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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017
B Y D AVE R OBINSON
Special to the Siuslaw News
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aseball season on the Southern
Oregon Coast involves doing a
do-si-do with the weatherman
and still we cancel about as many
games as we actually play. A game
called on account of rain is a routine
occurrence and not the exception. On a
recent sunny Saturday, my 10-year-old
grandson actually played in three
games. One of those was a make-up
game for one cancelled earlier due to
rain. That evening, we noticed he was
moderately toasted by the sun as he is
fair-skinned and prolonged exposure to
the sun gives him that painful red glow
with which we are all so familiar.
I’m the guy who always had Band-
Aids in his wallet when my kids were
young. I still keep a good supply of
Band-Aids close at hand. Among the
meds I always carry is a remedy for
diarrhea. After Band-Aids and
headache remedies, some kind of
response to the green-apple quick-step
is among the most requested items in
my family.
And now because of the glow my
Backstreet to host
community art show
Basic meds
DISASTER PREP
grandson earned on that rare, sunny
day, we carry sun screen in all our
vehicles just to protect against nature’s
over-exposure. In fact, the next day he
began to exhibit symptoms of heat
exhaustion. Might I add that we were a
half hour from home, washing some
worms at our favorite fishing spot.
According to one medical website,
heat exhaustion occurs when the body’s
ability to cool itself is overwhelmed,
usually by exertion on a hot day. Some
of the symptoms include profuse sweat-
ing, nausea, vomiting, weakness, light-
headedness and muscle cramps.
Treatment is as follows: Stop the
activity immediately and move to a
cooler environment. Then begin rehy-
dration. My grandson complained of a
headache and a tummy ache. I dug
through my kit and found a single
headache pill (Alleve) and began pour-
ing a sports drink down him — most of
which came back up on a couple of
subsequent occasions.
He eventually cooled down and his
appetite returned, as his temperature
subsided. At this writing, all is well.
Not all disasters involve earthquake,
tornado or terrorist. Some are just sim-
ply a test of what you have on hand or
your knowledge of simple first aid.
With summer approaching you may
want to brush up on your first aid,
especially heat-related issues.
Make sure everyone is hydrated.
Sunscreen in every vehicle. Simple
meds, diarrhea, headache, and sunburn
spray. A case of bottled water and
some sports drinks in your trunk may
save the day. No longer is it enough
just to be the guy with the Band Aids in
his wallet.
As always send your questions and
comments to disasterprep.dave@
gmail.com.
Dave Robinson is the postmaster in
Bandon, Ore., and author of “Disaster
Prep for the Rest of Us.” He may be
contacted at disasterprep.dave@
gmail.com. Visit his website for more
disaster preparedness tips, disasterprep
dave.blogspot.com.
“Shoe In, Boot It Up, and
Roll On” is the theme
of Backstreet Gallery’s
Community Show set for
June.
The community is invited
to participate in this fun com-
munity art event.
As the theme implies, a
little fancy footwork will
fit right in any way artists
would like to embellish,
paint, construct or create —
in either 3D or 2D format —
something
related
to
footwear.
Entry forms and informa-
tion may be obtained at
Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay
St., or online at Backstreet’s
Facebook page or www.back
s t r e e t g a l l e r y. o rg / c a l l - t o -
artists.
Entry forms are due
Monday, May 15 with art-
work delivered June 2 to 4.
COURTESY PHOTO
Footware is the theme of
the Backstreet Gallery
community art show.
M ILITARY H ERITAGE C HRONICLES —
Celebrating the end of ‘The Great War’
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Frank’s Place to offer re-
opening specials in May
Frank’s Place in Mapleton
has reopened after being
closed for renovations since
the end of February.
Frank’s will be open from 9
a.m to 8 p.m., Sunday through
Thursday, and from 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday.
Reopening specials will
feature a $6 breakfast, a $7
lunch and an $8 dinner which
will be served until the end of
May.
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the age of 110.
So, while we can no longer
recognize or honor current
WWI veterans, we can still rec-
ognize their heritage.
If you have not yet visited
our museum and viewed the
stirring life-sized WWI diora-
ma created by Judy Murphy
and her talented team of artists,
I would invite you to do so. It
depicts the horrors of trench
warfare in France and is
accompanied by additional
artifacts and items on display,
such as the 1914 Oregon
National Guard enlistment
papers of Oregonian Willie
Patton.
I encourage you to continue
reading
future
Military
Heritage Chronicles for addi-
tional WWI heritage.
You can learn more by visit-
ing www.oregoncoastmilitary
museum.com or visit the muse-
um, which is open Thursday
through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., at 2145 Kingwood St. in
Florence.
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ver the years since begin-
ning the effort to build a
museum as a tribute to our mil-
itary members, both past and
present, I have written more
than 60 Military Heritage
Chronicles covering a wide
variety of topics and a fairly
wide spectrum of eras.
Yet, having recently realized
that April marked the 100th
anniversary of our nation’s
entry into World War I (WWI),
I was surprised when I realized
“The Great War” never made it
as one of those topics or eras.
The United States WWI
Centennial Commission was
only a matter of time before a
spark set off the powder keg.
That spark was the assassi-
nation of Austria-Hungary’s
Archduke Ferdinand by a
Serbian-nationalist terrorist
group (yes, even then …).
That started the chain reac-
tion of treaty-bound nations
declaring war on each other,
with America entering the fray
in April 1917.
When we began the Oregon
Coast Military Museum effort
in 2008, we sometimes quoted
statistics in support of the need
to create the museum, of the
alarming rate of WWII veter-
ans we were losing on a daily
basis (1,300 per day.)
That rate has since dropped
today to just 372. And if we can
believe these ambiguous statis-
tics, creating the museum was
the right thing to do.
Ironically, at that same time,
Frank Buckles was the sole-
surviving American WWI vet-
eran in 2008, and we lost him
just a few years later in 2011 at
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established by Congress in
2013 to remember and honor
WWI Veterans for their service
and sacrifice during The Great
War, with multiple efforts
scheduled over the next few
years.
We will participate in that
effort off and on in future edi-
tions of the Chronicles.
As with so many events in
history, there is uncertainty as
to what actual causes led to the
start of the Great War — which
has also been described as “the
war to end all wars.”
It is certain that there were
probably multiple causes as the
various nations of the world
crossed the threshold into the
20th century, with varying and
sometimes conflicting goals
and philosophies.
Imperialism was a common
goal and philosophy of many
European countries at the time,
but tempered with the multiple
mutual defense alliances
amongst various countries, and
the growing arms race (yes,
even then …) between each
nation’s military establishment
from the evolving technologi-
cal advances of the time, it was
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