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❘ AUGUST 23, 2017 ❘ $1.00
Youth and
the arts
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127TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 67
SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
FLORENCE, OREGON
Are the
kids still
alright?
Boardwalk
Market
creates it’s
own identity
Part one of a three-
part series examin-
ing teen alcohol use
in Florence.
Open most week-
ends, the market
continues to grow
and draw more
customers
B Y J ARED A NDERSON
Siuslaw News
B Y M ARK B RENNAN
Siuslaw News
Drinking was her claim to
fame.
Nicole, as she prefers to be
called, was terrified of drugs. It
was just after the Nancy Reagan
era and her “just say no” cam-
paign. Pee Wee Herman held up
a vial of crack cocaine on
Saturday morning television
commercials, saying, “Doing
crack isn’t just wrong, you could
be dead wrong.”
The Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (D.A.R.E.) program
was in full swing when Nicole
was in high school. It was in 80
percent of grade schools, but the
results were mixed. A 2004
National Institute of Health
meta-analysis concluded, “Our
study supports previous findings
indicating that D.A.R.E. is inef-
fective.”
Nicole was in the D.A.R.E.
program. It certainly made ille-
gal drugs unappealing, not to
mention she had personal expe-
rience to turn her off ; her father
manufactured illicit drugs.
But alcohol?
“We had D.A.R.E. when I
was in high school, but it
focused on drugs,” Nicole said.
“Because alcohol is legal. It was
always ‘when you drink,’ not
‘if,’ but when’you drink, just
don’t get into a car with some-
one else that is drinking. It was
normal.”
So, when Nicole was 15, she
started drinking. “I had a really
good friend who was going into
a sorority. We went to a party
and that’s what everybody was
doing.” A party like that is usual-
ly uncharted waters for a 15-
year-old, and Nicole didn’t want
to get busted and kicked out of
the party.
“I didn’t want them to see that
I wasn’t drinking,” she said. “I
never had peer pressure, it just
seemed to be the social norm.
And I didn’t have somebody
saying ‘you shouldn’t drink.’”
And so she drank that night,
and the next. “I always drank
more than anyone else, and
faster than everyone else,”
Nicole said. “And I used to pride
myself with the fact that I could
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Totality Cool (almost)
COURTESY PHOTO/OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Florence didn’t experience a total eclipse, but the 97.3-percent experience was still exciting for most.
Different generations ruminate on the science, philosophy of Monday’s eclipse
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DRINKING 7A
1. “When is it going to 100
lorence residents
percent?”
Avie and Janice
2. “What made this eclipse
Welsh sat side by
happen?”
side on the Florence
3. “When did the first eclipse
pier, eclipse glasses
ever happen?”
in hand, periodically gazing at
Answers:
the heavens. Waiting.
1. 10:15 a.m., though it was
Avie, age 8, had a notebook
only 97.3 percent totality.
open in her lap. The front page
2. It happens when the moon
was filled with time stamped
passes between the Earth’s view
drawings of the sun: 9:30, 9:45,
of the sun.
10:00, etc. At
B Y J ARED
3. The moon is 4.53 billion
each time, Avie
A NDERSON
years old, so the first eclipse
penciled in the
Siuslaw News phases of the
probably happened around that
time, give or take.
eclipse.
The scientific questions were
“We’re doing some observa-
fairly easy to answer, but the
tions,” Avie said. “Which way
broader philosophical questions
it’s going to be coming from and
the eclipse posed were more elu-
how it looks. It’s going to
sive.
change from each direction like
Specifically, why is the eclipse
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the moon does. Except it’s going
to be the sun. And I’m writing Four-year-old Zed Clark (left) and his sister Jade, 5, such an important event to
humanity?
the times.”
watch Monday’s eclipse from the Boardwalk.
For David Rick, who was trav-
Avie said that she was here
eling from San Diego, this was
with her grandmother, Janice, to
his third eclipse in his life. He
discover the science of the solar system, but al experience.”
“Avie loves science,” she continued. sees the eclipse as a moment of reflection.
also create a journal for the ages.
“It’s always a special feeling in the air
“I can have this for the rest of my life. “We’re interested in nature and how the
And when I want to know about the solar world works. This is a perfect time for us to when they come by,” he said. “The energy
eclipse another time, I can just look in my enjoy nature and how the solar system changes, the lights changes. It makes you
book,” she said, and smiled at her drawings works and discover how it really happens.” think about how small we are in the overall
Avie wasn’t the only young science lover scheme of things and how small we are in
as Janice looked on.
“The eclipse is really special to Avie and on the boardwalk on the morning of Aug. the universe.
“Kids get involved and new generations
I because this is the first in the lifetime for 21. Just a few feet away from her was
me, and the first in the lifetime for Avie,” Ryder Yell, a young boy about the same age get to enjoy the planetary systems and learn
new things,” he continued. “It’s cyclical.
Janice said. “We’re sharing that together, as Avie.
When asked about the eclipse, Yell said,
our first in a lifetime solar eclipse. I’ve
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heard it can be a wonderful, almost spiritu- “I have a lot of questions.”
C O O L P L A C ES
Cottage Grove’s many covered bridges
TO VISIT THIS SUMMER
Cottage Grove, Ore. ❘ www.cottagegrove.org
A T A GLANCE : Cottage Grove is
known as the “Covered Bridge
Capital of Oregon,” with six of
Lane County's covered bridges
nearby.
Tour the bridges via the
Covered Bridge Tour Route and
the Covered Bridges Scenic
Bikeway, which follows the Row
River Trail.
In addition, Cottage Grove
hosts the annual free Oregon
Covered Bridge Festival on Oct. 5
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This summer we are
highlighting unique
spots that make the
central Oregon coast
one of the coolest
places to live and play.
New locations will be
featured each month.
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at Bohemia Park.
The festival, started by the
Oregon Covered Bridge
Society, features guided cov-
ered bridge tours, an art and
craft show, food, a beer gar-
den, quilts, a pumpkin-tossing
contest, kids activities, bike
rides and music.
This festival makes a per-
fect day trip to learn Lane
County history and have fun.
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This summer has been a busy
one for Florence merchants as
visitors flock to the Oregon
Coast for everything from
eclipse viewing, to escaping the
heat of the Willamette Valley or
the crowds in Portland.
The steady stream of tourists
has also been one of the factors
that has led to a strong season for
the Boardwalk Weekend Market.
Located along the boardwalk,
facing the south bank of the
Siuslaw River, the market pro-
vides an outdoor shopping expe-
rience for residents and tourists
from May to October. The choic-
es available to shoppers vary
each week, depending on the
individuals that show up to vend.
According to market manager
Linda Molina Fillman, the mar-
ket has experienced it’s best sea-
son in years.
“Things are going excellently
this season. We have more ven-
dors than we have ever had
before and there are some
changes this year. We have some
food vendors, new booths and
we will have music during the
day, on some of the busy week-
ends.”
Fillman has been managing
the market for the past three sea-
sons. Adding food and music to
the mix is part of the market’s
overall approach to increase gift
options for visitors and tourists.
The hope is the increase will
provide more opportunities for
local artists and craftspeople.
“Every weekend we have new
vendors signing up with differ-
ent items. In the past, the food
vendors were not allowed,” said
Fillman.
This year, people can come
and sell food as long as they
have a temporary restaurant
license from the Health
Department. If they make the
food at home, it has to be done in
a certified kitchen. Food trucks
can also participate but need to
be patient.
“Just until we can find a spot
for them to set up,” Fillman said.
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