Black Diamond Library Events for October

Published 10:36 am Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The library is located at 24707 Roberts Drive Black Diamond, 98010. The website can be found at www.kcls.org/blackdiamond.

Children & Families

Discover Stories: Family Story Times

10:30 a.m. Mondays, Oct. 3–Dec. 5

All ages welcome with adult.

After-School Book Bunch at Black Diamond Elementary

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar

3:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20

Ages 8 to 12, parents and siblings welcome.

This book group is open to all, but BDE students staying after school must bring a permission slip from their grown-up on the day of book group. Parents will need to sign out their children with the Children’s Librarian by 4:45 p.m.

Ready-Set-Read

If you are in elementary school, take the Reading Challenge. Read at least 20 minutes per day for 20 days in one month and choose a new paperback book at your community library.

Forms are available online and at the library.

Teens

Read Three, Get One Free

Read three books, write three short, thoughtful reviews and get a new paperback book for free.

Forms are available online and at the library.

Adults

Workshops for Owners of Horses and Small Farms

6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 20, 27 and Nov. 10

Oct. 13: Streams and Wetlands: Living with Livestock Near Water

Oct. 20: Mud Management: Record Rainfall/Record Mud

Oct. 27: Manure Management: Got Livestock? Got Manure

Nov. 10: Pasture Management: Becoming a Grass Farmer

Presented by Horses for Clean Water and King Conservation District.

See a variety of options and work with technicians to discover ways you can have less mud, better pastures, manage manure and care for streams and wetlands.

Please register by calling King Conservation District at 425-282-1949 or by emailing signup@kingcd.org.

Computer Class: Email Level 2

10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18

Please register.

Black Diamond Library Book Group

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18

Friends of the Black Diamond Library Monthly Meeting

7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19