10 A SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 D ISTINGUISHED Western Lane Ambulance District Ambulance Runs Aug. 1-7 SERVICE COURTESY PHOTO During Crystal Farnsworth’s (far left) final meeting as Rotary president on June 28, she selected three individ- uals to recognize for distinguished service. Among them were (from left) Guy Veach for his work as founda- tion chairman; Lis Farm for her work with Interact; and Karen Skulley for her work in creating the new club website. Farnsworth chose to recognize these accomplishments because they represented going above and beyond by building a better program than ever. Date Time 8/1/16 8/1/16 8/1/16 8/1/16 8/1/16 8/1/16 8/1/16 8/2/16 8/2/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/3/16 8/4/16 8/4/16 8/4/16 8/5/16 8/5/16 8/5/16 8/5/16 8/5/16 8/5/16 8/5/16 8/5/16 8/5/16 8/6/16 8/6/16 8/6/16 8/6/16 8/6/16 8/6/16 8/6/16 8/6/16 8/7/16 8/7/16 8/7/16 8/7/16 0110 0718 1745 2005 2329 2342 0044 1645 2337 0130 0146 0306 0555 0645 0851 0908 1046 1230 1519 2006 2300 0105 1213 1334 1001 1003 1140 1216 1311 1450 1454 1910 2220 1045 1115 4681 1815 1850 1907 1009 2224 0805 0844 1844 2053 NAMI offers family education courses The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will sponsor the NAMI Family-to- Family Education Program specifically for families of a person diagnosed with serious mental illness. The free 12-week series of classes will start in Florence in September at a convenient in town location. The course will cover infor- mation about schizophrenia, the mood disorders (bipolar disorder and major depres- sion), panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and PTSD; coping skills such as handling crisis and relapse; basic information about med- ications; listening and commu- nication techniques; problem solving skills; recovery and rehabilitation and self-care around worry and stress. The curriculum has been written by an experienced fam- ily member mental health pro- fessional and the course will be taught by NAMI Lane County family member volunteers who have taken intensive training as course instructors. The co-teachers for Florence and surrounding areas are Monica Kosman and Bianca Deris. “We hope families with loved ones who have a serious mental illness will take advan- tage of this unique opportuni- ty,” said Kosman. “For many, it is the first time they have been able to talk freely about mental illness with others having the same experience.” There is no need to travel a long distance to take the class that over 300,000 people taken. The course is designed specifically for parents, sib- lings, spouses, teen-age and adult sons and daughters, part- ners and significant others who are caregivers of persons with severe and persistent mental illness. The NAMI Family-to- Family Education Course is free. For more information, loca- tion and to register, call Monica Kosman at 541-902- 8308. 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