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8A | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2019 | SIUSLAW NEWS Florenoe oelebrates 3 days of bluegrass, folk, Amerioana, gospel & arts W arm up your winter with some hot bluegrass, heart-warming new and traditional folk, vibrant Americana and rafter-raising gos- pel sounds this weekend at the 17th annual Florence Winter Music Festi- val. Eleven high-caliber groups will deliver the goods Friday to Sunday, Jan. 25 to 27, at the Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St. The 2019 festival headliner is John McEuen, founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, who will be presenting his “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” tour with The String Wizards. On Jan. 7, Florence Mayor Joe Henry issued a proclamation deem- ing Jan. 25 to 27 a “landmark week- end for the region and its arts and music communities” with an invi- tation for all to participate in Flor- ence’s Winter Music Festival. Winter Music Festival weekend starts with a twang as the up-and- coming North Country Bluegrass Band (7 p.m.) and the amazing Chris Jones & The Night Drivers (8:30 p.m.) take the stage on Bluegrass Friday. North Country, a premier tradition- al bluegrass band from the North- west, is touring the US and Canada to rave reviews. Jones is a quadruple threat as a sing- the hour-long er, songwriter, show. guitarist, and ra- Winter Music dio host on Sir- Festival 2019 of- iusXM 62 Blue- fers much more grass Junction. than top-drawer Saturday is music by na- Americana tionally-touring Day. The after- musicians. In noon session sync with the begins with the music weekend foot-stomping, is the free Flor- crowd-pleasing ence Regional music of Katie A r t s A l l i an c e Ja n e L u b i e n s (FRAA) Winter John McEuen, founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, head- with Adam Eas- lines the 2019 Winter Music Festival at the Florence Events Center this Ar ts Festival. ley (11:30 a.m.) weekend. Tickets and info are available at WinterMusicFestival.org. The Winter Arts followed by True Festival will be North (12:45 p.m.), Eli West (2 p.m.), rant, 1498 Bay St. in Historic Old Saturday, Jan. 26, from 11 a.m. to 5 and Cabin Fever NW (3:15 p.m.). Town Florence, which kick off at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 27, from 11 Saturday evening features headliners p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. a.m. to 4 p.m. in the 8,000 sq. ft. FEC Chris Kokesh and LJ Booth at 7 p.m. Community members, along with gallery. opening for John McEuen and The musicians, are welcome to join with FRAA has assembled renowned String Wizards. festival artists for these nightly song local and regional artists and crafts- Sunday’s heart- and soul-warm- circles. Food and beverages will be people to fill more than 30 booths ing Gospel Gathering features Laura available for purchase through 11:30 with everything from two- and Merz’s Community Gospel Choir, p.m. three-dimensional art in stone, Marty Adams’ Rolling River Quar- In addition, Katie Jane Lubiens wood, glass, ceramic, fabric, wire, tet and Andiel Brown leading the and Adam Easley will be playing a and gold to garden art, personal care award-winning University of Ore- free community concert at Oregon items, edibles, and adult potables. In gon Gospel Choir. Pacific Bank, 1355 Highway 101, addition to selling their works, over The music continues with night- at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Coffee and the course of the weekend select art- time jam sessions at the ICM Restau- cookies will be available throughout ists will demonstrate how their art or craft is created. The new and extremely buzzwor- thy Eatwell Organic Noodle food truck will be on site on Saturday and Sunday. Ninkasi Brewing and Riv- er’s Edge Winery are the exclusive beer and wine dispensers. The an- nual Ladies of Elks Pie Sale returns as another folksy festival favorite. The 450-seat, state-of-the-art Florence Events Center still has a few excellent seats available for each show. Tickets are available at the Events Center Box Office or online at EventCenter.org. A three-day pass is $95 and a two-day pass is $80. Tickets for Friday Night Blue- grass are $28, Saturday afternoon general admission Americana, $19, Saturday night headliners $40, and Sunday’s Gospel Gathering, $16. Doors open one hour before each show time. A full event rundown with performer profiles is at www. WinterMusicFestival.org. The Florence Winter Music Fes- tival is produced by the 501 (c) (3) nonprofit Friends of the Florence Events Center, a volunteer organi- zation that helps fund capital im- provements and performance grants at the venue. Siuslaw Watershed Council to award ‘Spirit of Siuslaw,’ hear about ocean issues At Siuslaw Watershed Council’s Spirit of Siuslaw Awards Night, Wednesday, Jan. 30, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Bromley Room of the Siuslaw Public Li- brary, the community is invited to learn more about ocean acidification and hy- poxia as well as celebrate this year’s recipient of the Spirit of Siuslaw Award, Paul Burns. In addition, new members of our SWC Board will be elected. Fran Recht will be giving a talk about ocean acidifica- tion and hypoxia, which has consequences for the health of the ocean and ocean-go- ing fish in the Siuslaw River. She will discuss how Ore- gon’s nearshore is consid- ered ground zero for many of the impacts from ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) because it is already experiencing environmental extremes that other coastal areas won’t see for decades. Ocean acidification, sometimes called the “oth- er carbon problem,” occurs when carbon dioxide is ab- sorbed into the ocean, low- ering the ocean’s pH levels. As seawater becomes more acidic, many marine organ- isms including shellfish (al- tered shell formation) and finfish (disruption in sens- ing prey) can be directly affected. Fragile shells and changes in predator feed- ing patterns can harm these organisms, with carryover affects throughout the food web. A related regional issue is hypoxia, which occurs seasonally as low oxygen waters on the ocean bottom upwells along the coast. In recent years, hypoxic events have resulted in increased occurrence of dead crabs along shorelines and chang- es in fish distributions as they move to avoid the low oxygen waters. To combat the effects of OAH, legislation was passed in August 2017 to form the Oregon Coordi- nating Council on OAH. The council, made up of scientists and state agen- cy representatives, as well as fishing, shellfishing and Indoor Yard Sale returns to FEC in February The Indoor Yard Sale is p.m. for any group or individ- purchasing a booth, come in coming to the Florence Events ual to participate in the sale. to the Florence Events Cen- Center on Saturday, Feb. 23, Sign up soon as spaces go ter office at 715 Quince St. or from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. quickly. contact the FEC at 541-997- Starting Jan. 22 at 9 a.m., For more information on 1994. applications to be part of the Friends of the Florence Events Center’s annual indoor sale will be available for non-profit groups and individuals who wish to rent a booth space to display their goods. For those who do not have a garage, adequate parking or hard to find locations, this is a perfect solution to be part of this huge sale. 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The tershed and library resourc- Siuslaw Watershed Council es related to our oceans will will also have updates on be made available. happenings within the wa- Doors open at 6 p.m. 14-Week Contest • January 30-May 8, 2019 Volunteer for Friends of Florence The nonprofit Friends of Florence, which pro- vides free bus transporta- tion for cancer patients, is seeking volunteer drivers. A commercial driver’s li- cense is not required. For more info, call 541- 997-8663. conservation interests, is in the process of drafting an OAH Action Plan and will be taking public input so as to deliver a final action plan in 2019. Recht, as a member of the Coordinating Council, will review the OAH issue and describe the priorities the group has drafted. These in- clude actions related to re- search, reducing the causes of OAH, promoting adap- tation and resilience, rais- ing awareness of impacts and solutions, and assuring funding is available to ad- dress the issue. 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