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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2017
New brand of classic musicians to play
The Joe Trio will kick off
the new year for Seacoast
Entertainment Association on
Saturday, Jan. 21, at the
Florence Events Center.
The Joe Trio is almost
impossible to categorize, as the
cello, violin and piano three-
some are classically trained
and imbued with humor,
unpredictability, intense musi-
cality and a fierce determina-
tion to ensure that their audi-
ences share the fun and energy
emanating from the stage.
The trio’s repertoire consists
of classics, new works by con-
temporary composers and
original arrangements of popu-
lar, jazz and rock tunes.
“These fantastic performers
engage the audience in a way
few classical musicians do,”
said Karen Smales, vice presi-
dent of Seacoast. “We heard
them perform and were taken
by their ability to successfully
meld so many musical styles,
as well as their personable and
engaging stage presence.”
Their playlist includes the
1949 hit, “Sweet Georgia
Brown,” Leonard Bernstein’s
“West Side Story Suite,” clas-
sical pieces from Haydn and
Mendelssohn and the Beach
Boys and Queen’s “Bohemian
Rhapsody.”
“The Seacoast Board mem-
bers are excited to bring such a
versatile program to Florence,”
Incidents
from 1A
Police arrested Florence res-
ident Drew William Smith, 31,
and charged him with 12
counts of unlawful use of a
firearm, menacing, disorderly
conduct and 12 counts of reck-
less endangering.
“He was upset with some-
one and possibly impaired,”
Pitcher said.
Smith was first transported
said Smales.
“It’s fun to hear
their arrange-
ments of con-
temporary
pieces
per-
formed with wit
and
charm.
‘Joe,’ as they are
known familiar-
ly, provides a
new perspective
on how tradi-
tional, classical
instruments and musicians can
interpret music.”
On Jan. 21st, in addition to
its 6:15 p.m. pre-concert talk
and 7 p.m. performance at the
FEC, Joe Trio will be perform-
ing for residents at Spruce
Point on Saturday afternoon.
“Providing music to com-
munity members who cannot
travel to the FEC is a big part
of our mission,” said Rachel
Pearson, community enrich-
ment coordinator for Seacoast.
“Earlier this season, we had
Cantus perform for military
veterans in partnership with
the Elks Lodge, and Pink
Martini invited Siuslaw High
School Band students to audi-
tion and perform on stage in
November.
“In the 2015-16 season, our
outreach included Siuslaw
Middle and High School stu-
dents and performances at the
Siuslaw Public Library’s
COURTESY PHOTO
Joe Trio
Bromley Room.”
Tickets for Joe Trio and
other upcoming Seacoast sea-
son are available at the FEC
box office during regular busi-
ness hours, or online at
www.eventcenter.org.
Single performance tickets
are $32.
More details on upcoming
Seacoast performances are
available at www.seacoastea
.org.
Seacoast
Entertainment
Association is a nonprofit, all-
volunteer organization now in
its 36th year of bringing top
quality professional perform-
ances to the greater Florence
area through the generosity of
sponsors, donors, grants and
ticket sales.
For additional information
on SEA, contact Sandy
Kuhlman, Seacoast board
member,
at
skuhlcat@
gmail.com.
to the Florence Municipal Jail
and then transferred to Lane
County Jail.
More cold weather is fore-
cast for the next few days and
drivers are urged to be cau-
tious.
House said, “Over the
weekend, we had lots of minor
accidents due to ice. When we
have these freezing weather
incidents people need to drive
slower and be more cautious
and patient.”
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Tree farm
from 1A
at that time had no value. It
doesn’t really have much value
now.”
The Rankins took a four-
year hiatus in 1993 when they
circumnavigated the world in
their 38-foot ketch-rigged sail-
boat Ingrid Princess.
After returning home, Dave
took an Oregon State Extension
Service course called Master
Woodlands Manager in 1999.
Diane said, “You’ve heard of
Master Gardeners and Master
Recyclers, well the extension
also has the Master Woodlands
Manager course. He took that
class on weekends for almost a
year.
“At the end of the coarse,
you have a plan for your prop-
erty and you are committed to
giving back to the community.”
In 2014, the Rankins har-
vested the first 20 acres of
trees.
According to Diane, ring
counting placed some of the
trees at 150 years old.
“But,” said Dave, “When we
harvested, we found that many
of the big hemlock and spruce
had root rot and rotten hearts.
You couldn’t tell until you cut
them down.
“Finding a market for those
kinds of trees was difficult.
Domestically it’s difficult.
They are too big for most of the
mills now. So we sold what we
could, called ‘white woods,’
Sitka spruce and hemlock to a
company that exports these
logs to China. We were able to
sell a majority of our logs to the
export trade.”
Anyone traveling down to
North Bend has seen the stacks
of logs waiting to be loaded
onto ships for transport to
China. The majority of those
logs are either hemlock, Sitka
spruce or low grade Douglas
fir.
Dave said those logs are not
acceptable to local sawmills.
The large mills, like Georgia
Pacific can’t get enough local
logs right now.
“Georgia Pacific in Coos
Bay just brought a barge load
of logs in from British
Columbia because they can’t
get enough logs locally,” Dave
said.
He added, “I think the lum-
ber industry in Oregon is
doing very good right now.
New home construction is
ratcheting up around the coun-
try. We see the railroad that
goes right by here usually has
40 to 60 cars of lumber on it
going back to Eugene. It’s
basically two-by-fours and
two-by-sixes. They are build-
ing houses somewhere.”
In addition to the 20 acres
logged off in 2014, the Rankins
have another 25 to 28 acres
they plan on logging in the near
future.
“At the time we logged in
2014, we thought we would be
logging the rest in 2016. But
we weren’t ready and the mar-
ket fell. The market is coming
back now, so maybe in 2018 we
might be able to,” Diane said.
At 79 and 77, Dave and
Diane do not seem like your
average retirees.
“I’m pushing 80,” Dave said.
“I don’t know how I am sup-
posed to feel at 80, but I feel
pretty good. I tell people that
80 is the new 40.”
Diane added, “We love
doing this. This is our retire-
ment.”
Having circumnavigated the
globe, the Rankins have seen
more of this world than most
people and they have some
advice for others.
“You can live anywhere in
the world, but I sincerely
believe that the U.S. is the
best place in the world to live
and that Oregon is the best
state to live in. But don’t tell
anybody, because they will all
want to come here,” Dave
said with a grin.
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