Newsletter Dimensions Aug 2011

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A Publication of Tiffin-Seneca Public Library      www.tiiTinscn.lib.oh. us
August, 2011
The End of Summer
Why are the students so dreading the school year?
What happened over the past three months that made
them enjoy this summer so much?
The summer reading programs at Tiffin-Seneca Public
Library, of course! Every year, T-SPL hosts four summer
programs: one for children, one for teens, one for adults
and one for audiobook listeners.
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This year's children's program "One World, Many Stories," had 754 children participate, including three year
olds to children entering grade five. (That's 111 more than
last year!) All participants were encouraged to read or be
read to for twenty minutes every day, and mark off their
progress on their reading record. During those fun eight
weeks, kids could stop by for a special program, get new
books and pick up a prize or two after completing half of
the record. They received another prize after completing
the whole
record. So
far this
year, almost 400
kids completed the
program!
Good reading!
Some of
the special
events
held by the Junior Library included a special kickoff event
by ventriloquist Mark Wade and other events like "One
Whirl, Many Stories" with cartoonist Jeff Nicholas, "West
African Drums" with West African drummer Sogbety
Diomande and "World Games Night" hosted by the Junior Library to celebrate those who finished the first half of
the reading record.
And what exactly have Seneca County's teens been
doing all summer? They've been taking part of "You Are
Here," the teen reading program. One-hundred-and-
eighty-eight teens (in grades six through twelve) took
part in the program this summer, up from 172 last year.
This year, teens read 299,812 pages, an increase of 30,000
over last year. During the program, teens reported the
number of pages they read to receive a reading prize,
donated by one of our sponsors. The teens also took
part in
special
events
at the libra r y
like
"Make
Homemade
I c e
Cream,"
"Build a
Guatemalan Worry Doll" and "Create a Candy Wrapper Bracelet," to name just a few.
Adults have put in their reading (and listening) time in
this summer as well. Almost 100 adults took part in the
"Novel Destinations" summer reading program, reading
646 books.
The adult summer listening program, "Passport to Listening" had 53 listeners who listened to almost 300 books.
On top of the joy of reading or listening to a good book,
all participants in the adult and listening programs entered to win a prize for every book they completed. Congratulations to each winner!
And, to all of our summer reading sponsors: we couldn't
have done it without all of you! Thank you to everyone:
A.J's Heavenly Pizza, Ballreich's Potato Chips, Big Boy
Family Restaurant, Big Dipper, Burger King, Cinemark
USA, City of Tiffin Park and Recreation, Denny's, Heritage Lanes, Jolly's Drive-In, Level Up, Little Hugo's,
Marco's Pizza, McDonalds, OSS Joint Solid Waste Management District, Shake Shak, Subway, Taco Bell, The
Wax Shack and Wendy's.
A big thank you to our major sponsors: The Friends of
the Library, the B.A. Seitz Foundation and the National
Machinery Foundation.
Indeed, with the reading, listening, prizes and fun at the
library, it truly has been a wonderful summer. No wonder
the children don't want to go back to school!