Check it out
by CONNIE BROOKS

The Kyle Community Library is bustling this summer – and not just because of its popular Summer Reading Program. The library is now open fifty hours a week instead of forty-eight, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Mondays instead of 11-5. If the number of people at the library is a way to gauge satisfaction, then patrons certainly seem to appreciate the two extra hours. Internet speeds are also about three times faster, making people’s computer experience at the library more pleasurable.

Planning for the new library building continues at a brisk pace. The design/ build team of BLGY Architecture and Raymond Construction have been working with the Library Building Committee and John Gillum, the library consultant, to refine the interior layout of the building.

In the meantime, many people are enjoying the special programs offered through the Summer Reading Program. Children and adults are welcome to develop their origami skills at a workshop taught by library staffer Teresa Montalvo at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 8. And we’ll hope for sunny weather at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 18 for Splash Day, when fire engines from the Kyle Fire Department will park in front of the library and cool off young library patrons with their fire hoses.

You won’t want to miss the Summer Reading Program Wrap-Up party, either. The party will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 22 with the raffle of the main prizes. Many people have been donating books and small toys; it is our hope that there will be enough for every child present to receive a consolation prize. (If your child has outgrown some toys or books that are still in excellent condition, we can always use more consolation prizes.) Wrap-Up Day promises to be great fun for all with pizza, snow cones, a moonwalk, small train rides and face painting.

It’s still not too late to sign up for Kyle Library’s Summer Reading Program. Every book read can be redeemed for a raffle ticket, and it only takes one ticket to win!