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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2017 Brewer’s Grade to play COURTESY PHOTO Brewer’s Grade will be performing at Blue Bills Sports Bar. Three Rivers Casino Resort will be presenting Brewer's Grade at the Blue Bills Sports Bar and Tap Room on Sept. 1 to 3 from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. With several years of recording and performing together already under their belts, Brewer’s Grade is con- tinuing their mission on their way to national success. Blue Bills is located inside Three Rivers Casino at 5647 Highway 126. Y OU D REAM I T Library Friends prepare for weekend book sale Literally hundreds of boxes of books wheeled hours will have been put into the room and in by Library Friends by arranged by author for the time the doors open fiction and subject mat- for the annual Labor Day ter for non-fiction. Weekend book sale this Special books are Saturday and Sunday. given a table and priced This year’s book sale separately by Geraldine opens Saturday, Sept. 2, McMahon. at 10 a.m., and closes at “This year, we’ve got 4 p.m., then re-opens some really interesting Sunday, from 10 a.m. to fiction,” she said. “Prices 4 p.m. for these range from $2 The event is in the to $10.” Bromley Room in the The treasurer, current- Siuslaw Public Library ly Akiko Marsh, arranges on Ninth Street in for cash boxes and Florence. change. Once it’s all More than 200 boxes over, the breakdown of books are ready for begins. the Friends of the Left over books are Siuslaw Library to put boxed up, tables are out on tables in the taken down and signs are COURTESY PHOTO Bromley Room. They are brought back to the equally divided between Duane Fowler, head of the book sorters, surrounded by boxes and library. shelves of books destined for the Labor Day Weekend book sale. fiction and non-fiction. Book sales are the As always, there are most lucrative project Next are meetings of the that the Friends undertake and some audio visual materials one more avid reader to take them home; or, as most often Book Sale Committee over the years thousands and children’s books. “This year, a real surprise happens anymore, people are to assign tasks, such as of dollars have been given to is eight boxes of cookbooks,” running out of room for their publicity; sign and banner the library to purchase extras said Duane Flower, head book own books at home and want placement after permission that the budget can’t always to pass them on to the Library has been asked and the city cover. sorter at the library. It all begins with the library Friends to sell in support the has approved hanging the Sherry Curran, past presi- banner; soliciting volunteers dent of the Friends, said, staff culling books that have library. The second step is the sort- for set up, cashiering and “This is even more amaz- reached the end of their shelf life. Maybe they aren’t ing that the Friends do to pre- wrap up. ing when considering the Then comes the actual set- prices: pocketbooks are .50 checked out much any more; pare the books for display at maybe they’ve been loved to the sale; this continues up in the Bromley Room: cents and hardbacks and trade tables brought in and set up; books are $1.” death and are looking for just throughout the year. Let me Showcase your property. New Listing ...W E B UILD I T . New Construction, Light Commercial Construction Remodels Family owned and operated. Desiree Clifton Principal Broker 541 999-5223 Shawn Fleming Construction Inc. 541-999-8727 Bonded & Insured. • CCB#207587 5 A 82007 Ada Station Rd – Original 1920’s log cabin on one side of the road with a 576sqft studio located on the lake right across the street. The dock has plenty of room for fishing, boats and kayaks. 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