Sandy post., January 15, 1981, Page 9, Image 9

J -S A N D Y (Ore ) POST Thur» , Jan ,5. 1981 (Sec 2)
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Bookmobile stops are crowd-pleasers
by K A Y E B A R T O N B A K K E .
Post t o r respondent
T h re e -y e a r-o ld
Chad
H u b e rt
w a ile d .
H e w as le a v in g the C la c k a m a s
C o u n ty
B o o km o b ile ,
p a rk e d
at
H oodland P la za shopping ce n te r,
a nd he c lim b e d in to his m o th e r's
c a r, he n o tice d so m e th in g was
a m iss.
H e had o n ly tw o books. I t w as a
c le a r v io la tio n of a fa m ily p o lic y
th a t he’ d seen e n force d s e v e ra l
tu n e s a m o n th fo r n e a rly tw o ye a rs
( o r 60 p e rc e n t o f his s h o rt life s p a n ).
E a c h c h ild was a llo w e d to check out
fiv e books p e r v is it.
As c h a d ’s m o th e r, R o byn H u b e rt
of B rig h tw o o d , herded th re e o th e r
c h ild re n in to th e c a r, she re a ssu re d
Chad th a t he h a d n ’t been s h o rt­
ch a n ge d ; she c a rrie d th e o th e r th re e
of his books.
T he H u b e rts , who m o v e d to
H o odland fro m M ic h ig a n one y e a r
ago, use th e b o o km o b ile tw ic e a
m o n th , a t W elches on the fir s t
W ednesday of the m o n th and at
B rig h tw o o d on the th ir d W ednesday.
T h e y a re c a rr y in g on a tr a d itio n
begun in r u r a l M ic h ig a n , w h e re they
d ro v e once a w eek in to th e c ity
Photo b> Kaye Barton Bakkr
Exiting the bookmobile are Shaundv and Carey Hubert (top step). Summer Olson (middle)
and Chad Hubert (bottom step). The bookmobile has become a popular place in the Hoodland
area in recent months.
Welches board
names member
BELL’S AUTOMOTIVE
2701 SE 347th B oring O re g o n
A new b o a rd m e m b e r was
a p p o in te d by the W elches
School B o a rd M o n d a y n ig h t
to f i l l the v a c a n c y cre a te d by
the D e c e m b e r re sig n a tio n of
A la n Jensen
Jensen had served on the
b o a rd sin ce 1974. H is te rm
w as to e x p ire June 30.
T he
a p pointee
is
Ron
W o r re ll of R hododendron, a
W es tin g house
F in a n c e
e x e c u tiv e
whose
tw o
d a u g h te rs a tte n d W elches
School.
T h e b o a rd had o rig in a lly
co n sid e re d the vacancy a t
the re g u la r bo a rd m e e tin g
la s t T h u rs d a y n ig h t, b u t
w e re u n able to a r r iv e a t a
decision.
T h e y scheduled a s p e cia l
m e e tin g
M on d a y
n ig h t,
d u rin g w h ic h th e bo a rd in ­
te rv ie w e d fo u r a p p lic a n ts in
e x e c u tiv e session, then m ade
th e ir d e cisio n in fa v o r of
W o r re ll in open session.
O th e r a p p lic a n ts w e re T o m
M o rris o n
of
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E liz a b e th E ste s of B r ig h t­
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lib r a ry and a llo w e d each c h ild ,
b e g in n in g a t the age o f 18 m o n th s, to
se le ct fiv e books.
H u b e rt h e rs e lf is a v o ra c io u s
re a d e r. “ I re a d c o n tin u a lly ,” she
said. ‘ ‘ I 'm w o rk in g on fiv e books
m y s e lf r ig h t n o w .”
W hen the to ta l is co m p u te d — fiv e
books apiece fo r each of the th re e
H u b e rt c h ild re n , an a d d itio n a l fiv e
fo r e ig h t-y e a r-o ld C a re y , an e x ­
p e rie n c e d re a d e r; fiv e each fo r the
one o r tw o c h ild re n H u b e rt b a b y s its ,
and H u b e rt’s q u o ta — fo r each of tw o
m o n th ly v is its ) the H u b e rt lib r a r y
c a rd m a y have 70 books p e r m o n th
c h a rg e d a g a in s t it.
B u t a c c o rd in g to I ^ s lie H a tfie ld ,
the
b o o k m o b ile
lib r a r ia n ,
the
H u b e rts a re n o t u n iq u e am o n g h e r
p a tro n s.
T h e re
is
A r th u r
M e h r,
of
R ho d o de n d ron , w ho a p p e a rs a t the
B o o k m o b ile e v e ry m o n th and checks
out 15 to 20 h is to ric a l n o vels and
m y s te rie s .
T h e re is L y n n K in o s h ita , w ho
show s up a t th re e of th e book­
m o b ile ’ s m o n th ly stops on the
m o u n ta in a nd se le cts 20 m y s te rie s
each tim e .
W hen K in o s h ita w as re m in d e d
th a t a t th a t pace she m u s t re a d tw o
books p e r day, she s a id jo k in g ly , ’ ’ I t
g ive s m y fa m ily a lit t le peace when
I ’m re a d in g "
K in o s h ita w as u n a ble to e s tim a te
h e r re a d in g speed, but sa id she had
tim e to w a tc h som e te le v is io n in
a d d itio n to re a d in g
She d id ackn o w le d ge , h o w e ve r,
th a t “w hen a book is in te re s tin g , I
d o n ’ t stop fo r a n y th in g ."
K in o s h ita had one c o m p la in t a bout
the b o o k m o b ile . ‘ I t ’s g e ttin g to the
p o in t w h e re th e re ’ s not m u c h new
th a t I h a v e n ’ t a lre a d y r e a d ," she
to ld th e lib ra ria n .
H a tfie ld assured h e r th a t th e re
w ill be a new stock of m y s te rie s ,
ta k e n fr o m the co u n ty lib r a r y ’s
sh e lve s, fo r the next H tx x lla n d run.
T h e m o u n ta in b o o k m o b ile stops
get " r e a l heavy usage c o m p a re d to
o th e r places in the c o u n ty ,” H a tfie ld
said. D u rin g each th re e -h o u r stop. 30
to 35 people w ill check out a p ­
p ro x im a te ly 150 books.
T he e ve n in g stops, fr o m 4:30 to
7:30 p .m . at T e d ’s S to re in B r ig h t­
wood
and
H o odland
P la z a
in
W elches, w e re in itia te d in Sep­
te m b e r, and H a tfie ld c a lle d th e m
" f a r m o re s u c c e s s fu l" th a n the
d a y tim e stops
She c ite d th e a fte rn o o n stop a t
Rhododendron, w h e re in 1 4 hours
re c e n tly , the B o o k m o b ile se rv e d 10
to 15 p a tro n s . " I t ’ s ju s t not a con­
ve n ie n t t im e , " she said.
P a tro n s a re not lim ite d to books
sto cke d on th e *b o o km o b ile ’s shelves,
H a tfie ld e x p la in e d . I f a n o th e r book
is req u e ste d , " w e fin d it som e w h e re
in the co u n ty and m a il it — h o p e fu lly
the next d a y ,” she said.
• T he y r e a lly do it, to o ,” a p a tro n
v o lu n te e re d
The b o o k m o b ile m akes 23 stops in
11 runs p e r m o n th th ro u g h o u t the
c o u n ty . A lth o u g h no p re cise fig u re s
w e re a v a ila b le , an e s tim a te d $13,000
p e r y e a r is spent on the p ro g ra m by
co u n ty ta x p a y e rs , a c c o rd in g to D ic k
T u f f li, lib r a r y d ire c to r.
T u f f li c o n tra s te d th is w ith a
$10,000 fig u re fo r a s m a ll b ra n c h
lib r a r y , b u t he sa id " g iv e n the w ay
the people v o te d " in the la st tw o le v y
e le ctio n s, it w as c le a r th a t the book­
m o b ile is im p o rta n t to co u n ty
reside n ts.
T u f f li also pointed out th a t a
b ra n c h lib r a r y is s ta tio n a ry and
serves o n ly one c o n u n u n ity , w h ile
the b o o k m o b ile p ro g ra m
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