Younger students get lasting benefits from music in the classroom
His youngest students are in the sixth grade, but Siuslaw High School and Middle School Band Director Steve Conaton (KON-uh-tunn) says including music education in younger grades is imperative.
205 – “You know music is something that is absolutely universal to everyone and not having the opportunity for a musical education will make kids miss out on so many different things.”
Working on rhythms and scales can create a bonding experience for kids and Conaton says it makes them feel like they’re part of something larger.
206 – “That idea of putting this whole group of kids together in one classroom and having them all do something exactly together and learning like the procedures they will always have an opportunity to put on a performance.”
That ability to perform is something that, as adults, we do all the time; whether it’s a business presentation or some other public engagement:
207 – “That experience of being on a stage and performing in some way is a hugely important skill that will definitely last with them for a lifetime.”
Conaton will present sixth, seventh and eighth grade band members as part of the annual Holiday Concert at Siuslaw Middle School this evening. The concert is free and open to the public. It begins at 7:30.
While we’re on the topic of music and music education… For the past several years the Florence Winter Folk Festival has funded a two-week music curriculum in Mapleton and Siuslaw schools culminating in a free concert for grade-schoolers at the Florence Events Center by headliners. This year the popular all-female acoustical group “Misty River” will appear at the festival and offer two free concerts to area grade-schoolers. The Winter Folk Festival is set for January 23rd and 24th.
(Noon Only)
Festival Director Hal Weiner will talk about the lineup this afternoon on KCST’s Community Forum.
Work is wrapping up at Lane Community College in Florence on the construction of a new science lab. Dr. Ken Stone teaches microbiology. He said students are forced to share one small sink and he has do most of his lab preparations at home. That will change when the work is complete just after the first of the year. Stone showed off the new science lab and ‘Smart Classroom’ technology yesterday.
210 – “A podium that has all the electronics in one location to be able to teach using almost all of the media available. It allows us to use more materials in the classroom than we were ever able to.”
When construction is complete there will actually be two ‘smart classrooms’ allowing instructors to switch freely from video to overhead to computer presentations without delay.
The Florence Urban Renewal Agency released its annual report earlier this month. Today at noon the agency’s Vice President, Mike Webb will talk about it during the monthly Chamber of Commerce Noon Forum at Tavolo Restaurant at Sandpines Golf Links… It’s open to the public.
From the Associated Press:
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say they have officially
suspended the search for two climbers missing and presumed dead on
Mount Hood. Searchers have been able to do little during a snow
storm the past two days. Twenty-nine-year-old Katie Nolan of
Portland and 24-year-old Anthony Vietti of Longview, Wash., have
been missing since Friday. The body of a third climber, 26-year-old
Luke Gullberg of Des Moines, Wash., was found Saturday. Rescuers
suspect they had an accident.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The mother and stepfather of a 15-year-old
Eugene girl who died last week have been indicted on charges of
aggravated murder. Lawyers entered not guilty pleas on behalf of
Richard and Angela McAnulty yesterday in Lane County Circuit Court.
That hearing took place shortly before a public memorial was held
for Jeanette Maples in Springfield.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Water Bureau says a seagull
is likely to blame for E. coli that contaminated a city reservoir.
The city issued a rare boil water order in November for 50,000
homes and businesses after two samples taken over two days came
back positive for a relatively mild strain of E. coli. The bureau
says genetic testing has indicated seagull DNA.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Multnomah County inmate has been
sentenced to five years in prison while he awaits trial on a murder
charge. Charles Louis Sampson Jr. pleaded guilty to charges that he
cheated Qwest Communications and the county jail by figuring out
how to avoid making collect calls. The scheme involved setting up
business lines for fictional people, and Sampson sold his method to
other prisoners for about $50-$60.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is rewriting
the basic planning rule that balances logging against wildlife,
clean water, and other benefits of the national forests.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced from Washington D.C.
this morning that work is starting on an environmental impact
statement to take the place of one produced by the Bush
administration that was struck down by a federal judge.
WHITE CITY, Ore. (AP) - A jury has convicted a man who led
police on a chase in White City that injured two Jackson County
sheriff's deputies. Prosecutors say Nathan Lynn Ramey rammed the
patrol cars with his pickup during a May 7 pursuit on Highway 62.
Jurors found him guilty of assault and attempted assault. Ramey
will be sentenced Dec. 22 - the day he turns 45.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A man responsible for a notorious Southern
Oregon crime spree earlier this decade has been found NOT guilty of
welfare fraud. Eric Ziegler had been out of prison for 13 days when
he was arrested in June on charges of unlawfully obtaining food
stamps, unlawfully obtaining public assistance and theft.
BONANZA, Ore. (AP) - The authorities arrested a motorist accused
of driving his truck into a power pole and telephone box near
Bonanza and then fleeing. Klamath County sheriff's deputies
arrested 30-year-old Tom G. Wilkie at a residence on Bly Mountain
Cutoff Road. He is charged with criminal mischief and failing to
perform duties of a driver.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Prep Basketball:
The Siuslaw Viking girls trailed the number one ranked Cottage Grove Lions early, ultimately falling 68-28 last night in Florence. Leigh Aurich led the Vikings with 8 points.
College Basketball:
First the women… Number-25 Georgia Tech downed the Ducks 87 – 69 last night in Atlanta. Micaela Cocks led Oregon with 19 points. For the men, in Eugene… Garrett Sim had 19 points in the Ducks’ 79-51 victory over Mississippi Valley State. It was Sim’s first start of the season, he was five-of-nine from outside the arc and six of 12 from the field overall. In Chicago, Illinois-Chicago’s Robo Kreps scored on a drive to the basket with six seconds left to rally the Flames to a 63 – 61 upset victory over the Oregon State Men. Head Coach Craig Robinson called the loss – quote – “frustrating”. The Beavers blew a late seven point lead and are now four-and-five overall.
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