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Spring Newsletter 2011

Vol. 12: #2
SUMMER / HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:
THE CHERRY FESTIVAL COMETH!
Please note on the schedule, above, that our
Saturday hours change during the summer. Thou shalt tarry long amidst a library display
(Memorial Day through Labor Day). “fit for a king” at Ye Olde Cherry Festival!
At thy library booth, Washington villagers
The library will be closed Monday, May 30th,
canst apply for a library card, and youth besought to
Monday, July 4th, and Monday, Sept. 5th.
sign up for yon fullsome Summer Reading Program
Enjoy the holidays! (which doth feature a Medieval theme of knights & dragons!)
or perchance make a jeweled crown to wear!
LIBRARY SMART BOARD! Inquire about thy Friends of Washington Library and
have other library-related queries answered thither!
Some new technology has recently been added to the Visit us forthwith, we beseech thee!
Main Library Meeting Room – a Smart Board –
a projector screen-sized interactive whiteboard that WELCOME YOUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR!
allows users to move information around on the board, Notice a lone, brave male working
instantly change hand-written notes to computer fonts, in the midst of all those female librarians?
save any information on the board to a computer file, It’s Randall Yelverton, your new assistant director!
access the Internet, and use collaborative Randall recently arrived here from Missouri to begin a new
meeting opportunities, all with the touch of a finger! chapter in his career. He previously served as an assistant
The Smart Board will be available to anyone using the director at Camden County Library District and has moved
meeting room, and the library will provide basic training. to our area with his wife and two children. Please stop by
For more information about meeting room usage and and welcome him to Washington!
this wonderful technology, please contact the library.
DONATIONS ADD UP!
The Friends of Washington Library would like to
NEW COMPUTER FURNITURE thank everyone who participated in the January
“Super Bowl” auction and the Spring Book Sale!
Thanks to a generous donation Whether you donated or purchased items (or both),
from the Harvey family, or volunteered time, your help was greatly appreciated!
the Main Library now has The Super Bowls brought in $946 and the book sale
beautiful new desks generated $2100. These funds are a great help in
furnishing its public computer area in honor of supporting library programs and activities for all ages,
Marguerite Harvey, a Washington librarian from 1933-58. like kids’ Summer Reading, teen programs,
Perhaps you’ve also seen the concrete bench and Outreach book delivery for the elderly.
engraved in her honor by the library entrance. With only 3 meetings per year, it’s fun to join FOWL!
Marguerite’s son and his wife donated funds to purchase Pick up a membership form at the library and attend their
the computer furniture, as a way of keeping her memory next meeting on Tuesday, October 4.
alive for a whole new generation of library users! Book & AV donations will again be accepted in September,
The library appreciates their ongoing support! in preparation for the Fall Book Sale!
 FREE TRAVELOGUE!
Join us for the final stop in our TEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM
Worldwide Travelogue series A Midsummer Knight’s Read
as we explore fascinating KOREA
with the John Kinsinger family Teens in grades 6-12 : We beseech thee to register for
Main Library Meeting Room Ye Olde Teen Summer Reading Program!
Thursday, May 19 at 6:30 pm. Earn “King’s Ransom” for every hour you read
______________________________ and for each event you attend at the library.
“King’s Ransom” may then be spent on royally terrific
Our adult programming will go on hiatus during
the summer months, but will return again in prizes like books, movies, t-shirts, toys, gift certificates, etc.
September, with all-new entertaining REGISTRATION BEGINS MAY 23 at the Information Desk.
opportunities for learning and personal growth.
Watch your local papers for more information! “Midsummer Knight” TEEN EVENTS:
WABoT (Washington Advisory Board of Teens)
Thurs. June 2rd & Thurs. July 7th at 5 pm
FREE DIGITAL MEDIA CLASS Select teen materials, create special programs & more!
Wanting to know more about searching & CARDBOARD CASTLE CREATION – Thurs. June 9 – 3 to 5
downloading library eBooks & audio books? Help build a cardboard castle to decorate the YA Area!
Just curious about all this new digital technology?
TEEN MOVIE NIGHT – complete with popcorn!
Your library can help!
Fri. June 10 from 4-6 pm – Tangled
Washington’s Main Library will be repeating its popular
FREE Digital Media Class A.N.I.M.E. GROUP – Tues. June 14 & Tues. July 12 –
Wednesday, May 11 6 to 7:30 pm - Watch, discuss, or draw Anime w/ snackage
From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
In the Main Library Meeting Room GRIMM NIGHT IN THE CEMETERY – Thurs. June 16
A librarian will explain how to access and use the 8:30 to 10 pm
Alliance Digital Media Library, and a representative from Visit the Glendale Cemetery with the library to read & hear
Barnes & Noble will answer questions about the Nook. the Grimm Brothers’ dark versions of classic fairy tales
No registration is required. Join us!
MEDIEVAL CRAFTERNOON – Mon. June 20 –
1 to 3 pm –Create your own jousting sticks, dragon gloves,
knightly shields, pipe cleaner crowns, sand art & more!
LIBRARY TO HOST SENIOR DRIVER SAFETY PROGRAM
ARCHERY DEMO – Thurs. June 23 –
In coordination with AARP and RSVP, Washington’s 5:30 to 7 pm – Learn about archery as certified Archery
Main Library will sponsor a refresher course in Instructor Bart Penn demonstrates – then take a shot!
safe driving techniques
for people 50 years and older. TEEN BOOK CLUB – Thurs. June 30 – 5 to 6 pm
Monday, May 23 & Tuesday, May 24 Discuss The Princess Bride by William Goldman
from 12:30 to 4:30 pm TEEN MOVIE NIGHT – Fri. July 1 – 4 to 6 pm
The course teaches defensive driving, new traffic laws, Watch a medieval movie (TBD) – complete with popcorn!
and how to adjust your driving to changes in
vision, hearing, and reaction time. COMEDY HYPNOSIS w/CHERYL – Thurs. July 14 – 6:30 to 8
Most insurance companies will provide a Laughter galore - the amazing talents of a trained hypnotist
multi-year discount to graduates of this course. HARRY POTTER NIGHT – Thurs. July 21 – 4 to 6 pm
The $12 (AARP members) / $14 (non-members) fee Watch Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 1 – snacks!
includes the two 4-hour sessions.
To reserve your space, call 682-8521. HARRY POTTER IN THEATERS – Fri. July 22 – TBD
Trip to Sunnyland Cinemas to see Deathly Hallows Part 2

NEW INSTRUCTIONAL ART VIDEOS! Be sure to visit the Washington District Library website and
The Main Library has recently purchased many click on the “TEENS” tab for the latest
wonderful instructional art videos for both adults Book and Movie Reviews and a link to Cool Teen Websites.
and children, on a variety of topics ranging from
drawing and watercolor to pastels, cartooning, Become a Fan of Washington District Library on
facebook and get all the latest info. on
origami, and more! Check out this exciting
upcoming teen library events, etc.
collection and let your creative juices flow!
 Brown-Bag-It Lunchtime
Entertainment “A Midsummer Knight’s Read”
@ the Main Library! Summer Reading 2011
Bring the kids and your lunches
(drinks provided) and join us for some
FREE at Main and Branch for ages 3-13
terrific summertime entertainment! June 6 – July 22 (sign-up begins May 23)
11:30 a.m. on the following Wednesdays: GREAT PRIZES FOR EVERYONE plus SPECIAL DRAWINGS!
June 22 – Storyteller Linda Lowery
MAKE-IT-TAKE-IT CRAFTS – Beginning June 13
June 29 – Sing Along with Tracy
July 6 – Sign & Sing with Abbey (music & sign language) ROYAL PROGRAMS – Tuesdays at 2:00 – Main Library
July 13 – Knight and Princess Stories
June
14 – Wildlife Prairie Park : The Art of Falconry!
SUMMER READING 21 – Ronald McDonald Magic Show
T-SHIRTS! 28 – Mad Science “Spin, Pop, Boom!”
Step out in royal style July
in our full-color 5 – Reader’s Theater’s Fractured Fairy Tales
Midsummer Knight t-shirts! 12 – “A Midsummer Knight’s Read”: Puppets & Magic
Poly-cotton blend in a 19 – Forest Park Nature Center presents:
great new garnet color, “Dark Knights – Animals of the Darkness”
they’re available in ________________________________
kid and adult sizes for
only $5.OO each! SPECIAL EVENTS
Stop in & get yours today! @ the MAIN LIBRARY
KNIGHT & PRINCESS STORYTIME – for ages 5-8
Thursday, June 9 – 6:30 pm
Washington Library will
again be hosting the popular MORE FUN EVENTS
Red Cross Babysitting Class @ the SUNNYLAND BRANCH LIBRARY
for those ages 11 & up. “UNIQUE TWIST” BALLOON FUN! – Thursday, June 9 – 3 pm
Monday, June 13 – 9 to 4 (library provides lunch)
FAMILY BINGO NIGHT – Tuesday, June 28 – 6:30 pm
Pre-registration and a $55 fee are required.
Sign up in the Children’s Area. PEORIA ZOO ANIMALS – Thursday, July 7 – 3 pm
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FINAL CELEBRATION – MUSICAL COMEDY w/ BABALOO
FREE FUN for FAMILIES
Thursday, July 21 – 6:30 pm
@ your library!
Babaloo’s interactive wild and wacky musical comedy act
Bring the whole gang to the Main has made him a St. Louis superstar and a recording sensation!
Library for Summertime Fun… His crazy stories, audience interaction, bean-bag-bopping,
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHTS magic & high-energy are a perfect way to end a summer of fun!
6:30 to 7:45 pm - (popcorn included!)
Thursday, June 2 – Cinderella - G
Thursday, July 7 – The Sword in the Stone - G LOVE ACTING? GOOD AT READING?
Thursday, August 4 – Black Cauldron – PG* 5th-8th Graders - Be part of our 8th season!
Thursday, September 1 – Aladdin – G READER’S THEATER!
*some scenes may be frightening to younger viewers Why be “dragon” around the house all summer
when you can have a moat full of FUN as part of the
A.M.A. SEARCH & RESCUE DOGS library’s FREE Reader’s Theater troupe!
See how trained mantrailing canines find the lost!
This summer, our hilarious fractured fairy tales
Thursday, June 16 – 6:30 pm
would have Shakespeare himself rolling with laughter!
READERS THEATER’S FRACTURED FAIRY TALES
Meet new friends & learn public speaking & theater skills
Wednesday, July 6 – 6:30 pm – Hilarious skits!
during our six mandatory rehearsals – held on
COMEDY HYPNOSIS BY CHERYL (ages 9 & up) Tuesday and Thursday mornings from
Thursday, July 14 – 6: 30 pm – silly fun for all! 10 to 11:15 am – June 14 thru July 5.
FAMILY BINGO NIGHTS featuring great Prizes! We’ll go onstage with two performances –
Thursdays – June 23 AND June 30 – 6:30 pm July 5 at 2:00 pm and July 6 at 6:30 pm. Munchie-laden
cast party to follow! SIGN UP NOW! SPACE IS LIMITED!

Space is limited, so sign up today!

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RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH
to the many great programs
your library has to offer this summer! Your library is providing you with a
If you have questions about new online resource for research,
available now via the library web site!
any of the events in the newsletter, Gale Virtual Reference
our friendly staff members would be glad to help you! consists of over 300 E-books that contain topics
Also, if you enjoyed receiving the newsletter via mail, please such as art, history, law, science, and literature.
let us know! We appreciate your feedback. To access this valuable reference site as well as
Stop by, email us at [email protected], or call our many other resources to help you research various
Main Library (444-2241) or Sunnyland Branch (745-3023) topics, click “Catalog Plus” on the library web page.

When visiting the library, you may have seen the

phrase “For Library Use” on large yellow spine
Some perks. of providing the library labels of certain books in the nonfiction section.
with your email address: For your convenience, and for increased usage,
- Reminders will be automatically sent out 3 days before the library moved many of our reference materials,
your items are due – thus you’ll pay fewer overdue fines! interspersing them with the regular collection.
These books may be used only in the library, and
- Should you miss the due date reminder, any overdue
do not check out, but you’re welcome to photocopy
notices, etc. will also be sent via email, saving on postage.
any information from them that you might need.
- The library will also notify you via email when any books
you’ve placed on hold from other libraries arrive for pick up. Questions? Contact the library!

When you visit the library, be sure to pick up a 2011 “Return on Community Investment” flyer.
The flyer lists all the library statistics from the previous year – numbers of various items checked out or
downloaded, number of people attending library programs, etc. – then tallies the comparable purchase price.
Bottom line: For every $1.00 in tax support the library receives, YOU receive $5.52 in services!

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