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Summer
fun starts here!
As
you make your summer plans, be sure to include library visits and our
many summer programs. It's a great way to help your children
maintain their reading skills and discover the fun of reading, plus
it's free!
Our summer fun includes:
- Summer
Reading Clubs for babies through teens!
- Professional
Performances on Mondays starting June 29
- Celebrate
375! Adventure Passport and Where's Flat Sneaks?
- Wii
Play together--family and teens
- Free
movies--family and teens
- Create
your own computer game--kids & teens
- Learn
to draw--kids & teens
More
information below.
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C-Span Civics
Bus is coming June 16 
Stop by and take a tour of this 45 foot bus. Learn
about its mission, funding and programs. Who knows, you just might be
captured on tape talking about what you are reading or planning to
read this summer... and then be on their YouTube site.
Leonardtown Library
10 AM - Noon
Lexington Park Library 1-3 PM
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Technology Fund Update
McKay's Rewards donation
brings total to $25,000
Only $5,000 to go!
 Thank you
to each of you who designated the Library for the McKay's Rewards
Program. Director Kathleen Reif accepted the Library's Rewards
check in the amount of $2,279 from Mrs. McKay and Thomas McKay of
McKay's Foods. The donation will be used for the Technology
Fund. Library Board member Dan Burris (left) was present for
the presentation.
This fundraising campaign will end July 1. Please
help the library reach its goal. The Technology Fund is used to sustain the new computers
purchased with the Gates Foundation Grant. List of donors or to donate
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Summer
Reading Clubs
for babies through teens
Clubs run June
8-August 8.
Read-to-Me for babies--birth to age 2
Pick
up an activity sheet and return every 3 weeks to collect a prize for
your baby.
Be Creative @ your library--preschoolers to 5th
grade
Record
your reading time on your reading log. Return every 3 weeks to
collect a prize.
Express yourself @ your library--grade 6 and up
Log
your reading time and return every 3 weeks to earn a chance in a
drawing for great prizes plus a drawing for grand prizes at the end
of the program.
Free
books for those who complete
Each
participant who completes their reading logs or baby activity sheets
will receive an age-appropriate book.
Free
tickets for reading participants!
- Southern
Maryland Bule Crabs August 21 fireworks game. Every child
participating in Summer Reading Club receives a free lawn
ticket. It can be upgraded at discounted rates.
- Baltimore
Orioles: 120 participants will receive 2 Orioles tickets
(1 child/1 adult) in random drawing of those who complete their
logs.
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 Celebrate
375
Celebrate Maryland's 375! Use the Discover St.
Mary's County Card to get a discount on our cookbook, 300
Years of Black Cooking in St. Mary's County.
Adventure
Passport Fun for Kids
Earn free ice cream & chance for book
Kids, ages 5-12, can pick up an Adventure Passport at
any branch any time starting June 1. The passport lists 10
county sites. After the children visit 5 sites and get their passport
stamped at each site, they return to the library for their coupon for
free Bruster's ice cream and are entered in a drawing for the grand
prize, a copy of Sally Walker's book, Written in Bone. One
book will be given away at each branch. They can earn an extra
chance for each additional site visited. Each site has cool
activities for them to do. Passports must be returned by
August 31 to earn prizes.
Where's
Flat Sneaks? Contest
Flat Sneaks, our summer reading mascot, is exploring
sites around the county. He is sending a photo and clues of the
sites he visits to The County Times newspaper. Each week
starting June 17 the photo and his clues will appear in the County
Times newspaper. Children ages 5-12 can guess the site for a
chance to win a book and have their names published in the
paper. One correct entry will be drawn at each branch each
week.
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Uncle Pete kicks off
Professional Performances June 29
 Uncle
Pete combines humor, dancing, moving, and audience participation.
Free. All ages. Funded by St. Mary's Arts Council &
matching funds from Friends of St. Mary's County Library.
Charlotte Hall--10 AM, White Marsh Elementary School
Leonardtown--12:30 PM, Leonard Hall Recreation Center
Lexington Park--3 PM, Lexington Park
Library
Click here for schedule
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Kids!
Create your own computer game using RPG.
Ages 7-11. 90 minute workshop taught by Deb Daniel.
Free. Sponsored by Discover U Children's Museum. Limited
space. Registration required.
Charlotte Hall Sat, June 6, 10:30 PM
Mon, June 15, 6:00 PM
Tues, June 30, 6:00 PM
Lexington Park Tues, June 23, 6:00 PM
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TEEN ZONE
Express Yourself Reading Club Prizes
Sign up, read, and earn
chances for these prizes:
Digital video camera, IPod
Shuffle, ITunes gift card, $25 AMC/Loews gift card, entertainment
chair, Blockbuster DVD & book set.
Teen Flicks Watch PG-13 rated
movies* with other teens. Snacks provided. Free. TAG-sponsored.
Lexington Park
Tues, June 16, 2-4 PM,
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Wed, June 17 2-4 PM, Transformer
*Parents, these PG-13 rated
movies may have some material inappropriate for children under 13.
The library is presenting these movies for our teens. If
children under 13 attend, the library staff must assume they have
parental permission.
Gaming Fun
Challenge other teens to Wii & board games. Snacks
provided. Ages 12+. Free. Please register.
Lexington
Park, Thurs, June 18, 1:30-3:30 PM
Leonardtown, Fri, June 26, 2-4 PM
Get your game on! Make your
own computer game using Scratch software & share it online.
90 minute session taught by Deb Daniel. Ages 12-18.
Free. Sponsored by Discover U Children's Museum. Sessions
at other branches offered in July & August. Registration required.
Lexington Park, Thurs, June 11, 2-3:30 PM
Mon, June 22, 2-3:30 PM
Gamemaker Make a simple arcade game using
Gamemaker solftware. 90 minute session taught by Deb
Daniel. Ages 12-18. Free Sponosored by Discover U
Children's Museum. Registration required.
Lexington
Park, Wed, June 10, 2-3:30 PM
Charlotte Hall, Mon,
June 29, 2-3:30 PM
Digital Art Create a simple animation for your email messages using
Digital Art (software used to make images in computer games--2-D
sprites and backgrounds). 90 minute session taught by Deb
Daniel. Ages 12-18. Free. Sponsored by Discover U
Children's Museum. Registration required.
Charlotte Hall, Wed, June 17, 2:30-4 PM
Wed, June 24, 2:30-4 PM
Lexington Park, Wed, June 24, 10-11:30 AM
Drawing Manga Learn to draw Manga
from John Busby. Ages 12+. Free. More sessions next
month. Registration required.
Lexington Park, Mon, June 22, 5:30-730 PM
TAG (Teen Advisory Group)
Hang out with other teens,
play Wii, plan fun library teen programs and discuss
books. Free snacks. All teens welcome. TAGs
meet monthly at each branch.
Charlotte
Hall
Leonardtown
Thurs, June 11, 5:30-7 PM
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Friends of the Library
donated
$5000 to each branch at Annual Dinner in May.
Become a Friend today. Applications are
available at each branch or can be downloaded. Application
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Face Time @ your library connects loved ones
Enjoy
"face to face" chats with your family members and friends
living elsewhere by using a dedicated library computer equipped with a
webcam. Interested? Contact any branch for more details or
to schedule a Face Time session.
Search catalog & online databases at same time
Searching both the
catalog and online databases at the same time is now possible.
The search results are returned in one list. From the list
you can reserve the library items or read, print or email the database
findings.
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Computer Classes
FREE.
Basic
Computer Classes:
Designed for new computer users, these basic classes are
offered at Lexington Park every month (but not this month) and at
Charlotte Hall in June and at Leonardtown in July. Call
the library for dates and to register.
- Intro to Computers
- Intro to Windows
- Intro to the
Internet
- Intro to Email
Special Classes:
Job Searching on the Internet
Lexington Park
Tues, June 16, 5:30-7:30 PM
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Storytimes
Summer storytimes begin June 29. Drop
in.
Charlotte Hall
Baby-- Tues. 9:15
Toddler-- Tues. 10:00
Leonardtown
Baby-- Mon. 9:30
Toddler-- Wed. 9:30
Wiggle-Giggle --Mon. 10:15
Lexington Park
Baby-- Mon. 9:15
Toddler-- Mon. 9:45 &
10:30
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Family Fun
Wii Play
All ages. Free. Registration
requested.
Charlotte Hall
Thurs, June 18
5:30-7:30 PM
Lexington Park
Wed, June 24
6-7:30 PM
Leonardtown
Thurs, June 25
5:30-7:30 PM
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Family Movies
Enjoy
a movie and snacks. Free.
Charlotte Hall
Thurs, June 1
1-4 PM
Madagascar 2
Lexington Park
Wed, June 17
2-4 PM
Tale of Despereaux
Leonardtown
Wed, June 18
2-4 PM
Hotel for Dogs
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Book Discussions
Drop in for any of these discussions. Copies of
books are available
at the library.
Charlotte Hall
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Monday, June 8
Harvard and the Unabomber
by Alston Chase
Leonardtown
Thursday, June 18
7:00 PM
The Family Tree
by Barbara Delinsky
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at Lexington Park Library
Art Gallery
Artwork
Interested in displaying your artwork?
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Support our troops! Drop off items for
care packages.
During
June St. Mary's County Farm Bureau Women's Leadership Committee will be
collecting items to send to our troops overseas. Drop your
donations in the box at your branch before July 1.
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Shop for groceries--Earn money for
library
Designate
St. Mary's County Library
as your non-profit group at Food Lion. Shop & use
your MVP card. We'll receive a percentage of your
purchases.
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July
4th Closings
All
three libraries will be closed Friday, July 3
through Sunday, July 5.
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