SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Carole Hillsbery to host Pet Portrait workshop
COURTESY PHOTO
Carole Hillsbery will teach students how to capture pets in watercolor art, such as these portraits by Hillsbery.
FLORENCE — Pets are
important to many people. For
those who want to capture in
paint those adoring looks and
sweet expressions, this work-
shop by award-winning artist
Carole Hillsbery will show the
techniques necessary.
Students will be encouraged
to explore painting the animals
of their choice, not just limited
to pets. This workshop will be
held at Cross Road Assembly
of God Church, 1380 10th
Street, in Florence, on Friday,
Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 12,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information and to
register, contact Charlene
Wilson at charwilson66@
gmail.com or call 541-997-
8676.
At this two day workshop,
Students will be encouraged to
loosen up and explore color
when painting portraits. There
will be a demonstration every
morning with plenty of time to
paint and gain personalized
instruction throughout the ses-
sions.
Students will paint from
their own photos. Materials are
not included, but a recom-
mended supply list will be pro-
vided. This is also a great
workshop to create gifts for the
holiday season and beyond.
Hillsbery is a national
award-winning artist and a sig-
nature member of Transparent
Watercolor Society of America,
Western
Federation
of
Watercolor Societies, the
Arizona
Watercolor
Association and Watercolor
Society of Oregon.
PeaceHealth featuring art of Ignatieff, Leasure
Peace Health Medical
Center is presenting artwork
from local artists John Leasure
and Claudia Ignatieff now
through the end of December.
Their oil paintings are exhibit-
ed in the hallway leading to the
cafeteria.
Leasure has been a resident
of Florence for the past 35
years, owning West Coast
Cabinets. For the past 24 years,
he has taught painting classes
in Florence and Eugene.
Ignatieff retired to Florence
from a career in education and
has lived in Florence for the
past 11 years. She has enjoyed
taking classes from Leasure,
who teaches at the Florence
Regional
Arts
Alliance
(FRAA) on Saturday mornings.
Both artists are on the Board
of FRAA, and both serve on
the Gallery Committee for the
Florence Events Center.
Artists Claudia Ignatieff
and John Leasure
Additionally, both artists are
members of Backstreet Gallery,
where other pieces of their art-
work can be viewed.
They have exhibited at such
venues as the Siuslaw Library,
Florence Events Center, Silver
Lining Gallery, Driftwood
Shores and Oregon Pacific
Bank.
Some of Leasure’s art work
is currently hanging at the
Dunes Café in Florence, and
Ignatieff has been a featured
artist at the Newport Visual
Arts Center.
7 A
Know what to do in the
event of a fall, says WLAD
Across the Nation, thou-
sands of citizens suffer from
falls; oftentimes causing
injuries that can result in para-
medic ambulance response.
No one plans on falling,
especially after taking proper
safety precautions such as
medical checkups, proper
shoes, making the house as fall
proof as possible, etc. But if
and when it does occurs its
essential to know what to do.
For some, the problem may
be that access to a telephone
may prove difficult, especially
in the event of a broken hip —
which is too often the tragic
result of a fall.
Medical alert devices,
which can be hung around a
patient's neck for example; can
be a convenient and effective
answer to this potential dilem-
ma.
Carrying a cell phone on
your person can also be anoth-
er creative and protective idea
in the event of a fall.
Yolanda Ross, a Westcomm
911 communications officer,
said it’s essential to provide
accurate information in a clear,
calm voice: name, street
address, phone numbers and
directions if it’s a difficult
location. All are critical in
helping paramedics find the
residence and arrive in a time-
ly manner.
“The biggest challenge we
face sometimes is when
patients fall and the medics
can’t gain access because the
door is locked,” said Ross. “So
it is recommended that people
either have a lock box outside,
or have a key hidden some-
where safe that can be
accessed by one of the medics
in the event of an emergency
— or have the key in the cus-
tody of a trusted neighbor, rel-
ative or friend.”
Albert Kreitz, Western Lane
Ambulance District (WLAD)
Paramedic and PIO, said it’s
also important for patients to
stay in the position that they
fell in — and not try to move
or be moved by family or
bystanders.
“It may aggravate an injury
that resulted from the fall,
especially if it’s a hip or a neck
fracture,” Kreitz said.
Another helpful bit of infor-
mation for medics is a list of
medical conditions, medica-
tions and allergies that the
patient has. There are pro-
grams such as the File Of Life
that WLAD has recently initi-
ated and allows patients to
include that medical informa-
tion on a form.
This is especially helpful if
the patient is alone and can't
remember all the information
offhand, or if the patient is
semi-conscious or completely
unconscious.
Once filled out, the form is
then placed in a specialized
magnetic pouch that attaches
on the refrigerator and is easi-
ly assessable by paramedics.
For more information about
the File Of Life, call WLAD at
541-997 9614.
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