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BEACH SAFE! chased this are: “African American Poetry: 250 Year of Struggle and Song” ed- ited by Kevin Young; “The Bright Book of Life: Nov- els to Read and Reread” by Harold Bloom; “Cult Writers: 50 Nonconformist Novels You Need to Know” by Ian Haydn Smith; “The Curious Reader: A Liter- ary Miscellany of Novels & Novelists” edited by Erin McCarthy; “The Golden Age of the American Es- say, 1945-1970” edited by Philip Lopate: “How to be Content” by Horace; “Liv- ing Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peo- ples Poetry” collected by Joy Harjo; “The Man Who Lived Underground” by Richard Wright; “The Neal Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction” by Neal Gaiman; “The (Other) You: Stories” by Joyce Carol Oates; “The Science of Middle-Earth: A New Understanding of Tolkien and his World” edit- ed by Roland Lehoucq, et al; “Three Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath and Ann Sexton” by Gail Crowther; and “Tiny Tales: Stories of Romance, Ambition, Kind- ness, and Happiness” by Al- exander McCall Smith. FULBRIGHT from page 1A pursuing this amazing op- portunity was to expand and embark on a two- to international community/ three-week international educational connections field experience next sum- and to grow digital citizen- mer. ship cognizance/leadership KXCR, Florence’s com- “I’ll be a part of the ‘Ful- for Siuslaw School Dis- munity radio, will be bright Family’ for life and trict,” McKenzie said. hosting an all-day live continue to pursue innova- She is a certified English fundraising broadcast on tive educational opportuni- Language Arts teacher, as Saturday, Aug. 21, with ties for our Siuslaw learn- well as a Teacher Librarian guests and a garage sale. ing community,” she said. (Oregon Teacher Librarian This will take place at McKenzie is Siuslaw’s of the Year 2019). She has the KXCR station, 1509 K-12 District Teacher Li- also earned five Teacher of Ninth St., across from the brarian. People can learn the Year awards through- library. KXCR streams at about her work in area out her career, as well as 90.7 FM. schools by following her on awards for the U.S. Army Proceeds and donations social media at facebook. whilst serving as a Medical from the day will help com/siuslawlibrarymedia Service Corps Officer. complete the purchase of services and instagram. The Fulbright Program KXCR equipment. com/siuslawlibrarymedia is the U.S. government’s People may drop items services/. flagship international edu- off at the station on Thurs- The district’s K-12 Li- cational exchange program day and Friday. brary Media Science cur- and is supported by the “We are so excited and ricular priority standards people of the United States so close to getting our new are: reading advocacy, in- and partner countries equipment,” said KXCR formation literacy and re- around the world. President Gigi Lassan. search, digital citizenship As Fulbright alumni, “Anything will help!” and technology integra- their careers are enriched For more info, visit kxcr. tion. by joining a network of net, call 541-997-5252 or “My primary intent for thousands of esteemed write info@kxcr.net. scholars, many of whom are leaders in their fields. Fulbright alumni include Getting rid of 'Huh?' 60 Nobel Prize laureates, for over 20 years 89 Pulitzer Prize recipients, and 39 who have served as Florence's ONLY a head of state or govern- doctors of audiology ment. The Bureau of Educa- tional and Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce that 2021 marks the 75th An- niversary of the Fulbright P ro g r a m . C e l e br at i on s throughout the year will highlight the impressive accomplishments and leg- acy of the program and its alumni over its first 75 years, both in the Unit- ed States and around the world. A dedicated 75th anniversary website is be- ing updated throughout 2021 to showcase anniver- sary events and to facilitate ongoing engagement. Since 1946, the Ful- bright Program has pro- vided more than 400,000 participants from over 160 countries the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding solutions to shared inter- national concerns. The primary source of funding for the Fulbright Program is an annual appropriation by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Partici- pating governments, host institutions, corporations and foundations in foreign countries and in the United States also provide direct and indirect support. For further information about the Fulbright Pro- gram or the U.S. Depart- ment of State, visit https:// eca.state.gov/Fulbright. BEWARE THE SNEAKER WAVE They´re called sneaker waves because they appear without warning, often surging high up on the beach with d eadly force, and are impossible to predict. Sneaker waves also carry a large amount of sand that can saturate your clothes, weighing you down and making escape diffi cult if not impossible. How to play it safe: Never turn your back on the ocean. WATCH THOSE LOGS The ocean is strong enough to pick up even the biggest log and plop it down on top of you. Some logs may look small, but even the tiny ones can be waterlogged and weigh tons. How to play it safe: If you see a log in the surf or on wet sand, stay off it. RIP CURRENTS Rip currents are strong currents of water that rush out to sea. They are stronger than even the best swimmer. These currents can swiftly sweep unwary beachcombers and waders off their feet and out to sea. Rip currents may appear as dark, choppy water. Any time you see debris and foam fl oating out to sea, chances are you have found a rip current. Avoid the area. How to play it safe: Parents keep your kids close when playing in the ocean. If caught in a rip current, don’t panic . Swim parallel to the beach until you are out of the current, then head for the beach. KNOW THE TIDES Incoming tides isolate rocks from headlands and the shore. Avoid the temptation of strolling out to an interesting rock without knowing when the tide rolls back in. Free tide tables are readily available at state park offi ces, information centers and many shops and motels. How to play it safe: Stay off rocks and small, enclosed beaches. Know when the tide is coming in by visiting the tidetable website at the Hatfi eld Marine Science Center http://weather.hmsc.oregonstate.edu/weather/ tides/tides.html HIGH WAVES CAN REACH YOU Tides and waves can sweep over rocks, jetties and headlands, knocking you off and carrying you out to sea. How to play it safe: Assume nothing is “high enough” and avoid exposed rocks, jetties and headlands during strong wave action (like during and after storms). BEWARE OF HIGH, STEEP CLIFFS Assume that all cliff edges are unstable. Wet trails or soft sand and earth can make for unstable footing. Rocks can be slippery even when it isn’t raining. How to play it safe: Make sure you wear proper footwear, and stick to the trails. Stay behind guard fences and railings, and don´t get too close to the edge. HEADS UP Standing at the base of an Oceanside cliff can be dangerous, especially if it has an overhang. In some places, winter storms and high waves have eroded the shoreline, increasing the chance of collapse and slides. How to play it safe: Beware of falling rocks, and don´t climb on bluffs and eroding hillsides. Don´t walk along the base of cliffs unless absolutely necessary. This message sponsored by: the final podcast proving his innocence is broadcast, Lotte has to accept that maybe she was wrong. With the dead man’s fam- ily passionately against her inclusion in the investiga- tion into his death, the only way for Lotte to discover who killed him is by finding out where she went wrong all those years ago — if in- deed she did go wrong. As Lotte digs deeper and involves colleagues from her past, it starts to look like the murder in Rembrandt Square was part of an even bigger deception … “A Death in Rembrandt Square” is the fourth novel in the Lotte Meerman mys- tery series. News about the Siuslaw Public Library By Erin Gordenier Book Review “A Death in Rembrandt Square” By Anja De Jager It’s hard for anyone to have their work scrutinized in public. For Amster- dam-based detective Lotte Meerman, listening to the “Right to Justice” podcast as it dissects one of her old cases is made even more harrowing as every episode makes fresh accusations of a bungled operation. As the podcast reveals hidden facts about the ar- rest of Ruud Klaver, the one thing Lotte is still convinced of is that it was Ruud who was guilty of the murder of a student near Rembrandt Square 10 years earlier. However, when Ruud Klaver then dies in suspicious cir- cumstances only hours after Endowment Books: Spotlight on Literature Among the books pur- chased this year with En- dowment funds are a large number of books dealing with literature, that is, books about literature, poetry, novels and more. Among the titles pur- KXCR hosts sale Call today to schedule an appointment. 541.991.4475 Wireless Available Don’t forget that both the main Florence library as well as the Mapleton branch library have wireless Inter- net access. 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