SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016
Writers on the River
Library
workshops start Jan. 16 Tidings
Get ready for another year
of exciting literary events at
the Florence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA) with Writers
on the River.
The monthly creative writ-
ing program will feature
inspiring workshops for writ-
ers of all levels and genres Jan.
16, Feb. 20 and March 19, at
120 Maple St. in Old Town.
The fun begins on Saturday,
Jan. 16, from 10 a.m. to noon,
with the “2016 Writing Boot
Camp.” This experiential
immersion into the craft and
discipline of creative writing,
the workshop will help writ-
ers:
Define their writing goals
and projects for the New Year
Remove the wall blocking
the writer within
Invigorate their prose with
tools to fuel their creativity
Get back in the flow and
stay there
Turbo-charge their words
with simple revision tips
Workshops fill up quickly,
so pre-registration is suggest-
ed. Cost is $20 for FRAA
members or $25 for nonmem-
bers, payable at the door.
Writers on the River also
L L E E O
O M
M L L I I D D
provides an ongoing group
open to all writers seeking the
time, space and support for
their writing.
Register by calling 541-
708-2120 or email CJReditor
@gmail.com.
Classes will be taught by
award-winning writer, editor,
journalist and columnist
Catherine J. Rourke, who
brings more than 30 years’
staff experience at daily news-
papers, national magazines
and major publishers.
Educated at the City
University of New York,
Oxford University and the
Walter Cronkite School of
Journalism, she has served as a
contractual book editor and
jacket cover copywriter for
Amazon and Random House,
in both print and digital for-
mats.
The former New Yorker
now resides in Florence where
she is writing a memoir about
her adventures as an invest-
igative
reporter
titled
“And Forgive Us Our Press
Passes.”
For more information about
FRAA, call 541-999-0859 or
visit www.fraaoregon.org.
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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
By Paulette Jiles
Book review by Susie Voth
Regular library patrons know
about the Advanced Reader
Copies (ARCs) that have been
on display and are available to
library users. I picked up “News
of the World” by Paulette Jiles
because it is historical fiction,
one of my favorite genres.
The book is not scheduled for
publication until March.
In the wake of the Civil War,
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd
makes his living traveling about
northern Texas reading newspa-
pers to paying audiences. He
reads the news from Europe, the
East Coast, Chicago and any
other distant place for which he
can acquire a newspaper. He
reads the stories that take the
audience away from their typical
lives and transports them to dif-
ferent worlds.
He likes his solitary, transient
life.
Until an acquaintance offers
him a $50 gold piece to return a
young girl to her relatives. Ten-
year-old Johanna was captured
by Kiowa raiders four years ear-
lier. When it became apparent
that white captives were trouble-
some, she was sold to a govern-
ment agent for fifteen blankets
and a set of silver dinnerware.
Johanna has no memory of her
life prior to her capture. She can-
not speak English and she is
resistant to acting “civilized.”
The journey to return her to
her relatives is over 400 miles —
miles that pass slowly but not
without excitement, adventure
and danger. Over the course of
the trip, “Kep-den” and “Cho-
henna” begin to trust each other
and forge a bond.
“News of the World” is not a
fast-paced book. It meanders
slowly as Captain Kidd and
Johanna cross the bleak Texan
landscape fording rivers, travers-
ing desolate terrain, all the while
building a relationship.
Strategic planning closure
The Siuslaw Public Library
will be closed at its Florence and
Mapleton branches on Saturday,
Jan. 9, all day. There will be a
strategic planning retreat at the
library that day with a wide vari-
ety of community members all
coming together to help plan the
library’s future.
Do you like soup?
The library is pleased to pres-
ent Maggie Stuckey, author of
“Soup Night,” discussing her
book and presenting soups for
sampling made by Friends of the
Library
volunteers,
on
Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. in
Florence, and at noon the fol-
lowing day, Thursday, Jan. 28, at
the Mapleton branch.
Come learn about “soup
nights,” where neighbors build a
real sense of community through
the age-old idea of getting
together for a simple meal (in
this case, a soup supper) on a
regular basis.
In her cookbook “Soup
Night,” Stuckey presents the
story of gathering communities
together through mouth-water-
ing recipes and inspiring anec-
dotes from pre-existing soup
night groups.
Stuckey has found and docu-
mented in this cookbook that the
humble idea of gathering friends
and neighbors on a regular basis
for a casual night of soup and
sides has an extraordinarily pos-
itive ripple effect on children,
senior citizens, families and
communities at large.
With simple ideas for gather-
ing neighbors and friends togeth-
er, readers will be looking for
any opportunity to make “Soup
Night” a part of their lives.
FAHS receives special ‘Bark Boxes’ as gift
This month, each of the dogs
living at Florence Area
Humane Society (FAHS) while
they wait for a home received a
special donation from a gener-
ous benefactor called “Bark
Box.”
Each box contained healthy
USA-made dog treats, a toy
and pet-related Swiffer clean-
ing product. Each dog that is
adopted will take home a Bark
Box as long as supplies last.
Bark Box is a commercially
available subscription service
that includes monthly home
delivery of a treat box contain-
ing a USA-made pet toy and
healthy treats. FAHS qualified
for a one-time special gift of a
Bark Box for each of its FAHS
dogs, at no cost to the shelter.
“A heartfelt thank you to
Bark Box from all of the shel-
COURTESY PHOTO
FAHS shelter dog Dodger with donations from Bark Box
ter staff at Florence Area
Humane Society for the 16 fab-
ulous ‘welcome home’ treat
boxes for our shelter dogs,”
said shelter manager Tanya
Garrett. “Our dogs were so
happy with their gifts and our
staff was so impressed with the
quality of the treats and toys.”
Pictured is Dodger, who was
the first of the shelter dogs to
receive his own Bark Box.
Dodger is eight years old
and a healthy, friendly male
Terrier American Staffordshire
mix. He has passed his Canine
Good Citizen test and is good-
natured and always ready for
an adventure.
For adoption information on
Dodger or the other dogs and
cats, contact the shelter office
at 2840 Rhododendron Drive
or call 541-997-4277.
Community input sought for region’s future
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News about
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Two opportunities for area
residents to have a voice in the
creation of a 10-year vision for
the Siuslaw Region will be
held in late January.
The meetings are the culmi-
nation of nearly a year of
exploration and conversations,
led by the Vision Action Team
from the Siuslaw Pathways
Program.
The first meeting is set for
Thursday, Jan. 21, at Mapleton
Winter Music
Festival
Featuring: Marv Ross, Sandra
Kuhlman and Rachel Pearson
Soup Night
Portland Author Maggie Stuckey
RAIN
Economic
Development
Efforts
Caroline Cummings and
Erin Reynolds
And featuring:
A “New Old” Sound
Another live
morning show in
Florence
Harley Youngblood and
Calista Cates
7-10 AM on KCFM
Wednesday,
January 6th
4-6 PM on
KCST, 106.9
and
Thursday,
January 7th
10 - Noon on
KCFM
AM1250/FM 104.1
High School, 10878 E.
Mapleton Rd. The second
meeting will be held Thursday,
Jan. 28, at the Florence Events
Center, 715 Quince St.
Both meetings will be held
from 5 to 8 p.m., with an open
house format from 5 to 6 p.m.
and 7 to 8 p.m. There will be a
formal presentation of the
findings and an opportunity
for full group conversation
from 6 to 7 p.m.
Light refreshments and non-
alcoholic beverages will be
provided.
Anyone residing in Dunes
City, Florence and upriver
communities from Mapleton
to Deadwood is invited and
encouraged to attend and lend
a voice to the creation of a
vision as the region moves for-
ward in economic and com-
munity vitality work.
“We are structuring the
meetings this way so that more
people can attend,” said Becky
Goehring, a team member and
Fellow with The Ford Family
Foundation.
Those who would rather
come early to explore the dis-
plays and offer input will be
able to do that and still be
home by 7:15 p.m. Those who
are working or have late after-
noon commitments can arrive
for the formal presentation and
tour and make inputs at the
display stations afterwards.
“This is an opportunity for
anyone who would like to
share their vision for the
future of our region to partici-
pate,” Goehring added. “This
is really about community
working together as we move
forward in the next 10 years.
Every voice matters and we
hope to have many people turn
out at the meetings and be
involved in this very important
community feedback.”
The Siuslaw Visioning team
has held 10 Focus Group
meetings, inviting between 10
to 20 individuals to each meet-
ing.
The 2025 Siuslaw Vision is
the culmination of the work
being done by the Siuslaw
Region Visioning Project, sup-
ported by Rotary of Florence,
The Siuslaw Public Library,
the City of Florence and The
Ford Family Foundation.
The work has grown out of
the Pathways program, which
was offered to the region by
The Ford Family Foundation.
For more information,
visit the Siuslaw Pathways
website at www.siuslawpath
ways.com.
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