SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2015
PeaceHealth schedules
disaster drill today
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center in Florence,
in coordination with local
emergency responders, will
be conducting a mock mass-
casualty drill today, Aug. 19.
The drill is scheduled
to start around 8 a.m. at
Siuslaw High School and
will continue throughout the
morning, concluding around
11 a.m. The drill will test the
preparedness and response of
local agencies should a real
disaster occur.
The event, staged by
PeaceHealth, will focus on
response plans for an actual
disaster that would trigger a
sudden influx of patients,
media, and concerned com-
munity members in addition
to the day to day patient
activity at the hospital. It will
also provide on-scene train-
ing for local emergency
responders.
The scenario for the prac-
tice event is a simulated
explosion in the high school
shop. Volunteers will be par-
ticipating in the exercise to
play the roles of patients and
family members.
In addition to the planned
participants,
community
members are welcome to
view the training as it will
provide real-life crowd con-
trol training for emergency
responders. Onlookers are
encouraged to watch but are
reminded to be respectful to
the fact that it is a training to
better prepare the hospital
and responders.
Organizers caution that
the event is a significant
exercise and the local com-
munity can expect to see
emergency responders at
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center and Siuslaw
High School looking and act-
ing as if it were a true disas-
ter. Emergency staff and drill
participants with mock
injuries may be seen by
motorists and pedestrians in
the area.
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Russell photography on display at Silver Lining
The Gallery Above the
Silver Lining Boutique, 2217
Highway 101, is showing the
incredible photography of
Richard Russell now through
September.
The champagne and hors
d’oeuvre artist’s reception
will be held Sept. 12, from 3
to 5 p.m., during the Second
Saturday Gallery Tour in
Florence. This show should
not be missed by anyone who
appreciates artistic expres-
sions and photography.
Russell’s artistic statement
is so simple yet so diversified
and compassionate.
“My passion has always
been the human condition. I
like to think that I go where
nobody else wants to go, can’t
go, will not go or are afraid to
go, and bring these realities to
the people at large,” Russell
said.
“Photography is the vehicle
that I choose in my attempt to
bring these images home. I
basically consider myself a
documentary and portrait
photographer. I believe my
camera is the best tool in the
recording of time,” he added.
No truer words could be
said about Russell’s ability to
bring out the spirit, the soul,
the essence of whatever sub-
ject matter that he tackles.
Youth
PHOTO BY RICHARD RUSSELL
“Railroad Tracks” and other photography by Richard
Russell will be shown through September at the
Gallery Above the Silver Lining Boutique in Florence.
He is completely able to
portray the personalities
through his attention to detail
and his illuminating use of
lights and darks with his cam-
era.
Russell’s subject matters
and portraits sing, speak and
tell a complete story even
though each photograph is
unique and compelling in a
very personal way. His com-
positions are exciting, stark,
crisp and filled with emotion
on every level.
His controlled use of light
accentuates the very purpose
of each photo, and truly
brings them to life. You feel as
if you know the people he is
portraying, and you desire to
know even more. You can
almost hear the blues music
bursting out of his Northwest
Blues 1996 calendar, where
quite a few of these photos are
collectors items and hanging
in noteworthy museums and
galleries.
During the past 40 years,
his works have been shown up
and down the West Coast,
from Los Angeles to Seattle.
Russell is a native of
Hibbing, Minn. In 1962 he
joined the U.S. Navy as a
navy photo lab technician and
was immediately drawn to the
enormous abilities of a cam-
era. He followed this navy
career doing independent
work in photographic labs
throughout the Los Angeles
area.
His formal studies came
from the Los Angeles Art
Center, as well as informal
studies from 40 years of trials
and error.
Russell is currently a mem-
ber of Photo Zone, the fine art
photography co-op based in
Eugene, Ore. Through this
affiliation, his signature
black-and-white shot titled
“Railroad Tracks” was recent-
ly chosen for a poster of an
upcoming movie starring
Robert Redford.
from 1A
“We are just here to serve
and create a resource for our
community,” Gowing added.
Regarding transportation
to and from the church,
Gowing said they were still
working things out with the
school district. He said that
students could “possibly get
on the bus that comes closest
to the church and bus over
after school. We are still
working out the logistics on
that.”
With the current space
allotted for the program,
Gowing estimates the center
could handle from 30 to 45
students.
For more information, call
Jeff Gowing at 541-997-
3533.
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Cross Road Assembly of God Church Student Pastor Jeff Gowing readies the new
church youth center that will focus on helping local teens improve their academic per-
formance this coming school year.
Crew
from 1A
present — we’re both so
invested into this lifeboat sta-
tion, it’s helped to mold us all.
We love to hear the sea stories
from the past, and they enjoy
seeing how things have
changed and advanced in
today’s service.”
The motto of the day was
“You have it easy now,
because back in the day...” fol-
lowed by a story of how the
Coast Guard used to conduct
business back then.
The two teams had many
conversations about Homer,
the 1970 station dog — the
same dog that lies buried on
the station grounds. He is
memorialized with a shining
brass monument that still
stands today.
Both duty crews ate pizza
together, toured the station
and even got a feel for the salt
air on the Siuslaw River bar,
Snider said.
Bruce Fitzgerald, part of
the commissioning crew and
also a retired postmaster, pre-
sented Snider and the crew
with a framed plaque contain-
ing a postal stamp that com-
memorates the 225th
Anniversary of the Coast
Guard, as well as the national
postmark for Aug. 4.
The reunion crew also took
a tour of Heceta Head
Lighthouse, held a reunion
banquet at Three Rivers
Casino Resort and toured the
Oregon Coast Military
Museum.
“Of all the things that may
have changed, one thing
remains the same,” Snider
said. “We still have good peo-
ple standing the watch —
ready to answer the call.”
Snider thanked Dennis
Neblich for coordinating the
“First Crew Reunion,” MK2
Manny Mercado for taking
pictures and MK3 Matt
Schmader for helping prepare
the report.
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