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Anthony Morris
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Barbara Sharp - Board Member As a trustee since January 2020, I am delighted to be part of our outstanding library. I have lived on the island since 2002. I am a retired attorney with a BA degree from Miami University (Ohio) and a JD degree from BYU Law School. I have worked as a judicial clerk for an appellate court judge; staff attorney with the Workers' Compensation Fund of Utah; and an attorney in the Bellingham Regional office of the Washington Attorney General. After I retired, I spent five years on the Friends of the Library board and later served as a Commissioner on the Public Hospital District #1 from 2016-2018. Currently I am active in Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor and the League of Women Voters board. I am a lifelong, avid reader. As a kid, I read underneath my covers with a flashlight. I am in a book club and enjoy reading both fiction and nonfiction, with a love of mysteries, especially British mysteries. While it is always a pleasure to start reading a new hard cover book, I also enjoy the modern formats of ebooks and downloadable audiobooks. Fortunately, I can find all these books in the library! |
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Teen Anti-Valentine's Party Friday, February 14th, 6:30-8pm Join us for an Anti-Valentine's party featuring cookie decorating, crafts, a distinctly non-romantic movie, and more! For tweens and teens. Singles and couples are welcome, no registration is required, just come on by! |
English Classes - Clases de Inglés Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6-8pm Next semester starting February 25th A formal class in support of English language learning. Free and open to the public from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, presented by the San Juan Island Library. Includes a children's enrichment program for children ages 4 and older. Student materials and snacks are provided. Registration is required. Una clase formal en apoyo del aprendizaje de inglés. Sin cargo y abierto al público, de 6:00 a 8:00 pm, presentado por la Biblioteca San Juan Island. Incluye un programa de niños para jóvenes mayores de 4 años. Se proveen materiales estudiantiles y antojitos. Se requiere registración. |
What is a Chief? How Native Values Can Teach Resiliences Wednesday, Feb. 26th, 7pm At the age of 55, John Halliday became legally blind. As a Muckleshoot Tribal member of Duwamish ancestry, Halliday's Native American world view, cultural traditions, and values, which have sustained Native tribes throughout history, long before colonization, helped him overcome the challenges associated with losing his sight. Too often, our understanding of American history begins with foreign European powers “settling” the land—as though no thriving human communities existed here. Woven in with John’s personal story, audiences will learn Washington State history from a Native American perspective, and how that history can teach resilience. |
Preschool Eco-Art with Katey Rissi Thursday, March 20th at 2-4pm Come join us for a fun drop-in ECO Art session with Katey Rissi from Alchemy Art! Alchemy will provide all the materials you and your little one need to explore and create, helping to develop problem-solving skills and imagination. No prior registration is required. Appropriate for ages 3-5 and their caregivers. Siblings are always welcome to attend. |
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by Patricia Lockwood In this urgent, genre-defying book, real life and its stakes collide with the increasingly absurd antics of social media. A woman confronts a world that seems to contain both an abundance of proof that there is goodness, empathy, and justice in the universe, and a deluge of evidence to the contrary. Fragmentary and omniscient, incisive and sincere, No One Is Talking About This is at once a love letter to the endless scroll and a profound, modern meditation on love, language, and human connection from a singular voice in American literature. |
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by Grady Hendrix A real-life“final girl”— the one girl always left standing at the end of a horror movie— Lynette Tarkington, who survived a massacre 22 years ago, along with five other final girls, works to overcome her past until someone becomes determined to take their lives apart again, piece by piece. |
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by Vinson Cunningham A young Black man and father considers questions of history, art, race, religion and parenthood while coming to terms with his identity after accepting a job working on an Illinois senator's campaign to be the first Black president. |
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