SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015
Drivers needed for
Senior Connections
Drive your own vehicle to
take Florence Senior Citizens
who otherwise have no trans-
portation to their medical
appointments in Florence,
Eugene, Springfield, Coos Bay
and North Bend.
Mileage is reimbursed at .40
cents per mile. This reimburse-
ment is not taxable and does
not interfere with OHP or
Food Stamp determination.
Library
Tidings
The hours are typically
weekdays. Drivers decide
which days and hours they are
willing to help; accept or
decline rides any time.
Drivers will not be asked to
transport people during dan-
gerous road conditions.
If interested in volunteering,
contact Kristine Sirmans,
Florence Senior Connections,
at 541-902-9430 ext. 7830.
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
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Library Tidings,
a regular feature
of the Siuslaw News,
features news about
upcoming Siuslaw
Public Library pro-
grams for adults and
children, new books
and videos, and other
library news of interest
to the community.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
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(541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475
Comfort food cookbooks
Review by Susie Voth
We have had a string of over-
cast chilly days recently. The
grey skies make me long for
comfort food. To eat a big bowl
of mac and cheese, or a plate of
spaghetti, or mashed potatoes
and gravy, or something as sim-
ple as a cup of tomato soup and
a grilled cheese sandwich
delights me.
I have learned from a search
of our catalog that there are
books and books about the
preparing of comfort food.
Melt: The Art of Macaroni
and Cheese focuses on the multi-
tudes of ways that pasta can be
combined with cheese.
Especially intriguing is
chocolate
pasta
with
bucherondin, hazelnuts and
cherries on page 44.
Chocolate pasta? Never heard
of it. This is a book filled with
mac and cheese recipes far supe-
rior to the kind available in a
box.
Quick, Cheap Comfort Food:
100+ Fresh Recipes for Meals in
a Hurry is the perfect book for a
busy, working mom or dad.
Right on the front cover it states
“most recipes have a prep and
cooking time that total fewer
than 30 minutes.”
I loved the recipe for slow
cooker baked potatoes on page
100.
All too often I would like a
baked potato with a meal but
don’t have an hour for the bak-
ing. With a little forethought
(and a slow cooker), the baked
potato can easily be added to a
meal.
There are cookbooks with an
emphasis on not only comfort
but other dietary restrictions or
preferences. These include (but
are not limited to) Gluten-free
Vegan Comfort Food: 125
Simple and Satisfying Recipes,
and The Braces Cookbook 2:
Comfort Food with a Gourmet
Touch (recipes for people with
braces), and The Diabetes
Comfort Food Cookbook.
Longing for comfort food?
Peruse our cookbooks and
find a treasure trove of delicious
recipes.
Summer reading
has started
Summer reading registration
began on Monday: Have you
registered yet? All ages are
invited to take part in two
months of fun and informative
programming and reading.
The children’s theme this year
is “Every Hero has a Story.”
Librarian Gayle Waiss has a
wide range of programs planned,
including family movie nights
each Tuesday at 6 p.m.,
9 A
“Discover your Inner Hero” each
Thursday at 10:30 a.m. (1 p.m.
in Mapleton), story times on
Tuesdays and Fridays at 10:30
a.m., and Lego Club from 2:30
to 4 p.m. June 5 and July 6.
Kids will complete their “hero
log” and collect rewards and
prizes for their reading activities.
Teens, whose theme is
“Unmask,” will have two movie
marathons, one in June and July.
Teens can also submit entries for
each day they read 30-minutes or
more and be entered into draw-
ings for prizes.
Adults are “Escaping the
Ordinary” this year. There are a
wide variety of programs sched-
uled this summer, from the pres-
entation of the 2015 Endowment
Books, a talk about the U.S.
Foreign Service, a discussion
and movie featuring moderator
Ryan Cronk, editor of the
Siuslaw News, and much more.
Look here in Tidings for regu-
lar program information.
Endowment books
On Thursday, June 11, at 1
p.m., librarian Kevin Mittge will
be presenting many of this year’s
endowment books, the purchase
of which is made possible by the
contributions to the library’s
endowment fund by many indi-
vidual
and
organizational
donors.
Local NARFE chapter receives distinguished service award
COURTESY PHOTO
NARFE members Charles Brodigan, Lynda Hansen, Jim Parrish and Eric Stolsig.
The Siuslaw Chapter 1751
of the National Active and
Retired Federal Employees
Association (NARFE) recently
received a Citation for
Distinguished Service in recog-
nition of outstanding contribu-
tions to NARFE’s Alzheimer’s
program. In addition, the chap-
ter won the first place award
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Alzheimer’s caregiver group
located at the Senior Center.
For more information about
NARFE, call Jim Parrish at
541-999-2692.
ARTIST CHALLENGE RECEPTION SET
Alliance (CDABA) is issuing a
challenge to all local artists in
and around the communities of
Reedsport, Gardiner and
Winchester Bay.
The theme for the 2015
Artist Challenge is “Trees.”
An Artist Challenge recep-
tion will be held on Friday,
June 19, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the
Mindpower Gallery, 417 Fir
Ave., in Reedsport.
CDABA will supply cash
prizes for viewers’ choice: first
Spruce Point
Assisted Living
presents:
$872
for outstanding contributions to
the Alzheimer’s program with
chapters of 99 people or fewer.
The chapter also contributes
half the money it raises to the
place is $100, second place is
$50, and third place is $25.
The Judge’s Choicewinner
will receive $100.
Artists who wish to submit
an entry must register his or her
piece (limit two entries per
artist) on Friday, June 12,
between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
at the Mindpower Gallery.
All art mediums are wel-
come.
An entry fee of $5 per piece
will be applied. No early or
late registrations will be
accepted.
Friday, June 12, will be the
day to submit art pieces to be
included in the challenge.
For a registration form or
more information, contact
Theresa Chickering at tjckick-
ering@yahoo.com or call her at
541-271-4608.
This event is sponsored by
Coastal Douglas Arts and
Business Alliance.
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