SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2016
SOS recieves donation
Library
Tidings
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
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SOS Interim Director Bob Teter (left) accepts check
from D.D.S. Justin Linton of Florence Dental Clinic
Siuslaw Outreach Services
(SOS) recently accepted a
donation of $1,000 from the
Florence Dental Clinic.
SOS Interim Director Bob
Teter acepted the check from
D.D.S. Linton on behalf of
the organization.
Florence police to have
extra DUII enforcement
The
Florence
Police
Department has received grant
funding to support additional
DUII enforcement on New
Year’s Day, Jan.1.
These funds are made avail-
able to the city from Oregon
Impact, which administers
DUII grant funding to law
enforcement
throughout
Oregon and the U.S.
High visibility enforcement,
accomplished by increasing
the number of officers on the
streets aggressively seeking
out impaired drivers, is
designed to deter people from
driving while intoxicated or
otherwise impaired.
For more information, con-
tact the Florence Police
Department at 541-997-3515.
Van Fan volunteers to meet
The monthly meeting and
luncheon of The Van Fans will
be held Jan. 4 at The
Shorewood Senior Living
Center at 1451 Spruce St. in
Florence.
The Van Fans are a group of
local volunteers that assist
cancer patients with illness
and treatment related travel.
The cost for the luncheon is
$8.50 and lunch is served at
11:45 a.m.
All interested residents are
encouraged to come to this
introductory meeting.and dis-
cuss the ongoing need for this
service option for the commu-
nity.
For more information on
Van Fans, contact Karen Lee
at 541-997-9669
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 com-
munity.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
Adult Services
Librarian
Siuslaw Public Library
(541) 997-3134
Book Review
You Could Look It Up
by Jack Lynch
You Could Look It Up:
The Reference Shelf from
Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia
by Jack Lynch is an illuminating
exploration of reference books,
dear to every librarian's and most
researchers hearts, through time
and across cultures, from the
Babylonian code of Hamurabi to
Wikipedia.
Wikipedia, our age’s source of
information, is just the latest in a
long line of works that aggregate
knowledge — reference works
from encyclopedias to etiquette
guides, Bible dictionaries to log-
arithm tables, have shaped our
world for millennia.
You Could Look It Up chroni-
cles the captivating stories
behind fifty of these great works
and their creators.
From
the
Code
of
Hammurabi, the earliest known
compendium of laws in ancient
Babylon, to Pliny’s Natural
History; from the eleventh-cen-
tury Domesday Book recording
land holdings in England to
Abraham Ortelius’s first atlas of
the world; from Samuel
Johnson’s Dictionary of the
English Language to the
Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders;
from
the
Great
Soviet
Encyclopedia to The Guinness
Book of Records, Jack Lynch
illuminates the human stories
and accomplishments behind
each, as well as its enduring
impact on civilization.
In the process, he offers new
insight into the value of knowl-
edge. If you enjoy reading about
the history of knowledge and the
history of books, you’ll enjoy
You Could Look It Up.
Tax Form s
Every year at this time we get
the question: “when are you
going to get tax forms and
instruction booklets?”
And each year the answer is
up to the Internal Revenue
Service. The library has ordered
tax forms and booklets and will
put them out for our patrons as
soon as they are received.
In the meantime, we do have
“reproducible” forms that can be
photocopied or you can go
online to find and print the need-
ed forms.
Library resolutions
Need some help with New
Year’s resolutions? Here are
some library related sugges-
5 A
tions.
• Get fit
The library has many books
and DVDs and cookbooks to
help you get in shape for the
New Year.
• Upgrade your career
Write up or clean up your
resume. Look for a job through
the library’s career center com-
puters.
Start a new hobby:
Learn how to knit, or take
photographs, or how to research
your family tree. The library has
resources for all of those hob-
bies.
• Read a classic
Check out these classics, like
“Middlemarch” by George Eliot
or “A Moveable Feast” by
Ernest Hemingway or “I Know
Why the Caged Bird Sings” by
Maya Angelou.
The library is filled with
great literature!
Holiday Closures
In honor of the New Year’s
holiday the library will be clos-
ing at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.
31 (both in Florence and
Mapleton) and will be closed
both Sunday, Jan. 1 and
Monday, Jan. 2.
Regular hours resume at 10
a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
FRAA announces ‘call to artists’
The Florence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA) is pleased to
invite all artists to participate in
the first “Florence Fest” to be
held at the Florence Events
Center on March 31 and April
1.
This unique event, which
will feature two days of jazz,
art and wine, will be highlight-
ed by talented jazz musicians
and outstanding wine from
some of the best wineries in the
Willamette Valley.
The juried art section of the
event will provide maximum
exposure for creative artist’s
work and significant prize
money will be awarded.
Selections for the exhibit
will be made by Robert
Canaga, who is an accom-
plished painter, photographer
and printmaker.
He has been the curator for
numerous exhibitions through-
out the Northwest, including
the Gallery at the Watershed,
Peace Health Headquarters and
the Coos Art Museum.
He is a former gallery owner
and has also exhibited in more
than 30 selected shows, most
recentlyduring a three-month
show in Salem’s State Capitol
Building.
His work currently appears
in 14 public and private collec-
tions.
There is an exquisite sense
of style and strength in his own
work, and his tastes and prefer-
ences are eclectic and run
across a broad range of styles.
Cash prizes will also be
awarded and will be selected
by an awards committee of
three local artists and gallery
owners: SK Lindsey (Kenneth
B. Gallery), Marianne Brisbane
(Vardanian Gallery) and Steve
Dennis (Earthworks Gallery).
Prize awards will include:
1st place: $1,000
2nd placc: $500
3rd place: $250
For more details and to sub-
mit an entry, go to the FRAA
website at www.fraaoregon
.org
The deadline for entries is
Feb. 12.
This is an opportunity to be
part of a very special event.
For more entry information,
if you have any questions,
email fraaoregon@gmail.com.
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