[Library Advisory Board on April 22, 2024. ]
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ALL RIGHT, CALLING TO ORDER OUR WILY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING. UH, FOR APRIL.
22ND NOT PRESENT. UH, TASHA NOT PRESENT IRENE AS WELL AND ROBERTA. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST UP OUR STAFF SPOTLIGHT. AGREE, TYLER. THANK YOU. ANDREA IS ONE OF OUR YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIANS HERE AT THE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND SHE HAS A VERY INTERESTING HISTORY WITH THE LIBRARY. SO I'M GONNA LET HER TELL YOU GUYS WILL YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON FOR ME, PLEASE? THE LITTLE RED, BUT THERE YOU GO. HELLO OK, SO I'M ANDREA TYLER. UM I USUALLY DO PROGRAMS FOR THE TWEENS. THE FOUR THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS, SO I STARTED OUT, UM, VOLUNTEERING AT THE LIBRARY, UM, SHELVING AND DOING ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND THEN I GOT MY MASTERS AND I WORKED AS A REFERENCE ASSISTANT. AND YOU SERVICES FOR A YEAR. SO THAT WAS LIKE I CALL IT MY PRACTICUM PART TWO BECAUSE I LEARNED A LOT. UM AND THEN I WENT TO MELISSA AND I WAS A LIBRARIAN UP IN THE CITY OF MELISSA FOR TWO YEARS. UM, UNTIL THERE WAS AN OPENING HERE. AND THANKFULLY I GOT CALLED AND HIRED. SO YEAH. SO I AM NOW WORKING HERE. WHICH IS AWESOME, BECAUSE I LIVE IN WILEY. UM MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL HERE. WELL, ONE I HAVE A GRADUATE. UM BUT YEAH, SO I'M PART OF THE COMMUNITY, SO IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. LET ME SEE. I DO LIKE I SAID, TWEEN PROGRAMS, SO I HAVE A CLUB THAT I DO FOR FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS. CALLED BETWEEN BOOK CLUB. UM I DO A OUT AN OUTREACH UM, BOOK CLUB AT SMITH ELEMENTARY. UM, IT'S THE BLUE BONNET BOOK CLUB. SO WE TAKE BOOKS OFF OF THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S BLUE ON A READING LIST. UM AND WE I GO THERE ONCE A MONTH. UM AND DO THAT WITH THEM THIRD GRADERS DURING THE LUNCH PERIOD, SO IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF FUN. THOSE KIDS ARE FUN. UM AND THEN I DO IDEA LAB WITH VERONICA MCKAY.
UM, SO THAT IS OUR STEAM PROGRAM FOR THROUGH FOURTH GRADERS. UM AND SO THAT'S A LOT OF FUN. WE HAVE OUR LAST ONE FOR THE SESSION THIS THURSDAY. UM WE'RE PAINTING ROCKS. SO THAT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN. UM WHAT ELSE? I DO, UM, BIG HIT STORY TIMES ON WEDNESDAYS. SO THAT'S THEY'RE THROUGH OUR 3 TO 5 YEAR OLDS. UM STORYTIMES. WITH VERONICA. SHE AND I COLLABORATE ON A LOT OF STUFF TOGETHER. UM AND THEN I ALSO DO THE, UM, SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR TWEENS FOUR THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS. SO THAT IS ON MONDAYS AT 2 P.M. AND I'M ALSO IN CHARGE OF THE COLLECTION FOR, UM, THE JUVENILE DEPARTMENT. SO I DO CHAPTER BOOKS, SERIES AND GRAPHIC NOVELS. UM AND THEN I ALSO AM IN CHARGE OF THE OVERDRIVE COLLECTION FOR YOU SERVICES. SO I DO ALL THE WAY FROM PICTURE BOOKS ALL THE WAY UP TO LIKE MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS. UM, BUT YEAH, SO HOW LONG AGO WHEN YOU STARTED VOLUNTEERING? WHEN WOULD THAT THAT WAS LIKE, I WANNA SAY 2016 AROUND THAT TIME PERIOD 16 BECAUSE I STARTED WORKING AT THE LIBRARY IN 2017. AND ACTUALLY, I FORGOT. I WORKED AS A SHELVER THERE BEFORE I WENT TO REFERENCE ASSISTANCE. SO I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THAT LIFE. UM YEAH. SO THAT'S THAT'S ME. IN A NUTSHELL. ANY QUESTIONS OR WELL, IT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT JUST AN ARRAY OF PROGRAMS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE LIBRARY IS KEEPING YOU BUSY. UH IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UH, THAT YOU WOULD? YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE OR ANY WAY THAT THAT THAT THE BOARD AND TRY AND TRY AND HELP YOU OUT OR PROGRAM THAT YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN OR ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO. WELL.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD BECAUSE VERONICA ALSO DOES THE BLUE BONNET BOOK CLUB. UM AND SHE GOES TO GROVES. AND IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF LIKE WE COULD GET LIKE ANOTHER LIBRARY AND TO LIKE HAD TO ANOTHER SCHOOL BECAUSE WITH ONLY TWO OF US, I THINK LAST YEAR WE TRIED TO TWO SCHOOLS EACH AND THAT KIND OF WAS HAVE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HERE IN THE WE'RE NOT AT THE LIBRARY, AND WE'RE NOT ON THE DESK AND SO SCHEDULING WISE AND THEN JUST TRYING TO DO THAT, ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. IT WAS TOUGH. SO UM, WE'RE ONLY DOING ONE SCHOOL EACH RIGHT NOW, SO IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF WE COULD. EXPAND THAT BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS A FUN THING. AND THOSE KIDS A LOT OF TIMES DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE LIBRARY TO DO OUR BOOK CLUBS AFTER SCHOOL. UM SO IT'S SOMETHING FUN. WHICH CAMPUSES DO YOU GO TO ANDREA? I GO TO SMITH ELEMENTARY. AND VERONICA GOES TO GROSS. YEAH. SO YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANKS SO MUCH.
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ANDREW WILL YOU TURN THAT MIC OFF FOR ME, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU, MA'AM. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.YOU. I. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. SEE HERE. THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE TODAY. MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA IF WE CAN TAKE JUST A MOMENT AND REVIEW AND IMPROVE OUR MINUTES FROM THE, UH, MARCH 25TH MEETING .
ALRIGHT, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS CONCERNS QUESTIONS OR CHANGES NEEDED IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. I SECOND ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY VOTE. THAT'S OK. JUMPED TO HEAVEN. HE WAS EXCITED. APPRECIATE THE ENTHUSIASM. THE VOTE PASSED 4 TO 0, WITH THREE MEMBERS ABSENT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD WORK. ALRIGHT UH, BEGINNING OUR WORK SESSION IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THE MONTHLY REPORT, UH, MISS OPHELIA? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, JUSTIN. SO UH, MONTHLY REPORT, WHICH IS STARTING ON PAGE SIX OF YOUR PACKET. UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE K EVENT NUMBER HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LAST THE MONTH BEFORE. AND MOST OF THAT. IS THAT STAR PARTY, UM, THAT WE HAD, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD A BIG CROWD. 564 I BELIEVE WAS THE FINAL NUMBER FOR THAT, UM, IT WAS MORE PEOPLE THAN EXPECTED, BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. WE HAD A LOVELY TIME AND, UH, REALLY GOT I GOT TO SEE JUPITER THROUGH A TELESCOPE, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE. I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. SO I KNOW I HAD FUN ANYWAY. UM SO THAT WAS THE EXPLANATION FOR THE JUMP IN NUMBERS THERE. UM AND THEN YOU'LL SEE OUR CIRCULATION PRETTY MUCH STANDARD. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH STAYING PRETTY STEADY. UM YOU'LL SEE THESE NUMBERS WILL DIP A BIT IN MAY. EVERYBODY IS A LITTLE BIT BUSY IN MAY OF GETTING READY WITH THE END OF SCHOOL AND THEN IT SHOOTS WAY UP IN IN JUNE WITH, UM, SUMMER READING, SO THEY'LL BE A LITTLE FLUCTUATION.
AND THEN FROM BELOW THAT YOU'LL SEE OUR NUMBERS FOR ALL OF OUR DATABASES. UM HOLDEN, STEADY FOR THE MOST PART, AND THEN ON PAGE SEVEN, WE'VE GOT THE UDEMY STATS AND THE LIBRARY APP STAT, SO THAT'S STILL STEADILY INCHING UP THERE GROWING UP A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER PUSH FOR THE LIBRARY AT THE SUMMER. BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR PATRONS WE JUST WE ONLY SEE THEM IN THE SUMMER. IT'S WHEN THEY COME AND SEE US SO WE'LL BE SURE TO LET THEM KNOW WE HAVE THIS NEW APP THAT THEY CAN USE. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT STUFF BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO DIGITAL RESOURCE USAGE. OK? ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO LIBBY. WE'VE GOT OUR, UM NUMBERS THERE FOR MARCH. UH, AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE WITH THE DIGITAL RESOURCES, IT'S EASIER TO DO LAST FULL MONTH. JUST THE WAY THE REPORTS ARE DONE. IT'S MUCH EASIER TO PULL THEM THAT WAY. SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT JUST THAT FULL MONTH OF MARCH AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE WE SHOW HOOPLA AND CANOPY AGAIN HOLDING STEADY. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF UPTICK IN HOOPLA. AND MY GUESS IS THAT'S JUST SPRING BREAK. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TRAVELING, SO THEY'RE WANTING THINGS TO LISTEN TO, OR WATCH OR READ ON THEIR DEVICES. UM CANOPY IS DOING PRETTY WELL, UM, I KEEP. I'M JUST SO SURPRISED. IT WENT FROM LIKE 0 TO 60 IN IN OVERNIGHT. IT FEELS LIKE I'M GLAD PEOPLE ARE USING THAT AS WELL. AND I'VE ALWAYS FIND IT INTERESTING. HOW ON THE DEVICES FOR CANOPY AT F, YOU KNOW, IT
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ALWAYS SWITCHES OUT EVERY MONTH. IT'S FUNNY HOW ONE MONTH THIS ONE'S HIRED ONE MONTH THE OTHER ONE'S HIGHER. I LIKE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE EXCUSE ME. UM NEXT, YOU'LL FIND A LIST OF MEETINGS, TRAININGS AND HIGHLIGHT MEETINGS AND TRAININGS . HIGHLIGHTS UM THESE ARE JUST A SELECT FEW THAT I PULLED THAT I THOUGHT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN OR JUST TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE SPEC, UH, SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID, AND THEN WE HAVE THE MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. APRIL UM, IS THE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK SO WE DO SPECIAL TREATS FOR STAFF ALL WEEK, FOR EXAMPLE. WE THERE'S NA NATIONAL LIBRARY WORKERS DAY. SO WE BUY LUNCH FOR EVERYBODY THAT DAY. UM BUT WE ALSO DO FUN. LITTLE THINGS LIKE WE GAVE EVERYBODY SQUISH MELLOWS OR LITTLE DINOSAUR BOOK. AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST TO LET STAFF KNOW THEY'RE APPRECIATED. UM AND THEN WE ALSO HAD, UM, NATIONAL LIBRARIAN. DAY WAS LAST TUESDAY.SO WE CELEBRATED THAT AS WELL. A LITTLE APPRECIATION FOR OUR LIBRARIANS. HOW DID THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY GO? IT WAS SO LOVELY. THERE'S ACTUALLY A POST ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TODAY ABOUT IT, UM, BECAUSE THE ROTARY POSTED SEVERAL PICTURES, AND THEY POSTED A LITTLE BLURB ABOUT WHO WAS INVOLVED AND EVERYTHING. IT WAS SO NICE. WE HAD ABOUT A DOZEN. MAYBE CLOSER TO 1516. PEOPLE COME OUT ALL REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM , HELPED BUILD IT AND GET IT, UH, GET IT READY TO GO. AND UM, I PA I WALKED PAST HER TODAY AND I FORGOT. IT NEEDS TO BE RESTOCKED. UM, ALREADY, AND I KNOW THAT CATHY WAS JUST HERE WITH A VOLUNTEER THAT DOES IT AND I KNOW SHE WAS JUST HERE IN STOCK IT BECAUSE SHE'S KEEPING ALL THE GARDENING BOOKS TO STICK OUT THERE. SHE'S SO CLEVER ANYWAY, SO I KNOW SHE JUST RESTOCKED IT. BUT I WAS LIKE, MAN, I GOTTA GET BACK IN THERE AND GET SOME BOOKS AND THEN I TOTALLY FORGOT. SO I NEED TO DO THAT TOMORROW. BUT YES. SO IT WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL. THE WEATHER WAS REALLY LOVELY. UM, IT WAS JUST A REALLY QUICK LITTLE CEREMONY. BUT IT WENT REALLY NICELY AND THAT'S BACK THAT WAY. YES, BACK BEHIND IS THAT WAY, ACTUALLY, UM, BEHIND THE LIBRARY DIRECTLY BEHIND THE LIBRARY IN THE LAWN. THERE'S A LITTLE, UM, CONCRETE, PA WHICH THERE'S GOING TO BE A PAVILION OVER IT, BUT IT'S AT THE END OF THE CONCRETE PAD IS WHERE IT IS. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO OUT THERE AFTER THIS IF THERE'S STILL LIGHT, WHICH I THINK THERE SHOULD BE, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH LIGHT OUT THERE AFTER DARK. UH, THE UN T FUTURE PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP. UH, CURRENTLY IN THE UN T LIBRARY SCIENCE PROGRAM . SO CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS SO CAROLINE FROM UT. SHE'S ACTUALLY , UM SHE REPRESENTS, UM, THE DEPARTMENT FOR, UM, ARABIC STUDIES, AND SO SHE LIKES A PART OF HER JOB IS TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PRESENT CULTURAL, ARABIC CULTURAL PROGRAMS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A MOROCCAN TEA PROGRAM. UH, IN THE FALL, I BELIEVE NOW I'M GETTING YES, IT'S IN OCTOBER. IT'S A SATURDAY IN OCTOBER AND THEN IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR, WE'RE DOING A DRUM PROGRAM. UH UH UH YES, THAT'S RIGHT. DRUMS LIKE A DRUM CIRCLE TYPE THING, SO THEY'RE PROVIDING ALL THE STUFF. THEY PROVIDE EVERYTHING. UM THERE IS A NOMINAL FEE FOR US TO PARTICIPATE, AND SHE PARTNERS NOT JUST WITH OUR LIBRARY.
THERE'S SEVERAL ACROSS DFW THAT SHE'S PARTNERING WITH, SO THAT KEEPS COSTS WAY DOWN. AND UM, SO YEAH, SHE'S THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES. SHE REACHES OUT TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS AND TRY TO GET THESE CULTURAL PROGRAMS OUT INTO THE WORLD. SO YEAH, IT'S GREAT. IT'S GREAT FOR US. BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD. YOU KNOW THIS DRUMMER PERSON OR THE T PERSON TO COME OUT ON OUR OWN, YOU KNOW? A RE THINGS LOOKING GOOD FOR THE SUMMER KICKOFF. THEY ARE LOOKING GREAT. WE HAVE OUR MEETING THIS WEEK. UM WITH FOUNTAIN MOOR, WHICH IS THE BIG COMPANY THAT WE USE FOR ALL THE INFLATABLES, UM AND THEY COME OUT AND WE MARK EVERYTHING AND SHOW THEM WHERE EVERYTHING'S GOING, UM, COUPLE OF LITTLE DIFFERENT THINGS THIS YEAR. UM SO LAST YEAR, WE JUST HAD THE IN AND OUT TRUCK AND THEY WERE GIVING AWAY FREE FOOD AND THE LINE WAS RIDICULOUS. YOU KNOW, LIKE, HOURS LONG, AND WE HEARD ABOUT IT, AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE CHANGING IT UP. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SEVERAL FOOD TRUCKS, BUT THE FOOD'S NOT GONNA BE FREE, SO IT'LL HAVE TO BE FOR UM , BUT SOME FANCY FOOD IF YOU'RE INTO THAT THE, UH, WATER. UH WHAT'S IT CALLED? LAKESIDE NO. THE RESTAURANT RIGHT HERE. CREEK SIDE. THAT'S IT, NOT LAKESIDE CREEK SIDE. THEY HAVE A FOOD TRUCK. THEY'RE COMING AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FANCY OFFERINGS. SOME UH, SOME FANCY CHICKEN THEY DO, AND THEY'RE KNOWN FOR THEIR MASHED POTATOES, APPARENTLY SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THAT? YES I I'VE BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I HAVEN'T TRIED THAT PARTICULAR DISH, BUT EVERYTHING I'VE HAD THERE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. AND, UM, WE HAVE A BARBECUE TRUCK COMING AND THEY'RE DOING ALL KINDS OF GOOD. STAFF, INCLUDING A BRISKET EGG ROLLS. YEAH OK, GOOD. I'M GLAD. AND YEAH, WE'LL TRY ANYTHING. AND UH, OF COURSE. KONA ICE WILL BE HERE. KONA ICE. UM, WE LOVE KIND OF ICE BECAUSE THEY WRITE US A BIG VET CHECK AT THE END OF THE SUMMER FOR ALL OF THE THINGS AFTER THEY'VE, UH THEY COME EVERY WEEK AND THEY AFTER THEY
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WROTE US A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROFITS SO WE LOVE TO HAVE THEM OUT. AND THEN, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A NEW POPSICLE TRUCK THAT'S COMING OUT THIS TIME, TOO. SO WE'RE TRYING THEM OUT, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THE LINES WON'T BE ANYWHERE NEAR AS LONG AND THAT'LL WORK A LITTLE BETTER SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE FOAM PARTIES GONNA STILL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE IN THE BOOK DROP. I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR KIDS GOT TO DO THAT LAST YEAR WHERE THEY GOT ALL WET NOW, OK? THE KIDS LOVED IT. IT WAS A BIG, LIKE SHAVING FOAM PARTY. THEY LOVED IT. AND I WE'LL HAVE ALL THE USUAL INFLATABLES. WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EXTRA LITTLE BOUNCE HOUSE IN THE GYM NEXT TO THE OBSTACLE COURSE FOR THE LITTLES BECAUSE THE OBSTACLE COURSE IS REALLY FOR THE BIGGER KIDS. AND SO THEN THE YOUNGER KIDS, THEIR LITTLE SIBLINGS WANTED TO GO ON IT. AND THAT CAUSED A LOT OF TEARS LAST YEAR, SO THEY'RE LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BOUNCE HOUSE NEXT TO IT WITH A LITTLE SIDE OBSTACLE COURSE. IT'S VERY EASY FOR THE LITTLES TO GO ON WHILE BIG BROTHER AND SISTER GO ON THE BIG STUFF, SO YEAH. THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG THINGS I CAN THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT ARE DIFFERENT. EVERYTHING ELSE I THINK IS PRETTY PRETTY STANDARD.GO WITH WHAT WORKS, YOU KNOW? AND LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 3000 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT EVENT. I THINK IT WAS CLOSE TO 3200. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SO WE'LL SEE. I GUESS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A NICE BREEZE THAT MORNING. IT WON'T BE SO HOT. AND THAT IS AT THE END OF MAY OR IS IT JUNE 7TH JUNE 7TH. FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE MEETINGS? MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION? ANYTHING. ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION ABOUT? GREAT. WELL, THEN LET'S GET INTO SUMMER . SHALL WE? SO ON PAGE 10 SINCE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, THIS IS WHAT OUR, UM SUMMER READING BROCHURE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE RELEASED. UH ON MONDAY. IT'S AT THE PRINTERS RIGHT NOW, AND I GOT CONFIRMATION TODAY. IT'S GONNA BE DELIVERED BY THE END OF THE WEEK, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON MONDAY. ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE BY MAY 1ST, WHICH IS NEXT? NOT THIS WEDNESDAY, BUT NEXT WEDNESDAY, UM SO THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGES ARE ARE PRETTY STANDARD FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, UM THEIR KIDS READ 10 HOURS OR 25 BOOKS. TEENS IS THE SAME WAY. UM THEY SUBMIT THEIR LOGS ONLINE AND THEN THEY GET A FREE BOOK FOR EVERY LOG. THEY SUBMIT, UM, WHICH IS A REALLY BIG PERK, AND THEN THEY GET A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THE GRAND PRIZES SO YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT, UM, GRAND PRIZES FOR KIDS THERE. UM, THE NINTENDO SWITCH THE MOTHER, BRUCE GIFT BACK MOTHER, BRUCE IS ONE OF THE PICTURE CHARACTERS AND THEN, UM, THE FAMILY GIFT PACK TO B AND B THEATER. AND THEN FOR THE TEENS, THEY GET AN ANIME AND MANGA PRIZE PACK AND NINTENDO SWITCH PRIZE PACK AND THEY'RE DOING A KINDLE PAPER WHITE THIS YEAR. SO THEY JUST GET TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE THEY WANT TO BE ENTERED INTO. THEN UH, ON THE NEXT PAGE THE ADULTS UH, SO THE THEME FOR KIDS AND TEENS IS THE ADVENTURE AWAITS. THE THEME FOR ADULTS THIS SUMMER IS ONLY MURDERS IN THE LIBRARY. SO IT'S A MYSTERY THEME, UH, KIND OF A RIFF ON THE TV SHOW. OBVIOUSLY SO A LOT OF KIND OF, UH UH, WE'RE HAVING A MYSTERY AUTHOR EVENT. THERE'S AN ESCAPE ROOM, THINGS LIKE THAT. WELL YOU'LL SEE THEM AS WE GO THROUGH. BUT FOR ADULTS, THEY ONLY HAVE TO LISTEN OR READ TO THREE BOOKS, AT LEAST WHY A LEVEL OR HIGHER TO TURN IN A LOG? UM, THEIR FIRST DOG DOES GET A PRIZE AND THEN, UM, EVERY LOG AFTER THAT, INCLUDING THE FIRST LOG YOU GET TO CHOOSE ALSO CHOOSE ONE OF THE GRAND PRIZE DRAWINGS. WHERE YOU WANNA YOUR LO TO GO INTO EITHER THE THEATER PRIZE PACK THE MYSTERY BOX PRIZE PACK OR THE GAME'S PRIZE PACK, AND ALL OF THAT STARTS MAY 20TH AND IT RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 3RD AUGUST. 3RD IS THE LAST DAY TO TURN THOSE IN AND, UM OUR BOOK CLUBS FOR ADULTS CONTINUE OVER THE SUMMER. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE KIDS AND ADULTS AND KIDS. THEY TAKE A BREAK. UM, BUT IN FOR ADULTS THEY KEEP ON GOING SO BOOKED ON FRIDAY. WE'LL STILL BE MEETING AS WELL AS THIRD TUESDAY. BOOK BUNCH, AND THOSE ARE THEIR SELECTIONS RIGHT THERE AND THEN OVER ON THE NEXT PAGE IS WHEN WE START THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS. WE DO HAVE A TEA THING HAPPENING, UM, AS WELL AS SOME BLUEGRASS MUSIC. THAT'S RIGHT BEFORE THE, UH, BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL HERE IN WILEY, SO THAT'S KIND OF NICE. YOU CAN COME AND LEARN ABOUT BLUEGRASS, UM WILEY FIRE DEPARTMENT'S GONNA BE DOING A FIRE SAFETY FOR US AND A LITTLE BIT OF GENEALOGY, AND THEN SOME ANIME GOING ON THERE. IF WE SWITCH OVER TO THE NEXT PAGE WE HAVE MORE ADULT PROGRAMS. THERE'S A GAME NIGHT. UH, PAPER QUILLING. THIS OLD ONE WILL BE POPULAR. I'M SURE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR. YOU TAKE THOSE LITTLE PIECES OF PAPER AND YOU ROLL THEM UP AND YOU MAKE DIFFERENT PICTURES OUT OF THEM. UM AND OF COURSE, DNDD AND D IS BIG EVERYWHERE. SO IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, COME ON DOWN BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE FOR THAT ONE.
DIAMOND PAINTING IS ALSO GOING TO BE VERY POPULAR. WE'RE HAVING ONE OF THESE IN APRIL AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN, FINALLY, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE CHESS NIGHT IN CASE ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN
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DOING THAT. SO THAT OUR BIG SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT MENTIONED THIS EARLIER PRIME TIME AUTHOR PANEL, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL MYSTERY AND THRILLER AUTHORS HERE. THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THEIR WRITING PROCESS. PEOPLE CAN ASK QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THEIR BOOKS. UM SO THAT'LL BE KIND OF AN INTERESTING PANEL FOR US. I THINK THERE ARE FOUR AUTHORS CURRENTLY SIGNED UP FOR THAT. UH THEN THE ESCAPE ROOM IS ON SATURDAY, JULY 20TH. AND FINALLY WE HAVE MARIACHI HART. HOW COOL DOES THAT SOUND? EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE. SO THIS HEART PLAYER MINDY KEEN. SHE'S COME AND PLAYED THE HARP FOR US BEFORE, BUT SHE'S ACTUALLY HER ROOTS ARE IN, UH, MEXICAN FOLK MUSIC. AND SO SHE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT HOW THE HARP WAS USED IN MEXICAN FOLK MUSIC, SO WE WERE LIKE, HEY, THAT'S COOL. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. UM, AND THAT'S JUST ANYBODY CAN COME. IT'LL BE IN THE LOBBY. EVERYONE'S WELCOME. ONCE WE FLIP OVER TO THE NEXT PAGE, WE START WITH OUR FAMILY PROGRAM. SO THERE AS YOU SEE THE SUMMER KICKOFF PARTY WITH WITH OUR BOOKOO PICTURE OF BOOKOO THE CLOWN. HE'S OUR FAVORITE. HE'S GREAT. HE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE KIDS. UM, SO WE HAVE. OH, THE PRO TECH TRUCK. I FORGOT . THE PROTEC TRUCK IS BACK. SO WE USED TO HAVE THE PROTEC TRUCK COME EVERY YEAR AND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. OUR TIMING WAS JUST OFF. THEY WEREN'T READY TO START PROGRAMMING. WE WERE TOO EARLY. OUR PARTY WAS TOO EARLY. AND I GUESS THIS YEAR IT SOMEHOW IT ALL WORKED OUT. AND SO THEY'RE COMING AGAIN THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO THEY'LL BE HERE. UH AS WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER NEW THING FOR THIS YEAR. SO UH, AS USUAL, WE'LL HAVE OVERFLOW PARKING AT WILEY HIGH WITH A SHUTTLE COMING BACK AND FORTH. UM AND THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP. THIS KICKOFF IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US AND WILEY RECREATION. WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM, BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE THING. SO WE'LL HAVE SOME NEWS STORIES OUT FOR THE SUMMER STORY HIKE IN JUNE AND JULY AND THEN, UM, TO KICK OFF THE SUMMER. WE'LL BE DOING A SCAVENGER HUNT IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA. THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF STORY TIME FOR THIS SESSION, SO WE TAKE A BREAK IN IN MAY TO PREPARE FOR SUMMER AND TO GIVE EVERYBODY A BREAK BECAUSE WHAT WE, UH DON'T LET STAFF THERE'S ABOUT A SIX WEEK BLACKOUT DATE WHERE STAFF CAN'T TAKE TIME OFF BECAUSE THERE'S JUST IT'S JUST CRAZY. WE JUST NEED PEOPLE OUR HANDS ON DECK, SO EVERYBODY TAKES THEIR VACATIONS IN MAY OR IN AUGUST, SO WE GOTTA GIVE STAFF SOME TIME TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF IN MAY, AND THEN UM, WE START STORY TIME BACK UP ON JUNE 3RD, SO THAT'S WHEN WE GET IT. ONE AGAIN AND THAT IT GOES THROUGH JULY 20TH. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER BREAK, AND THEN WE START BACK AFTER LABOR DAY.ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR, I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST RUNNING THROUGH THIS SO STOP ME IF YOU'RE WHAT IS THIS FOR? THE POIROT TECH TRUCK, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR OUTREACH TRUCK, SO THEY HAVE, UM DIFFERENT SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS ON IT. THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF, UM DIFFERENT INTERACTIVE THINGS THAT KIDS CAN PLAY WITH. UM THEY CHANGE IT A LITTLE BIT. EVERY YEAR. THEY TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT EVERY YEAR. IT'S LIKE ONE YEAR THEY BROUGHT STOM ROCKETS AND STOM ROCKETS, AND ONE YEAR THEY DID YOU KNOW, THERE'S IT'S JUST DIFFERENT EVERY TIME THEY'RE TRYING TO TEACH A NEW SKILL OR A NEW SCIENCE. PHILOSOPHY OR, UM, NOT PHILOSOPHY. WHAT AM I PRINCIPAL NEW SCIENCE PRINCIPLE, AND, UM, THEY ALWAYS ARE. THEY'RE SO GREAT AT OUTREACH.
THE THEIR STAFF IS ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH, AND THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY CAN DO, BECAUSE THERE'S THE PARO. YEAH. THAT TRUCK IS OUTFITTED SO YEAH, IT'S NICE. VERY NICE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SO FAR. OK? PAGE 14 OF OUR PACKET. UM IS THE KIDS SUMMER PROGRAM SO WE DO SUMMER PROGRAMS ARE GEARED TOWARDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED KIDS.
THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT VERONICA PLANS, UH AND IT'S ALWAYS A PERFORMER OR A SOMEBODY COMING IN TO DO THEM. WE DON'T DO THEM OURSELVES. UM I WAS ON TUESDAY MORNINGS, THERE WAS ONE AT 10 AND 11 AND THEN ONE AT 11 AND THEN ONE ON THURSDAYS AT SIX. SO THERE'S THREE A WEEK. UM THEY DO REQUIRE TICKETS, WHICH ARE JUST STICKERS AND THAT JUST HELPS TO KEEP US KEEP COUNT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME AS WELL, AS KEEPS US FROM GOING OVER FIRE CODE BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. SO SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THOSE, UM WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW, UM PERFORMERS THAT WE HAVEN'T USED BEFORE. THIS YEAR. THAT RE REMZI CIRCUS IS A NEW ONE. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WELCOMING THEM. THE PRISMATIC LIGHT SHOW THAT FIRST ONE ON THURSDAY. WE HAD THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR. IT WAS A BLAST AND EVERYBODY WAS LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO BRING THEM BACK, SO THEY'RE COMING BACK THIS YEAR. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM AFRICAN SAFARIS. NEW JASMINE BEATS' NEW AND FRONTIERS OF FLIGHT IS NEW AS WELL. SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT ALL THEM ARE COMING BACK TO, UM SO THOSE ARE KIND OF GEARED TOWARDS KINDER, FIRST GRADE 4TH 5TH GRADE RIGHT AROUND THAT AGE, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE TWEEN SUMMER PROGRAMS. WHICH THAT'S WHAT ANDREA WHO YOU MET TONIGHT. SHE PLANS THESE. SO THIS IS MONDAYS AT TWO O'CLOCK. THESE ARE FOR KIDS ENTERING FOUR THROUGH SIXTH GRADE. UM SO THEY GET A CATEGORY ALL THEIR OWN. UH SO IT CAN BE A LITTLE MORE YOU BECAUSE THESE ONES ON THE LEFT THE KIDS SUMMER PROGRAMS WE GIVE AWAY 200 TICKETS AND OBVIOUS OFTEN THEY'RE ALL GONE. THE ONES ON THE RIGHT. IT'S A MORE INTIMATE GROUP. UM, THIS IS
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STUFF, ANDRE. PLANS NOW SHE DOES BRING IN SOME PEOPLE, UM, TO HELP HER OUT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES. THEY'RE VERY KIND OF HOMEGROWN KIND OF THINGS. SO, UM WE'VE GOT SOME FUN ONES LIKE THE COOKIE PALOOZA. I THINK THAT ONE'S GONNA BE A BIG HIT. UM, THE B PRINCESS IS COMING, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEY'RE DOING AN ESCAPE ROOM THIS YEAR FOR THE SAGE, WHICH WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. THAT'LL BE INTERESTING. WE DID ONE FOR THE TEENS ONCE, AND I THOUGHT THEY'RE GONNA TOTALLY FIGURE THIS OUT. AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN THAT WAY. SO SURPRISE. ALL OVER TO PAGE 15. WE HAVE OUR TEAMS. THOSE ARE KIDS ENTERING SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH. GRADE UM YOU'LL SEE MOST OF THESE AND THIS IS TRUE FOR THE TWEEN AS WELL. IT'S A REGISTRATION REQUIRED, AND THAT'S JUST SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MANY KIDS ARE COMING. UM WE DO TYPICALLY, UH, HAVE A LIMIT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PERFORMERS OR THE PROGRAMMERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH SAY NO MORE THAN 30 NO MORE THAN 50. WHATEVER SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON. UM BUT FOR TEENS , WE OFFER TWO PROGRAMS A WEEK. THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL, UM, FOR LIBRARIES AND OUR, UM, TEAM PROGRAMS ARE PACKED. SO IT'S REALLY GOOD, UM, TURNOUT FOR THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL BECAUSE WE HAVE A TEEN LIBRARIAN AND SHE GOES OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND TALKS TO THE KIDS. AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE DEDICATED TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, PEOPLE SEE HOW PASSIONATE SHE IS, AND SHE TALKS TO THEM AND GETS THEM ALL RILED UP ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING SO AND ALSO ASK THEM WHAT THEY WANNA DO SO SOMETIMES THESE COME OUT OF WHAT THEY ASK FOR. SOME OF THEM ARE ANNUAL EVENTS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY POPULAR, UM, SUCH AS THE, UM CUPCAKE WARS WE DO. CAKE WARS EVERY YEAR. UM FUTURE PET PORTRAITS WAS ONE WE DID LAST YEAR. THAT WAS VERY POPULAR. WE PARTNERED WITH THE, UM, ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THAT. SO THE ANIMAL SHELTER SENDS OVER PHOTOS OF A LOT OF THE PETS. THEY HAVE UP FOR ADOPTION. AND THEN THE TEENS CREATE PORTRAITS, AND IT'S CUTE. THEY MAKE UP FUNNY LITTLE FACTS FOR HIM, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, TO TRY TO GET THEM ADOPTED, SO IT'S REALLY REALLY NICE. END OF A SYMBIOTIC THING THERE. AND, UM YEAH, SO THOSE ARE ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS IN THE SUMMER. AND THEN OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES. ZACH, WE'VE GOT OUR FRIENDS IN THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE. SO FRIDAY, JULY 12TH IS THE PRE SALE FROM 5 TO 7 AND THEN THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. THE BIG BOOK SALES ALL DAY SATURDAY. SO IF YOU'RE A FRIEND, YOU CAN GET THE EARLY BIRD AND BE THE EARLY BIRD AND GET THE WORM. COME ON FRIDAY NIGHT. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN COME SATURDAY, AND, UM, WE DO HAVE WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON HAVING, UM, I GOT CONFIRMATION THAT TOM'S TRAVELING COFFEE TRUCK OF WILEY WILL BE THERE IN THE MORNING. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET SNOW'S DONUTS TO COME, TOO.SO WE'LL HAVE DONUTS AND COFFEE IN THE MORNING AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FRUIT THAT TRUCK COME, SO WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO IF THEY WANT A SNACK OR SOMETHING ALL DAY LONG, SO THAT'LL BE NICE. AND THEN WE END THE SUMMER ON FRIDAY, JULY 26TH WITH THE BIGGEST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER. THIS IS HARRY POTTER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. UM THIS LITTLE EVENT WE USED TO GET LIKE 100, 100 AND 50 PEOPLE LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 600. PEOPLE COME TO IT.
IT JUST KEEPS GROWING I. I KEEP THINKING KIDS DON'T READ HARRY POTTER ANYMORE. AND I AM WRONG.
THEY ALL COME. UM BUT IT'S REALLY FUN. WE DO, UH, WAND TAKE AND MAKE KITS. THERE'S THE GREAT HALL WHERE THEY MAKE THEIR TIES, AND THEN THEY GET SORTED. AND SO WE DO THE WHOLE THING. THE STAFF DRESSES UP, YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, AND, UM, IT'S A IT'S WELL, PHONIC HAS BEEN SEVERAL TIMES WE HAVE A GOOD TIME, DON'T WE, MONA? COME IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR. YEAH, IT'S MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR TOO. IT'S MY ABSOLUTE SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE SUMMER. OH, THE QUESTION MORE OF A COMMENT, BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE AN AWESOME LINEUP. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ALL DID LIKE THIS IS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M EXCITED FOR SOME OF THIS STUFF. I WISH I WAS A TEEN OR A TWEEN OR, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IF I CAN ADD A COMMENT TO IT, UM, JUST SEEING THIS MAKES MY HEART SO GIDDY BECAUSE AS A MOM WHO'S BEEN THROUGH THIS SEVERAL YEARS, JUST SEEING THIS PAGE MAKES ME HAPPY. UM I WOULD GET IT EVERY YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY MY YOUNGEST IS 13 NOW, SO, UM, THEY DON'T GET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AS MUCH AS OFTEN. BUT WE DID HAVE SOME FRIENDS FROM SAN FRANCISCO WHERE I'M FROM THAT WE TOOK TO THE HARRY POTTER THING, AND THEY HAD A BLAST. SO EVERY TIME I SEE SOMETHING, HARRY POTTER I ALWAYS THINK OF THIS, SO THIS IS AMAZING. I'M SO EXCITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE EXCITED TO AND YEAH, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A HARRY POTTER FAN JUST TO COME AND WITNESS THE CREATIVITY OF THESE KIDS BECAUSE THEY ALL COME IN COSTUME, SOME OF THEM THEY MAKE THEMSELVES AND WE HAVE A COSTUME CONTEST, AND IT'S INCREDIBLE. IT'S AMAZING. I'M GLAD I'M NOT A JUDGE. I GET TO CHOOSE THE JUDGES, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO. I DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE WHO WINS. SHALL WE MOVE ON? ALL RIGHT. I THINK OUR NEXT THING IS UPCOMING PROGRAMS, RIGHT? YES, OK. UM SO MAY IS KIND OF A QUIET MONTH FOR US LIKE I MENTIONED
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BEFORE. UM WE GIVE STAFF TIME TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF IF THEY WANT IF THEY IF THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL AUGUST, UM, BUT THERE ARE A FEW BIG THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP. THE FIRST ONE IS THE LOCAL GARDEN TOUR. SO THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE DONE IT. UM AND WHAT ALL THE PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE LIBRARY GARDEN AND WHAT WE DO IS WE RECRUIT, UM LOCAL PEOPLE HERE IN WILEY, WHO ARE AVID GARDENERS WHO HAVE BEAUTIFUL YARDS WHO WANNA SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND THEY OPEN UP THEIR GARDENS TO, UH, OUR PARTICIPANTS FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON AND YOU JUST GO ONLINE. YOU CAN BUY IT. IT'S A DONATION. YOU MAKE A DONATION, AND THEN YOU COME TO THE LIBRARY THAT MORNING. SO THE FIRST STOP IS THE LIBRARY. WE GIVE YOU THE MAP OF ALL THE GARDENS AND THEN YOU PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH ONES YOU WANNA GO SEE? SO THIS YEAR, I WANNA SAY WE HAVE. AT LEAST I THINK WE HAVE 12 CONFIRMED, AND I THINK THERE MAY EVEN BE UP TO 15 GARDENS TO CHOOSE FROM. SO A LOT OF GARDENS HERE IN WILEY AND, UM IT'S SO NICE BECAUSE IT'S JUST PEOPLE. LEARNING FROM OTHER PEOPLE, AND IT'S A IT'S MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND. SO IT'S A WE SEE. A LOT OF PEOPLE BRING THEIR MOMS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AS A START OFF TO MOTHER'S DAY. UM SO IT'S A REALLY SWEET PROGRAM. UH, WE'LL HAVE THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT IS GONNA BE OUT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GIVING OUT SOME STUFF FOR THAT. AND THEN LET US ALL GROW TOGETHER, I BELIEVE IS THE NAME OF THE VENDOR THAT'S HERE. THEY WERE HERE LAST YEAR, TOO, AND THEY SELL PLANTS AND FLOWERS AND THINGS ON SITE. SO IF YOU NEED MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS, WE'LL HAVE THEM HERE. SO, UM A REALLY FUN EVENT. AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER BIG ONE THAT WE'RE GETTING READY FOR. IT'S COMING UP FAST. MAY 4TH, UH, IS THE GENEALOGY MINI MINICAMP. SO UM, WE HAVE A LIBRARIAN, NINA, WHO Y'ALL MET EARLIER IN THE YEAR, BUT SHE IS AN AVID GENEALOGIST. UM SHE'S KIND OF OUR EXPERT AT IT, AND, UM, SO SHE'S STARTING TO BREAK DOWN THE GENEALOGY EVENTS INTO SUB EVENTS. SO THIS ONE'S A LITTLE SUB EVENT FOCUSING ON AFRICAN AMERICAN ANCESTRY. UM, BECAUSE EVERY, UM MINORITY KIND OF HAS A DIFFERENT RESOURCES, DIFFERENT THINGS TO LOOK THROUGH. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ONE'S FOCUSED ON, BUT SHE'S HOPING TO KEEP THAT GOING AND DO VARIOUS DIFFERENT ONES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ONCE A QUARTER. WE HOPE SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE REGISTRATION IS ALREADY OPEN FOR THAT. SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT. I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, UH, STORY TIME IS GONNA BE ON A BREAK STARTING NEXT WEEK. SAME WITH KIDS AND TEENS. THEY'RE ON A BREAK. UH, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME BIG CITY PROGRAMS COMING UP THAT I WANTED TO BE SURE YOU ALL KNEW ABOUT. FIRST OF WHICH IS THE WILEY 500. THE PEDAL CAR RACE, WHICH IS ON SUNDAY, MAY 5TH FROM 1 TO 4. THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY WILL BE OUT HANDING OUT STUFF AND REPRESENTING THE LIBRARY. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S THE IT'S THE 500 INCHES OF DOWNTOWN WILEY, WHERE THE KIDS, UH, RIDE THE PEDAL CARS AND WE DO HAVE A PEDAL CAR. UM IN THE RACE. UNFORTUNATELY OUR PEDAL CARS SEEN BETTER DAYS. BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE GET A NEW ONE NEXT YEAR. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.BUT UM, THIS WILL BE THE FINAL HURRAH FOR OUR ORIGINAL PELL CAR THIS YEAR. AND THEN MONDAY, MAY 6TH IS TASTE OF WILEY. THIS IS A HUGE EVENT. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN , IT'S LIKE FOODIE HEAVEN. SO ALL THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES, EVERYBODY PARTICIPATES AND GIVES OUT FREE SAMPLES. YOU GO ONLINE. SAME THING. MAKE A DONATION. 100% OF THE DONATIONS GO TO THE FIVE FOOD PANTRIES HERE IN WILEY, SO IT'S A VERY WORTHY EVENT. UM IF YOU CAN, UM, MAKE IT I KNOW IT'S A MONDAY, WHICH CAN BE KIND OF WEIRD, BUT IT SELLS OUT EVERY YEAR, SO IT IS A FUN ONE.
HOPEFULLY OUR WEATHER WILL IMPROVE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN KIND OF IN A RAINY PATTERN, BUT ANYWAY ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE OK? MOVING ON TO THE LAST PAGE OR A PACKET PAGE 17.
SO I WANTED TO GET MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE OF SOME THINGS. THE, UM BUDGET SESSIONS HAVE ALREADY STARTED WITH CITY COUNCIL. UM SO THOSE, UH WHAT THEY DECIDED TO DO THIS YEAR? USUALLY EVERY DEPARTMENT WOULD PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL THEIR BUDGET AND IT'S THIS WHOLE BIG LONG THING. AND THEY THOUGHT TH THIS IS TOO MUCH. SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS YEAR, THEY JUST HAD THE BIG FOUR THAT TAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET. UH POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND REC PRESENTED SO PARKS AND REC IS THE ONLY ONE THAT LEFT, SO THEIR PRESENTATION IS TOMORROW AND, UM, THE WAY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED THE BUDGET TO BE PRESENTED THIS YEAR IS IN A FIVE YEAR PLAN FORMAT SO KIND OF LOOKING AHEAD SO THAT THEY CAN KIND OF MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT'S UPCOMING WHEN DEBT FALLS OFF ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF FOR THE TAX RATE. UM SO THEN MAY 14TH. THAT'S THE UM COUNCIL WORK SESSION WHERE THEY PRESENT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN AGAIN. UM AND THEN THEY'RE HOPING TO GET, UM SOME SORT OF INDICATION FROM COUNSEL ON KIND OF WHAT DIRECTION THEY WANT OR WHERE THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING, OR HOW MUCH THIS AND THAT RIGHT AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL HAVE THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS IN JUNE, SO THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE GENERAL FUND UTILITY FUND IN FOUR B SALES TAX. THOSE ARE PRESENTED BY THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE ONE ON JULY 9TH, WHERE IT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING. THAT'S ALSO PRESENTED BY THE
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CITY MANAGER AND THEN IN JULY 23RD. THAT'S THE FINAL BUDGET WORK SESSION BEFORE THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS ACTUALLY DUE. SO AUGUST 27TH IS WHEN THAT BUDGET WILL BE ADOPTED AS WELL AS THE TAX RATE, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A RUNDOWN ON THAT. SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING MAJOR THIS YEAR. UM WE'RE GOOD. UM, AS FAR AS THAT GOES SO WE HAVE SOME THINGS IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN UPCOMING. MOST OF IT IS EITHER, UM, UPDATES TO THE BUILDING, REALLY THE FURNITURE. WE HAVE A LOT OF FURNITURE. THAT'S WE'VE BEEN IN THE BUILDING 14 YEARS, SO YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF STARTING TO SHOW WEAR AND TEAR. UM WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE MORE POD LIKE OR LIKE CUBICLE LIKE TO GIVE PEOPLE KIND OF A FAUX PRIVACY KIND OF THING, BECAUSE PEOPLE THE STUDY ROOMS ARE CONSTANTLY FULL. SO THEN, THAT WAY, AT LEAST SOMEONE CAN GO IN THERE AND KIND OF FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE AREA. UM THOSE THINGS ARE NOT CHEAP. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO PUT HIM IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND WE NEEDED SOME UPGRADES TO SOME OF OUR LIGHTING, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE ADULT AREA, PARTICULARLY ADULT NONFICTION IS REALLY DARK. SO UM ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ARE PART OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, BUT NONE OF THOSE ARE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THEY START NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO UM FY 26 ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? ALL RIGHT. SO JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, UM OUR NEXT MEETING WOULD HAVE FALLEN. WE WELL FALLS ON MEMORIAL DAY SO WE'RE NOT MEETING SO WE'RE NOT MEETING IN MAY SO WE'RE NEXT MEETING IS NOT UNTIL JUNE 24TH AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE JULY 22ND MEETING IN AUGUST. 26TH THOSE ARE OUR NEXT. UM THAT'S MEETING THROUGH THE SUMMER. UM SO YOU'LL HAVE A NICE LONG BREAK FOR ME. AND THEN IN JUNE, WE'LL COME BACK WITH ALL KINDS OF FUN INFORMATION. I'M SURE FROM OUR FIRST MONTH OF, UM, SUMMER READING CLUB. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT INFORMATION. THE WORLD. I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THE SUMMER SO GOOD. CAN WE STILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER READING? IF WE'RE ON THE BOARD, ABSOLUTELY HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO. OH, IS TALLER.PROM THIS FRIDAY? YES, IT IS. WE HAVE INFANT PROM WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN TODDLER PROM FRIDAY MORNING. SO AT THE LAST WEEK OF STORY TIME, THE FIRST ONE THEY DID WAS LAST YEAR. THEY DID THIS PROM IN. BRIAN'S KIDS ARE SO CUTE LAST YEAR, AND THEY'RE DOING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS SO MUCH FUN, SO THEY'VE GOT, UM ALL KINDS OF NEW THINGS. NEW BACKDROP. IT'S GONNA BE GREAT, SO REALLY, REALLY CUTE. THEY GET ALL DRESSED UP SO THANK YOU. RIGHT. WELL IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, WE CAN ALL HEAD OUT. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. OH, SECOND. MOTION TO ADJOURN PASSES 4 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THA
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