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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017
FRAA seeking Haikus
for Big Wave Poetry Fest
Attention all Poets, would
be poets, or just folks who love
Florence.
The Florence Regional Art
Alliance (FRAA)’s Big Wave
Poetry Fest is coming to
Florence May 12-13.
Part of the Festival is a
Tsunami of Haiku.
Haiku is a three line poem,
written in a five-seven-five
syllable format.
We are asking everyone in
Florence to think about what
they love best about our lovely
city. Is it the beach, the river,
Old Town, or a favorite coffee
shop?
Then describe your favorite
thing in the Haiku format, sign
it (or make it anonymous) and
send it off via email to big
wavepoetry@gmail.com.
Entries can also be dropped off
at the Library or at FRAA,120
Maple St.
We’ll print it, decorate it
and hang the haiku all around
town starting May 1.
Volunteers sought for ‘No
One Dies Alone’ program
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center is seeking car-
ing men and women who are
interested in providing a reas-
suring presence at the bedside
of imminently dying patients
who would otherwise be
alone.
Primary
responsibilities
include sitting with patients,
playing provided recorded
music and reading or praying
silently.
Volunteers are on call at the
time of their choosing; shifts
are from two to four hours
long.
The training will take place
at PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center, 400 Ninth St.,
on May 8, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Prospective volunteers must
be a current PeaceHealth
employee or must enroll at
Peace Harbor as a volunteer.
For information or to enroll,
contact Joanie Schmidt by
May 1 at 541-902-6709, or
email her at jschmidt2@
peacehealth.org.
Library
Tidings
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
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
Book review
“Substitute: Going to School
with a Thousand Kids”
By Nicholson Baker.
Nicholson Baker is the author
of nonfiction books, “Double
Fold” and “Human Smoke,” and
fiction titles “The Anthologist,”
“The Fermata,” and “Vox.”
Here, he details his experi-
ences as a substitute teacher.
In 2014, after a brief orienta-
tion course and a few finger-
printing sessions, Baker became
an on-call substitute teacher in a
Maine public school district.
He awoke to the dispatcher’s
5:40 a.m. phone call and headed
to one of several nearby schools;
when he got there, he did his best
to follow lesson plans and help
his students get something done.
What emerges from Baker’s
experience is a complex, often
touching deconstruction of pub-
lic schooling in America: chil-
dren swamped with overdue
assignments, overwhelmed by
the marvels and distractions of
social media and educational
technology, and staff who wear
themselves out trying to teach in
step with an often outmoded or
overly ambitious standard cur-
riculum.
In Baker’s hands, the inner
life of the classroom is examined
anew as he and his pupils strug-
gle to find ways to get through
the day.
Smoke-Free Campus
Beginning April 15, the
Siuslaw Public Library District
will become a smoke-and tobac-
co-free campus.
This will include the grounds,
parking lots, and buildings
owned by the Siuslaw Public
Library District.
If you have any questions
please check with library staff.
Celebrate National
Library Week
This week is National Library
Week -which was first sponsored
in 1958.
National Library Week is a
national observance sponsored
by the American Library
Association and libraries across
the country each April.
It’s a time to celebrate the contri-
butions of our nation’s libraries
and librarians and to promote
library use and support.
The Friends of the Library
will be hosting a special sign-up
table at the library tomorrow,
April 13.
Today they will be having a
special cookie and punch day at
the library.
Be sure to stop by and join the
Friends!
Author Robert Steelquist
to speak
In cooperation with the
Siuslaw Chapter of the Surfrider
Foundation, the library will host
author Robert Steelquist on
Tuesday, April 18, at 6 p.m.
Steelquist is a writer, photog-
rapher, naturalist and environ-
ment educator. He is also the
author of the recently published
nonfiction book, “The North-
west Coastal Explorer: Your
guide to the places, plants and
animals of the Pacific Coast.”
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 this Fri., April
14th, from 1 to 3 pm in the
Siuslaw Room.
The
second,
“Finding
Records” will be on Fri., April
28th, also from 1 to 3 pm in the
Siuslaw Room.
Space is limited to 10 partici-
pants, so you must sign-up at the
reference desk.
Siuslaw Vision 2025 to host community Business After Hours April 20
Siuslaw Vision 2025 is
hosting a Celebration on
Thursday, April 20, from 5:30
p.m. to
7 p.m., at the
Florence Center
of Lane
Community College.
The Celebration is a collab-
orative Business After Hours
event with the Florence Area
Chamber of Commerce.
A brief program from 6 to
6:30 p.m. will feature updates
on Siuslaw Vision projects.
The public is invited and wel-
come to this community open
house.
Lane Community College is
located at 3149 Oak Street, in
Florence; refreshments will be
provided by Chef Kelsey
Terry of Homegrown.
“Siuslaw Vision 2025 is
enVisioning Spring, and it’s
time to celebrate!” said Jo
Beaudreau, Vision Keepers
co-chair. “It’s been a year
since the Vision was unveiled
last April and we want to let
the community know the awe-
some progress that’s been
made.”
The 30 minute program
scheduled as part of the open
house will feature members of
the Vision Advisory Com-
mittee: Bettina Hannigan,
Mike Webb, Rick Yecny, and
Joshua Greene; along with
members of the Vision
Keepers steering committee:
Meg Spencer and Russ
Pierson.
“This ten year regional
Vision project is working on
multiple fronts,” said Vision
Keepers co-chair, Colleen
Keane. “We’ll be presenting
updates on several of the
Vision action items, including
the
Community
Health
Improve-ment
Plan,
Workforce Develop-ment, the
new Community Paramedics
program, ReVision Florence,
and the latest in Education.”
The program will also
include a brief history of the
Siuslaw Vision 2025 effort,
which had its origins in the
Pathways project.
The Siuslaw region stretch-
es from Dunes City through
Florence and upriver to
Mapleton, Swisshome and
Deadwood.
“Meg Spencer will be shar-
ing how businesses and organ-
izations can benefit from the
extensive community survey
work that was completed as
part of the Vision,” said Susy
Lacer, Vision Coordinator.
Siuslaw Vision 2025 focus-
es on the following elements:
Working People — Jobs;
Happy People — Health and
Human Services; Connected
People — Public Services;
Active People — The
Outdoors; Educated People —
Lifelong
Learners;
and
Creative People — Arts in
Focus.
“The Vision Keepers just
created a tagline for our work:
Putting People at the Center.”
said Beaudreau.
“That’s what this is all
about; making our community
a better place for the people
who live here.”
For more information, visit
www.SiuslawVision2025.com
or email SiuslawVision@
gmail .com.
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