1) Sports Physical Night at Dunes Family Health Care
2) American Red Cross Blood Drives for June 2011
3) First Friday
4) Mindpower Gallery in Reedsport hosts "Time"A Traveling Oregon Prison Art Show
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WHAT: Sports Physical Night at Dunes Family Health Care
WHERE: 620 Ranch Road, Reedsport, Oregon
WHEN: Tuesday, June 7, at 6:30 pm.
Contact: 541-271-2163
Sports physicals will be offered at Dunes Family Health Care on Tuesday, June 7, at 6:30 pm.
Students who will be 7th, 9th, or 11th graders in September, or who have not had a sports physical within the last two years will need one to participate in sports programs. Youth football players also will need a sports physical to play this fall.
Students will need to bring the sports physical form with the medical history completed and signed by a parent before the exam. The forms are available at Reedsport Community Charter School and Dunes Family Health Care. Students attending Schools other than RCCC will need to ask their school office for the forms required by their school district.
Please wear shorts for the exam, and be prepared to give a urine sample for diabetes testing.
Cost of the sports physical will be $25 on Sports Physical Night. Sports physicals are $50 when scheduled for an office visit. Check with the athletic director, Mr. Hixenbaugh, if financial assistance is needed.
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WHAT: American Red Cross Blood Drives for June 2011
WHO: American Red Cross
Contact: 1-800-GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543)
The Red Cross has scheduled blood drives at the following locations.
Please call 1-800-GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543) to schedule your donation appointment.
(Note the alternate numbers listed for certain drives.)
Date Hours Location Phone Numbers
June 2: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Coos Bay Community: St. Monica’s Catholic Church, 357 S. 6th 1-800-448-3543
June 7: 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. Bandon Community: Holy Trinity Catholic Church , 355 Oregon Ave. 1-800-448-3543
June 8: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Port Orford Community: St. John's Catholic Church, 1476 Oregon Street. 1-800-448-3543
June 9: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. North Bend Community: College Park Community Church, 2548 Newmark St. 1-800-448-3543
June 14: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Coquille Community: 115 N. Birch: Coquille Community Building 1-800-448-3543
June 15: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Myrtle Point Community: Maple Elementary School, 413 C Street 1-800-448-3543
June 16: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Coos Bay Community: St. Monica’s Catholic Church, 357 S. 6th 1-800-448-3543
June 20: 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. Reedsport Community: Masonic Temple, 626 Winchester Ave. 1-800-448-3543
June 23: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. North Bend Community: College Park Community Church, 2548 Newmark St. 1-800-448-3543
June 28: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Gold Beach Community: Curry Showcase 29392 Ellensburg Ave. 1-800-448-3543
June 29: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Brookings Community: Brookings Harbor Christian Church,777 5th St. 1-800-448-3543
June 30: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Coos Bay Community: St. Monica’s Catholic Church, 357 S. 6th 1-800-448-3543
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What: First Friday
When: Friday, June 3, 2011, 5 to 7 p.m.
Where: Reedsport Natural Foods, 1891 Winchester Avenue (Hwy 101)
Who: Coastal Douglas Arts & Business Alliance (CDABA)
Contact: Tom Taraba (541) 319-0089
First Friday . . . Friday, June 3rd from 5 pm to 7 pm
Pen and Ink drawings by George McNair will be the featured art for this Friday’s event. CDABA’s First Friday . . . Art for Everyone event will be held between 5 and 7 pm. George McNair began his pen and ink drawings while at the University of Oregon, where he began doing pen and ink drawings of landscape projects in very large scale. Some were large color works of 24 x 36 inches in size.
Around 1980 George began to do pen and ink drawings of childhood memories, Oregon river and ocean scenes. He diverged from pen and inks and tried acrylic paints and continued his focus on fishing, boats, rivers, water reflections, ocean rocky beaches, and lately undersea impressions. His work is on display all along the Oregon Coast from Newport to Gold Beach.
Reminders:
CDABA’s second annual Art Walk is on Friday, June 17th between 5 pm and 7 pm. In addition to all the open venues along Highway 38 (between Rainbow Plaza and Orca Gallery), the Mindpower Gallery will have 10 guest artists on the premises. Some of the guest artists will be doing live demonstrations. Ever wondered about the processes behind an artists work? Here’s you chance to see live demos will be from jewelry making to old style wood carving with chisels.
CDABA will be hosting its second annual Art Auction on Friday, September 2nd in conjunction with Art by the Bay in Winchester Bay. Artists and owners of art can commission their pieces to be sold. The artists / owner will establish a minimum price for their piece and will retain eighty percent of its selling price. Art that does not sell is retained by the owner. Limit two pieces per person. CDABA will also accept pieces as a donation to CDABA to help support its community programs. Anyone interested in making a tax deductible contribution can obtain more information by contacting Tamara Szalewski (541-271-2485) or Kathleen Miller (541-271-2101)
First Friday Future Dates: July 1st - Myrtlewood Gallery featuring miniature carvings by Kimberly King; August 5th - Reedsport Natural Foods featuring handmade hunting bows by Norm Johnson and vessels by Garth Mast and Bill Karcher; September 2nd – CDABA Art Auction at the Winchester Bay Community Center; October 7th - Reedsport Natural Foods; November 4th - Lower Umpqua Hospital featuring paintings by Christine Davis; and December 2nd - First Friday, Reedsport Natural Foods and 2nd Anniversary Celebration at Coastal Ceramics and Ocean Breeze Flowers & Gifts.
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WHAT: Oregon Prison Art Show Traveling Exhibit "Time"
WHERE: Mindpower Gallery, 417 Fir Ave. Reedsport, Or. 97467
WHEN: June 1, 2011 to July 9, 2011
Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Reception: June 17, 2011 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Contact: Tamara Szalewski (541)271-2485
Mindpower Gallery in Reedsport hosts "Time"
A Traveling Oregon Prison Art Show
It's the kind of show that takes a special set of circumstances to create.
Sometimes it takes something experienced to inspire an event to begin
with. In this case, it took both. "Time" ,The Oregon State Prisoner
Traveling Art Show, got it's start through it's own set of circumstances.
The idea was started at a board meeting of the Coos Art Museum, but took
a couple of years and the incarceration of a son of one of the members
before the idea really took off.
Victoria Tierney recalls: "When Blake got arrested and incarcerated, my
interest in prison art perked up." But back when a fellow board member
suggested that she consider curating a prison art show she remembers
feeling that her time was already spoken for; she wasn't motivated to
start another volunteer project.
Of course, that was then and "Time" the current prison art show, is now in
it's fourth year and has made it's way to Reedsport, Or. where it will be
exhibited at the Mindpower Gallery in downtown Reedsport from June 1st, to
July 9th . The exhibit was given the name, Tierney says, because when
the artwork started to arrive, they were struck by the extraordinary
attention to detail in a great many of the pieces . This set Tierney to
pondering the meaning of Time. She says, "These men have been 'given
time', quite literally; they are 'doing time' and 'serving time'.
Time is a precious resource and Tierney says she would like to encourage
these people to have a focus, so that they can do something with this time
they've been given.
Paul Tice, program coordinator for Restorative Justice Through the Arts,
believes Tierney's work is an important part of the process. A former
inmate, Tice now lives in Portland, working in drafting and 3D animation.
He spends his weekends promoting prison arts programs which he hopes will
help restore men and women back into the community. "Some will develop
art careers and some will just use it as a coping mechanism while they're
in there," Tice said.
Tierney says visitors to the 'Time' exhibit will find a variety of
drawings and paintings from 16 artists representing 6 of the 13 prison
facilities in Oregon, including highly skilled representational pieces of
animals and nature to sophisticated abstracts.
Viewers may want to 'Take the Time' to view this exhibit, at the
Mindpower Gallery in Reedsport, as it is one of the few exhibition spaces
capable of showing all 85 pieces together in the traveling show. The
Mindpower Gallery is located at 417 Fir Ave, Reedsport, Or. 97467 .
Gallery hours are Tuesday thru Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A special
reception will be held during the 3rd Friday artwalk in downtown
Reedsport on June 17th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more information call
(541) 271-2485.
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