementos are
last because it is difficult to part
with things that hold memories.
A Kondo rule — every item
must be touched to determine if
it sparks joy. When beginning,
all clothing is put on the floor,
clothes must be brought forth
from all the places where one
might stash them. After the items
are heaped together, Kondo
instructs clients to pick up each
item, hold it, and determine if it
inspires joy. If not, discard it.
The same method is used for
books — heap them on the floor,
pick up each book, determine if
it sparks joy, then keep or dis-
card it accordingly.
Papers are somewhat differ-
ent. Her rule of thumb is “dis-
card everything.” However that
is not entirely true. She does
admit that some papers, although
very few, need to be kept.
According to Kondo by touch-
ing each sentimental item and
deciding what brings you joy,
you process your past. Her belief
is that we should live in a space
for the person we are now, not
the person we were in the past.
This tiny book (5 inches by 7
inches, 213 pages) is packed
with ideas. This review barely
begins to describe the Kondo
method of tidying up.
Library board to meet
The library’s Board of
Directors will be having its regu-
lar monthly meeting on
Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 1:30
p.m., in the Bromley Room.
The board meetings are open
to the general public, and all cit-
izens are invited to attend.
Windows 10 overview
On Monday, Aug. 24, at 1
5 A
p.m. in the library’s Bromley
Room, librarian Linda Weight
will present an introductory
overview of the new Windows
10 operating system, recently
released by Microsoft.
If you’re curious about the
new operating system and how it
works and how it’s different or
the same from earlier versions
this is the program for you. It is
not a hands-on class, but a dis-
cussion of the program, there-
fore there is no preregistration.
Weight will show screen shots
of the new desktop, start menu
and other features, as well as
touching on the pros and cons of
the system, and things to consid-
er when installing and setting it
up.
This program is free and open
to the general public. For more
information, contact Weight at
541-997-3132.
Mapleton Open House
The Mapleton branch library
will be having an Open House
on Thursday, Aug. 20, at 5 p.m.
Besides the usual food and
fun, this event will feature the
unveiling of 12 historical photo-
graphs of Mapleton and the sur-
rounding area that will hang per-
manently in the library.
Street closures scheduled to begin in Dunes City
Asphalt pavement overlay
and maintenance work will be
underway on Russell Drive
during the remainder of
August.
Preparatory work is expect-
ed to begin during the week of
Aug. 17.
The initial construction
activities will consist of repair
and replacement of designated
sections on Russell Drive
(entire length) followed by
placement of a new asphalt
concrete overlay between the
limits of Rio Drive to the end.
The work is necessary for
our streets to be maintained
properly and to insure the
maximum life possible of the
existing asphalt pavement.
This maintenance will
affect vehicular traffic and
access to homes while the
work is being accomplished.
The selected contractor,
Johnson Rock, has made it
clear that for pavement
improvements to work proper-
ly, and to insure the city
receives the maximum value
from its investment, it is
imperative that no one drive
or walk on the freshly paved
street section directly follow-
ing its placement for a period
of 4 to 6 hours.
Residents and the general
public will be notified through
the contractor’s traffic control
measures regarding when
vehicle and pedestrian traffic
will be permitted back on the
street.
The affected areas will be
barricaded off with traffic
cones until through traffic is
allowed within the newly
paved area.
Arrangements will be made
to accommodate homeowners
and delivery vehicles to what-
ever extent possible during
the street maintenance curing
period.
The following streets will
be affected by this construc-
tion project:
• Russell Drive: (Overlay
and designated existing pave-
ment removal and replace-
ment areas).
• Rio Road: No actual pave-
ment work on this street at the
present time; however, resi-
dents will be subject to traffic
control measures (ingress and
egress).
Rio Road is scheduled for
slurry sealing pavement main-
tenance work next season.
Casino wins 4th Wine Spectator excellence award
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Three
Rivers
Casino
Resort has earned its fourth
Award of Excellence from
Wine Spectator Magazine.
The award recognizes a
wine list offering an interest-
ing and diverse selection of
wines that are well presented
and thematically match the
resort’s cuisine in price and
style.
Three
Rivers
Casino
Resort will be listed in the
magazine’s annual awards
issue, which covers restau-
rants in all 50 states and 75
countries, telling its readers,
“These are the wine-savvy
addresses to look for whether
you are close to home or
overseas.”
Three
Rivers
Casino
Resort’s Food and Beverage
Director, Gary Gortz, accept-
ed the award.
“Our list includes local,
regional and international
wines which complement the
specific offerings of our
restaurants and appeals to the
diverse tastes of our diners,”
Gortz said.
It is a list that reflects what
Wine Spectator is calling a
“new era.” Wherein a grow-
ing number of restaurants are
expanding their wine selec-
tions beyond the familiar
regions, with little known or
hard-to-find varietals, appel-
lations and producers, shar-
ing the spotlight with the
classics.
“We fit right into that cate-
gory,” said Gortz, who noted
that Three Rivers Casino
Resort’s wine inventory
exceeds 1,000 bottles and
includes 178 different labels.
“As Florence continues to
grow as a destination resort,
visitors will really appreciate
what we have to offer. We
believe it’s one of the things
that will bring them back —
and that’s good for the whole
community.”
The complete list of award-
winning restaurants will be
released in the Aug. 31 issue
of Wine Spectator.
For more specifics about
Three Rivers Casino Resort,
visit ThreeRiversCasino.com.
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Elks feature country western performance
Environmental Management Advisory Committee Presents:
Black & White Recycling Event
Saturday, August
August 15th
16th
Saturday,
10 AM-2 PM
The Florence Elks are fea-
turing a special performance of
“Whose Gonna Fill Their
Shoes: A Classic Country
Music Retrospective” at 5
p.m., Saturday, Aug. 5.
Tickets are $25 and include
dinner and dancing. Purchase
tickets by calling the Elks at
541-997-2610.
All proceeds are going
toward the purchase of a new
floor for the new youth per-
forming arts facility in
Florence
—
Children’s
Repertory
of
Oregon
Workshops (CROW).
Written and directed by
Mike Jacobson, of Florence’s
Poison Pen Players, this musi-
cal revue features songs made
famous by George Jones,
Tammy Wynette, Ernest Tubb,
Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Hank
Williams Sr. and more. It’s
sure to set your feet tapping
and your heart soaring.
Siuslaw High School Parking Lot
Acceptable items include but are not limited to:
refrigerators, hair dryers, toasters, dish washers,
washers & dryers, stoves, air conditioners,
empty propane tanks (5 gallon size or less) and
tires 22” or less (limit 10 per household).
We’re co
ming to
FLOREN
CE
Aug. 24
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Volunteers available to help unload
For more information:
Because there’s nothing
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or call
Bonnie MacDuffee 541-997-9599
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