SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015
Beachcomber Brew Fest
features 10 breweries
The Beachcomber Brew
Festival on Saturday, Oct. 17,
brings brews and beers to Old
Town Florence from 11 a.m.
to 8 p.m.
Beachcomber Pub, 1355
Bay St., is sponsoring the
event and offering tastings
and a full menu inside the
restaurant.
Outside, rain or shine, the
event features 10 breweries,
20 beers, live music by Denny
Weaver and food from a vari-
ety of local restaurants.
It will take place on Maple
Street in the lot next to Maple
Street Grille and across from
the Siuslaw News.
There is a $5 ticket fee and
all adults participating will
receive a souvenir taster
glass.
Event proceeds will benefit
the Beachcomber Community
Scholarship Fund adminis-
tered by Western Lane
Community Foundation.
For more information, con-
tact
Scott
Waiss
and
Beachcomber Pub at 541-
997-6357 or email scott@
beachcomberpub.com or go
to beachcomberpub.com.
Hot dogs, burgers sales to
benefit FAHS Saturday
Hot dogs and hamburgers
hot-off-the-grill plus hom-
made pastries will be avail-
able Saturday, Oct. 17, at the
Grocery Outlet parking lot.
This event, from 11 a.m.
until 2 p.m., raises money to
provide care for the once
homeless cats and dogs
awaiting a home at the
Florence Area
Humane
Society’s no-kill shelter.
Hamburgers cost $4, hot
dogs and Polish dogs are $3.
Customers can add cheese
to any order for 50 cents.
Cold drinks are $1 and
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include a variety of soft
drinks plus bottled water.
This event also features
homemade pastries by FAHS
volunteers.
Inside the store, volunteer
Marge Gervais will have
adorable, adoptable kittens
entertaining customers.
Literature about the servic-
es offered by FAHS is avail-
able here.
Grocery Outlet owner
Woody Woodbury sponsors
this fundraising event for
FAHS and donates all of the
food.
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Library
Tidings
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
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
Armada
By Ernest Cline
Book Review by Susie Voth
Ernest Cline’s first novel,
“Ready Player One,” was a
smashing success in the geeky,
nerdy world of gamers. His sec-
ond novel, Armada, appeals to
those same readers.
This novel, set in the near
future, examines the “what ifs”
of alien encounters.
What if… you are a senior in
high school, sitting in class, day
dreaming as you gaze out the
window and… you see a flying
saucer?
What if… the spaceship you
see is just like the ones you fight
regularly in the online space
alien invasion game called
Armada?
What if… you weren’t just
playing games, but in fact, were
in training to fight the alien inva-
sion of Earth?
That is exactly what happens
to Zach Lightman, the protago-
nist of Armada. He thinks he
must be going insane when he
sees a spaceship that nobody else
sees, but he is not. The space
alien invasion is all too real.
Zach and all the other gamers
worldwide will be asked to step
up and defend Earth. This book
5 A
Patricia Cornwell, Sara Paretsky,
Laurie King, Alexander McCall
Smith, and James Lee Burke.
Works by romantic fiction
authors Barbara Delinsky, Karen
Kingsbury, Beverly Lewis, Fern
Michaels,
Maeve Binchy,
Johanna Lindsey and Jude
Deveraux are among the many
selections available as well.
Many westerns, and some
nonfiction titles have also been
added.
Stop by the New Large Print
display with the rest of the new
books and discover some great
reading in easy-to-see large
print.
is full of 1980s pop culture refer-
ences that include movies,
music, television and, of course,
video games.
The audiobook is narrated by
Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher
on Star Trek: The Next
Generation) and according to the
audiobook jacket, “… a champi-
on of geek culture.”
He is the perfect voice for this
rollicking science fiction adven-
ture. An added bonus… page
351 is a playlist of the music
mentioned throughout the book.
If you enter “Raid the Arcade
playlist” into a Google search,
you will get many hits.
Choose the website that works
for you and get ready to rock on
to Queen, Heart, Pink Floyd, and
other 1980s bands!
The Art of Film exhibition
On Friday, Oct. 23, at noon,
the public is invited to join
Michael Falter, co-owner of
Florence’s own City Lights
Cinema and a leader in nonprof-
it film exhibition and education,
for a brief history of movie the-
atres: in other words a brief his-
tory of film. He will provide a
brief overview of the major
upheavals in the film industry,
including the shift from silent to
sound and the more recent shift
from 35mm to digital.
It is a fascinating look at a fas-
cinating subject.
New large print hits the
bookshelves
The library has recently pur-
chased over 180 new large print
books including many recent
releases by popular authors.
Suspense authors, including
Clive Cussler, W.E.B. Griffin,
Tom Clancy, Robin Cook, Lisa
Gardner and Lisa Scottoline are
represented, along with mystery
authors Sue Grafton, J.D. Robb,
Carolyn Hart, Elizabeth George,
Oregon Pacific Bank features art by Hefty
Oregon Pacific Bank is fea-
turing the artwork of Robert E.
Hefty during the month of
October.
“Art has always interested
me. As a child I drew war
planes and tanks because I
started first grade the same
year WWII began” said Hefty.
“Then other subjects called for
my interest. I started taking
classes in art in college, and
became acquainted with the
work of many contemporary
artists. I learned a lot by look-
ing, but learned more by exper-
imentation with colors and
shapes.”
Hefty’s work today is basi-
cally non-objective, made up of
many colors and shapes. Some
works are highly organized,
and others are “very casual and
impulsive.”
Three of Hefty’s art works
can be viewed in the lobby of
Oregon Pacific Bank, and one
of his paintings can be viewed
at the Florence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA) Art Center,
120 Maple St., where Hefty is a
member.
COURTESY PHOTO
Artwork by Robert E. Hefty is on display at Oregon Pacific Bank through October.
Property tax statements available early online
Lane County property tax
statements are now available
online. This is the first year
taxpayers will be able to access
their property tax statements
one week prior to the annual
mailing, which is planned for
Oct. 19.
The Lane County Ass-
essment and Taxation Office
will extend its hours of service
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, between Oct.
19 and Nov. 17, in order to
offer additional assistance to
taxpayers.
It is also possible to access
individual account graphs
detailing 10 years of property
value history (real market
value, assessed value, and
maximum assessed value).
“We are excited to be able to
offer enhanced services to
taxpayers,” said Lane County
Assessor
Mike
Cowles.
Property tax payments are
due Monday, Nov. 16.
The total Real Market Value
of Lane County as of January
1, 2015, is $50.8 billion — an
increase of 4 percent from
2014.
The typical Lane County
dwelling’s
market
value
increased 4.25 percent from
2014. In total, $478 million in
taxes were certified for the 83
taxing districts in Lane County
in 2015 — an increase of 3.1
percent from 2014.
To access tax statements,
visit www.lanecounty .org/AT.
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