Back by popular demand! We’re breaking out the Wii and PS2 game systems for the ultimate show down. Start practicing now because competition will be tough for this all ages, all abilities tournament. There will be a $1.00 entry fee and the winner gets half the entry fees collected, so bring your friends in and sign up today! You must be pre-registered by Friday August 29th. The game “Rock Band” will also be set up to play for fun while you wait.
Movie Club: Tuesday August 26th at 6:30 p.m.
This month’s view and discuss film will be “The First Amendment Project”. This documentary produced by award winning Indie filmmakers takes a hard but hilarious look at the first amendment and what happens when unpopular, irreverent and politically incorrect expressions run against prevailing attitudes and powerful interests. Watch it with us and stick around to tell us what you think afterward.
Internet Safety Program. Tuesday August 19 at 6:30 p.m.
Want to learn effective, practical, and realistic ways to keep your kids safe on the internet? Technology Coordinator for Fremont RE-2 Schools, Darrin Tingey will show a power point presentation that will do just that. He will also be available to answer your questions. You know they’re going to be roaming around cyberspace alone at some point; find out how to keep them safe as they do.
Willson & McKee. Thursday, August 14 at 1:00 p.m.
Come and visit with the award winning and spectacularly talented duo of Kim Willson and Ken McKee. Willson & McKee perform Celtic music regularly around the U.S doing concerts and educational programs at schools and libraries. Don’t miss your chance to enjoy an incredible performance and learn about their talent, craft and musical journey. Visit their website at jigheads.com to learn more about this award winning group.
Kid’s Art Day, Wednesday, August 13th at 1:30 p.m.
Local craft artist Vickie Bishop will show the kids fun and creative ways to paint rocks into animals and other fun things. Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your own special rock to paint! Kids ages 4 and up are welcome and registration is not necessary.
Art Reception for Nina Cravens-Fry. Friday, August 8th at 5:00 p.m.
Nina’s beautiful display of hand made paper art has been featured in numerous galleries and art shows and will be on display at our library throughout the month of August. The public is invited to enjoy refreshments and conversation with the artist at the reception.
Thyroid Health Program with author Joanie Thorpe. Tuesday, August 5 at 6:30 p.m.
As a result of her own medical experiences Joanie has heavily researched, written a book, and started a website dedicated to helping people find proper treatment for thyroid problems that often get misdiagnosed by medical professionals leading to confusion, frustration, and un-needed suffering. She will be available to answer your questions and refer you to valuable resources that can help you find solutions to your thyroid problems. Check out her website at stopthethyroidmadness.com and join us for this presentation.
Library Log 7/17/08
Robin’s Observations from the front desk:
So, the other day while shelving some Science Fiction and VHS, I noticed how packed our FREE SHELF is and thought I would share with the community that there are a lot of great items on our FREE SHELF that are in need of a good home! We have our FREE SHELF for the sole purpose of finding a new home for items that are a bit too loved and may need to be repaired, or there are extra copies of items we already have in circulation, or items that have been donated but we either don’t have the room or are not in need of that particular item. I invite everyone to come in and check out our FREE SHELF. Speaking of packed… the last day of the Summer Reading program was packed full of young readers!!! Those who completed the program received a reading certificate and a pass to the May Natural History Museum of the Tropics and those who read 10 hours or more also received a medal. But with the ending of the summer reading program comes the promise of a new school year in which those who participated will receive AR (accelerated reader) credits and for many, they will be able to put those credits towards an AR mystery trip. (I wish we had those when I went to school!) Congratulations to all this summers readers!!
Notes from Gypsy’s Corner:
Today was the end of the year wrap up party for the Teen Summer Reading Program. I would like to personally thank and congratulate Klinton Hammel, Ciana Krautheim, Nate Lucas, Brianon Burke, Chianne DeWitt, and Ashley Fields for attending the program regularly and completing several hundred reading hours combined over the last 6 weeks. We had a blast talking about what books we read, creative writing, doing art projects, weaving (stories and actual yarn), and just staying out of the heat and hanging out together. For those of you that missed out, I do hope you will join our after school Teen Program that will be meeting once a week on Wednesdays during the school year. A special congratulations goes out to Brianon Burke who won the Mp3 player and Ciana Krautheim who won a mini-digital camera in the drawing that was based on reading achievement. Thanks parents and grandparents for bringing your teens in and we hope to see you all again next year. Even though the program is over please continue to send your teens on over to the library. We always have something for them to do! Watch the calendar for upcoming Chess and Guitar Hero Tournaments next month, and we’ll see you all soon!
Library Log 7/10/08
Notes from the back room:
Today I saw what our library is all about. When I came in our expert squad of book covering volunteers (the ‘cover girls’) were busy working and laughing, the book club was discussing their latest read and the teen group was getting ready for a special presentation about henna body art. Our library is quite a busy little hub of activities and learning! I love to see the community involvement! Speaking of involvement….what kind of audio books on CD do you want? We have been slowly trying to improve that section and want to make sure we purchase what you are interested in hearing. Fiction? Non-fiction? A good old who-done-it? A trek into outer space? The person to talk to about all things audio is Natalia at the front desk. And as long as we are talking about talking books, the cassettes are on their way out. If you are still an audio cassette fan, please come by and see if we have anything you would like to keep. (We need the shelf space.) Oh, and no, we don’t carry 8 track tapes. Music-wise we just got in an order of everything from Elvis Presley to Kimya Dawson, from The Clash to Bonnie Raitt (and everything in between). The library can be a good way to discover music you don’t normally listen to but might really end up liking. I just got finished listening to Abigail Washburn’s new album. She was a bluegrass kind of girl, until she went to China. She found melodies in traditional Chinese music that were very similar to American bluegrass. Talk about an interesting fusion! It challenges traditional notions of country and culture for sure. Bella Fleck plays the banjo on the album, and I must say I was blown away. So, stop by and give the library a listen! And come by the back room and we can talk music.
Library Log 7/2/08
Notes from the back room :
The back room crew (Jesse and I) left the back room today and went about 10 feet east into the director’s office. Practically a field trip. We needed the speaker phone for an interview with the MaintainIT Project. (And next week we are doing a 30 minute presentation via the Internet) The MaintainIT Project is a three-year project of TechSoup, a nonprofit with extensive experience helping libraries use technology effectively, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They gather stories from public libraries on how they support public computers and publish their tips and techniques in Cookbooks and articles, so librarians can learn from each other and not reinvent the wheel over and over again. “So what would such an organization want with the back room crew?”, you ask. Well, they want more from Jesse than me, but basically they think the computer reservation system he built is neat-o. They think, as a whole library, the decisions we have made with the open source ILS and such, can be a model to other small libraries trying to provide high quality for a small price. Yeah, they think our library is cool. I think our library is pretty darn cool too. What they didn’t ask – and what I think is paramount to any good library – is what the community thinks, how you think we are doing in meeting the needs of information and technological dissemination to the community. Last year more than half of all Americans visited a library at least once, according to a new report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. So, theoretically half of you have been here (ok what is up with the other half of you!), some of you probably have something to say. Come by the back room and let us know what you think.
