HECK a bi-monthlyT newsletter UTof the C Corvallis-Benton I County OPublic Library ! Sep/Oct 2015 Volume 23 No. 5

RANDOM REVIEW

September 9 Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande - Reviewed by David Grube

October 14 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Reviewed by Penny Brassfield

November 18 16 Schedule Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer - Reviewed by Patricia Lacy

by Connie Georgiou and Debra Goldenberg December 9

2015 - Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen ‘Tis the season to announce the 23rd Annual Random by Mary Norris - Reviewed by Jo Alexander Review Program. January 13 Random Review is a series of book reviews presented on In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage the second Wednesday of each month from September of the USS Jeanette by Hampton Sides through June. (With one exception this year, November 18.) Reviewed by John Byrne These reviews are quite different from book clubs. There is

no expectation that audience members have all read the February 10 book to be reviewed. You may come simply to find out if you The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander would like to read the book or you may just want to know Reviewed by John Haroldson more about its subject matter. The reviewers are selected based on their expertise and March 9 experience on the topic of the book. If you would like to Damsels in Distress: Women in Classic Dystopian Novels listen to a sample of past Random Reviews you can find Reviewed by Alicia Bublitz podcasts of them on our page of the library website:

April 13 http://cbcpubliclibrary.net/random-reviews/ Orhan’s Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian Reviewed by Margaret Manoogian

May 11 Donations ...... 3 The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert - Reviewed by Rebecca Terry Youth Activities ...... 7

June 8 Adult Programs ...... 8 The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their INSIDE Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Library Hours ...... 2 Volunteer Spotlight ...... 9 Olympics by Daniel James Brown Library Closures ...... 2 Reviewed by Susan & Bob Poole Book Sale & Quilt County ...... 9 Library Director’s Message ...... 2 J.A. Jance at Monroe ...... 10 Library Foundation Corner ...... 2 Car-Free Storytime & Parade .. 10 Page 2

Library Director’s Message Our Library is blessed with many long time volunteers who have served in many different capacities. One of the most remarkable is retired OSU History Professor Tom McClintock, who served as Library

Rawles Board Chair during the 1992 expansion. Tom and his wife Patty have both Carolyn given thousands of hours to our Library. His greatest accomplishment for our Library (other than the addition) was the research, writing, and publication of The Best Gift, 645 NW Monroe Ave a history of our library written a few years ago. In this issue Betty McCauley (another long Corvallis OR 97330 term volunteer and the first President of the Friends of the Library) devotes her Library 541.766.6926 Foundation article to the book, and our Library’s history. Copies of this wonderful volume www.cbcpubliclibrary.net are for sale at the Corvallis Library in the Library Foundation display area. HOURS Mon – Thu 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Fri – Sat 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Library Foundation Corner Sunday 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM by Betty McCauley, Board Member

Alsea Community Library This is a sample of an outstanding book women, they gave 19192 Alsea Hwy • Alsea OR 97324 in the library. It is The Best Gift: The History dances, card parties, 541.487.5061 of the Corvallis‐Benton County Public Library, concerts, and other

HOURS by Thomas C. McClintock, retired professor fund raisers to make Mon, Wed, Sat 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM of history at Oregon State University and the payments. Their Tue, Thu 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM longtime volunteer in our library. The title efforts brought out community support with comes from a 1963 editorialt by Rober C. more funds. A long GT editorial was headed Monroe Community Library Ingalls in the Corvallis Gazette‐Times: “ And with “HURRAH FOR THE WOMEN.” 380 N 5th St • Monroe OR 97456 the best gift we can give to our children However it was not until 1930 that the 541.847.5174 besides first rate schools is a first rate City Council, under pressure, finally put a

HOURS library.” bond measure in the general election for Mon 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM This book is itself a gift to the $25,000 to build a library. It passed with Tue, Thu 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM community, a chronicle of the years of 60% voter approval. Wed 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM development and the efforts of uncounted Within weeks Doyle and Associates, a Sat 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM volunteers and professional staff dedicated Portland architectural firm with Pietro to an outstanding library. Thanks to Tom’s Belluschi as its architect, contacted Corvallis Philomath Community Library meticulous research we have the whole about building its library. The firm was 1050 Applegate St • Philomath OR 97370 story, even going back to the 17th century! experiencing the effect of the 1929 crash and 541.929.3016 As he said to a GT writer, “My training, you to survive they were aggressively seeking

HOURS put things in context.” So he gives us in‐ new commissions. The firm was accepted Mon, Tue 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM depth understanding of our culture of and the building was completed by Wed – Sat 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM learning. November 1931. The Corvallis Woman’s However, this isn’t a book to read and Club was on the stage in Corvallis High A publication of the Corvallis‐Benton County simply shelve. It’s a resource to keep at School ewhen th library was dedicated. Public Library, Friends of the Library and the hand, to dip into to see how our library grew Tom goes on with chapters on the Library Foundation. Refer questions and input to one step at a time. Our history goes back to phenomenal growth of the library, of its two the Library Administration Office at the 1800’s when the women of the Coffee additions, about the relationship of the city 541.766.6928. Club’s first purpose was to have coffee ready and county, of coming to terms with funding Printed with soy ink on recycled, for volunteer firemen after they had fought a and services in rural Benton County including post‐consumer waste paper. fire. They made the coffee, but at the same Philomath, Alsea and Monroe. Chapters are time the women established a Coffee Club devoted to the final acceptance of a library Library. The firemen, in gratitude to the district, to the challenges of the age of the e‐ club, gave a party for the benefit of the book plus the many reference services now Library. The Coffee Club eventually became online. The last chapter is a look into Library Closed the Corvallis Woman’s Club that worked entering the Twenty‐first Century. toward the concept of a free public library. Thank you, Tom, for a great book! It is a September 7th They anticipated the need of a building, so in tribute to all the volunteers and the Labor Day 1921 the Woman’s Club made the $1,000 professionals on the staff that pursued down payment on the lot at 7th and Monroe. nothing but the best library! Now it is up to It had a house on it to be temporary space us to continue as volunteers to support it! for the library. Then being enterprising CORVALLIS‐BENTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Page 3 THANK YOU! We wish to thank everyone for their generous contributions to the Corvallis‐Benton County Public Library, the Friends of the Library, and the Corvallis‐Benton County Public Library Foundation. Below are the names of our donors from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.

BENEFACTOR ($10,000 OR MORE) Franklin Conklin Foundation Debra Goldenberg Norman & Esther Bolker Estate Martha Fraundorf Barbara & Everett Hansen Ruth V Dippell The Gregory Family Fund Gregory Hayes Margaret E Hull Advised Fund Fred Heil & Leslie Redpath Edward & Kathleen Heath of the Oregon Community Foundation Harold & Charlene Hunter Kenneth & Lise Hedberg Nancy Lyford Trust Kaye Lavender William & Ann Hetherington In memory of Anne Elizabeth Sellers Dr Chuan‐Pu Lee Terrance & Judith Hill Mary Anne Sellers Robert* & Sue Mason Marshall & Sheryl Hill‐Tanquist Nicholas* & Thea Yonker Betty Miner Jay Holavarri Leslie Richards Stewart Holmes & Maya Abels SUSTAINER ($5,000 ‐ $9,999) Bond & Marilyn Starker Roderick & Katherine Inman State of Oregon Richard Johnson In memory of Stephen Hawkes Walter & Gail Thies Susan Keiser Stephen* & Pamela Hawkes Diana Thompson Kenneth & Paula Krane Spencer & Shirley Peterson In memory of Alexis Walker John & Judith Ladd Louis Roberts Barbara Landau

SPONSOR ($200 ‐ $499) In memory of David Landau PATRON ($1,000 ‐ $4,999) Anonymous Robert Latham & Connie Georgiou Karyle Butcher John & Beverly Arthur Dennis & Elizabeth Lazaroff Eric & Bonnie Helpenstell Joyce Asbury League of Women Voters Hewlett‐Packard Audrey Jean Bach Larry Lev & Ann Shriver Kiilsgaard‐Greene Fund Robert & Charlaine Beschta John & Jan Liebeskind of the Oregon Community Foundation Marc Betz & Rosalind Hutton Roger & Whitney Lindquist Valeen King John & Alice Block Wenso & Grace Lo Carol Krakauer* Beatrice Boedtker David Low & Linda Becerril Low In memory of Craig B Leman Robert & Wendi Bracken In memory of Lily Malnick Marfa Levine Hal & Lida Brauner In memory of Stephen Maze An Advised Fund Doug & Ann Brodie James & Betty McCarty of the Oregon Community Foundation John & Margaret Brophy In honor of Andrew Meigs In memory of Zach Watson Richard & Rosalie Clinton Gilbert & Laurie Meigs Robert C & Patricia McEwan Gerald & Christie Connard John Miller & Karen Orchard Wilson Library Fund Shawna Corden Phyllis Mix Thomas & Mariol Wogaman Herbert & Linda Crew Robert & Martha Morris Frank Wu Richard & Kristina Daniels Rochelle Murphy In memory of Show Yong Wu Irving & Martha Dayton Marsh Myers Ralph & Claudia* Wyatt Paul Dickey & Stefani McRae‐Dickey Gail Nickerson

Mark Donahue Lucy Noone DONOR ($500 ‐ $999) Betty Eldon The OSU Folk Club Peter & Norma Barnhisel Cecily Feudo Tuesday Afternoon Book Club Benton County David Finch & Mary Flahive Greg & Marilyn Palmer Master Gardener Association In memory of John Fontana Pastini Pastaria Roberta Bier Peter & Judith Freeman In memory of Michael Scott Paul Robert & Wendy Byrne The French Conversation Club Ruth Anne Paul Douglas & Joan Caldwell John & Carolyn Gardner Kevin Peters & Jennifer Bouton Mary Camarata Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Donald & Christine Peterson James Cassidy David & Corrine Gobeli Wayne & Verlyne Phillips

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Angela Ajootian Steven & Jolene Broich Kenton & Patricia Daniels John Alberte Ken Bronstein & Gayle Brody Gene Dannen In memory of Cosmo Allen Raymond & Greta Brooks Norman Davidson Theodore* & Jo Lynn Allen Carol Lynn Brown Joel* & Carlotta Davis Kelly Altendorf Emily Bucholtz Larry & Betty Davis Marlys Amundson Wayne & Jane Buck Michelle Deal David & Martha Anderson Larry Bulling & Wendy Asano David & Sandra Derlacki Norman & Margaret Anderson Bruce & Katheryn Byram Walter & Joyce Derlacki Arnold & Geraldine Appleby John & Shirley Byrne Sabine Deweber Rebecca Aranda Robert Cameron Marie Dickason Roy & Jane Arnold Joan Canan The Dickason Family Trust Hayden & Susan Aronson Glen & Dotha Canning Marion Dickens George Arscott Rick & Sylvia Cardwell* John Dilles & Anita Grunder Tony Ashby & Linda Jewett Kent & Eleanor Carlson Rosanne DiMilia Mildred Babb Marlan & Angela Carlson David Doctor Robert & Barbara Baldwin Steven Carroll Sue Dornfeld Doug Barbe & Ann Evans Bean Carter Carol Douglas Derek & Marilyn Barclay Cate Caruso Thomas & Barbara Dowling Kathleen Bartee Cascadia Wildlands Jack & Barbara Doyle John & Jane Barth Emery & Betty Castle* In honor of Charles Dunham Jan Barton Nick & Cathy Cavagnaro Patricia Dunning Thomas & Ann Bateman Randolph Chakerian & Lucia Durand Chris Bates & Susan Semenek Diane Henneberger Ellen Eberhardt Jim & Gretel Baumgartner Yung‐Kwang & Susan Chang Lee Eckroth CORVALLIS‐BENTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Page 5 SUPPORTER ($1 ‐ $199) Erlinda Gonzales‐Berry Robert & Ruth Jones Barbara Edwards Kelly & Stephanie Gorlick Rod & Joan Kaiser In memory of Ellery Edwards Marjorie Goss Joseph & Cathryn Kasper Thomas & Lynn Ekstedt Herkimer & Shikha Gottfried Steven & Lisa Katz Phyllis Ellendman Deborah Gould Peggy Kavanagh Gerald & Dena Elliott Elizabeth Grant Richard Kay & Felicia Uhden Craig Emerick & Lorna Glubb Grass Roots Books & Music Gerald & Linda Keck Lori Emmons Mary Jane Gray & Jayne Ackerman Elaine Kelley Molly Engle Marion Gregor 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memory of Barbara Mykrantz Paul & Lindsay Phoenix Doug Mainwaring & John & Barbara* Mykrantz Susan Pisias Meg Shaughnessy Nancy Myslony Kay E Podmore Joe & Lois Malango Louis & Sherrie Nagy Nancy Polikoff Julia Maloney Thomas & Popi Natsoulas Ruth Post Nancy Mandel Talia Neely Charley & Barbara Potter Max Mania & Dale Holiday Jon & Priscilla Nelson John & Sandra Potter Walter & Julie Manning Peter & Susan Nelson Robert* & Mary Powelson James Manuele John* & Denise Nervik James & Nancy Power Marcel Marchon & Scott & Chris Newsham Sara Power AnneMarie Mueller Marchon Robert & Priscilla Newton Joyce Pytkowicz Barbara Marraccini Joseph & Karen Nibler Fred & Helen Quale In memory of Amy Pruden Martin Jeffrey Nielsen Mark & Alice Rampton Bruce & Patricia Martin David & Patricia Noakes In memory of Francis V Ranzoni Lorraine Martin Andrew & Karen Nousen Janet Ranzoni Mark Matsler & Barb Kralj Denise & Ageya Nigada Michael & Daisy Rauscher Sally Matthews Corinne Oberlin In memory of Mary Jane & Diane & Katherine Mayne Robert & Carolyn Obermire Thomas Rawles George McAdams & Diana Curwen Dennis & Nellie Oehler Carolyn Rawles Ted McCann Old World Deli Elaine Rea In honor of Betty McCauley Brigetta Olson Faith Reidenbach Betty McCauley Geraldine Olson Megan Reilly Thomas & Patty McClintock Loreen Olufson Karen Remedios Michael McCloskey Stev Ominski & Mary Finnegan Bruce & Ella Rhoades Jane McCollor Nancy Orcutt Kathryn Riley Rachel McDaniel Darlene Orobey Gwendolyn M Rogers Joy McDowell Nevette Orth Leon & Marilyn Roland Floyd & Beverly McFarland OSU Folk Club Evening Arlin & Cynthia Roler Wendy McIlroy Literature Group Cristian Rosales Hiram James McLendon OSU Spring Creek Project Amanda Rosenberg Jeffrey & Kristi McMorran Scott* & Joann Overton Dan Rosenberg & Jennifer Gervais Cliff Mead & Mary Steckel Laurence & June Padman Jackson & Marnie* Ross In memory of Cameron Merrill Richard & Carol Palmer Harold* & Judith Rudolph Laura Jean Merrill Cynthia Panshin Jean Hendrix 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Mueller* Bruce* & Jane Peterson Debra Scobie George Mueller‐Warrant Cindi Peterson Robert* & Lorna Scott Alfred & Susan Mukatis Ernest Peterson James & Julie Searcy Danuta Muszynska Janet Peterson Michaella Sektnan Jeffrey & Gleanna Myers Subhash Phatak Stephen & Christina Sever John & Linda Myers James & Anna‐Maria Phelps Roy Severin Philomath Area Chamber of Commerce Mary Alice Seville CORVALLIS‐BENTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Page 7 SUPPORTER ($1 ‐ $199) Linda Uhden Douglas Shadbolt Carl & Roberta Ungerer Arthur & Marcia Shapiro Eric Urbigkeit & Rachel Schwindt Kenneth & Judith Shaw Antone & Louise Van Vliet Steve Shields Christie Vaughan Scott & Yen‐Han Shirley Kathleen Vohland Mabel Shou Wolfe Wagman & Denise Saunders

Joan Siegienski Catherine Walker YouthSSTORYTIMESTORYTIMES

Silk Road Music Jane Walker Robert & Carolyn Simmons Karyn Walker All Storytimes are offered weekly at 10:00 Andrew & Jane Sivetz Patricia Wallace AM in the Youth Activity Room at the Richard & Doris Waring Corvallis Library unless otherwise noted. David & Linda Smith Mary A Smith Jane Anne Warkentin Infant Storytime (Birth – 12 mo) Robert Smith & Adriana Huyer Lynda Warren Tuesdays

Robert & Patricia Smythe John & Susan Watson Wobbler Storytime (12 – 24 mo) Sheila Watters John & Mary Dean Snelling Wednesdays James & Helen Snider In memory of Rebecca Anne Wax Norah Sobeck Melissa Weintraub Toddler Storytime (24 – 36 mo) Stewart & Janet Wershow Thursdays Jon & Roberta Sobotka Donald & Elizabeth Solmon Harold* & Gloria Werth Preschool Storytime (3 – 5 yrs) Duane & Peggy Sorensen Velna Werth Fridays

Frank & Pamela Sorensen Joe Whinnery & Karen Kennedy Bedtime Storytime (all ages) Jane White & Delvina Ault  Mark & Susan Speulda Mondays at 7:00 PM Michael & Keri Spreadbury Carla Wightman M & Viji Sreenivasan Carolyn Wilberger ¡los CUENTOS! (all ages) Carleen Stanley Raymond & Nancy William (Family bilingual storytime) Kenneth & Heike Williams Second Saturday of each month Warren* & Maryanne Staton 11:00 AM Robert & Emily Steele John & Dorothy Wilson Thomas & Kelli Steele Rick & Barbara Wilson Man with the Yellow Hat (Birth – 3 yrs) Jill Stein Robert & Joanna Wilson First Saturday of each month at Ted Wilson & Ellen Tappon 11:00 AM Joseph Stellbrink William & Judith Winkler

Kay Stephens Philomath Community Library Christy Stevens In memory of Jo Ann Wolf STH Machining Mike & Jo Ann* Wolf Wiggly Wobbler Storytime (Birth ‐ 18 mo) Mondays at 10:00 AM Alan Stockman Yingxia Yao Suzanne Stultz Noah Yasskin Rise and Shine Storytime (2 – 4 yrs) Letha Sullivan Jeffrey Yeager Wednesdays at 10:00 AM

David & Susan Swanson William & Penny York

Monroe Community Library John & Jeanne Holmes Terry & Jan Tallis * Remembered Little Listeners Storytime (all ages) Joan Tanselli Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Debby Tao IN KIND Karen Taylor Bi‐Mart My First Book Club Howard Templeton Wayne Courtney Charles Thierheimer & Cindy Dahl Book discussion and activities Steve Dominguez for children K‐2. Jody Thomas James Manuele October 7 3:30 PM Gordon & Sharon Thompson Old World Deli Youth Activity Room Maxine M Thompson Trust Rain Drop Farms In memory of George Thornburgh Judy Sievers N Janet Throop ow Trader Joe’s featu ring 3-D Barbara Todd p rintin Nancy Tolin g!

Stephanie Toohey & Kit Andrews (10 & up) To anyone whose name may have Chen & Gloria Tsai Arduino and Raspberry Pi been inadvertently left off our list or Chang Chih & Winnie Tuan incorrectly listed, our apologies and September 22 4:00 PM Lee Turnbull October 13 & 27 4:00 PM thanks, too! Youth Activity Room SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015 Page 8 PROGRAMS Graphic Novel Club Library Board Meeting Adult Beauty Monthly meeting of the Library Advisory Board. Public welcome. September 1 6:30 PM

September 2 7:30 PM 100 Bullets, Book 1 October 6 6:30 PM October 7 7:30 PM

This Club is led by retired librarian, Steven Woman’s Club Board Room New Morning Bakery Sowell. Please feel free to bring your lunch! 219 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis The Big Burn, by Timothy Egan September 16 Friends of the Library Philomath Book Club The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery Board Meeting October 21 12:00 Noon The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Monthly meeting of the Friends of the Clay Philomath Community Library Library Board. Public welcome.

September 14 6:30 PM September 21 3:30 PM

The Gravity of Birds Art Tours at the Library October 19 3:30 PM October 5 6:30 PM Led by Library Foundation Board member, Woman’s Club Board Room Freda Vars. Philomath Community Library September 1 & October 6 10:00 AM

Meet in the Lobby Talking About Dying

Book Club A conversation with Bob Daley, Coordi‐

The Corvallis‐Benton County Public Library Letter Writing nator at Benton Hospice Service, about the end of life, sponsored by Oregon Book Club is open to everyone! Social & Stationery Exchange! Bring your own Humanities and Cambia Health. The stationery or use our supplies. Atonement by Ian McEwan program aims to help participants September 16 7:00 PM September 27 2:00 PM consider how to shape a meaningful

Anil’s Ghost Conference Room A approach to death and dying.

October 21 7:00 PM October 25 2:00 PM October 29 7:00 PM

Woman’s Club Board Room Main Meeting Room Main Meeting Room

The Library is For Writers (and Readers) This September and October we are September 14 1:30 PM October 17 2:00 PM loaded with events to appeal to writers J.A. Jance discusses Dance of the Bones. Portland historical fiction author Lois Leveen dis‐ and readers of all varieties. Of course, you Monroe Community Library cusses Juliet’s Nurse.

might expect that from your local library, October 1 7:00 PM October 21 7:00 PM but we’re also secretly trying to inspire Oregon’s hiking guru William Sullivan discusses Local historian author Melinda Jetté discusses the you to take on the ultimate challenge 100 Hikes/Travel Guide: Eastern Oregon. French Prairie settlement in Willamette Valley in we’ve come to venerate, National Novel At the Hearth of the Crossed Races. Writing Month in November. We have October 15 7:00 PM October 22 7:00 PM many upcoming author visits that will ei‐ Eight local authors will converge to answer your Prolific local author Matt Love discusses his muse, ther inspire you to read or write (or both!), writing and publishing questions for the Crazy the Oregon Coast. and a special local author tour will visit us Eights Author tour featuring: Dan DeWeese, K.B. in October to answer all of your writing Dixon, Cai Emmons, Lisa Ohlen Harris, Lauren October 24 2:00 PM and publishing questions. Kessler, Phillip Margolin, Ismet (Izzy) Prcic, & Ellen Plot Planning and Kick Off Party for National Waterston. Novel Writing Month! Gear up for November All events are at the Corvallis Library Main Meeting with an awesome support network, new ideas Room unless otherwise noted. and a little fun.

If you have a disability and need accommodations for a program, call us at 541.766.6928. Please allow 48 hours notice, so we can better serve you.

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, please call 541.766.6794 or visit our web site at www.cbcpubliclibrary.net

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by Cathi Roberts, Volunteer Coordinator

Alice Hyde spends her days immersed majored in English, but took so many classes in the finer points of the English language. in medieval languages and history that she She is an editor for the Office of the received degrees in both English and Legislative Counsel in Salem, and the work Medieval Studies. she and her colleagues do affects every Alice grew up in Corvallis and got her Oregonian every day. first library card when she was 2 years old. As Alice described her job to me, it She volunteered at the Eugene Public sounded both fascinating and extremely Library while she was in college, and has challenging. Talk about detail-oriented! been a CBCPL volunteer for more than 3 During the 6-month-long 2015 legislative years. Her current job is in Adult Services, session, more than 2600 bills were as a Collection Development Aide, and the introduced; 800+ were enacted. All passed second-floor staff loudly sing her praises. through the Legislative Counsel’s office, This young woman is not just a word-nerd; some several times. (And that doesn’t she has excellent computer skills too, so she count the bills that were proposed but can do many extra tasks to assist the never actually introduced.) I hadn’t realized librarians, such as formatting documents it before, but it’s not the elected and creating sophisticated spreadsheets for representatives and senators who actually scheduling. write the legislation, it’s the Counsel’s Alice Hyde When not working or volunteering, office. The permanent staff of 50 is about Alice enjoys knitting, cooking, hiking, and – half lawyers and half editors, publication hired her full-time. The permanent staff has of course – reading. We’re grateful to have specialists, and indexers. The lawyers make plenty to do the rest of the biennium. someone with her exceptional skills and sure that the bill is constitutional and Among other things, they must publish a abilities on our volunteer staff! couched in appropriate legal terms; the new version of the Oregon Revised Statutes, editorial staff make sure the language is incorporating all the changes and new laws. clear, internally consistent, and correct in all (And that’s a tall order; it runs to 21 details. * volumes and 838 chapters.) During the session, it’s a high-pressure Alice has had a fascination with job with short turn-around times and lots of language since her teens, when she decided * To learn more, visit: deadlines. There is so much extra work that she wanted to learn Old English. Someone https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/lc and additional temporary editors must be added told her that she should start by learning to the staff. That’s how Alice first joined the German, because the languages are so watch the video that Alice co-produced. It Counsel’s Office, and they were apparently closely related, so she studied German in explains the work of the Legislative impressed with her work, because they high school. At the University of Oregon she Counsel’s office.

FALL FESTIVAL E BOOK SAL

Lots of lightly used top-quality paperback books at very reasonable prices. All proceeds are used to benefit the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library system.

Saturday, September 26 Sunday, September 27 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM ** 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Main Meeting Room - Corvallis Public Library

**Friends of the Library members will be given early access to the sale at 9:00 am on Saturday. Memberships may be purchased at the door for as low as $10.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY Non‐Profit 645 NW MONROE AVE Organization CORVALLIS OR 97330 U.S. Postage P A I D Corvallis, OR Permit No. 62

Bestselling Author J.A. Jance at Monroe Community Library

We are excited to welcome New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance!

September 14 ‐ 1:30 PM

Monroe Community Library

Jance will discuss and answer questions about her most sus‐ penseful novel yet, Dance of the Bones. Jance’s latest novel brings together two of her beloved protagonists, J.P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker, featuring two cold cases over 1,500 miles apart that suddenly become red‐hot…and connected. Dance of the Bones (on sale and at your local library after 9/8) showcases the fully‐matured talents of plotting, charac‐ terization, and sense of place J.A. Jance has refined over the course of one of the most distinguished mystery writing ca‐ reers ever. It is the fifth book in the Walker series and the twenty‐fourth book in the Beaumont series.

A book signing will follow this Friends of the Library and Grass Roots Books sponsored event.

12:00 PM Howland Plaza Sunday, September 20 1st St & Madison Ave in Riverfront

Join the Corvallis‐Benton County Public Pedalpalooza, a Car‐Free Festival at River‐ Library for a special car‐free themed storytime front Park, is an advance celebration of Interna‐ and celebratory parade to Pedalpalooza, a Car‐ tional Car‐Free Day, during which people around the Free Festival also in Riverfront Park. world commit to going car‐free for one full day. The Festival will Families are invited to bike, walk, skate, and/or scoot to the include food, fun, information on being smart and safe while car Festival following alternative transportation themed stories, ‐free, and more. songs and a craft.

All eages ar welcome and no registration is required. Little ones with trikes, scooters, etc. are encouraged. Helmets are Pedalpalooza and Car‐Free Day are sponsored by the Cor‐ required for participants 16 years of age and younger, but eve‐ vallis Sustainability Coalition as well as many other local busi‐ ryone is encouraged to come out and demonstrate safe car‐free nesses and organizations including the City of Corvallis and behavior. the Corvallis‐Benton County Public Library.