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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 community. It is written by Kevin Mittge
Book Review
“The Dreamers”
by Karen Thompson Walker
One night in an isolated college town in the
hills of Southern California, a first-year student
stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleep —
and doesn’t wake up. She sleeps through the
morning, into the evening. Her roommate,
Mei, cannot rouse her. Neither can the para-
medics, nor the perplexed doctors at the hos-
pital. When a second girl falls sleep, and then
a third, Mei finds herself thrust together with
an eccentric classmate as panic takes hold of
the college and spreads to the town. A young
couple tries to protect their newborn baby as
the once-quiet streets descend into chaos. Two
sisters turn to each other for comfort as their
survivalist father prepares for disaster.
Those affected by the illness, doctors discov-
er, are displaying unusual levels of brain activ-
ity, higher than has ever been recorded before.
They are dreaming heightened dreams — but
of what?
Written in luminous prose, “The Dreamers”
is a breathtaking and beautiful novel, startling
and provocative, about the possibilities con-
tained within a human life — if only we are
awakened to them.
Author Karen Thompson Walker is the
author of the previous New York Times best-
selling novel “The Age of Miracles.” She is an
assistant professor of creative writing at the
University of Oregon.
Exploring Oregon’s Wilderness Areas
The library is pleased to host hiking bloggers
Bruce and Linda Hope on Saturay, May 11, at 1
p.m., when they discuss their visits to all 47 of
Oregon’s federal wilderness areas. Their blog,
“Boots on the Trail” (bootsonthetrail.blog),
features
beautiful
photos and maps of
their year-round outdoor activities in Oregon
and around the United States.
In this library program they will cover high-
lights, with photos, of their visits to some, but
not all, of Oregon’s wilderness areas.
Bruce and Linda, now based in Medford,
have lived in Oregon for 25 years and have had
careers in environmental toxicology and health
care. Since retiring, they have spent their time
on hiking, backpacking, rafting, snowshoeing,
fiber arts projects and volunteering at their lo-
cal library.
This is the first public presentation they’ve
done about their wilderness adventures.
This program is great for active outdoors-
men as well as armchair hikers. Perhaps you’ll
come away with ideas for great new trails to
hike this summer.
A Universe of Stories
“A Universe of Stories” is the theme of this
year’s summer reading program for children,
teens, and adults, and the excitement is build-
ing! This theme was selected nationally to cele-
brate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon
landing.
All kind of wonderful programs are planned
and a lot of books will be read.
Traditionally, summer reading programs are
designed to encourage children to keep reading
during summer vacation and avoid that “sum-
mer slide” that happens before the new school
year begins in September. The Siuslaw Public
Library took that decades-long successful pro-
gram for children and teens and added an adult
component in 2010 so all library patrons can
take part. Be sure to look for additional infor-
mation in Tidings and at the library towards
the end of May. Registration will start June 1.
Ladies of Elks award annual scholarships
The Florence Ladies of Elks
have awarded a total of $15,000
in scholarships for the 2019-20
academic year. Students sub-
mitted applications for judg-
ing on the basis of scholastic
achievement, leadership, moti-
vation, extracurricular service
and financial need.
This year, all of the winners
are students of Siuslaw High
School. They are: Angela Bar-
lett, $6,000; Alyssa Richards,
$2,500; Joshua Smith, $2,500;
Danielle Goldblatt, $2,000; and
Naomi Shoji, $2,000.
Scholarship
certificates
will be presented to the stu-
dents during the Siuslaw High
School Honors Night Program
on Thursday, May 30, at the
Florence Events Center, 715
Quince St.
The Ladies of Elks accumu-
late the money for scholarships
through their fundraising ac-
tivities, such as the weekly
Tuesday Bingo program held at
the Elks Lodge, the annual hol-
iday Bazaar and the upcoming
Rhody Days Bake Sale.
For more information, visit
www.florenceelks.com.
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