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Page 4 Oregon News Herald January 2025 Letters from the Librarian “ “I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end.” New Year, new beginnings. The start of a calendar year is a time to reflect on what’s going well and what adjustments we’d like to make. The good news is we can have as many new beginnings as we need or want. Are you a resolution maker? A word-of- the-year chooser? I love the Little Women quote about new beginnings precisely because it allows for multiple starts and failures and then of course restarts. Everyone deserves a restart. It need not be January 1 — or September, or June, or any specific day, really. Once we recognize that a practice or habit isn’t working for us, we can make the determination and adjustment. Isn’t that delightful? The possibility for growth and change any time we like! This reminds me of one of our library practices with young people who might be having a hard time meeting the code of conduct. We talk it over and decide together whether it’s possible to do a u- turn in behavior that might have disturbed other patrons” use of the space. Is that offender then banned? Not at all. We try again. Sometimes we take a break for the rest of the day, but the next day is always a fresh start. I want that kind of grace and possibility for all of us. What better time than 2025 to begin? -from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott And before I forget, it’s always a great time to stop in the library to check out a book or a program or a puzzle. Meet up with a friend or make a new one. Read the papers or work the community puzzle. Tuesday 11-6, Wednesday 12-7, Thursday 11-6, Friday and Saturday 11-4. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for extraordinary destiny.” — CS Lewis Miriam Sisson, Director Mildred Whipple Library, North Douglas Library District ndld.org 541-836-2648 Lower Umpqua Library Announcements so that other people can use them too. LULD is looking for volunteers to help restock the neighborhood library modules by picking up books and DVDs from the library in Reedsport and bringing them to the modules in outlying areas. Volunteers are also needed to help the library with activities such as shelving and processing books. If you are interested in being a volunteer, either on these projects or others, please contact or visit the library. Lower Umpqua Library District (LULD) currently has five active neighborhood library modules. These are located at: 1.) Highland Swimming Pool – 2605 Longwood Drive, Reedsport 2.) Scottsburg Fire Station – 33237 OR-38, Elkton 3.) Smith River Store – 16334 Lower Smith River Road, Reedsport 4.) Winchester Bay Fire Station – 125 North 6 th Street, Winchester Bay 5.) Ash Valley – corner of Loon Lake Road and Elk Ridge Forest Road, Reedsport Books and DVDs are available at neighborhood library modules on an honor system basis. Please remember to return items borrowed in this manner While it is not necessary to have a library card to use the neighborhood library modules, a card is required to borrow materials from Lower Umpqua Library in Reedsport. The library district’s borders are shown on the map. Anyone who is a resident of LULD may obtain a library card free of charge. Nonresidents may obtain a card for a $30 annual fee. Library cardholders may borrow up to 25 items at a time. The library has a wide selection of materials available for borrowing, including books; DVDs; audiobooks; music CDs; magazines; newspapers; electronics such as Wi-Fi hotspots, computer accessories, and mobile chargers; and recreational equipment such as bicycle locks, umbrellas, and trekking poles. While the vast majority of LULD’s titles are in English, there is also a World Languages section for people interested in other languages, including but not limited to Spanish, French, and Chinese. eBooks and eAudiobooks may be borrowed online via Overdrive/Library2Go. The library also has equipment such as computers, microfilm readers, and a copier, which are available within the library for public use. LULD anticipates laptops becoming available for checkout in the near future. Please call, visit, or email the library for more information Alex Kuestner, Library Director/District Manager Lower Umpqua Library District 395 Winchester Ave Reedsport, Oregon 97467 (541) 271-3500 www.luld.org Oregon News Herald starts GoFundMe for Display Racks and Distribution Costs Help improve our Visability and Display Presense The Oregon News Herald & North Douglas Herald is researched, formatted for newsprint, printed and published and distributed in Oregon for FREE. Advertising dollars pay for everything and as revenue increases, all funds are directed to increasing production and distribution. Our delivery route is now about 550 miles, and in total is well over 1000 miles monthly with restocking. We utilize the editors truck to facilitate the deliveries and after a year and a half, it is running on it’s last legs. There are no paid positions at the Herald and all of our funds go directly to gathering news, printing it and distributing it. The Oregon News Herald has a great need to display the newspaper in a prominent setting to assist Folks in finding us more easily as that is the biggest criticism we get. “We cant find it”, they say. Shelf space is limited and existing racks are often full and over used. The Herald has found that proprietary racks are preferred by businesses who will feature publications - and in the spirit of community we like 2 and 3 shelf racks to help other publications and their exposure. Additionally, many locations are better suited for outside displays for 24 hour access. In the wet and rainy Northwest climate we will need some enclosed dispensers. To factor in our continued growth, it is expected that we will need 125 - 150 total displays to meet the goal of elevating our displays and contributing to our coverage growth. 1/3 being outdoor enclosures and 2/3 for indoor, 2 and 3 shelf, racks We are also looking to upgrade our delivery vehicle or purchase a dedicated one. Please consider contributing to our cause of distributing FREE physical newspapers to as many households as we can, as the need is real for tangible news that you hold in your hands. PLEASE SHARE. For a pdf copy of current and back issues: https://ndherald.com/issues.html For a list of our current locations across Oregon as of January 1st: https://ndherald.com/locations.html
