SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017
Caregivers group
to meet June 13
Florence Caregiving Co-
mmunity will have its monthly
meeting in the activity room of
the Shorewood, 1451 Spruce
St., on Tuesday, June 13.
The meeting will start at
5:30 p.m. and run for an hour
or so.
This is the beginning of an
organization where caregivers
can seek support and get ques-
tions answered.
Caregivers and their clients
are welcome to come and
share experiences, network
and just get to know each
other.
Pizza and drinks will be
available.
For more information, con-
tact Steve Benson at 541-429-
2600.
Meetings are the second
Tuesday of each month.
Friendship Club offers
computer class, lunch
The Siuslaw Friendship
Club will meet on Thursday,
June 8, at the Shorewood
Residential Complex at 11
a.m.
The speaker will be Pam
Hyman, who will be helping
attendees learn about com-
puters.
This workshop should be
informal as well as interest-
ing. Everyone is welcome.
This club raises money for
local charities.
Come to one of the cards
games, meet members and
learn to play a game like
Triple Play, 5 Crowns, Hand
& Foot and Pinochle.
The Shorewood is located
at 1451 Spruce St.
Call Margaret McDiarmid
at 541-294-8270 for more
information.
Brian Odell Band to play
at Blue Bills this weekend
Three Rivers Casino Resort
will be presenting the Brian
Odell Band at the Blue Bills
Sports Bar and Tap Room on
Friday, June 9, and Saturday,
June 10, from 9 p.m. to 12:30
a.m.
The Brian Odell Band is an
American rock band with roots
in funk, fusion, rock, jazz and
folk.
Blue Bills is located inside
Three Rivers Casino Resort at
5647 Highway 126.
Visit us on
the web
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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
B OOK R EVIEW
“T HE D EATH OF E XPERTISE ”
BY T OM N ICHOLS
Thanks to technological
advances and increasing levels
of education, we have access to
more information than ever
before. Yet rather than ushering
in a new era of enlightenment,
the information age has helped
fuel a surge in narcissistic and
misguided intellectual egalitari-
anism that has crippled informed
debates on any number of issues.
Today, everyone knows
everything: with only a quick
trip through WebMD or
Wikipedia, average citizens
believe themselves to be on an
equal intellectual footing with
doctors and diplomats. All voic-
es, even the most ridiculous,
demand to be taken with equal
seriousness, and any claim to the
contrary is dismissed as unde-
mocratic elitism.
As Tom Nichols shows in
“The Death of Expertise: The
Campaign Against Established
Knowledge and Why it Matters,”
this rejection of experts has
occurred for many reasons,
including the openness of the
Internet, the emergence of a cus-
tomer satisfaction model in high-
er education and the transforma-
tion of the news industry into a
24-hour entertainment machine.
Paradoxically, the increasing-
ly democratic dissemination of
information, rather than produc-
ing an educated public, has
instead created an army of ill-
informed and angry citizens who
denounce intellectual achieve-
ment and distrust experts.
Nichols has deeper concerns
than the current rejection of
expertise and learning, noting
that when ordinary citizens
believe that no one knows more
than anyone else, democratic
institutions themselves are in
danger of falling either to pop-
ulism or to technocracy — or in
the worst case, a combination of
both.
“The Death of Expertise” is
not only an exploration of a dan-
gerous phenomenon, but also a
warning about the stability and
survival of democracy in the
Information Age.
R EGISTER FOR Z ENTANGLE
On Saturday, June 17, at 1
p.m., Rosie Hill will be offering
a free introduction to Zentangle
class at the library. Attendance is
limited to 25 participants so any-
one interested in learning about
this wonderful, easy art form is
required to sign-up in advance at
the reference desk.
Zentangle is an easy to learn,
relaxing and fun way to create
beautiful, abstract images by
drawing structured patterns,
called “tangles.”
This introductory class will
I’d like to bring to light a
topic that many of us never talk
about:
Opera.
Florence has always been a
fair-minded and progressive
community with a time-hon-
ored commitment to the arts,
visual arts, dramatic arts and
music.
So, what about opera?
Opera always seems to get a
bad rap. Many see it as too elit-
ist or highbrow.
Nothing could be further
from the truth. Opera, by its
definition, is a drama (or come-
dy — yes, there are comic
operas, too — in which all of
the dialogue is sung.
“Les Miserables,” “Jesus
Christ, Superstar,” “Evita,”
and The Who’s “Tommy” are
GUEST VIEWPOINT
B Y M ARY C ONLEY
A SSISTANT D IRECTOR “M ASTER C LASS ”
all operas — and so is the
smash hit “Hamilton.”
Many musical themes from
classical opera are familiar as
they are frequently heard in
movies and commercials.
Puccini’s “La Boheme” has
been updated as “Rent,” and his
“Madama Butterfly” became
“Miss Saigon.”
Anyone familiar with vin-
tage Warner Brothers cartoons
will recognize Bugs Bunny
romping to Rossini’s “Barber
of Seville” and Wagner’s “Ring
Cycle.”
I challenge anyone to find
Bugs Bunny or Elmer Fudd as
highbrow.
Give opera half a chance and
you may end up asking your-
self, “Why didn’t I give this a
shot a long time ago?”
Music is especially good at
evoking emotion and the
singers, as they ply their vocal
virtuosity, can display their
heart and soul in song in a way
that is simply not possible with
the spoken word.
Last Resort Players’ upcom-
ing production of Terrence
McNally’s play “Master Class”
opens a window into the world
The Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board (OWEB)
awarded $17,578 to Siuslaw
Watershed Council for its
Volunteer Water Quality
Monitoring Program at the
April board meeting.
The award was one of 89
grants totaling $9,315,062 pro-
vided to local organizations
statewide to support fish and
wildlife habitat and water qual-
ity projects.
“A goal of the program is to
determine if stream tempera-
ture and dissolved oxygen lev-
els continue to exceed state
standards for water quality,
both temporally and spatially.
If so, we will assess and update
restoration
priorities
for
salmonids in the watershed
based on the data we collect,”
Caring
for a a loved
loved
be very disease
overwhelming.
Caring for
one one
with can
Alzheimer’s
or other memory
related
be very overwhelming. We’re here to help.
We
are illnesses
here to can
help.
THURSDAY,
JUNE
15, 2017 @ 17,
2PM
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
2:00 PM
Helping
Seniors
Chronic & Diseases
Holiday
Tips Manage
for Families
Caregivers
THURSDAY,
JULY JANUARY
20, 2017 @
2PM
WEDNESDAY,
21,
2015, 2:00 PM
is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York
Directed by Leah Goodwin
Florence Events Center
June 9-11 & 16-18
Fri. & Sat. 7:00 • Sun 2:00
For tickets and show information go to eventcenter.org
or call the Florence Event Center at (541) 997-1994
Starring Annie Schmidt as Maria Callas
Music Direction by Jennifer Weier
Produced by Kathleen Wenzel and Paula Ziegelasch
Some Content by not be suitable for all patrons.
C UBA IN T RANSITION
On Saturday, June 24, at 1
p.m., locals Vicki Sieber-Benson
and Bill Benson will be present-
ing photographs and commen-
tary on their recent trip to Cuba.
Vicki and Bill were in Cuba
when Fidel Castro died after rul-
ing that Communist country for
decades.
Their beautiful photographs
record the funeral, the classic
cars that have been kept running
by the Cuban people due to the
U.S. embargo, Cuban dance and
much more.
S UMMER R EADING IS H ERE !
Registration for summer read-
ing is off to a record start! The
theme this year is “Build a Better
World,” and there are activities
galore for children, teens and
adults at the library throughout
June and July.
Be sure to register for the pro-
gram and pick up your list of
activities and resources.
Enjoy a fantastic summer at
the library!
of opera.
In the play, international
opera star Maria Callas reflects
on her training, rivalries, chal-
lenges, triumphs, tragedies and
passions played out on the
great stages of the world during
her brilliant career.
Yes, there are three arias
from three different operas
sung as part of the show, but
don’t let that deter you.
Instead, open your mind and,
as Maria says, “Let the music
fill you up!”
Open your heart and mind to
opera and, at the very least,
you may find an appreciation
for it. However, don’t be sur-
prised if opera (very sneakily)
finds its way into your soul.
Visit eventcenter.org for
showtimes and tickets.
SWC awarded grant for water monitoring program
Blue Water Task Force
member Lisa Wallace tests
a water sample from the
Siuslaw River at the
Siuslaw Watershed Council
laboratory in Mapleton.
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SIUSLAWNEWS
Living, Loving,
& Thriving
T Series g
Caregiver
Educational
Terrence McNally
provide background information
on the Zentangle phenomenon.
Several “tangles” will be
taught, and at least one
Zentangle will be completed in
class. This program is one of
many in this year’s summer
reading program.
Even Bugs Bunny was moved by opera
Spruce Point Assisted Living
& Memory Care
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Alzheimer’s
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Truth
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
17, 2017
2PM 2:00 PM
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
18, @ 2015,
Managing
Chronic
Pain Facts and Myths Exposed
Dementia
Drugs;
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 2017 @ 2PM
WEDNESDAY , MARCH 18, 2015, 2:00 PM
All seminars are free and
open to the public.
All seminars are free and
Refreshments
provided.
open to the public.
To register for these free
Refreshments
provided.
events please
call
(541) for
997-6111
To register
these free
or
email
us call
at
events please
(541)
997-6111
ldouda@prestigecare.com
or email us at
Events are held at
rkilfoy@prestigecare.com
Florence Senior Center
1570 Kingwood St.
Florence
Congestive Heart Failure Facts and Fiction
Successful Communication Tips & Strategies to
Communicate with Someone Affected by
Living Without Depression is Possible
Memory Loss
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 @ 2PM
Spruce Point Assisted Living
& Memory Care
375 9th Street
Florence, Oregon 97439
Prestige Senior Living
an assisted living and
memory care community
www.spruce-point.com
says SWC Programs Man-
ager Kyle Terry. “Another goal
is to increase community
awareness of local watershed
issues.”
The program ensures the
long-term sustainability of the
watershed through citizen
engagement.
By
collaborating
with
landowners, interested persons
engaged through outreach
efforts and local school dis-
tricts, volunteers are trained for
field data collection and lab
processing, building skills and
personal interest in their local
watershed.
Funding for grants awarded
by the OWEB Board comes
from three primary sources —
the Oregon Lottery, Salmon
License Plate revenues and
Federal Pacific Coastal Salmon
Recovery funds provided by
the National Ocean and
Atmospheric Administration.
Since 1999, the Oregon
Lottery has provided over $500
million to OWEB’s grant pro-
gram that helps restore, main-
tain and enhance Oregon’s
watersheds.
Combined, the Lottery has
earned over $9 billion for
watershed enhancements, pub-
lic education, state parks and
economic development. For
more information about the
Oregon Lottery visit www.ore-
gonlottery.org
For additional inform-
ation about this project,
visit www.siuslaw.org or
contact Kyle Terry at
monitoring@siuslaw.org.