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Programs and Events
Mapleton Branch Artist's Reception and Open House, Friday, February 12th, 2010, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm. Join us at our beautiful branch library in Mapleton, at 88148 Riverview Avenue to meet artist Marcy Tipton, who recently completed the charming set of murals in the Mapleton Branch children's room. Refreshments will be served.
Main Branch Dedication: A celebratory dedication and grand opening of the newley expanded and remodeled library facility will be held on Febrary 14th, 2010 at 12:30 pm at the main branch in Florence. State Library Director Jim Scheppke will speak, along with Library Director Stephen Skidmore. Light refreshements will be served, and guided tours will be available for those who would like to see and hear more about the newly remodeled and expanded facility.
Every Child Ready to Read @your libraryâ: Parents and caregivers of children from birth to five are invited to a series of Parent Education Sessions from 6:30 to 7:30 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at the Siuslaw Public Library main branch in the childrens's services department. Co-sponsored by the Siuslaw Public Library and Reading for Healthy Families Oregon, each session will focus on one of six early literacy skills. Each program is free and open to all local parents and caregivers of young children and no registration is required. Contact Gayle Waiss, Youth Services Librarian, for more information, 541-997-3132.
"Picturing America": The Siuslaw Public Library was pleased to be one of the recipients of an award to bring this program to the public in western Lane County. The library was given forty large, high-quality color reproductions of the selected masterpieces. Selections from the collection are displayed in the Library's Bromley Room and will be discussed in each of the upcoming programs, including "Landscape", "Native Americans", "Freedom & Equality", "Leadership", and "Creativity & Ingenuity". The next program will be Saturday, February 13th, 2010, in the Bromley Room. The presenter, local artist Jan Woodford, will discuss "Landscape", with six famous examples, including Edward Hopper's "House by the Railroad", Thomas Cole's "View from Mt. Holyoke", and Albert Bierstadt's "Looking down Yosemite Valley, California".
Picturing America is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association, that brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries nationwide. For more information about the program, call the library at (541)-997-3132. All programs are free and open to the public.
Friends of the Library
Spring Book Sale! Saturday, February 20th, from 10 am-4 pm and Sunday, February 21st, from noon-4 pm, in the Bromley Room at the main branch, 1460 9th Street, Florence. Early Bird hour for members of the Friends is Saturday, February 20th, from 9 am-10 am. Memberships (only $7.00 per year) can be purchased or renewed at the door or at any time in the library. Clearance hour begins at 3 pm on Sunday. Handmade greeting cards, Friends of the Library book bags, and special value books will be available in addition to thousands of bargain hardback and paperback books. Buy one of the Friends quality book bags for $15.00 and you can fill it to the rim with regular value books at no extra charge.
The Friends of the Library are now accepting book donations in their new Friends of the Library room at the west end of the library. Receipts are provided upon request. Please remember to donate only clean, undamaged items. Thank you.
Children's Storytimes
Miss Gayle is back and so are storytimes on Tuesday and Friday at 10:30 am.
Teen gaming has become an on-going feature of the new teen room!
Storytimes in Mapleton: DEARS!
Drop Everything And Read Stories! Friday afternoon storytime at the Mapleton Branch Library is changing. Instead of a set time for storytime, branch librarian Susie Voth will drop everything and read stories to children when they visit the library on Fridays between 1:30 and 4:00 pm. Also, the supplies for a simple, self-directed craft will be available those afternoons for kids to make. We ask that adults accompany young children.
The Library will be closed in honor of President's Day, Monday, February 15th, 2010. Regular hours resume Tuesday, February 16th, 2010.
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