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Cannon Beach Library’s monthly Newsletter
January 2021
Board Notes Writers Read Celebration
The December board meeting addressed several Call for Submissions Closed
issues. Karen French reported that the response to Writers Read 2021 Call for Submissions has official-
the annual appeal letter has been good. In her Office ly closed! The deadline was January 11. Thank you
Manager’s report, Jen Dixon noted that use of to all the writers who shared their works with us. We
eBooks has been increasing appreciably during the received over 50 entries - spanning various different
pandemic. Claire Landrum reported that participation genres - that expounded on the theme “Pandemic.”
in Door Side Service and Limited Browsing contin- All writers will be contacted via phone or email and
ues to increase. chosen authors will be formally announced on the
Phyllis Bernt announced that the upcoming NW library’s webpage and in next month’s newsletter.
Authors Speaker Series event on January 23 will be Selected authors will read their works during the
using a new technological approach: zoom-to- Writers Read Celebration on Saturday, February
Facebook LIVE. A couple of members of the NW Au- 20th, at 7 p.m. PST. This year’s Celebration will be
thors committee will establish a zoom meeting with held virtually on Facebook Live. See you then!
the author; this meeting will be broadcast to Face-
book LIVE in real time. Viewers will use Facebook NW Authors Series: Jennifer Greer
LIVE to access the presentation and ask questions if Join us on Facebook Live Saturday, Janu-
they wish to. This approach avoids some of the lo- ary 23, at 2 p.m. as Manzanita author Jen-
gistical problems posed by Zoom. nifer Greer kicks off the 2021 NW Authors
We won’t be able to have the annual Rare and Old series. She will discuss her debut crime
Book Sale in May. Jen proposed that we explore the thriller “A Desperate Place.” A Desperate
possibility of using a free online auction site like Place pivots between the perspectives of a
journalist and a medical detective as they collabo-
OneCause to do an online auction instead. She and
rate to solve a string of seemingly unrelated deaths
Linda Sugano will look into this possibility.
in Medford, Oregon. Strong female protagonists and
All indications are that we will be unable to have a suspenseful plot make this a fresh read. To join,
membership meetings this spring. This means that click the banner on our website or go to:
once again we won’t be able to have a regular elec- http://www.facebook.com/cannonbeachlibrary/
tion during a May meeting. Board members dis-
Board Notes Cont...
cussed alternatives, looking for an approach that re- March. A ballot, along with an addressed, stamped
flects the process outlined in our bylaws as much as return envelope, will be sent to members the first
possible. The board voted to conduct an election by week of April. Ballots will be due in the Library office
mail, using the slate put forward by the Nominating by May 7. Only paid members are eligible to vote.
Committee which has not yet been voted on be- Several housekeeping issues were discussed: the
cause of the pandemic, and incorporating a call for increase in the fee for maintaining our website; re-
nominations. ceipt of the bill for our annual fee for eBooks; prob-
Information about the election, the slate put lems with an overflowing gutter; and some minor
forward by the Nominating Committee, and an open computer issues.
call for anyone interested in running for an open - Phyllis Bernt, for the Board of Directors
board slot, will be communicated to the membership The Cannon Beach Library is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
through the Library newsletter in February and Board minutes are public information and are available
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Board Notes Cont...
Cannon Beach Reads January 20: World of Haystack Rock Library
Poetry Sharing Lecture Series - February 13
The January 20 meeting of Can- Join Friends of Haystack Rock for a virtual program
non Beach Reads will again be Wednesday, February 13, 7 p.m. PST. The program
conducted via Zoom. Cannon is, “Seeking Balance Through Sustainable Fish-
Beach Reads will start the new ing.” Duncan Berry and Kipp Baratoff are the Co-
year off by doing something different. Instead of dis- Founders of Fishpeople Seafood, a local sustainable
cussing a specific book, participants will share a fa- fish purveyor. Fishpeople Seafood will discuss sus-
vorite poem with the group. CB Reads member Lila tainable fishing practices that reduce bycatch and
protect quality, while creating jobs and supporting
Wickham suggested an evening of poetry sharing as
rural fishing communities. The fishing industry has
an antidote to the dreariness of winter and the
historically been fraught with environmental issues,
stresses of life during a difficult time. So consider es-
from bycatch and overfishing to habitat destruction.
caping the cold, dark weather and the constant bar- The sustainable fishing movement seeks to balance
rage of news stories about vaccine shortages and the health of marine ecosystems with the strength of
battling politicians, and participate in an evening of fishing communities. Join on Facebook Live
good literature and interesting discussions. @Friends of Haystack Rock. Friends of Haystack
Join CB Reads on Wednesday, January 20, at 7 Rock is a nonprofit organization focused on keeping
pm. Share your favorite poem, or just participate in Haystack Rock healthy and thriving. Their mission is
the discussion. New members are always welcome to promote the preservation and protection of the
to Cannon Beach Reads meetings, which will contin- intertidal life and birds that inhabit the Marine Gar-
ue to be held on the third Wednesday of every den and Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
month, via Zoom, until in-person meetings are again at Haystack Rock.
possible. If you would like to participate, contact Joe
Bernt at berntj@ohio.edu. New Acquisitions December 2020
Fiction: White House - Rachel Maddow Lisa Mantchev
The Arctic Fury - The Hard Hat Riot: Nixon, New Curious George: the kite -
Greer Macallister York City, and the Dawn Monica Perez
At Night All Blood is Black - of the White Working Class The Smeds and the Smoos -
David Diop Revolution - Paul David Kuhn Julia Donaldson
Homeland Elegies - Ayad Akhtar Humankind: A Hopeful History - We will live in this forest again -
A Splendid Ruin - Megan Chance Rutger Bregman Gianna Marino
Our Time is Now: Power, Pur- It's only one! - Tracey Corderoy
Mystery:
Almost Midnight - Paul Doiron pose, and the Fight for a Fair Now you see me, now you don't –
Daylight - David Baldaccci America - Stacey Abrams Patricia Hegarty
The Missing American - Wintering: The Power of Rest and
Retreat in Difficult Times - Juvenile/YA:
Kwei Quartey
Katherine May Space exploration: a history in
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie -
100 objects - Sten F. Odenwald
Marie Benedict Children/Easy Reader: The deep end - Jeff Kinney
The Night Swim - Megan Goldin
City Dog, Country Frog - Don't stand so close to me -
One by One - Ruth Ware
Mo Willems Eric Walters
Troubled Blood - Robert Galbraith
Can I be your dog? - Major Impossible – Nathan Hale
Non-Fiction: Troy Cummings Blades of freedom - Nathan Hale
Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Auda- Ladybug Girl at the beach – Who was Helen Keller? -
cious Cover-up & Spectacular David Soman Gare Thompson
Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the Strictly no elephants –
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