July

July

July 6, 2000 - Summer Reading



I don't know if it's allergies, heat, or a genetic predisposition to sloth, but every year about this time I have the same thoughts. It comes down to this: I want more time to lie around and read. This is, in fact, the only thing I really DO want to do, particularly when my alternatives are such things as mowing the lawn, repairing screens, or fixing the fence.

July 12, 2000 - Leadership Douglas County



[This week's library column is from Claudine Perrault., manager of our Lone Tree Library. - Jamie LaRue]

On my report cards from grade school, teachers used letter codes as a simple way to share observations they had about each student, such as, "P" for "Plays well with others" or, "O" for "Outstanding Achievement in this subject." Every semester I received an "L" at the bottom of my report card, which was the code for "Demonstrates Leadership Potential."

July 13, 2000 - Science and Faith



My favorite books, to begin with, were science primers. They interested me for several reasons.

For one thing, they were full of amazing facts. I still remember one of them: light traveled at 186,284 miles per second. You never knew when you might be able to slide a sizzler like that into ordinary conversation.

Only, of course, it turns out that the primers were wrong. Recent experiments have succeeded in getting light -- once thought to travel at the absolute upper speed limit in the universe -- to move even faster.

July 19, 2000 - Highlands Ranch is Open



Last Saturday, July 15, marked the opening of the new Highlands Ranch Library.

I don't know if it's just that this building marks a big jump in the level of our services, or if it's that I always get intensely introspective around my birthday, but I find myself truly awed.

One of the big lessons of life is that some accomplishments take the talents of many people. As I wandered through the new building Saturday, I saw plenty of evidence of that.
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