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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019 | 5A The first step to better hearing? I WILL HEAR Getting your hearing tested by the ONLY doctors of audiology in Florence. Call today to start your year off right! BETTER HEARING THIS YEAR of Florence ASSOCIATES Library Tidings News about the Siuslaw Public Library 541.991.4475 1901 Hwy 101, Ste A Florence HearingAssociatesOfFlorence.com | Doctors of Audiology We’ve got you COVERED Serving Florence since 1990 Book Review business • homeowners • auto • life • health • medicare plans “The Less People Know About Us” By Axton Betz-Hamilton A SK US ABOUT M ULTIPLE P OLICY D ISCOUNTS ! 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Over the next 20 years their credit was ruined, money went missing from their bank accounts, and they fought constantly over finances. They changed their personal information and redirected their mail to post office boxes in mul- tiple nearby towns. This was before the age of the internet, before today’s commonplace measures of identity-theft preven- tion: authorities and banks Library Tidings by Kevin Mittge features news about upcoming Siu- slaw Public Library programs for adults and children, new books and videos, and other library news of interest to the community. would never be the same. formation in upcoming were without answers. “The Less People Know “Library Tidings” as well The identity thief fol- lowed them wherever they About Us” is Axton’s cou- as the library’s January rageous attempt to untan- newsletter. went. Convinced the thief gle an intricate web of lies was someone they knew, and understand how one Friends annual Axton and her parents person could inflict such Meeting Dec. 19 isolated themselves from prolonged and target pain The Friends of the Li- friends and family. Axton on others. brary will be having their By turns candid and annual corporation meet- learned not to trust any- one and lived in fear of redemptive, this story re- ing tomorrow, Thursday, the power of the unknown veals one woman’s dogged Dec. 19, starting at 11 a.m. thief. She struggled to efforts to grapple with the This is the meeting to connect with her peers unwritten rules of love, elect new officers, hear and her own parents, who protection, betrayal and about the year’s activities, were so consumed with family. as well as enjoy holiday paranoia they could barely refreshments. All Friends trust one another. members and supporters 2019 Reading She watched as her par- are encouraged to attend. Challenge ents’ marriage suffered. The 2019 Reading In college, after a utility Challenge is almost over! Holiday Hours company flagged her new You will have until Dec. The library will close account, Axton discovered 31 to turn in your month- at noon on Tuesday, Dec. that she, too, had fallen ly drawing slips but will 24, in Florence and will prey to the identity thief. have until Jan. 5 to turn in be closed Christmas Day. By then thousands of your punch card in time to The Mapleton branch dollars of debt was in her be entered into the grand will be closed both days. name and her credit was prize drawing. Both branches will close decimated. Didn’t participate in this at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. Axton vowed to find out year’s challenge? Don’t 31, and both will also be who was responsible for worry — the library is al- closed New Year’s Day the years of financial, psy- ready gearing up for the on Jan. 1. The Siuslaw chological and emo-tional 2020 Reading Challenge Public Library wishes the damage. At last, the thief with an entirely new group community a very merry, was found out — but by of categories and genres to happy, and safe holiday then Axton and her family read! Look for more in- season! Third Saturday Dinner, Dance set for Dec. 21 in Deadwood The next Third Satur- day Dinner and Dance, a monthly fun and fund- raiser event for Deadwood Community Services, the nonprofit that manag- es The Deadwood Com- donation is requested at the door for the band. The Gen-X Jug Cham- pions bring old jug style classics along with Gener- ation-X era covers — such as ’80s glam rock — for dancing and listening en- joyment. 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