Helping Troubled Youth
We're reaching out to incarcerated youth, with FVRL Foundation support
A message from Bruce Ziegman, Executive Director
I've been thinking about the role our libraries play in people's lives and what we mean to the community. One way we’re helping out that really tugs at my heart is through our Juvenile Detention Center program. Several of our staff make regular visits to the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center to drop off new books for the students incarcerated there. Funding for the books is provided by the FVRL Foundation. Numerous teens have written to us to tell us what the books mean to them. Below are a few inspiring excerpts from their letters.
"Thank you…for showing concern and compassion for me…for providing hope, where others feel there is none."
"Reading…has got me to thinking about my life and what I have to do to change it."
"Books are one of the most important things here at Juvenile Detention. Not only do they confront us but they also keep us occupied and inspire us."
"Your books help me improve a lot of things that go on in my life. For example, my style of reading, vocabulary, comprehension, the understanding of other people, and make me an all around better person."
"I thank you for your contribution to my mind."
Libraries really do change lives!
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NASA: 50 Years and Beyond
You are invited to a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with NASA Solar System ambassador Les Hastings, at Stevenson Community Library on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. We'll view pictures of amazing feats by astronauts and other space scientists. Les will help us speculate about what the next 50 years might bring. This will be a fun time for the whole family. Our terrific Friends of the Library group will provide refreshments.
--Chris Hughey, Stevenson Community Librarian
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Washougal Community Library challenges you:
Write 50,000 words during
National Novel Writing Month!
Do you have a story to tell? Do you think you could write 50,000 words in a month? Spend your evenings writing at the Washougal library during our special writers-only extended hours:
Saturday, November 1, 6 p.m.-Midnight
Friday, November 7, 6-10 p.m.
Friday, November 14, 6-10 p.m.
Friday, November 21, 6-10 p.m.
Saturday, November 29, 6 p.m.-Midnight
We’ll hold a raffle each evening for fun prizes, and there will be refreshments. Come and be among books and other writers – it’s sure to inspire you!
--Sean McGill, Washougal Community Librarian
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Landlords and Tenants: Resolving Disputes
Presented by Forum at the Library
About 50% of Vancouver's residents are renters. What are the rights of landlords and tenants? Who can help resolve landlord and tenant disputes? Join us in the Clark Public Utilities Community Room (1200 Ft. Vancouver Way in Vancouver) on Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m. for a special panel discussion. Panelists include:
Kevin Carlisle, landlord-tenant mediation coordinator at Community Mediation Services
LeeAnn Friedman, attorney at Northwest Justice Project
David Gregerson, attorney at Gregerson & Langsdorf P.S.
Tina McLeod, assistant director at Fair Housing Center of Washington.
Moderated by Ron Morrison, Forum Chair.
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An Hour with Woody Guthrie's Music
Carl Allen brings Woody Guthrie to life at the Old Liberty Theater (115 N. Main Ave. in Ridgefield) on Friday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m. Allen sings and tells about "Roll On, Columbia" and the other 25 songs Guthrie wrote for the BPA in May, 1941. An Inquiring Mind program underwritten by Friends of Ridgefield Community Library and Old Liberty Theater.
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Holiday Sachet Workshop
Reserve your space for this hands-on workshop held at White Salmon Valley Community Library on Wednesday, November 19 at 5:30 p.m. Design and make your own seasonal sachets using natural herbs. Features Marsha Frost Holliston. Materials will be provided. Class size is limited; call the library at (509) 493-1132.
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Authors & Illustrators Dinner
Nov. 10 FVRL Foundation event features bestselling author Lisa Jackson
Reserve your tickets now for this gala
FVRL Foundation fundraiser to support library programs. The Nov. 10 dinner event features well-known Vancouver author Lisa Jackson. Lisa has written more than 85 romance and romantic suspense novels and her books have landed several times on The New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists.
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Used Book Sales
Bargains galore through the
Friends of the Library
Woodland -- in the Presbyterian Church basement (756 Park St.)
Friday, November 7, 4-7 p.m.
Saturday, November 8, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The sale will conclude with a "Bag Sale" on Saturday, November 8 from 3-4 p.m.
Vancouver Community Library
Saturday, November 22, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday, November 23, Noon-5 p.m.
Holiday book sale! Gift-quality and collectible books priced $2 to $50. Special pre-sale for Friends members on Friday, November 21, 6-9 p.m. (memberships may be purchased at the door).
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Winners announced:
Teens' Fall Writing Contest
Find out who the winners are - they're now posted on our teen page! I'm very pleased with this year's participation that included more than 300 teens in Southwest Washington and the Columbia River Gorge. Entries included short stories, comics, poetry and song lyrics. Many schools within the library's service area elected to make this writing contest part of their curriculum and encouraged their students to submit entries for extra credit.
Winners were announced at a "Cosplay" (costume play) at Vancouver Community Library, where teens dressed up as their favorite characters, made candy sushi, played Dance Dance Revolution, and watched an anime movie. Everyone had a great time! The stories will be published in a booklet in late November that can be checked out from your local library.
--Jen Studebaker, Young Adult Services Coordinator
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