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Wednesday, August 26, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon LIBRARY: Browsing and other services will begin again Sisters businesses partner to build community By Jim Cornelius Just being across the Editor in Chief Continued from page 3 " Services such as Homeword Bound, interli- brary loans (ILLs) and obitu- ary research resume. " All returned materials are quarantined for 96 hours before being checked in. Customers who prefer to remain out of public build- ings and spaces can still access much of Deschutes Public Library9s resources online at www.deschutes library.org, including eBooks, digital audio books, stream- able films and television shows and more. Outside (walk-up) pick-up of holds is also available for library customers who want to check out physical materials but are not able to enter buildings. Public seating, meeting and tutor rooms, magazines, newspapers, board books, early learning spaces and museum passes are not avail- able during Phase 2. The latest information about Deschutes Public Library9s current operations can be found at https://www. deschuteslibrary.org/about/ news/news?newsid=9301. Library customers with questions about the phases or their accounts can call or text their question to 541-617-0776. 5 Books and coffee go together perfectly. For two decades, Paulina Springs Books and Sisters Coffee Co. have enjoyed the sym- biosis of growing up right across Hood Avenue from each other, becoming two of Sisters9 signature indepen- dent businesses. Now, as both businesses seek ways to stay connected with their customers in the constraints of the corona- virus pandemic, they have, for the first time, launched a direct partnership. The bookstore and the coffee house are offering a monthly subscription box with a read and a supply of coffee. It9s called Reads & Roasts. Each box includes a new book, a choice of one or two 12 oz. bags of Black Butte Gold coffee from Sisters Coffee Company (or tea from Metolius), and <an assortment of other book- ish swag or goodies from Sisters Country businesses and artisans.= <Each book featured in the box is hand-selected from among thousands of titles that are published each month,= Paulina Springs explains. <Some might be from authors you street from them, we’ve always been looking for ways to collaborate. We love our little corner of Sisters here. — Lane Jacobson recognize, but we9re sure you9ll discover some new ones, too! We emphasize diverse, global, and under- represented voices 4 but above all else, these are books that we believe in and stories that deserve to be shared.= Reads & Roasts sub- scribers also get access to a monthly virtual book club to talk about the books featured in the box. Those sessions may sometimes include guest appearances by the author. <Just being across the street from them, we9ve always been looking for ways to collaborate,= said Paulina Springs owner Lane Jacobson. <We love our little corner of Sisters here. We had some plans in the works that COVID threw off the rails.= But, as they9ve been doing since March, the shops adapted and pivoted 4 and the response so far has been gratifying. <So far the enthusiasm for it has been high,= Jacobson said. Many patrons of both Paulina Springs Books and Sisters Coffee Co. are visi- tors to Sisters who don9t have an independent book- store or coffeehouse in their community and want to support those homegrown businesses year-round. The Reads & Roasts program is a good fit for that. <It9s definitely meant to feel like taking a piece of Sisters,= Jacobson said. Like many businesses in town they are discover- ing communities that exist outside the confines of the geography of Sisters. In a time of limited interac- tion and physical distanc- ing, programs like Reads & Roasts are helping to main- tain a sense of community connection. <This is just another form of attachment to the commu- nity,= Jacobson said. The first book of the pro- gram is <Homeland Elegies= by Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar. <It9s a biographical fiction about the Muslim experi- ence in post-9/11 America,= Jacobson said. <It9s really good. It9s a page-turner; it9s compulsively readable.= For more information visit www.paulinasprings books.com. Each box includes: • Newly released book • Coffee from Sisters Coffee Company (tea from Metolius also available) • Bookish swag or goodies from Sisters Country businesses & artisans Learn more & subscribe at PaulinaSpringsBooks.com
