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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018
2nd Saturday Gallery Tour explores the arts in Florence
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Visit these works by area artists and more during the 2nd Saturday Gallery Tour from 3 to 5 p.m. in Historic Old Town
Florence and other locations around Florence.
Enjoy
Florence’s
2nd
Saturday Gallery Tour on
Saturday, March 10, 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. Enjoy great
local art, interactions with fel-
low patrons and artists, recep-
tions, refreshments, live enter-
tainment and community.
For more information, visit
2ndSaturdayGalleryTour.com.
B ACKSTREET G ALLERY
The work of author Judy
Fleagle, known as the Bridge
Lady, and Meredith Draper,
known as the Time-Piece
Jeweler, will be spotlighted at
Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay
St., in March. Their reception,
spread with refreshments and
music, will be held on March
10, from 3 to 5 p.m.
After 22 years teaching ele-
mentary school in California
and 21 years as editor/staff
writer for “Oregon Coast” and
“Northwest Travel” magazines
in Florence, Fleagle embarked
on a third career in 2010.
She has written four books:
“Crossings:
McCullough’s
Coastal Bridges” (2011), “The
Crossings Guide to Oregon’s
Coastal
Spans”
(2013),
“Around Florence” (2014) and
“Devil Cat and Other Colorful
Animals I Have Known”
(2015). A fifth book mapping
the unusual places along the
coast will be available in 2019.
Who could’ve imagined that
Draper, who majored in busi-
ness
administration
and
minored in art, would later
become the president of
Backstreet Gallery Co-opera-
tive and also a very versatile
artist? After dabbling in clay,
painting and free-form sculp-
ture, Draper takes her altered
art to refined jewelry she
assembles from antique watch-
es and unique treasures. She
also weaves. Between her intri-
cate fine art necklaces, pins,
earrings and bracelets and col-
orful woven scarves, one can
pull together an elegant look to
enhance any wardrobe choice.
FRAAA
Florence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA) is honored to
feature a special collection of
artwork for sale from the late
Henry Evans during the 2nd
Saturday Gallery Tour on
March 10, from 1 to 5 p.m.
These prints were donated by
Dean and Pat Hendricks, and
proceeds from sales will go to
various nonprofit organiza-
tions.
Evans began making botani-
cal prints in 1958, depicting
some 1,400 subjects in 31
years. Admired by art lovers
and naturalists alike, Evans
was a self-taught printer,
botanist and artist, developing
a unique style and technique.
He drew directly from living
subjects, and all subjects were
portrayed life-size.
Among numerous publica-
tions, the artist’s most impor-
tant books and portfolios
include: “The State Flowers of
the United States;” “Botanical
Prints: with Excerpts from the
Artist’s Notebooks;” and
“California Wildflowers.”
FRAA’s Art Center and
Gallery is located at 120 Maple
St. in Historic Old Town
Florence.
Henry Evans’ prints may be
seen at www.henryevans.com.
S IUSLAW P UBLIC L IBRARY
Siuslaw Public Library fea-
tures Watercolor Society of
Oregon, 20 award-winning
paintings in Brubaker Gallery,
through April 7.
Best of Show by Chris
Stubbs of Carlton, Ore., is a
deeply sensitive painting called
“Life Was Beautiful Then,”
which captures Verna, deeply
reflecting on life before her
husband passed.
Second place award went to
Linda Rothchild Ollis of
Hillsboro, for “Potential
Unlocked” inspired by her
journey after heart surgery, the
climb out of weakness into
renewed strength.
The paintings have been
travelling to various Oregon
galleries since WSO’s 2017
Fall Exhibition. The artists will
retrieve them from the library
and then attend WSO’s Spring
2018 Experimental Water-
media Conference at Florence
Events Center, April 6 to 8.
Kathryn Damon-Dawson is
chairing the Spring 2018 con-
ference in Florence. The public
is invited to register for mini,
art-related workshops all day
Saturday, April 7, and Sunday,
April 8, for Juror Fran Larsen’s
Lecture Demo.
T HE S TUDIOS
March marks the one-year
anniversary of The Studios at
Jayne Smoley Designs. Join
artists from The Studios’ first
year during the 2nd Saturday
Gallery Tour and see the vari-
ety of work the gallery has
curated.
“Thank you to our commu-
nity, artists and customers for
helping to make this year a suc-
cess,” said Smoley, owner of
The Studios.
In addition, Carol C.
Prendergast, EdD, a certified
Pilates instructor, has opened a
Pilates studio within The
Studios.
It is just one more way that
The Studios is becoming a part
of everyday life for the
Florence community.
Join The Studios for regular
fuse-and-sip and paint-and-sip
classes. For more information,
visit www.jaynesmoleydesign.
com.
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Garden Club offering seeks
applicants for adult scholarship
The Florence Garden Club
is seeking applicants for a
scholarship which awards
local adult students pursuing
specific technical certifica-
tions.
The candidate must be over
the age of 18 and from the
Florence or Mapleton areas.
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FRESH
CRAB
PETRALE SOLE WITH LEMON CREAM
SERVES 4
INGREDIENTS:
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 2 pounds sole fi llets, cut to make 4 pieces
* 3/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
* 1/4 cup fl our
* 3/4 cup heavy cream
* Grated zest of 1/2 lemon
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
O REGON P ACIFIC B ANK
Seascape
artist
Paul
Scott Steward to address
Seveth-day Adventists
“Billy Graham is not in
Heaven,” says Scott Steward,
a recent Florence resident and
the former marketing director
for Hope Channel, a global
Christian lifestyle TV net-
work. “That claim will upset a
lot of people, but the idea that
people are sent immediately
upon death to their ‘reward’ or
their ‘punishment’ simply is
not supported in the Bible.”
Steward says he’s not talk-
ing about judgement or salva-
tion, determinations which are
only for God to make.
“Reverend Graham was a
godly man, a great preacher
and humanitarian,” Steward
says. “According to the Bible,
he’s not in hell, limbo, purga-
tory or floating around some-
where in the universe. But he’s
not in heaven either…yet.”
He points out there is good
news about the fact that people
don’t transition at their last
breath. “I used to believe peo-
ple went to heaven at death,”
explains Steward. “But after
really looking into what the
Bible, says I’ve found a better
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an explanation that a growing
number of people around the
world are rediscovering.
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of often overlooked biblical
facts in hopes of restoring peo-
ple’s understanding of what
happens at death, and of God
as fair, forgiving, loving and
perfectly
logical,”
says
Steward..
Steward’s
presentation
takes place Saturday, Marrch
Kingsbury’s paintings are on
display during the month of
March at Oregon Pacific Bank
on Highway 101 in Florence.
Kingsbury lived in the
Pacific Islands for 15 years, has
crossed both the Atlantic and
the Mediterranean, and lived
on three sides of the Caribbean.
He fell in love with the ocean,
and his attempts to depict the
surging surf and billowing
clouds has yielded some great
art over the years. His works
are created in acrylics in the
style of oils. He uses a variety
of techniques.
Kingsbury has been a mem-
ber of several art associations,
and is now a member of
FRAA, where one can view
more of his artwork.
AARP is once again provid-
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citizens of Florence and the
surrounding communities.
Federal and Oregon tax
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Siuslaw
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Bromley Room, 1460 Ninth
St., every Monday and
Thursday through April 12,
plus Saturday, April 14, from 9
a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
Space is limited.
People should bring their
How to Make It:
Step 1: In a large nonstick frying pan, melt the butter over
moderate heat. Sprinkle the sole with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt
and the pepper. Dust the sole with the fl our and shake off any
excess. Put the sole in the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Turn
and cook until just done, about 2 minutes longer. Remove
the sole from the pan.
Step 2: Add the cream and lemon zest to the pan. Bring to
a simmer and cook until starting to thicken, about 2 minutes.
Stir in the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, the lemon juice, and
parsley. Serve the sauce over the fi sh.
Recipe from Food & Wine
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