SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016
PeaceHealth to host
‘Heart 2 Heart’ event
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center will host the
ninth annual women's health
event at the Florence Events
Center, Saturday, Feb. 20,
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The
program will feature a variety
of speakers providing overall
health information to help
women understand and man-
age the many health condi-
tions facing them today.
Although there are genetic
risks that you cannot control
for many diseases, there are
some risks that you can over-
come by following key pre-
ventive steps.
Come hear how to make
healthy choices for yourself
and for the people you love.
Speakers will include Dr.
Gina Wilson, OB/GYN at
PeaceHealth Medical Group,
Patricia
Immel
from
Wellspring Clinic, and others,
along with a food demo by
our very own Chef at
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor,
John Joyner. Massage therapy
will be offered throughout the
event and vendors will be on
site to give heart healthy tips
and treats.
Numerous exhibits, free
massage, food tastings,
demonstrations and learning
activities will be available
throughout the morning, pro-
viding attendees with oppor-
tunities to explore options,
ask questions and gain
knowledge about many of the
serious health issues facing
women today.
“Our focus is to provide
the best experience pos-
sible for attendees,” said
Kat Rannow, senior commu-
nications
specialist
for
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center. “Addressing
issues that are important to
women, while giving them
the opportunity to laugh and
live it up a bit are the goals of
everyone involved,”
Admission is free.
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
Businesses, vendors invited
to free community job fair
Three Rivers Casino Resort
will host a community job fair
Thursday, March 24, from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. This fair will be
free to both attendees as well
as vendors and community
partners.
The goal of the fair is to
bring those parties and
resources together to form a
network in the local communi-
ty in hopes of establishing the
job fair as an annual event.
Currently, TRC has a com-
mitment from the following
businesses to participate:
Banner Bank, Berkshire
Hathaway,
Chamber
of
Commerce, City of Florence,
Driftwood Shores, Lane
Community College, Oregon
Pacific Bank, PeaceHealth
Medical Center, Safeway,
Siuslaw Fire District, Siuslaw
News, Siuslaw Public Library,
Siuslaw School District,
Spruce Point Assisted Living,
Three Rivers Casino Resort,
and
Worksource
Lane
(Employment Department).
Organizers are looking for
additional interested business-
es and community partners
who would like to participate
in this free event. For more
information or to sign up, con-
tact Pam Hickson at 541-902-
6504.
The Lady and the Unicorn
By Tracy Chevalier
Book review by Susie Voth
In 1490, in Paris, a nobleman
desires six tapestries for his ban-
quet room. He wants horses,
men-at-arms, battle scenes,
weapons, and pennants (many
pennants) bearing his family
crest.
His wife and the mother of his
three daughters, has a different
vision for the tapestries. She
instructs the artist commissioned
to design the tapestries in how to
convince her husband to change
his mind.
The artist, Nicolas des
Innocents, is successful and ulti-
mately designs The Lady and the
Unicorn tapestries. Each tapestry
illustrates one of the senses —
sight, sound, taste, touch, smell
and “À mon seul désir” (loosely
translated: “to my only desire”).
“The Lady and the Unicorn”
is Tracy Chevalier’s historical
fiction tale that begins with the
conception, then the weaving,
and finally the completion of the
tapestries. She cleverly tells the
story using the voices of seven
different characters in the book.
Each voice is distinctive,
some are male and some are
female.
I listened to the recorded book
and found that the readers,
Robert Blumenfeld and Terry
Donnelly, did an exceptional job
of interpreting the voices of the
various characters.
Another aspect of the reading
that I appreciated was the atten-
tion to detail — correctly pro-
nouncing the French words and
having a variety of accents made
for delightful listening. As I lis-
tened to the book, I was trans-
ported back in time — to 2012
— when my husband and I were
in Paris. We went to the Musée
National du Moyen Âge specifi-
cally to see The Lady and the
Unicorn tapestries.
I was fascinated by them.
They are impressive; so richly
illustrated, so colorful and so
big. Each one designed to cover
an entire wall.
Photos of the tapestries can be
viewed at Tracy Chevalier’s
website at www.tchevalier.com
/unicorn/tapestries/index.html.
Blind Date with a Book
Don’t forget that this month
the library is celebrating its third
annual Blind Date with a Book
program. For the adventurous
reader, this program offers the
opportunity to let fate take a
hand in selecting what you read.
Take a plainly wrapped book
from a selection of books at the
library. Read the book — or at
5 A
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 wonder-
ful books to readers, will also be
used for prize drawings.
Book groups and book lists
There are a number of formal
book discussion groups in town,
including a few who meet at the
library.
These established groups are
mostly closed, that is, they cur-
rently have enough members to
enjoy a meaningful book discus-
sion. If you are interested in
forming your own group, you
might check out the book “The
Reading Group Handbook” by
Rachel W. Jacobsohn and per-
haps ask around to friends and
neighbors and other readers.
For reading suggestions, the
library gets the yearly “Reading
Group Choices,” a series of
books with recommended read-
ing for book discussion groups.
Next week’s Tidings will fea-
ture a list of books read and dis-
cussed by one local group of
readers. If other groups are
interested in sharing what they
are reading, we’ll include the list
in future Tidings.
Florence Elks announce Americanism Essay winners
Each year Florence Elks
Lodge No. 1858 contacts local
schools and provides a theme
for the year’s Americanism
Essay Contest.
The theme for this year was,
“What I Can Do to Promote
Americanism and Love of
Country?”
The winners and their family
members were invited to din-
ner and presentation of the
awards at the Elks Lodge
Thursday, Feb. 4.
The Elks honored contest
winners: Miranda Smith, who
received $100 for first place;
Devon Bowen, who received
$75 for second place; and
Randi Dexter, who received
$50 for thirrd place.
The winning entries were
authored by students of Diana
Gunn of Reedsport Community
COURTESY PHOTO
From left: Tom Hornback, Exalted Ruler; Devon Bowen, second place; Diana Gunn,
teacher; Miranda Smith, first place; Randi Dexter, third place; Spunky Gray, chairperson;
Pete Maury, Loyal Knight.
Charter School. The first-, sec-
ond- and third-place winners’
essays will now be judged at
the
district
and
state
Americanism Essay competi-
tions.
Cultural Trust to host ‘Funders Conversations’ in Florence
2285 Highway 101 • Florence, OR 97439
(541) 997-8866
Focus on the big picture
We’ll help the pieces fall into place
SALEM — Cultural Trust
Manager Aili Schreiner will
join with colleagues from the
Oregon
Cultural
Trust’s
Cultural Partners — Oregon
Arts Commission, Oregon
Heritage, Oregon Humanities
and the Oregon State Historic
Preservation Office – Feb. 9
through
March
3
for
“Conversations with Funders,”
a 12-stop state tour encourag-
ing cultural nonprofits to apply
for close to $5 million in col-
lective grant funds.
The Trust will be in
Florence on Thursday, Feb. 11,
at Florence Events Center (715
Quince St.), from 4 to 6 p.m.
Representatives from the
Oregon Community Foun-
dation and Portland's Regional
Arts and Culture Council also
will attend some events.
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Rotary celebrates a world fi lled with possibility, raising funds for
scholarships for Florence area youth and other community projects.
Organizations encouraged to
attend “Conversations with
Funders” include libraries, arts
organizations, museums, cul-
tural centers, historical soci-
eties, arts alliances, literary
groups and heritage organiza-
tions.
Among the grant opportuni-
ties discussed will be the
Cultural Trust’s 2017 Cultural
Development Grants.
Grant guidelines are now
posted on the Trust website at
www.culturaltrust.org/grants/
development-grants for an
application deadline of Friday,
April 22.
The Oregon Cultural Trust’s
Cultural Development Grants
recognize and support signifi-
cant cultural programs and
projects through four grant cat-
egories: access; preservation;
creativity; and capacity.
In 2017, Cultural Devel-
opment Grants are for projects
and activities that will occur
between Aug. 1, 2016 and July
30, 2017.
For more information, con-
tact Schreiner at aili.schreiner
@oregon.gov or call 503-986-
0089.