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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2018
Library
Tidings
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
Library Tidings,
a regular feature
of the Siuslaw News,
features news about
upcoming Siuslaw
Public Library programs
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
“Fire on the Track”
by Roseanne Montillo
When Betty Robinson
assumed her starting position
for the inaugural women’s 100-
meter final at the 1928 Olympic
Games in Amsterdam, she was
participating in what was only
her fourth-ever organized track
meet. She crossed the finish
line as a gold medalist and the
fastest woman in the world.
This impossible athletic phe-
nom was an ordinary high
school study, discovered while
running for a train in rural
Illinois mere months before her
Olympic debut. Amsterdam
made her a star.
But at the top of Betty’s
game, her career (and life)
almost came to a tragic end
when a plane she and her
cousin were piloting crashed.
So dire was Betty’s condition
that she was taken to the local
morgue; only upon the under-
taker’s inspection was it deter-
mined she was still breathing.
Betty, once a natural runner
who always coasted to victory,
soon found herself fighting to
walk.
While she was recovering,
the other women of track and
field were given the chance to
shine in the Los Angeles
Games, building on Betty’s
Special thanks to SEAcoast
Entertainment Association for
making this event possible.
pioneering role as the first
female Olympic champion in
the sport. These athletes
became more visible and more
accepted, as stars such as Babe
Didrikson and Stella Walsh
demonstrated to the world what
women could do.
And — miraculously —
through grit and countless
hours of training, Betty earned
her way onto the 1936 Olympic
team, again locking her sights
on gold as she and her
American teammates went up
against the German favorites in
Hitler’s Berlin.
Told in vivid detail with nov-
elistic flair, “Fire on the Track”
by Roseanne Montillo is an
unforgettable portrait of these
trailblazers in action.
January art displays
The library has two won-
derful artists displaying their
work in the library lobby this
month. The first is Polly
Warren, of Eugene, who cre-
ates delightful, whimsical,
acrylic paintings of people and
faces, flowers and animals.
Check out “Just 3 Guys” and
“City Cat.”
In the display case are
“Gifts from the Forest:
Finishing
What
Nature
Began,” the artwork of
Rhonda Butler, a Florence res-
ident. Rhonda loves trees,
which is evident in her use of a
wide variety of tree species
which she cleans, sands, and
slices to show the beautiful
natural patterns in the wood.
As she says, “Nobody does
patterns better than Nature.”
When visiting the library
this month, be sure to enjoy
the work of these two great,
but vastly different, artists.
Quattrosound at
the library
Siuslaw Public Library is
pleased
to
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 preview con-
cert of their later performance
that evening at the Florence
Events Center, 715 Quince St.,
is free and open to the general
public.
Let me Showcase your property.
Woahink Lake holds
winter meeting Jan. 21
The
Woahink
Lake
Association will roll out the
welcome mat Sunday, Jan.
21, at its winter meeting at 1
p.m. in the Honeyman Group
Meeting Hall (Yurt).
Residents around Lake
Woahink and others interest-
ed in issues related to the area
are invited to join members at
this free event.
Cameron LaFollette, exec-
utive director of the Oregon
Coast Alliance (ORCA), will
be the featured speaker at the
meeting. With a law degree
from Columbia University,
LaFollette has worked on
coastal issues advocacy for
more than a decade. In earlier
environmental work, she
focused on protecting ancient
forests on federal lands in
Oregon to ensure clean drink-
ing water, salmon habitat and
ecosystem protection.
Members of the association
will bring a dessert or favorite
snack to share. The associa-
tion will provide lunch.
People interested in joining
the
Woahink
Lake
Association will have the
opportunity to enroll at the
meeting. Dues are a nominal
$20 per year.
An RSVP by Jan. 18 would
be appreciated.
Contact Linda Yoder,
lindayoder@hotmail.com or
541-590-0944, to which you
may send a text message.
The
Woahink
Lake
Association was established
in 1995 to promote the under-
standing, protection and
thoughtful management of
Woahink Lake, its watershed
and its ecosystem.
Holiday closure
The library will be closed on
Monday, Jan. 15, in honor of
Martin Luther King Day.
Regular hours resume on
Tuesday, Jan. 16.
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