This year, we’re trying a new summer reading registration drive.  Both Safeway and T&C have agreed to let us set up a table with summer reading materials and library staff on hand to register summer readers.  Stefanie will be at T&C on Sunday June 13 from 10:30-12:30 and Carmine will be at Safeway on Saturday, June 19. 

Continuing the “Make a Splash” summer theme, Kathleen Thorne is putting together a series of programs on shoreline ecology with Washington Sea Grants.  BIAHC will also be leading a community-wide celebration of our shorelines in 2011, in conjunction with the shoreline master plan update (due December 2011).  Cultural organizations in the community will be planning events and programs with a shoreline theme.

The 4^th of July parade is always a wonderful way to celebrate the library and its place in the Bainbridge community.  This year we will be inviting families, library staff, and board members to march in the parade wearing our “Make a Splash” and “Making Waves” t-shirts (thank you to the Friends for funding these shirts).  Thanks also to Heidi and Kevin who helped develop our parade “show” for this year, which may or may not involve a water squirt gun…

Librarian Julie O’Neill will be putting together a photo display in the library foyer this August of Bainbridge residents holding their library cards in exotic locales.  Going to the beach? Taking a trip this summer?  Be sure to snap a picture of you and your library card for the display.

Inspired by a recent “Leading Green” article in Library Journal, library staff are looking for ways to be a community model for green practices.  Kip Bankart gave a recent demonstration to staff about what can and cannot be recycled and we will be teaming up with Zero Waste Initiative to review our practices.  For instance, can we switch to compostable plates & cups for library events?  Can we use recycled paper in our printers?

And speaking of green, the library recently hosted a get-together of all of the library garden volunteers.  Ann Lovejoy, Anne Seeley, John van den Meerendonk, Wayne Nakata, Betsey Wittick, and Ian Bentryn were in attendance – as were Pat Miller and myself.   The dedication of this group to the library gardens was truly inspiring.  Ideas from the meeting:  better communication among the various garden volunteers and working with the co-fun committee on an “Evening in the Garden” fundraiser for garden/grounds projects. 

The Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island recently gave a donation of $750 to the Bainbridge branch in honor of their 2009-2010 speakers.  This gift will be used for foreign language materials for our collection.

Around KRL

The KRL Foundation hosts an annual appreciation of county Friends groups in June.  This year, the program will be on Tuesday, June 22 at the Poulsbo library and will feature a talk by Island resident Ann Lovejoy and a Friends group update.

Tour de KRL, a passport program, will be launching in June and running this summer.   Library patrons pick up a passport at their local library and are encouraged to visit each KRL branch, collecting a stamp at each location.  Those who finish the tour will be eligible for a prize drawing (prize, still TBD)

Later this summer, the library computers will receive an upgrade:  audio capability and USB capability.  We look forward to providing this improvement to our patrons.

Services and Programs: Highlights from May

Secretary of State Sam Reed visited the library on May 12.  After a tour of the library, he attended our preschool story hour where he read Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems.

The final travelogue for our 2009-2010 series was held on Wednesday, May 19.  Over 60 were in attendance to hear Neil Baker talk about “Walking in France.”  The travelogue program continues to be very popular at the library, often drawing crowds of over fifty on 3^rd Wednesdays.  If you see Barbara Tolliver or Susan Taylor from the Traveler bookstore, please thank them for their co-sponsorship and continued support of this series.

Levy Update. 

Levy FAQ:  http://www.krl.org/index.php/krl-levy-faqs
Current list of FAQ.  Is there anything that is missing or incorrect?  Comments or additions can be sent to: http://www.krl.org/index.php/have-a-levy-question

PAC Website: http://www.voteyeskitsaplibraries.org/
New!  Design is similar but content significantly changed based on PAC and BPL feedback.

Summer PAC activities (BI):

·         Build volunteer list

·         Build email supporter list

·         Secure funding

·         Phone calls to Bainbridge residents: identify Yes/No/Maybe voters

Coming up this Summer (highlights)

·         Saturday, June 12.  1-5 p.m.  Summer Reading program kickoff.  Children’s book drive and hand print flag in the gazebo.

·         Tuesday, June 15.  7 p.m.  Field’s End Writers’ Roundtable.  Midge Raymond presents "How to Be Your Own Editor"

·         Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20.  7:30 p.m.  Island Theatre at the Library presents Sahmatah: Memory of Stones by Hanna Eady and Ed Mast.

·         Tuesday, June 29.  11 p.m.  Eclipse Movie premiere.  Fundraiser for KRLF

·         Friday, July 2.  5-7 p.m.  1^st Friday Artwalk with John Woods

·         Sunday, July 4.  9-5 p.m.  Children’s Library Fair at Waterfront park and 4^th of July Parade

            Tuesday, July 6.  10:30 a.m.  Special Summer Reading event:  Kuteeyaa Dancers (St. Cecilia; Conger Hall)

·         Tuesday, July 20.  10:30 a.m.  Special Summer Reading event:  Roberto the Magnificent (St. Cecilia; Conger)

·         Tuesday, July 20.  7 p.m. Field’s End Writers’ Roundtable. Dinah Manoff presents "Stand in Your Character’s Shoes"

·         Saturday, July 24.  2 p.m.  Norm Hollingshead Seattle Opera Preview  "Tristan and Isolde" by Richard Wagner.  Funded by the Friends of the Library. 

·         Monday, August 2.  10:30 a.m.  Special Summer Reading event:  Oregon Shadow Puppet Theater (St. Cecilia; Conger Hall)

·         Friday, August 6.  5-7 p.m.  1^st Friday Artwalk with Steve Abbott

·         Tuesday, August 17.  7 p.m.  Field’s End Writers’ Roundtable. Tamara Sellman presents "Sharpen Your Pencils for National Novel Writing Month"

·         Saturday, August 21 and Sunday, August 22.  7:30 p.m.  Island Theatre at the Library presents "Rabbit Hole" by David Lindsay-Abaire. Directed by Fred Saas.