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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016
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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.
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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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WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE SERIES | IMPROVEMENTS
It Changes Communities
T
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THE KIDS
Children cannot vote, but
our community’s laws and
policies still impact them,
especially when it comes to
education. Our children
are depending on us to
represent their voices at
the voting booth, and we
must work to make sure we
don’t let them down.
And speaking of children,
one of the best ways to
ensure a bright horizon for
our democracy is instilling a
voter’s mindset at an early
age. Talk to your children or
students about why voting is so
important to America and how it can
impact things that are important to
them – like school, playgrounds and
public parks.
the most important aspects of your
life that can be influenced by your
local officials.
When you vote you are telling
elected officials how you feel about
these issues. Your vote can influence
decisions on funding for schools or
THE IMPACT
roads that you or family members
Your local representatives fight hard may use every day.
for your personal rights at the highest
LOCAL CREDIBILITY
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Citizens who vote hold more
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credibility over their non-voting
health insurance issues are a few of
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issues in their communities. Around
the water cooler at work or in the
bleachers at the high school football
game, politics are likely to pop into
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When you place your vote, your
voice becomes more powerful and
justified to publicly convey your
feelings on specific issues. Whether
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thoughts will be considered more
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