ASPIRE! July 5, 2016

We’re in This Together.
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ASPIRE Business of The Week
Esscents Candles & Accessories
Renee Miner moved to Bandon,
Oregon from California in her
search for the perfect location to
realize her dream of opening a
candle store. In April of 2014, that
dream came true with the Grand
Opening of Esscents Candles &
Accessories in Old Town Bandon.
A beautiful specialty shop, Esscents
is your source for all things candles
and wax melts.
Miner has a passion for candles – the colors, the scents, and
the artistic beauty of these flame
illuminators has always captivated
her. She wanted to open a store
that carried the finest products and
offered a wide variety of styles for
every need and every occasion.
She has also spent years becoming
a subject matter expert and takes
great pleasure in being able to
guide her customers to the exact
candle to meet their needs. She is
happy to share her knowledge and
artistic eye helping people beautify
their home, create centerpieces for
weddings and other events, and
choose candles that will please all
the senses.
Esscents carries U.S. made candles,
including the high-end quality
of Northern Lights, the intricate
scents and long-burn of Salt City,
the brightly-colored pillars of
Illume, the reputation of Tyler, and
many more brands and products. Esscents has recently begun
offering custom gift baskets for all
occasions. Gift-givers can choose
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Come in as a customer, leave as a friend!
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
their own candles or have Renee
create the perfect assortment in
prices ranging from $30 - $300.
They can ship anywhere in the
world and welcome everyone to
stop in and experience the beauty
of candles, or visit them at
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Publisher’s Corner
By: Amanda Carlton
In case you hadn’t heard, Aspire
Media, LLC and the ASPIRE!
paper’s offices have moved! I
am proud to announce our new
location in the heart of Bandon’s
Old Town. It is so exciting to be
right in the heart of the action in
our beautiful community, and our
friends and neighbors throughout
Old Town have been so welcoming
and supportive. I’m proud to be
associated with such fine merchants and business owners.
Our new location is amazing, and
I have to give a huge “thank you”
as well as a plug for my dear friend,
Olivia Andor. Olivia’s Cottage,
one of Bandon’s most unique
boutiques, has moved as well, and
ASPIRE! is happy to have made the
transition with her. The new retail
storefront for Olivia’s Cottage and
her diverse assortment of products
to help you feel beautiful, inside
and out, is located at 165 Alabama
Ave. SE, and Aspire Media, LLC is
located in the same building. Nestled between the Minute Café and
the Arcade Tavern, our new office
is right on the Old Town circuit,
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We look forward to helping our
marketing clients and advertisers
in such a central location, and are
excited about being able to get the
word out about our services in a
bigger way through Old Town’s
many events and networking opportunities.
Some things, of course, will not be
changing. You, our readers, can
still count on our on-time, professionally produced publication each
and every week, and our commitment to engaging, relevant content
has not lessened. Our advertisers
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location. We’re in this together,
and that “we” is growing in numbers all the time. We look forward
to meeting you, too!
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in Larry’s Express Lube’s
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Once again, the Southern Coos
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flu clinic and disaster drill.
Health Foundation along with
Participation in this annual
To kick things off the night before,
sponsors from around the Bandon
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there is also a Sponsors’ Appreciation Dinner at Bandon Crossings
community are gearing up for
Southern Coos Health Foundation, a non-profit which funds
catered by Edgewater’s. Competithe 9th annual “Golf for Health”
tions at the event include a 5-hole,
the Southern Coos Hospital and
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technology. They also provide
on Saturday. There is also a silent
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auction and live auction, conductAnd what better place to host this
and education to the community
ed by professional auctioneer, Dale
exciting event than at a course that at large. This is a weekend of fun
Hartley, and a skills challenge
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as a “favorite hidden gem!” That,
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ASPIRE Total Life Counseling
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rehearsing your responses – as
silly as it sounds – can help you
remember to keep your cool
when they actually arise. Do you
notice any physical sensations
when you’re about to blow your
top? Burning ears? Trembling
hands? Pay attention to your
next few episodes, and learn what
your early warning signs are.
Then, when you feel them next
time, take a breath and practice
some sort of relaxation or calming technique (deep breathing,
repeating “stay calm” to yourself,
etc…). If you find you still cannot control your temper, you may
want to talk to a therapist about
the root causes of your anger, and
to learn more techniques like the
ones I’ve mentioned.
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Dear B.B.,
Anger is a perfectly normal,
healthy emotion that can help
us make positive changes in our
lives. However, when the anger
is in control of us instead of the
other way around, how we act on
that emotion can be extremely
destructive.
Learning to recognize your
“triggers” and your early warning
signs is an important first step.
Are there situations that always
“set you off?” If so, planning and
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Dear Dr. Greg,
“I have a problem with my temper. I have a really short fuse.
When something upsets me, I
go from zero to a hundred in,
like, two seconds. When I was a
teenager, I used to get into a lot
of fights, and I got in trouble for
arguing with my teachers. Now
that I am older, I am getting into
trouble at work because I lose
my cool when people do stupid things. This has also really
affected my love life. Every
relationship I’ve ever had seems
to end because of fighting. Every
girlfriend I’ve ever had tells me I
have anger management issues.
I’m starting to think maybe I
should take them seriously. I just
can’t seem to keep my cool when
something sets me off.” – B.B.
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Last week I presented the lecture “Technology 2016 – New
and Emerging Tech” and a
good portion of that focused
on AI (Artificial Intelligence)
and the future of self-driving
vehicles.
The next day news broke
from the NHTSA and Tesla
Motors that the first fatality
accident had occurred involving a self-driving vehicle.
The vehicle was the Tesla S
Series using the Autopilot
feature.
There are three important
things to take from this. First
those purchasers of this Tesla
model are informed and fully
aware that they are “beta
testing” the product; Tesla
makes it clear that this is new
technology that may have
faults, and that drivers should
remain fully attentive with at
least one hand remaining on
the wheel. A portable DVD
player was found still playing
a movie in the Tesla vehicle
following the crash.
Secondly the average fatality
rate for “human” driven cars
is currently one per 94 million miles. The Tesla Autopilot program had reached
130 million miles before this
incident had occurred. While
any loss of life is tragic, it is
important to note that there
has been less loss of life with
the use of Autopilot.
Lastly it will not be until
2020 that new vehicles are
equipped with V2V (Vehicle
2 Vehicle) communications.
This will allow all vehicles
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the aforementioned Tesla
crash would have occurred.
The two vehicles would have
been able to “talk” and “see”
each other, avoiding a collision.
In the interim I would ask no
matter what level of technology your vehicle has, please
keep your eyes on the road
and hands on the wheel.
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SGT Janeane Richards
United States Marine Corps
Neva Janeane Gabbett was a smalltown, all-American girl in the
late 1940s and early 1950s. In her
hometown of Meeker, Colorado,
she achieved local fame as the Rodeo Queen of Rio Blanco County,
and was an avid basketball player.
After graduating high school in
1950, she sought a bigger honor
than the rodeo crown, and she
enlisted in the United States Marine
Corps to serve her country. By
then she had married and become
Neva Janeane Richards, although
she always went by Janeane. It
was a groundbreaking time for
women in the military. Only two
years earlier in 1948, Truman had
signed the order to give women
other than nurses a permanent role
in our country’s armed forces. But
with the Korean conflict ramping
up, men and women were badly
needed.
Janeane was proud to do her part
to support the military effort. She
achieved the rank of Sergeant and
served as a General Supply Clerk at
California’s Camp Pendleton, one
of the most important training bases for soldiers who were to be deployed to the Korean War. She was
responsible for tracking inventory,
signing out equipment for training,
and overseeing the maintenance
and general upkeep of the supplies
that were necessary to the Marine
Corps operations and training. Her
commanding officers observed that
she was a person of excellent character, and commended her service.
Although she was only 5’ 2”, she
also held her own playing basketball for the Marine Corps against
women 6 inches taller and more!
She was honorably discharged
in 1952, at which time she was
earning $122 per month. Her
family had not been informed of
her discharge date or travel plans,
so they had no idea when she was
coming home. She couldn’t keep
the secret from her dear mother,
though. She wrote in a hasty note
home: “I was going to surprise
you but I couldn’t hold it back any
more.” She returned to the civilian
world and lived a long, productive
life. She is survived by her loving
and grateful family, some of whom
live right here in Bandon.
thank you
veterans
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Uncovering the Truth...
It was a peaceful, uneventful weekend,
but neither Samantha nor Steve could
help but feel on-edge. The prospect of
meeting Robert Tolbert on Monday
morning was disturbing. Neither she
nor Steve could even believe he was still
alive. “The man must be in his nineties
if he was a lawyer in 1949.” Steve had
observed. “We can’t really go in with
guns blazing, Sam.” Steve lectured as
they lay in bed Sunday night. “We
don’t really know what happened, and
we certainly don’t have any proof of
anything.” he continued. Samantha
nodded slowly in agreement. “I know,”
she replied, “it’s crazy. What would we
even say? ‘Hi, Mr. Tolbert, a ghost has
been telling us that you killed her’?”
they both chuckled nervously. When
the morning came, they were both
emotional wrecks, but bravely drove
into town, leaving their teenagers to
care for the little ones.
They pulled into the driveway of the
charming Victorian-style house that
had been converted to a law office, and
parked in front. Samantha’s hands were
trembling as she gathered up the diary
and old legal paperwork. Hand- inhand they walked in. A stern receptionist in her fifties showed them to the
firm’s conference room, a converted
den with an antique cabriole-leg table
and high-backed chairs. Neither of
them felt comfortable enough to sit, so
they stood awkwardly near the door.
When it swung in suddenly, it caused
both of them to jump a bit. “Welcome,
folks,” boomed a jovial voice, “you
must be Steven. I spoke with you last
week.” Steve reached out to take the
hand that was outstretched to him, but
with a look of bewilderment on his
face. The tall, broad-chested man who
stood before him was older – perhaps
in his mid-sixties – but certainly not
old enough to have been practicing law
in the nineteen forties. Samantha was
thinking the same thing, and blurted
out: “Are you Bobby Tolbert?” The
salt-and-pepper-haired attorney turned
to face her with a genuine smile on his
face and chuckled. “Haven’t ever gone
by ‘Bobby,’ Mrs. Austin,” the man shook
her hand firmly, “but yes, I am Robert
Tolbert…the third. Bobby was my
father’s nickname. Never took a liking
to it myself. Now how can I help you
folks?” The look that passed between
Steve and Samantha communicated
volumes. Of course Bobby Tolbert
wouldn’t still be practicing law. He
was probably dead and gone. Steve’s
posture relaxed visibly, but Samantha remained wary as they took seats
around the dark wood table. Steve began confidently “We’re here to inquire
about the Woodruff family. We’re the
heirs to the estate property, and we’re
trying to learn what we can about the
history. As I mentioned on the phone,
we’re particularly interested in Lillian
Woodruff’s death.” The attorney’s
smile faded. “Yes,” he began in a deep
voice, “I’m afraid I can’t be much help
there. She committed suicide after her
husband died in the war.” Samantha
shook her head and pulled out the
diary and some of the Tolbert & Sons
paperwork. “That’s the thing,” she
began, not sure where the courage
was coming from, “we don’t think she
killed herself.” Samantha pointed to the
last entry in the diary. “How well did
your father know Lily Woodruff?” she
grilled. A dark look passed over the attorney’s face. “I’m not sure what you’re
insinuating, but I’m certainly not going
to indulge your implications about my
father.” he stood, “Our firm protects the
confidentiality of its clients, so unless
there’s anything else, I have work to do.”
Steve and Samantha stood as the visibly
angry man stormed out. They gathered
their things and left in silence, both
feeling they’d hit a dead-end.
A Haunting Series - Week 9
By: Dr. & Mrs. Fodrea
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Back in Robert Tolbert the third’s office,
the attorney watched them through the
window, then picked up his phone and
dialed. After a few rings, he heard a
familiar, gruff greeting and spoke in a
hushed tone. “Dad, we need to talk…”
(Continued next week…)
Olivia’s
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