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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 community.
Due to rising statistics
in rural areas relating to
COVID-19, as well as con-
cerns for the safety of vis-
itors and volunteers, the
Siuslaw Pioneer Museum
Board of Directors has can-
celled the museum’s July 11
and 12 opening dates.
The historic museum,
278 Maple St. in Histor-
ic Old Town Florence, has
been closed during the pan-
People can pick
up their “Imag-
ine Your Story!”
Summer Read-
ing Program
bags, as well
as any curb-
side material
requests, from
the Florence
branch of the
Siuslaw Public
Library.
New Books
During the past several
months, the library has con-
tinued to add new books to
the collection. How to let our
patrons know what great new
titles we have? One way is via
YouTube video. The library is
posting videos of new fiction
and nonfiction that is hitting
the shelves. Go to the library’s
website, www.siuslawlibrary.
info, scroll towards the bot-
tom, and click on the You-
Tube link. We are going to
try to post new videos about
every two weeks.
Not all of the books are
newly published (in 2020)
but may be new to the collec-
tion. Library staff want you to
know about them.
Summer Reading:
Imagine Your Story!
Despite the lack of public
programming, the summer
reading program is still going
on!
If you haven’t already, be
sure to pick up your bags —
for teens, tweens and the little
demic.
The board elected to de-
lay reopening, saying direc-
tors “want everyone in the
community to stay healthy
and safe.”
People can watch the
newspaper, as well as the
museum’s website, www.siu
slawpioneermuseum.com,
and Facebook page for more
information about visiting
the museum in the future.
Buying or Selling? I can help.
ones — or packets, for adults,
with all kinds of summer
reading activities, toys and
books.
Curbside Takeout
Curbside Takeout is going
well at the library. Patrons
can call the library, 541-997-
3132, between 10 a.m. and 1
p.m. to request materials.
Initially there will be a lim-
it of three items per patron
and people must pick up the
materials the following day.
All items will be available
for pickup on tables outside
the library and will already
be checked out to you.
New Library
Board Member
This month the library is
welcoming new board mem-
ber Sandy Kuhlman, filling
the remainder of outgoing
board member Mark Tilton.
While library staff members
are sad to see Tilton leave,
they are excited to welcome
Kuhlman to the Library
Board.
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Library Tidings by
Kevin Mittge
Book Review
“The Stories Behind
the Images”
by Corey Rich
We’ve all seen jaw-drop-
ping images of a skier carv-
ing perfect turns in virgin
snow, kayakers bounced
by tumultuous whitewater
or climbers high on a fea-
tureless wall. Usually our
amazement is reserved for
the athlete portrayed, but
sometimes you just have to
ask yourself, “How did they
get that shot?!”
In “Stories Behind the
Images: Lessons from a Life
in Adventure Photography,”
acclaimed photographer and
director Corey Rich reveals
what goes into getting the
shot — and how he transi-
tioned from being the local
newspaper photographer as-
signed to get pictures of the
visiting Oscar Meyer Wein-
ermobile, to being the offi-
cial photographer of the his-
toric Dawn Wall ascent by
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin
Jorgeson.
Writing with humor and
honesty, Rich shares sto-
ries of developing his skills,
meeting his heroes and nev-
er saying no to a new chal-
lenge. Along the way he
shares helpful tips and gen-
uine inspiration for budding
photographers — or anyone
who has a passion he or she
wants to pursue.
Whether it’s capturing the
humor of climbing legend
Fred Beckey holding a “Will
Belay for Food” cardboard
sign, the intensity of Re-
becca “The Queen of Pain”
Rusch on her record-setting
bike ride of the 142-mile
Kokopelli Trail or the lit-
tle touch that transforms a
product shot for a gear guide
into something playful and
joyous, Rich brings all his
experience and talents to
bear when he gets behind
the camera. The results are
evocative and inspiring im-
ages that tell lasting stories.
AT I N G 1 30 Y
1902
1903
Looking at Salmon Men
— The West Vol. 13, No. 12
July 18, 1902
One of the pioneer salmon men of the
Pacific Coast, when asked recently if he
was still engaged in the business, is re-
ported to have replied, “No, but I am a
heavy looker-on.”
We apprehend that there is a differ-
ence between the term “looker-on” and
“has been,” the former being one, per-
haps, who retires from choice before he
has had to become a “has been.” The lat-
ter may be one who, not knowing when
to retire, hangs on until he is forced out.
This man lived to see the great growth
of the industry of canning salmon —
from the time that a few hundred runs
were made by hand were considered a
big day’s work, to today, when the output
of 1901 was over 5,000,000 cases.
He witnessed improvements, which
have been introduced from time to time,
and by which the great strides made in
less than 30 years have been made possi-
ble. All of this he saw and a part of it he
was, but from a participator then, he is
now a “looker-on.”
It is not every man who knows when,
or at least is willing to retire upon his lau-
rels before old age or business disaster
wrests them from him and he is referred
to in terms of derision as a “has been.”
1904
1905
Life in the U.S. Navy: On board U.S.S. Brooklyn, Target Bay Cuba
— The West Vol. 14, No. 42 Feb. 24, 1905
HERMANN AT FLORENCE
Sees great changes since last visit
WELCOMED BY THE PEOPLE
Visits Mapleton, Acme and
Florence, with a trip to the beach
— The West Vol. 13, No. 36
January 2, 1903
Hon. Binger Hermann, representa-
tive in Congress from the First District
of Oregon, has been spending a couple
days on the Siuslaw, informing himself of
the needs of this section of the state, its
resources and development.
Thursday he took a trip around the
town, visiting the mills and other plac-
es of interest, then boarded a steamer
for Florence. Here he received a hearty
welcome by the citizens and took an af-
ternoon trip to the jetty on the steamer
Lillian, accompanied by several busi-
nessmen from Florence and Acme.
Editor West,
It has been some
time since I have
written you a letter
for publication but I will try to write one
now about the cruise of the U.S.S. Brook-
lyn from April 30, 1904, to the present date
(Feb. 5, 1905) that I hope will be of interest
to my friends and readers of The West.
We left Pensacola, Fla., April 30, 1904,
for our cruise of the South Atlantic in the
Brooklyn flagship, with Rear Admiral
Chadwick as commander in chief.
We arrived at San Juan, Puerto Rico,
May 4, and lay there for seven days, then
left for Tenerife, Canary Isles, in due time,
for coal. There we received a hurry-up to
proceed to Tangiers, Morocco, immedi-
ately.
I suppose you remember the trouble at
that place.
We arrived at Tangiers May 30 and
stayed here till the last of June, then went
to Genoa, Italy, for a new ice machine,
then back to the Canary Isles for coal, then
to Freetown, Sudan, and from them to
Monrovia, the place that the United States
government bought many years for free
(black people).
Here they fly the thirteen stripes and
one star in a blue field for the flag, or the
i Read
Bob & Gin
colors, as they call it
in the Navy.
From Monrovia
we went to St. Paul
de Loanda for coal, then to Capetown,
South Africa, for repairs and a rejoin call.
We had a fine time, too,
We stayed there from July 14 until Aug.
23, then went to the island of St. Helena —
that place to which Napoleon was exiled
and where he died. A large company went
up to visit the tomb and his house. It was
a fine trip.
Next we sailed to Montevideo, Uruguay,
where we stayed some time, then went to
Bahia Blanca, Argentina Republic, to dry
dock, then to Bahia, Brazil for a short stay,
and next to Rio De Janeiro for target prac-
tice for the large guns of the ships in the
fleet.
At Rio De Janeiro we lost Admiral
Chadwick, then sailed to the port of Spain,
Trinidad, where we had a fine visit for
three weeks. We came to this port for the
winter maneuvers.
I have the true history of all these ports
I have mentioned and will send on the his-
tory of them each week if they will be of
interest to your readers.
Respectfully yours,
Myron F. Kobe
John & Jean Murphey
David & K
aren Jack
son
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