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Celtic harps, rare instruments play Saturday
A duo of Celt-
ic harpists and
multi-instrumental-
ists, Lisa Lynne and
Aryeh Frankfurter,
will be performing
rare
instruments
and sharing stories
at the Florence Uni-
tarian Universalist
Fellowship on Sat-
urday, Aug. 11, be-
ginning at 6:30 p.m.
The show features
Lynne and Frank-
furter playing two
Celtic harps, the
rare Swedish Nyck-
elharpa, Ukrainian
Bandura, Cittern,
Viola and more. The
audience will hear
traditional instru-
mental music from
Sweden and Ireland as well as heartwarming
original compositions blended with stories
of humor and adventure.
The concert will take place at the Florence
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 87738
Highway 101 in Florence. Admission is free
but donations are appreciated.
Lynne and Frankfurter are a Celtic harp
and multi-instrumentalist duo. They share
a background as progressive rock musi-
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when she was first starting
out as a teacher in the late
1980s. “I remember his pas-
sion. I thought of the students
as little kids at the time, but
he didn’t. His passion for their
writing and symbolism and
expression was so important
to him.”
When McKibbin became
the elementary school PE
teacher, Church was amazed
by his enthusiasm.
“He wouldn’t just tell kids
how to square dance or how
to use a parachute,” she said.
“He was out there, having
fun.”
McKibbin also coached for
the school wrestling team the
Little Toads.
“Little Toads was always
such a great thing, and it just
kept wrestling going in this
community,” Church said.
The reason for the boating
accident that led to McKib-
bin’s death is unknown.
The night before, condi-
cians who later discovered a love for Celtic,
Renaissance and Swedish music on unique
acoustic instruments.
They hail from Oregon and tour exten-
sively playing fine performing arts centers,
theaters and intimate venues around the U.S.
and Europe. They perform as a duo, with leg-
endary storyteller Patrick Ball and with the
Windham Hill Winter Solstice tours.
For more information, call 541-997-2840.
tions were flat and calm on
the jetty, but by 10 a.m. there
was a breaking wave on the
bar that reached eight feet in
height.
“That’s where we restricted
the bar to all recreational ves-
sels and all uninspected com-
mercial vessels due to the oc-
casional eight-foot break that
we were seeing into the chan-
nel,” said MBC Kevin Smith,
Executive Petty Officer with
USCG Station Siuslaw River.
Warnings were broadcast
by USCG through radio, but
it is not known when McKib-
bin went out to sea, or from
where.
“I’ve been in shock try-
ing to figure out what could
have happened,” Huntington
said. “Bruce was very experi-
enced on the water with tons
of local knowledge about the
ocean and bar crossings up
and down the Oregon coast.”
He added, “The Siuslaw bar
can be one of the roughest
bars on the Oregon coast at
times.”
Smith stressed that all boat-
ers should monitor chan-
nels 16 and 22A for USCG
broadcasts before venturing
through the bar.
“When we have a restrict-
ed bar, we broadcast it every
hour,” he said. “If you’re un-
der the restriction, don’t go
out.”
If one is passed the bar
when the restriction is placed,
Smith recommended calling
the USCG on channel 16 to
obtain the most up-to-date
information on when the bar
is anticipated to subside.
He also stated that boaters
should wear life preservers at
all times.
“Bruce will definitely be
missed by all who knew him,”
Huntington said. “It’s not go-
ing to be the same not hearing
his voice on the marine radio
giving out his GPS numbers
of where he’s catching fish.
“All of our thoughts and
prayers go out to his family at
this time.”
Art Committee seeks grant writer
Florence Public Art Com-
mittee has sent out a request
for proposals (RFP) for the
“Public Art Grant Work Plan
Creation & Grant Writer” po-
sition.
The City of Florence is
seeking proposals from qual-
ified individuals or firms with
a proven track record to pro-
vide grant writing services for
the City’s Public Art Commit-
tee.
Successful applicants will
demonstrate an ability to
provide all of the following:
researching and finding ap-
propriate grants, drafting a
strategic plan, writing, sub-
mitting and securing grants.
The Public Art Commit-
tee has been tasked with the
implementation of its work
plan to establish new public
art programs for the city, in-
cluding the establishment of
the art for the Highway 101
and 126 ReVision Florence
project.
ReVision Florence is a part-
nership between the City of
Florence, the Florence Ur-
ban Renewal Agency, Lane
County, Oregon Department
of Transportation and the
Florence Public Art Commit-
tee. Each partner is investing
time, money and/or in-kind
participation to complete this
rehabilitation of the major
traffic corridor of Florence.
The plans call for widening
sidewalks, placing utilities
underground, adding bicy-
cle lanes, realignment of side
streets, natural landscaping,
bio-swales, benches, contem-
porary street lighting and the
placement of works of art that
will be strategically located
throughout this new streets-
cape.
The initial phase of this
RFP request is for the com-
pletion of a Public Art Grant
Work Plan that would recom-
mend all appropriate grants,
whether local, nonprofit, state
or federal, that may be avail-
able to the city and commit-
tee, where the monies would
go to all costs associated with
the creation, installation and
maintenance of the artworks.
RFP submittal will also be
utilized as a basis for future
grant writing work.
Proposers shall provide
submittal in either digital or
hard copy format, by 5 p.m.
on Aug. 14 to Kelli Weese,
City Recorder/Economic De-
velopment Coordinator.
For full submittal informa-
tion, visit ci.florence.or.us.
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