Take and Make for Teens: Terrariums

Kits are available while supplies last. This kit is for teens in 6th - 12th grade.

Take and Make for Teens: Terrariums Teens make terrariums! Pick up April's Take and Make kit starting April 1 at Sandy or Hoodland Public Library. Pick up a kit during our curbside hours. Kit includes terrarium container, plant, activated charcoal, sheet moss, gravel, and potting mix. This kit is sponsored by Portland Nursery Questions, Rebecca Hanset

In-Person Browsing - Thank you

In-Person Browsing It looks a little different in here, but we are so excited to welcome you back into the building! It has been delightful seeing people outside of their cars. Thank you for helping us to make this first month back a success! Browsing hours

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Computer Lab Curbside Mobile Printing Library Hours

Hemingway Reading List

PBS Books has announced a book club conversation on Ernest Hemingway, in conjunction with the new PBS series, HEMINGWAY, premiering April 5-7 at 5pm.

We are encouraging people across the nation to read a book written by Hemingway in March, watch the HEMINGWAY documentary, and then join PBS Books for a virtual book club conversation with the filmmakers the following day, April 8 at 8pm ET.

Join the conversation at pbs.org/hemingwayevents, learn more at pbsbooks.org/hemingway, or follow on social with #HemingwayPBS. 

Registration here

This list compiles a selection of his canonical works, as well as biographies. Join the conversation at pbs.org/hemingwayevents, learn more at pbsbooks.org/hemingway, or follow on social #HemingwayPBS. 

BOOKS BY HEMINGWAY 

The Old Man and the Sea This minimalistic 1953 Pulitzer Prize winning novella describes the epic struggle between a sun-weary Cuban fisherman and a giant marlin as they hash it out in the deep waters of the Gulf. It is often cited as the chief catalyst for Hemingway winning the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. 

A Farewell to Arms This powerful treatise on love and war is considered to be one of the best American novels to have emerged from the aftermath of World War I. It tells the story of an American ambulance driver posted on the Italian frontlines and his intense passion for a dazzling English nurse. 

The Sun Also Rises This formerly banned book, often regarded as Hemingway’s first literary masterpiece is a quintessential portrait of the Lost Generation, detailing the wanderings of Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley through roaring Parisian nightlife and savage Spanish bullfights. 

For Whom the Bell Tolls This is Hemingway’s timeless tale of ardent love and antifascist guerrilla warfare in the jagged peaks of Spain tells of bravery, loyalty, love, and the death of an ideal at the final stand of El Sordo during the Spanish Civil War. 

A Moveable Feast Published in 1964, this book examines the glamorous happenings of creative minded gatherings in 1920’s Paris. The story comes face to face with Hemingway’s real-life interactions with writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein. 

Green Hills of Africa This is Hemingway’s personal memoir of a picturesque safari across the Serengeti. It offers a rare look into the mindset of literature’s most famed big game hunter and his prescient qualms with the end of the untamed wilds at the hands of men. 

To Have and Have Not This book explores Hemingway’s sun-soaked encounters with working men, boaters, and black-market smugglers. It explores character Harry Morgan’s dramatic fall from grace at the onset of the Great Depression. 

In Our Time << Ernest Hemingway This collection of short stories and vignettes demonstrated Hemingway’s trademark knack for invoking a wide spectrum of emotions through sparse and simple prose. The book, published in 1925, was his literary debut. 

HEMINGWAY BIOGRAPHIES 

Ernest Hemingway: A Biography << Mary V. Dearborn This hefty tome is the most popular Hemingway biography to date and is also the first Hemingway biography written by a woman. 

Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir << A.E. Hotchner This unique account, penned by a Hemingway confidante, reports on a 14- year conversation that took place over trips from New York to Paris to Spain, to fishing in Cuba, hunting in Idaho, and running with the bulls in Pamplona. 

DIY Green Cleaners

Date: Thursday, April 22nd
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Zoom

Celebrate Earth Day by learning how to make your own, less toxic, more economical, cleaning products for your home. This program is presented by Clackamas County Sustainability & Solid Waste.

Attend the program and receive your own DIY Green Cleaner kit. Kits will be available for curbside pickup.

Benefits to cleaning with green cleaners:

• Less expensive
• You know exactly what's in it
• Better air quality
• Safer products
• Better for the environment
• Fewer antibacterials

Registration is required.  Registrants will be contacted and receive a Zoom link.  This program has a maximum attendance of 15.

Photo by Kaffeebart on Unsplash

Teen Flashlight Egg Hunt

Join us on Friday, April 2nd for our Teen Flashlight Egg Hunt in Meinig Park! Meet us under the gazebo! This year we will feature two flashlight eggs hunts in order to manage outdoor event capacity. Bring a bag, flashlight, and a jacket. Find the golden eggs and win $$$.

 Masks are required. If you don’t have one, one will be provided at no cost.   

Start time: 8:30 pm for middle school teens in grades 6th - 8th 

Start time: 9:00 pm for high school teens in grades 9th - 12th 

Questions? Email Rebecca Hanset rhanset@ci.sandy.or.us

Trailblazing American Women Writer Project: Sonia Sanchez

PBS Books continues its Trailblazing American Women Writers Project Series with poet, writer, and activist Sonia Sanchez on Thursday, March 18 on Facebook Live and YouTube Live. 

Sanchez is known as a leader of the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry as well as essays, plays, and children’s books. She is known as the first poet to use urban Black English in written form, using rhythm to change the world of poetry. Along with being a leader in the Black Arts movement, she was and continues to be active in the Civil Rights movement.

Seed library news

 Dear Gardeners,

When we think of tomatoes many of us picture cute little Cherry tomatoes, or good for sauce Roma, or large Beefsteak, and perhaps heirloom. Recently I counted the number of varieties of tomato seeds in our Sandy Seed Library cabinet and found the total to be 55 varieties. Wow! Take a look the next time you come in to browse.

We have received a wonderful donation of locally grown and harvested Cove Tronchuda Kale seeds which originally came from a Portugal Family Farm. The following information was given to us along with a photo from their garden. 

Grown at 1200 ft elevation - harvested 2-07-2021.
Portuguese Kale Seeds  Cove Tronchuda - All the Portuguese people grow this in their yards. It's mainly used for soups - Kale Soup - "Green Soup" potatoes, linguica, kale, onions,garlic -- Really good.  My husband is from the Azores and these are seeds from the islands.  As with cabbage, kale gets sweeter when the weather is cool or cold.  We just picked the tops out of our plants, chopped, blanched and froze 20 quart bags of kale for soup.

Be sure to take a look at the recipe for kale soup she sent too! (Below)

To use the Sandy Seed Library, you may come to the west entrance during the following hours:

Sunday: 10am - 12 noon, and 1pm - 4pm

Monday: 10am - 1pm, and 2pm - 4pm

Tuesday: 10am - 12 noon, and 2pm - 5pm

Wednesday: 10am - 1pm, and 2pm - 4pm

Thursday: 10am - 12 noon, and 2pm - 5pm

Friday: 10am - 1pm, and 2pm - 4pm

Saturday: 10am - 12 noon, and 1pm - 4pm

Only one person at a time. If someone is already using the seed library, we will take your name & phone number to call you when it is your turn.

There are envelopes available for you to put your chosen seeds in. Be sure to put any growing info on your envelope so you will know what to do when you get them home.

Remember, we are on Facebook too at Sandy Seed Library.

Earth Day in Sandy

Please be sure to review and agree to SOLVE's Volunteer Safety Guidelines before attending an event.

SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021  FROM 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Join neighbors and friends to beautify the city of 

Sandy's local parks, public spaces, and local trails. 

This event is for all ages. Hours 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. 

Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy, 

close-toed shoes. All supplies will be provided, 

feel free to bring your own garden or work gloves. 

Bring a snack for yourself and remember your 

reusable water bottle to stay hydrated! Meet at the 

Sandy Community Center, 

38348 Pioneer Blvd. Sandy, OR

Trail Maintenance, Litter Cleanup

REQUIREMENTS

Age Minimum (with Adult): 1+, Minimum Age:5+

Sign-up HERE

Virtual Repair Events

Gather your broken item and tools together to get coaching from around the world without leaving your home. Fixit Clinic hosts virtual repair events (via Zoom) where people can get advice and real-time coaching to fix their items themselves. Anyone can sign up to participate as a coach, as an attendee or an observer. Make sure you have a camera-enabled device and the latest version of Zoom for the best repair experience.

Register here to get repair help and coaching

Register here to be a Fixer Coach or an observer

Life and Career Options Program at CCC

 

LCOP was designed for people experiencing life transitions, including change in employment circumstances; entering recovery; change in relationship statuses such as separation, divorce, or death of a spouse; change in health circumstances; change in parenting roles, including having children or children leaving the home; change in caregiver role; entering the workforce after a break; seeking a new career pathway; or reentering society after incarceration.

This program will help students reflect upon their identities and patterns, the role of change and transition in their lives, and prepare them for further education and the job market.

LCOP combines identity exploration with career exploration, giving students the tools to develop a thoughtful plan for their future.

Click here to watch a brief video.