Library Activities: October 2015

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The Library Coffee House on Friday October 2nd was part of our Oktoberfest Series.   OktoberfestCoffeeHauseWe featured Paul Bria, playing traditional polka and waltz on the accordion.  190 people attended.

 

 

 

We held our first weekly Baby Story Time on October 7th.  This is a special storytime to teach parents with babies up to one year old how to play with their babies to increase interaction and early literacy.

Our Oktoberfest Meet the Brewer Series ended with a great talk by Drinking Horse Brewing Company on October 15th at meetthebrewerHOthe Hoodland Library.  It was our highest attended of the Meet the Brewer programs, with 14 people in attendance.

 

 

 

Our first event in our ongoing series geared for adults over 50, Mind, Body, Spirit; Creating a Vibrant Adult Life was held on October 15th.  It was Talking about Dying organized by Oregon Humanities and The Cambria Health Foundation.  19 people attended this great program.

We held our first Haunted Library for teens on October 16th, and boy did we learn a lot!  Approximately 300 Kids IMG_20151016_193058_858came through, and about a dozen Teen Advisory Board kids with the help of Sandy Actors Theatre and Library staff managed to put together the show.  It was a great success, and we are already planning on how to improve it for next year.

 

 

In coordination with Clackamas County Bank, the library held a Budgeting Workshop on the evening of October 20th.

The Photography Group hung their first group exhibit this month.  Come by the Library through November to check it out. During the October 24th meet-up they practiced their skills with still-life photography.

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Trick or Treat Trail on October 24th brought approximately 836 parents and kids to the library to get treats and play games.  The staff and volunteers had a hard time keeping up with the volume, but thankfully it was a gorgeous day, so we could hold the program outside.
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The kids at Vista Apartments continue to be challenged to create stories.  This time with LEGOS!
Training
2015allstaffdayThe LINCC (Libraries IN Clackamas County) Library District held it’s first All Staff Day in more than 20 years!  This was a great day with speakers to get staff thinking about the current and future role of libraries, the User Experience, and Compassion Fatigue.  It was an excellent way to get LINCC moving forward on the same page.