Summer Reading Prize Winners

It’s Volunteer recognition time!
130 volunteers for the City of Sandy attended the volunteer picnic this year – including many library volunteers.

Sandy Summer Sounds
Estampa Mexicana – 22
Kris Deelane & the Hurt – 175 attendees
Nutz n Boltz Theater – 22
Stringed Migration – 160

Kids Programs
Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 89 kids
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 16 kids and parents

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 151 kids and parents
Preschool – 65 kids and parents
Hoodland – 14 kids and parents

Teen Programs
Special
Library Haunt w/ Creatures of the Night – 51 teens participated in the building of the Haunt.

Ongoing
Teen Space – 23 teens

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffeehouse – 36 people attended to listen to the music of Adlai Alexander. Thank you to Mountain Moka for the coffee donation!

Green Burial – 12 people attended

Sandy Seed Library
Seed Saving Class – 9 people attended

Ongoing
Book Clubs:
Men’s – 8 people discussed the 2nd half of The Mueller Report by the Department of Justice.
Hoodland – 12 people discussed Virgil Wander by Leif Enger.

Photography Group – 7 photographers showed up to share and talk about their work.

Public Notary – Hoodland 3

Outreach
Special
Head Start at Sandy Grade 12 kids and parents, gave out 2 library cards

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 69 kids and 7 adults attended Summer Reading programs with OSU Extension, Mad Science, Wy’East Artisans, and the end of summer reading prize giveaway party. They created a Richard Scarry Board Game as well as literacy and STEM activities, and challenge worksheets.

ESOL tutoring – 44 tutors met with 46 students on 25 days.

Chalk Art
Sandy Library hosted chalk artists in the Arts Commission project Only Rain Down the Drain chalk art competition.  You can still see many of the entries from the competition around the library.

Mountain Festival Parade
The Sandy Library along with Creatures of the Night (Library Haunt) and Volunteers/Friends of the Library were in the parade this year!  We won Best Community Entry.

Friends of the Library Sidewalk Bag Sale
The Friends held their annual sidewalk sale, and did great business. All proceeds from the Friends of the Library goes to directly support library programming.  Thanks Friends! 

Kids Programs
Special
Summer Reading
A Universe of Slime – Hoodland 57
The LEGO Guy – Sandy 55, Hoodland 57
Mad Science: Fire and Ice – Sandy 51
Space Shuttle Escape Room – Sandy 31, Hoodland 22
Dragon Theater Puppets Presents: Arcade Universe – Hoodland 21
Rock Out with Mo Williams – Sandy 20

Harry Potter’s Birthday – 197 people attended to make potions and wands, eat cupcakes, and get their photo taken with the sorting hat.

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 64 kids and 30 adults

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 60 kids and 46 parents
Preschool – 87 kids and 61 parents

Teen Programs
Special
Library Haunt
Planning – 22
Mountain Festival Parade – 15 teens and 8 adults
Promotion of Haunt at Mountain Festival – 12 teens and 14 adults

Ongoing
Teen Space Wednesdays – 21 teens

Adult Programs
Special
Sandy Summer Sounds – The Library is co-sponsoring these programs with the Community Center.
Rose City Kings – 85 people attended on this rainy evening.
Eastside Theater Company – 100 people came to listen to show tunes.
Dina y los Rumberos – 125 people attended to listen to hot Cuban tunes.
Gresham Little Theater – 22 people attended to see highlights from Charlotte’s Web.
Cascade Crescendo – 250 people attended to listen to bluegrass music.

Mt. Hood’s Steiner Cabins, an Historical Overview – 27 people attended this lecture presented by Lloyd Musser, Curator at Mt Hood Cultural Center & Museum in Government Camp.

Computer Classes
Mouse and Computer Basics – 4 people
Computer Basics – 3 people
Internet Basics – 3 people

Planning and Planting a Fall & Winter Garden – 19 people attended to listen to Dennis Brown, Master Gardener.

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 7 people attended to paint step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 11 people discussed the 2nd half of the Mueller Report by the Department of Justice.
Hoodland – 11 people discussed Still Life by Louise Penny.

Photography Group – 10 people listened to what it is like photographing the Fire Department.

Public Notary – Hoodland notarized 6 documents

Outreach
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 32 kids attended Summer Reading programs and did challenge worksheets.

ESOL tutoring – 50 tutors mets with 55 students in 21 days.
ESOL tutor meeting – 9 tutors attended to listen to Olga Gerberg from the Community Center.  Olga shared insights on cultural differences and talked about paths to citizenship.

Building
Exhibits
Timberline Textiles is currently showing at Sandy Library.  This exhibit will be up through the end of September.

The Hoodland Library is currently exhibiting the watercolor and oil art of Lucas Nickerson of Oregon City.

It’s Summer Reading time!  Packets for adults, teens, and kids are ready for pick-up now!  Plus we have lots of programs at Sandy Library, Hoodland Library, and Vista Apartments for school aged kids.

Family
Longest Day Parkway – The library counted 260 people at it’s booth at the Longest Day Parkway!  We gave away Summer Reading packets and popcorn. Checked out seeds from the seed library, and had a corn hole game where you could win $1 and $5 off your library fines! 

Kids Programs
Summer Reading
Sandy
Dragon Theater Puppets: Arcade Universe – 51 kids and 20 parents
Reptile Man – 230 kids and 75 parents

Hoodland
Rock Out with Mo Phillips! – 22 kids, 11 parents
Reptile Man – 62 kids, 29 parents

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 78 kids and 16 parents 

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
Pokemon Club – 1 kid and 1 parent

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 81 kids and 70 parents
Preschool – 54 kids and 38 parents
Hoodland – 3 kids and 3 parents

Reading tutoring – 7 volunteer tutors met with 8 kids on 7 days.

Teen Programs
Special
Teen Space Wednesdays – 64 teens (21 came to tie-dye socks)

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 14 teens

Haunted Library planning –41 teens.

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffeehouse – 70 people attended to listen to the music of Catbone Slim.  Thank you to Starbucks for the coffee donation!

OR7 (Journey) and other wolves in Oregon – 44 people attended to listen to the lead Wolf Biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Oregon.  His duties include monitoring wolf activity, capture and collaring, and working with livestock producers to implement deterrence measures to minimize livestock attacks.

ADRC: A Doorway to Support, Wellness and Community – 7 people attended this program at Hoodland Library presented by the Aging and Disability Resource Connection.

Seed Library
How to feed yourself without an acre of land – 17 people attended to hear presenter, Kris LaMar discuss how to maximize the space you have, and what plants will need the smallest amount of room while supplying the maximum yield. 

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 16 people attended to paint step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 9 people discussed Factfulness : ten reasons we’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think by Hans Rosling, with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Hoodland – 10 people discussed Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Women’s – 8 people discussed Stray City by Chelsey Johnson

Photography Group –7 people attended a group out to McMenamins Edgefield to catch the sunset.

Public Notary – Hoodland – Lara notarized 11 documents in 7 sessions.

Outreach
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 17 kids came to the end of school party.  22 kids came to see Reptile Man.

ESOL tutoring – 45 tutors met with 56 students in 21 days.

Exhibits
Lake Oswego Reads presents The Book of Unknown Americans at Sandy Library. You can view this exhibit through the end of August.

Quilt at Hoodland – Strawberry Fields.  Pieced by Pat Shark of the Mt Hood Piecemakers’ Club.

Training
The Public Library’s Role during Elections: Voter Education in the Age of Misinformation – 3 staff members (Maureen, Thea, Rebecca) attended this webinar.

Meetings
The Library Advisory met this month.  They provided feedback on the county-wide Strategic Plan that LINCC is working on.

Sarah and Thea attended a meeting of the Boring & Damascus Community Connection to learn more about what they do and see if there are more partnership opportunities.

Suzanne Murray left the Library after 18 years of service!  We celebrated with pancakes (her favorite!)

Friends
Friends of Sandy Library are holding their annual book bag sale on the sidewalk on the west side of the library on July 13th and 14th!  Come buy a bag for $5 or $7 and fill it up!

Friends of Hoodland Library held a raffle.  The winner received a signed Jane Kirkpatrick book, as well as local products.

It’s Summer Reading time! Packets for adults, teens, and kids are ready for pick-up now! Plus we have lots of programs at Sandy Library, Hoodland Library, and Vista Apartments for school aged kids.

Displays
Come check out our #readwoke display!

Kids Programs
Special
Summer Reading Blast off Party – 119 people attended to watch a clip from the upcoming American Experience series “Chasing the Moon”, look at moon rocks lent to us by NASA, do some fun activities, eat snacks, and pick up their Summer Reading packets.

Free Comic Book Day – Sandy 77 people, Hoodland 24. Superhero crafts, a batcave, and free comic books!

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 44 kids

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 13 kids and 7 parents, Hoodland 5 kids and 3 parents
Pokemon Club – 6 kids and 4 parents
Science Saturday – 3 kids and 2 parents

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 69 kids and 62 parents
Preschool – 31 kids and 31 parents
Hoodland – 2 kids and 1 parent

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Anime Club – 48 teens
MakerSpace – 75 teens
Haunted Library planning – 54 teens

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffeehouse – 83 people attended to listen to the music of Now and Then, and attend the Wy’East Artisans art reception. Come see their art through the end of June! Thank you to Starbucks for the coffee donation!

Five Remarkable Women – 35 people attended this program to listen to garden author Donald Olson. This program presented in partnership with the Trillium Trails Garden Club.

Take a historical trip on the Barlow Road to Philip Foster Farm – 21 people attended this program to listen to presenter Joanne Broadhurst discuss Philip Foster Farm, Oregon’s first tourist destination, and the historical Barlow Road.

Gardening 101 – 14 people attended this program with Master Gardener Priscilla Robinson. We learned step by step, how to identify our garden spaces, prepare our soil, plan crops, and extend the growing season.

ADRC: A Doorway to Support, Wellness and Community – 5 people attended this program presented by the Aging and Disability Resource Connection.

Ongoing
Paint Nite –19 people attended to paint step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 10 people discussed The five people you meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Hoodland – 10 people discussed News of the World by Paulette Jiles.
Women’s – 8 people discussed Future home of the living god : a novel by Louise Erdrich

Photography Group – 5 people met to discuss projects. 24 in Sandy, OR (How did it go), personal projects.

Public Notary – Hoodland 4

Outreach
Special
Sandy Grade School Visits – 355 Sandy Grade School students visited the library. Monica Smith did book talks, gave tours of the library, and kids checked out books.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 78 kids did literacy, STEM activities, and challenge worksheets.

ESOL tutoring – 41 tutors met with 53 students in 23 days.

Training
Lara Wilent updated her Public Notary certification.

Our new staff scheduling software goes live soon! Three staff met with Peter from Schedule3w to learn the software

Exhibits
Come check out the Wy’East Artisans Guild Exhibit!

Meetings
Library Advisory Board – We met this month. Go here to read about the meeting!

Programming Meeting – Sandy and Hoodland staff met to discuss our upcoming years worth of programming, including costs. We managed to agree to a programming plan within our budget constraints.

National Library Week is in April, and Libraries in Clackamas County celebrated with Food for Fines! Sandy collected for the Sandy Community Action Center, Hoodland collected 72 lbs for Neighborhood Missions.

Kids Programs
Special
Dia de los Niños/Children’s Day – 278 people came to take part in the celebrations!  A big thank you to all our partners who took part in the day. We gave away books, had many activities, music, a balloon artist, and snacks.

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 73 kids worked on a project called Taking Care of Oregon, painting on 10 recycled canvases.

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 32 kids and parents, Hoodland 6
Pokemon Club – 18 kids and parents
Art Club – Hoodland 10 kids and parents came to make marbleized paper and eggs using shaving cream (see photos below).

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 125 kids and parents
Preschool – 116 kids and parents
Hoodland – 12 kids and parents

Teen Programs
Special
Flashlight Egg Hunt – 260 teens attended the egg hunt in Meinig Park

Paint Nite – 13 teens

Planning for Haunt – 23 teens attended our Haunt planning meetings with Creatures of the Night

Ongoing
Anime Club – 55 teens
MakerSpace – 53 teens
Game Factory – 23 teens.
T-LAB – 12 teens

Adult Programs
Special
Author talk: Jane Kirkpatrick and Stafford Hazzelett – 95 people attended

Library Coffeehouse – 92 people attended to listen to the music of Fergheart.  Thank you to Starbucks for the coffee donation!

Repair Fair – 74 people attended our first Repair Fair!  This program was created in coordination with Stacy Ludington at Clackamas County Sustainability & Solid Waste, and the Community Center.

Poetry workshop and Poetry SLAM – 7 people attended our poetry workshop (and reading) with John Sibley Williams, and 51 people attended the Poetry SLAM. Congratulations to our winners:
Age 8-13:  Isabella Grace Loeung with the poem, “Thicker than the Wall of China.” 
Age 14 – 18: Elizabeth Loeung with poem, “Perception’s Twisted Truth.”
Adult: Jexi Keith with the poem, “Settling in.”
Overall winner: Molly Izer with the poem, “Battle Cry.” Molly is from the 14-18 age category.

Open Mic Poetry (Hoodland) – 7 people attended to listen to poetry and encourage one another.

Senior Egg Hunt – 27 people attended to hunt for eggs in the library.  6 people won gift certificates for local businesses, everyone else got candy (including sugar free!) for their eggs, and had coffee and breakfast snacks.

Basket Making – 8 people attended and took home colorful spring baskets they made themselves.

SEED LIBRARY
How to attract butterflies to your yard – 20 people attended this talk with Master Gardener Jim Kronenberg.
Plants and Popcorn – 8 people attended the film “Bees: Tales from the Hive” in this documentary series for gardeners.

Our Sandy Seed Library volunteers have been hard at work, separating the seeds from the chaff!

Basic Computer Classes – 3 people attended sessions on mouse & keyboard basics, and Internet basics with Librarian Maureen Houck.

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 18 people attended to paint step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 9 people discussed Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Hoodland – 8 people discussed Enchanted by Rene Denfield
Women’s – 6 people discussed Factfulness : ten reasons we’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think by Hans Rosling

Photography Group – Twenty-four hours in Sandy: 24 photographer and 24 photographs, one for each hour of a day in Sandy, to showcase the different perspectives of our town. This is a collaborative, community project designed to capture the essence of Sandy. Look for  a book of 24 photographs and a display for the library wall.

Public Notary – Hoodland 2

Outreach
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 45 kids did literacy and STEM activities in 3 weeks. We had special guests from Gresham City Council, with games and literacy challenges.

ESOL tutoring – 48 Tutors met with 53 learners on 23 days

Kids Programs
Special
Dr. Seuss’ Birthday! Sandy 25 kids and 25 parents, Hoodland 10 kids and 15 parents

Architect’s in Schools – Hoodland held a reception for urban and suburban architectural projects done in Welches Elementary School.  27 kids and 15 parents attended.

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 59 kids

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
Pokemon Club – Sandy 10 kids and 5 parents
LEGO Club – Sandy 1 kids and 1 parent, Hoodland 2 kids and 3 parents
Science Saturday – 1 kid and 1 parent came to make slime

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 50 kids and 45 parents
Preschool – 46 kids and 31 parents came to listen to books about superheroes, fish, and outer space.
Hoodland – 7 kids and 7 parents

Teen Programs
Special
Spaghetti Feed & Masquerade Ball – 27 teens attended a fundraiser to benefit The Trevor Project.  Partners on this program included the Gender/Sexuality Youth Alliance at Sandy High School, Sandy Library, AntFarm, and Sandy Community Center.

Ongoing
Anime Club – 28 teens

MakerSpace – 36 teens

Game Factory – 34 teens

T-LAB (Teen Library Advisory Board) – 10 teens came to help the library plan programs for teens.

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffeehouse – 71 people attended to listen to the music of Bob Soper & Elizabeth Nicholson. Irish harp, North Indian sarod, Greek bouzouki, Middle Eastern and African percussion, as well as many more instruments were used! Thank you to Starbucks for the coffee donation!

Oregon Geology – What’s in Your Backyard? – 35 people attended to hear Dr. Torley take us on a geological field trip through Oregon.

Seed Library
The Sandy Seed Library is now open!  Come browse our great selection of seeds to plant in your garden.  Let a few go to seed, and bring the seeds back for next year.

Master Gardener Series – The Wonderful World of Bees – 20 people attended this program which examined the 400 native species of bees in Oregon.  Thank you to the Master Gardener’s for this great program. Look for more in the series over the next 6 months!

Plants and Popcorn – 6 people attended the film “First Flower” in this documentary series for gardeners.

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 20 people attended to create a painting step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 10 people discussed One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Hoodland – 11 people discussed Between the World & Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Women’s – 9 people discussed Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

Photography Group – 7 people attended to listen to Mike talk about printing photos.

Public Notary – Hoodland 5

Outreach
Special
Little Cubs Preschool – 37 kids and 8 parents/teachers (over two mornings) heard a storytime at the library, and heard Monica talk about working in the library.

Oregon Trail Academy – 25 5th graders from OTA visited the library to learn how to do research.

Sandy Grade School – 85 3rd and 4th graders listened to Monica’s book talks and checked out books.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments –39 kids did literacy and STEM activities. We did not hold a program during Spring Break.  This month the program included Book Hunts, Geoboard, literacy challenges, pattern blocks. Students created a Community Map with roads, signs, and LEGO buildings.

ESOL tutoring – 62 tutors and 62 learners met to work on English Language skills.

Exhibits
Wy’East Artisans Guild at Sandy Library. In this exhibit, artists explore mystery books, the mystery of life, and other mysteries in their chosen medium and in their own style. Artists include: Jennifer Bliesner, Melody Bush, Dawnna Goudie, Vern Groff, Becky Hawley, Becky Jacob, Earlean Marsh, Kimberly Nelson, Rod Stroh, Helen Von Struesen. Exhibit is up through June 27th.
 

Come into Sandy to enjoy the watercolors of local Boring resident Richard Lee through May 2nd.

A big thank you to Antfarm for shoveling the sidewalks around the Library!

Kids Programs
Special
Chinese New Year – 46 people came to our first Chinese New Year program, with Chinese crafts and Chinese foods. 

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 82 kids made valentines and gift baskets, had a Valentine’s Day party with crafts, snacks and games, built cells (think biology) out of found objects, and created robots out of recycled materials.

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 20 kids and 12 parents
Science Saturday – 11 kids and 7 parents
Art Club – Hoodland 2 kids and 1 parent

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 48 kids and 45 parents
Preschool – 30 kids and 20 parents (1 week = 0 because of snow)
Hoodland – 30 kids and 22 parents

Teen Programs
Special
Teen Lock-In (rescheduled from earlier in the month due to snow) – 78 teens attended this program titled “Winter Wonderland” which started with karaoke at Antfarm and ended with cookie decorating among other activities at the Library. 

Ongoing
Anime Club – 60 teens
MakerSpace – 52 teens (35 for melted crayon art!)
Game Factory – 10 teensp with Melissa Lawrence.

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffeehouse – 60 people attended to listen to the music of Steve Hale an Oregon native singer – songwriter.  Thank you to Starbucks for the coffee donation!

Plants and Popcorn – 20 people attended the film “What Plants Talk About” in the documentary series for gardeners. 

Nourishing broths – 9 people attended to hear presenter Karen Morgan discuss how to make a great tasting and super nutritious broth.

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 18 people attended to create a painting step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 11 people discussed The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  by Mark Twain.
Hoodland – 9 people discussed America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray.
Women’s – 7 people discussed Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Photography Group – “Show no tell” – 8 attendees submitted a photo that spoke to them of love.  All photos were presented without any additional context and were discussed.

Public Notary – Hoodland 4

Outreach
Special
Youth Career Expo – Teen Librarian Rebecca Robinowitz spoke with approximately 300 teen students from all Clackamas County school districts, as well as, college students, and young workers from throughout the area.  Held at Clackamas Community College.

Youth Summit – held at Willamette University in Salem for Youth Councils throughout the state.  Rebecca attended with 1 student from Sandy High School.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 60 kids did literacy and STEM activities.  Activities included: Chinese New Year activities, creating manga books, chinese brush painting, lantern making craft, and challenge worksheets.

ESOL tutoring – 27 tutors met with 33 students to work on imroving their English language skills

LINCC Libraries are starting a Library of Things!  A Library of Things is a collection of items such as kitchenware, musical instruments, and games hosted at a library that you can check out with your library card.
8 LINCC libraries (including Sandy and Hoodland!) are planning to add collections in the coming year. We’re gathering feedback on what you would like to see in the collection.

Take our survey to help us decide what types of things to buy!  The survey should take less than five minutes. We appreciate your time and your thoughts!

Kids Programs
Special
Teddy Bear Sleepover:
Sandy – 25 kids and 23 parents
Hoodland – 2 kids and 2 parents (4 kids dropped off stuffies, but couldn’t stay for the program)

Teddy Bear – Hoodland

Teddy Bear – Sandy

Ongoing
Storytime:
Wee Ones – 69 kids and 63 parents
Preschool – 46 kids and 34 parents
Hoodland – 34 kids and 20 parents

Wy-East Artisans Art Club – Over the 4 weeks of January, 106 participants created: 3D Paper Art,  Aboriginal Dot Art, Sculptured Snowmen, and Torn Paper Collage.

LEGO Club

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 27 kids and 21 parents, Hoodland 7 kids and 4 parents
NEW! Pokemon Club – 10 kids and 10 parents
Art Club – Hoodland 2 kids and 2 parents

Read to the Dog – We have 2 new dogs who are coming to the library to be read to!  They started January 10th.  They will be at the library every other Thursday from 6-7pm.  Look for photos of Pran and Montessa next month!

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Anime Club – 48 teens
MakerSpace – 32 teens came to make mug cakes!
Game Factory – 42 teens
T-LAB – 13 teens came to help plan future teen programs

Coffee House

Adult Programs
Special
Coffee House – 104 people came to listen to vocalist Rae Gordon sing the blues

NEW! Popcorn and Plants Documentray Series – The documentary series for gardeners. Watch a movie, then discuss.  Kris LaMar, OSU Master Gardener, will lead a discussion after participants view the documentary.  In January 18 people came to watch “The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies”

Seed Swap

Seed Swap

Seedy Sunday – 38 people came to swap seeds, and get expert advice from a Master Gardener.

Immigration 101 – 18 people came to listen to immigration lawyer

Ongoing
ESOL Tutoring – 28 learners met with 23 tutors in 15 sessions.

Paint Nite – 11 people attended to do a step-by-step painting with Melissa Lawrence

Book Club:
Men’s – 11 people discussed Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Hoodland – 6 people discussed And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Women’s – 5 people discussed Good morning, midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Photography Group – 7 people attended a planning meeting for the group project 24 hours in Sandy

Vista

Vista

Outreach
Noche de Comida y Comunidad – This resource fair at Vista organized by Katie Murphy was well attended by both community partners and Vista residents, with a total of 77 people.  Antfarm made a meal which was shared by all in attendance.  Then Vista residents could travel from table to table to talk to local service providers about what they offer.  Each table had a Spanish speaker available to answer questions and talk about their programs and many had activities for kids.

Quilt Hoodland

Nancy Williams

Art Exhibits
“Mistral Star” by Jean Ludeman of the Piecemakers – Quilt at Hoodland.  Through April 9th, Hoodland Library is exhibiting the watercolors of Happy Valley resident Nancy Williams.

Sandy Historical Society

Karin Hoffman

Through March 7th, Sandy Library is exhibiting the acyrlic paintings of Sandy resident Karin “Kaelho” Hoffman.  We also have a special exhibit of Historic Pictures from the Sandy Historical Society.

Quilt – Sandy

Quilt by Shirley Crow of the Quilting and Fiber Art Club exhibited at Sandy Library.

Staff Training and Confrences
Supervisory staff attended a webinar called the Librarians Guide to Homelessness with Ryan Dowd.  Ryan Dowd has worked in homeless shelters almost his whole life (starting as a volunteer at age 13).  He is the author of the book The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone.

Melissa Thompson (from Community Services) attended our staff meetidng to continue the conversation about the power of language and why language is important for inclusion.

Two staff members attended a web seminar titled Taking STEAM Programs to the Next Level

One staff member attended a 2 day Restorative Justice training with Clackamas County Juvenile Services.

The Library Director attended the 5 day American Library Association Midwinter Conference in Seattle.  Highlights include: a pre-conference on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Eric Klinenberg’s talk about the library’s important role in creating opportunites for social connection, and Robin DiAngelo’s President’s Program (author of the book White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism).

New Merchandise for Sale!

Sticker
$1.00
(Sandy only)
Friends of Hoodland Library book bag
$4.00
(Hoodland only)

Kids Programs
Special
Breakfast with Santa storytime – This is the first year that the Library participated in Breakfast with Santa.  We have some things to work out for next year, as our storytime stats were pretty low: 14 kids and 8 parents.

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 42 kids and 8 adults (This program took a break the last 2 weeks of December)

Storytime:
Preschool – 41 kids and 27 parents (this is for 3 weeks)
Hoodland – 34 kids and 22 parents
Wee Ones – 29 kids and 30 parents

Hoodland Art Club

Hoodland Art Club

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 8 kids and 4 parents
Art Club – Hoodland 5 kids and 5 parents
MakerSpace – Sandy 1 kid and 1 parent
COMING SOON! – Pokemon Club

Read to the Dog – 3 kids.  This is only for 1 week of November.  Our dog Lourdes can no longer come to the library.  Dove Lewis is working on finding us another dog.

Outreach
Vista Apartments – 45 kids and 5 parents did book scavenger hunts about world languages, and did Spanish language matching sheets.  We checked out 43 books!

MakerSpace

Teen Programs
Ongoing
MakerSpace – 31 teens
Anime Club – 24 teens
Game Factory – 26 teens
T-LAB – 11 teens

Coffee House

Adult Programs
Special
Coffee House – 75 people attended to hear Mary Flower play blues and ragtime fingerstyle guitar and sing.

Travel Talk: Nepal – 15 people attended to hear library employee Susie Jenkins talk about her recent trip to Nepal.

Visions of the Past – a documentary of historical Sandy.  8 people attended.

Ongoing
ESOL Tutoring – 15 learners met with 13 volunteer tutors in 9 sessions.

Paint Nite – 17 people attended

Photography Group – 15 people attended to hear about Lightroom from group member Aaron Breniman

Bookclub:
Men’s – 10 people discussed Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
Hoodland – 9 people discussed Children of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Borth of the FBI by David Grann

Public Notary – Hoodland 9, Sandy 1

Giving Trees
Sandy – 38 hats, gloves, and scarves and 137 personal care products for the Sandy Community Action Center.
Hoodland – 106 hats, gloves and scarves for the Hoodland Community Christmas Basket progam.
Kids Programs
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 66 kids and 4 parents – the theme was garbage and recycling.  Kids did a scavenger hunt (finding info in books), an upcycled art project, and Clackamas County Waste Reductions Specialist Robert Jimenez-Sutton did a program on recycling and understanding food waste.

Storytimes:
Wee Ones – 60 kids and 54 parents
Preschool – 46 kids and 35 parents
Hoodland – 47 kids and 36 parents

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 65 kids

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 11 kids and 5 parents, Hoodland 4 kids and 4 parents
Art Club – Hoodland 4 kids and 4 parents

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Anime Club – 17 teens
MakerSpace – 15 teens made lava lamps
Game Factory Coding Club – 11 teens

Adult Programs
Special
Dia de los Muertos – 128 people came to celebrate the Day of the Dead.  We had cookie painting, crafts, a musician, and many organizations to assist with the program.

Ongoing
Coffee House – 46 people came to hear the new pianist John Nilsen.

ESOL Tutoring (English for Speakers of Other Languages) – 27 learners met with 21 volunteer tutors in 15 sessions.

Photography Group – 10 people came to share photos and photography problems members have been wrestling with.

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 9 people discussed Beyond Words: What animals think and feel by Carl Safina
Women’s – 8 people discussed The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Hoodland – 9 people discussed Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Every Ending is a Beginning – 6 people came to hear Judith Ashley discuss how our lives from birth to death are a series of endings and beginnings.

Public Notary – Hoodland 5

Meetings
Sarah attended a joint LINCC (Libraries In Clackamas County)/WCCLS (Washington County Cooperative Library Services) Library Director’s meeting where we discussed the structure of both organizations and Strategic Planning.