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Don’t miss the boat to see LRP’s ‘Mamma Mia!’
The arrival of three men
to the (mythical) Greek
island of Kalokairi for a
wedding is the event that
launches the Last Resort
Players’ fall musical “Mam-
ma Mia!,” opening this Fri-
day at the Florence Events
Center.
On the eve of her wed-
ding, a young woman’s
quest to discover the iden-
tity of her father brings the
three men from her moth-
er’s past back to the island
they last visited 20 years
ago. The potential fathers,
three very different char-
acters, are played by James
McKinney, Matt Korso and
Jason Wood. McKinney is
relatively new to Florence
theatre but Wood and Korso
are familiar local talent and
have been in several LRP
productions.
Over the years, McKinney
has developed the ability to
use over 20 dialects, one of
which he will use in his role
as Australian Bill Austin.
McKinney is enjoying his
character and says he loves
every line in the show. He
McKinney, who plays an comments, “I truly feel that
intrepid adventurer, has the entire cast is going to
been performing since high blow away the audience.”
school. In one of his roles he
played the dentist in “Little
Korso, who is no stranger
Shop of Horrors,” which is to the Florence stage, began
to date his favorite role. He performing in the second
appeared in “A Christmas grade, where he debuted as
Carol” at the Florence Play- Dancing Camel No. 3 in his
house 12 years ago as the school Christmas pageant.
Ghost of Christmas Present. He is playing Harry Bright,
His dream role is Meat- a former headbanger turned
loaf ’s character, Eddie, in London banker. It may be
“Rocky Horror Picture surprising to some that Kor-
Show.”
so is a huge fan of the Bee
Gees and he loves disco.
Mat’s favorite stage show —
besides “Mamma Mia!” — is
“Hairspray,” but if he had a
magic wand, the next show
he would like to do is “Swee-
ney Todd.”
Sam Carmichael is played
by Wood, who started his
acting career in his third-
grade production of “Cin-
derella,” where he played
Fairy Godmother.
He says, “I still dress up as
Fairy Godmother, I’m just
better at it now.”
When asked what he does
when not doing theatre
Wood replied, “I’m never
not doing theatre.”
His advice to the audi-
ence is to “Keep your eyes
on that ensemble! Every one
of them has a fully realized
character. They bring ener-
gy and enthusiasm to every
rehearsal and they do an
amazing job with the chore-
ography. I’m working hard
to keep up!”
Last Resort Players’ “Mam-
ma Mia!” will play at the
Florence Events Center, 715
Quince St., Nov. 1 to 3 and 7
to 10. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday shows are at 7 p.m.
and Sunday matinees are at 2
p.m. Tickets are $20 for gen-
eral admission and student
tickets, with ID at the box of-
fice, are $15. Get your tickets
now at 541-997-1994, www.
eventcenter.org or the box of-
fice at 715 Quince St.
Confirmed measles cases in Lane County
Testing has confirmed
two new measles cases in
Oregon, one of whom re-
sides in Lane County. Both
patients traveled on the
same flight into Portland
International Airport as a
confirmed measles case on
Saturday, Oct. 12. The Lane
County patient was partially
vaccinated.
In response, Lane County
Public Health has activated
its incident command sys-
tem and is currently inves-
tigating potential exposure.
At this time, there are four
identified sites of possible
exposure during the pa-
tient’s infectious period.
Monday, Oct. 21:
• 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Creswell Bakery, 182 S. Sec-
ond St., Creswell
• Noon to 4 p.m., Bier
Stein, 1591 Willamette St. in
Eugene
Wednesday, Oct. 23:
• 4 to 7:30 p.m., Blu Mist,
1400 Valley River Dr., Suite
130 in Eugene
• 6 to 9:30 p.m., North
Fork Public House, 2805
Shadowview Dr. in Eugene
Additional sites may be
added as the investigation
continues.
Measles exposure is possi-
ble for up to 2 hours after an
infected person leaves the
location. None of the iden-
tified locations above are
considered ongoing expow-
wsure risks.
Measles, also known as
rubeola, is a potentially se-
vere viral infection. Measles
symptoms appear 7 to 18
days after contact with the
virus and typically include
high fever, cough, runny
nose, and wa-tery eyes.
Measles rash appears 3 to
5 days after the first symp-
toms. It usually begins as
flat red spots that appear on
the face at the hairline and
spread downward to the
neck, trunk, arms, legs and
feet.
• Small raised bumps may
also appear on top of the flat
red spots.
• The spots may become
joined together as they
spread from the head to the
rest of the body.
• When the rash appears,
a person’s fever may spike to
more than 104° Fahrenheit
Additionally, tiny white
spots (Koplik spots) may ap-
pear inside the mouth two
to three days after symp-
toms begin.
Measles isn’t just a little
rash. Measles can be dan-
gerous, especially for ba-
bies and young children, as
well as for pregnant women
and those who have com-
promised immune systems
(e.g., cancer and transplant
patients, etc.). Measles is
very contagious. Measles
spreads through the air
when an infected person
coughs or sneezes.
It is so contagious that
if one person has it, up to
9 out of 10 people around
him or her will also become
infected if they are not pro-
tected.
A child can get measles
just by being in a room
where a person with mea-
sles has been, even up to
two hours after that person
has left. An infected person
can spread measles to others
even before knowing they
have the disease — from
four days before developing
the measles rash through
four days after the rash sub-
sides.
If someone believes they
have been exposed to mea-
sles, they should contact
their healthcare pro-vider
by phone before traveling to
their provider’s office.
Measles spreads quickly
through the air. People who
may have been exposed and
who are showing symptoms
should limit their contact
with other people and pub-
lic places until they can see
their healthcare provider.
The measles vaccine is
very effective. Two doses of
measles vaccine are about 97
percent effective at prevent-
ing measles if exposed to the
virus. One dose is about 93
percent effective.
If someone has not been
vaccinated, or may only be
partially vaccinated, they
should contact their health-
care provider and arrange to
be vaccinated.
Get colorful with
Siuslaw Color-a-Thon
Siuslaw School District is
putting on the third annual
Color-a-Thon Fun Run on
Saturday, Nov. 2. Starting
from Siuslaw Middle School,
the Color-a-Thon will fea-
ture a 5K run/walk.
“The whole community
is invited to come out a get
colorful with us,” said orga-
nizer Crystal Osburn. “Rain
or shine, we’re going to have
a color blast!”
As participants of the
event wind their way
through the course, they
will be doused in non-toxic
color powder, and finish the
course looking as if they’ve
just run through a rainbow.
Funds raised from the
Color-a-Thon will help pro-
vide resources not funded
through the school budget.
This year’s event is sup-
ported by a number of local
business sponsors. In ad-
dition, donations are being
collected by Siuslaw stu-
dents.
Everyone is invited to par-
ticipate and can pick up a
registration packet at Coast-
al Fitness or Siuslaw Ele-
mentary. Day-of registration
will be $30.
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