West Slope SpringSummer 2016 - · PDF...
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AMONG FRIENDS Published by Friends of the West Slope Community Library
Spring/Summer - June 2016 Edited by Kristin Webb
Is Your Friends Membership Current?
Dear Friends of West Slope Community Library -‐ Please check your newsle>er label to see whether your membership is current or has expired -‐ the expira@on date is highlighted in yellow. There are two paths to Friends membership: annual dues ($15 for individuals, $20 for families, $50 for patrons), or 20 or more hours of library volunteer @me each year. As you know, the Friends provide dollars for library programs, including Summer Reading and much more, as well as funding for computers and furniture so that our library can spend county dollars on enhanced opera@ng services for all of us. If your membership has lapsed, we hope that you choose to renew! Payment may be mailed to the library at 3678 SW 78th Ave, Portland, OR, 97225, or turned in to staff at the front desk.
Thank you, Friends!
Library Hours
Monday -‐ Thursday: 9:30am -‐ 8:00pm Friday -‐ Saturday: 9:30am -‐ 4:00pm Sunday: Closed
A Note from the Friends’ Board
It’s been quite a year for the West Slope Library! There have been a variety of programs, interes@ng speakers, fun game nights, kni[ng nights and book groups – too many ac@vi@es to list. There is something for everyone. Please check out the wonderful programs at the library and at WestSlopeLibrary.org. Also, the summer reading program isn’t just for kids anymore! Stop by the library and sign up.
Thanks to all of you for your support, the library levy passed last November! We are so lucky to have such a gem of a library, with friendly and hardworking staff and dedicated volunteers.
On a sad note, long @me library employee, Jan Nicholas recently passed away. Jan worked at the library for 20 years and was the first person that many of us met at West Slope. There have been many heartwarming stories. If you have a memory that you would like to share, you can email it to WestSlopeLibrary.org or stop by the library and sign a card for her family.
Please consider renewing your Friends of the West Slope Library annual membership. This nonprofit group supports our library by helping to purchase books, special programs, equipment and many other things that make our library special.
Have a wonderful summer!
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Our dear friend and long@me West Slope Library staff member Jan Nicholas passed away on May 10, 2016 acer an extended ba>le with cancer. She worked at West Slope from 1991 to 2011 and was beloved by countless patrons and everyone who worked with her. Jan sta@oned herself at the front desk every day and was the public face of the library for many years. She knew so many patrons’ reading habits and tastes that she would place @tles on hold for them before they could even ask. She was forgiving and compassionate. When patrons had account problems, Jan was always willing to work with them to resolve the issue so that they could con@nue to use the library. We know that many of you considered her a friend and have con@nued to ask about her in the years acer her re@rement. Over the last few years, even though she struggled with illness, she was able to travel and spend a lot of quality @me with family and friends. Here are some of the comments that library members have shared with us on Facebook or via email: “I'm so sorry to hear of Jan's passing. She was my first contact with West Slope Library when we moved here 16 years ago and was always so friendly and helpful. I looked forward to seeing her when I went to the library.” “I wouldn't be a library patron in (rela@vely) good standing without Jan. I am so sorry to hear this news. She always helped me figure out how to rise above my overdue library fines. I loved her sense of humor, too.” “I'm so sorry to hear that. Jan always made me feel like home when I visited the library. I never needed my card, because she knew me by name. I've missed her since she's been gone.” “Jan was a gic to our library and our community.” “I ocen think of West Slope as the ‘Cheers’ of libraries – where everybody knows your name. If so, then Jan was certainly the friendly face at the end of the bar!” If you have memories of Jan that you would like to share, you can submit them at westslopelibrary.org/contact, comment on our Facebook page, or sign a card at the library. If you would like to send a card to her family, we are collec@ng them here at the library and will deliver them at a later date.
Jan Nicholas Memorial
Jan’s Memorial will be held on Sunday June 12, 2016 at 3:00pm.
Printed details on location and further logistics will be available at the library when finalized.
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Picture Book: Max the Brave by Ed Vere Max is a brave, fearless little kitten, who boldly embraces his destiny: chasing mice! The only problem is, he doesn’t actually know what a mouse looks like. As you can imagine, this leads to trickery and misinformation when he actually encounters a mouse. Or is it a monster?
Juvenile Book: Princess Hamster: Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon The author of the fabulously hilarious Dragonbreath series brings us a new fabulously hilarious series featuring a sword-fighting, indomitable hamster princess. When she learns that she is cursed to fall into a deep sleep at the age of twelve, she realizes that until the time of her “doom,” she can pretty much do anything she wants. In fact, she’s invincible! So naturally, when a prince needs rescuing, Princess Harriet the Hamster leaps into action…
Young Adult Book: The Hunted by Matt de la Peña Shy survived The Big One because he was out on the ocean working on a cruise ship when it hit. However, one of the other survivors, rich girl Addie, vanished soon after they and the other survivors made it to a mysterious island. But before disappearing, she shared a secret with Shy – a secret that some people will kill for, and now Shy is a moving target. When he finally makes it back to tsunami-devastated L.A., the real fight for his life – and the lives of the rest of the survivors – really begins. Part survival thriller, part dystopian conspiracy novel, this concludes the gripping story begun in The Living.
Schedule for Youth Services Programs
Book Babies: Wednesdays - 10:15-10:45 a.m. Toddler Time: Tuesdays - 10:15-10:45 a.m. Preschool Storytime: Wednesdays -1:30-2:00 p.m. Family Game Night: 1st Thursday - 5:00-7:30 p.m. Crafts for Kids: 3rd Saturday -12:30-2:30 drop-in
Summer Reading Update
Summer Reading signup starts on June 1. The theme for summer reading this year will be On Your Mark, Get Set…Read! As usual, there will be a program for both pre-readers and independent readers. The independent reader program helps students maintain or improve their reading level over the summer break, while the read-to-me program helps pre-readers build foundational early literacy skills.
We will also have a Teen Summer Reading Program, whose theme will be Get in the Game – Read! Materials have been ordered from Upstart and other vendors to support both programs. Many thanks to the Friends of the West Slope Library for their continued support of the library’s summer reading programs.
West Slope Library will host several special summer reading events, most of which are provided by WCCLS. Unless otherwise noted, these events will take place in the Valley Community Presbyterian Church gym at the corner of Brentwood and Laurelwood. The programs will be:
Outdoor Bubble & Chalk Festival – Decorate our boring sidewalks with chalk, and play around with bubbles. What’s not to like? At the library, Thurs., June 30 at 2:00 p.m.
Teatro Calamari – An amazing puppet retelling of The Three Little Pigs like you’ve never seen before! Thurs., July 7 at 2:00 p.m.
Play-Doh Fun – Who doesn’t like making things out of Play-Doh? Creat things out of dough with tools and cookie cutters. At the library, Thurs., July 14 at 2:00 p.m.
En Taiko – For teens and pre-teens, learn the rhythm of Japanese Taiko drumming. Be prepared to be LOUD!. Thurs., July 21 at 3:00 p.m. NOTE: Registration required.
Lucky Diaz – Rock out with these awesome Latin Grammy-winning musicians! Thurs., July 28 at 2:00 p.m.
Tour de Crafts Fun Fair – Drop in to enjoy a variety of arts & crafts, and science activities. Help us create a new collaborative work of art for the children’s area of the library! At the library, Thurs., Aug. 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Reptile Man – The very popular Reptile Man brings an entertaining and educational parade of amazing reptiles! Thurs., Aug. 18 at 2:00 p.m.
We will also continue our recent tradition of having Friday afternoon movie matinees throughout the month of July. Thanks to movie licenses paid for by the Friends of the West Slope Library, we can show movies from many studios on our big screen TV. We even provide the popcorn! To tie in with our sporty Summer Reading themes, all the movies will involve a sport in some way. Quidditch, anyone?
Children’s/Young Adults Books and Programs
Jigsaw puzzles have taken over the library!
Last winter, staff member Laura Baldschun set out a book-‐themed jigsaw puzzle as a simple diversion for library visitors escaping the dark, chilly weather. When that puzzle was completed, a volunteer donated a few more, and then more dona@ons rolled in acer that. The library even set out a hummingbird-‐themed, laser-‐cut wood puzzle to celebrate the start of spring. Since November, the front room of the library has not had a day without puzzles, and it’s been wonderful to see strangers become friends as they’ve spent @me together bent over the table pu[ng together the pieces.
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You can now print wirelessly at the library. Use an app, webform, or email to send your print job to the library and pick it up at the front desk. To print from your smartphone or tablet, download the Printeron app to your device. To print from a laptop or your home computer, upload your document at printeron.net/wccls/westslope. Or simply a>ach your document to an email and send it to wccls-‐wsl-‐[email protected]. Whichever method you choose, you will be able to pick up your black & white prints at the desk for 10¢ per page. Ques@ons? Ask library staff for help or visit wccls.org/prin3romanywhere.
Wireless Printing at West Slope Library Now Available!!!
In April, PJ Bentley presented on a panel at the Oregon Library Associa@on Annual Conference in Bend about “The Library of Things.” He showed off West Slope Library’s board game collec@on, discussed the importance of games for children and adults, and talked about how other libraries can build their own collec@ons of games and toys. He was joined by librarians from Monmouth Public Library and Hillsboro Public Library who talked about seed libraries and lending things like instruments and kitchen appliances. The audience was very recep@ve and we will likely see other Oregon libraries following our lead in the future!
Other Libraries learning from West Slope!!
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The Nest (now) by Cynthia Sweeney : A debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.
The Weekenders (now) by Mary Andrews : While wai@ng for her husband to arrive on the ferry one Friday acernoon on Belle Island, Riley is confronted by a process server who thrusts papers into her hand. And her husband is nowhere to be found.
The Games (6/27) by James PaMerson : Rio has spent years preparing to host the world during the Olympic games-‐-‐but they didn't prepare for "this”…
End of Watch (6/02) by Stephen King : The diabolical Mercedes Killer drives his enemies to suicide, and if Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney don t figure out a way to stop him, they’ll be vic@ms themselves.
The Pursuit (6/21) by Janet Evanovich : Nicolas Fox, interna@onal con man, thief, and one of the top ten fugi@ves on the FBI’s most-‐wanted list, has been kidnapped, while secretly working for the FBI.
Here’s to Us (6/14) by Erin Hilderbrand, Elin : Three roman@c rivals. One crowded house in Nantucket. Plenty of room for jealousy.
Magic (7/05) by Danielle Steel : It starts on a summer evening, with the kind of magic found only in Paris… Someone Knows (7/25) by Marcia Muller : Someone is obsessed with destroying the lives of inves@gators Sharon McCone and her business partner husband Hy.
Hot Summer Reads By Janet Ross
Adult Summer Reading for Adults Summer reading isn’t just for kids! At WCCLS libraries, summer reading for adults means finding great book sugges@ons in your inbox, sharing your reads, fun prizes for book lovers, and great events at your local library. How Does it Work? 1. Sign up online (wccls.org/srp/adults2016) or at West Slope from June 1 to July 31. A free book with sign up will be given to the first 100 West Slope par@cipants, these have been provided by Friends of West Slope Library. 2. Opt-‐in to receive the WCCLS Reads email newsle>er when you sign up. We’ll send emails every two weeks full of reading ideas from your fellow summer readers and WCCLS library staff, plus great events at your local library, and more! 3. Every two weeks, we’ll draw from all who have registered for fun prizes for book lovers.
ParFcipate More for a Chance to Win! We want you to share your book recommenda@ons with us again this summer! 1. Visit reads.wccls.org/suggest from June 1 through August 31 to share the books you’re enjoying with WCCLS – no login required (your name, phone, and/or email address are necessary for us to contact you if you win a prize in our drawings). 2. Share your book recommenda@ons, and when you do you will be entered into a special prize drawing at the end of the summer. 3. Even be>er, your recommenda@ons will get shared (anonymously) with other Washington County readers, so share your reads early and ocen! Plus, reads.wccls.org will also feature book recommenda@ons from staff, fellow readers, and other book fun. If you’re on social media, use #wcclsreads to share your favorite summer reading pictures, books, and more. Prizes Every two weeks, star@ng June 15th, we'll be drawing from all summer reading par@cipants for prizes! You'll have a chance to win one of many WCCLS Reads-‐themed tote bags and water bo>les. At the end of the summer, we'll have a special prize drawing just for those who submit their own reading recommenda@ons.
Adult Summer Reading Program
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June 2016
Wednesday, June 1 Behind the Scenes with Joe Becker 6:30pm To kick off the Summer Reading season, the library has invited re@red KGW sports anchor Joe Becker to present a behind-‐the-‐scenes look at sports journalism in Portland. Becker will share some of his favorite Portland sports memories, talk about his work as a TV sports anchor, and par@cipate in a Q&A with the audience.
Wednesday, June 8 Book Group 2pm & 6:30pm 2pm The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea. 6:30pm Soundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman who Mapped the Ocean Floor by Hali Felt The West Slope Library book group is an open forum for sharing ideas. All adults are welcome to a>end.
Saturday, June 11 Move Like a Mammoth Museum presentaFon 1pm -‐ 2pm Scien@sts from the Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History will show you how to pounce like a saber tooth cat, lic like a mammoth, or stroll like a giant ground sloth. You'll discover how prehistoric animals ran, swam, leaped, climbed, and ate their way through Oregon's history. Ac@vity tables will offer touchable specimens, such as fossils, bones, and teeth! All ages welcome. No registra@on required.
Monday, June 14 Kni\ng 6:30pm Bring your kni[ng projects to the library! Adults and teens are welcome to drop in to learn kni[ng basics, to give or receive help on kni[ng problems, to work on kni[ng projects for the needy, or to simply enjoy hanging out and kni[ng with others.
Tuesday, June 28 Board Game Night at the West Coast 4-‐Late Every final Tuesday of the month, adults and teens are invited to drop by and play through our stack of games. Try a hot new card game like Love LeFer, a heavy strategy game like Puerto Rico, or a coopera@ve game like Pandemic. Or, you can bring your own game to play and share. Featured Game: Pick your favorite
July 2016
Monday, July 11 Kni\ng 6:30pm Bring your kni[ng projects to the library! Adults and teens are welcome to drop in to learn kni[ng basics, to give or receive help on kni[ng problems, to work on kni[ng projects for the needy, or to simply enjoy hanging out and kni[ng with others.
Wednesday, July 13 Book Groups 2pm & 6:30pm 2pm Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeane>e Winterson 6:30pm Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson The West Slope Library book group is an open forum for sharing ideas. All adults are welcome to a>end.
Friday, July 15 Aaer-‐Hours Party 6pm – 9pm Roving Horse Henna will be here and Wendy will be doing henna adornments from 6:30pm – 8:30pm. PJ will crossword puzzle tournament and other game and puzzle tournaments including prizes!! Snacks will be had by all.
Wednesday, July 20 Self-‐Expression Through Art 6pm -‐8pm Local ar@st, Sylvia Zimmerman, will guide par@cipants through art processes that will help develop methods of self-‐expression. Supplies will be provided. Registra@on required. 16 – adults
Tuesday, July 26 Board Games 4pm – 8pm Every final Tuesday of the month, adults and teens are invited to drop by and play through our stack of games. Try a hot new card game like Love LeFer, a heavy strategy game like Puerto Rico, or a coopera@ve game like Pandemic. Or, you can bring your own game to play and share. Featured Game: TBA
Thursday, July 28 eBook appointments 10am -‐ 3pm Curious about downloading library ebooks to your Kindle, iPhone, iPad, Android, or other mobile device? Frustrated by a technical issue; schedule a one-‐on-‐one 30-‐minute session to learn the basics of library ebooks or to get help troubleshoo@ng your device.
Adult Programs
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Adult Programs Cont…
August 2016
Wednesday, August 3 Good Food Bad Food—Oregon HumaniFes ConversaFon Project 6:30pm – 8:00pm. 16 -‐ adults Kristy Athens, Oregon writer of “Get Your Pitchfork On! the real dirt on country living”, will lead a conversa@on about local food sources. Smaller scale, community-‐based food growing efforts are on the rise as means to nurture community and create local and autonomous food systems. In this conversa@on, author Kristy will ask par@cipants to think about the impact of their food choices. Are these choices as consequen@al as consumers would like them to be? Does “vo@ng with your dollars” significantly shape our agricultural systems?
Monday, August 8 Craas Join Kniiers for Tie Dye 6pm – 8pm Join us outside the library at the picnic bench to @e dye. Bring your own items—shirts, socks, tablecloths, pillow cases, napkins. Kni>ers will be around to teach and help knit. A limited supply of t-‐shirts will be available to purchase for $2.00. Teens & adults
Wednesday, August 17 Pop Up Cards 6:30pm Local friend of the library, Michele Willemse, will provide instruc@ons and supplies and @me for par@cipants to learn how to create pop up gree@ng cards. Registra@on required. 16 -‐ adults
Tuesday, August 30 Board Game Night 4pm-‐8pm Every final Tuesday of the month, adults and teens are invited to drop by and play through our stack of games. Try a hot new card game like Love LeFer, a heavy strategy game like Puerto Rico, or a coopera@ve game like Pandemic. Or, you can bring your own game to play and share. Featured Game: TBA
September 2016
Monday, September 12 Kni\ng Group 6:30pm Bring your kni[ng projects to the library! Adults and teens are welcome to drop in to learn kni[ng basics, to give or receive help on kni[ng problems, to work on kni[ng projects for the needy, or to simply enjoy hanging out and kni[ng with others.
Wednesday, September 14 Book Group 2:00pm Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan 6:30pm To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion by Adam Hochschild
Wednesday, Sept 21 Emergency Preparedness 6:00pm “Prepare!” Staff from American Red Cross will present their 60 minute class about the essen@als of disaster preparedness. All ages.
Tuesday, Sept 27 Board Games 4pm – 8pm Every final Tuesday of the month, adults and teens are invited to drop by and play through our stack of games. Try a hot new card game like Love LeFer, a heavy strategy game like Puerto Rico, or a coopera@ve game like Pandemic. Or, you can bring your own game to play and share. Featured Game: TBA
Thursday, Sept 29 eBook appointments 10am -‐ 3pm Curious about downloading library ebooks to your Kindle, iPhone, iPad, Android, or other mobile device? Frustrated by a technical issue; schedule a one-‐on-‐one 30-‐minute session to learn the basics of library ebooks or to get help troubleshoo@ng your device.
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Book Club Books through September: Marly Osma de Forest June 8th 2:00 The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea -‐ Describes the a>empt of twenty-‐six men to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, a region known as the Devil's Highway, detailing their harrowing ordeal and ba>le for survival against impossible odds. -‐ (Baker & Taylor) 6:30 Soundings: the remarkable story of the woman who mapped the ocean floor by Hali Felt -‐ Un@l Marie Tharp's groundbreaking work in the 1950s, the floor of the ocean was a mystery-‐-‐then, as now, we knew less about the ocean than we did about outer space. In a @me when women in the scien@fic community were rou@nely dismissed, Tharp's work changed our understanding of the earth's geologic evolu@on. July 13th 2:00 Why be happy when you could be normal by JeaneMe Winterson -‐ Traces the author's lifelong search for happiness as the adopted daughter of Pentecostal parents who raised her through prac@ces of fierce control and paranoia, an experience that prompted her to search for her biological mother. -‐ (Baker & Taylor) 6:30 Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson -‐ "Our house," writes Jackson, "is old, noisy, and full. When we moved into it we had two children and about five thousand books; I expect that when we finally overflow and move out again we will have perhaps twenty children and easily half a million books." Jackson's literary talents are in evidence everywhere, as is her trenchant, unsen@mental wit. Yet there is no mistaking the happiness and love in these pages, which are crowded with the raucous voices of an extraordinary family living a wonderfully ordinary life. August 10th Book group on hiatus September 14th 2:00 Paris 1919: six months that changed the world by Margaret MacMillan -‐ Describes the six months following the end of the First World War when leaders of the great powers, as well as men and women from all over the world, all with their own agendas, converged on Paris to shape the peace. -‐ (Baker & Taylor) 6:30 To End All Wars: a story of loyalty and rebellion by Adam Hochschild An epic chronicle of the first World War places an emphasis on the moral dilemmas raised by the war's cri@cs, ci@ng the achievements and associa@ons of famous detractors while exploring how the war's lessons have par@cular relevance in today's world. By the Na@onal Book Award finalist author of King Leopold's Ghost. -‐ (Baker & Taylor)
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Where would we be without our excellent Staff and dedicated Volunteers?
Please take a moment to thank the staff, volunteers, and our local business partners, when you see them.
• Fir Grove Garden Club for the lovely grounds • Postal Annex: The wonderful folks who print our newsletter • China Delight • The Drinkery -‐ Raleigh Hills • Ernesto’s Italian Restaurant • Raccoon Lodge • Raleigh Park School • Starbucks -‐ Raleigh Hills • UU Yogurt -‐ Raleigh Hills • Valley Presbyterian Church • Valley Cinema
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