JUNE 28, 2018 // 3
Bibliophiles book it to Cannon Beach Library sale
CANNON BEACH — The Cannon
Beach Library’s annual Fourth
of July Book Sale — one of the
largest used book sales on the
Oregon Coast — runs 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Wednesday, July 4, through
Saturday, July 7.
The library will close Tuesday,
July 3, to organize this massive sale.
Other than the popular book-sale
room, during this event, most library
services will remain unavailable
until Monday, July 9.
This year, the Independence
Day Parade coincides with the first
day of the book sale, so the crowd
waiting before the doors open is
expected to be large.
The fundraiser offers thousands
of novels, mysteries, biographies,
histories and other nonfiction titles;
rare and old books; and perennially
coast
popular cooking, art and coffee
table books, all at bargain-basement
prices. The sale also includes hun-
dreds of first editions, autographed
and rare old books.
As books sell, library volunteers
refill sales tables, often adding
discounted prices on CDs, DVDs or
popular paperback series, and even
free items.
The Cannon Beach Library,
located at 131 N. Hemlock St., op-
erates as a private, member-owned,
nonprofit organization with only
a small subsidy from the city.
The library’s success depends on
donations, book drives, business
contributions, fundraising events
and volunteer labor. Last year’s
book sale set a record of raising
nearly 10 percent of the library’s
annual budget.
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in 2017
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THE ARTS
4
Sing, Sing, Sing
8
Patriot games
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Coaster Theatre presents ‘Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)’
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Established in 1927, the library
provides important current fiction
and nonfiction, e-books, interlibrary
loan services, access to Wi-Fi and
computing services and meeting
space for Cannon Beach and Arch
Cape residents and visitors six days
a week. It is staffed by more than 90
library volunteers and a part-time of-
fice manager, and supported through
fundraising events and appeals.
Anyone interested in volunteer-
ing at the Fourth of July Book Sale
can call or email Library President
Phyllis Bernt at 503-436-1391 or
info@cannonbeachlibrary.org and
leave their contact information.
The library especially needs help
with set-up on Tuesday, July 3, and
with cashiering, bagging, sorting
and restocking tables during the
sale.
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DOUG WOOD PHOTO
At last year’s Cannon Beach Library Fourth of July Book Sale, early shoppers
browse fiction and nonfiction books in one of two library rooms filled with
sale books.