SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2017
Union
from 1A
“Ultimately, though, we
prefer to maintain a direct
relationship with all our care-
givers and strive for honest,
balanced relationships.”
Stehmer also pointed
out that unions have no power
to grant promises and can
only obtain what is agreed
upon through negotiations
Startups
from 1A
Carl Hulan — Local
Grange
Founding Florence cohort
member Hulan has been with
RAIN since its efforts began on
the coast in October 2015.
Originally working on an app,
Hulan has now developed a
multi-platform webpage that
connects people to organic
farms in their areas.
“There’s a big market for
people who want to eat local,
with PeaceHealth.
“If the union promises
something, ask them to put it
in writing,” Stehmer cau-
tioned.
Blake Hausmann, Director
of Human Resources for
PeaceHealth, added that if a
union is voted in, there are
no guarantees in collective
bargaining. Wages and bene-
fits could stay the same, go
up or even go down, and that
organic food. This is a growing
market. With Local Grange,
people can get access to local
produce without needing to do
a ton of research themselves,”
Hulan said.
One of the Pre-Accelerator’s
lessons has involved the pivot,
or reorienting Hulan toward a
user-friendly platform that can
be scaled up over time.
“The class has taught me
things I didn’t know I didn’t
know. And that is so impor-
tant,” he said.
Hulan’s next steps involve
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there is no time limit for the
length of the negotiation
process.
“While unions cannot guar-
antee their promises, they can
guarantee that you will pay
dues,”
said
Hausmann.
“Unions are businesses. They
need money from caregivers
they represent to run their
businesses.”
SEIU did not return calls
for comment.
marketing, building up beta
users and launching Local
Grange as people’s primary
source for local, organic pro-
duce.
Patricia Immel and Sarah
Butte — NatureSavvy
This new product line by the
owners of Rose & Crown
Apothecary in Florence offers
organic self-care solutions for
amputees to improve their
quality of life, using the healing
power of medicinal plants.
Immel and Butte attended a
mentoring session at RAIN
Corvallis and realized the mar-
ket need for such products.
“We were instantly ener-
gized to formulate and bring to
market organic botanical self-
care products to help improve
quality of life for amputees,”
Immel said.
For Butte and Immel, RAIN
and the Pre-Accelerator “create
an abundant economic devel-
opment ecosystem for entrepre-
neurs” and provide “an exhila-
rating intellectually engaging
process that lives up to its
name.”
Next steps for NatureSavvy
include continuing a relation-
ship with RAIN and growing
into a thriving, sustainable
coastal company.
Kassy Keppol — Dragon
Art
Whether it is painting, pas-
tels, sculpture, textiles or bead-
work, Keppol and Dragon Art
can do it all. Keppol is creating
a craft-based website and mag-
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7 A
Unitarians discuss fathers
Sunday, June 18, is Father’s
Day and the Florence
Unitarian Universalist Fellow-
ship’s worship service from 10
until 11 a.m. will be led by the
Rev. Dr. Ruth Miller.
Miller says, “We will honor
the masculine parental figure.
The father is the motivating
teacher, provider, and protec-
tor in virtually every human
culture, and how we relate to
the father in our lives has a
huge impact on our experi-
ences.”
The UU Fellowship is
located at 87738 Highway
101 at Heceta Beach Road
and is wheelchair accessible.
Call 541-997-2840 with any
questions or visit www.
newsite.florenceuuf.com.
azine that will provide instruc-
tion and tutorials for all manner
of creative art.
“Dragons are across all cul-
tures and time periods. We
want our art projects to reflect
that,” she said.
Using guest artists and her
own expertise as an artist and
educator, Keppol hopes to revi-
talize creativity online, in print
and with special kits.
“Our Pre-Accelerator cohort
has been so instrumental. To
see issues come up in our busi-
ness plans and work through
them together has strengthened
our bond,” she said.
Keppol’s next steps involve
lesson planning, website build-
ing and launching Dragon Art
as a media-spanning authority
on arts and crafts.
we’ve had. Over the course, to
have them recognize and point
out how we’ve grown has been
invaluable,” she said.
Smoley also specializes in
illumination. Her newest ven-
ture involves recreating lamp
bases so her fused glass covers
can be swapped, styled and
shared. This new product will
take less time to manufacture
and allow for the creations of
local jobs for artists and manu-
facturers.
“We are currently at a stage
where we need to build our
team and obtain capital to get
to the next milestone of pro-
duction,” she said.
Lindsey Phillips — Meant
Manufacturing
Meant
Manufacturing
designs and creates one of a
kind handbags and accessories
using authentic local materials,
including Pendleton wool.
Founder Phillips began making
items for personal use, and
received positive feedback and
interest.
“Soon, people were asking if
I could make these products for
sale and before long I decided
it was worth pursing as a busi-
ness,” she said. “Now, RAIN’S
Pre-Accelerator has given me
confidence in my brand and
tools to help boost my busi-
ness.”
For Meant Manufacturing,
the mentors in the Pre-
Accelerator “have been invalu-
able in providing relevant feed-
back in a genuine fashion that
feels like they truly care about
each of our ventures.”
Phillips says she can now
visualize what various growth
options may look like for the
future.
“I look forward to imple-
menting so many take-aways
from this Pre-Accelerator into
my brand,” she said.
Jayne Smoley — Jayne
Smoley Designs
Another founding member,
Smoley has had a leadership
role in RAIN’s presence in
Florence. As an artist, RAIN’s
Pre-Accelerator has been
instrumental in helping her
refine her business model and
become a leader in new
formed-glass products.
“It’s been an honor and a
privilege to have the mentors
The Lincoln County cohort
includes:
• Nelscott Reef Big Wave
Challenge: A live webcast of a
local surf competition that has
featured grand champions and
some of the world’s biggest
waves.
• Oregon Truffle Tryst Farm:
Produces aquaponics root pods
made from a sustainable and
compostable design and com-
posed of organic and natural
materials.
• Providence
House
Manufacturing: Manufacturer
and marketer of the patented
(US & Canada) Smart Cat Box.
And, a patent pending (US) on
new non-absorbent cat litter
pellets made from AG waste
‘wheat straw.’
• Riley Invents: Makers of
the Trezur Bag, a clip-on micro
bag for truffle hunters, for-
agers, no-trace hikers and agate
hunters to stash their discover-
ies.
• Sailstream: A metrics-driv-
en eSports advertising platform
that puts advertisements on a
stream when someone goes live
on social media, removing the
need for complicated negotia-
tions, contracts and network-
ing.
The RAIN Coastal Demo
Day is sponsored by Oregon
Pacific Bank and Palo Alto
Software.
The program is supported by
the Ford Family Foundation,
the cities of Florence, Lincoln
City, Newport and Toledo;
Lane and Lincoln counties,
Economic
Development
Alliance of Lincoln County;
Lane
Community
College/Small
Business
Development Center and
Oregon Coast Community
College/Small
Business
Development Center.
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