“You can put a loved one’s name right in the heart of the community,” said Fitzgerald.

The Library Building Committee is pursuing donations from donors as well as grant funding to complete the interior of the Main Library building in 2019. Proceeds from the brick sales and ongoing fundraising will be used to put these finishing touches in place: acoustic panels throughout the library, window and baseboard trim, window coverings, navigational signs, brand panel installation, courtyard furnishings, and more reading chairs and tables.
 
Library Director Amy Hutchinson estimates to complete the interior of the building will cost about $225,000 with the current hot construction market. With about $125,000 in the building fund right now, the library needs to raise about $100,000 to complete the work. Only about 400 bricks are available, so act quickly to get yours.
 
To order, you can download a copy of the brick form online or pick one up at the Main Library. (Online purchases are coming soon.) For questions about the bricks or more information about the library, contact Library Director Amy Hutchinson at 541-947-6019 or amyh@lakecountylibrary.org. ​

Lake County Libraries will be hosting a free Preschool Family Fun Night for families with preschool-aged children. The whole family is invited to join us for dinner and fun learning activities to help preschoolers get ready for kindergarten! 

Parents are a child’s first teacher and know their child best. Children learn best by doing, and they love doing things with their parents. Preschool Family Fun Night is primarily targeted at children aged 3 to 5 and their parents. Families will have fun with books, crafts, songs, and activities that help prepare preschoolers for kindergarten.  Older or younger siblings are also welcome to attend. 

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​“We are so excited to offer these great programs to help families have fun while getting ready for kindergarten. We learned a lot from Judy Springer at Lake County School District 7 and hope to help many Lake County families create young readers,” said Library Director Amy Hutchinson.
 
The first two Family Fun Nights will be at the Christmas Valley Community Center at 5:30 on Thursday, November 8th and the Lakeview Main Library Meeting Room at 5:30 on Thursday, November 15th. RSVPs are appreciated and can be made to Youth Library Assistant David Lev at 541-947-6974 or davidl@lakecountylibrary.org. Hope to see you there!
 
Programs are supported in part by the South Central Oregon Early Learning Hub. For more information about this program, contact David Lev at 541-947-6019, log on at www.lakecountylibrary.org or come to your local library! For more information about the South Central Oregon Early Learning Hub contact Gillian Wesenberg at 541-440-4774 or go online to https://douglasesd.k12.or.us/early-learning-hub/home. 

The Lake County Library Endowment Fund will host local author Patty Barnhart as speaker for the 2018 Library Endowment Dinner. The dinner will be held at 6:30 PM on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Elks Lodge. Friends of the Lake County Library will hold a no-host reception fundraiser at the new Main Library from 5 to 6 PM. 

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Barnhart will discuss the history of independent authors as well as what it takes to self-publish books today in her talk “Writing and the Independent Author.” Books will be available for purchase at the event, which will also include a reading and a book signing.

Barnhart is the author of ten books:  six short story collections, a novel, two cookbooks, and an anthology of poetry.  She has won four writing contests and placed in numerous others. In addition to her own titles, she has been published in The Arabian Horse World, Hoofbeats, Cascade Horseman, Rails and Trails, Horse Illustrated, and The Lariat. She has lived with her husband on Willow Springs Ranch near Valley Falls since 1996. Prior to her retirement she worked with the Lake County Juvenile Department for 18 years. In addition to writing she is an avid gardener and hiker. Jimmy, the cat, lives with them. 

This year’s fundraising items include artwork, wine basket, a collection of books written by local authors, and more. Regular raffle tickets are $1 each, six tickets for $5, or arms’ length for $20. All raffle tickets sales begin on Monday, October 1, 2018 in the Main Library. You need not be present at the dinner to win raffle items.
 
Tickets to the dinner are $30 and may be purchased or reserved at the Main Library in Lakeview before October 13, 2018. No ticket or reservation is required for the no-host reception at the Main Library, which is open to all. Questions about the event may be directed to Amy Hutchinson, Lake County Library Director, at 541-947-6019. 

The Lake County Library District is pleased to host local author Larry LaClair for a reading and book signing at the Main Library in Lakeview at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. La Clair will be reading from, talking about, and signing his book Simon Sees, a romantic thriller about a very invasive and persistent stalker Simon Proctor.

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​LaClair is a 15 year Army veteran as well as a Corrections Officer for over 12 years. He first started writing short stories to share with his family and friends. Although this is his first novel, a few of his short stories were published locally by “The Writers of the Purple Sage”.
 
Drawing on his life experiences before, during and after his careers in Corrections and Military Intelligence he was able to bring the story of Lincoln County to life. He’s traveled through 48 of the 50 states, Canada, Central America and Europe. He’s worked at NSA, was a crew member on reconnaissance aircraft, military linguist and instructor.
 
Among the many odd jobs in his life are College Bursar, furniture mover, accounting, assistant to carpet layers and roofers, paperboy and Western Union telegram deliverer. An avid traveler and people watcher, but not the Simon Proctor kind, he hopes to bring you along on this journey.
 
This free public program is suitable for adults. LaClair will read from his book and offer a short question and answer session before signing books. Copies of books will be available for purchase at the event.
 
For more information about this program, please contact Library Director Amy Hutchinson at 541-947-6019 or amyh@lakecountylibrary.org. Connect with the author at L.L.LaClairAuthor@gmail.com.

​If you have a child who was born in the fall of 2017 or later, or if you know of a family who has a child that age, please contact David Lev, Youth Library Assistant with a mailing address.  Lake County Libraries will include them on the invitation list.
 
All showers will be held at community’s library branch. Showers are free to participants, and we hope to see all of the new parents at them! Questions about the showers or addresses of new parents can be directed to David Lev, 541-947-6974 or davidl@lakecountylibrary.org.

LAKEVIEW, Ore.—July 1, 2018— Join a lively community conversation around words and images shared by Lake County residents reflecting on what is special about our landscape. Conversations begin at 6 PM on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at the Paisley Community Hall; Wednesday, July 25th at the Alger Theater in Lakeview; and Thursday, July 26th at the Christmas Valley Community Center. 

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​The Rural Voices on a Changing Land project will arrive at a unique community description of the land and what you see changing using words that are specific to the people of Lake County. At the conversations, you will see images and stories shared by others already and help capture what is unique to Lake County in our own words.
 
A partnership of Friends of Lake County Library, Lake County Library District, Lake County Resources Initiative, and PLAYA, supported by Oregon Cultural Trust, the Rural Voices project brought the My Lake County Landscape photography shows to Lakeview, Paisley, and Christmas Valley earlier this year, and will soon be launching an interactive map website to collect even more pictures and ideas from Lake County residents.
 
Questions about the project may be sent to Library Director Amy Hutchinson at 541-947-6019 or amyh@lakecountylibrary.org.

Are you ready to rock out at this year’s Summer Reading Program at the Lake County Libraries? Registration begins the week of June 25th, and the library is excited to present every registrant in the programs with a new book for their summer reading pleasure as well as free child pass and a two-for-one adult admission to the 2018 Oregon State Fair.
 
The Paisley Program, at the Community Center, will start Tuesday, June 26th at 9:30 am for elementary-age (Preschool through 6th grade). The North Lake Program, at the Christmas Valley Library will also start Tuesday, June 26th at 2:00pm for Preschool-6 and 4 pm for the teens.  The Lakeview Program, at the Main Library, will start Wednesday, June 27th at 2pm for the teens and Thursday, June 28th for K-6 at 10:00am and 2:00pm. Preschool story times will continue at the Main Library on Wednesdays at 10:00am.
 
In our “Libraries Rock!” program this summer children will enjoy songs, games, crafts, stories, snacks, and activities like making their own instruments and playing with the gross but fun Oobleck!  Lakeview’s own Randy Dary will play and sing, storyteller Christopher Leebrick will tell stories from around the world, and the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History will bring us their program “Oregon Rocks!” all about local geology.  In the teen program, participants will have a chance to pick out their own cool crafts and activities.  Everyone will have the chance to show off their rock and roll personas in the Lake County Libraries float at the Round-up parade.
 
Each program is eight weeks long, and gives the participant a chance to earn a certificate signed by the governor of Oregon while having fun with their friends and preventing the summer slide in reading skills. The Summer Reading Program is supported in part by Oregon’s Ready to Read grant through the Oregon State Library.
 
For more information contact David Lev at 541-947-6019, log on at www.lakecountylibrary.org or come to your local library!