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A7 • Friday, February 8, 2019 | Cannon Beach Gazette | CannonBeachGazette.com Fisherpoets on stage, and writers share North Coast fi ction F ebruary may be the short- est month, but the Cannon Beach Library has planned a full complement of free public events, beginning with Ellen Not- bohm’s appearance in the North- west Authors Series. Author of internationally popu- lar books about autism, Notbohm received Forward Book of the Year Awards in psychology and in par- enting for “Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew.” She also has published numerous articles on historical, genealogical and community topics. This Portland author will read from and discuss “The River by Starlight,” her fi rst novel, at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9, in the library, 131 N. Hemlock St. Set in early 20th-century Mon- tana, “The River by Starlight” fi nds Annie Rushton, having left her ex-husband and child in Iowa and homesteading with her brother fol- lowing her episodes of postpar- tum depression. Annie encoun- ters Adam Fielding. They buy out Annie’s brother and form a busi- ness and romantic partnership. Efforts to have a child prompt further depression. Still, Annie AT THE LIBRARY JOSEPH BERNT Cannon Beach Library Ellen Notbohm reads at the Cannon Beach Library on Feb. 9. loves Adam. They persist, facing diffi culties. For this historical novel, Not- bohm researched her characters as if she were writing a nonfi ction book. Interviewed by “Rose City Reader,” she described years trav- eling to the actual Montana home- stead, visiting Edmonton and driv- ing North Dakota backroads. Her extensive research into his- torical materials and locations, as well as her innate talent, resulted in her debut novel receiving the 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Regional Fiction, West-Mountain. Fisherpoets Jon Broderick of Cannon Beach, David Densmore and Rob Seitz of Astoria and Geno Leech of Chinook lured 66 North Coasters to the library last month on a cold, damp Thursday night for “Northwest Authors: An Eve- ning with the Fisherpoets in Can- non Beach.” They perform next with a school of other fi sherpo- ets gathering in various Astoria venues, Friday through Sunday, Feb. 22-24. Check “The FisherPo- ets Gathering” website for details. Trust me. Catch several of their presentations. Josh Saranpaa, executive direc- tor of the Wildlife Center of the North Coast, will present “Lifecy- cle and Rehabilitation of the Com- mon Murre” at the Friends of Hay- stack Rock meeting in the library, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13. The center in Astoria, the only wild-care hospital on the central and north Oregon Coast, special- izes in seabird rehabilitation and provides medical care for native wild birds and mammals. Return- ing healthy creatures to appropriate habitats is a primary goal. Cannon Beach Reads members, led by Sandi Lundy, will discuss Kenneth Grahame’s “The Wind in the Willows” Wednesday, Feb. 20. This children’s classic, based on bedtime stories Grahame wrote for his son, assigns woodland critters human characteristics, not always attractive. Cannon Beach Reads meets monthly at 7 p.m. on every third Wednesday. New members are always welcomed and share con- versation, coffee and bakery items. On Friday, March 1, North- west Authors is sponsoring a new event, Writers Read Celebration, in the library at 7 p.m. Local writ- ers were invited to submit poems, essays, personal stories or fi ction that refl ects their reaction to living on the North Coast. Forty-nine submissions have arrived. So, a group of writers, writing teachers, readers and bib- liophiles spent last week read- ing and ranking submissions. Last Monday they decided who will read their submission at Writers Read Celebration. In addition to writers who sub- mitted entries, the public—espe- cially residents, visitors and writers from the North Coast—are encour- aged to enjoy this free event and share refreshments. Library members, volunteers and board members want to thank everyone who responded to this year’s annual appeal letter. As of Jan. 28, 362 members and support- ers renewed their library cards or donated to the library. Donations responding to the appeal letter constitute a third of the library’s annual budget. Volun- teers, who together donate thou- sands of hours to staffi ng, main- taining and servicing the library, send a big thank you to every- one who responded this year. The library, and our community, bene- fi ts greatly from so many thought- ful and generous supporters. Making the incomprehensible comprehensible Portraits of women military veterans By BOB DIETSCHE Cannon Beach Gazette It has been decades but its a good bet that his former students still think of him once in a while. It would be hard not to. Kester Svensen was the head of the University of Oregon English Depart- ment, one of the two most knowledgeable people on the subject of John Milton, the host of a TV show called “The Poet’s Eye,” and the author of “Milton and Sci- ence,” a thoroughly incom- prehensible book. There should have been a sign on the door over his classroom reading: “High Scholarship Inside: Enter at Your Own Risk.” Kes- ter had a penetrating stare. I called it “the ray.” I felt it the fi rst day of class when he announced, “There are two kinds of stu- dents who sit in the back row — the very very good and the very very bad.” I was sitting in the back row. It was all lecture. In roll- ing cadences of crisp, pre- cise prose, Svensen proved beyond a reasonable doubt why Paradise Lost is the greatest epic poem in the Teacher Kester Svensen announced, “There are two kinds of students who sit in the back row — the very very good and the very very bad.” I was sitting in the back row. English language. I still remember the day he told us about the “fortunate fall” of Adam and Eve. I sat there in total silence, spellbound, waiting for his next revela- tion, afraid I might cough. His grading system went like this: an A in almost any other class on campus would get you a C from Kester. If you got an A from him, it was something to write home about — literally. He liked to show off by reciting Shakespeare’s sonnets. He had memorized all of them. Once when he missed a line, he stopped, smiled slightly, and said: ”You are witness- ing the disintegration of a brilliant intellect.” He got a standing ova- tion on the last day of class. He never even acknowl- edged it. With one last con- descending look at us, he marched down the aisle, out the door, and the applause played on. Bob Dietsche is a Manza- nita resident. He the author of “Jumptown, the His- tory of Portland Jazz” and “Tatum’s Town, the Early Years of Toledo Jazz.” Cannon Beach Gazette The Seaside branch of the American Associa- tion of University Women is bringing the Oregon Department of Veter- ans Affairs exhibit, “I Am Not Invisible” to Seaside’s Public Library on Feb. 13. The exhibit features 20 portraits of Oregon women military veterans. These portraits will be displayed in the library from Feb. 13-16, when Elizabeth Estabrooks, women’s veterans affairs coordinator, will speak at 10 a.m. in the community room at the library. Her presenta- tion will be to create aware- ness of Oregon women vet- erans, their service to our country and the challenges they face. Women veterans continue to face signifi cant barriers and challenges in accessing necessary health care and other services, while experiencing a lack of recognition unlike their male counterparts. There are more than 28,000 women veterans in Oregon — a number that has risen steadily over the past three decades — rep- resenting almost one-10th of Oregon’s veteran popu- lation. 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