The King County Library’s White Center branches are inviting local families to “Make a Splash” at the library this summer, offering free programs for kids of all ages to take part in during the coming months off school.
In addition to a series of special events, ranging from “Draw and Paint Marine Wildlife,” “Creating Comics: Sea Monsters and Slimy Things,” “Fire and Ice,” and a pirate-themed puppet show, the Greenbridge and White Center branches of the King County Library will also be offering regular storytimes and prizes for summer readers. Teenage readers have the opportunity to win their own Ultra Flip Camera. All programs are free to King County residents, as is library membership. Becoming a member of the library is simple; visit the KCLS website to fill out your application online, or visit the White Center or Greenbridge branches with photo ID and proof of address.
Family story times for children ages 2 to 6 take place at the Greenbridge Library on Wednesdays at 2 pm, from June 16 to August 25. Adult accompaniment is requested, and siblings are welcome. Family story time at the White Center Library takes place on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm from June 30 to August 11, and Vietnamese family story time takes place at the White Center Library on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm from June 29 to August 10.
White Center kids who are interested in participating in the free Summer Reading Program at the King County Library can register starting June 14 at either the Greenbridge or White Center branches of the library. The library will provide summer readers with a Summer Reading Log and as many book recommendations as they desire, and dedicated readers can earn prizes at the end of the summer. Both the Greenbridge and the White Center library offer kids’ books in a variety of languages and all reading levels. Teachers advise that student read every day during the summer so they’re ready to hit the ground running in the fall, and the library’s reading program is a great way for kids to entertain themselves and stay engaged in learning all summer long.
Teenage readers have their own summer perk at the KCL this year: the opportunity to win their own Flip Camera. Contest rules are as follows:
You’re likely going to do what you always do during the summer: read lots of good books. So why not tell us about your favorite? You’ll be entered in a drawing to win excellent prizes!
The 2010 Read.Flip.Win Video Book Review Contest is here! It’s simple to participate:
- You must be in middle school, junior high or high school.
- Shoot a short video (up to three minutes long). Make it a Video Book Review (talk about why the book is so great) or a Video Trailer (think movie trailer – you get to be even more creative this way).
- Post it to your YouTube account.
- Tag your YouTube Video with RFWkcls2010
- Enter your video in our contest here
- Keep tabs on what your friends are doing – we’ll be posting some of the most recent submissions below.
There will be 2 Grand Prizes awarded! They are one Ultra Flip Camera for the best book trailer and one Ultra Flip Camera for the best audio book review.
The contest runs June through July, so please enter videos anytime between June 1 and July 31, 2010. Winners will be announced in August.
Beginning June 1st, you can enter as many videos as you like – they just need to be have separate YouTube URLs and be entered separately.
Special events for younger readers, which will be reannounced here on the White Center Blog throughout the summer, are listed below. Some require registration, so if there’s one your family would like to take part in, be sure to check.
Thursday, July 1, 7 pm: Fire and Ice, White Center Library. “Presented by Mad Science. Ages 5 and older. From foggy dry ice storms and gravity-defying beach balls to a Mad Science burp-flavored potion, you will be dazzled and amazed by these impressive science demonstrations.”
Thursday, July 8, 7 pm: The Pirate and His Pet, White Center Library. “Presented by Dragon Theater Puppets. Ages 3 and older. Ahrrr! Put your hooks in the air and salute Captain Snaggle Bottom! If you don’t, you’re in for a good looting. Can a boy and his pet sea serpent stop this notorious pirate?”
Monday, July 12, 2 pm: Draw and Paint Marine Wildlife, Greenbridge Library. “Presented by Molly Hashimoto. Ages 8 and older. Learn to draw and paint beach favorites like Orca whales, sea stars and moon snails using colored pencils and watercolor.” Please register.
Thursday, July 15, 7 pm: Water, Water, Water, White Center Library. “Presented by Dan Crow. All ages welcome. Join this beloved family entertainer, recording artist and songwriter who composed and performed the title song for family classic, The Adventures of Milo and Otis, for a splashy musical revue. He’s regularly seen on the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and the Learning Channel.”
Thursday, July 22, 7 pm: Wild, Watery Tales and Tunes, White Center Library. “Presented by Karen Haas. Ages 3 and older. Take the plunge and dive into a wonderful water world filled with cannon balling penguins, daring sailors, talking fish, and splish-splashing songs.”
Monday, July 26, 2 pm: Creating Comics: Sea Monsters and Slimy Things, Greenbridge Library. “Presented by Elizabeth Guizzetti. Ages 8 and older. Create a slimy character and use simple steps to make your own comic spread to tell the monster’s story.” Please register.
Thursday, July 29, 7 pm: Oceans of Magic, White Center Library. “Presented by Louie Foxx. Ages 5 and older. Learn about oceans and the creatures that live in them with a captivating show featuring magic, comedy, and puppets.”
Monday, August 2, 2 pm: Sound Waves, Greenbridge Library. “Presented by Charlie Williams, the Noiseguy. Ages 5 and older. See drippy stories come to life! Join this vocal impressionist who can imitate bubbles and flushes, splashes and slushes. Learn to make water drips and participate in some nautical nonsense.”
Thursday, August 5, 7 pm: Swimmy! White Center Library. “Presented by Youth Theatre Northwest. Ages 3 and older. Would you like to go exploring? Use all your senses to jump right into this story and become one of the characters.” Please register.
Thursday, August 12, 6:30 pm: Summer Readers’ Celebration, White Center Library. “Calling all pirates, mermaids, and other sea creatures! We spent the summer reading, singing, and learning many new things. Now its time to celebrate with ice cream sundaes, a book give-away, and much more! Bring your whole ‘crew’ (family, that is)!”
King County Elections released an update for Tuesday’s election results, and it looks like Proposition 1, the King County Library System “Library Levy,” has increased its “Yes” lead to 2.26%, up from just over 1%; as of 4:15pm Wednesday, Feb. 10th, the totals are:
KING COUNTY RURAL LIBRARY DISTRICT:
Ballots Cast/Registered Voters:
200,780/647,133 31.03%Proposition No. 1
- YES: 101,858 • 51.13%
- NO: 97,344 • 48.87%
We’ll post further results as they are released (usually weekdays around 4pm), and the final tally won’t be official until Feb. 24th.
The language for Prop. 1, according to the Voter’s Pamphlet:
The Board of Directors of the King County Rural Library District adopted Resolution No. 2009-11 concerning an increase in the District’s regular property tax levy. In order to provide continued funding for the normal operation and maintenance of the King County library system, this proposition would authorize the District to restore regular property tax levy rate to $0.50 per thousand dollars of assessed value for collection in 2011, and to increase the levy in each year thereafter as allowed by chapter 84.55 RCW. Should this proposition be approved?
by Marilee A. Cogswell
Manager,
White Center Library
Holiday Greetings to all my new Readers from your White Center Library Empress of Information™!
While I truly enjoyed the recent snowfall, and the subsequent studying to determine if indeed any two snowflakes are exactly alike (alas, they are not…but I vow to keep looking!), it’s nice to be able to see the gray cement again.
And welcome to my first column for the White Center Blog, the first local blog for this community, which first burst onto the scene Aug. 11, 2008!
Onward…
SCHEDULE UPDATE:
- On New Year’s Eve, all Libraries will close early at 5pm (Wednesday, December 31st).
- All Libraries will be CLOSED on New Year’s Day (Thursday, January 1st).
DID YOU KNOW?
You can access lots of business and investing information including the ‘Valueline’ & ‘Morningstar’ databases through the KCLS databases page, which is located here – all you need is a current KCLS library card and a current pin number (usually the last four digits of your phone number).
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
WHITE CENTER LIBRARY:
- Game ON! Teen Program: Wednesdays beginning at 2:30pm, January 7th; also Jan. 14th, 21st, & 28th – Play your favorite multi-player video game on GameCube, Xbox 360, and the Wii! We’re turning the meeting room into an arcade so don’t miss the fun! Check out our webpage for more program details!
- Family Story Time: Stories, songs and finger play fun, Thursdays beginning at 11:30am, January 8th, 15th, 22nd, & 29th.
- Study Zone (K-12): Tuesdays in January beginning at 5pm, AND Wednesdays beginning at 6pm in January-Drop in and Get Help with your Home Work from our volunteer tutors! More information here.
GREENBRIDGE LIBRARY:
- Family Story Time: Thursdays January 15, 22, & 29th beginning at 7pm.
BOULEVARD PARK LIBRARY:
- Preschool Story Time: Tuesdays at 10:30am beginning January 13th.
- Family Story Time: Wednesdays at 6:30pm beginning January 14th.
- Spanish Story Time: Cuentos en Espanol para Ninos – Thursdays at 4pm, Los Jueves a las 4pm.
- Study Zone (K-12): Mondays & Wednesdays in January 6-8pm. Drop in and Get Help with your Home Work from our volunteer tutors! More information here.
BULLET POINT BOOK REVIEW:
‘Touchstone’ by Laurie R. King
- A suspenseful tale set in the English countryside circa 1926.
- Politics, old families, class struggle, and love set the stage for this compelling drama.
- The story opens as FBI agent Harris Stuyvesant arrives in England to ‘informally’ follow the trail of a possible bomb-making union organizer, whose latest work in America has rendered Stuyvesant’s younger brother incompetent.
- Stuyvesant gets no help from the British government and is about to give up when he is inadvertently put in touch with Aldous Carstairs, a very shadowy British operative whose motives for helping Stuyvesant are at the very least questionable.
- The touchstone in ‘Touchstone’ is a British veteran of WWI by the name of Bennett Grey.
- Carstairs has worked with (and exploited) Grey in the past and knows of his uncanny abilities- now Carstairs is looking for ways to control and use him again.
- To Carstairs, Stuyvesant looks like the perfect patsy to help him reclaim his leverage over Grey.
- The story is further complicated by Grey’s sister Sarah, who Stuyvesant seems to be falling for.
- This is a page turner with a surprise ending that will leave you wanting more.
- Highly recommended!
- Also available in large print and on CD.
- For a list of the Best Books of 2008, visit this website.
Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the White Center Library.
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The brand spankin’ new 2,500 square foot Greenbridge Library and 10,000 square foot YWCA Learning Center will be having their grand opening on Wed., Nov. 5th, starting at 11am.
Everyone’s invited to help celebrate this new community building:
WHAT: Greenbridge Library and YWCA Learning Center building grand opening
WHEN: Wednesday, November 5, 11am
WHERE: 9720 Eighth Avenue SW in White Center
INFO: Call 425.369.3275 with any questions, or visit the Greenbridge Library website.
King County Library’s brand spankin’ new Greenbridge Branch Library will be opening soon, and here’s a sneak peak photo slideshow of the progress being made:
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
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When we were kids, libraries were places you went to either:
- Pay an overdue fine
- Get a book
- Return a book
- Pay another overdue fine
How times have changed – now, every Wednesday, starting at 2:30pm, the White Center Library is offering up something way cooler: Video Games!
It’s called “Game On” and it happens every Wed. starting at 2:30pm.
But hold onto your Ataris, you old-time Pacman-ers…this is for Teens only!
Event Type: Teen Programs/Games
Date: Wednesdays
Start Time: 2:30 PM
Library: White Center Library
Description: Teens in middle, junior high and high school – play your favorite multi-player video games on GameCube, Xbox 360 and the Wii! We’re turning the meeting room into an arcade so don’t miss the fun!
More info at the White Center Library website.
The White Center Library is located at 11220 16th S.W., Seattle, 98146:
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