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MAY 21, 2010
Chasing4Life Storm Education Team

The library is proud to be hosting a Chasing4Life event as the kick-off to our Summer Reading Club.  There will be three programs throughout the day of June 9, each one geared toward a specific group.  At 3 PM we will have a program for the teenagers (6th - 12th grade), at 4:30 a program for the elementary age kids (K - 5th grade), and at 7 PM a program for families and the general public.

Each program will feature an exciting multimedia presentation filled with tornado facts, lessons about radar and storm chasing, and lessons on severe weather safety along with  stories of storm chases from present day and long ago.  Our speaker is the founder of Chasing4Life.  Eddy Weiss is a rising star on the speaking circuit with his history in weather monitoring and research.  With his background in emergency management, disaster response and firefighting, his insight has created hundreds of presentations that have become a valuable resource for many.
 

 

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MAY 21, 2010
Summer Reading Club 2010 "Make a Splash! Read!" and "Make Waves @ Your Library!"

Registration is now open for this year's Summer Reading Club at your Washington Public Library.  Teenagers can sign up online, while younger students (5th grade and down) can register at the children's circulation desk at the library.

K - 5th graders will receive a calendar where they can keep track of how many minutes they read or are read to.  If they bring their calendars into the library once each week, they can receive a prize.  If they also attend the club meetings each Tuesday morning at 10 AM we will also move a splash drop with their name on it across the large bulletin board to track their progress.  There are three clubs: The Wave Pool for 3rd - 5th graders, The Splash Zone for 1st and 2nd graders, and The Duck Pond for kindergarten students.  Clubs are determined by which grade each student has recently finished.

There will also be a number of special events during the Summer Reading Club.  First, the Chasing4Life Storm Education Team will be here on June 9 with a special program for our elementary grade students.  Second, naturalist Pam Holz, always a favorite, will share with us on June 17.  The Mad Science guys will be here with their crazy experiments on June 24 followed by magician Rick Eugene on June 30.  We will wrap things up with a pool party at the Washington Aquatic Center on July 8.

The teenagers will meet each Monday for the Lunch Bunch where they will be reading and discussing the book, "Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits" by Robin McKinley.  The teens will also be hearing from the Chasing4Life team, screening a number of water-themed movies, and joining in on the wrap-up pool party.

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