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Stolen Butterfly, by Paty Jager

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Paty JagerPaty Jager is the author of a new book, Stolen Butterfly, a police procedural published by Windtree Press.

Stolen Butterfly, Gabriel Hawke Novel #7, Missing or Murdered. State Trooper Gabriel Hawke arrives at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation and learns the single mother of a boy his mom watches would never leave her son. Angered over how the local officials respond to his investigating, Hawke teams up with a security guard at the Indian casino and an FBI agent. Following the leads, they discover the woman was targeted by a human trafficking ring at the Spotted Pony Casino.

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Elizabeth Lyon wins Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award

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Elizabeth LyonElizabeth Lyon received the Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award for contributions to writers in Oregon.

Elizabeth Lyon has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award by the Oregon Book Awards Advisory Committee and the Board of Directors of Literary Arts “in recognition of significant contributions that have enriched Oregon’s literary community.”

The Writing Journey: Goals, process, craft, featuring Nancy Lane

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Nancy Lane Workshop

Nancy Lane will present a virtual workshop titled The Writing Journey: Goals, process, craft. The workshop happens at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 13, 2021, at 01:00 pm. The Writing Journey: Goals, process, craft happens at the Josephine Community Library, 200 NW C Street,, Grants Pass, OR 97526.

Nancy Lane of Southern Oregon, author of Pretty Chrysanthemum and Other Stories, will present a workshop about goal setting, the process, and the craft of both writing and publishing. Join Nancy at this free, two-hour Zoom event. To register, email info@josephinelibrary.org. The Zoom link will be sent out the week prior to the event.

Colonyhouse Electrical Fund

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Electricity

Attention Lovers of Colonyhouse!

OWC needs your help to keep our beach retreat operating. The electrical panel must be replaced immediately. The estimate indicates the cost could be over $2,000. Please help by donating what you can to reach this goal. No amount is too small or too large.

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Or you may send a check to OWC at
P.O. Box 15200
Portland, Oregon, 97293

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Last Harvest, by G.M. Barnard

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Last HarvestG.M. Barnard is the author of a new book, Last Harvest, a suspense mystery published by Kindle Direct Publishing.

Melody Corbbet is called home by her sister, Samantha, after the accidental death of her father. Upon arriving back in the small Oregon town of Sheridan where she grew up, she finds the farm house and orchard of her childhood in ruins. Not only are Mel and Sammy left with a property in shambles but the place is infested with the troubled spirits of those whose lives were cut short due to unexplained accidents and unfortunate deaths, and they must confront their own reasons for having stayed away.

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