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163 Main Street Loop, Kenai AK 99611
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AUGUST 2008
The Central Peninsula Writers Group will be meeting at 6:30 pm in the Library Conference Room Thursday, August 7th and Thursday, August 21st.
The Totem Tracers Genealogical Society will offer Ancestor Research help from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the Library Conference Room Saturday, August 9th. The monthly meeting, which will be a work session, begins at 6:00 pm Wednesday, August 13th.
The Kenai Community Book Club will
meet Tuesday August 26th at 6:30 pm in the Library Conference Room
to discuss The Case for Impeachment: the Legal Argument
for Removing President George W. Bush from Office by
Dave Lindorff.
The
library will be closed from Saturday August 30th through Monday September
1st for the Labor Day Holiday and will reopen Tuesday
September 2nd at 10:00 am. No checked-out items will be due during
the closure, but items can be returned anytime in the Drop Box at
the left side of the building. The Library remains closed on Sundays until
September 7th when regular Sunday hours, 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm, will
resume. No library items are due on closed Sundays, but they can
be dropped in the Drop Box.
Children’s Corner 
It’s been a Buggy Summer at the Library where the Summer Reading Program metamorphosed into a large success. Many participants enjoyed stories and creating crafts. During August only the Wee Read Story Time will continue to meet on Wednesdays at 11:00 am. PreSchool, After School, and the Tween Book Club will resume in September; watch for more details and times. The Russian Story Time will begin meeting at 3:00 pm Monday September 8th and continue on Mondays at 3:00 pm.
Thank you to all
the Library Supporters who marched in the Fourth ofJuly Parade.
Many of the Summer Reading Participants
buzzed along with the staff while volunteers from the Friends of
the Library marched and biked to show their support.
Moving Forward . . . . . . . . . The City of Kenai – Kenai Community Library has been awarded $1,500,000 by the Rasmuson Foundation towards expansion and renovation of the Kenai Community Library. This amount includes a 1:2 challenge grant for up to $200,000. The first 5000 square feet of the present Kenai Community Library building was constructed in 1976. In 1987, a 5000 square foot addition doubled the Library’s space. In October 2007, Kenai voters approved a bond issue of $2 million towards construction of an expanded library to be issued only when total funds for the project are secured. The total project, estimated to cost $5.3 million, will double the size of the current building.
Twelve New Periodicals have recently arrived on the library shelves. They are: Babybug and Zoobook for children, JPG Magazine, Organize, Quad Off Road, ELDR, Shojo Beat and Shonen Jump. Also, in Spanish, are People magazine en espanol and Reader’s Digest Selecciones Del and in Russian Karavan and Health. Please stop and take a look at them since there is something new to suit everyone’s interest.
Beginning September 1, 2008 your Kenai
Community Library Card will be required
before any items may be checked-out. A Photo ID will no longer
be accepted, except for Internet Use. For a Limited Time you
can purchase your Replacement Library Card for the Bargain
Price of $1.00.