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On the Shelves
By Shannon Romtvedt
with Nancy Burch
The Vernonia Public Library is getting
ready for Columbia County Reads
2019! This year Columbia County
Libraries have chosen two books
linked together by a historical
account of an Oregon slave who won
a court case against his former master
in 1853. On Friday, April 26, 6 pm,
New York Times Bestselling Oregon
author, Phillip Margolin, will come
to the Library to discuss his novel,
Worthy Brown’s Daughter, along with
Gregory Nokes, author of Breaking
Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon
Territory. This is a great opportunity
for the Vernonia community. Please
join us and read one or both of the
books and meet the authors at our
event!
Columbia County Reads
2019 was made possible by a grant
from the Columbia County Cultural
Coalition along with support from
local organizations like the Friends
of the Vernonia Public Library. Thank
you to the St. Helens Public Library
for taking the lead and organizing
this county-wide event!
Columbia County Reads is
an annual collaboration between
Columbia County Libraries with
events held in April. Presentations
will be held at four Columbia County
Libraries this year:
St. Helens Public Library,
April 25, 7 pm
Vernonia Public Library,
April 26, 6 pm
Scappoose Public Library,
April 27, 3 pm
Clatskanie Library District at the
Clatskanie Cultural Center,
April 27, 7 pm
The Vernonia Public Library
has multiples copies of Worthy
Brown’s Daughter and Breaking Chains
for check-out. If you would like to
read one or both of the books prior to
the event, please contact the Library.
Upcoming Events
Spring Break Read-In
Wednesday, March 27, 2-4 pm
Storytellers at 2 pm and 3 pm, snacks,
and drop-in activities for families
(crafts, board games, Legos, and toys).
Come by on the hour for a storytime
or anytime with comfy clothes, a
pillow, and take a reading break!
Seeing the Forest for the Trees:
Stewarding our Public Forests
Thursday, April 11, 6:30 pm
We live in a state with abundant
forests, and yet we don’t all see
the same thing when we look into
the woods. Oregon is known for
both its timber industry and its
deep environmental values. For
many decades management of our
public forests has made headlines
and driven apart neighbors.
Facilitator Mariah Acton will lead this
conversation to explore the values,
identities, and beliefs we each have
about our forests and what we, as
a state, do to steward, manage,
and protect this special resource.
Sponsored by the Friends of the
Vernonia Library.
Columbia County Reads with
Phillip Margolin and Gregory
Nokes
Friday, April 26, 6 pm
Join New York Times Bestselling
author Philip Margolin and Oregon
author Gregory Nokes as they team
up to discuss their books Worthy
Brown’s Daughter and Breaking Chains:
Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory.
Event is sponsored by the Columbia
County Cultural Coalition and the
Friends of the Vernonia Public Library.
Multiple copies of the books are
available for check-out at the Library.
Ongoing Programs
Writer’s Group
Thursday, March 21, 6-7:30 pm
3 rd Thursday of every month. For
writers with all levels of experience.
Book Discussion Group
Last Monday of every month, 5:30
pm. Discussion for April 29: Comet’s
Tale by Stephen D. Wolf. No meeting
on March 25.
Storytimes
Baby and Toddler Time
Mondays, 10:30 - 11:15 am
Songs, short stories, toys, and
bubbles for 0-3.
Preschool Storytime
Fridays, 10:30 - 11:15 am
Stories and a craft/activity for up to
age 5. Older siblings welcome!
No Storytimes on Monday, March 25
and Friday, March 29
Did You Know?
Summer Reading Program
The Library offers an annual reading
incentive program for children in
June - August. During the summer
we offer a line-up of performers and
craft programs. In the past we’ve also
hosted a chess club and offered Lego
and craft programs. These programs
were designed and run by volunteers.
If you are interested in volunteering
to run a small group program for
children over the summer, please
contact Shannon Romtvedt (503)
429-1818 or shannonr@vernonia-or.
gov . We would love to hear your idea
and offer new opportunities for kids
in our community.
Featured Titles at the
Library: Sturdevant Family
Donation
A recent donation from the
Sturdevant family has made possible
several welcome additions to the
library’s collection. These include
items selected with Barbara and
Ralph’s interests in mind and include
two books about survival in the
Alaskan wilderness by Bonnie Rose
Ward and one about Mark Adams’
3,000 mile journey around wild
Alaska. Also added was a mystery
by one of Barbara’s favorite authors,
Arlene Sachitano, Quilts Make a
Family, and two reflecting Ralph’s
interests—Company Towns of the
Pacific Northwest, and This was
Logging by Ralph Andrews with
photographs by Darius Kinsey. Two
large print books and several new
audiobooks complete the selections
in honor of Barbara and in memory
of Ralph Sturdevant. Watch for
the name plates in these books
recognizing this couple whose
dedication to the library helped
make it successful through the years.
~Nancy Burch
Hours & Contact Info
Mon, Wed, Fri 10 am - 5 pm
Tues & Thurs 1 pm - 7 pm
Sat 10 am - 4 pm
Closed Sundays
Phone: (503) 429-1818
E-mail: library@vernonia-or.gov
Free Discussion About Stewarding Our Public Forests
April 11 event is part of
statewide Oregon Humanities
Conversation Project
We live in a state with abundant
forests, and yet we don’t all see the same
thing when we look into the woods. Ore-
gon is known for both its timber industry
and its deep environmental values. What
are the beliefs we have about our forests
and what will we, as a state, do to stew-
ard, manage, and protect this special re-
source?
This is the focus of “Seeing the
Forest and the Trees: Stewarding Our
Public Lands,” a free conversation with
Mariah Acton on Thursday, April 11 at
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6:30 pm at the Verno-
nia Public Library, 701
Weed Ave. This pro-
gram is hosted by the
Vernonia Public Library
and sponsored by Or-
egon Humanities.
Mariah Acton is
a recent graduate from
the University of Oregon
where her master’s work
focused at the intersec-
tion of conflict resolution, nonprofit
management, and public administration.
She currently works in Salem as a stra-
tegic business analyst at Oregon Hous-
ing and Community Services where she
helps to facilitate conversations around
housing, homelessness, and anti-poverty
policies. As a recent social science re-
searcher for the U.S. Forest Service and
a former volunteer facilitator with forest
collaboratives in the southern Willamette
Valley, she recognizes that this is an ex-
citing time for public-driven, sustainable
forest management, and she appreciates
that there are more conversations to be
had.
Through the Conversation
Project, Oregon Humanities offers free
programs that engage
community
members
in thoughtful, challeng-
ing conversations about
ideas critical to our daily
lives and our state’s fu-
ture. For more infor-
mation about this free
community discussion,
please contact Shan-
non Romtvedt at (503)
429-1818 or shannonr@
vernonia-or.gov.
Oregon Humanities (921 SW Washing-
ton, Suite 150; Portland, OR 97205) con-
nects Oregonians to ideas that change
lives and transform communities. More
information about Oregon Humanities’
programs and publications, which in-
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sponsive Program Grants, and Oregon
Humanities magazine, can be found at
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ate of the National Endowment for the
Humanities and a partner of the Oregon
Cultural Trust.