SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016
Love the arts during
February’s gallery tour
Celebrate
the
Oregon
coast’s love of the arts by tak-
ing the self-guided Second
Saturday Gallery Tour on Feb.
13, from 3 to 5 p.m., in Old
Town Florence and the
Uptown 101 Region.
The tour begins at any of the
12 participating galleries in the
two arts regions:
Old Town Florence: (Bay,
Maple, First and Nopal streets)
— Backstreet Gallery Co-op,
1421 Bay St.; Florence
Regional Art Alliance (FRAA),
120 Maple St.; Hideaway
Gallery, 1224 Bay St.; Kenneth
B Gallery, 1458 First St.; Old
Town Coffee and Gallery, 125
Nopal St.; Old Town Barber
Shop,
1341
Bay
St.;
Resto-Arts, 1225 Bay St.; and
River Gallery, 1335 Bay St.
Uptown Highway 101
Region: BeauxArts Fine Art
Materials and Gallery, 2285
Highway 101; Florence Events
Center (FEC), 715 Quince St.;
Gallery Above the Silver
Lining
Boutique,
2217
Highway 101; and Siuslaw
Public Library, 1460 Ninth St.
Each location offers a unique
experience and style of art.
Since love is in the air, this is
a great opportunity to get loved
ones
a
one-of-a-kind
Valentine’s Day gift they will
treasure.
For more information, visit
www.2ndSaturdayGalleryTour.
com.
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
The Captured:
A True Story of Abduction
by Indians on the Texas
Frontier
By Scott Zesch
Book Review by Susie Voth
While wandering about
Gooch Cemetery in Mason,
Texas, author Scott Zesch stum-
bled across a temporary grave
marker. It simply read: Adolph
Korn — 1895, no date of birth,
only the year of death.
The name caught Zesch’s
attention and he began to recall
stories about his great-uncle,
Adolph Korn, who at the age of
10 was captured by Apaches and
later sold to the Comanche.
The stories and family docu-
mentation of Korn’s capture
were filled with gaps and incon-
sistencies. Zesch decided to
undertake the task of discovering
as much about his great-uncle as
possible.
During his investigations,
Zesch discovered that dozens of
children had been captured by
Southern Plains Indians in the
1800s, many of them adopted
into the tribes.
Zesch extensively researched
the histories of nine captive chil-
dren. He attempts to make sense
of why most of the captives
bonded readily and strongly with
their captors, even after they had
experienced brutality or wit-
nessed the murders of their own
family members.
This engaging nonfiction
book reads much like a historical
novel. The tales of the captured
children are compelling although
sometimes harsh and gruesome.
Zesch tells the stories without
bias toward either side, native or
white.
There were atrocities commit-
ted by both sides and Zesch
describes events with accuracy
and without embellishment. In
the center of the book are many
photographs.
It is interesting to see pictures
of the captives as children or
adults. There are also pictures of
white settlements, primitive log
cabins and native camps.
The audiobook is narrated by
Grover Gardner; his rough, grav-
elly voice is a perfect match for
this book.
In 2000, Adolph Korn finally
got a proper headstone. It states
his name, his life span, as well
as: Lived with the Comanches
Jan. 1870 to Nov. 1872.
Friends of the Library
to meet
The Friends of the Library
will hold its monthly board
meeting tomorrow, Jan. 28, at 11
a.m. in the Bromley Room. This
will be an opportunity to meet
the new officers for the year.
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Don’t forget soup night —
and lunch
Tonight, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. in
Florence and tomorrow, Jan. 28,
at noon in Mapleton, the library
will be featuring author Maggie
Stuckey discussing her book
“Soup Night.”
Friends of the Library volun-
teers led by Geraldine McMahan
will be making soup to sample.
Don’t miss this wonderful
opportunity during January,
“National Soup Month.”
Blind Date with a Book
Are you ready to take part in
the library’s third annual Blind
Date with a Book program? For
the adventurous reader this pro-
gram offers the opportunity to
let fate take a hand in selecting
what you read.
The program works like this:
Select a plainly wrapped book
from a selection of books at the
library. Read the book — or at
least make an honest and fair
attempt at doing so — then
return the book with a “blind
date” evaluation form.
The forms, besides being
used to recommend new and
wonderful books to readers,
will also be used for prize
drawings. The point is to take a
risk and expand your reading
interests.
Sound fun?
New CT scanner technology at PeaceHealth
The Imaging Department at
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center is pleased to
announce the installation of a
new CT scanner. The Siemens
Definition AS CT scanner
uses adaptive dose shielding
and combined applications to
reduce exposure.
“Radiation exposure is
reduced by at least 50 percent
in most cases through the use
of this new technology,” said
imaging supervisor and CT
technologist Kim Leo. “The
new scanner can capture an
image of an organ in one sec-
ond and scan the entire body
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Tuesday, February 2nd
Mapleton at Eddyville
Airtime: 5:15 / Tip-off: 5:30
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PROUD SPONSORS:
Coast Insurance Services
Mapleton Depot Cafe
Pop's Gingerbread Smokehouse
Iron Horse Logging
Florence Heating & Sheet Metal
Western Lane Ambulance District
Roby's Furniture & Appliance
Fresh Detailing
Randy's Riverview Market & Deli
Swanson Pest Management
Davidson Industries
Central Coast Disposal
Associated Services Corporation
Cross Road Assembly of God
Firehouse Restaurant
COURTESY PHOTO
The new Siemens Definition AS CT scanner arrives at Florence’s PeaceHealth Peace
Harbor Medical Center.
in less than 30 seconds.”
The scanner works very
quickly, which makes for a
more comfortable patient
experience and eliminates the
need for the patient to hold
their breath for long periods
of time — as is the case with
other CT scanning proce-
dures.
The new scanner will also
help in pediatrics and trauma
patients, when motion can be
a factor in image quality.
According to Leo, the scan-
ner has four times the number
of detectors than the previous
scanner.
The more detectors a scan-
ner has, the closer they can be
packed
together
which
improves resolution, resulting
not only in a faster picture but
unrivaled image quality.
“We can examine blood
vessels and see small cancers
with greater detail than ever
before,” said Leo. “With the
addition of this new equip-
ment we can serve our
patients with greater accuracy
and improved patient comfort
and safety.”
SWC to make free native plants available
MAPLETON
—
The
Siuslaw Watershed Council’s
17th annual native plant distri-
bution is coming soon.
Distribution day will be
Saturday, Feb. 13.
River, creek and lakeside
landowners may be eligible to
receive free native plants.
Trees planted along streams
help reduce erosion, filter
nutrients and keep the water
cool for salmon and trout.
The SWC will once again
provide free native plants for
waterside (riparian) planting
in the Siuslaw Basin and
Coastal Lakes Area.
Call the SWC office for
more information on each
available plant or visit www.
s i u s l a w. o rg / n a t i v e - p l a n t -
distribution for updates on
current availability, then
determine which plants will
work best for your site condi-
tions and let us know which of
these plants are on your wish
list.
Maximum request per
landowner is 300 plants.
SWC staff can also help
advise you on plant selection
and placement. Applicants are
asked to send requests quick-
ly, because supplies are limit-
ed.
Orders will be taken
through Saturday, Feb. 6.
For more information, con-
tact Kate Harnedy at 541-268-
3044, or email nativeplants@
siuslaw.org.
This project is made possi-
ble through a grant from the
Coast Range Stewardship
Fund and private individual
donations.
www.theshedd.org
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A 20th Swing!
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In The Mood!
In the Swing, 1939-42
Sat , January 30, 2:00 pm
Sat,
Florence Events Ctr: 541.997.1994