SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2016
Kennedy, Ricketts art featured at River Gallery
The River Gallery will host a
reception for local artists Greg
Kennedy and Terry Ricketts
during the Second Saturday
Gallery Tour, today, July 9,
from 3 to 5 p.m.
Kennedy began working
with clay while apprenticing
with Mike McCollum at the
University of Las Vegas in the
early 1970s. McCollun, a stu-
dent of Peter Voulkos, instilled
in Kennedy a deep apprecia-
tion of Japanese Momoyam
Era ceramics, inspiring him to
visit the seven ancient kiln
sites of Japan.
For 38 years, Kennedy has
continuously worked to devel-
op his clay aesthetic. Since
moving to Deadwood Creek in
the coast range of Oregon in
2004, the focus of Kennedy’s
work has been on Raku and
COURTESY PHOTOS
Artwork by Terry Ricketts (left) and Greg Kennedy
saggar firing practices.
Ricketts creates spectacular
stained glass window panels
and beautiful hand-carved fish
wall hangings. He and his wife
have been coming to the
Florence area for more than 20
years and moved to Florence
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Whether through photogra-
phy, wood working or stained
glass, Ricketts has a passion
for nature and the landscape
and uses this as his creative
inspiration.
The River Gallery is on the
corner of Bay and Laurel
streets in Old Town.
Stop by during the Second
Saturday Gallery Tour and
meet Kennedy and Ricketts,
check out their artwork and
enjoy some champagne and
chocolate.
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“We were happy to help.”
Kennedy said, “I had no
idea it really would last this
long, but with negotiations and
the construction, it did. I’m
glad that we get to restore
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tailment could last as long as
June.
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“It is not a test. There are no
right or wrong answers,” Trent
said. “They can ask for help if
they don’t understand the ques-
tion being asked, but that is the
only interaction that the staff is
allowed to have with the kids.”
According to Trent, Teen
Center members used a pri-
vate, secure, online program to
complete the survey. Each teen
had a unique identifier and no
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names were on the documents.
“The results are compiled
by a national organization that
reviews all the information,”
Trent said. “They ‘scrub’ the
data, using a formula to see
that the answers are accurate.”
Trent sees the survey as a
tool to gauge how well the
club is doing through the eyes
of its members.
“Our goal at the Boys and
Girls Club is to build ladders
of opportunity so that kids can
climb as high as they want to
go,” Trent said.
“Everything we do is based
on targeted results. We want
the kids to have a great time,
but we want to make sure that
those ladders of opportunity
are in place,” he added.
Survey results found that 100
percent of Teen Center members
and 93 percent of elementary
members reported they plan to
graduate high school.
“The things I am most
proud of are our accomplish-
ments in the academic part of
this report. When you look at
our results in this particular
area, we way over-achieved,”
Trent said.
The question on grades
showed that 88 percent of club
members had grades of “most-
ly A’s” and “mostly B’s,” with
no “mostly D’s” or “mostly
F’s” reported. The state and
national percentages were both
80 percent.
Trent said he is confident that
the self-reported grades are
accurate, because he gets to see
the test results and grade cards
Visit the locations below during today’s
Second Saturday Gallery Tour from 3 to 5
p.m. For a complete list of galleries, go
online to 2ndSaturdayGalleryTour.com.
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In a July 6 statement,
Wyden said, “Today’s good
news provides essential sup-
port to ensure a smooth path
to get Coos Bay-area products
to market. It also shows clear-
ly how the Port of Coos Bay
has a proven track record of
making the most efficient and
effective use of federal
resources.”
Merkley said, “The ability
to move goods is the lifeblood
of the Coos Bay economy.
With this funding, the Port of
Coos Bay can ensure that its
rail line is safe, efficient and
can continue to support much
needed jobs in the region.”
FASTLANE and the new
Nationally Significant Freight
and Highway Projects pro-
gram, both part of the Fixing
America’s Surface
Transportation (FAST) Act
that was passed into law in
December 2015, were created
to fund projects that will
boost economic growth and
support the movement of
freight throughout the nation’s
transportation system.
DeFazio pushed for the
freight program to include
funding for freight projects in
rural communities.
“Coos Bay’s project will
create good, living-wage jobs
and spur needed economic
development in rural commu-
nities that have struggled for
decades,” DeFazio said.
The funding from this
grant will allow the Port of
Coos Bay to improve the tun-
nel drainage systems includ-
ing track and ditch work,
structural repairs and some
clearance improvements. This
project is expected to cost
$18.8 million.
“This grant will help ensure
the tunnels are structurally
sound for years to come,”
Burns said. “This funding will
help ensure the vitality of the
rail line for the next 100 years.”
The port will celebrate the
rail line’s 100th year in
August during its Railroad
Centennial Celebration.
Safety conditions caused
the rail line to halt operations
in September 2007. The port
purchased Coos Bay Rail
Line in March 2009 with $8
million in federal funds and
support from DeFazio, and
reopened the line in 2011.
“I congratulate the Port of
Coos Bay and look forward to
continuing our work to improve
this critical transportation link
and economic engine for the
south coast,” said DeFazio.
of members because of the Club
Bucks incentive program the
club initiated earlier in the 2015-
16 school year.
“The kids get Club Bucks
for every piece of homework
they turn in, every ‘A’ they get
on a test and every ‘A’ or ‘B’
that they get on a grade card,”
Trent said. “Every time these
kids get a grade card or they
get a test score, they bring
them in to get Club Bucks.”
In addition to graduation
expectations and academic
achievements, 88 percent of
club members rated the per-
ceived importance of school as
“Very Important” or
“Important.” None rated it
“Not that Important,” or “Not
Important at All.”
Most of the non-academic
survey questions had three
options, “Doing Great,” “Doing
Fine” and “Needs Improve-
ment.” In almost all of these cat-
egories elementary and Teen
Center members rated the club
significantly higher than state
and national percentages.
In “Overall Experience,” 69
percent of BGCWLC members
ranked the club as “Doing
Great;” nationally, clubs aver-
aged 37 percent, and statewide,
clubs averaged 29 percent.
In the category of “Overall
Safety,” the BGCWLC scored
80 percent “Doing Great” or
“Doing Fine;” nationally, the
score was 62 percent, and
statewide it was 55 percent.
BGCWLC members rated
“Staff Expectations” at 100
percent “Doing Great,” com-
pared to 69 percent nationally
and 62 percent statewide.
Sixty-nine percent of mem-
bers rated the club as “Doing
Great” in the “Fun” category.
This compares to 49 percent
nationally and 42 percent
statewide.
“When you look at the
results we have in the ‘Fun’
category it is significant to see
that while we are excelling in
our academics, the kids are
having fun and they are learn-
ing,” Trent said. “That’s the
best of all worlds. The results
demonstrate that we are doing
the right things. The kids want
to come and the parents want
their kids to come.”
The Teen Center closed
December 2014 due to finan-
cial difficulties. After reorgan-
izing, remodeling and re-
staffing, the center reopened in
September 2015 with nine
members. It currently has
more than 30 members.
“When we reopened the
Teen Center last fall after it
was closed for almost 10
months, we had nine teens that
initially started,” Trent said.
“Seven of the nine were fail-
ing math. Currently every one
of those teens has either an ‘A’
or ‘B’ in math.”
Trent said the club does not
solicit exceptional students,
but welcomes everyone.
“The survey results demon-
strate that we are doing the
right things,” Trent said. “The
kids want to come and the par-
ents want their kids to come.
The Boys and Girls Club is
open to every child, especially
those that need us most. In our
summer program, roughly 36
percent of the elementary kids
are on full or partial financial
scholarships.”
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