End of an era Early August in 1974 was a great time local history. The

local newspaper that week carried headlines stating: Sen.

Scott Says Nixon no Longer Seems Innocent; Paper Says

Nixon Will Resign; The Dalles Amtrak Line Gets Blessing;

Employment Figures Hit Record; and Gov. Tom McCall

was urging the planting of more trees.

Local markets were having fantastic sales, Bonn’s Food

Store and Market offered 10 pounds of Pillsbury flour for

$1.79; DeHarts Hilltop Market had Hermiston watermelon

for 9 cents a pound; though the real bargain on watermel-

on was to be had at Brady’s, which had watermelon from

Irrigon for just 8 ½ cents a pound and green peppers from

Dallesport at 3 for 19 cents; Westgate Super Market had

ground beef for just 69 cents a pound; East Hill Sentry had seedless grapes for 39 cents a

pound; Albertson’s had lettuce at 5 heads for $1; Ninth Street Thriftway offered bananas at

just 14 cents a pound, and Safeway, which had the “finest meats” had large eggs for 53

cents a dozen. Over at Ray Schultens you could buy a “brand new” Ford LTD hardtop for

just $3995.

Sure, those were all great bargains, but the best bargain this community ever got hap-

pened when Sheila Dooley arrived for a job interview at The Dalles-Wasco County Public

Library that week. Fresh from library school, this seemed like a great place to start a library

career. Who knew that 40 years later she would be retiring as director from this same li-

brary?

Certainly not Sheila herself, who thought she’d be here a few

years before moving on. Instead she stayed, working in various

positions until becoming director in 1986. Her four decades saw

many changes, gone was the “real” card catalog, those typed

entries on index cards, filed away in wooden drawers. Comput-

ers became the way to search for information; and more and

more people came in to use free public internet computers, now

available at the library. Wi-Fi was soon available for those bring-

ing their own laptops, Smartphones, or similar devices into the

library. Audio books on cassette came and went, being replaced

by audio books on CD; record albums on vinyl faded away as

more and more people bought CD players including Sony

Library Happenings S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 V o l u m e 7 I s s u e 9

www.wasco.plinkit.org

The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library 722 Court St The Dalles OR 97058 (541)296-2815

Monday—Thursday 10 a.m.—8:30 p.m. Friday 10 a.m.—6 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.—5 p.m.

Dufur School/ Community Library (located at the Dufur School Campus)

802 NE 5th St Dufur, OR 97021 (541)467-2588

Summer Hours beginning

June 10th are:

Tuesdays & Thursdays

10:00 a.m.—noon

1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m.

Southern Wasco County Library 410 Deschutes Ave Maupin, OR 97037 (541)395-2208

Tuesday 1:00 p.m.—6:00 p.m.

Wednesday 1:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.

Thursday 1 p.m.—6:00 p.m.

Friday 11 a.m.—4:00 p.m.

Library stations are also located

at Shaniko Old School House

and Tygh School Community

Center.

Library Board: Mary Beechler, Chairman

Corliss Marsh

Margaret Brewer

Rita Rathkey

District Librarian Sheila Dooley

Friends of the Library: Rosemary Ross, President

Newsletter Editor: Rita Squires

Sheila Dooley

Suzy Goolsby continued on page two

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Walkman’s, for their own private listening pleasure. VHS tapes brought you educational

programs, and eventually feature films were available for borrowing at the library, now

replaced by DVDs.

Changes were happening to the physical library as well. Room had to be made for more

computers; this meant shifting books around, moving furniture. In 2000 the mezzanine lev-

el was completed, which included a computer lab. An elevator was added for ease of access

to the new level. More books were shifted around (in case you didn’t know, moving books

is a never ending task at libraries).

Back in 1974 when Sheila was hired, there was an energetic woman doing story times

and other children’s programs at the library. Suzy Goolsby had been here a couple of years,

tackling such tasks as the ever popular Summer Reading Program, and hiring performers

to entertain the children. In the late ‘70s Suzy quit work to stay home and start a family. It

would be ten years before she returned to the library world.

As time went on, Suzy’s duties expanded to include outreach programs. She visited

Head Start in The Dalles and Maupin, various day cares; and took library programs to the

residents of assisted living facilities such as Flagstone here in The Dalles, and Canyon Rim

out in Maupin. She now shared some of her story time and Summer Reading programs

with others, allowing her to devote more time to the outreach programs.

Together these two women have been instrumental in making this library what it is to-

day. They’ve gotten the mezzanine built, and kept the library open during construction.

They have survived severe cutbacks in funding; causing reduced library hours (remember

when we were only open a couple days a week, with limited hours?). Did the residents of

Wasco County value library services enough to vote yes for increased funding. They anx-

iously awaited the results as the Wasco County Library Service District was formed. Now

there was stable funding, they were able to resume regular hours, hire additional help and

watch the library grow.

Speaking of growing, most recently these two have been planning and fund raising for a

new addition to the library. This new addition will be for a children’s area, which will

move it from the middle of the library to their own dedicated space. It will include space to

do programs without disrupting other library users.

But like eating a bowl of ice cream, all good things must come to an end. Sheila Dooley

and Suzy Goolsby both recently announced their plans to retire. Friday, September 5th will

be their last day. Stop by the library and say farewell, let them know that their work is ap-

preciated and that they will be missed.

Hopefully by the October newsletter we will be able to tell you who their replacements

are going to be. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to

contact the Library at 541-296-2815.

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Other library changes For those of you who live out in the Maupin area, you will soon be seeing new faces at

Southern Wasco County Library. Sarah Hennessy, who has been on leave while recovering

from Lyme disease, has resigned. As has Nancy Boggs, who has been filling in for her.

Story times Toddler Time, for birth to 3 years old, is held every

Wednesday morning at 10:30 in the meeting room at The

Dalles-Wasco County Public Library.

This 20 minute program is full of songs,

fingerplays and lapsits, and a book or

two. There is plenty of time afterwards

for the kids to play and the adults to

visit.

On Friday morning at 10:30 you can join us at The Dalles

for Pre-school Story Time. This fun program, full of songs

and stories, and sometimes a craft or two, is perfect for the

3-6-year-olds.

Game Days Teens (ages 12-18) can join us at The Dalles-Wasco Coun-

ty Public Library for Game Days on

Mondays, September 8th, 15th, 22nd

and 29th, from 3—5 in the library’s

meeting room. Board games, PS2 and

the Wii are available for the teens.

On Saturday September 13th and

27th, the younger school age kids (ages 7-12) have their

own game day from 10—4.

Knitting in the Dufur Library A knitting group meets in the library in Dufur, and any-

one is invited to join them. If crocheting is more your thing

(or embroidery, etc.) come on down, they’ll make room for

you. The Dufur Knitting Club meets on Thursday nights,

from 6:00 until 8:00. For more information, you can con-

tact the Dufur Library at 541-467-2588.

Movies @The Library What a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon, watching

a free movie at the library! The Dalles-Wasco County Public

Library will be showing the Disney-

nature© movie Bears on Saturday,

September 20th at 1:30 p.m. Narrat-

ed by John C Reilly, this documen-

tary follows an Alaskan bear family

as its young cubs are taught life’s most important lessons.

Music and Movement It’s new! It’s fun! It’s exciting! It’s Music and Movement,

a new, high energy program for the whole family at The

Dalles Library. This half hour pro-

gram will have music, lots of dance

and movement, and an occasional

story. We’ll dance with scarves and

ribbons, jingle some bells, jump up

and down, and just have a fun time. It’s a great way to start

your Saturday, and an easy way for the entire family to

work in a little exercise. Beginning September 20th at 11

a.m., Music and Movement will be held every other Satur-

day (check the calendar for exact dates).

We meet at 6:30 p.m. the third

Thursday of each month up-

stairs in the magazine corner.

Each month there is a new

book to read and discuss.

The book we are reading for

the August discussion is Blink:

the power of thinking without

thinking, by Malcom

Gladwell.

Blink is a book about how we

think without thinking, about choices

that seem to be made in an instant-in

the blink of an eye-that actually aren't

as simple as they seem. Why

are some people brilliant deci-

sion makers, while others are

consistently inept? Why do

some people follow their in-

stincts and win, while others

end up stumbling into error?

How do our brains really

work-in the office, in the

classroom, in the kitchen, and

in the bedroom? And why are the best

decisions often those that are impossi-

ble to explain to others?

For those of you that need to plan a

little further in advance, the book for

October will be The joy luck club, by

Amy Tan.

Copies of these books (as well as

audio recordings) are widely available

in the Sage Library System. All readers

are welcome (and for those of you

wondering, NO, you do not have to

have a library card in order to join us),

even if you haven’t finished the book.

“Third Thursday” book group at The Dalles

Eastern Oregon Word Round-up

A stellar line-up rounds out this year’s Eastern Oregon Word Round-Up – set for Oct. 3-5 at Pendleton! Celebrating a love of reading, writing and books, the 3rd annual literary festival will be held at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute on the Umatilla Indian Reservation and at the Pendleton Center for the Arts. More information will be available in the October newsletter.

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From print to pixels: the act of

reading in the digital age The works of

James Joyce are the

same whether pub-

lished in print or pix-

els. But the question

remains: does the

Joyce devotee read

the same way on

page as on screen?

Cultural critic Neil

Postman said,

“Technology always

has unforeseen con-

sequences and it is

not always clear, at

the beginning, who

or what will win, and

who or what will lose.” In what ways do eBooks serve or

change the act of reading? As reading becomes a predomi-

nantly digital experience, what effects might this have on

writing and on our interactions with information overall?

This is the focus of “From Print to Pixels: The Act of

Reading in the Digital Age,” a free conversation with au-

thor Mark Cunningham on Wednesday, September 10,

2014 at 7 pm at The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library,

227 Court Street, The Dalles, OR. This program is hosted

by Friends of The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library

and sponsored by Oregon Humanities.

Cunningham is the author of two historical novels: The

Green Age of Asher Witherow, which was a #1 Book Sense

Pick from the American Booksellers Association, and Lost

Son, based on the life and work of the poet Rainer Maria

Rilke. He writes occasional book reviews and cultural

commentary for the Oregonian, and his work has appeared

in the Kenyon Review, Tin House, The New York Times, and

numerous other publications.

For more information about this free community dis-

cussion, please contact Sue Ann Arguelles at 541 965-2471

or saarguelles@yahoo.com.

Oregon Humanities connects Oregonians to ideas to

change lives and transform communities.

More information about Oregon Humani-

ties’ programs and publications, which in-

clude the Conversation Project, Think & Drink, Humanity

in Perspective, Idea Lab, Public Program Grants, and Ore-

gon Humanities magazine, can be found at oregonhuman-

ities.org. Oregon Humanities is an independent, nonprofit

affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

and a partner of the Oregon Cultural Trust.

Mark Cunningham

Library Card sign-up month Children six and up who come in to The Dalles

Library during the month of September to get their

first library card will receive a free goody bag while

supplies last.

In order to get a library card, you must be at least

six-years-old. Those under 18-years of age must

have a parent or legal guardian sign the form and

show ID. If over 18, you need to show photo ID, and

proof of address.

Contact the Library for more information.

A look into the

middle-ages

The Shire Hauksgardr, a local

branch of the Society for Creative

Anachronism (SCA) and The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library will pro-

vide a hands-on experience of life in the middle-ages on Saturday, Septem-

ber 6th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the

library. The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is a not-for-profit

educational organization dedicated to the study of the Middle Ages and the

Renaissance, with over 50,000 partici-

pants worldwide who recreate differ-ent aspects of these eras. Members

learn about the eras they recreate

through research, by wearing the

clothing of the time and actually doing the activities, crafts, arts and sciences

practiced between 600 and 1600 AD. These include a wide variety of topics:

clothing to food to armor and more.

Nearly any art or craft that was done during the era is being done by some-

one in the SCA.

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resume soon.

Calendar of Library Events

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See you at the Kiwanis Steak Feed 5-7 at Sorosis Park

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6 Middle Ages* 10 am—4 pm @T.D.

7 8 Teen Game Day 3-5 @T.D.

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Toddler Story Time 10:30 @T.D.

11 12 Pre-school Story Time @ T.D. 10:30

13 E Games 10-4 @T.D.

14 15 Teen Game Day 3-5 @T.D.

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17 Toddler Story

Time 10:30 @T.D.

18 Dufur Knitting 6:00—8:00 pm Book Discussion 6:30 @T.D.*

19 Pre-school Story Time @ T.D. 10:30

20 Music & Movement 11 a.m. @T.D.* Movie at the library* 1:30 pm @T.D.

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22 Teen Game Day 3-5 @T.D.

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24 Toddler Story

Time 10:30 @T.D.

25 Dufur Knitting 6—8 pm

26 Pre-school Story Time @ T.D. 10:30

27 E Games 10-4 @T.D.

28 29 .Teen Game Day 3-5 @T.D.

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01 Toddler Story

Time 10:30 @T.D.

02 Dufur Knitting 6—8 pm

03 Pre-school Story Time @ T.D. 10:30

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08 Toddler Story

Time 10:30 @T.D.

09 Dufur Knitting 6—8 pm

10 Pre-school Story Time @ T.D. 10:30

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The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library 722 Court St The Dalles OR 97058

Monday—Thursday 10 am—8:30 pm Friday 10 am—6 pm Saturday 10 am—5 pm

Dufur School/ Community Library (located at the Dufur School Campus) 802 NE 5th St Dufur, OR 97021 (541)467-2588

School Year Hours are:

Monday—Thursday 8:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. Tuesday & Thursday 6:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m.—3:30 p.m.

Southern Wasco County Library 410 Deschutes Ave Maupin, OR 97037 (541)395-2208

Tuesday 1:00 pm—6:00 pm Wednesday 1:00 pm-6:00 pm Thursday 1:00 pm—6:00 pm Friday 11 am—4:00 pm

Library stations are also located at Shaniko City Hall and Tygh School Communi-ty Center.

www.wasco.plinkit.org

T.D. = The Dalles Library *Read more about this in the newsletter