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(Lakeview, Ore)— The Million Page Challenge ended March 17th, 2018, with Team Harney & Lake Counties declared the bragging rights winners, having read 608,692 pages. Pendleton Public Library readers came in second with 338,662 pages. Hood River County Library readers turned in 70,012 pages.
Almost 100 readers across Lake County participated in the challenge this year. Congratulations are in order for Lake County’s top ten readers:
The contest began on February 5th and ended March 17th. Only pages read from library-owned materials counted. The next Million Page Challenge will be held in 2020. Questions about the contest may be directed to Amy Hutchinson, Lake County Library Director, at 541-947-6019. LAKEVIEW, Ore.—February 17, 2018—Come see the winning entries for the “My Lake County Landscape” photography show in Paisley and Christmas Valley! The show will be at the Paisley Community Hall on Tuesday, February 27,2018, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. A reception with light snacks will be held from 5:00 to 6:00 PM. A showing will also be held at the same times at the Christmas Valley Boosters Hall on Saturday, March 31, 2018.
In August and September, the Lake County Library District collected photographs of Lake County landscapes from current and former residents. Entries were intended to capture what is special about Lake County. A panel of judges reviewed the entries, and the top photographs are featured in the show.
“We are excited to help share a community view of what is special about Lake County’s landscape,” says Amy Hutchinson, Library Director. “We are working on even more ways to document and share what locals feel is special about our landscape. Stay tuned!” These events are supported by Oregon Cultural Trust through a grant received by the Friends of Lake County Library. Questions about the shows may be sent to Library Director Amy Hutchinson at 541-947-6019 or amyh@lakecountylibrary.org. 6:30 PM Main Library - Lakeview - Meeting RoomLAKEVIEW, Ore.—February 16, 2018— The Lake County Library District is pleased to host current PLAYA resident authors Courtney Carlson, Donald Levering, and Dianne Stepp for a reading of their work at the Main Library in Lakeview at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, February 28, 2018.
This free public program is made possible in partnership with PLAYA. On the edge of the Great Basin, PLAYA offers creative individuals the space, solitude and the community to reflect and to engage their work through its residency program. PLAYA supports innovative thinking through work in the arts, literature, natural sciences and other fields of creative inquiry and encourages dialogue between disciplines to bring positive change to the environment and the world.
For more information about this program, please contact Library Director Amy Hutchinson at 541-947-6019 or amyh@lakecountylibrary.org. For more information about PLAYA, call 541-943-3983 or visit playasummerlake.org. The next free ride to creativity cruises Saturday, December 9, 2017. PLAYA Presents is on the winter schedule and will begin at 3:00 PM. Please note the following bus pick up times:
 This month's free public event includes visual artists Lauris Phillips, Christina Mrozik, Sarah Grew, Rick Fox, and Barbara Hudin and writers Courtney Carlson, Donald Levering, and Laurie Easter. Meet the residents, explore open studios, hear readings, and attend a celebratory reception.
PLAYA offers creative individuals the space, solitude and the community to reflect and to engage their work through its residency program in Summer Lake. PLAYA supports innovative thinking through work in the arts, literature, natural sciences and other fields of creative inquiry and encourages dialogue between disciplines to bring positive change to the environment and the world. For more information visit playasummerlake.org. (Lakeview, Ore)— February 5, 2018 –Starting today Lake County Library District is again teaming up with Harney County Library to take on Hood River County Library District and Pendleton Public Library in a three-way race to see which library’s patrons can reach one million pages first. Will this be the year we lose the title, or will bragging rights be retained? Only you can decide.
Books, magazines, newspapers, e-books, and audiobooks checked out from the library all count. Items you purchase yourself do not count. Participants will need to record the title and number of pages they read or listen to. To count audiobook and ebook “pages,” library staff can help you look up the number of pages of a print book of the same title. Pages can be turned in any time at any Lake County Library District location.
Questions about the contest may be directed to Amy Hutchinson, Lake County Library Director, at 541-947-6019. The next free ride to creativity cruises Saturday, December 9, 2017. PLAYA Presents is on the winter schedule and will begin at 3:00 PM. Please note the following bus pick up times:
 This month's free public event includes visual artists Renee Couture, Richelle Gribble, Emmy Linscheit, and Paula Bullwinkle; filmmaker Beth Harrington; writers Sue Landers, Karen Singer, Donna Henderson, and Maxim Loskutoff; and scientist Andrew Lockhart. In addition to open studios and readings, the afternoon features a special reading by local author Marie Lee.
PLAYA offers creative individuals the space, solitude and the community to reflect and to engage their work through its residency program in Summer Lake. PLAYA supports innovative thinking through work in the arts, literature, natural sciences and other fields of creative inquiry and encourages dialogue between disciplines to bring positive change to the environment and the world. For more information visit playasummerlake.org. Library hosts exhibit and film on Japanese internment in U.S. during WWIILAKEVIEW, Ore.—December 22, 2017--Architecture of Internment: the Build-up to Wartime Incarceration exhibit comes to Lake County January 12 through February 13, 2018. These free, public events also include a screening of the short film What It Means to be Free. The exhibit and film will be in available in Lakeview, Paisley, and Christmas Valley as well as taken to area high schools. Architecture of Internment is a Graham Street Productions exhibit presented by Lake County Library District and the Rural Organizing Project. READ MORE BELOW...  This traveling exhibit highlights the role of Oregonians in the decision to incarcerate Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants. Over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens, were incarcerated during World War II. Personal letters and proclamations from Oregonians to Governor Sprague in 1941 and 1942, advocating for the exclusion and incarceration of Oregonian Japanese Americans, as well as blueprints of potential "Assembly Center" and "Relocation Camp" locations such as racetracks and fairgrounds, and letters from Japanese Americans expressing their outrage about the injustice of internment will be on display.
What It Means to be Free is a video interview with former Oregon Poet Laureate Lawson Inada. As a child, Inada was one of the youngest persons sent to internment camps during World War II. The experience has been a major influence on his poetry. Each film screening will be followed by a discussion. In Christmas Valley, the exhibit opens at the Community Hall on January 20, 2018, at 1:30 PM for public viewing with the film screening at 3:30 PM. In Paisley, the exhibit opens at the Paisley School cafeteria on January 22, 2018 at 8:30 AM with the film screening at 10:30 AM. In Lakeview, the exhibit will be on display at the Main Library from February 5-9, 2018, and the film screening will be at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 in the meeting room. For questions about the program or more information about the library, contact Library Director Amy Hutchinson at 541-947-6019 or amyh@lakecountylibrary.org. For information on Rural Organizing Project, visit http://www.rop.org/. For information on Graham Street Productions, visit https://www.grahamstreetproductions.com/. |
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