Maybe, just maybe, the weather will cooperate with both tourists and locals on the last weekend of Oregon’s spring break so they can venture outside – and maybe stop in at two Yachats events that begin Friday.
National Weather Service forecasters are calling for decreasing showers through the day on Friday – and even a chance of sun by the afternoon. On Saturday, the forecast is for sun all day, through Easter Sunday and into early next week.
During a week when rain has been measured in inches, that’s a relief – and just in time for two Yachats events beginning Friday.
The Friends of Yachats Library spring book sale kicks off at 10 a.m. Friday in the Yachats Commons and is open for a second day on Saturday.
The sale is the group’s a major fundraiser in support of the Yachats Library, featuring books and puzzles.
This year a special collection of 500 books will be featured in Room 3 of the Commons, ranging in price from $5 to $60. These titles include classics, as well as first editions/first printings of fiction by well-known authors. Nearby will be a table with paperbacks for sale for $1.
In the Commons basement more than 6,000 used books in excellent condition will cover a wide array of genres — mysteries, cookbooks, gardening, biography, travel, history, romance and arts and craft. Fiction and nonfiction books will be $2, children’s books $1, with a separate section for titles priced $5 and up, such as signed copies and coffee table books. Jigsaw puzzles will be $5.
Shoppers are urged to bring their own bags, since cloth bags are no longer for sale at the event. For more information, visit the group’s website.
The second weekend of the Yachats Ladies Club spring crafts bazaar is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the organization’s clubhouse at West Third and Pontiac streets.
The bazaar offers lots of goodies, from homemade baked goods, including a variety of mini-pies, to crochet and knitted home and personal items, to pillows, home-made soaps and more.
Also available are tickets for the club’s 2024 Scholarship Quilt Raffle, the proceeds of which goes to the club’s Oregon Coast Community College scholarship fund.
Most of the proceeds from the club’s bazaars, which take place throughout the year, benefit local nonprofits such as Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program, food banks in Waldport and Yachats, and the Friends of Lincoln County Animal Shelter. For more information, visit the club’s website.
