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November 20, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Watch Sunday TWO OF THE WINNERS in the Halloween costume contest at the Mason Youth Services party were, left to right, Cindy Baxter, third place best costume, and Becky Tullar, second place best costume. A Timberland Regional l£orary is a place where one can find out where to write to Donny Osmond or how to milk a goat. It's also a place with access to more than a million books as part of the Timberland Regional Library system. Since voters approved the system in 1968, it has grown to include 25 libraries and five bookmobiles with services that range from up-to-date political information to story.telling sessions for children. Timberland's system includes five counties and covers 7,000 square miles. Since a lot of that area is rural, five bookmobiles serve as libraries-on-wheels to give service to people in areas that are not near a library. The vehicles are stocked with a selection of fiction and non-fiction books, records for children and adults, posters and magazines. Request slips are also on board and patrons of the mobile libraries can have books and other materials mailed to them at no charge. In addition, rural area Timberland patrons can call 1-800-562-6022 toll-free and ask questions, order books, ask for shut-in service or receive other library materials through the mail. Shut-ins can contact any Timberland library, or call the toll-free number and receive a steady supply of reading material. Like all Timberland users they can request material on a particular subject, and Timberland will research the request and send the patron books and magazines. Outreach, another Timberland program, is aimed at serving nursing homes, hospitals, detention centers, special education classes and a number of other places that might not have other library service. "Outreach means just what it says," Louise Morrison, Timberland director, said. "If people are unable to use conventional library services, it doesn't mean that those services are less necessary. It just means that we have found different ways of serving special needs." Stock market buffs are among the most frequent users of another Timberland servlce.The system includes Standard and Poor, a set of continually updated AMONG THE WINNERS in the Mason Youth Services Halloween costume contest were, left to right, Erin Byrd, third place funniest costume; Germ Pink, MYC counselor; Richard Rau, first place best costume and a girl dressed in a pioneer costume. Hard to Get l " i I ! Available 426-4424 @If the entire can be purchased easily and quickly with Just pick up the phone and dial and place your order. SHOP Page ?O- Sheltorl-Mason Cour ty Journal - Thursday, November 20, 1975 @ books about the business world. The service enables patrons to find out who heads the nation's companies, the names of their subsidiaries, and other business information. In Who's Who, the mailing addresses of celebrated people in the political, business, literary, and show business fields are available. With Who's Who, a patron can write an irate letter to a congressman or a love letter to a movie star. Children's librarians throughout Timberland operate on the premise that little "people should receive the same attention and service as adults. Children can check out or request books, records, magazines.., and even toys in some of the libraries. Special programs for children at Timberland libraries have included such things as magic shows, folk singing, a horseshoeing demonstration, movies, and on-going story-telling sessions. Every summer, Timberland sponsors a summer reading club and children can earn awards for completing ten books. "Timberland provides a variety of necessary services for people of all ages," Mrs. Morrison said. "! don't think that children should be treated like second-class citizens. After all, they'll grow up to be taxpayers some day, and it's important that they know what libraries are all about." Programs for adults have ranged from demonstrations on how to make corn husk dolls to a motorcycle show. In addition, Timberland has provided speakers for schools and clubs throughout its 7,000 mile area. Individual libraries have special services which anyone in the Timberland area can use. Among them are a pattern exchange program in Tenino, a large selection of mail order catalogs in Montesano, engravers to protect personal belongings in Centralia, and community resource directories in several facilities. For people with poor eyesight, Timberland libraries are stocked with large print books, including many of the most popular works of fiction. As with all Timberland material, no library card is required to check these out. One of the least thought about services Timberland libraries provide is a place to relax.., a place to sit quietly and read or study. Some of the libraries even have patrons who come in regularly for a short ShOO ze. "Lots of people think that libraries are dull dusty places full of dull uninteresting people - like little old ladies in tennie-runners with their hair done up in a prissy little knot," Mrs. Morrison said. "Most library staff members are pretty average people - but far from dull. Besides, we aren't running a service exclusively for eggheads. We design our services with help from non-library type people who know what they want, and aren't reluctant to say SO." Something fishy Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. Henry Thoreau 1"he most respected See it now at: name in chain $8W$ DICK'S SAW O~er ends Oec 34 1975 Of while sup~)ly Io$|~ 2215 Olympic Highway Mt. View Shelton Phone ~il,¸ ~ilL Dorothy Ridout's sixth grade class, Bordeaux School Throu h the school savings program th students are learning systematic savings. This early training will blish life-long habits of responsible money management. We congratulate this school year. Mrs. Ridout's class, the first 100% class of THURSTON COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OLYMPIA • SHELTON • LACEY • TUMWATER