discover life's possibilities | June

What's Up With The New Library Building?
It has been a quiet few months in terms of new building announcements, and people are asking me where the project is at. Happily, the quiet is a sign of a great deal of work being done in the background. A few things that have kept us busy:
  • The Library and the Steering Committee continue collecting feedback from community members. More than 250 pieces of feedback have been submitted so far! This vital step ensures the library planning continues to reflect the community’s needs and values. The presentation materials are available on the Library’s website (www.sjlib.org/aboutus/library-building-project/), and posters of design ideas are on display in the Library at the start of Adult Nonfiction. A feedback form is available on the Library’s website, and in printed form at the Library.
  •  The design teams are expanding their work on the two design ideas originally shared in our February open house to move the library project forward. They are developing additional interior and exterior details and incorporating input from a new topographic survey and utility-locating work. Civil and structural engineers are also providing input.
  • This expansion of the plans provides the necessary information for a general contractor familiar with local building practices to develop reliable estimates, helping define the size and budget of the library project.
  • The San Juan Island Community Foundation has initiated a private fundraising effort to support the new building project.
  • The Library plans to hire its own fundraiser to coordinate with the Foundation on the project and to 
    work on sustainable funding for the Library's ongoing operations, reinforcing fiscal responsibility and sustainability in our library development.
These projects are happening throughout the summer, and we hope to have updates for you around September. Please stay tuned for more to come!
-Anthony
 
Anthony Morris

-Assistant Director
-Book goon
-Rose-witness
 
 
Currently Reading
Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown by Mike Mignola

SUMMER READING
The San Juan Island Library’s Summer Reading Program is here! We have fun planned for families, children, tweens, teens and adults. Stop by the San Juan Island Library to pick up a Summer Reading Program Starter Kit or participate online with the Beanstack app.

Also happening this summer are special events for a variety of ages and our popular Wednesday Afternoon Performance series featuring professional family-fun entertainment. See our calendar for a complete list of Summer Reading events
USO SHOW CASTING CALL
THE PENNY PINCHER
Featuring popular services paid for by your tax dollars that you can access from the Library at no cost!  
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CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY
 
The Library will be closed on Friday, June 19th for Juneteenth. We'll be open for our regular hours the following day!
 
UPCOMING EVENTS
Local Author Talk: Susan Grout's
"Small Town Therapist's Red Hot Tips"
Sunday, June 21st
3:00pm - 4:00pm
 
Friday Harbor's Susan Grout has a new book! She tells some funny stories (and even shares some poetry) and some of the grief she experienced along the way. Her presentation will feature vignettes of some friends and family you may know, whose identities, of course, will be disguised to protect their privacy. Included are many stories about life then and now. The book gives specific tips on how to create a happier, healthier life. 
Wednesday Afternoon Performance
Kick Off with Hillia Hula and Friends
Wednesday, June 24th
1:30pm - 2:45pm
 
Come see Hillia, known professionally as "Hillia Hula Hoop Extraordinaire," a professional multi-hula hoop artist and performer based in Ellensburg, Washington. She is widely recognized for her dynamic, family-friendly performances that combine complex hula hoop tricks, comedy, and audience participation. Wednesday Afternoon Performances are free, offered to all ages, and held outdoors at the FHES Outdoor Play Shed. The Outdoor Play Shed is a covered area behind the elementary school, with access to parking, restrooms, and water fountains. Please bring chairs and blankets for seating. Showtimes begin at 1:30 PM and last approximately 45 minutes. Funding is provided by Friends of the San Juan Island Library as part of the Library's Annual Summer Reading Program. No prior registration is required to attend.
Teen Stone Mosaics
Friday, June 26th
3:30pm-5:30pm
 
Teens & Tweens, drop by to do some stone mosaic crafting, eat some snacks, and hang out with friends. Use different colored stones to make pieces of art! All supplies, including glow in the dark stones will be available.
Poetry Workshop
with Anis Mojgani and IVLC 
Saturday, June 27th
12:00pm-2:00pm
 
Bring your pad and your pen and awe-ready eyes for a free poetry workshop with Poetry slam legend Anis Mojgani. This event is made possible by San Juan County through its Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) and the Tulalip Tribes Charitable Contributions Fund. Please arrive a few minutes early so we can start on time. We begin our workshops together and build momentum from the opening moment. 
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STAFF PICKS
Check out our latest faves!
 
by Kenneth Oppel 
 
Xavier Oaks doesn't particularly want to go to the cabin with his dad and his dad's pregnant new wife, Nia. But family obligations are family obligations, and it's only for a short time. So he leaves his mom, his brother, and his other friends behind for a week in the woods. Only... one morning he wakes up and the house isn't where it was before. It's like it's been lifted and placed... somewhere else. When Xavier, his dad, and Nia go explore, they find they are inside a dome, trapped. And there's no one else around. , three years later, another family arrives. Is there any escape? Is there a reason they are stuck where they are? Different people have different answers and those different answers inexorably lead to tension, strife, and sacrifice.
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
by Chris Grabenstein
 
When Kyle learns that the world's most famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, has designed the town's new library and is having an invitation-only lock-in on opening night, he's determined to be there! But the tricky part isn't getting into the library--it's getting out. Because when morning comes, the doors stay locked. Kyle and the other kids must solve every clue and figure out every secret puzzle to find the hidden escape route!
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
by Traci Chee 
 
For fourteen-year-old Minoru Ito and other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor have been terrible, and soon their lives are forever changed by mass incarcerations in relocation camps.