SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015
Music
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The Trail Band, an Oregon-
based eight-piece ensemble that
features songs from the Oregon
Trail era, will be returning to
give the traditional kids concert
this year.
“In 2000, I heard The Trail
Band in a concert put on by
Florence Performing Arts,
which is now SEAcoast. I
thought, ‘We’ve got to get the
school kids in to hear this,’”
Pearson said. “It seemed like a
simple thing, but now this is my
part-time job. It is my passion,
the music and the kids.”
After the first successful
kids’ concert, the music com-
mittee decided to combine it
with the folk concert by The
Singing Loggers.
“That’s what made it into a
real folk fest,” Pearson said.
The kids’ concert will also
feature Lynn Anderson’s stu-
dents in traditional Native
American regalia and dances.
The music festival committee
is working to make this year the
best winter festival yet.
“Every time we go to talk to
someone who has been
involved before, they say, ‘Oh
good.’ They’re just really glad it
isn’t going away. It isn’t fad-
ing,” Pearson said.
Sponsors continue to step in,
and the excitement is spreading
to the community. While many
things are changing this year,
Pearson is positive that the
changes will benefit the com-
munity and the event.
The artisan fair will continue
in the lobby, though hopefully
with the addition of wine and
cider tastings. A new caterer
will be at the FEC during the
event as well.
For her, the most important
aspect of the festival is the kids’
concert, when 900 area youth
from Siuslaw, Mapleton and
Reedsport school districts get a
“top-quality educational concert
in a real theater.”
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Hatter to display art at Silver Lining gallery
On Saturday, Oct. 24,
between 3 and 5 p.m., The
Gallery Above the Silver
Lining Boutique will host a
reception for the diverse and
detailed artworks of Sharon
“Sunny” Hatter.
In addition to enjoying apple
pie, champagne and hors
d’oeuvres, come view Hatter’s
amazingly detailed art, which
will remain on display through
November.
Hatter has lived most of her
life in Oregon and has received
an Associate of Applied
Science degree in graphic
design. Her skills from being a
sign painter for 36 years are
exemplified in each and every
one of her creative pieces. Her
attention to detail makes all of
her subject matters pop from
the page into life.
She has been involved in a
variety of philanthropic volun-
teerism projects such as the
Cottage Grove Friends of the
Carousel and the Florence
Humane Society. She also
started the Cancer Warrior’s
Roving Poker Motorcycle Run
for the American Cancer
Relays for Life.
Hatter created a few stamp
designs for the Lewis and
Clark Days and also for the
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Referring to the recently
remodeled Teen Center, Trent
said, “When you see a whole
building full of kids — middle
school, high school, boys and
girls — all getting together and
having a good time, it’s excit-
ing.”
New programs are at the
core of the Teen Center.
“We have a club bucks pro-
gram that we have started,”
Trent said. “The kids get to
exchange club bucks for a
combination of school sup-
plies, sweatshirts, T-shirts,
games and other items. One of
COURTESY PHOTO
“Siuslaw Ship” pen and ink drawing by Sharon “Sunny” Hatter
commemoration for the Heceta
Head Lighthouse going back
into service. She is also a mem-
ber of the Florence Regional
Arts Alliance (FRAA) and the
Bay Area Artist Association.
Hatter’s love for animals
also
includes
cetaceans
(whales) and her knowledge of
marine life and biology is con-
tinually brought though her
flowing drawings.
She and her husband, Rod,
have
created
SunHat
Motorcards, which incorporate
her loves of motorcycles, the
outdoors, animals, sea life and
her pure joy and enthusiasm for
life and all of its offerings.
Her cards will also be avail-
able at her reception and
through November.
Hatter works on her pen
illustrations with a gel ink pen
and the papers used are mostly
nonwood fiber. All of her soap-
stone creations are carved by
hand; no motorized equipment
is used, except for polishing.
The soapstone is mined in
Grants Pass, Ore.
Her abilities include, but are
not limited to, airbrushing, oil
painting, water colors, pen and
ink illustrations, glass etching,
wood carving, pyrographics
and printmaking.
Silver Lining Boutique is at
2217 Highway 101.
the ways the kids earn the club
bucks is by bringing in test
scores that they earned an A or
100 percent.”
The elementary school has a
similar program, using stars
that may be traded for items.
“We also have an ‘Ugly
Dog’ contest going on,” Trent
explained. “They can read a
book, read a magazine or go
online to find the ugliest dog.
They have to know a little bit
about that breed. Then they
give the dog’s picture a name.
The winning prize for the mid-
dle school and high school will
be a Nook e-reader. We are giv-
ing away a Nook because it is
another medium in which they
can learn how to read better
and have fun doing it.”
The club also plans to launch
a money-management course
that will include refurbishing
the club’s concession stand and
taking it to school sports events
and community events like
Rhody Days.
According to Trent, club
members will learn money-
management skills and gain
business experience from oper-
ating the concession stand
under adult supervision. Club
members will use the proceeds
to pay for additional programs.
Trent said the club is about
to launch an annual campaign
called “The Gift of a Great
Future.”
“Our goal is to raise
$100,000 between now and the
middle of January,” he said.
“The money will be used to
fund more programs and pay
for additional qualified staff
members. We are never going
to have a large paid staff, but
we need enough qualified peo-
ple who have a heart for work-
ing with the various age lev-
els.”
Trent also envisions using
part of the money to fund at
least four $2,500 continuing
education scholarships for
graduating Boys and Girls
Club seniors at the end of this
school year. He said the schol-
arships would be used for
vocational school, nursing
school, police academy, diesel
mechanic school, community
college or state university.
Trent stressed the need for
the type of after-school pro-
grams and supervision offered
by the Boys and Girls Club.
“Twenty-five percent of
eighth graders have experi-
mented with alcohol in the last
30 days,” Trent said, quoting
statistics from a national Boys
and Girls Club presentation. “It
is around 40 percent for 11th
graders. When are they doing
that? They are not doing it
when parents are home. They
are not doing it in school. They
are doing it when they are
unsupervised. Smoking num-
bers are similar. We offer a
place where kids can come,
have a good time, learn and
grow, and helps keep them
from being one of those statis-
tics.”
Graduation rates in Oregon
are the fourth lowest in the
country, according to a new
survey released by the state.
Trent sees the club as being
vital to achieving higher gradu-
ation rates for local students.
“The way we get our gradu-
ation rates up is by filling the
gap between school and
home,” Trent said. “We all
have to work together as a
community to help these kids
have a great future.”
The Boys and Girls Club
will be holding a Bingo
fundraiser beginning at 6 p.m.
tomorrow, Oct. 22, at the Teen
Center, 1601 15th St.
For more information, call
541-902-0304.
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