OSU EXTENSION SERVICE REMINDERS
15 February 2012
Looking for Douglas-fir or ponderosa pine seedlings? Bruno Meyer of Indian Hill LLC still has several thousand available. 541-761-1755
The new Jackson Josephine Small Woodlands Association website is now on-line. Check it out at:
www.jackson-josephinesmallwoodlands.org
Rogue Tree School registration materials will be out soon! Look for them in your mailbox.
Max Bennett
Forestry/Natural Resources Agent
OSU Extension Service, Jackson-Josephine Counties
569 Hanley Road, Central Point, OR 97502
(541) 776-7371 x221
FREE RIDES FOR APPLEGATE VALLEY VETERANS
4 February 2012
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4 February, 2012
RUCH LIBRARY NEWS
4 January 2012
Raising Ruch Readers Preschool Birthday Club: We are beginning a new program to help promote early literacy and to spark children’s interest in reading and books. The Friends of Ruch Library are sponsoring this Birthday Club, which is designed for children aged 2 through 5. You or your child do not need a library card to participate in this program. On or about your child’s birthday, bring him or her in to the library during open hours and s/he can choose a book from our Birthday Club shelves. They receive a book on each one of their birthdays, the last on their fifth birthday. Any child between one and four may begin the program. We are actively seeking donations from community members to help support this effort. We need gently used books appropriate for 2 – 5 year olds. Your donation will be greatly appreciated.
Winter Reads: This is an adult winter reading program beginning January 9. Adults over 18 may read (or listen to) at least 4 books between Jan. 9 and Feb. 21, and then fill in a log sheet available at the library. Each log sheet enters you into the weekly drawing for prizes and for the grand prize at the end of the program. Enter as many times as you wish!
Pass the Book: The Storytime Guild of Jackson County welcomes donations of gently used children’s and Young Adult books to be passed on to social service agencies in the county. There is a box for the collection of your books at each branch of the Jackson County Libraries.
Community Display Cases: Come in to see and hear our interesting community collection of clocks and other timepieces. Every quarter hour several of them gently chime, and on the hour the chiming clocks are joined in chorus with the warbling bird from the bird clock. All this quietly, behind glass. (The sundial is silent.) If you have any interesting clocks to share for the month, please bring them to the library soon so we can have them on display through the month.
We welcome your contribution to our Community displays.
February will focus on hearts, so look around your place and see if you have any interesting hearts to add.
Then begin thinking about bringing in your favorite tea cup for the month of March.
February will focus on hearts, so look around your place and see if you have any interesting hearts to add.
Then begin thinking about bringing in your favorite tea cup for the month of March.
We have received quite a few new books lately, including in Large Print. Come on in and check them out! Ruch Library now has a huge collection of Chilton’s Auto Repair Manuals on hand for those of you interested in doing your own repair work.
See you at the library!
Sponsor-A-Saturday at Ruch Library
30 December 2011
The Friends of Ruch Library (FORL) want to express our deep appreciation for all the contributions from this community during our annual book sale and Saturday Hours @ Ruch Library campaign. Our book sale in October generated the highest sales to date for this event.
Then we focused our efforts into our annual campaign to keep Saturday Hours @ Ruch Library in 2012. Our lofty goal of $18,000.seemed impossible, but FORL was motivated, and are optimistic this goal can be achieved since we continue to receive donations.
We discovered, during our campaign, that our outreach to local businesses and individuals to Sponsor-A-Saturday (SAS) might be more effective as an on-going effort, rather than end with the campaign. The idea to perpetuate the SAS effort throughout the year will make it easier to appeal to a wider range of local businesses and individuals; we all felt constricted by the end date.
We purchased a display sign that we can easily update every week with sponsor information. The message will acknowledge that this particular Saturday is "brought to you by (your name here.)"
The cost to FORL for Saturday Hours @ Ruch Library is approximately $250. a week. For those with budget concerns, we can accommodate your gift with payments of your choice.
I have a personal goal of finding local businesses and individuals to sponsor every Saturday in 2012, and our business, Mike Drake's Alignment & Brakes, has already selected a Saturday in February. Mike and I invite you to join our effort to maximize Saturday Hours @ Ruch Library.
Feel free to email me at smartina@charter.net or phone me at 541-621-5235. -Tina Drake, FORL Board member
www.jcls.org/branch-ruch.html
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