SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017
Parks and Recreation seeks
comments on rule change
about abandoned cemeteries
Oregon
Parks
and
Recreation Department
(OPRD) is accepting com-
ments on a proposed rule
change that would establish a
permit to restore, maintain or
preserve an abandoned ceme-
tery.
The proposed rules are a
result of House Bill 2516,
passed during the 2017 ses-
sion.
The deadline for public
comment on the amendments
is Monday, Jan. 15.
The proposed rules, devel-
oped in consultation with the
Oregon Commission on
Historic Cemeteries, outline
the process for entities to
apply for permits and permit
requirements. OPRD currently
offers a grant program for pro-
tection, restoration and educa-
tion of historic cemeteries.
Information about the grant
program is available at www
.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/FINA
SST/Pages/grants.aspx#
Historic_Cemeteries_Grant_
Program.
The full text is available
online at www.oregon.gov/
oprd/RULES/pages/index.
aspx.
Comments can be made
directly there or in writing to
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department,
Attn.: Katie
Gauthier, 725 Summer St NE,
Suite C, Salem OR 97301; or
by email to OPRD.public
comment@oregon.gov.
They will be accepted until
5 p.m. on Jan. 15.
Anyone wishing to com-
ment in person may attend a
public hearing at 6 p.m. on
Tuesday, Jan. 9, in Salem’s
North Mall Office Building,
725 Summer Street NE, Room
124A.
After reviewing public com-
ments, agency staff plan to
present a final recommended
rule for consideration by the
Oregon State Parks and
Recreation Commission at its
February 2018 business meet-
ing.
Book Review
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 community.
Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
“The Second Mrs. Hockaday”
By Susan Rivers
When
Major
Gryffth
Hockaday is called to the front
lines of the Civil War, his new
bride is left to care for her hus-
band’s 300-acre farm and infant
son, Placidia, a mere teenager
herself living far from her fami-
ly and completely unprepared to
run a farm or raise a child on her
own.
By the time Major Hockaday
returns two years later, Placidia
is bound for jail, accused of hav-
ing borne a child in his absence
and murdering it.
What really transpired in the
two years he was away?
Inspired by a true incident,
this saga conjures the era with
uncanny immediacy. Amid the
desperation of wartime, Placidia
sees the social order of her
Southern homeland unravel as
her views on race and family are
transformed.
A love story, a story of racial
divide, and a story of the South
as it fell in the war, “The Second
Mrs. Hockaday” by Susan
Rivers, reveals how that genera-
tion — and the next — began to
see their world anew.
Rivers was awarded the Julie
Harris Playwright Award for
“Overnight Lows” and the New
York Drama League Award for
5 A
basic federal IRS tax forms
again this year and will be put-
ting them out as they are
received from the IRS.
Additional forms are available
online at www.irs.gov/forms-
instructions. Oregon forms are
not available except through
their website at www.oregon.gov
/DOR. If you need assistance be
sure to check with the reference
desk.
“Under Statements.”
She is also a recipient of two
playwriting grants from the
National Endowment for the
Arts. Despite having a length of
playwriting successes to her
credit, “The Second Mrs.
Hockaday” is Rivers’ first novel,
and what a wonderful debut
novel it is.
Quattrosound to be
at the library
Mapleton Branch
The library will present
Quattrosound, the Grammy
award-winning group playing a
mix of classical, jazz and Latin
pop, at a free outreach concert on
Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 3 p.m. in
the Bromley Room.
This event, a pre-show con-
cert of the group’s later perform-
ance that evening at the Florence
Event Center, is free and open to
the general public.
Special thanks to SEAcoast
Entertainment Association for
making this event possible.
The Mapleton library is locat-
ed at 88148 Riverview Ave., in
the Lion’s Club Building. With
a nice view of the Siuslaw River,
it’s a wonderful place to sit and
enjoy a good book or read the
newspaper.
The library also has books,
magazines, DVDs and videos,
recorded books, computers,
wireless Internet access and
more.
Hours are Tuesday through
Saturday, noon to 5 pm.
Holiday Hours
Tax Forms
and assistance
The library will be closing
early on Sunday, Dec. 31, at 4
p.m., and will be closed Monday
Jan. 1, in honor New Year’s Day.
The library wishes all its
patrons and the entire communi-
ty a very happy New Year!
Once again, AARP will be
providing their free tax service
to local residents beginning in
February, on each Monday and
Thursday through April 12, with
a Saturday session on April 14.
The library will be providing
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