Two new art shows premiered at the library this month. We have historical photographs of Sandy High School’s first graduating class (3 students) in 1914, to a picture of the beautiful new campus on Bell Street and many pictures showing the years in between.

We also have beautiful hooked rugs on display, in honor of Timberline Lodge’s 75th Anniversary. The twelve burlap and wool hand hooked “Timberline Collection” rugs graced rooms at Timberline. These contemporary rugs, made “in the spirit of” the originals, were created for the 40th, 50th and 60th anniversaries of the Lodge.

The Rose City Hot Club entertained a large group of First Friday attendees on the 5th. They played acoustic swing music that was very popular with the crowd.

Our literacy program at the Vista apartments kicked off this month. Monica Smith, Katie Murphy and Susan Winsinger are working with the kids to create a ‘Zine — a self published magazine.

We weren’t able to offer our pirate program last year in our temporary library site, but this year the pirates (volunteers Judy Evans, Ric Sward and Marcia Warren) were back! We had 8 treasure hunts with 224 kids participating, all 6th grade students at Cedar Ridge. They learn how to seek out and find treasure at the library.

In conjunction with our hooked rug exhibit, we had guests Sarah Munro (historian of Timberline Lodge) and Curator Linny Adamson present a program reviewing the early history of the Lodge, from its design and construction, to its modern state.  There was also a volunteer who demonstrated the craft of hooking rugs.

Monica Smith and I attended a “Lead the Change” discussion at the Seattle Public Library on Oct. 30. This was excellent training for us as we look to ways to enhance Sandy by providing excellent library services.