‘Owhwhe (I’m Reading)
The camera has been my companion as I take photos of our wonderful skies morning and night between the rain storms. Spring, ahhh spring; this is always my favorite season and although the calendar...
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With so many days of rain and wintry weather this year our materials circulation at KYML is increasing. There has been plenty of time to read for pleasure or to explore ideas for projects through...
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What a wonderful week of sunny days we had; redbud coming to life all along the river banks, wildflowers blooming on the hillsides that have not slid down to the road in the rains, lilac buds just...
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Although this celebration has become a weekend of fun, there is a more meaningful reason behind it. You can visit the hoopa-nsn.gov website to read more about the Hoopa Tribe and its history
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Through the school year, the Kim Yerton Memorial Library features the Share A Story reading program. This event occurs on the second Wednesday of every month from 4-6pm. The program is co-sponsored by...
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I suppose the first thought that comes into most people’s minds when we hear the word library is “books”. Originally and for a long time it is true that libraries have been repositories for books....
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The ability to read is a passport to the acquisition of knowledge, a world of possibilities and accomplishment of basic tasks. In a recent class visit to the library, we listed the various basics for...
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One of my neighbors has created new names for what I do at the library. One is “Book Lady”. I am pretty sure, if memory serves, this is the first time in my increasingly long life anyone has called me...
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‘Owhwhe: I’m Reading “Blasphemy”
For quite a while I have intended to read Sherman Alexie’s writing. He wrote the screenplay for the movie Smoke Signals. I have watched the movie many times. The story incites laughter, tears and...
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There are many aspects of reading books that appeal to me. Books engage all the senses, except for taste (unless of course the reading is of cook books…). There is often beautiful cover art to see....
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‘Owhwhe: Libraries are the Heart of Every Community
There’s a bookmark in the library that says: “Libraries [are] the heart of every community.” I‘ve believed this about libraries since my first job in a library nearly fifty years ago. That was in a...
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Well I just returned from a trip to Africa. The thing that is great about the trip is that I did not have to leave my home in Hoopa to get there. I did not have to cram myself into too narrow seats, or...
View Article‘Owhwhe: Calling Young Writers, Get Published!
The library is sponsoring a call for entries of stories and poems to put in an anthology of writings by young adults from the Hoopa area (ages 13 – 21). There are poets and storytellers among this age...
View Article‘Owhwhe: Finding the Good Ones
And then with patience, the good one comes. I am reading “Dance House” by Joseph Marshall III, of the Rosebud Indian Reservation of the Sioux. These are stories of life on the Plains, the land of...
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‘Owhwhe: John Green
Looking for Alaska by John Green is a young adult book that is a pretty fast, engaging read. This is a story about a teenager called Miles later nicknamed “Pudge” by a friend. He is a reader...
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Chalk it up for Books
Each year, the library lends its sidewalk to community artists who are commissioned by sponsors who purchase space on the sidewalk. The library raised $910 this year. The money will be used to purchase...
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