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Happy New Year! The Library will close at 5 pm on December 31 and be closed all day on January 1.
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Homestead Series- Keeping Small Livestock Thursday, January 30 at 6:30 p.m. Are you curious about raising rabbits, poultry or goats? Bring your questions and we will share our knowledge and questions, as well as hear from some young local experts. The Homestead Series will explore different topics related to gardening, farming and being more self-sufficient. Programs will be once a month through June. Next month an arborist will give a presentation about pruning.
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2020 Reading Challenge Book Group Friday, January 10 at 1:30 p.m. The Reading Challenge book group meets the second Friday of every month. This month we are reading a memoir or biography. |
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Read to the Dog! January 7 and January 21 at 3:15- 4:15 p.m. Marlena is ready to be read to the first and third Tuesday of the month. Sign up at wccls.org or let the library know you're coming. Great for building confidence in new readers!
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STEM at the Library Wednesday, January 8 at 3:15 p.m. For elementary age students. We'll be exploring how to construct effective water filters.
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Art Lab for Elementary Students Wednesday, January 15 at 3:15 p.m. Students will explore the artwork of Edgar Degas and make a painting using a resist to depict motion.
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Yoga classes at the Library: Vinyasa yoga ( flowing poses) Mondays at 4:30 -5:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 8:30- 9:30 a.m. Yin yoga class (mostly seated poses) Tuesdays at 5:35- 6:45 p.m. Or join us for Reiki Energy Tuesday from 4:30 - 5:25 p.m. on Tuesdays. All classes are open to all levels of experience. If you have a mat, bring it and give yoga a try. If you don't have a mat, Gregg will have some for you to borrow. No class January 20. |
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Weather Warning If weather conditions are icy or snowy, please call the library before coming in as we may have had to close. If weather conditions at your house are such that travel is dangerous, let us know and we will renew materials for you if necessary. And remember we're always open at wccls.org.
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Educated : a memoir
by Tara Westover
Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn an acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
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Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
A personal account traces the personal crisis the author endured after the death of her mother and a painful divorce, which prompted her ambition to undertake a dangerous 1,100-mile solo hike, in a best-selling book that inspired the forthcoming film.
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Becoming
by Michelle Obama
An intimate and uplifting memoir by the former First Lady chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House.
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Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
The personal life of Alexander Hamilton, an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who rose to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States, is captured in a definitive biography by the National Book Award-winning author of The House of Morgan.
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Regular Events: Preschool Story Time, Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m. Toddler Time, Thursdays at 10 a.m. through June Craft Night, second Wednesday of the month, 6 p.m. Teen Service Saturday, second Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. to noon. |
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Is there a program that you would really like to see happen at the Banks Public Library! Let us know! Contact SusanC@wccls.org or call 503 324-1382. We welcome feedback about what you would like to attend. This newsletter is published monthly via e-mail.
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Banks Public Library 42461 NW Market St Banks, Oregon 97106-9019 (503) 324-1382
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Open hours:
- Mon 10am-5pm
- Tue 10am-7pm
- Wed 10am-7pm
- Thu 10am-7pm
- Fri 10am-5pm
- Sat 10am-5pm
- Sun CLOSED
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