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The INDEPENDENT, August 1, 2012
Banks Curves now offering new
Curves Complete weight-loss plan
Between the Bookends
By Susan Cackler, Library Assistant
Banks Public Library
we will begin the process of replacing her.
The Banks Public Li-
brary is back to operat-
ing regular hours after
our renovation. The im-
provements to the build-
ing have made a huge
difference and the library
is a very pleasant place
to spend some time this
summer. Come by and
see our new look, if you haven’t already, and en-
joy reading or using wi-fi in air-conditioned com-
fort.
The Summer Reading Program is wrapping
up. All of the programs and drawings have taken
place. August 1 was the first day to turn in a
completed reading record and receive an award
book, and August 31 will be the last day to do so.
While we have implemented many changes,
there are still a few coming in the future. Soon,
we will have the ability to accept payment by
credit card. Also, the library will be getting a self-
check machine which will allow patrons to check
out their own materials.
There have been a couple of changes to the
Cultural Pass program this year. Unfortunately,
the Rice Rock and Mineral Museum is no long
participating in the program. However, Ever-
green Aviation and Space Museum is now par-
ticipating. The pass does not include admission
to the water park.
Join us for craft night Wednesday, August 8,
from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the library. We have
just enough room to set up some tables in the li-
brary space and get to work. Enjoy some lively
conversation while you work on your favorite
craft. Come and meet some new friends or visit
with old ones while using the library’s work
space. You may find knitters, scrapbookers, quil-
ters and maybe even a tatter or two. If you would
like to be on an e-mail reminder list for craft
night, call the library with your name and e-mail.
Since Miss Cathy has retired, we won’t have
any Preschool Storytime until September, when
On the Shelf:
The Royal Wulff Murders by Keith McCafferty.
McCafferty is the survival editor for Field and
Stream magazine and this is his first novel. The
story opens with the discovery of a dead body in
the Madison River with a Royal Wulff trout fly
stuck through its lower lip. Sheriff Martha Et-
tinger suspects foul play, not a simple drowning.
Along with a Montana newcomer who is also a
private detective, they pursue their lines of ques-
tioning and end up investigating Montana’s big
business: fly fishing.
Green Heart by Alice Hoffman. Two short nov-
els, Green Anger and Green Witch are con-
tained in this book. They both tell the tale of 15-
year-old Green, left on her own when her family
dies in a terrible disaster. Green is haunted by
loss and the past, struggling to survive in a place
where nothing seems to grow and ashes are
everywhere. Green retreats into the ruined
realm of her garden which begins to grow be-
yond expectation. In order to rediscover the truth
about love, hope and magic, she must open her-
self to them all.
Spirit’s Princess by Esther Friesner. Fries-
ner’s storytelling combines mythology and his-
torical fiction, this time in the exotic world of
third-century Japan. Himiko is the pampered
daughter of the most powerful man in the Matsu
clan. However she’d rather learn to hunt and for-
age in the woods like the boys. She sets out on
her own adventures to prove what she can do
and finds herself connecting to the natural world
in ways that thrill and frighten her. Eventually,
her mother helps her get secret shaman lessons
which will make her path to the future clear, but
dangerous.
Banks Public Library: 111 Market Street.
Hours: Mon., Fri., Sat., 11 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Tue., Wed., Thu., 11 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Preschool Story Time: Wednesdays, 10:15 a.m.
Phone: (503 ) 324-1382 for information
Internet: www.wccls.org Browse library
resources, reserve or renew materials
online. Call for information.
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