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Contact Gayle at glolley@tscpl.org
The Summer Reading program, Planting Beneath the Surface, featured four different activities for the teens to participate in. The kids were required to listen to instructions and be creative. Making a plantable bookmark required getting your hands messy. One tablespoon of soupy paper mush was spread on a screen where the kids pressed as much [...]
Portland has a climate similar to Japan which makes Portland an ideal city for a Japanese garden. When you enter a Japanese garden the desired effect is to have a sense of peace, harmony, tranquility and feeling apart of nature. Three of the essential elements are stone, the bones of the landscape; water, the life-giving [...]
Between 1964 and 1973 around 4,000 war dogs and 10,000 handlers were deployed to defend South Vietnam from an invasion from North Vietnam. The success of the war dogs and handlers helped reduce the enemy’s capacity for suprise attacks. This result was the enemy placed a price tag on the heads of the war [...]
This story is told by Roma, Steve Madden’s beloved dog. We have a chair that is magic. If I sit on it, you come back, always. This ratty old chair was pulled out of the dumpster when you were living in student housing and had no money for furniture. Every time you leave you say, [...]
Rainbow, butterflies or daisies painted on your fingernails? Maybe you would like to experiment with bright blue or sparkly red nail polish – or both. We have the supplies; you bring your imagination. When: Monday, April 22 Time: 3:30-4:30 pm Where: The Edge Who: 11-18 years
There are many tricks to make a small yard seem larger. Place bold, bright colors in the front to catch attention. The landscape beyond will appear to recede making the yard appear larger. This small back yard has lots of shrubs which blocks out the view beyond. This gives a feeling of coziness. The small scale [...]
In his book, Through My Eyes, Tim Tebow New York Jet’s football player, writes about his childhood dog, Otis. ”Otis was loyal and protective, traits you’d hope to find in a dog. If you came by, you would see blonde-haired Otis, who looked to be a mixture of half lab and half golden retriever, walking [...]
The winner of the 2013 Iditarod is 53 year old Mitch Seavey. He is the oldest musher to win in the 41 year history of the Iditarod. Last year Mitch’s son, Dallas, was the youngest Iditarod winner at the age of 25. The race is a 1000 mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Seavey [...]
Teens were invited to step back in to the 1920′s. There was music by Fred Astaire, poker, Nerf gun shooting at a target , fizzy drinks, banana splits, trivia and 1920′s art made into a button. Greg Gaul taught several of our patrons how to play poker. They were still playing and having a good time when [...]
Eighteen lucky teens got to make holiday sugar cookies from scratch on Monday, December 10. Most of the teens were inexperienced in the kitchen so they were given very simple detailed instructions. Lesson 1: read the recipe before you start adding the ingredients. Lesson 2: fill your measuring cup to the top, don’t scoop the Crisco from [...]
This is your opportunity to go beyond peanut butter and jelly. Create an afterschool snack. Do you enjoy meat, cheese and mayo or something more creative like bean sprouts, spinach and hummus? All ingredients are provided. Just bring your appetite. Monday, November 26, 4:00-5:00 PM, The Edge
