SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 | 5B
Regency activities
director recognized
with award
New, traditional folk plays at Winter Music Festival
Sunday:
Tyler
Stenson
Friday: John Reischman and
the Jaybirds
Saturday: Mr.
& Mrs.
Something
Saturday:
Jim Hurst
Saturday: Greg
Blake Band
Friday: Kathy Kallick Band
Sunday: True North Duo
N
Rachel Kilfoy of Regency Florence (middle)
receives an award from the Oregon Health Care
Association in November 2019.
On Nov. 20, Rachel
Kilfoy was recognized at
the Oregon Health Care
Association
conven-
tion where she received
the Enrichment of Life
Award. The nomination
came from peers in her
field.
Kilfoy has been in the
health care field for over
20 years. She has worked
at Regency Florence as
the activities director for
5 years.
“Congratulations Ra-
chel from everyone at
Regency Florence. We
are happy that you were
recognized for your con-
tribution to the Florence
community and Regency
Florence,” Regency repre-
sentatives said.
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ager, Beverly Unger, have been welcoming new comers to the
area since 1998. Many fine local businesses participate as
sponsors, offering gifts and discounts to our appreciative and
enthusiastic new residents.
ine high-caliber groups
will deliver a full menu
of bluegrass, Americana,
traditional and new folk
Jan. 24, 25 and 26 during
the 18th annual Florence
Winter Music Festival at
the Florence Events Center.
Each day also features mu-
sic workshops, jam sessions,
exhibits and demonstra-
tions by regional artisans, as
well as food and drink.
A complete festival over-
view, with artist profiles and
ticket prices, is available at
WinterMusicFestival.org.
The festival headliner, per-
forming the evening of Sat-
urday, Jan. 25., is Livingston
Taylor.
Sea Lion Caves is this
year’s presenting sponsor.
Folk Music Sunday, spon-
sored by Bodega Wine Par-
lor, features Tyler Stenson at
1 p.m. and the True North
Duo at 2:30 p.m.
Stenson was named “Best
Male Artist” at the Portland
Music Awards and is twice-
named Portland’s perform-
er-songwriter of the year.
His “elegant folk” is often
compared to singer-song-
writer greats such James
Taylor, Cat Stevens and
Ryan Adams.
At 2:30 p.m., festival fa-
vorite True North’s Kristen
Grainger and Dan Wetzel,
performing as a duo, deliver
their trademark powerhouse
of intelligent, memorable
songs and lush instrumen-
tals and vocals. The two
make art from ordinary life
with Grainger’s multi-award-
winning songwriting and
Sa turday :
Circus No . 9
2020 Winter Music
Festival headliner
Livingston Taylor
plays Saturday
night.
Wetzel’s revered multi-in-
strumentalism to produce
alternatingly heartwarming
and heart wrenching songs.
The weekend starts on
Bluegrass Friday, sponsored
by The Old Town Inn, with
Canadian mandolin master
John Reischman and the
Jaybirds at 7 p.m., followed
by the Kathy Kallick Band at
8:30 p.m.
Kallick, a Grammy and
IBMA award winner, was
described as “jaw-dropping
awesome” by the Delaware
Valley Bluegrass Festival.
Friday’s shows are spon-
sored by The Old Town Inn
in Florence.
Americana
Saturday
starts with afternoon per-
formances sponsored by
The Waterfront Depot.
The soulful passion of
blues and rock melded
with the honesty of folk as
presented by Mr. & Mrs.
Something begins at 1 p.m.;
the deft finger work and
smooth vocals of Nashville’s
sought-after guitarist Jim
Hurst begins at 2:15 p.m.;
and the multi-award-win-
ning country/folk/bluegrass
music of the Greg Blake
Band starts at 3:45 p.m.
Saturday evening’s ses-
sion, sponsored by The
River House Inn, starts at
7 p.m. with Circus No. 9,
a band that blurs the lines
between bluegrass, jazz and
rock. Circus No. 9 will also
perform a free community
concert at Oregon Pacific
Bank, 1355 Highway 101,
on Friday, Jan. 24, from 4:30
to 5:30 p.m.
Headliner
Livingston
Taylor takes the stage at 8:30
p.m.
In harmony with the
music is the free Florence
Regional Arts Alliance
(FRAA) Winter Arts Festi-
val with 20-plus renowned
local and regional artists
and crafts people’s demon-
strations, two- and three-di-
mensional art in a wide va-
riety of media, personal care
items, edibles, and adult
potables. Ninkasi Brewing,
food trucks and the annual
pie sale will add to the folksy
flavor of the event.
New this year will be free
on-site jam sessions and
daily workshops by festival
musicians on songwriting,
guitar skills, and jamming.
Workshops are free to con-
cert ticketholders and $20
for non-concertgoers.
Free, dedicated, on-site
jamming space is available
beginning at noon on Friday
and 1 p.m. on Saturday and
Sunday. Jam sessions take
place in the workshop room
any time other than when
workshops are under way.
The Friday and Saturday
jams end at midnight and
Sunday’s jam ends at 4 p.m.
Tickets are available by
phone or in person at the
Florence Events Center Box
Office by calling 541-997-
1994 or come to the FEC at
715 Quince St. in Florence.
You can also get tickets on-
line at WinterMusicFestival.
org.
Regular price admission
for a three-day pass is $112,
a two-day pass is $92. Tick-
ets for Friday Night Blue-
grass are $35, Saturday af-
ternoon general admission
Americana, $27, Saturday
night headliners $49, and
Sunday $27. All prices in-
clude customary ticketing
surcharges. The Events Cen-
ter’s doors open one hour
before show time, and the-
ater doors 30 minutes later.
The Florence Winter
Music Festival is produced
by the 501(c)(3) nonprof-
it Friends of the Florence
Events Center, an all-vol-
unteer membership orga-
nization that helps fund
capital improvements and
performance grants at the
venue. To join, call the
Florence Events Center at
541-997-1994.
New residential cleaners now serving area
F
lorence Cleaning LLC
is a locally owned resi-
dential cleaning company
that began operating in
Florence and surrounding
areas in July 2019. Now,
services provided include
standard, move-in/move-
out and deep cleaning tai-
lored to each person’s home
and goals.
Owners Jesse and Car-
la Petersen are licensed,
bonded and insured. Flor-
ence Cleaning LLC is pre-
pared to meet everyone’s
home cleaning needs.
Founded to address the
demand for local cleaning
services, Florence Clean-
ing LLC has received
a good response from
the community and is
building a steady cli-
ent base.
Local residents Jim
and Karen Sievers
have welcomed the
new service, saying,
“Jesse has done an
excellent job for us.
He is thorough and
punctual. … We have
recommended him to
friends.”
Detailed informa-
tion about services offered,
pricing and cleaning tips,
as well as online book-
ing, can be found at www.
Florence Cleaning LLC owner Jesse Petersen
florencecleaning.com.
541-999-5033 or via email
Additionally,
Flor- at
florenceoregonclean-
ence Cleaning LLC can ing@gmail.com with any
be reached by phone 8 questions or to schedule a
a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at cleaning.
Healthy Families Well Mama of Oregon
comes to Florence
offers resources
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Healthy Families Florence provides free
in-home support for families during preg-
nancy and the first 3 years of the child’s
life.
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For more information about Healthy
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Families
in the Florence area, contact Jen
www.EllenTraylor.com
at 541-999-4880 or Lane County Maternal
and Child Health.
The Well Mama program pro-
vides free, confidential and non-
judgmental pregnancy and post-
partum mental health services that
is open to all Lane County Families.
Families can receive peer support
and information via a warm line or
email, connect with other families
via peer support groups, or attend
wellness workshops.
Becoming a parent can be over-
whelming and can lead to anxiety
or depression if not supported. Up
to 20 percent of all pregnant and
postpartum birthing parents expe-
rience depression or anxiety during
pregnancy, postpartum or post-loss.
Symptoms can range from sadness,
anxiety, exhaustion, numbness, an-
ger, physical symptoms, numbness,
anger, confusion, insomnia or dis-
turbing thoughts or fears. It is com-
mon for most birthing parents to
experience a range of these feelings
or symptoms.
The Well Mama Peer Support
group and warm line is a safe space
where families can find support
for any feelings around pregnancy,
childbirth, or new parenting. All
families are welcome to attend, in-
cluding friends and other members
of the family’s support team.
The Florence area Peer Support
group meets the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month, from 6 to
7:30 p.m., at the PeaceHealth Peace
Harbor campus, 340 Ninth St., in
the waiting room of the Women’s
Health Clinic. For information
about the Florence group contact
Jen at 541-999-4880.
Families can connect via the Well
Mama Florence and Surrounding
Area Facebook page. This is a closed
Facebook page where families can
discuss their feelings around birth
or parenting, connect for social
gatherings, or reach out for support.
To contact Well Mama, visit well-
mamaoregon.org or call 1-800-896-
0410.