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The Lighthouse offers
spiritually-oriented books
from many different reli-
gious traditions, along with
wall hangings, statuary
and other gift and décor
items. The business also
offers yoga and meditation
classes and has free Sunday
evening live music, for cus-
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tomers interested in sharing
their thoughts and experi-
ences related to spirituality.
The driving force be-
hind this unusual combi-
nation of the spiritual and
the physical world is Day
Owen, who detailed his
interesting story of how he
came to open the business
and how he hopes to add
to the community’s sense
of unity, understanding and
inclusivity.
“Religion is so often divi-
sive that I wanted to create
a bookstore that celebrates
the universality of religion
by offering the best sacred
texts of various religions,”
he said. “We have books on
various varieties of old, sa-
cred religions, such as Bud-
dhism, Hinduism, Chris-
tianity, Islam, Judaism,
Taoism, Native American,
Green Earth Mother God-
dess and more.”
The manner by which
Owen obtained the mon-
ey to operate in the iconic
two-story building is as un-
usual as his mission to edu-
cate, accept and share what
he sees as the bounty of the
Earth.
“An ex-professional foot-
ball player who had a lot of
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Lighthouse Spiritual Bookstore, 1411 Bay St., features books about differing
religions and spiritualities. “We carry the ‘Autobiography of a Yogi,’ but we also
carry an autobiography of Billy Graham,” said store owner Day Owen.
issues with pain from that
career became a student
of Essene Yoga books and
healed his injuries. To show
his appreciation, he told me
to choose a building where
I could offer classes on this
form of yoga and make my
books available to the pub-
lic. I chose this building be-
cause it is incredibly beauti-
ful, and I have always loved
Old Town,” he said.
In addition to investing
significant resources in Old
Town, Owen is also work-
ing to improve the physical
and spiritual health of area
residents and visitors on
different subjects and from
a variety of perspectives. He
also wants to focus on the
need to respect and main-
tain the planet we all live
on.
“Our bookstore empha-
sizes books that promote
ecology and environmen-
tal activism from a spiri-
tual perspective and books
on peace and justice. …
We carry those books that
emphasize tolerance of
other views, social justice,
nonviolence and universal
love and compassion. We
don’t carry books by an-
gry fundamentalists of any
religion,” Owen said. “We
carry the ‘Autobiography of
a Yogi,’ but we also carry an
autobiography of Billy Gra-
ham.”
The education and class
portion of what the Light-
Cyclists bike into town with Texas 4000
SUPPORT
This next Monday, July 12, the
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
is again hosting 25 “Texas 4000“
bicyclists who will be arriving in
Florence.
Texas 4000 for Can-
cer or Texas 4000 is a
501 federally registered
non-profit organiza-
tion, and the longest
annual charity bicycle ride in
the world.
They are students from Uni-
versity of Texas and are a young
inspirational group of individu-
als who have set personal fund-
raising and fitness goals to sup-
port the Texas 4000 mission.
That mission is to cultivate
student leaders and engage
communities in the fight against
cancer and support cancer re-
search.
The group is biking from Aus-
tin, Texas. Before the COVID-19
pandemic, the teams biked to
Anchorage, Alaska. This year,
because of the Canadian bor-
der closures, they’ve had to do a
different route to get their 4,500
miles in. All participants have
had their COVID shots.
Each time the Texas 4000
comes to town, St. Andrews
hosts a community dinner for
the cyclists and area residents.
This year will be “Thanksgiv-
ing in July” and will be hosted
at the Florence Elks
Lodge #1858.
“It’s a fun evening
welcoming them to
our community and
hearing their story,” said local
coordinator Terri Pennington.
“They put on a short program
and also share their story.”
To learn more, contact Pen-
nington at 541-999-2400.
For more information on the
cyclists, visit www.texas4000.
org.
Share ideas about Lane County Climate Action Plan
Lane County is developing
a comprehensive county-wide
Climate Action Plan (CAP)
that will outline goals and
strategies to reduce green-
house gas emissions and pre-
pare the community for cli-
mate change.
The county is currently
focusing on collecting feed-
back from stakeholders on a
high-level, draft climate action
plan framework, which out-
lines strategies for emissions
reductions that may be includ-
ed in the final CAP. This draft
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framework is based on tech-
nical analysis, best practices
from other communities, and
residents’ priorities identified
in the initial survey.
Using the feedback from the
public engagement period,
best practices, and the results
of technical analysis, Lane
County will present a Climate
Action Plan that is responsive
to the needs and goals of the
Lane County community.
Meeting Schedule:
• Meeting 1 – Transporta-
tion: was held on June 30.
• Meeting 2 – Energy Used
in Buildings and Renewables:
July 13, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
• Meeting 3 – Stuff we Buy
and Use including food, agri-
culture, and forestry products:
July 21, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
• Meeting 4 – Florence and
Coast communities: July 27,
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
• Meeting 5 – East County
Foothills community: July 29,
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Visit
https://lanecocap.
participate.online/ to learn
more and take the survey.
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This month, local artist and author
Karen D. Nichols announced the release
of her new murder mystery, “Death on
the Pier.”
The story traces
a young woman’s
journey from truth,
mystery, suspense
and understanding
to forgiveness.
When Tina goes
to the pier to end
her life, does she
actually witness a murder? After a series
of pranks and troublesome behaviors in
the past, will anyone believe her now?
Or is this merely a desperate plot to get
her mother’s attention and rid herself of
a callous stepfather? As she digs herself
into a false narrative, is she in real dan-
ger, or are the perilous incidents merely
paranoia?
Nichols came to Florence 15 years
ago and started writing a couple of
years before arriving here. After teach-
ing elementary school in California,
she continued teaching writing through
Writing on the Coast seminars and art
classes here in town. Her column, “The
Moral of the Story,” runs in the Siuslaw
News’ monthly Community Voices.
Find “Death on the Pier” at Backstreet
Gallery on 1421 Bay Street, open daily
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Tuesday.
People will also find Nichols’s other
eight books and her art at the gallery.
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Old Town is on yoga, a
centuries-old eastern med-
itation process which com-
bines physical motion with
special attention given to
breathing and mindfulness.
The practice of yoga
takes many forms and has
numerous schools of study
which practice a particu-
lar set of positions. Owen
teaches a subset of one of
the more popular forms of
yoga, “Hatha.”
“There are no hard pos-
tures, even seniors can do
it,” he said. “It is simple
stretches especially for spi-
nal cord health followed
by meditation. We will also
host other classes on var-
ious spiritual and holistic
wellness topics.”
The addition of an entire-
ly new type of business to
the Old Town mix of bars,
restaurants, galleries and
retail shops may provide yet
another avenue for the con-
tinued growth of the “City
in Motion.”
The Lighthouse Spiritual
Bookstore, 1411 Bay St., is
open Tuesday through Sun-
day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information,
call 541-927-3017.
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