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I’ve known some CROW gets magical at this week’s camp INSIDE — A3 SPORTS Prepare to be ‘Cool at the Coast’ Saturday INSIDE — SPORTS RECORDS Obituaries & emergency response logs Inside — A2 KID SCOOP Activities and comics every Wednesday Inside — B3 CLASSIFIEDS Listings and public notices Inside — B4 follow us for the latest news: /S IUSLAW N EWS @S IUSLAW N EWS T HE S IUSLAW N EWS . COM guys that seem to always try to master it and to me, it’s just like it’s a negotiation between me and the glass. I can work to force it into something, but you can tell when it’s not wanting to go that direction. So a lot of times I’ll just go in the direc- tion it seems to want to go,” said Bob Meyer, who found his passion for glassblowing after a career as a pharmacist. Now, he and his wife Vicki own Ocean Beaches Glassblowing and Gal- lery in Seal Rock, Ore. The couple moved to Seal Rock in 2001 when Meyer was offered the job of pharmacy manager at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in New- port. “We started doing all the touristy things like seeing the glass blowing,” he said. They both began taking glass blow- ing classes at a shop called Py- romania in Newport. “Vicki and I both started with lessons. She didn’t particularly enjoy it, but I really did so I just kept going.” Glassblower Bob Meyer shapes glass into a bulb shape after swirling clear glass through frit (top photo). After a year of lessons, Meyer was a registered nurse and was found someone to share a shop the manager of the surgery de- with. He was still working full partment at Samaritan Pacific time as a pharmacist so he did Communities Hospital as well glassblowing when he could — she retired in 2016 and now until 2005, when the couple opened Ocean Beaches. Vicki See GLASS page 5A By Jared Anderson Siuslaw News “I love the fact that when my patients come in sick, they leave with a smile on their face and say, ‘Thank you,’” said PeaceHealth Peace Harbor nurse Emily Davidson. She decided to become a nurse after her grandmother had a stroke and was taken to Peace Harbor’s emergency de- partment. “They actually didn’t have any beds on the floor available, they were all full,” she said. “We didn’t want her trans- ferred to RiverBend. So they gave the option of an OB room because there weren’t any babies being born at that time. So she was taken care of there for a couple of days and just received the most amazing care. That’s why I wanted to become a nurse: the one-on-one care, getting to know your patient, not only your patient but your family members. It really made a difference for me and a life change. So that’s why I wanted to work here and stay here.” According to Davidson, PeaceHealth helped her with scholarships to become a nurse, which she admitted is not a job for everyone. “You have to love it,” she said. “You don’t do it because it’s a job. It’s a ca- reer that you have to love. If you love it, then you’ll do it. Most of the sea- soned nurses I know, they all tell me how much they love it. And you hear of people in this career for 20 years or longer. With only two years of experi- ence, I’m seeing why they love it. You don’t see that in other places, so for me, that’s rewarding.” See MEDICAL page 7A Boys & Girls Club seeks to lessen summer learning loss Brain Gain Program incorporates movement, fun, nutrition and learning By Chantelle Meyer Siuslaw News Siuslaw News 2 Sections | 14 Pages Copyright 2019 Boys and Girls Clubs of West- ern Lane County (BGC) is nearly through its nine-week summer curriculum, but the energy isn’t waning. For the 30 to 40 kids who attend the Elementary Program’s “Summer Brain Gain” activities, the warm days mean extra energy as they learn and play under BGC staff supervision. “There’s lots of evidence that kids in low-income families tend to lose two to three months of learning over the summer,” said BGC Executive Director Chuck Trent. “Often times, those are the kids who have parents working seasonal jobs, so they don’t take vacation and their parents are not there to help them continue to do things. The reality is, during the summer months is when you see the greatest inequity in turns of learning.” CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Lane County Executive Director Chuck Trent (center, seated) and club members help Elementary Site Director Sam Gauderman dish up cookies made during Sum- mer Brain Gain’s craft and snack portion of the lesson. For the past several years, BGC that seeks to minimize learning has implemented Summer Brain loss in the summer months off Gain, a national BGC program from school. Live OUT Loud Through Better Hearing Ready to reclaim your life? 7KHƓUVWVWHSVWDUWVZLWK\RX “There are nine weeks of curric- ulum specifically aimed at having academic kinds of learning dis- guised as fun,” Trent said. “There are a lot of games and a lot of hands-on projects.” On Monday, BGC Elementary Program Director Sam Gauder- man started the Brain Gain activ- ities with a “Community Builder” lesson. “It’s a teamwork game that we play to warm them up and get them ready to listen,” she said. “Today, we’re also making no- bake cookies, so we’re going to use a little Bunsen burner as we mea- sure and mix the ingredients.” A typical day for the elemen- tary program starts when the club doors open at 7:45 a.m. for check-in. Siuslaw School District’s Food Service Program then serves breakfast, and students get to play outside. 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