SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2017
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 com-
munity.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
Adult Services
Librarian
Siuslaw Public Library
(541) 997-3134
Book Review
“The Hearts of Men”
By Nickolas Butler
From the bestselling author of
“Shotgun Lovesongs,” comes
“The Hearts of Men,” an epic,
multi-generational novel of
friendships and families inter-
twined at Camp Chippewa,
located in the north woods of
Wisconsin, in 1962.
Thirteen-year-old
Nelson
Doughty, social outcast and
overachiever, is the Bugler,
sounding the reveille proudly
each morning.
Quiet, reserved, and coping
with a broken home, Nelson
finds he has more in common
with the old scoutmaster than the
boys his age who seem to have
an endless supply of merciless
bullying in store for him.
Yet this particular summer
marks the beginning of an uncer-
tain and tenuous friendship with
a popular boy named Jonathan,
who finds he has much to learn
from Nelson, not least about
how to confront the limitations
of his own courage and empathy.
Over the years, Nelson, irrev-
ocably scarred from the Vietnam
War, becomes scoutmaster of
Camp Chippewa, while Jonathan
turns his father’s business into a
highly profitable company.
He marries and divorces more
than once.
The differences that distin-
guished Nelson and Jonathan as
teenagers percolate into adult-
hood as both must reconcile the
men who they’ve become with
the men who they thought they’d
be.
But the two stay linked by
Jonathan’s son and his grandson,
both of whom find their way to
their own defining summers at
Camp Chippewa.
And when something unthink-
able happens at a camp get-
together with Nelson as scout-
master and Jonathan’s teenage
grandson and daughter-in-law in
attendance,
the
aftermath
demonstrates the depths — and
the limits — of Nelson’s self-
lessness and bravery.
In beautiful and evocative
prose brimming with the same
warmth that defined his first
work, Nickolas Butler’s second
novel gives us a sweeping,
panoramic story about family
and fidelity, the challenges and
rewards of lifelong friendships,
and the bounds of morality and
redemption.
Friends of the Library
to meet
All
Friends
members,
prospective Friends members,
and library supporters, are wel-
SOS recieves donation
for assistance programs
come at tomorrow’s Friends of
the Library meeting at 11 a.m. in
the library’s Bromley Room.
Donations
The library is pleased to
receive donations, but not all, or
even most, donations are added
to the library’s collection.
All libraries must make choic-
es, based upon available space,
existing subject coverage, age
and condition of the donation,
and other factors.
We try to offer books that
show various sides of any partic-
ular topic, pro and con.
We do not discriminate or
censor in subject matters.We will
check available published
reviews to determine if the book
is the best on the topic.
We will look at condition of
the book, the binding and
whether there are marks or writ-
ing in the book as determining
factors for inclusion.
All books not added to the
library’s collection are given to
the Friends of the Library for use
in their sales, where the proceeds
all come back to support the
library.
So whether your donation is
added to the collection or not, all
donations benefit the library.
Keep the donations coming!
5 A
PeaceHealth
Siuslaw
Region Physicians Assoc.
Medical Executive Committee
recently awarded Siuslaw
Outreach Services (SOS) a
donation of $3,000.
This donation is slated to go
toward SOS’s housing utilities
assistance and Domestic
Violence and Sexual Assault
advocacy programs. These
programs are designed to help
Florence and Mapleton area
families and individuals.
The housing/utility assis-
tance program assist’s families
and individuals who are
behind on rent or utilities due
to an unexpected event or cri-
sis, as well as help the home-
less get into housing.
The Domestic Violence and
Sexual Assault Advocacy pro-
grams allow 24 hour on call
staff to respond to calls from
law enforcement and Peace
Harbor Hospital in order to aid
victims of Domestic Violence
or Sexual Assault.
Each year SOS serves an
average of 2,700 local citizens
through these programs.
Siuslaw Outreach Services
can be reached at 1576 West
12thStreet in Florence, or by
calling 541-997-2816
Friendship Club donates
to local service agencies
During the year the Siuslaw
Friendship Club raises funds
with a variety of activities
including plant sales, card par-
ties and bake sales for distribu-
tion to local non-profit agen-
cies in the community.
Once a year the club choos-
es various local nonprofit
organizations to receive shares
of those raised funds.
At the April 13 meeting of
the club, it donated $500 to
the Oregon Coast Humane
Society, $500 to Food Share,
$250 to Siuslaw Outreach
Services and $250 to T he Van
Fans.
Anyone interested in learn-
ng more about the Friendship
Club is invited to attend a
meeting.
Old Town Coffee to feature Stender paintings
PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
Old Town Coffee Roasters
will be featuring the acrylic
and watercolor paintings of
local artist Carol Stender dur-
ing the month of May.
Included in this showing
will be colorful, large scale-
spring and summer flowers.
Also shown will be California
poppies adorning a windswept
hillside, a pair of powder pink
tea rose twins, and fuchsias in
the company of an adoring
hummingbird.
Also on display will be land-
scapes reflective of our local
area,
and a still-life of t h e
artist’s glass float and bottle
collection.
Carol is a graduate of the
Oregon College of Art
(Ashland, Ore.) where she met
her husband artist Greg
Stender.
Stender enjoys exploring
the Oregon Coast, taking pho-
tographs and gathering inspira-
tion for future works of art.
Carol regularly shows her
work and is currently a mem-
ber of: Bay Area Art
Association, The Coos Art
Museum. She has also shown
locally through the Florence
Regional Art Alliance.
Carol Stender’s paintings,
and the work of other local
artists,can be seen every day in
May from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at
Old Town Coffee in Florence.
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