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Thursday & Friday

10 AM—6 PM

Saturday

10 AM—5 PM

Sunday

1—5 PM

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Westfield Washington

Public Library Board of Trustees:

Mike Thomas,

President

Brian Morales,

Vice President

Paul Catlin,

Treasurer

Nancy Knochel,

Secretary

Members,

Birch Dalton

Dan Pitcock

David Weiss

The Library Board

meets on the

second Wednesday

of each month

at 7 PM

July 2014 Volume 12, Issue 7

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 took the first astronauts to the moon! On the 45th anniversary of this historic event, we invite you to Land at Your Library as part of our own historic event — the Grand Reopening and dedication of our renovation and expansion project. To celebrate we will be having an open house on Sunday, July 20 starting at 1 PM (when the library normally opens on Sundays). The Mayor of the City of Westfield, Andy Cook, our Director, Sheryl Sollars, and some members of our Library Board of Trustees, will speak and a ribbon cutting ceremony will follow. Everyone is invited to come explore our new spaces, including the quiet study rooms in the Adult Services department, the room specially designed for Teens, and our new Community Room in the basement. There will also be food and beverages served in the Community Room.

Kids can compare their foot to Neil Armstrong’s on the surface of the Moon and check out books about space, which goes along with this year’s Summer Reading theme Fizz, Boom, Read!

Land at Your Library!

Next Board Meeting:

August 13, 2014

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Children’s Department Children’s Department

*Unless noted, programs are free, and registration is not required. Schedule subject to change without notice.

Clubs

Yu-Gi-Oh/Pokemon Club Wednesday, July 9 @ 6:30 PM Lego Mindstorms Parent Meeting Planning for the WWPL robotics team competition for ages 9-14. Kids welcome to attend. Tuesday, July 15 @ 6:30 PM

Summer Safety

Fire Day All Ages Learn all about fire safety, see all of the vehicles up close, and prepare to get wet! *Meet at Station #82 Monday, July 28 @ 1:30 PM

Police Day All Ages Watch the police dog work! *Meet at the Public Safety Building Wednesday, July 30 @ 1:30 PM

Pottery Classes Kids & Adults Friday, July 25 @ 2-2:45 PM Cost $16, must pre-register Tiny Tots & Preschoolers Friday, July 25 @ 3-4:35 PM Cost $9, must pre-register

Special Summer Programs The BIG Build! All Ages Explore the science of engineering and architecture by building with a variety of materials. Wednesday, July 9 @ 11:00 AM Snakehead Ed All Ages Live beautiful snakes. Touch one! Sponsored by the Friends of the Westfield Library Wednesday, July 16 @ 11 AM Think Pink 2 All Ages Back by popular demand! If you like pink, this is the place to be! Wear your pinkest outfit for all kinds of pink fun and activities. Friday, July 18 @ 10:30 AM American Girl Tea Party Pinkies up! Free, but please register! Wednesday, July 23 @ 2 PM Indiana Jim All Ages

See and learn about live amphibians and reptiles—up close and personal! Sponsored by the Friends of the Westfield Library Friday, July 25 @ 11 AM Weird Science School Age See and do some of the coolest things that can be done with science! Wednesday, July 30 @ 2 PM Xtreme Science Magic Show Two parts science, one part magic, and a large dose of audience participation!

Friday, August 1 @ 11 AM Sponsored by the Friends of the Westfield Library

Story Times Toddlers 18 months to 3 1/2 Monday @ 10:30 AM Tuesday @ 11:15 AM Preschoolers 3 1/2 to Kindergarten Monday @ 1:00 PM Tuesday @ 10:15 AM July 1, 7 & 8, 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 28* & 29 *no 1 PM story time, go to fire station 82 for special Fire Day program

Baby Love Birth to 18 Months Baby Love is on hold until further notice! Paws & Read All Ages Saturdays @ 10:30 AM July 12 & August 9

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*Requires pre-registration. Call 317-896-9391 to sign up.

Coming in August... Women Traveling Solo Wednesday, August 6 @ 6:30 PM

Elements of Medicare Wednesday, August 27 @ 6:30 PM

Adult Summer Programs

Mystery Book Group In the Sumner Room Weds @ 1 PM July 2—A Place of Execution by Val McDermid August 6—Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly

General Book Group In the Sumner Room Weds @ 1 PM July 16—Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall August 20—Moloka’i by Alan Brennert

Technology Classes

Facebook Fundamentals* July 22 @ 6:30 PM August 28 @ 3 PM

Intro to E-Books* July 21 @ 6:30 PM August 14 @ 3 PM

Microsoft Excel* July 17 @ 3 PM

Microsoft Access* August 18 @ 6:30 PM

Genealogy Club In the Sumner Room Saturday @ 10:15 AM July 5 No August meeting!

ESL Classes

The library offers adult ESL (English as a Second Language) classes for beginners, as well as those who want to

improve their English skills. Students pay for class materials. Classes will be scheduled after students submit their completed registration form to the Information/Reference Services Desk. ¿Conoce a alguien a quien le gustaría aprender o mejorar sus conocimientos de inglés? WWPL ofrece clases de ESL gratis para todos los niveles de hablantes de comienzo al nivel intermedio. Registro requerido. Información de Contacto para inscribir en las clases: librarian@wwpl.lib.in.us

Watercolor Painting Class Taught by Jan Roland No previous art experience is required, and the class fee of $15 includes all materials. Thursday @ 10:15 AM July 17 & August 21

Euchre Group Wednesdays @ 5:30 PM July 9 & 23 August 13 & 27

Movie Night The Hound of the Baskervilles Wednesday, July 16 @ 6 PM Aug 13 @ 6 PM The original Sherlock Holmes canon consists of fifty-six short

stories and four novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four novels and was serialized in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902. Set largely in England's West Country, it tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Join us in our new Community Room for a viewing of the 1959 version, the first of many film adaptations to be filmed in color. Starring Peter Cushing and Sir Christopher Lee.

Elements of Memoir Writing Your story matters! This class will start you with some important elements of making literary art out of your story including, things to avoid in the memoir, how story and real life work together, and how to craft techniques from the chapter to the paragraph to the sentence. After the workshop, you should feel better equipped to put your story into writing for a public audience.

Wednesday, July 23 @ 6:30 PM

Elements of Tai Chi Tai Chi is a traditional form of Chinese martial art. Its practitioners try to be like water – yielding and powerful at the same time. During this introduction to Tai Chi, you’ll hear about the history and philosophy of the art, see it performed, and you’ll learn a very simple exercise for calming the mind. Wednesday, July 30 @ 6:30 PM

July 2014

Friends Board:

Sara Reitmeyer, President

Carly Schull, Vice President

Jeanette Wachtel, Treasurer

Marie Albertson, Secretary

The Friends of the Westfield Library is an organization designed to promote and

support the mission of the Westfield Washington Public

Library. Through its fundraising efforts, primarily book sales held in the library and online, the group raises money used to fund library programs and to purchase

items that are not in the library's operating budget.

Westfield Washington Public Library 333 W. Hoover Street

Westfield, IN 46074

Phone: 317-896-9391

FAX: 317-896-3702

www.wwpl.lib.in.us

www.facebook.com/WWPL46074

Sheryl Sollars, Director

Sandy Rowland, Assistant Director

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Postage paid by: The Friends of the Westfield Library

The Westfield Washington Public Library will strive,

in partnership with organizations, to provide quality

services, materials and facilities that fulfill the educational,

informational, technological, cultural and recreational

needs of the entire community.

Friends News

We have so many items in our Friends Room that we need to make room! In order to remedy this problem we shipped off items that have been in the book sale for weeks, rearranged, and started putting out fresh material. A majority of the items out now are Adult Biographies and Juvenile Non-fiction titles, as these areas were most recently evaluated according to the library’s collection development policy. Of course, there is always a little of everything.

We’re also working on hanging our bulletin board up in the new area, setting up an old book drop box for dropping off your donations, and getting some comfy chairs for times when the book sale is not set up.

Have you seen the new sign out front? The Friends gave the library funds to pay for this as well as the new outdoor awnings, which will hopefully be installed next week!

Thanks for being a member and shopping our book sales. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Sara Reitmeyer, President Friends of the Westfield Library