SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2016
‘The Odd Couple’
auditions in Yachats
YACHATS — One of Us
Productions will be holding
auditions for its April show,
“The Odd Couple – Female
Version,” a contemporary
comedy by Neil Simon.
Open calls are Thursday,
Jan. 7, at 7 p.m.; Saturday,
Jan. 9, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday,
Jan. 10, at 2 p.m. at the
Yachats Commons, Room 3,
441 Highway 101 N.
The cast of characters
includes six women and two
men.
Unger and Madison are at it
again — Florence Unger and
Olive Madison, that is, in the
hilarious female version of
“The Odd Couple.”
Instead of the poker party
that begins the original ver-
sion, Madison has invited the
girls over for an evening of
Trivial Pursuit. The Pidgeon
sisters have been replaced by
the two Costazuela brothers
— handsome, emotional and
Spanish with a Castilian
accent — but the hilarity
remains the same.
Additional characters are
Florence and Olive’s friends
Sylvie, Renee, Vera and
Mickey.
Rehearsals begin Thursday,
Jan. 14, and performances
will run weekends from April
8 through 24.
Contact director Johnni
Prince for more infor-
mation
by
email
at
jlpdmc@gmail.com, call 541-
547-5195, or visit www.fb.
com/One.of.Us.Productions.
One of Us Productions is a
nonprofit community theatre,
which presents at least two
productions a year at Yachats
Commons.
CROW brings holiday spirit
to Shorewood, Spruce Point
www.shoppelocal.biz
COURTESY PHOTO
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few days before Santa Claus made his annual trek to Florence,
vocal students from local nonprofit youth theater group
Children’s Repertory of Oregon Workshops (CROW) volunteered
at The Shorewood and Spruce Point by singing Christmas songs and
passing out candy canes to residents. Above, CROW student Siarrah
Rain sings her solo to a captive audience. Both holiday caroling events
culminated in an invitation for everyone present to sing along to
“We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” CROW is dedicated to community
service. For more information about CROW, including audition require-
ments, upcoming productions and special events, visit the website
www.crowkids.com.
New financial, insurance
consumer laws in effect
SALEM — The 2015
Legislature passed many new
consumer protection bills that
went into effect Friday, Jan. 1.
The
Department
of
Consumer and Business Ser-
vices is implementing the fol-
lowing bills that will provide
valuable benefits or rights to
consumers.
• Protection from unlicensed
lenders: Senate Bill 278 makes
it illegal for unlicensed payday
and title lenders to deposit a
consumer’s check, withhold
money or collect interest, fees
or charges on loans. The bill
also clarifies that illegal loan
agreements made by an unli-
censed lender are void if made
on or after Jan. 1, 2016.
• Guaranteed 90-day pre-
scription drug supply: Senate
Bill 93 allows consumers to
receive up to a 90-day supply
of most prescription medicines
under their insurance plans
when consumers have a suffi-
cient number of authorized
refills available.
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telemedicine: Senate Bill 144
requires health insurance plans
to provide coverage for
telemedicine services.
All health benefit plans,
including any self-insured or
public employee health plans,
must cover health care services
delivered by videoconference.
These provisions apply to
health plans issued or renewed
on or after Jan. 1, 2016.
• Expanding access to birth
control: House Bill 2879 and
House Bill 3343 HB 2879
allows pharmacists to prescribe
birth control, reducing the need
for women to visit a doctor for
their contraceptive prescrip-
tions. HB 3343 requires insur-
ers to cover a full year of birth
control, reducing gaps in cover-
age and access.
• Expanding personal injury
protection: Senate Bill 411
allows auto insurance con-
sumers to receive up to the full
amount of underinsured cover-
age if they are injured by an at-
fault, underinsured driver, in
addition to any claims pay-
ments they receive from the
insurance policy of the at-fault
driver.
Also, personal injury protec-
tion (PIP) medical benefits are
extended to two years; insur-
ance companies are limited in
seeking reimbursement of PIP
benefits from claim settle-
ments.
These provisions apply to
auto insurance policies issued
or renewed on or after Jan. 1,
2016.
• Patient’s right to privacy:
House Bill 2758 guarantees
patients the right to have pro-
tected health information sent
directly to them instead of to
the person who pays for their
health insurance plan (the pri-
mary account holder). These
provisions apply to health plans
issued or renewed on or after
Jan. 1, 2016.
• Long-term care insurance
coverage protection: House
Bill 2850 requires an insurer to
get the name and contact infor-
mation for an alternate person
to receive premium bills before
issuing a long-term care insur-
ance policy. It also requires that
in order for a lapse in coverage
to be effective, an insurance
company must provide written
notice — including why the
policy will lapse — at least 30
days before the policy lapses.
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