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SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 | 5A Three Rivers Casino Resort announces June entertainment line-up Every Friday and Satur- day in June from 7 to 11 p.m., Blue Bills Sports Bar & Tap Room in Three Riv- ers Casino Resort is featur- ing live shows performed by top local artists. • June 7 and 8, the Bret Lucich & Paul Biondi Ex- perience — This variety band has a wide array of sounds. Lucich can play a multitude of instruments and his vocal abilities allow him to do great imperson- ations, all in in combina- tion with Biondi’s unique saxophone stylings. • June 14 and 15, Heck- tic Week — An energy packed duo with power- ful vocals and beat driven grooves is a blues-influ- enced infusion of nostal- gic country, folk and rock. • June 28 and 29, An- thony McCarthy — A solo singer-songwriter from Eugene who performs the- ater and music in Portland, McCarthy plays guitar and piano, bringing with him a mix of folky, soulful, pop- rock offerings. There is no cover charge for any of the June perfor- Hecktic Weekend (left) will perform at Blue Bills Sports Bar & Tap Room June 14 and 15 as part of Three Rivers Casino Resort’s June entertain- ment line-up. mances, but patrons must be 21 or older to attend. To learn more about Three Rivers Casino Re- sort and the May enter- tainment line-up at Blue Bills Sports Bar and Tap Room, visit www.threeriv- erscasino.com /events. Siuslaw News + COURTESY PHOTO Backstreet Gallery to celebrate 14 years at gala birthday The community is invit- ed to Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay St., on Saturday, June 8, from 3 to 5 p.m., for a birthday celebration and show of guest artist, Deborah Cray during the Second Saturday Gallery Tour. Fourteen years ago, several artists gathered in a small, former bakery in Florence to establish Back-street Gallery. The co-operative gal- lery took root, with all artist-members sharing in the work to operate the gallery and have a place to show and sell their art. Moving from Laurel Street to Bay Street, the gallery has become a home to unique art in multiple mediums. The gala is an oppor- tunity to express appre- ciation and thanks to the community, gallery mem- bers and area artists that have helped make the gal- lery a success. The birthday event is also in conjunction with Artwork by “Where ART Thou?” art show People’s Choice winner Deborah Cray will be among the works on display at Backstreet’s upcoming gala birthday celebra- tion. the show of the annu- al Where ART Thou? (WAT) award-winners: Best of Show, Jessalyn Keppol and People’s Choice, Deborah Cray and Jessalyn Keppol. COURTESY PHOTO FUUF to discuss answer to important question Sunday Community invited to experience new pipe organ at New Life Lutheran Church Sunday, June 2, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Florence Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Rev. Marcia Pearce will deliver a mes- sage titled: “Is God Com- ing Out to Play Yet?” This was a question Rev. Pearce said she often asked as a child, but never seemed to get the answer she wanted. “Now I realize I wasn’t getting the right answer because I was asking the wrong question,” said Rev. Pearce. “I think this won- derful world has given us a great place to play and in- vestigate, unless we happen Anyone who enjoys or- gan music — and espe- cially pipe organ music — New Life Lutheran Church is the place to experience it. The church has the only pipe organ in Florence and one of very few on the Oregon Coast. In fact, the church was built especially to accommodate the or- gan. Each week, the sanctu- ary is filled with the soar- ing tones of this beautiful instrument played by the talented local organist Bri- an Lindsey. The Greek engineer Cteribius is credited with inventing the organ in the third century B.C. He devised an instrument called the hydraulis, which delivered a wind supply maintained through water pressure to a set of pipes. The organ was initially used mainly for ceremonial functions, circuses or per- formances and extensively in the Roman culture. A component of a pipe organ is a stop that admits pressured air to a set of to be too busy. Like Saul, for an example, whom God gave an eye-opening two- by-four.” On Sunday, Rev. Pearce will respond to her own question. FUUF is located at 87738 Highway 101 at Heceta Beach Road and is wheelchair accessible. Each service concludes with refreshments and a dialogue circle to explore the questions that come up during each worship ser- vice. For more information, visit www.florenceuuf.org. COURTESY PHOTO New Life Luthern Church organist Brian Lindsey and the church’s unique pipe organ, one of only a hand- ful on the Oregon coast and the only one of its kind in Florence. pipes. The phrase “pull out all the stops” has entered general usage for deploying all available means to pur- sue a goal. Mozart called the organ the “King of all Instru- ments” because of its wide expressive range. Subtle differences in the shape of pipes enable it to imitate many other instru- ments, especially wind in- struments to create a vari- ety of sounds. The community is wel- come to come and hear this beautiful instrument played professionally by an expert organist each week. New Life Lutheran is lo- cated at 2100 Spruce St. For more information, call 541-997-8113. LCSO, Bi-Mart to offer free boat inspections in Florence TRIPLE P POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM An online parenting course for parents with children ages 2-12. • Triple P is available in English and Spanish, and is free if you or your child are Trillium (OHP) members. • You can access the course anytime, on any device, for up to 12 months after you sign up. • Triple P doesn’t tell you how to parent, but gives you tools you can use to meet your family’s needs. • It can help you raise KDSS\FRQ´GHQWNLGV and have a calmer family life. VISIT www.lanetriplep.com to learn more about Triple P and to sign up! Visit us online: www.TheSiuslawNews.com The Lane County Sher- iff ’s Office is again part- nering with Bi-Mart to offer free boat inspections to help people get on the water safely. “We can help you make sure you have everything you need,” said LCSO Ser- geant Carrie Carver. People are asked to bring their boat of any kind to the below listed Bi-Marts on the scheduled date/time and a Lane County Sheriff ’s Office Marine Patrol Depu- ty will inspect the boat for free. In Florence, the boat in- spections will take place on Sunday, June 16, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Florence Bi- Mart, 4310 Highway 101. Spirituali-Tea to discuss ‘reflections of the heart’ Monday Monday evening, June 3, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at 875 Seventh St., a group of friends who are diverse in their spiritual backgrounds The Baha’i Writings say, will gather to discuss and “The meditative faculty is participate in a meditation akin to the mirror; if you lead by Lynette Kristine. put it before earthy objects it will reflect them. 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