PUEBLO CITY-COUNTY August 2018 news & events PRINTED THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY Locations Key: BS Beulah Satellite LB Lamb PW Pueblo West AV Avondale Satellite GI Giodone LY Library @ the Y RA Rawlings BK Barkman LU Lucero GV Greenhorn Valley Summer Reading concludes Aug. 11! There are a just few more weeks left of Summer Reading. Are you registered? Adults receive a $5 Books Again coupon just for signing up! All programs listed are free and open to the public unless otherwise specified. To register for programs call (719) 562-5600 or visit www.pueblolibrary.org. Kids Parade: Celebrate a rockin' summer! Saturday, Aug. 11, 10 a.m., Parade route is along Abriendo Ave. Celebrate the end of Summer Reading! Kids Summer Reading Movies The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (NR) Aug. 3, 11 a.m. & 3 p.m., RA, InfoZone-4th floor The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (TV)* Aug. 10, 3 p.m., RA, InfoZone-4th floor Rosemount Museum The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice Colorado's Past on Parade: (TV-PG)* Aug. 17, 11 a.m., RA, Bret Kids Parade Kelly A-1st floor Women in History Art of Animation film series Sunday, Aug. 5, 2 p.m., RA, InfoZone Theater-4th floor Thursdays,6:30 p.m., RA, InfoZone-4th floor Rosemount Museum is celebrating Remembering Aug. 9: Loving Vincent (PG-13) The film brings to life the paintings of the 125th Anniversary of the man- Rosemount Museum: Vincent Van Gogh to tell his remarkable story. sion by bringing history alive. A Celebrating 125 Years showcase of women from the late Aug. 1-31, RA-2nd floor Aug. 23: Waking Sleeping Beauty (PG) Documentary takes a look at Walt 1800's will feature The Legendary Built in 1893, Rosemount stands as Disney Animation Studios and its struggles during the 1980s. Ladies from Golden, Colo, they a monument to the Thatcher fam- Hoping for Colors of the will portray women who played ily legacy and their influence on Heroes Exhibit Southwest Exhibit a major role in Colorado history the early development of Pueblo. Aug. 1-15, RA, Hispanic Resource Aug. 1-15, RA, Hispanic around the turn-of-the-century. This photo exhibit showcases the Gallery-2nd floor Resource Gallery-2nd floor Free and open to the public. majesty of the home. Local artist Maria Lopez exhibits her Pieces from the Sangre de Cristo Teacher and Classroom Supply Swap acrylic paintings of small cartoons Arts and Conference Center's Saturday, Aug. 11, 2-4 p.m., RA, Ryals Room -4th floor mixed with abstract backgrounds. collection Colors of the Southwest. Get ready for the school year with new-to-you supplies. Bring unwanted teacher and classroom supplies to exchange with other K-12 educators Program note and homeschool families. Drop off items between 2-2:30 p.m. to be Due to a family emergency, Willson and McKee’s weighed. Earn a ticket for every half pound traded in. Shopping begins at Genealogy of Celtic Songs and Tunes scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Event co-sponsored by Who Gives a Scrap and The Felted Dog. ! Thursday, Aug. 2 is CANCELED. Hours: Phone: 562-5600 Lucero Library Board of Trustees: Friends of the Library Monday – Thursday 1315 E. 7th St. Doreen Martinez, President Officers: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Locations: Barkman Library Pueblo West Library Fredrick Quintana, VP Dustin Hodge, President 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Greenhorn, Giodone and Lucero only) 1300 Jerry Murphy Rd. 298 S. Joe Martinez Blvd. Marlene Bregar Evelyn Clayton, VP Lyndell Gairaud Monica Ayala, Secretary Monday - Friday Greenhorn Valley Library Rawlings Library 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 4 to 8 p.m. (Library @ the Y only) 4801 Cibola Dr. Stephanie Garcia Leslie Carroll, Treasurer 100 E. Abriendo Ave. Friday & Saturday Colorado City, Colo. Phil Mancha 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Giodone Library Jim Stuart Satellite library locations: www.pueblolibrary.org 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Greenhorn, Giodone and Lucero only) 24655 U.S. Hwy 50 E. Foundation Board: Avondale Elementary Saturday Lamb Library Lyndell Gairaud, President 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Library @ the Y only) 2525 S. Pueblo Blvd. 213 Hwy. 50 E. Jim Stuart, VP Sunday (Rawlings only) Library @ the Y Beulah School Carol King, Secretary 1 – 5 p.m. 3200 Spaulding 8734 Schoolhouse Ln. P. Michael Voute, Treasurer Events Calendar August 2018 STORYTIMES ON PAGE 8 Libraries for Learning: EXHIBITS All locations Aug. 1-20 • Rock Art in Our Backyard High school diplomas for adults by Jon Walker RA, 2nd floor Aug. 1- 31 The library is a learning • Remembering Rosemount Museum- Celebrating 125 years institution. First and foremost, the Pueblo City-County Library District RA, Hispanic Resource Gallery-2nd floor (PCCLD) exists to ensure members Aug. 1-8 of our community have access to • Colors of the Southwest information and other resources to Aug. 1-15 support individual and collective • Hoping for Heroes Jon Walker learning efforts throughout life. A RA, InfoZone-4th floor new PCCLD program aligns well with this mission. Aug. 1-20 • Native Voices PCCLD recently collaborated with the State of Colorado to pilot a program here to provide adults PW Aug. 22-Oct. 18 without a high school diploma the opportunity to earn • Discover Exoplanets Exhibit, one. PW Colorado law supports free public education for RECURRING PROGRAMS minors. This culminates with a high school diploma. Mondays COHS graduates • 10 a.m., Tech Talk, PW Of course, a free public education through high school The first graduating class of the Colorado Online High School • 10 a.m.-Noon, Open Learning is a hallmark of learning throughout the United States. include (from left) Steph Tellez, Alma Tellez, Sovida Martinez, Lab, RA, Training Room 3rd floor There are some who do not take full advantage of this Isaiah Braid and Trestan Chevas (not pictured). They received • 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Swedish and do not complete high school. Later, as adults, it is degrees during a graduation ceremony on July 19 at Rawlings. Weavers & Needlework Group, More photos page 11. PW not uncommon for many to desire to complete high • 1-2:30 p.m., Pueblo Storytellers, school. Adults in Colorado did not enjoy a path to a online, so there is no need to purchase additional RA, Bret Kelly A-1st floor • 3:30-5 pm., Teen Hangout, PW high school diploma without paying individually for it. materials. It is self-paced and learning is self-initiated • 3:30 p.m., Kids Club, RA, Youth Until now. in an online environment, so there are no additional Services-1st floor • 4:30 p.m., Youth Supper, RA, PCCLD received a $30,000 grant from the Colorado instructor fees. Bret Kelly A-1st floor State Library about one year ago to pilot an online high PCCLD’s adult high school diploma project is an • 6 p.m., Youth Supper, RA, Bret Kelly A-1st floor school program for adults in our community. As a accredited high school educational program by the result, five diploma recipients graduated in July with 40 AdvancED Accreditation Commission, the national Tuesdays • 10:30 a.m.-noon, Pinochle at additional Puebloans currently enrolled in the program. commission that confers the Southern Association of the Library, GV Another five students are on-track to graduate in Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and • 1-4 p.m., Cast-off Knitting and Craft Group, PW September. This PCCLD high school diploma project School Improvement (SACS CASI), North Central • 2-4 p.m., Basic Computer has been considered a success and the Colorado Association Commission on Accreditation and School Classes, RA, Training Room-3rd floor State Library recently awarded another $25,000 in Improvement (NCA CASI), and the Northwest • 4:30 p.m., Youth Supper, RA, scholarship support to continue it. Accreditation Commission (NWAC) accreditation Bret Kelly A-1st floor • 4:30 p.m., Tinker Lab, GV Enrolled adults apply their learning efforts to help seals. As such, students can transfer-in previously • 5:30-6:30 p.m., Teen Advisory earn an accredited high school diploma, as well as earned high school credits, so they do not have to Board, RA, Teen Zone-2nd floor • 5:30-7 p.m., Pinochle at the a workforce readiness certificate. The cutting-edge repeat courses they have completed in the past. This Library, GV program is designed with the adult learner in mind. It helps many graduate even sooner. • 6-8 p.m., Mahjongg Club, PW • 6:30 p.m., Teen Hangout, RA, is 100 percent online. This means adult students access This alternative path for adults to earn a high school Teen Zone-2nd floor their course materials from any public-use computer at diploma is simply one other way PCCLD is stepping-up • 6 p.m., Youth Supper, RA, Bret Kelly A-1st floor any library or elsewhere. The program is all-inclusive to serve the members of our community. Wednesdays • 9:15-10:15 a.m., Chair Yoga, PW • 2-4 p.m., Super Seniors, RA, 2019 Leadership Institute seeking scholarship donations Training Room-3rd floor Do you care about girls in our community? • 4:30 p.m., Youth Supper, RA, Bret Kelly A-1st floor Do you think young women need leadership- • 6-8:30 p.m., Beledi Belly Dance training opportunities? Becoming a donor for Lessons, PW • 6 p.m., Youth Supper, RA, Bret the 2019 Leadership Institute class is one way Kelly A-1st floor you can have a positive impact on high school Thursdays girls and help support the next generation of • 9:15-10:15 a.m., Chair Yoga, PW leaders in Pueblo.