SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2018
2 ND S ATURDAY G ALLERY T OUR
Enjoy
Florence’s
2nd
Saturday Gallery Tour on,
Saturday, Jan. 13, from 3 to 5
p.m. This self-guided tour
inspires locals and visiting
tourists alike and reinforces
Florence as an ever-evolving
arts destination.
The tour begins at any of the
participating locations. For
more
information,
visit
2ndSaturdayGalleryTour.com.
B ACKSTREET G ALLERY
To celebrate the New Year,
Backstreet Gallery members
are showing an alternate to
their usual media on display.
This special photography
exhibit is in addition to the
unique variety of art already on
display at the gallery. Celebrate
with these artists and enjoy
their photographs at a reception
on Jan. 13 from 3 to 5 p.m., at
the Second Saturday Gallery
Tour.
By taking up the camera,
these artists will show another
creative side to their talents
with innovative results.
Members
participating
include
Pattie
Brooks
Anderson, Kristin Anderson,
Kathryn
Damon-Dawson,
Caroline Estill, Judy Fleagle,
Claudia
Ignatieff,
John
Leasure, Shelly Medeiros,
Karen D. Nichols and Kathleen
EXPLORES THE ARTS
Pilates
instructor
Carol
Prendergast.
Already at the age of 15,
Knipe saw herself as a serious
artist.
“My art was more than a
hobby; it was an integral part of
who I was,” Knipe said. “As it
is for many students, it was my
favorite class.”
She pursued oil painting at
Mount San Antonio Junior
College, California State
University Long Beach and
COURTESY PHOTO University of Oregon. After
Oil and watercolor painter Pat Knipe will display her work becoming an accomplished oil
painter, she wanted to master
at The Studios this month.
watercolor and accumulated
Arts Alliance (FRAA) and more than 200 hours in the stu-
Wenzel.
Come enjoy a wide variety other area artists will have dio.
of interesting subject matter in work for sale on Friday and
Today, people can view
vibrant color as well as dramat- Saturday, Jan. 12 and 13.
Knipe’s work in both watercol-
The Fresh Impressions or and oil, influenced by both
ic black and white.
Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Awards and Artist Reception the impressionists and expres-
Bay St. in Historic Old Town will be on Wednesday, Jan. 17, sionists.
Florence, is open from 10 a.m. from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Florence
“Whatever the medium, I
to 5 p.m. daily. It reopened Jan. Events Center.
consider myself a colorist. I feel
10 all refreshed and ready for
color deep within my soul and
T HE S TUDIOS
the New Year after its annual
enjoy the power it creates in my
The Studios at Jayne Smoley work. My passion for what I
cleaning and maintenance.
welcomes painter Pat Knipe in see helps me to bring subject
January. The talented artist matter to life,” Knipe said.
F LORENCE E VENTS C ENTER
The Galleries at Florence joins resident artists Jayne
She will teach a Paint and
Events Center will have work Smoley, Tamarah Phillips and Sip on Tuesday, Jan. 16, from 6
displayed from the upcoming Gigi Lassan during the 2nd to 8 p.m.
Fresh Impressions High School Saturday Gallery Tour. In addi-
For information on studying
Artist Exhibit while the Winter tion, information will be avail- with Knipe or taking a variety
Music Festival Artistan Fair is able about a new partnership of classes, check out jaynesmo-
going on. Florence Regional between The Studios and leydesign.com.
WLCF deadline for 2018 grant applications is Monday
Western Lane Community
Foundation (WLCF) wishes to
remind all local non-profits
that the deadline for submitting
a grant application is Monday,
Jan 15.
Each year, WLCF awards
several grants to local non-
profit organizations for proj-
ects/programs in its target area
of western Lane County from
Deadwood/Mapleton to Dunes
City. Grants are awarded in the
areas of education, medicine
and science, the arts and social
and civic services.
In 2017, over $72,000.00
was awarded to 22 of these
causes. The annual amount to
be awarded is determined by
the performance of the invested
portfolio of discretionary funds
during the current year.
The application may be
downloaded at WLCF’s web-
site at wlcfonline.org and it is
highly recommended that
applicants review the Grant
Guidelines included there.
Applications can be submit-
ted
to
Western
Lane
Community Foundation, P.O.
Box 1589 Florence, OR 97439
or to its website.
Applications
will
be
reviewed by the Board of
Directors and each applicant
will be contacted by a board
member for an interview
regarding the request for funds.
Grants will be approved in
February and then awarded in
late March. Selected grant
recipients will be required to
submit a grant activity report
by Friday, Aug. 31, 2018.
Grant requests and awards
will be selected based on merit,
need, and benefit to the com-
munity at large. Grant amounts
vary greatly but usually are
between
$500.00
and
$10,000.00. For more informa-
tion, please contact WLCF
calling 541-997-1274 or email-
ing at wlcf@oregonfast.net.
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WLAD announces creation
of stroke prevention video
Western Lane Ambulance
District (WLAD) has created a
Stroke Education Video in
Partnership with PeaceHealth
RiverBend and LifeFlight
Network, in order to educate
the general public on when
and why it’s critical to activate
the emergency medical 911
system early.
The key spokesperson for
the video is Dr. Wilder,
Director of Neurointervention
at RiverBend. In the video, Dr.
Wider discusses the warning
signs of a stroke and the need
for rapid intervention by utiliz-
ing the FAST system:
Face — Ask the person to
smile and note if the face is
uneven.
Arms—Ask the person to
raise both arms. Does one arm
drift down or is it unable to
move?
Speech—Ask the person to
repeat a simple phrase. Does
their speech sound strange?
Strange speech could mean
slurred, the wrong words are
used, or the person is unable to
speak at all.
Time: Time to call 911.
Paramedics, when they
arrive on scene, will conduct
the National Institutes of
Health(NIH) Stroke Scale,
which is a systematic assess-
ment tool that provides a quan-
titative measure of stroke neu-
rological deficits.
The NIH Stroke scale exam-
ines 15 items, such as such as
language ability, level of con-
sciousness, vision acuity,
motor strength, ataxia and sen-
sory loss.
EMS Personnel also utilize
the Cincinnati Stroke Triage
Assessment Tool (C-STAT),
which involves conjugate gaze
deviation, arm weakness and
level of consciousness.
Based on the above assess-
ment criteria, paramedics will
then make a decision to acti-
vate the Regional Stroke
Center and facilitate patient
transport to that hospital,
either by ground or medical
helicopter.
Time is brain tissue, and the
sooner the stroke patient
arrives at the Stroke Center;
the better the potential out-
come towards recovery.
Paramedics from WLAD
and nurses from PeaceHealth
will be available to discuss the
exam, assessment and treat-
ment options for potential
stroke patients and their loved
ones; or any member of the
general public who may be
interested in this filed of emer-
gency medicine.
Any organization or agency
interested in the video presen-
tation, followed by a short dis-
cussion by paramedics and
nurses, is encouraged to con-
tact Western Lane Ambulance
District at 541-997-9614.
Tickets for February’s annual
Crab Crack now available
Tickets for Florence Food
Share’s annual Crab Crack
fundraiser are now on sale on a
first come, first serve basis.
The event will be held
Saturday, Feb. 3, from 4 to 7
p.m. Tickets can be purchased
at Food Share, 2190 Spruce
St., Monday through Friday,
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tickets can also be pur-
chased with a credit card over
the phone at 541-997-9110.
The number of tickets avail-
able is 400, and have tradition-
ally sold out. The deadline to
purchase them is Jan. 25.
No tickets will be available
for purchase at the door.
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