SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2017
HCAO to screen film
‘Now is the time’
The Florence chapter of
Healthcare for All Oregon
(HCAO) is presenting a sec-
ond showing of the free docu-
mentary film,“Now is the time
for
Health
Care
for
Everybody.”
For those who missed the
first well-attended showing, be
sure to catch this impressive
film and take part in an open
discussion Saturday, April 8, at
the Bromley Room in the
Siuslaw Public Library at 7
p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
The United States pays
nearly twice as much for
healthcare as any other indus-
trialized nation, yet it still does
not care for all of its citizens.
Polls show that 58 percent
of Americans favor a national,
Library
Tidings
publicly funded single payer
healthcare program. This doc-
umentary delves into what sin-
gle payer healthcare is, how it
operates and how it can save
money.
Additionally, the film shows
what is being doing to clear up
the misperceptions that keep
us from moving forward.
As HCAO readies for a
Single Payer ballot initiative in
2020, it is important that citi-
zens are well versed with
healthcare concepts and are
able to understand the many
advertisements authorized by
insurance companies and their
political allies.
For more information this
event call 541- 997-2997
I N HONOR OF THE
100 TH A NNIVERSARY OF R OTARY F OUNDATION
Florence Rotary Club’s
100 Acts of Good
62. Florence Rotarians join Siuslaw Valley Fire & Rescue and the American
Red Cross to install 103 smoke detectors in senior homes in the
Greentrees development
63. Rotarian Ron Caputo donates seeds to the school gardens, Florence
Food Share, St. Mary’s and community gardens
64. Florence Rotary commits to Rotary International for an Inbound
Exchange Student for the 2017-18 school year
65. President Pat Riley and Youth Committee Chair Jane Hanawalt attend
SHS International Fair and meet with students about rotary programs
that benefi t them such as youth exchange, leadership training, and
scholarship opportunities
66. Florence Rotarians and Interact students participate in Read
Across America donating books to the schools, library, and head start
students and reading with students in classrooms
67. Rotarians Nate Kaplan and Ron Green with Miles to Go Quartet
donate proceeds of their fi rst CD to the Siuslaw High School Band’s
instrument fund/music program
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Library Tidings,
a regular feature
of the Siuslaw News,
features news about
upcoming Siuslaw
Public Library pro-
grams for adults and
children, new books
and videos, and
other library news of
interest to the com-
munity.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
Adult Services
Librarian
Siuslaw Public Library
(541) 997-3134
Charles Wang is mad at
America. A brash, bighearted
immigrant businessman who
built a cosmetics empire and
made a fortune, he’s just been
ruined by the financial crisis.
Now all Charles wants is to
get his kids safely stowed away
so he can go to China and
attempt to reclaim his family’s
ancestral lands — and his pride.
Charles pulls Andrew, his
aspiring-comedian son, and
Grace, his style-obsessed daugh-
ter, out of schools he can no
longer afford.
Together with their stepmoth-
er, Barbra, they embark on a
cross-country road trip from
their foreclosed Bel-Air home to
the upstate New York hideout of
the eldest daughter, disgraced
art-world it-girl Saina.
But with his son waylaid by a
temptress in New Orleans, his
wife ready to defect for a set of
1,000 thread-county sheets and
an epic smashup in North
Carolina, Charles may have to
choose between the Old World
and the New — between keeping
his family intact and finally ful-
filling his dream of starting anew
in China.
Finding Your Roots Class
Librarian Kevin Mittge will
again be offering two basic
classes in starting your family
history research.
The first “Finding Your
Roots” will be on Friday, April
14, from 1 to 3 p.m., in the
Siuslaw Room; the second
“Finding Records” will be on
Friday, April 28, from 1 to 3 p.m.
in the Siuslaw Room.
The classes complement each
other but can be taken separately.
The first is a general class on
how to start your family history
research, while the second will
look more specifically at what
kinds of records are available,
where to find them, and how to
use them.
Space is limited to 10 partici-
pants, so you must sign-up at the
reference desk.
coming
environment,
the
Siuslaw Public Library campus
in Florence will be a smoke and
tobacco free campus.
This policy states that tobacco
use and smoking in all forms
will not be permitted in any
facility or on any property
owned by the library district.
The prohibition includes all
devices, such as cigarettes,
cigars, pipes, electronic ciga-
rettes, oral tobacco, etc.
Tobacco use will be permitted
within enclosed private vehicles
parked more than 25 feet from
any library entrance or ventila-
tion intake.
The policy is posted on the
library’s bulletin board above the
copy machine and for more
information on this policy,
please check with library staff.
Best Books in Mapleton
There will be a repeat of the
library’s Best Books program,
this Friday at 3:30 p.m., at the
Mapleton branch library.
If you didn’t get a chance to
see the program in Florence,
stop by the branch.
We also still have copies of
the book list available at the ref-
erence desk in Florence.
No-Smoking Policy
Effective April 15, in order to
provide a safe, clean and wel-
Little Dickens winners featured at Backstreet
For more information Call President, Pat Riley: 541-991-6371
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News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
Book Review
“The Wangs vs. the World”
by Jade Chang
Author Jade Chang has cov-
ered arts and culture as a jour-
nalist and editor and lives in Los
Angeles. “The Wangs vs. the
World” is her debut novel. If you
enjoy books about goofy, dys-
functional families and their
problems, you’ll enjoy Jade
Chang’s first book.
5 A
Painter Julie Strecker and
tiny painterly scenes on
Silversmith Patti Williams won
her lampwork beads.
After watching a baby
the Best of Show awards at the
Little Dickens Miniature Show
whale “spy hop” in and
out of the water, she
last December at Backstreet
designed
the
piece
Gallery.
entered in the Dickens
That win allows both artists
show.
to exhibit more of their work at
The finished pendant
the Gallery throughout the
shows a whale spouting
month of April.
delicate silver swirls of
Award-winning painter Julie
water.
Strecker is the owner of Old
Patti loves plants,
Town Coffee and Gallery a
nature and light. Light
local “art hub.”
glowing
through
a
Enjoy a cup of coffee and
translucent leaf or petal
view her paintings and pastels
as well as outlining the
along with other artwork dis-
Siuslaw River Bridge
played there.
inspires her to paint in
Julie loves interacting with
either watercolor or oil.
her customers, many of whom
At Florence Regional
are local artists.
Art Alliance (FRAA),
They congregate there to
create, critique and find out
COURTESY PHOTO she teaches a class in oil
what’s happening in Florence’s A ‘Painted’ lampwork pendant with Oregon themes by painting with a palette
art world.
Backstreet member Patti Williams will be one of the pieces fea- knife.
Her subject matter includes tured during the month of April at Backstreet Gallery.
Her piece “Mystic
the Oregon shore, local archi-
River” was recently
Julie settled in Florence 11 throughout California.
accepted into FRAA’s Florence
tecture and people just doing
Sacramento television aired Fest at the Florence Events
what they love. Creating with years ago and has continued to
a lesson she taught on jewelry Center.
attention to detail, she inter- expand as an artist.
After taking classes in clay making.
plays light with strong color in
The Backstreet Gallery is
at LCC, she invested in equip-
Patti’s silver jewelry may an Artist’s Cooperative located
her paintings.
About 20 years ago when ment and now creates pottery include scrolling filigree silver at 1421 Bay St.
and lampwork beads.
she owned a bakery in out of her home.
For information about artists
An award-winning artist
Because she is also an and upcoming shows call 541-
Colorado, Julie took a water-
color class and was hooked. A with a fine arts degree, Patti accomplished painter, she now 997-8980.
few years later, she took up Williams has shown her work captures essences of Oregon by
in museums and galleries melting small bits of glass, into
pastels.
Visit us on
the web
FRAA ART CENTER
120 Maple Street
Phone: 541-997-4435
Hours Open: Wed-Fri noon-5pm,
Sat 10am-5pm, Sun. noon-5pm
Classes and Workshops
NEW! Open Studio at FRAA
No registration required. Drop-in, bring
your materials, and create. All artistic
mediums welcome. Every Thurs, 1-4 pm
Palette Knife Painting with
Patricia Williams
NEW! Seed Bead Chain with Pat
Tellez, Learn to create a chain using seed
beads to wear alone or enhanced with a
cabochon.
Friday, April 14, 12:30-4 pm
Contact 360-718-1963 or 541-997-4435 for
fees & to register. Registration req’d.
Mondays, 11 am - 2 pm
Contact Patti at 916-296-0485 or
artjewelrybypatti@gmail.com for details,
fees and to register.
Creative Writing Workshops -
Writers on the River w/ Catherine
Rourke
Ceramics Classes:
Ceramics for Kids w/ Ben Cahoon
and Alissa Clark
Thursdays, 4-5 pm
Whimsical Hand Building
Ceramics w/ Alissa Clark
Wednesdays, 3-5 pm and
Thursdays, 6-8 pm
All writing levels
Sat April 22nd, 10 am to noon
To register, call 541-708-2120 or email
CJReditor@gmail.com
Painting with John Leasure
Saturdays 9 am - 12 pm
April 1, 8, 15, 29, May 6, 13, 20, and 27
Contact: jnleasure@hotmail.com or
541-991-2754 for details and fees.
Oil Painting with Michael Wood
Open Lab Ceramics on Saturdays
Drop in, work at own pace. Sat 12-5 pm
All ceramics classes held at Alissa’s Studio.
180 Laurel Street. Call Alissa with
questions: 503-857-5222
Wednesdays 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Contact: fmwood@msn.com for fees and
more information.
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