Hello everyone. How has this first week of August been treating you? I hope well.
As it is a Wednesday, this blog post is supposed to be about a book that I’ve read and now have something to say about. I have a confession to make. I didn’t read a book this week. A few Weekly Updates ago, I mentioned the many things that were keeping me busy over the summer. This week all of these things are kind of coming to a head because I’m getting ready to go to a week long summer camp, and all of these things need to be done before then. For that reason, I didn’t have time to sit down and read a book this week.
I also wanted to explain the lack of blog postings for the next couple of weeks. From August 8th-15th, I will be helping at a church camp that I participated in as a camper, and now I’ll be going back to help as staff. When I get back from the camp, I am going to be gone that next week as well because I’m having a surgery done. So from the 8th through the 21st of August, I will officially be falling off the face of the library world, and so I figured I would let anyone reading my blog know what is going on.
But, just because I’m going to be gone for the next couple of weeks doesn’t mean we aren’t having some fun things at the library. On August 13 from 6-8pm, Whilce Portacio will be coming to the Hayden Library. Whilce is a comic book illustrator that has done work on several different titles, including X-Men, and he will be speaking on how to get into the comic book business. He will also be having an open Q & A period, and if you want an autograph, he’ll be doing that as well. All ages are welcome to come.
The North Idaho Fair and Rodeo is running from August 25th-29th, and the Hayden Library will have a table set up on the 26th from opening til closing. Because the fair is the last week in August, I’m going to be able to make it. We’ve had a chance to do the fair for the past couple of years, and it is always a good turnout and a good time. We have a few different crafts we’ll be doing, and we’d love to see you.
The day after we’re at the fair, we are having a Karaoke night. On August 27 from 5 to 8pm, we are going to be singing along with our favorite tunes, enjoying some refreshments, and awarding Teen summer reading prizes. Todd Alexander, a local KJ (Karaoke Jockey), is coming in for the event, and he has thousands of songs to choose from. Hope you’ll come down for a ridiculous time of singing and having fun.
This is basically the last blog post for a couple of weeks, so I’ll say TTFN (Ta-Ta for now), and have a great rest of your summer.
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Another Post about Flying Time?
Another fine Friday, wouldn’t you say? I once again find it so amusing to think that another week is already over. What did I do this week? Turns out a whole bunch. Not only at work, but at my church and at my school. If I’m not at work, I’m doing homework, planning some things as the Chairperson of the Student Body Government at Lewis Clark State College-CDA, or helping with a new program at my church. Needless to say, keeping myself this busy makes the weeks pass very quickly.
Not only do I find it amazing that the weeks are passing so quickly, I’m also finding it amazing that the summer has passed so quickly. We are already to the 23rd of July. That’s weird. In about a month I’ll be starting the fall semester of my senior year at LCSC-CDA. How am I already a month away from the end of summer? Even though we’re almost through July, we have some fun things still coming up before we kiss the summer of 2010 goodbye.
This week is the end of most of our Tween programs. I had my last Open Game Friday this morning, and our last Ka-Boom Science Experiments is this Monday. While these two programs are ending, we still have two more weeks of Tween Summer Reading. This week, we are doing Art Cards. You’re probably thinking that Art Cards could mean a lot of things. For our purposes, Art Cards are small collages that we will be making using stamps, markers, magazine clippings, and anything else we can find. A week after Art Cards, we are going to be ending our Tween Summer Reading program with a Beach Party. That means having some cooky games and some hot dogs and having a great time.
A week from today we are having our Free Concert with the CDA Rock School. If you enjoy listening to rock music in the slightest, you should be at the Hayden Library from 7pm to 9pm next Friday. Karen and I attended a CDA Rock School concert just before school ended, and it was amazing. There are some very talented young people playing classic rock tunes. Makes for a great time!
Just a couple weeks after the CDA Rock School, Whilce Portacio is coming up. I still think it is crazy that a major Marvel Comics illustrator is coming to the Hayden Library, but it is happening. Whilce will be doing a Q & A session, as well as offering some tips on getting into the comics business. You can also bring in your comic books and graphic novels for Whilce to autograph.
For the last couple of weeks, we have had a few teens come in having read 25 hours. This summer, we have been giving away prizes for reading. I knew what my prizes were for 5, 10, and 15 hours, but I have just figured out our prize for 25 hours this week. So basically this is how it works. If you read 25 hours, you get another free book, some prizes from our prize stash, and 1 ticket for our Borders Gift Card drawing.
For every five hours read over 25 hours you will get another ticket for our gift card drawing. So another ticket at 30 hours, another ticket at 35 hours, and so on. The more hours you read, the more chances you have to win. There is no limit to how many hours you can read, or how many tickets you can have in the gift card drawing.
So, there you have it. Summer might be 2/3 over, but there is still plenty of fun to have at the Hayden Library.
Not only do I find it amazing that the weeks are passing so quickly, I’m also finding it amazing that the summer has passed so quickly. We are already to the 23rd of July. That’s weird. In about a month I’ll be starting the fall semester of my senior year at LCSC-CDA. How am I already a month away from the end of summer? Even though we’re almost through July, we have some fun things still coming up before we kiss the summer of 2010 goodbye.
This week is the end of most of our Tween programs. I had my last Open Game Friday this morning, and our last Ka-Boom Science Experiments is this Monday. While these two programs are ending, we still have two more weeks of Tween Summer Reading. This week, we are doing Art Cards. You’re probably thinking that Art Cards could mean a lot of things. For our purposes, Art Cards are small collages that we will be making using stamps, markers, magazine clippings, and anything else we can find. A week after Art Cards, we are going to be ending our Tween Summer Reading program with a Beach Party. That means having some cooky games and some hot dogs and having a great time.
A week from today we are having our Free Concert with the CDA Rock School. If you enjoy listening to rock music in the slightest, you should be at the Hayden Library from 7pm to 9pm next Friday. Karen and I attended a CDA Rock School concert just before school ended, and it was amazing. There are some very talented young people playing classic rock tunes. Makes for a great time!
Just a couple weeks after the CDA Rock School, Whilce Portacio is coming up. I still think it is crazy that a major Marvel Comics illustrator is coming to the Hayden Library, but it is happening. Whilce will be doing a Q & A session, as well as offering some tips on getting into the comics business. You can also bring in your comic books and graphic novels for Whilce to autograph.
For the last couple of weeks, we have had a few teens come in having read 25 hours. This summer, we have been giving away prizes for reading. I knew what my prizes were for 5, 10, and 15 hours, but I have just figured out our prize for 25 hours this week. So basically this is how it works. If you read 25 hours, you get another free book, some prizes from our prize stash, and 1 ticket for our Borders Gift Card drawing.
For every five hours read over 25 hours you will get another ticket for our gift card drawing. So another ticket at 30 hours, another ticket at 35 hours, and so on. The more hours you read, the more chances you have to win. There is no limit to how many hours you can read, or how many tickets you can have in the gift card drawing.
So, there you have it. Summer might be 2/3 over, but there is still plenty of fun to have at the Hayden Library.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Time and Repetition
How are we all doing today? As usual, my week has been pretty busy, but I’m having way too much fun working with the young adults and the younger kiddos at the library.
Time and repetition are funny things to me. You start your work day, and you have a list of things that need to get done. Then you end your work day, and you still have things on that list that didn’t get done. Time seems to fly faster the more of it you need. Doing things over and over again, such as a blog post, are also interesting. You get it done one week, and then before you know it, you have another one that needs to get done because a week has already passed. Sometimes those time pass you right by and you miss a blog post. Crazy stuff.
As I’m writing this blog post, our office is a little bit of a mess. Space is a precious commodity because we have so many materials and programs to keep track of, so we are getting some new shelving for our office. Even though it is only a few shelves, it will be a big help to us. Thanks to our director, John Hartung, for getting those up for us.
Also as I’m writing this, there have been a few changes to our summer programs. As I mentioned in my last blog post, we have been partnering with Lightning Comics over the summer. Whilce Portacio, one of the illustrators for none other than Marvel Comics, is flying over from Seattle during the second weekend in August. While he is in the area, he will be signing books at Lightning Comics, and doing a program for us at the Hayden Library. Should be pretty awesome.
The second change to our summer programs is moving the date of our Karaoke event. It was originally scheduled for the 16th of August, but that puts it awfully close to the Whilce Portacio visit. To make it easier to catch both programs, we are moving the Karaoke program to July 27th from 5:00 to 8:00pm. Todd Alexander, a local Karaoke Jockey, will still be coming over for the event.
Well that is all August stuff, so let’s talk about July stuff. We are having our monthly Rock the Boat program for the 14 to 18 year old group this Monday from 6 to 7pm. We’re calling it ReMix it Up, and we’ll be making some movies using our Flip camera and Windows Movie Maker. We are also having our Last Friday program on well the last Friday, which is the 30th of July. It is going to be a free concert with the Coeur d’ Alene Rock School. The concert is going to start at 7pm and go until 9pm. This program was originally going to be for only our 14 to 18 group, but people from every age group are interested in it, so we are opening it up to all ages.
Well here’s to another week of fun in the sun!
Time and repetition are funny things to me. You start your work day, and you have a list of things that need to get done. Then you end your work day, and you still have things on that list that didn’t get done. Time seems to fly faster the more of it you need. Doing things over and over again, such as a blog post, are also interesting. You get it done one week, and then before you know it, you have another one that needs to get done because a week has already passed. Sometimes those time pass you right by and you miss a blog post. Crazy stuff.
As I’m writing this blog post, our office is a little bit of a mess. Space is a precious commodity because we have so many materials and programs to keep track of, so we are getting some new shelving for our office. Even though it is only a few shelves, it will be a big help to us. Thanks to our director, John Hartung, for getting those up for us.
Also as I’m writing this, there have been a few changes to our summer programs. As I mentioned in my last blog post, we have been partnering with Lightning Comics over the summer. Whilce Portacio, one of the illustrators for none other than Marvel Comics, is flying over from Seattle during the second weekend in August. While he is in the area, he will be signing books at Lightning Comics, and doing a program for us at the Hayden Library. Should be pretty awesome.
The second change to our summer programs is moving the date of our Karaoke event. It was originally scheduled for the 16th of August, but that puts it awfully close to the Whilce Portacio visit. To make it easier to catch both programs, we are moving the Karaoke program to July 27th from 5:00 to 8:00pm. Todd Alexander, a local Karaoke Jockey, will still be coming over for the event.
Well that is all August stuff, so let’s talk about July stuff. We are having our monthly Rock the Boat program for the 14 to 18 year old group this Monday from 6 to 7pm. We’re calling it ReMix it Up, and we’ll be making some movies using our Flip camera and Windows Movie Maker. We are also having our Last Friday program on well the last Friday, which is the 30th of July. It is going to be a free concert with the Coeur d’ Alene Rock School. The concert is going to start at 7pm and go until 9pm. This program was originally going to be for only our 14 to 18 group, but people from every age group are interested in it, so we are opening it up to all ages.
Well here’s to another week of fun in the sun!
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