SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019 | 7A
Peace Harbor Volunteers seek new volunteers for gift shop, lobby desk
The gift shop at Peace Harbor
Hospital is currently managed by
an all-volunteer team. Almost all
the team members work in the
gift shop taking three-hour shifts
keeping the shop open Monday
through Friday.
Most also help unpack, price
and inventory merchandise as it
comes into the warehouse. Vol-
unteer team members also stock
shelves and design displays. The
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In addition, in 2018, Jodi
Kantor and Megan Two-
hey received the award for
their reporting on sexual
predation in Hollywood,
which helped spark the
#MeToo movement.
Carol Marbin Miller and
Audra D.S. Burch received
the Pulitzer in 2018 for
their coverage of the Ala-
bama Senate race, which
disclosed the past sexu-
al harassment of teenage
girls by Senate candidate
Roy Moore.
These are just some of
the examples of female
Pulitzer prize winning au-
thors adding to the nation-
group is looking for a volunteer
who has some experience select-
ing and ordering merchandise
for the shop.
Applications are available in
the gift shop and at the lobby
desk.
Sales in the gift shop do make
a difference to the community
with all proceeds going to the
Hospital Foundation. This year,
the Hospital Foundation was
al conversation on a whole writers? Like many other amazing women writers,
industries, publishing is poets, historians and play-
host of issues.
The thoughts and ob- still largely run by men wrights, and it’s important
servations from Pulitzer
Prize winning writers
continue with new re-
leases by many past win-
ners.
Many of these new
books are available at
the Siuslaw Public Li-
brary and Erin Gorde-
nier, outreach librarian,
is pleased with the in-
crease in acceptance of
female writers.
“It’s important to cel-
ebrate female winners,
— Erin Gordenier, Outreach Librarian
but wouldn’t it be won-
Siuslaw Public Library
derful if we didn’t have
to qualify them as wom-
en writers, but just great
and, historically, women
have had to fight for equal
recognition,” Gordenier
said. “Men’s work is often
thought of as more seri-
ous — Just look at school
reading assignments and
lists of classic novels. But
there have always been
plagiarism, which she in-
sists are unfounded.
Fortunately, there are a
number of releases by past
winners that have not ig-
nited a controversy which
are available at the library.
These include:
to see them getting acco-
lades alongside their male
colleagues.”
Some of the new releas-
es from former winners
include a new book of po-
etry and life observations
from Alice Walker enti-
tled, “Taking the arrow out
able to locate Strosnider.
FPD requests that if a cit-
izen is aware of Stronsider’s
location or observes him,
that they should not initiate
contact with the suspect. In-
stead, call FPD at 541-997-
3515 as soon as possible.
Strosnider has been ar-
rested before in Los Angeles
county for a non-specified
felony and was arrested in
2017 by the FPD for “Felon
in Possession of a Weapon,”
another felony, and “Carry
Concealed/Possession of a
Firearm), a misdemeanor.
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available at the lobby desk for
anyone interested. Find out
about the monthly luncheon
meetings and the special lunch
program offered to volunteers.
The Peace Harbor Volunteers
offer 16 areas in which to volun-
teer, so there is an area that will
be of interest and able to accom-
modate anyone’s schedule.
Contact information is includ-
ed in the Volunteer Application.
of the heart.”
Walker, whose novel
“The Color Purple,” has
become an American clas-
sic since its release in 1985,
has achieved rarefied
status among many avid
readers, including most
notably Oprah Winfrey.
Walker’s new book in-
tersperses
recollections
from her life with new po-
etry that speaks from the
heart of the author to her
readers.
Doris Kearns Good-
win,
noted
historian
and frequent television
commentator, has a new
non-fiction release titled
“Leadership in Turbulent
Times” which examines
difficult historical situa-
tions confronted by past
presidents and the manner
in which they dealt with
those situations.
Kearns is not unfamiliar
with controversy regard-
ing her work, as she has
been forced in the past to
respond to allegations of
“It’s important to
celebrate female winners,
but wouldn’t it be
wonderful if we didn’t have
to qualify them as women
writers, but just great
writers?
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wheelchair transport or needs an
escort to help them find the right
department.
The lobby desk has become
one of the most important areas
in which to volunteer because it
is a hub of the hospital.
Volunteers are needed three
shifts a day from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Shifts are three hours long.
Volunteer applications are
able to purchase a much-need-
ed fetal monitor and two lap-
aroscopic cameras with funds
earned through gift shop sales
and other volunteer fundraising
activities.
At the lobby desk, visitors and
patients are greeted by friend-
ly volunteers who are ready to
answer questions and give di-
rections. Lobby desk volunteers
often help when someone wants
was closed off as a K-9 offi-
cer with the Lincoln County
Sheriff ’s Office responded to
assist, but officers were un-
• Jennifer Egan’s “A Visit
From the Goon Squad”
• Donna Tartt’s “The
Goldfinch”
• Annie Proulx’s “Bar-
skins, a novel”
• Marilynne Robinson’s
“What Are We Doing
Here?”
• Toni Morrison’s “The
Source of Self-Regard”
• Jane Smiley’s “Twenty
Yawns”
• Elizabeth Strout’s “It
Occurs To Me That I Am
America”
These are just some
of the many fiction and
non-fiction titles that in-
terested readers can find at
the library.
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