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July 2024
Reedsport Library Report
From LULD Library Director
The summer reading program for Lower
Umpqua Library District (LULD) is currently
underway. Kids who sign up will be given
a free book, a book bag, a reading log, and
a raffle cket to enter the library’s end-of-
summer prize drawings! Please contact
the library for more details about how kids
can earn addional free books and raffle
ckets towards prizes by logging their
reading hours throughout the summer.
LULD has upcoming events throughout
the month of July. These include:
• Reedsport K9 Shelter and Florence
SPCA – Wednesday, July 3 rd 11:00 am (held at
LULD)
• Fire Fighters from Staon #2
– Wednesday, July 10 th 11:00 am (held at
LULD)
• Smokey Bear at the Library
– Wednesday, July 17 th 11:00 am (held at
LULD)
• Dinosaurs with Dr. Win and
Planetarium Show – July 24 th 11:00
am (held at the Reedsport community
center in partnership with LULD)
The library has a Knit and Crochet
group that meets in LULD’s meeng
room every Thursday from 4:00-6:
00 pm.
All skill levels are welcome.
In addion to these programs, here
are further points of interest at LULD:
The Library of Congress in Washington,
DC has a program in which they donate
surplus books and other materials from
their collecon to public libraries throughout
the country upon request. LULD was able
to obtain approximately 300 tles in this
manner and is in the process of adding
them to its collecon. These include books,
audiobooks on CD, music CDs, and maps.
Some of these books are highly specialized
and others are recent publicaons by
popular authors. Each of these items was
chosen by an LULD staff member from
the Library of Congress’s offerings, based
on his understanding of local interests.
LULD has been adding subscripons to
periodicals that meet a variety of interests.
These include magazines focused on popular
local acvies, such as hiking, fishing, ATVs,
boang, family history/genealogy research,
and RVs; magazines and newspapers about
local, regional, naonal, and internaonal
news and current events; professional
magazines focused on specific industries;
magazines about science and nature;
comic books/graphic novels; magazines
about lifestyle, home improvement, and
architecture; magazines for those interested
in reading or learning another language
(Spanish or Chinese); history and culture of
Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and elsewhere;
etc. Library cardholders may borrow an
unlimited number of magazines for a period
of 3 weeks at a me. Books are limited to
25 items checked out at a me per person.
The library also has non-tradional
items available for checkout, such as
trekking poles (hiking scks), solar chargers,
mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, Wi-Fi extenders,
compasses, pedometers, umbrellas, and
computer accessories. These items may
be borrowed by anyone with a library card
in the same manner as books. The photo
shows examples of some of the non-
tradional items that may be borrowed
from Lower Umpqua Library District.
Please contact or visit the library for addional
informaon.
Alex Kuestner
Library Director/District Manager
Lower Umpqua Library District
395 Winchester Ave
Reedsport, Oregon 97467
(541) 271-3500
www.luld.org
North Douglas Herald
News From Riddle City Library
Riddle City Library is excited to announce
that they launched our 2024 summer reading
program beginning June 6th! The theme this
year is Adventure Begins at Your Library, and
they couldn’t agree more. What adventure will
you find at the library this summer? They have
events planned for kids, teens, and adults this
year!
2024 Children’s Program Schedule
July 11th
1:00 – Have some foot-tapping musical fun
with local musician Joe Ross!
July 18th
1:00 – Meet some new scaly friends when
Jungle Things brings reptiles to the library!
July 25th
1:00 – Rock painting! Reading awards! Don’t
miss it!
2024 Teens’ Program Schedule
July 9th
1:00 – Want to level up your rock-painting
skills? Come paint rocks with fun dot mandalas!
2024 Adult Program Schedule
July 2nd
6:00 – Local archaeologist and plant-lover
Rene Burk will give a talk about local wild
edible plants.
July 16th
6:00 – Dale Greenley will give a historical
presentation about the history of pioneers and
settlers in the Riddle area!
Times and dates are firm, but events may be
subject to change
Many thanks to Roseburg Forest Products and
our other sponsors!
FOR MORE INFO, CALL 541-874-2070
Riddle City Library, 637 First Ave., Riddle, OR.
Summer Reading Program 2024! - Riddle City
Library (riddlelibrary.org)
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