SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015
Annual Spring Bazaar in
Yachats this weekend
The Yachats Ladies Club
will host its 13th annual
Spring Bazaar on two week-
ends: Saturday, March 21, and
Sunday, March 22; and
Saturday, March 28, and
Sunday, March 29, from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at the
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Tidings
YLC Clubhouse, 286 W. Third
and Pontiac streets in Yachats.
On both Saturdays only,
lunch will be served from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Admission is free to this
family-friendly event.
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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
All the Light We Cannot See
By Anthony Doerr
Book review by Kevin Mittge
“All the Light We Cannot
See” by Anthony Doerr, a
Boise-based author, focuses on
two main characters in the
1930s and 1940s. Marie Laure
lives in Paris with her father
who works at a museum. At a
young age she goes blind and
her father builds a model of
their neighborhood and teaches
her how to move about in a
world without sight.
Werner, along with his sister
Jutta, is raised as an orphan in
Germany. Werner has one
great love: radios.
As Werner grows he is
sucked into the life of Hitler’s
Germany, first the Hitler Youth,
then the Wehrmacht, using his
specialized radio skills to help
hunt down partisan communi-
cators from Poland to Russia
and then finally to France.
Marie Laure and her father
escape Paris ahead of the
Germans, hiding a valuable
jewel from Nazi thieves, and
seek refuge with their World
War I shell-shocked uncle in St.
Malo, located in far western
Brittany.
There the stories of the two
young people come together,
with the Nazi hunting the miss-
ing museum jewel, almost in
the very last pages as St. Malo
is pulverized by American
bombers in August of 1944.
Wonderful brave characters,
rich descriptive language and a
fast-moving storyline will
enthrall readers.
You know Marie Laure and
Werner will meet eventually —
or will they? Will they survive
the war? What will happen to
the valuable jewel hunted by the
Nazi officer?
A National Book Award
finalist, this book has been one
of the favorites of library patron
and one of the “best” books of
2014.
April celebrates Lincoln and
the end of the Civil War
It will be 150 years this April
since Lee surrendered to Grant
at Appomattox and president
Abraham Lincoln was assassi-
nated at Ford’s Theater — and
the Civil War was ended.
In honor of those momentous
events, the library will be fea-
turing a series of April pro-
grams around Abraham Lincoln
and Oregon.
The first program, to be held
Saturday, April 4, at noon, will
feature an Abraham Lincoln
Town Meeting with Lincoln
impersonator Steve Holgate.
Praised as the “best Lincoln
in America,” Holgate brings the
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late president alive in a town
hall meeting.
Imagine having the chance to
ask Lincoln about his years in
the White House and hear him
discuss the dark years of the
Civil War. Holgate comes high-
ly recommended and this
should be an educational and
moving experience.
Author R. Gregory Nokes
will be speaking at the library
about Oregon slavery on
Tuesday, April 14, at 1 p.m.
Oregon was not a slave state but
Oregon had slaves.
In his book, “Breaking
Chains: Slavery on Trial in the
Oregon Territory,” Nokes dis-
cusses the case of slaves Robin
and Polly Holmes and their
attempt to gain their freedom
from slave holder Nathaniel
Ford.
Richard Etulain is coming to
discuss Abraham Lincoln and
his relationship to Oregon on
Tuesday, April 28, at 1 p.m. A
Lincoln scholar, Etulain is the
author of Lincoln and Oregon
Country Politics in the Civil
War Era.
This cross continental history
demonstrates Lincoln’s strong
connections to Oregon and
refutes the argument that
Pacific Northwest residents
were merely “spectators” to the
Civil War.
Newest Backstreet Gallery FAHS cooking burgers to
benefit dogs, cats Saturday
challenge ‘About Face’
*Valid for new patients only. Call for details. Expires 4/10/2015
Backstreet Gallery is calling
all artists to face the challenge,
“About Face.”
Each year, Backstreet
chooses an object as a chal-
lenge for all interested creative
artists.
The public is invited to
enter this challenge by acquir-
ing, from Backstreet Gallery, a
blank face or two, and an entry
form containing any rules and
due dates that may apply.
Then use your creativity and
let your imagination go wild in
the completion and your inter-
pretation of “About Face.”
Entry forms and faces will
be available beginning March
18 at Backstreet Gallery, 1421
Bay St., in Florence, between
10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Completed pieces will be
due June 1, so there’s plenty of
time to conjure up a captivat-
ing and unique piece of art.
Enjoy hot dogs and ham-
burgers hot off the grill
Saturday, March 21, from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Grocery
Outlet parking lot and help
provide care for the once-
homeless cats and dogs await-
ing homes at the Florence Area
Humane Society’s (FAHS) no-
kill shelter.
Saturday’s event will fea-
tures hamburgers for $3, hot
dogs and Polish dogs for $2,
and cheeseburgers for $3.50.
A variety of soft drinks and
bottled water are $1.
Inside the store, FAHS vol-
unteers will be greeting visi-
tors with adoptable cats and
kittens. Literature about the
services offered by FAHS is
also available.
Grocery Outlet owner
Woody Woodbury sponsors
this fundraising event for
FAHS and donates all food.
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