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Library programs provide plenty of summer funBy LaureL robertson

Despite a 90 percent cut to its sum-mer reading program budget from the Texas Library Commis-

sion, the Dripping Springs Community Library’s popular summer reading pro-grams will go on, assures children’s li-brarian Marie Kimbrough.

“This is the first summer we’ve dealt with such minimal state support,” she ex-plains. “But this year we’ve joined CSLP (Collaborative Summer Library Pro-gram), which makes high-quality sum-mer reading program materials available to member libraries at low costs.”

Through the consortium, Dripping Springs Community Library can pur-chase at a group discount the posters, reading logs, bookmarks, certificates and variety of reading incentives that make summer reading programs fun for kids.

Even teens and adults can get in on re-wards-for-reading this summer, says as-sistant librarian SuzAnne Beard, who is in charge of programs for the older groups.

During June and July, kids ages 12 and younger can earn points for reading or listening to books that can be traded for prizes at the Reward Store in the Chil-dren’s Section of the Library.

Completion of a Reading Log (50 points) will earn the reader/listener a special Reading Certificate.

Teens and adults can earn tickets for weekly drawings of mystery gifts by read-ing books (one ticket for each book read) and get a bonus ticket if they write a Take Five Words review of the book (without using the “forbidden five” words: “awe-some,” “excellent” and “horrible.”) Sep-arate drawings for both groups will be “Mug Shots” for the Camera! Dripping Springs Library’s Sherlock Holmes Detective

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held throughout the summer with grand prizes awarded on August 5.

The Library will host special pro-grams during June and July for a variety of age groups. Many programs require preregistration, which will be online be-ginning May 13 for June events and June 10 for July events.

Following this summer’s theme Dig Into Reading, several programs will in-volve geology, archeology and under-ground creatures. Rocks Rock is a geo-logic adventure for the whole family to discover secrets hidden in the earth. David Womer will share his fossil and dinosaur knowledge during Dig Those Dinos and Fossils. KidzAnts with Dana Carmean from AgriLife will teach kids in grades K-8 all about fire ants.

Adults and teens can start their own vermiculture with Master Gardener and compost specialist Joseph Scott at his “Creating Compost and Worm Farms” workshop in July.

There will be craft classes for kids and for the entire family. In Beginning Basket Weaving, kids ages nine and up will go home with a small basket they make themselves.

Family members – young, old and in-between, will work together to make something wonderful from a miscellany of odds and ends in What Will We Make?

Families with kids ages six to twelve can make a treasure box for their own hidden treasure while enjoying an after-noon of seafaring stories during Pirate Family Crafts.

Dana Carmean of AgriLife will re-turn to help third to fifth graders experi-

ment and learn about our most valuable resource during Water Fair! Wild Things Zoofari will be back this summer with an-imals that kids can meet up close to learn about their habits and habitat.

Entertainers and authors will be part of the summer special programs. Sandi Sylver, story-teller and ventrilo-quist, visits from Chicago for one per-formance only.

Texas author Polly Holyoke will share her new book, The Neptune Proj-ect (first of a trilogy), with middle grade readers during a brown bag lunch ses-sion.

Kids can learn a little German in a four-session series for two age groups. Three- to six-year-olds will learn basic words and phrases along with bits of cul-ture and cuisine. Ages seven to ten will study German words, phrases and ex-plore the German culture.

Free family matinee movies, with free popcorn, are scheduled on the second and fourth Saturdays of June and July.

The Battle of the Books will be on this summer for two age groups. The Battle of the Bluebonnet Books is a competition for grades three to six, based on eight books chosen from the Texas Bluebonnet read-ing list. Battle of the Lone Star Books is for grades six to eight, based on eight books chosen from the Lone Star reading list. Contestants can enroll and be placed on teams June 1 -15; Game Day is July 30. Winning teams will receive awards.

Catch’em Reading in Dripping is a new photography contest just for teens. Contestants take photos of readers they see around town (without revealing their identity – no faces!)

Each photograph earns a ticket and teens can enter as many photographs as they like. Members of Photographers of Dripping Springs will judge the photo-graphs, with prizes awarded to three fi-nalists.

The Reading Buddy Program returns this summer - pairing first, second and third graders with a teen reading buddy to help them experience the joy of read-ing. Teen volunteers are being sought – schedules are flexible and volunteers earn community service hours.

Regular Library children’s programs will continue during the summer, includ-ing Tuesday Lapsit Story Time for ages three and under, and Friday Story Time for ages four to seven. Legos at the Li-brary will continue, with new themes for each month: June’s theme will be Wolf’s Den, July will feature Pirates and August will focus on Hot Cars and Hot Dogs.

The summer’s finale will be an End of Summer Spectacular with a mystery guest that can be found out only by going to the Library’s web site.

FYI • The Dripping Springs Community Library is lo-cated at 501 Sportsplex Drive. Hours are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9 am to 7 pm; Thursday 9 am to 8 pm; Friday 9 am to 6 pm; Saturday 10 am to 5 pm; and closed on Sunday. For more information, visit the web site at dscl.org or call 512-858-7825.

Children’s librarian Marie Kimbrough FAR LEFT and friends, ready for “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Tea.” Photo courtesy DSCL.

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FYI • Tickets for the Austin Waldorf Music Fest are $25 for adults and $12 for kids ages 12 years and under, available online at www.nuttybrown.com or $35 at the door. The Nutty Brown Cafe is located at 12225 U.S. 290 in Austin. For more information, call 512-301-4648.

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FYI • Wesley Gallery is located at 27008 Ranch Road 12. For more information, including a map to the gallery, visit the web site at wesleygallery.com, or call 888-806-0678.

Dripping Springs Youth Activity Fund (DSYAF) hosts the 4th Annual Golf Tour-nament Fundraiser Thursday, May 16 at Falconhead Golf Club. DSYAF was formed to provide financial assistance to children that reside in the Dripping

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Anyone who’s walked through the doors of the Senior Citizens Thrift Store in Dripping Springs

in the last six months has noticed the change.

Clothing is sorted by type, size and color; books are categorized by subject in a comfortable new reading area; toys are collected in a children’s play area; aisles are wider; lighting is brighter and everything is easier to find.

What might appear to be an over-night “clean sweep” has actually been a work-in-progress over many months by the dedicated volunteers who staff the store – under the visionary direction of energetic new manager, Chris Kelley.

As the only paid employee at the non-profit store (“I figure I’m socking away about a dollar an hour,” Chris says with a grin), he has led the charge in re-making Dripping Springs’ original thrift store in a new image.

“My main goal is to provide good merchandise at the best prices – and to keep as much as possible out of the landfill!” Chris says with a contagious enthusiasm. “We want the merchandise to move through here rapidly — so we keep our prices amazingly low. “

On this Saturday, Chris and com-pany are holding one of their frequent Sidewalk Sales — any item of clothing for one dollar!

Digging through the abundance of boxes outside, one finds designer jeans, cashmere sweaters, unworn kids clothes and a surfeit of t-shirts in great shape.

When there is an abundance of cloth-ing donations, Chris explains, they hold Sidewalk Sales to move the merchandise quickly.

Inside the store, clothing is priced by category (shirts $1, jeans $2, jackets $3, etc.) with top brands sometimes fea-tured in special areas at slightly higher prices. “We’re still far under prices at other thrifts,” Chris maintains.

But more important to him, he says, is that “we landfill very little. Our foot-print is small – everything goes to its best use.”

From the huge volume of clothing donations received, they stock the best and sell the stained, torn or pilled cloth-ing to wholesalers who send it to other countries or turn it into industrial rags.

“We even save broken dishes and glass for the artist at Sol’stice Gallery here in Dripping Springs,” says Chris.

The only donations they don’t take, he says, are things they’re legally re-stricted from accepting, such as mat-tresses and household chemicals.

Last year, the store added a new

building to house furniture donations. Large metal items, such as file cabinets, bicycles and stoves, stay outside in a pro-tected area.

Volunteers check every item for qual-ity and functionality. Volunteer Tom Her-rington runs the electronics “fix-it” shop in the back of the store, checking over and repairing all kinds of electronic de-vices – from toasters to computers.“Tom also fixes people’s own electronic devic-es at a reasonable cost,” adds Chris.

The Thrift Store supports the com-munity by supplying household items and medical equipment to people in need.

“A woman in the midst of a divorce came in recently and we sold her a sleep-er sofa, dryer, TV and a microwave for about $80,” volunteers Chris. “

The dryer had the wrong attach-ment, so a volunteer went to Home De-pot, got the right one, and we delivered it all to her apartment for her.”

The Thrift Store regularly supplies home medical equipment to seniors and others at no cost.

What the store needs most right now, Chris says, are more volunteers. His wish list includes someone to help cre-ate a new Seasonal Display Center and a volunteer to maintain a Facebook page for the store.

The Thrift Store is owned and oper-ated by the Senior Citizens Center, and all profits help support the Center’s pro-grams, including nutrition programs, CARTS transportation buses, and recre-ation, health and fellowship programs for Dripping Springs seniors.

FYI • The Senior Citizens Thrift Store is located at 1310 Hwy 290 West in Dripping Springs, next door to the Senior Citizens Center. Hours are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9 am to 3 pm; Thursday 9 am to 8 pm; Friday and Saturday 9 am to 4 pm. Donations are accepted anytime the store is open. For information about the store, or to volunteer, call 512-858-4055.

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RED Arena is a nonprofit corpora-tion dedicated to en-hancing the quality of life for children and adults with disabili-ties through a unique combination of equine and related therapies.

The annual Round-Up fundraising event also pro-vides a chance for riders with disabilities to ride alongside able bodied riders and compete in rodeo style events for prizes. This year will mark the third annual Round-Up event.

“The Round-Up is an inclusive rodeo play day that promotes community and allows riders of all abilities to enjoy activi-ties on horseback. Since all riders are on horses a level playing field is created,” ex-plains Jennifer Young, Executive Director and Founder of RED Arena.

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Additionally, the event organizers hope to create a true sense of community through this annual event.

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