Here are your Candidates!

Read up on who is running for office! Election day is JUNE 10!!!

President:

Cayden Gehrke:— I am going to be a Sophomore next year. I think I would be a good president because I am a good worker and I am accountable and I will listen to any ideas that you have. So vote for me for club President.

Victoria Given—Hi, my name is Victoria Given. I would like to be your President for Readers’ Club. I think I would be a good President &/or Sergeant at Arms because I am organized and I LOVE Readers’ Club.

Emily Huck—I am smart, energetic, and I also love to read. I am going to be in 10th grade next year. I would like to run for office because I think I would do well, and I go to all the meetings.

Anthony Matney: No Comments (also running for Vice President, Treasurer, and Sergeant at Arms)

Troy McConnaughey--I’m smart, innovative, and persuasive. As a added bonus, I’ve traveled around most of the world and have gone to an other continent as a student ambassador. I want to be president because I know that I’m the leader this club needs.

Jessica Reed--I love to read, I read instead of doing homework most of the time. When I found out there was a reader's club at our school and signed up as fast as i could. Now I think i'm ready to go even farther and be the reader's club president. I will be the best president I can be and I hope that I get it.

Vice President:

Trisha Davis--No Comments (also running for Treasurer)

Kimmy DeShiell--My name is Kimmy DeShiell, and I will be a sophomore next year. I would like to be a Readers' Club officer because I want to make sure that all Readers' Club members are enjoying what we doing, and to help our library grow in a wide selection of books.

Camron Holmes--(also running for Secretary) I am Cameron Holmes and I'm a freshman right now. I may not have been in Readers' Club for long, but I was the president of two other clubs in the past. I want to improve the Readers' Club and I know I am the best choice for secretary.

Rickie Ludlow--Hey, I am Rickie! I am running for Vice President and my best friend Jessica Reed is running as President. I never met reading standards in elementary school but after fifth grade I excelled and found my new friend, books. I am a believer normal is different, I am excepting of every one and take to mind the idea of others thoughts and opinions. I believe this makes me a fit leader.

Kristan Poissonnier--I will be a Junior. I love to read. I am definatly a House of Night fan! I think I will be a good candidate for this because I'm very dedicated to this club. I try to make it to every meeting. I want to be a HUGE part of this club. Thank you for nominating me for Vice President.

Anthony Matney: No Comments (also running for President, Treasurer, and Sergeant at Arms)

Treasurer:

Trisha Davis--No Comments (also running for Vice President)

Emily Huck--See comments above--(also running for President and Sergeant at Arms)

Andrea Miller--(also running for Secretary) After all I have been a loyal member for three years now. Also I tend to be hard working. I think I will be able to take an office in either one because I can keep track of the events.

Secretary:

Stacy Bradley--No Comments

Kayla Head--No Comments

Cameron Holmes--See comments above (also running for Vice President)

Anna Kellogg--Hi my name is Anna and I have been niminated for secretary. I enjoy reading and want to focus on creating a club where people who share my interests can get together and enjoy each others company in the presence of books :) Additionally I am very interested in expanding the amount of literature in our library's database and been working to suggest new titles to the library staff on a regular basis :) Vote Anna :)

Andrea Miller--See comments above (also running for Treasurer)

Michael Muske--No Comments

Sergeant at Arms:

Victoria Given--No Comments

Emmy Huck--See Comments above (also running for President and Treasurer)

Anthony Matney: No Comments (also running for President, Vice President & Treasurer)

Emily Wilkinson--No Comments

Siouxsie Feucht--I am Siouxsie Feucht and I wish to be Sergeant at Arms because I am peppy and cheerful and wish that everyone is happy. I am a people-person and am hyper and psycho enough to be a very good mascot and/or support for any and all members of the Readers' Club. I like being creative with various mediums to help promote the Club. Go Readers' Club! (Possible Brownies if you vote for me!!! Just Kidding!)

Election Update

Readers'

Nominations are almost all in...and you will get a chance to review your ballot right here on your blog. Remember...the date for nominations to close is May 27.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW for the June 10th ELECTION DAY with ICE CREAM!!! I know it will be a meeting to remember!

Thursday April 15 IMPORTANT MEETING

Hello Readers!

This Thursday, April 15, is a very important Readers' Club Meeting. We will be passing out your Powell's Field Trip permission forms! You DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!

Come to the library right after school on THURSDAY!!! Yes, that's THIS WEEK! April 15.

PEEPS!!!!!

Dear Readers,

Mrs. Dillon has some very special activities planned for our March meeting today!!! It might have something to do with the link below. Check it out and VOTE!

Vote for your favorite PEEPS diorama at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/04/10/GA2009041001969.html#

March Meeting Date Change!!!!

Readers!!! Alert!!

Our March meeting has been changed to the 18th! Mark your calendars. We will be playing with bubble wrap (details to come later) and talking about our upcoming field trip!

Comic book illustration workshop Aug 27 and Aug 28

Readers--This is a really early heads-up from your City Librarian, Sean McGill:

Randy Emberlin, a comic book artist, will be leading a workshop at the Washougal Library August 27 and 28 (We don't have times yet). The workshop will be a total of 4 hours long.

Participants will create the cover of a comic book and will be encouraged to allow them to put on display at the Maryhill Museum of Art. Teens with art on display will be invited to the opening ceremony of a comic art exhibit and they and their parents will be given free tickets. While at the museum participants will be given the opportunity to talk informally about their covers. I imagine this will be a program teens need to sign up for, and am not sure how many will take yet, but wanted to give you a heads-up.

FLASH!!!!

Readers!

You need to know that this Thursday, February 11, at our regular meeting we will be getting our picture taken for the Annual!

Come ready to Read Dr. Seuss and put on your best Readers Club Smile!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss: March 2

Happy Birthday

Dr. Seuss: March 2

We're making a movie!!!!! February 11th @ our regular meeting....come ready to read your favorite Dr. Suess story. We will film you and then share our movie with ALL the elementary schools in Washougal.

Think ahead...practice alone or with friends...make a costume...bring a funny hat...we're going to be FAMOUS!

Shmoop Salutes J.D. Salinger (1919-2010)

"I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff . I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be." - The Catcher in the Rye Quotes

Generations of students and teachers have been forever changed by author J.D. Salinger and his acclaimed novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger, the reclusive author of Catcher and numerous other books and stories, has died, but his stories live on in the canon of great literature. We at Shmoop have always had reverence for Salinger - a man who broke the boundaries of literature and brought us one of the most sympathetic and complex young characters of all time, Holden Caulfield. Although Holden is Salinger's best-known character, most of Salinger's writing featured incredibly intelligent, sensitive, spiritual children or adults who had trouble functioning in the real world. Many would say that J.D. Salinger himself fit this description as well. Here at Shmoop, we continually find inspiration and revelation in Salinger's work, and we salute him. Explore Salinger's Work on Shmoop J.D. Salinger Biography The Catcher in the Rye Teaching The Catcher in the Rye De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period For EsmC)- With Love and Squalor A Perfect Day for Bananafish Franny and Zooey Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: an Introduction Teddy