Library News - 2005
Today's Library - Newsletter of the Timberland Regional
Library - Winter/Spring 2005 (pdf)
Press Releases
Library’s Adult
Winter Reading Club takes readers away
Grays Harbor
Institute donates new equipment to Aberdeen library
Wireless Internet
access goes live at 24 Timberland Regional Libraries
Library adds
sessions of high-demand workshop on Medicare Rx plan choices - Lacey - December
16, 29, 30
Toy collector tells
"The Real Toy Story" - Tumwater - December 13
Northwest Native arts
feature in slide lecture - Lacey - December 10
Timberland Regional
Library to Upgrade Public-Use Computers
Magical Strings
perform annual concert in Belfair - December 8
Comcast Partnership
Benefits Family Literacy Project
Performance of
ferryboat skipper Berte Olson’s life comes to Randle - December 6
Willapa’s Bob Pyle to discuss writing at South Bend Library -
November 30
Carl Allen sings
Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River songs at Lacey library - November 12
New Medicare Rx plan
choices explained at Lacey Library - November 29 & December 6
Winlock Library to
close for a week for new carpet installation - November 14-21
Flute Player
Presents Native American Music of Lewis & Clark Era - Yelm - November 2
Library unveils
paintings portraying Olympia changes through time - October 25
Professional actors
perform book adaptation especially for Timberland libraries - Shelton on October
24, Hoquiam on October 27, Lacey on October 28
Actress & talking book
narrator Jenna Lamia to perform - Washington Center & Centralia on October 22,
Gray's Harbor College on October 23
Teens: "Get Real
@ Your Library" in October
Presenter highlights
Native Peoples’ roles in Lewis & Clark Expedition - Yelm on October 19
Couple explore
African American legacy and Civil Rights Era through poetry and song - Tenino on
October 19, Lacey on October 29
Heartsparkle
Players "Play back" themes from "The Secret Life of Bees" - Raymond on October
9, Salkum on October 15, Yelm on October 16
LIVE! at the Oakville
Timberland Library:
Tames Alan’s "In Service: Life Downstairs" - October 13
Sunday hours resume at
some Timberland libraries Many library services available 24-7
Couple explore African
American legacy and Civil Rights Era through poetry and song - Aberdeen -
October 2 - McCleary - October 11
Stephanie Coontz to
give public talk on today’s American families - October 3
Celebration and
dedication of new public art at the Aberdeen library - September 24
TRL Foundation
unveils fundraiser, "Mysteries on Alaskan Waters," at Montesano Library -
September 21
Distinguished panel
will discuss social issues of the book, "The Secret Life of Bees" - Evergreen
State College - September 21
View Lewis & Clark
expedition through different eyes at Yelm library presentation - September 20
History buff describes the “Wild West” at Montesano library
- September 20
Prize packets & hearty
congratulations await library summer program participants
Library Launches "Timberland Reads Together"—A Community-wide
Reading Program
New Funding Will Make
South Bend Library Accessible to All
Library Launches
"Timberland Reads Together"—A Community-wide Reading Program
Authors share writing
tips at Aberdeen Timberland Library - July 23
While you &
Timberland libraries await the latest Harry Potter…
Library’s new strategic plan builds bridge to tomorrow
Westport
Friends Brick Fundraiser
Tumwater Rocks!
Program - Postponed 1 Week: Library Program For Teens - Tumwater
Library
Installs Drive-Up Book Drop in Rainier
Tap your toes with
fiddle tunes of the Lewis & Clark era - Olympia - June 15
Summer Sunday hours
change at some Timberland Libraries
Timberland Regional Library’s
2005 Summer Reading Program - Dragons, Dreams & Daring Deeds
Library Installs
Drive-Up Book Drop - North Mason Library
Library Installs
Drive-Up Book Drop - Ocean Park Library
Library Installs
Drive-Up Book Drop - Tumwater Library
"New for You at Your
Timberland Library" - May open houses at all Timberland libraries showcase
public computer resources
Allan Hirsch, toy
enthusiast, tells the "real toy story" at Chehalis library - May 26
Writer & editor James
Walsh probes identity theft at Aberdeen library - May 21
Corps of Discovery
descendent talks of forebear’s journey with Lewis and Clark - Montesano - May 17
Arts flourish at
the Yelm Timberland Library - May 10-14
CANCELLED -
Labor center director
to discuss local labor issues at Olympia library - April 30
Library winter
program participants read books, won prizes
CANCELLED - LIVE! at the Oakville
Timberland Library: Tames Alan’s "In Service: Life Downstairs" - April 28
"New for You at Your
Timberland Library": May open houses at all Timberland libraries showcase
public computer resources
Tagline Contest
Winners Announced
Visual & performing
arts presentations offer feast for eyes, ears and the mind - Montesano - April
19
Visit with Puget Sound
Women of the 1800s - Chehalis - April 14
Tap your toes with
"Fiddle Tunes of the Lewis & Clark Era" - Shelton - April 7
Catch Bryan Willis’
new Lewis & Clark play at Elma Timberland Library - April 12
"Activated
Storytellers" to stage family show Thursday - Tumwater - March 24
Rex Ziak to lecture on
groundbreaking Lewis & Clark research - Belfair - March 31
Getting to know
local birds with Ruth McCausland at the Aberdeen library - March 20
Professor explores
"Irishness" at Hoquiam library - March 12
"Herstory":
Finding the women in our local history - Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater - March 12, 24 and 26
Celebrate with
Tumwater Timberland Library at 10th Anniversary Events - March 11-12
Catch Bryan Willis’
new Lewis & Clark play at Yelm Timberland Library - March 9
Visit with Leonardo
da Vinci at the Lacey Timberland Library - Lacey - February 26
Timberland
Regional Library Seeks New Tagline - Contest Deadline - March 15
Alan Rammer shares
joys of beachcombing and collecting - Aberdeen - February 22
Yelm Library hosts
presentation on Thurston County settler, George Washington Bush - February 16
View rain
forest art exhibit at Amanda Park Timberland Library: “Tweed Meyer: Along
Quinault’s South Shore Road" - February 12
Timberland Regional Library's Adult Winter Reading Club runs February 1 - March
31
Flute Player Presents
Native American Music of Lewis & Clark Era - January 23
Join in
Aberdeen Library’s retirement open house for Martha Hill - Aberdeen - January 9
Library to make major
computer catalog system upgrade - January 19
Library Board Adopts
Budget and Elects Officers
Oakville Library will
be closed Thursday, Dec. 2 for new furnace
Holiday tips for
families from your Library
Libraries host
performances of traditional American music and tales - Olympia & Lacey -
November 20
Pick up your library books… Drop off
food for the food bank - through December
Yelm library hosts
Barry Herem slide presentation on Northwest Coast Art - November 16
Award-winning
Journalist & Author, David Neiwert at Aberdeen Library - November 13
Roger Fernandes Shares Puget Salish Myths at Yelm Library
- November 11
TESC’s Sean Williams to discuss music in the Islamic world at
Olympia library - November 11
At Tumwater Library
this Thursday: Brian Pertl to play, discuss Didjeridu - October 28
Carl Allen presents
songs of the Great Depression at Salkum Library - October 30
Verizon awards grant
for computers for Westport Library
Teens read for fun at
Timberland libraries for Teen Read Week, October 17-23
Thurston
County libraries offer public humanities presentations this fall
New "Talk Time"
series for Spanish, English-speakers to start at Aberdeen library - October 6 -
November 10
"The Final Hour of
Meriwether Lewis" to premiere at McCleary Library - October 12
Montesano library to
host play: Life and Times of General George E. Pickett - October 12
Fiddlers play Lewis
and Clark era tunes at Salkum Library - September 30
Fiddlers play Lewis
and Clark era tunes at Hoquiam Library - October 2
Exercise your
freedom to read - Banned Book Week - September 25 - October 2
Olympia library
hosts talk on First Peoples and Civilized Cultures - September 20
Yelm library hosts
Barry Herem slide presentation on Northwest Coast Art - September 29
In TRL libraries
& online: Voter information & registration forms
Fiestas at Timberland
libraries celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and "Libraries for Everyone" -
Aberdeen, Olympia and Shelton - Sept. 18 & Centralia - Sept. 25
Carl Allen presents
songs of the Great Depression at Westport Library - September 16
LIVE! at the
Olympia & McCleary Libraries: Tames Alan’s "In Service: Life Downstairs" -
Olympia - Sept. 15 & McCleary - Sept. 16
Democracy in Action
at Olympia Timberland Library - September 11
Democracy in Action
at Aberdeen Timberland Library - September 11
Celebrate,
Participate in Democracy at North Mason Timberland Library - September 11
Olympia Timberland
Library roofing project to begin Monday, July 12
New Family
Programs at the Mountain View & Packwood Libraries - June 30 - July 29
Aberdeen
Timberland Library seeking sculptor for outdoor art project - Applications due
July 31
Library’s summer
program, "Discover New Trails…Read," is ready to roll
Kids Can "PAWS to
READ" with Canine Pals at Chehalis Library - June 12
Elma Timberland Library to celebrate 10 years in current building
- June 5
Learn about Puget
Sound birds from expert Bob Morse - May 29 - Theler Community Center and
Wetlands - Belfair
Dr. Don
Holsinger presents the legacy of Abraham for three world religions at Montesano
library - May 25
"Charlas": Spend
some "Talk Time" with Spanish, English-speaking neighbors at Olympia Library -
May 4 - June 15
Timberland
Winter Program Participants Read 11,500 Books
Radio
producer-storyteller Joe McHugh takes us home with family stories - Olympia -
May 5
Shelton’s Library
Friends Group offers public program on Folk Toys - May 4
Library Implements New
Policy on Internet Filtering - April 21
Renowned Grays
Harbor artist to give slide show at Montesano library - April 20
Mystery writer Ron
Lovell to speak at Ocean Park Timberland Library: Read up Now - May 4
Carl Allen sings
songs of the Great Depression at Hoquiam Timberland Library - April 17
"Charlas": Spend
some "Talk Time" with Spanish, English-Speaking Neighbors - April 14 - May 19
Join April 3
Arbor Day celebrations at Tumwater Library, pick up free tree seedling
"Talk
Time/Charlas": Practice English, Spanish at Shelton Library - March 31 - June 9
Homebound?
The Ocean Park & Ilwaco Timberland Libraries Come to You
Travel to remote
Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan at slideshow talk at Packwood library - March 9
Library Friends Annual Meeting:
Dr. Richard Daugherty to speak on Ozette archeological dig - North Mason -
March 9
Lewis County
Reads Project: Spend an Evening with David Guterson - Centralia -
March 8
2004 Children’s
Book Awards Announced
Timberland Regional
Library publishes local teen poets
TRL Presents 7th
Adult Winter Reading "Getaway" - January 2 - March 31
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