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Florence Christian Church to
host Vacation Bible School
Florence
Christian
Church, located at Sec-
ond and Ivy streets, in-
vites local children to
ROAR Vacation Bible
School.
The VBS runs Aug. 5-9,
from 9 a.m. to noon dai-
ly for children four years
old through grade five.
Kids will participate in
memorable Bible adven-
tures, games and hands-
on science fun.
They will also be chal-
lenged to collect canned
food and pocket change
to help support Florence
Food Share program here
in town.
To register, call the
church office at 541-997-
2961 or visit florence
church.com and click on
the VBS logo.
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McKnight, Nichols featured artists for August at Backstreet
Colleen
McKnight,
gourd artist, and Karen D.
Nichols, multimedia artist,
will be honored at a re-
ception Saturday, Aug. 10,
from 3 to 5 p.m., at Back-
street Gallery, 1421 Bay St.
The evening will also
feature guitar music by
Denny Weaver.
With no formal art train-
ing, McKnight has devel-
oped her skills decorating
gourds since 2015, convert-
ing her design skills from
systems design and flower
design to transforming the
organic shapes of gourds
into works of art.
Her gourd crafting pat-
terns emerge from the use
of wood burning, cutting
and carving, then finish-
ing with inks, dyes, paints,
beading, embossing, de-
coupage, metal leafing,
glass frit and mosaic work.
After
hand-selecting
gourds, she thoroughly
scrubs them, removing dirt
and mold. McKnight works
in harmony with the shape
to finish a design that en-
hances the gourd’s natural
qualities — all while creat-
ing a unique work of art.
Whether looking for
sculpture, a bit of whimsy,
a playful animal, a useful
vase, a basket or a beauti-
ful decorative piece of art,
individuals will appreciate
McKnight’s expertise of
taking nature’s gift and re-
defining it as fine art.
McKnight spends spring
COURTESY PHOTO
Artwork by Karen Nichols (top) and Colleen McK-
night will be featured at Backstreet Gallery during
the month of August.
and summer in Florence
with autumn and winter
spent in Chandler, Ariz.,
where she is the president
of a sanctioned patch of the
Spirit of the Desert, an Ari-
zona Gourd Society.
Nichols’ art includes, wa-
tercolor, acrylic and oils.
However, her signature
work is paper-painting
collage. The original tech-
nique she perfected starts
with various kinds of fi-
brous papers.
Using watercolor or
acrylic paints, the paper is
colored. By tearing, cutting
and molding paper, she
creates three-dimensional
sculptural relief works.
Certain papers lend
themselves to feathery
wings or animal fur.
While birds continue to
be her favorite subjects,
flowers and equine crea-
tures come close.
She has edited and cre-
ated cover art and illustra-
tions for other authors. Her
feature stories for Back-
street Gallery can be found
in the Siuslaw News.
Nichols enjoys teaching
and has been on writing
panels, spoken at literary
salons and taught classes at
writing seminars as well as
beginning art workshops.
Besides creating fine art,
Nichols writes novels, short
stories and poetry. Her sev-
en books and Pocket Poetry
can be found at the gallery.
Her latest novel, “A Name
by Any Other,” comes out
in September.
She participated in de-
veloping the Florence
Festival of Books and the
Florence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA) and has
been a member of Back-
street Gallery for 14 years.
Storyteller Chris Chandler to perform in Florence Aug. 3
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Chris Chandler is set to
grace Florence stage Sat-
urday, Aug. 3, at Florence
Unitarian Universalist Fel-
lowship at Highway 101
and Heceta Beach Road.
Provocative American
storyteller Chris Chandler
will host a KXCR summer
fundraiser as he slips back
to the Northwest from an
extended gig in the United
Kingdom.
Chandler’s performanc-
es are known as a unique
entertainment experience.
The late great Utah Phillips
called Chandler “the best
performance poet I have
ever seen.”
Chandler has worked
with everyone from Allen
Ginsberg to Pete Seeger,
and recently was a Master
of Ceremonies at the na-
tionally regarded Kerrville
Folk Festival in June.
Behind Chandler’s spo-
ken word riffs on American
culture is a sharp eye and
a deep love of language.
Striking in appearance,
sporting a black bowler on
his shaved head, he some-
times finds himself climb-
ing any nearby chair to add
emphasis to a story’s rivet-
ing conclusion — a show-
man to the core.
Chandler, son of a south-
ern preacher, left his home
and instead of pursuing a
career in New York theater,
he trusted his instincts to
hit the road to find and tell
the stories of America.
As any entertainer will
attest, it hasn’t been easy.
For the last 30 years he has
traveled from gig to gig,
losing his long blond hair,
but sharpening his craft.
Everywhere he and his
guitar playing sidekick Sean
Shanahan appear, the reac-
tion usually includes a rec-
ognition that it’s a unique
entertainment experience.
Suggested donation is
$15. Doors open at 6 p.m.
and the show begins at 7
p.m.
Tea and coffee will be
available. Healthy finger
foods encouraged (optional
BYOB if over age 21.
For information, call 541
997-2997 or 541-305-9003.
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New ‘Smokey Bear’ license plates available from DMV Aug. 1
The Keep Oregon Green
Association Smokey Bear
vehicle license plate will
be available for Oregon
passenger vehicles starting
Aug. 1.
The plate is only for pas-
senger vehicles titled and
registered in Oregon. The
DMV cannot accept or pro-
cess applications received
before Aug. 1.
In addition to regular ti-
tle, registration and plate
manufacturing fees, the
Smokey Bear plate has a $40
surcharge due when indi-
viduals first order the plate
and at each registration re-
newal. The surcharge is the
same amount for four-year
or two-year registration pe-
riods.
Customers who pur-
chased a prepaid voucher
may submit that with their
application in lieu of the
surcharge. The voucher
may only be used once.
The Keep Oregon Green
Association was required
to sell at least 3,000 vouch-
ers before DMV could start
implementation of the
Smokey Bear license plate.
Surcharge funds will go
to the Keep Oregon Green
Association. For more in-
formation on the associ-
ation, visit www.keepore-
gongreen.org.
Custom (vanity) and
Amateur Radio Operator
(HAM radio) versions will
be available on the Smokey
Bear plate. DMV cannot re-
serve specific number-letter
configurations for license
plates. Also, DMV does not
sell “sample” versions of li-
cense plates.
People can apply for the
plates by mail, at DMV field
offices, online or through
licensed vehicle dealers
when they purchase a car.
Customers cannot apply
for a Smokey Bear plate on-
line if they are submitting a
pre-paid voucher. Custom-
ers cannot replace vehicle
plates through DEQ emis-
sions testing stations (emis-
sions tests are required only
in parts of the Portland and
Medford metropolitan ar-
eas).
The cost of a set of plates
depends upon when and
how a vehicle owner applies
for a new set. Here are two
common scenarios:
1 Plates ordered within
120 days before a vehicle’s
stickers expire:
• Smokey Bear surcharge:
$40 (also paid at every re-
newal) or a pre-paid vouch-
er
• Plate fee: $24.50 for the
pair
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• Plate replacement fee:
$5
• Registration renewal:
$112 (Multnomah County
residents add $38; Wash-
ington County residents
add $60)
• Total without a voucher:
$181.50 ($219.50 in Mult-
nomah County; $241.50 in
Washington County)
• Total with a pre-paid
voucher: $141.50 ($179.50
in Multnomah County;
$201.50 in Washington
County)
2 Plates ordered more
than 120 days before a vehi-
cle’s stickers expire:
• Smokey Bear surcharge:
$40 (also paid at every two-
year renewal) or a pre-paid
voucher
• Plate fee: $24.50 for the
pair
• Plate replacement fee:
$10
• Total without a vouch-
er: $74.50
• Total with a pre-paid
voucher: $34.50
People who purchase a
new or used vehicle from
a licensed dealer may or-
der Smokey Bear plates as
part of the car-buying pro-
cess and provide a pre-paid
voucher to the dealer if they
have one.
To order new plates from
DMV more than 120 days
before a vehicle’s stickers
expire, customers need
to fill out an Application
for Registration, Renewal,
Replacement or Transfer
of Plates and/or Stickers,
Form 268. Customers can
get this form at their local
DMV office to apply for the
plate in person.