Programs

Summer Reading began June 1st!  Pick up a packet for Kid, Teen, and Adult Summer Reading at the Library through July 31st.  Summer Reading performers started on June 14th.  Tuesdays at Hoodland Library, Wednesdays at Sandy Library, and Thursdays at Vista Apartments.  Come join the fun from 2-3pm through July 19th in Hoodland, July 20th in Sandy, and July 28th at Vista.

On June 1st, we started our 4 week adult drawing class taught by Eileen Holzman.  This class had 18 attendees.  Coming soon, a display on the ramp wall of the art from this class!

June 3rd was our Library Coffee House.  We had music by Back Up and Push, edible treats, and a kids craft.  233 people attended.

17 people attended our first anime club cosplay contest event on June 22nd!

On June 27th, we held an informational meeting to gather volunteers to teach our upcoming English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes.  25 interested English speakers attended!  We will hold a student recruitment meeting (and sample class) on August 23rd.

City

The Longest Day Parkway was a great success for the Library!  We talked with 257 people, and gave out many Summer Reading packets.

LINCC (Libraries IN Clackamas County)

On June 16th, Chris Wilhelmi, Elaine Russell, and I went to the LINCC offices to begin testing of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tagging and checkout of items.   The RFID Implementation Committee has begun meeting.  We plan to have every circulating item in our collection tagged, and RFID check-out and security fully implemented by June 30, 2017.  The Sandy Library will need to close for up to a week (likely sometime in February or March 2017) to accomplish the tagging.

Community

On June 1st, Dianne Downey and I attended the Mount Hood Pedestrian/Bikeways Open House. This was an event hosted by Clackamas County to discuss pedestrian/bikeways of the Mount Hood area. There is a crosswalk across from the library, as well as a walking/biking pathway on Welches Road in the current Draft Plan.