Library Happenings wascocountylibrary.com The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library 722 Court St The Dalles OR 97058 (541)296-2815 Monday Thursday 10:00 a.m. 8:30 p.m. Friday 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Dufur School/ Community Library (located at the Dufur School Campus) 802 NE 5th St Dufur, OR 97021 (541)467-2588 Summer Hours are: V O L U M E 9, I S S U E 0 8 Grand opening A U G U S T 2 0 1 6 Tuesday & Thursday 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Southern Wasco County Library 410 Deschutes Ave Maupin, OR 97037 (541)395-2208 Tuesday Thursday 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Friday 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Library stations are also located at Shaniko Old School House and Tygh School Community Center. Library Board: Rita Rathkey, Chairman Margaret Brewer Carolyn Wood Carol Jones District Librarian Jeff Wavrunek Friends of the Library: Sue Ann Arguelles, President Newsletter Editor: Rita Squires After nearly five years of planning, fundraising, and building, The Dalles-Wasco County Library is pleased to announce the completion of the John and Jean Thomas Children s Wing. The grand opening will take place on Wednesday, August 24 th, at Noon. Among the dignitaries attending the ceremony will be Oregon s State Librarian, Mary Kay Dahlgreen and members of the Thomas family. John and Jean Thomas are longtime residents of The Dalles and library supporters. During the five year process, beginning in December 2011, the library has had to receive approval from the city to fundraise, a library building project committee formed with the Library Foundation and fundraising began. A lot of time has been spent on grant writing, organizing fundraising events and seeking donations from people like you. The actual ground breaking ceremony for the new children s space took place on December 23, 2015 and construction began January 11, 2016. We would like to extend a special thank you to all of the businesses and organizations which helped make the library s dream of a new children s room a reality. They include: Meyer Memorial Trust, Ford Family Foundation, Collins Foundation, Urban Renewal Grant, The Dalles Google Data Center, Oregon Community Foundation, MCMC Foundation, Union Pacific, TD-WC Library Foundation, North Wasco County PUD, Autzen Foundation, Ford Family Foundation, Toyota, Morey Fund of OCF, Friends of the Library, Thomas Family, and of course, the generous donations from people like you.
P A G E 2 Lego Robotics club There will be a Lego Robotics party on Saturday, August 6 th from 11:00 until noon. Learn about the new Lego Robotics club for 10-13 year olds while enjoying refreshments, challenges and an up close look at our new Lego Mindstorm EV3 Robots. People attending the party will be rewarded by having the first chance to sign up for our new Library Lego Robotics club. On going teen & tween programs Yu-Gi-Oh Club Grades: 6-12 First and Third Thursdays @3:30 pm Yu-Gi-Oh fans! Bring your deck and let the battle begin. Youth Fiber Guild Grades: 6-12 First and Third Tuesdays @4:30 pm Make awesome crafts and learn from your friends. Teen summer library program The regular Lego Robotics club will meet on the first and third Saturday of every month from 11-12:30. Participants will need to be registered. Program is open to 10-13 year olds. Children will build a robot and compete or cooperate with other teams to achieve the challenge. There s still time to complete the activities on your card to earn BINGOS. Each completed BINGO enters you to win the Grand Prize: a half-day, whitewater rafting trip down the Deschutes with the River Drifters! Entries must be turned in by Friday, August 12th. Drawing will be held on Saturday, August 13th during the Summer Reading Finale (read more about this on page 3, under the Summer Reading column). About River Drifters River Drifters has been sharing the experience of rafting in Oregon and Washington for more than 35 years. Our passion for adventure and love of rivers drives us to make whitewater rafting comfortable, fun and accessible to as many people as possible here in the amazing Pacific Northwest. Photo courtesy of River Drifters Fitness Fridays For grades 6 12, registration is required. Join us for the last of the Fitness Fridays programs on August 5th at 4:00. We ve been enjoying fun, fitness-themed activities all summer. By attending this program, you will also be entered in the drawing for the Summer Reading Grand Prize. Sports Movie Day August 5, 4:00 pm Curl up and watch a sports movie of your choice. Free snacks will be provided. L I B R A R Y H A P P E N I N G S
Youth Services happenings Mask making workshop A free mask making workshop for kids and teens, will be held on Wednesday, August 3rd from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mask Making for Kids is a service learning program for United Way of Columbia Gorge. The class will be taught by environmental artist, Kara Sisk of Portland. The masks created for this workshop will be donated to United Way of Columbia Gorge for an upcoming fall event. A free pizza lunch is included in the workshop. Sign-up by calling the library at 541-296-2815. This event is made possible by a Libraries of Eastern Oregon Arts Grant. It s not too late to enter to win a summer reading grand prize. Kids ages 5-11 have until August 13 to enter to win one of two bicycles donated by The Dalles Masons. Several other cool prizes will be awarded at the Summer Reading Finale on August 13 from 10 to Noon at the North Wasco County Aquatic Center. Parents and children, ages 0-4, have until August 13 to enter to win the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Grand Prize. The prize, valued at $200, is sponsored by The Friends of the Library and includes a Bee Bot Programmable Floor Robot, Folkmanis Puppet, new picture books and a variety of early literacy activities. Storytimes Babies: Every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Ages 0-16 months Families: Every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. All ages welcome All storytimes will be taking a break from August 19th through September 13th. Summer Reading finale The Summer Reading finale will be held at the North Wasco County Aquatic Center on Saturday, August 13th from 10:00 a.m. until Noon. This free event is for everyone who signed up for summer reading throughout Wasco County. Limit of 200. Free giveaway prizes throughout the event, as long as supplies last. Kids will receive a free admission ticket to the Oregon State Fair and a coupon for a free Portland Trail Blazers game. Grand prize winners will be announced. Make it with Legos Open ended LEGO time is on Tuesday, August 2nd from 4:00 5:00 p.m. We ll supply the Legos, you supply the imagination! For ages 5-12. Kids LEGO Exhibit: Bring in your favorite LEGO creation to exhibit at the Library on Wednesday, August 10th from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. No sign-up required. Maker programs Little Makers, for ages 5-8 Friday, August 12th from 1:30 2:30 p.m. Simple, hands on maker/steam activities. Maker Kids for ages 9-12, Wednesday, August 17th from 1:30 3:00 p.m. Simple robotics. Activities led by The Dalles High School Robotics Teams. Thank you for your support Thank you to the Friends of the Library, The Dalles United Church of Christ Congregational and The Dalles Kiwanis Club for your generous support of the Summer Reading program.
Book discussion groups at The Dalles Library Third Thursday Book Group This group meets on the third Thursday of the month, at 6:30 p.m., upstairs in the magazine corner. The book they are reading for the August 18th discussion is Cane River, by Lalita Tademy. This saga chronicles four generations of women born into slavery along the Cane River in Louisiana. It is also a tale about the blurring of racial boundaries: great-grandmother Elisabeth notices an unmistakable "bleaching of the line" as first her daughter Suzette, then her granddaughter Philomene, and finally her great-granddaughter Emily choose (or are forcibly persuaded) to bear the illegitimate offspring of the area's white French planters. In many cases these children are loved by their fathers, and their paternity is widely acknowledged. However, neither state law nor local custom allows them to inherit wealth or property, a fact that gives Cane River much of its narrative drive. The book for the next discussion will be A long, long way, by Sebastian Barry. Drop-in tech time Mystery/Crime Book Group This group will meet on Thursday, August 25th at 6:30 p.m. upstairs in the magazine corner. They will be discussing The stranger beside me, by Ann Rule. With a slow chill that intensifies with each heart-pounding page, Rule describes her dawning awareness that Ted Bundy, her sensitive coworker on a crisis hotline, was one of the most prolific serial killers in America. He would confess to killing at least thirty-six young women from coast to coast, and was eventually executed for three of those cases. Drop-in tech help is available from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on most Mondays, and 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on most Saturdays. We can help you with your own mobile device, mobile applications, Library2Go, egovernment, filling out forms, using the library catalog and other library resources, printing, and anything else tech! Please check in at the front desk. So you want to learn how to download books or audiobooks from our website, but can t make it during the daytime? Starting Wednesday, August 10th we will have dropin hours for tech help with a focus on showing users how to download books and audiobooks from our website. We will have an ipad on hand to help with teaching and demonstrations. Help will also be available for other tech needs. Our fine, and skilled!, Coloring for adults A coloring night, just for adults, is held the second Tuesday of every month. Join us at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 9th and explore your artistic side. We ll having coloring supplies on a table in the main part of the library. Coloring it s not just for kids! Free blood pressure check Have your blood pressure checked, free of charge, at The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library on the first Friday of each month from 10:00 11:00 a.m. This drop-in program (no appointment necessary) is provided by Planetree Health Resource Center.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 7 8 14 15 21 22 28 29 2 Library Olympics 6:00@Maupin* Lego Time 4:00@TD* Youth Fiber Guild4:30@TD* Building with Legos 6-8@Dufur* 9 Breaking World Records 6-8@@Dufur* Adult Coloring Night 7:00@TD* 16 Family Game Night 6-8@Dufur* 23 Paper Airplanes 6-8@Dufur* 30 Building Train Tracks 6-8@Dufur* August 2016 3 Baby Storytime 10:30@TD* Mask Making 10-4@TD* 10 Baby Storytime 10:30@TD* Lego Exhibit 1:30-3:30@TD* Evening tech help 6:00@TD* Soup Night 6-8@TD* 17 Maker Kids 1:30@TD* Evening tech help 6:00@TD* 24 Grand Opening of new children s wing at The Dalles, starts at Noon* Evening tech help 6:00@TD* 31 Evening tech help 6:00@TD* 4 Family Storytime 10:30@TD* Dufur Library Summer Reading Party 11:00@Dufur* Yu-Gi-Oh 3:30@TD* TedTalk 7:00@TD* 11 Family Storytime 10:30@TD* 18 Yu-Gi-Oh 3:30@TD* 3rdThursday Book Group 6:30@TD* 25 Mystery/Crime Book Club 6:30@TD* TD The Dalles Library *Read more about this in the newsletter 5 Blood Pressure Check 10-11@TD* Kids Yoga 11:00@Maupin* Fitness Friday Sports Movie Day 4:00@TD* 12 Little Makers 1:30@TD* Fitness Friday 4:00@TD* 19 Kids Yoga 11:00@Maupin* 26 01 02 Blood Pressure Check 10-11@TD* 6 10:00@TD* Lego Robotics party 11@TD* 13 The Dalles Library Summer Reading Finale 10:00 Noon* 10:00@TD* 20 10:00@TD* Lego Robotics Club 11-12:30@TD* 27 10:00@TD* 03 10:00@TD* Youth Fiber Guild 4:30@TD*
These events are happening at Dufur School/Community Library Summer hours The library is now operating on summer hours, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evenings are family evenings Join us Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for free family activities at the Dufur School Community Library. You are welcome to come for a few minutes or the entire time. August 2 nd : Building with Legos August 9 th : Breaking world records August 16 th : Family game night August 23 rd : Making paper airplanes August 30 th : Building train tracks Summer Reading has been fun in Dufur The final program will be the Summer Reading Party on August 4th at 11 a.m. Contact the Library at 541-467-2588 for more information.
V O L U M E 9, I S S U E 0 8 P A G E 7 These events are happening at Southern Wasco County Library 2016 Summer Reading program schedule @Maupin Library Olympics will be held August 2nd at 6:00 p.m. at Kaiser Park, located in Maupin. This will be held in conjunction with the America's National Night Out Ice Cream Social at the same time. There will be a bounce house, games and relays and prizes. On August 5th and 19th at 11:00 a.m. there will be Kids Yoga on the lawn in front of the library. Children s Story Time is held every Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the library in Maupin Watch for the Wasco County Library Service District booth at the Wasco County Fair in Tygh Valley. We will be featuring our new Little Free Libraries. We plan to have lots of "old school" fun activities throughout the summer with hula hoops, jump ropes, hopscotch, scooter boards and more. Drawings will be held at the end of the summer for those kids involved in the summer program. We will be giving away 2 Lenovo ThinkPad laptop computers, State Fair tickets and lots more.
P A G E 8 Soup Night @the library Are you looking for a different place to take your family for dinner on these hot summer nights? Why not bring them to the library for a nice refreshing bowl of cold soup, such as gazpacho, watermelon, or cucumber soups? We ll be sharing a variety of cold soups on Wednesday, August 10 th from 6:00 8:00 at The Dalles Public Library. We were inspired by Maggie Stuckey, a Portland author, who was here in March and introduced the concept of soup night to us. Basically, it is a way to get to know others in your neighborhood, and share a meal with them. If you weren t here for her program, we ll be happy to tell you about soup nights, and how you can bring it to your own neighborhood. There is nothing for you to bring, except your own beverage. We ll supply the soups, bowls, spoons and napkins. When you re done eating, instead of having to clean-up, you can spend time with your family in the library selecting books, movies, and more. If you have any questions, or would like to volunteer to help out with Soup Night, contact Rita at 541-296-2815, or via email at rsquires@ci.the-dalles.or.us. TedTalk discussion group Like a book club without the book. This discussion group; held the first Thursday of every month, at 7:00 p.m. in the library s meeting room, is open to adults and youth (age 14+). The TedTalk for August 4th will be: David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better stronger? When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counterintuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and the development of our natural talents is just one of them. Get ready for the Olympics by joining in this fascinating and fun topic. For more information, or to be on the email list for this event, please contact Jenny Loughmiller at: jtloughmiller@gmail.com, or call/text at 541-298-1231. Ted Talks are short (20 minutes or less), high -quality video presentations given by passionate, knowledgeable people across a wide variety of fields. They contain big ideas that can inform, challenge and inspire all at the same time. Upcoming computer classes There are no computer classes scheduled for August, but just look at what s going to be available this fall: Basic How to Use a Computer, E-Mail, Beginning Word, Internet Searching Skills, Computer Privacy and Security, Excel, PowerPoint, Web Design, Library Resources or What Magical Tools We Have on Our Website (includes ebooks and downloadable audio). Is there something you would like to learn that isn t listed? Just let us know, and we ll see if we can help. Bye bye Boopsie If you are one of the small handful of patrons who had been using the Boopsie app, we no longer subscribe to that service. You will find that our website is responsive, and will resize to fit the electronic device it is on. Just bookmark our website to help you find it quickly. The search and my account tabs appear near the top. If you have any problems accessing our website, or have questions about it, please contact us at 541-296-2815. L I B R A R Y H A P P E N I N G S