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Wednesday
Talking about hunger
A food conversation and interactive workshop series, “From Ground to Globe — Conversations About Food,” will continue at 6 p.m. with Rollie Lobsinger, of the South Coast Food Share, presenting “The Politics of Hunger.” Colette’s: Good Food + Hungry Minds, 3229 Broadway Ave., suites H and I, will host the program.
The workshop will examine how food is part of a local and global system through topics such as local foods in local restaurants, community-supported agriculture, becoming a food co-op, cooking with Northwest ingredients and more. Oregon Coast Community Action sponsors this series in recognition of the need to grow a stronger local food system and inspire interactive conversations about food in the community.
The local food series is presented in an informal format that features an open question-and-answer session. Comments or suggestions will be welcome.
The conversations run from 6 to 8 p.m. at Colette’s and other topics are scheduled through July:
* Monday, June 23: Coos Head Food Store: Becoming a Co-op, Bobbie Stewart
* Tuesday, July 8: Winter Gardening, Master Gardener volunteer.
* Thursday, July 17: Kitchen Literacy: The History of Food, author Ann Vileisis.
* Monday, July 28: Local Foods in Local Restaurants, Alex Bourdigu, owner of Porta restaurant.
* Thursday, July 31: Cooking with Pacific Northwest Ingredients, at Oregon Coast Culinary Institute, Southwestern Oregon Community College, from 4 to 6 p.m.
For more information on the food conversation series, call 888-7057, e-mail shawna.behm@gmail.com or visit http://www.orcca.us.
Thursday
Farmers’ Market
The Coquille Farmers Market is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Thursday at North Birch Street and West First Street. Vendors are welcome. The market runs from April through December.
For more information, those interested can call Jerry Klink. at 396-3894 or e-mail klinkdeadair@verizon.net.
Saturday
Babysitting 101
The Oregon Pacific Chapter of the American Red Cross is inviting 11 to 15-year-old teens to enroll in a Babysitter’s Training Course in Coos Bay from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Teens will learn leadership skills, the business of babysitting, safety on the job, feeding, caring and understanding young children and infants, and what to do if there is an emergency. An optional card for the First Aid and CPR can be added to the course with an additional four hours on an another day. The course cost $40, which includes a book, CD and emergency guide.
Children should bring a sack lunch and drink on class day. The training will be at the local Red Cross at 1165-D Newmark Ave. in the Y-Plaza in the Empire.
For more information or to enroll, call Tiffany Gray at 888-6238. The office is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.
Artist demonstration
Victoria Tierney and Susan Lehman will host a special display of their work and demonstrate watercolor techniques from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at 2nd Street Gallery.
Lehman will demonstrate large brush watercolors and incorporating collage elements on Saturday. Her work also can be seen at the Alloro Wine Bar in Old Town Bandon.
Tierney will demonstrate her method of using rich colors wet-into-wet and lifting out images on Sunday. Tierney will have a specially priced collection of un-framed paintings for sale.
Both artists will show paintings done in their recent travels to the Southwest.
Every weekend during the summer months, artists will have special displays and be available to meet and talk to the public about their art at 2nd Street Gallery.
For more information, call Susan Lehman, 347-9888.
Next Week
Making Swimmers
Enrollment for 2008 summer swim lessons at the Highland pool is taking place at this time. Space is limited for the four different classes:
* Parent/Tot — from 10 to 10:30 a.m., introduces the joys of water for both parents and children age birth to three.
* Guppies — from 10:30 to 11 a.m., introduces beginners to proper breathing and floating techniques and water safety for children age 3 to 4.
* Gators — from 11 to 11:30 a.m., introduces beginners to strokes and movement through the water for children age 5 to 7.
* Dolphins — from 11:30 a.m. to noon, intermediate lessons to continue stroke progression, dives and water safety for children age 8 and up.
The classes are available in three different sessions for $40:
* Session I is Monday through Thursday, June 23-26, 30, July 1-3.
* Session II is Monday through Thursday, July 7-10, 14-16 and 17.
* Session III is Monday through Thursday, July 21-24, 28-30 and 31.
For more information or to sign up, those interested can call (541) 271-9222.
Meet the candidate
The Campaign for Liberty Group will sponsor a meet the candidate event. Republican Al Pearn, of Florence, a candidate for state representative, will speak at the group’s meeting at 5 p.m., Monday, June 23, in the ESD Building, 1350 Teakwood Ave., Coos Bay. Everyone is welcome.
Pearn is seeking the ninth district seat and will offer people a chance to ask questions about his candidacy and views.
Talking about art
Southwestern Oregon Community College is collaborating with the Port Orford Arts Council to feature a free artist lecture for the community by New Zealand cast glass artist Evelyn Dunstan.
The event is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25, at the Port Orford Senior Center. It is the first of a series designed to provide opportunities for local residents to meet and learn from national and international sculptors working in cast glass.
Dunstan is coming to Port Orford to work with local cast glass expert Hugh McKay. Her work has been shown in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. She has received national recognition and awards in New Zealand, is involved with the New Zealand Society of Artists and edits Glass News Magazine.
She began glass casting in 2003, after 25 years as a graphic artist, designer and illustrator. After working with color all of her life, Dunstan took a lead-lighting class. She become engrossed in working with the properties of glass — combining color with light. A basic night class in glass casting taught her about depth and form of sculpture, along with an endless source of possibilities and challenges, further attracting her interest.
For more information about upcoming lectures, to suggest potential presenters or to be placed on a contact list, call the Southwestern Gold Beach Center at (541) 247-2741.
Talking about hunger
A food conversation and interactive workshop series, “From Ground to Globe — Conversations About Food,” will continue at 6 p.m. with Rollie Lobsinger, of the South Coast Food Share, presenting “The Politics of Hunger.” Colette’s: Good Food + Hungry Minds, 3229 Broadway Ave., suites H and I, will host the program.
The workshop will examine how food is part of a local and global system through topics such as local foods in local restaurants, community-supported agriculture, becoming a food co-op, cooking with Northwest ingredients and more. Oregon Coast Community Action sponsors this series in recognition of the need to grow a stronger local food system and inspire interactive conversations about food in the community.
The local food series is presented in an informal format that features an open question-and-answer session. Comments or suggestions will be welcome.
The conversations run from 6 to 8 p.m. at Colette’s and other topics are scheduled through July:
* Monday, June 23: Coos Head Food Store: Becoming a Co-op, Bobbie Stewart
* Tuesday, July 8: Winter Gardening, Master Gardener volunteer.
* Thursday, July 17: Kitchen Literacy: The History of Food, author Ann Vileisis.
* Monday, July 28: Local Foods in Local Restaurants, Alex Bourdigu, owner of Porta restaurant.
* Thursday, July 31: Cooking with Pacific Northwest Ingredients, at Oregon Coast Culinary Institute, Southwestern Oregon Community College, from 4 to 6 p.m.
For more information on the food conversation series, call 888-7057, e-mail shawna.behm@gmail.com or visit http://www.orcca.us.
Thursday
Farmers’ Market
The Coquille Farmers Market is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Thursday at North Birch Street and West First Street. Vendors are welcome. The market runs from April through December.
For more information, those interested can call Jerry Klink. at 396-3894 or e-mail klinkdeadair@verizon.net.
Saturday
Babysitting 101
The Oregon Pacific Chapter of the American Red Cross is inviting 11 to 15-year-old teens to enroll in a Babysitter’s Training Course in Coos Bay from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Teens will learn leadership skills, the business of babysitting, safety on the job, feeding, caring and understanding young children and infants, and what to do if there is an emergency. An optional card for the First Aid and CPR can be added to the course with an additional four hours on an another day. The course cost $40, which includes a book, CD and emergency guide.
Children should bring a sack lunch and drink on class day. The training will be at the local Red Cross at 1165-D Newmark Ave. in the Y-Plaza in the Empire.
For more information or to enroll, call Tiffany Gray at 888-6238. The office is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.
Artist demonstration
Victoria Tierney and Susan Lehman will host a special display of their work and demonstrate watercolor techniques from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at 2nd Street Gallery.
Lehman will demonstrate large brush watercolors and incorporating collage elements on Saturday. Her work also can be seen at the Alloro Wine Bar in Old Town Bandon.
Tierney will demonstrate her method of using rich colors wet-into-wet and lifting out images on Sunday. Tierney will have a specially priced collection of un-framed paintings for sale.
Both artists will show paintings done in their recent travels to the Southwest.
Every weekend during the summer months, artists will have special displays and be available to meet and talk to the public about their art at 2nd Street Gallery.
For more information, call Susan Lehman, 347-9888.
Next Week
Making Swimmers
Enrollment for 2008 summer swim lessons at the Highland pool is taking place at this time. Space is limited for the four different classes:
* Parent/Tot — from 10 to 10:30 a.m., introduces the joys of water for both parents and children age birth to three.
* Guppies — from 10:30 to 11 a.m., introduces beginners to proper breathing and floating techniques and water safety for children age 3 to 4.
* Gators — from 11 to 11:30 a.m., introduces beginners to strokes and movement through the water for children age 5 to 7.
* Dolphins — from 11:30 a.m. to noon, intermediate lessons to continue stroke progression, dives and water safety for children age 8 and up.
The classes are available in three different sessions for $40:
* Session I is Monday through Thursday, June 23-26, 30, July 1-3.
* Session II is Monday through Thursday, July 7-10, 14-16 and 17.
* Session III is Monday through Thursday, July 21-24, 28-30 and 31.
For more information or to sign up, those interested can call (541) 271-9222.
Meet the candidate
The Campaign for Liberty Group will sponsor a meet the candidate event. Republican Al Pearn, of Florence, a candidate for state representative, will speak at the group’s meeting at 5 p.m., Monday, June 23, in the ESD Building, 1350 Teakwood Ave., Coos Bay. Everyone is welcome.
Pearn is seeking the ninth district seat and will offer people a chance to ask questions about his candidacy and views.
Talking about art
Southwestern Oregon Community College is collaborating with the Port Orford Arts Council to feature a free artist lecture for the community by New Zealand cast glass artist Evelyn Dunstan.
The event is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25, at the Port Orford Senior Center. It is the first of a series designed to provide opportunities for local residents to meet and learn from national and international sculptors working in cast glass.
Dunstan is coming to Port Orford to work with local cast glass expert Hugh McKay. Her work has been shown in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. She has received national recognition and awards in New Zealand, is involved with the New Zealand Society of Artists and edits Glass News Magazine.
She began glass casting in 2003, after 25 years as a graphic artist, designer and illustrator. After working with color all of her life, Dunstan took a lead-lighting class. She become engrossed in working with the properties of glass — combining color with light. A basic night class in glass casting taught her about depth and form of sculpture, along with an endless source of possibilities and challenges, further attracting her interest.
For more information about upcoming lectures, to suggest potential presenters or to be placed on a contact list, call the Southwestern Gold Beach Center at (541) 247-2741.
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