Burbank Community Library

The Burbank Library’s Summer Reading Program is almost over! If you haven’t done so already, visit the Burbank Library to return your reading log and collect your prizes.

Here is the line-up of events for the Week of August 17:

• Game day — Drop-in anytime to play our Nintendo Wii. (Monday, August 17 — TODAY!)
• ART SHOW — Come see all the art entered in our summer contests. Grape juice and cheese & crackers will be served! (Wednesday, August 19, at 6 p.m.)
• Drop-in craft: Marshmallow sculptures! (Friday, August 7, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.)
• END OF SUMMER LUAU! — This is our big end-of-summer party! We’ll have a potluck dinner, food from Huli Huli Hawaiian restaurant in Pasco, hula dancers, a “learn to hula” class, open mic performances, activities for kids (including crafts, face painting, and water games — so kids should wear a swimsuit!), palm reading, door prizes, Summer Reading Program grand prize winners, and more! All ages welcome. Visit or call the library to sign-up to bring a dish to the potluck and to perform during the open mic. See this post for additional details. (Saturday, August 22, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• DEADLINE for entering our Summer Reading Program! — You must turn in your reading log by today to qualify for a grand prize! (Saturday, August 22)

See you at the library!

The Burbank Library will be hosting a luau on Saturday, August 22, to celebrate the end of the summer and to acknowledge everyone who participated in our Summer Reading Program!

The event will run from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. and it should be a lot of fun, so please spread the word. Here’s the line-up of entertainment and activities:

• 3:00-3:30 — Water games! (Kids, wear your swimsuits!)
• 3:30-4:30 — Crafts (make your own hula skirt and lei), face painting, and palm reading!
• 4:30-5:00 — Learn to Hula!
• 5:00 — Dinner (potluck and Hawaiian food from Huli Huli in Pasco)
• 5:00-6:30 — Open mic (get up and perform!)
• 6:30-7:00 — Hula dancers! (a group of dancers will perform several traditional dances)
• 7:00 — Announcement of Summer Reading Program grand prize winners and door prizes!

This timeline may change as we add new activities. All ages welcome. Please call or visit the library to sign-up to bring a dish to the potluck dinner or to perform during the open mic. Our promotional flyer (pdf) is here.

Thanks to the Friends of the Burbank Library for their generous support of this event.

The Burbank Library’s Summer Reading Program is cruising along! If you haven’t done so already, visit the Burbank Library to register for the program.

Here is the line-up of events for the Week of August 10:

• MOVIES — This one at 1pm and this one at 5pm. We’ll supply the popcorn. (Monday, August 10)
• For kids: Drop-in hunt — We’ve already searched for fish, toast, falcons, and ice cream cones. Come see what’s next. (All day on Tuesday, August 11)
• Art with Meghan — Make a collage! (Wednesday, August 12, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.)
• For teens: SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS! (Thursday, August 13, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• Drop-in craft: Lots of colorful art! (Friday, August 14, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.) and Read to Shasta! at 3 p.m.
• For kids: POETRY WORKSHOP! (Saturday, August 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
• DEADLINE for entering our bookmark, poster and logo design contests! — See our previous post for details. (Saturday, August 15)

Also, art by local artist (and library employee) Meghan Johns is currently on display.

And watch for these events next week:

• Game day — Drop-in anytime to play our Nintendo Wii. All ages welcome. (Monday, August 17)
• ART SHOW — Come see all the art entered in our summer contests. Grape juice and cheese & crackers will be served! (Wednesday, August 19, at 6 p.m.)
• Drop-in craft: Marshmallow sculptures! — Shaved ice will be served! (Friday, August 7, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.)
• END OF SUMMER LUAU! — This is our big end-of-summer party! We’ll have a potluck dinner, food from Huli Huli Hawaiian restaurant in Pasco, hula dancers, a “learn to hula” class, open mic performers, activities for kids (including crafts, face painting, and water games — so kids should wear a swimsuit!), palm reading, door prizes, Summer Reading Program grand prize winners, and more! All ages welcome. Visit or call the library to sign-up to bring a dish to the potluck and to perform during the open mic. More details to follow. (Saturday, August 22, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• DEADLINE for entering our Summer Reading Program! — You must turn in your reading log by today to qualify for a grand prize! (Saturday, August 22)

See you at the library!

On Thursday, August 6, our neighbor Jim Lott of Applegate Orchards will bring two (or 3 or 4) of his falcons to the library for a 6 p.m. presentation. Mr. Lott will explain how he came to acquire over 70 aplomado falcons and he’ll describe how he trains the birds to patrol his blueberry fields. The discussion will last about 45 minutes (inside the library) and then Mr. Lott will take the falcons outside and let them fly a bit. There will also be an opportunity for the audience to ask questions.

Back in June, the Tri-City Herald had a front-page story about Mr. Lott and his falcons. The photo below is one of several in a Herald photo gallery that accompanied the story. See our previous post for details.

All ages are welcome. We hope to see you on Thursday!

The Burbank Library’s Summer Reading Program is cruising along! If you haven’t done so already, visit the Burbank Library to register for the program.

Here is the line-up of events for the Week of August 3:

• Game day — Drop-in anytime to play our Nintendo Wii. All ages welcome. (Monday, August 3 – TODAY!)
• Art with Meghan — Chalk on black paper. (Wednesday, August 5, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.)
• FALCONS AT THE LIBRARY! Come meet our neighbor, Jim Lott, and a few of his falcons. (Thursday, August 6, at 6 p.m.)
• Drop-in craft: Make a book! (Friday, August 7, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.)

And watch for these events next week:

• MOVIES — This one at 1pm and this one at 5pm. We’ll supply the popcorn. (Monday, August 10)
• For kids: Drop-in hunt — We’ve already searched for fish, toast, falcons, and ice cream cones. Come see what’s next. (All day on Tuesday, August 11)
• Art with Meghan — Make a collage! (Wednesday, August 12, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.)
• For teens: SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS! (Thursday, August 13, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• Drop-in craft: Lots of colorful art! (Friday, August 14, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.) and Read to Shasta! at 3 p.m.
• For kids: POETRY WORKSHOP! (Saturday, August 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

Don’t forget to return your reading log to receive your prize. See you at the library!

The Burbank Library’s Summer Reading Program is in full swing! If you haven’t done so already, visit the Burbank Library to register for the program.

Here is the line-up of events for the Week of July 27:

• MOVIES — This one at 1pm and this one at 5pm. We’ll supply the popcorn. (Monday, July 27)
• For kids: Drop-in hunt — We’ve already searched for fish, toast, and falcons. Come see what’s next. (All day on Tuesday, July 28)
• For teens: DUCT TAPE WALLETS AND PURSES! Come by and make one. (Wednesday, July 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• TIE DYE! Bring a white T-shirt or other article of clothing. (Thursday, July 30, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• Drop-in craft: Shaving cream art! (Friday, July 31, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.) and Read to Shasta! at 3 p.m.

And watch for these events next week:

• Game day — Drop-in anytime to play our Nintendo Wii. All ages welcome. (Monday, August 3)
• Art with Meghan — Chalk art on black paper. (Tuesday, August 4, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.)
• A FALCON AT THE LIBRARY! Come meet our neighbor, Jim Lott, and one of his falcons. (Thursday, August 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• Drop-in craft: Make a book! (Friday, August 7, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.)

Don’t forget to return your reading log to receive your prize. See you at the library!

Attention artists! We’re having three art contests at the library this summer. And it’s not too late to enter. In fact, the deadline for entering all three contests has been extended to August 15.

The contests are:

• Bookmark contest! For school-age children (grades K to 12). Pick up an entry form at the library or print one out here (pdf). Winning bookmarks will be professionally printed and distributed at the library, and the winning artists will each receive a prize! (Sponsored by the Friends of the Burbank Community Library)
• Friends of the Library logo design contest! For all ages. The Friends logo needs updating. Help them come up with a new design. Contest details are available here (pdf). The winning designer will receive a prize! (Sponsored by the Friends of the Burbank Community Library)
• Poster design contest! For school-age children (grades K to 12). Design a promotional poster for your favorite person, place, thing, book, movie, band, food, animal, word, etc. (you get the idea — anything!). Pick up a poster-sized sheet of paper and contest instructions at the library. The artists who create the best posters will each receive a prize!

We are planning to have an artists’ reception for all the artists who enter our contests on Wednesday, August 19, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Grape juice and cheese & crackers will be served. So get to work, Burbank!

The Burbank Library’s Summer Reading Program is in full swing! If you haven’t done so already, visit the Burbank Library to register for the program.

Here is the line-up of events for the Week of July 20:

• This is our second “Wii Week”! Drop-in anytime to try out our new Nintendo Wii system! All ages welcome. (Monday, July 20, thru Saturday, July 25)
• SIDEWALK CHALK ART! Come by and beautify our sidewalks. (Wednesday, July 22, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
• Mario Kart Tournament (Thursday, July 23, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• Drop-in craft: Make silly putty! (Friday, July 24, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.)
• BATTLE OF THE BANDS & TALENT SHOW — This event may be cancelled due to lack of interest. So if you’d like to participate, please call or stop by to register. All ages welcome! (TENTATIVELY: Saturday, July 25, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.)

And watch for these events next week:

• MOVIES — This one at 1pm and this one at 5pm. We’ll supply the popcorn. (Monday, July 27)
• For teens: DUCT TAPE WALLETS AND PURSES! (Wednesday, July 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• TIE DYE! Bring a white T-shirt or other article of clothing. (Thursday, July 30, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.)

Don’t forget to return your reading log to receive your prize. See you at the library!

Last night, Whitman College Professor Bob Carson presented an excellent slide lecture on the geologic history of the Wallula Gap to a standing-room-only crowd at the Burbank Library. Over 120 people attended the event.

Professor Carson is the editor of Where the Great River Bends: A natural and human history of the Columbia at Wallula — published by Keokee Books.

Many signed copies of the book (which has over 200 full-color photographs) were sold at the event. For those interested in purchasing a copy of the book (including a signed copy), you can contact the publisher here.

See our previous posts about Professor Carson and his book here and here.

During the course of the lecture and the Q & A period that followed, Professor Carson recommended the following:

• This 3-minute Youtube video of the collapse of the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina.
• A book entitled Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate, which Professor Carson strongly recommended for those interested in educating themselves about climate change, and which we currently own one copy of in our WALNET library network. You can place a hold on this book by calling the Burbank Library or through our online catalog using your WALNET library card number. Please note that we will be purchasing an additional copy of this book for the Burbank collection.
• These driving directions (pdf), which were inadvertantly omitted from the first printing of Where the Great River Bends, to the high point on the west side of the Wallula Gap. (See the photo below.)

We’d like to thank the Tri-City Herald for its interest in this event, Keokee Books for helping us to promote it, our wonderful neighbors for bringing over extra chairs when we ran out of seats, and everyone who attended.

And a very special thanks, of course, to Professor Bob Carson for an excellent presentation. We hope he’ll visit us again at some point in the future.

The Burbank Library’s Summer Reading Program is in full swing! If you haven’t done so already, visit the Burbank Library to register for the program. See our complete Calendar of Events here (pdf).

Here is the line-up of events for the Week of July 13:

• MOVIES! This one at 1pm and this one at 5pm. We’ll supply the popcorn. (Monday, July 13)
• For kids: Drop-in hunt — We’ve already searched for fish and toast. Come see what’s next. (All day on Tuesday, July 14)
• SLIDE LECTURE & BOOK SIGNING with Whitman College Professor Bob Carson, editor of Where the Great River Bends: A natural and human history of the Columbia at Wallula. (Tuesday, July 14, 6 p.m.) — See our related post here.
• Scents Sense! Naomi from the McNary National Wildlife Refuge will talk about the importance of a sense of smell in nature, and we’ll have a nature hunt! (Wednesday, July 15, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
• GOOGLE EARTH SCAVENGER HUNT — Learn about Google Earth and hunt for important sites around the globe. (Wednesday, July 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• Create a blog — Come learn how to start your own blog. (Thursday, June 16, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
• Drop-in craft: Yarn sculptures! (Friday, July 17, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.) and Read to Shasta! at 3 p.m.
• Scrap booking — Drop-in and we’ll show you how to do it. (Saturday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

And watch for these events next week:

• This will be our second “Wii Week”! Drop-in anytime to try out our new Nintendo Wii system! All ages welcome. (Monday, July 20, thru Saturday, July 25)
• SIDEWALK CHALK ART! (Wednesday, July 22, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
• BATTLE OF THE BANDS & TALENT SHOW — Call or stop by to register in advance! (Saturday, July 25, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.)

Don’t forget to return your reading log to receive your prize. See you at the library!