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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2016 Lutherans serve Community Suppers Community Suppers are being held each Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. on a trial basis at different local churches through Dec. 14. New Life Lutheran is the host for October. Other churches will host in November and December. Each host is responsible for cooking the food brought on Tuesday or Wednesday. Library Tidings Beverages are provided. If there is enough partici- pation and interest, the suppers could continue in 2017. Come to have food and fel- lowship with other area churches. For more information, call 431-997-8113. New Life Lutheran is at 2100 Spruce St. News about the Siuslaw Public Library A UTUMN F ALLING L EAVES Annual B AZAAR S AINT M ARY O UR L ADY OF THE D UNES C ATHOLIC C HURCH S ATURDAY , N OV . 5 TH 9 AM - 2 PM 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 HAM HOT BURG CHILI S ERS G DO Books B Bo o s & Plants • Gift Baskets a kets ets ts s A rts Arts Art r & C Crafts r a • Religious s Gifts ifts Sweet S Swe we e e et t Shoppe p • Raffl fl e Before the Wind by Jim Lynch Book review In “Before the Wind” by Jim Lynch, Joshua Johannssen has spent all of his life surrounded by sailboats. His grandfather designed them, his father built and raced them, his Einstein- obsessed mother knows why and how they work (or not). For Josh and his two siblings, their backyard was Puget Sound and sailing their DNA. Both his sister and brother fled many years ago: Ruby to Africa and elsewhere to do good works on land, and Bernard to god-knows-where at sea, a fugitive and pirate. Suddenly 31, Josh — who repairs boats of all kinds in a marina south of Seattle — is pained and confused by what- ever went wrong with his volatile family. His parents are barely speaking, his mystified grandfather is drinking harder and he himself — despite an endless and comic flurry of online dates — hasn’t even come close to finding a girl- friend. But when the Johannssens unexpectedly reunite for the most important race in these waters — all of them together on a classic vessel they made decades ago — they will be carried to destinies both indi- vidual and collective, and to a heart-shattering revelation. Jim Lynch, of Olympia, Wash., is the prize-winning author of “The Highest Tide,” “Border Songs” and “Truth Like the Sun.” He has won both the Washington State Book Award for Fiction and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. If you enjoy books about the Pacific Northwest, about sail- ing, and about families strug- gling to reconnect, you will greatly enjoy “Before the Wind” by Jim Lynch, one of the Northwest’s premier writ- ers. 5 A Hang-It All The 24th annual “Hang-It All” art show is inviting entries for a non-juried, all-comers art exhibition featuring local artists and craftspeople. Hang-It All will be on dis- play throughout the month of November at the library. All entries must be hand- delivered to the library between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1, and be picked up during the same hours on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Mark your calendars for the next book sale The Friends of the Siuslaw Public Library will be having their next book sale the week- end of Nov. 5 and 6. On Saturday, they will be having a presale for members of the Friends from 9 to 10 a.m. Memberships will be available if you wish to participate in this presale. Otherwise, the sale is open to the general public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. There will be a table with “special” books for sale, and if you buy a Friends book bag for $15 you can fill it up for free. Felting with Kathy Elfers The library is pleased to have local artist Kathy Elfers present two felting workshops on Sat., Oct. 29, the first from noon to 2 p.m., and the second from 3 to 5 p.m., in the library’s Bromley Room. Elfers will give a history of felting followed by a brief demonstration of felting tech- niques. She is an award-win- ning felter who draws from nature for her inspiration. No pre-registration required — just stop by and learn to felt. One mile south of the bridge on Rte. 101 Climate change program offered tonight Harvest Festival Saturday, October 29 th 6:00 – 8:00 pm Treats, Games, Fun Kids & Families Welcome At the Siuslaw Watershed Council’s (SWC) next general meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m., the topic will be “The Changing Northwest Climate” and “Federal Cost-Share Programs for the Upper Siuslaw.” The meeting will be held at the Lorane Grange (corner of Old Lorane and Orchard roads., in Lorane). Doors open at 6 p.m. and the meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Gabrielle Roesch- McNally, from the Northwest Regional Climate HUB, will explain the changing climate and how Oregon is projected to experience longer, drier summers and warmer winters with less precipitation stored as snow. These climatic changes will impact managed land- scapes that will have some positive and negative effects on farms, forests and range- land. Dave Downing, District Manager for the Upper Willamette Soil and Water Conservation District, will explain Federal Cost-Share Programs for conservation practices including near stream vegetation, removal of invasive vegetative species and replacement with native tree/shrub species, limiting livestock access to streams by fencing, off-stream watering, manure management, rota- tional grazing fence systems, grass water ways and heavy use protection. Currently, the district has a priority area in the South Fork Siuslaw sub-basin and has obtained limited funding to assist interested landown- ers. The SWC supports sound economic, social, and envi- ronmental uses of natural and human resources in the Siuslaw River Basin. The council encourages cooperation among public and private entities to pro- mote awareness and under- standing of watershed func- tions by adopting and imple- menting a total watershed approach to natural resource management and production. Christmas Store seeks volunteers Volunteers are needed to help assist shoppers at the Oregon Coast Humane Society Christmas Store beginning Nov. 1. The hours are flexible and the mood festive as shoppers find new holiday items. Call 541-997-4457 for more information. Trunk-or-Treat! Monday 0DUTUtQN LOTS OF CANDY! Free Hot Dogs & Hot Beverages HALLOWEEN PARTY ADA GRANGE #570 Florence Nazarene 1536 12th St. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30TH 1:00 to 3:00 pm Costume Parade 1:15pm Finger Foods Provided Questions? Call Megan at 541-997-6933 • 10 Miles out Canary Road