8 Summer 2010 Applegater
Country Dance
benefits Ruch Library
Food, music and friends, was
the recipe for the Country Dance
held to benefit Saturday hours at
Ruch Library. About a hundred people
attended the May 22 event, which
was sponsored by the Friends of Ruch
Library (FORL) and held at the Upper
Applegate Grange. The dance floor
filled up to irresistible music from
The Oregon Old Time Fiddlers, and
dance caller Chuck Simpkins taught the
Virginia Reel to young and old. Rachael
Martin (President of the Ruch School
PTO) had sheriff’s badges, bandanas,
and cowboy hats for all the kids, as well
as sit-down activities for them.
Everybody enjoyed the dinner
of pasta (vegetarian or sausage), salad
and bread, and tried to save room for
Fran Hopkins’s Strawberry Cream
Cake. A series of raffles, under the
direction of raffle impresario Dan
Barker, gave away prizes including
local honey and wine, free meals
and massages, and a genuine gilded
Japanese weeder (hand tool). Each
of the children who attended got to
choose a free kids’ book to take home.
Later in the evening the second band,
David Pinsky and the Rhythm Kings,
brought “jump-up and dance blues”
to an enthusiastic audience.
The dance was another event
in this year’s continuing fundraising
to pay for Saturday hours at Ruch
Library. FORL has raised about
$8000 of the $12,300 needed. Check
FORL’s website www.forl.org, or look
at the library for our brochure for
more information about contributing,
including an easy way to make a
monthly pledge.
FORL wants to thank all our
terrific volunteers who worked so
hard to bring this off, and local
Make Waves
at Your
Library
merchants—including the Outpost,
Ruch Country Store, Ruch Services,
and Magnolia Grill—for help and
donations.
“There hasn’t been a dance like
this out here in I can’t remember how
long,” said one person returning from
the dance floor. Maybe this should be
the “First Annual Country Dance for
the Library”… if you’d like to be part
of the group to make the second one
happen, please call Cynthia Cheney at
541-899-1114.
Area teens are
invited to “Make
Waves at Your
L i b r a r y” by
participating in
the Jackson
County Library’s
teen summer reading program. The
program starts as soon as school is out
and continues through August 14.
To earn the chance to win one of
fifteen 8G iPod Nanos and other prizes
Teens will be asked to write a review
of a book, CD, audiobook, DVD, or
library program. Special events include
free movies, art activities, and gaming
days. Contact your local library branch
for details.
This year’s teen reading program
is sponsored by The Million Dollar Club
of Jackson County and the Friends of
the Jackson County Libraries. For more
information, please call Marian Barker at
541-774-6423.
Christopher Leebrick
storytelling schedule
Award-winning stor yteller,
Christopher Leebrick, brings his
remarkable storytelling ability to Jackson
County libraries as part of the Jackson
County Library Services Summer
Reading Program. Mr. Leebrick has
dazzled audiences since the age of 13 with
tales ranging from the hills of Appalachia
to the cowboy country of the Oregon
high desert. Join in the fun at one of the
following branches.
MONDAY JULY 26
11:30 am– 12:30 pm,
Central Point Branch
116 South Third Street, 541-664-3228
Make a Splash—
READ!
Applegate Library
Summer is finally here at the
Applegate Library and the summer reading
program has already begun. We have water
themes this year: “Make a Splash,” and
“Make Waves at Your Library.”
We will have crafts and activities
throughout the summer, so come in early
and check out the schedule. You won’t
want to miss your favorite activities.
Artist, Cathy Egelston, will be at
the library on Friday, July 23 at 2:30 pm,
to put on a water color class for children.
She is the artist that did our wonderful
animal murals on the walls in the library.
Storytime for young children
continues to be at 4:00 pm each Friday
afternoon. Come and listen to some
wonderful stories!
A series of free beginning computer
classes for adults are tentatively scheduled
to start in July here at the Applegate
Library. The classes will be funded by a
bequest from the Kenneth A. and Lucille
D. Family Trust. The classes are by
reservation only and are limited in size.
Watch for the schedule to be posted so
you can sign up.
Our Friends of the Applegate
Library President, Christopher Shockey,
reports from the President’s Forum that
there is a Library Advocacy Committee
that has formed to develop a strategy and
talking points to increase library hours,
starting with the Medford City Council.
The idea is once the city of Medford begins
funding the Medford branch, that will free
up dollars for extending the hours at the
other branches like Applegate and Ruch.
The key is to help the city council members
understand that they should be sharing in
the cost of their library instead of relying
on the county to pay for it. Hooray for
our President Christopher to be keeping
abreast of what’s happening on the City
and County levels. Wouldn’t it be great if
the Applegate Library was granted more
hours without having to do it with book
and bake sales!
The next meeting of the Friends of
the Applegate Library will be on July 13 at
5:00 pm at the Applegate Branch Library.!
Joan Peterson
541-846-6988
“Make a Splash – READ!” is the
Summer Reading Program theme this summer
at Jackson County Library Services. Children
will explore the world of water through sto-
ries, songs, games, and other activities about
oceans, rivers, lakes, pools, and the creatures
that live there.
Registration for the program begins
as soon as school is out in June. Children
age 3-12 are invited to sign up at their local
branch library. All children who read or listen
to ten books will receive a special bookmark,
a reading certificate, a coupon for a free kid’s
meal from HomeTown Buffet and a pass to
the Kid Time! Discovery Experience. Kids
who complete the program will also be eligible
to enter local branch library drawings for
additional prizes.
Parents of infants and toddlers 0-36
months can read to their children and receive a
gift book, a signed certificate, and a bookmark.
Everyone is invited to attend special summer
reading activities and performances at branch
libraries around Jackson County. For more
information, contact your local branch library
or visit our Web site at www.jcls.org.
The “Make a Splash – READ!” program
is sponsored by HomeTown Buffet, Kid Time!
Discovery Experience, and Friends of the
Library groups throughout Jackson County.
For more information, please contact the
Medford Branch Library at 541-774-6423.
2:30 – 3:30 pm,
Jacksonville Branch,
340 West “C” Street, 541-899-1665
TUESDAY JULY 27
10:30 – 11:30 am,
Ashland Branch,
410 Siskiyou Boulevard, 541-774-6980
1:00 – 2:00 pm,
Phoenix Branch, 510 West 1st Street,
541-535-7090
WEDNESDAY JULY 28
10:00 – 11:00 am,
Prospect Branch,
150 Mill Creek Drive, 541-560-3668
1:00 – 2:00 pm,
Shady Cove Branch,
22477 Highway 62, 541-878-2270
3:00 – 4:00 pm,
Eagle Point Branch,
239 West Main Street, 541-826-3313
THURSDAY JULY 29
1:00 – 2:00 pm,
White City Branch,
3143 Avenue C, 541-864-8880
4:00 – 5:00 pm,
Ruch Branch,
7919 Hwy 238, 541-899-7438
FRIDAY JULY 30
10:30 – 11:30 am,
Talent Branch,
101 Home Street, 541-535-4163
For more information, please
contact Marian Barker, Jackson County
Library Youth Services Manager at 541-
774-6423 or mbarker@jcls.org.