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Friday, August 25, 2006

Teens, Bemis offers a variety of programs throughout the school year, all are held at 3:30 (unless noted) so that you can come to them after school. The programs for the month of September are:

  • September 12 Anime Club will watch the movie, "Tenchi Muyo! GXP: Out of this World!"
  • September 13 Egyptian Hieroglyphs- a member of the Egyptian Study Society will lead us in a program investigating the ancient Egyptian writing system
  • September 21 Come and enjoy Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) in the large meeting room
  • September 22 Join the Youth Advisory Council as we discuss issues pertaining to teen patrons
  • September 26 Wood Burning (Burn a design onto a piece of wood using burning irons)

We hope to see you at some or all of these programs!

Thursday, August 24, 2006


Hoang-Meet the Teen Advisory Group (TAG)
Hoang is 13 years old and he is a seventh grader at Euclid Middle School. Hoang describes himself as being creative, funny, and a game and anime freak. Apart from liking games and anime, Hoang loves to hang out with his friends, ride his bike, fish, draw, and play basketball. He has one brother and his family is from Vietnam. He is in an advanced algebra class and he is very proud to have a girlfriend. Hoang is the main TAG organizer for a Runescape program that will be held on November 24.

Genesis-Meet the Teen Advisory Group (TAG)

Genesis is 12 and attends Goddard Middle School. She is in the seventh grade and describes herself as energetic, outgoing, and creative. Genesis includes reading murder mysteries and animal adventures, helping animals (as a pet sitter and just for fun), and babysitting as some of her hobbies. She comes from a very small family and she is about to have a baby sister. She got her unique name because her mom was at a beginning point in her life and genesis means "beginning". In addition to her unique first name, Genesis' middle name is Aurora, another great and unique name.

London-Meet the Teen Advisory Group (TAG)

London is 15 years old and describes himself as being competitive, friendly, and confident. He has one brother and four sisters. He is homeschooled and feels that his academic situation is advantageous because he is always studying. His hobbies include reading manga and fantasy, computer time, boxing, and drawing. He just started his boxing interest, and so far he really loves the physical nature and the competitive aspects of boxing. London has high academic goals set for himself, he plans on attending West Point or California Free College and major in medicine or youth ministry. Bemis is fortunate to have London on the TAG.

Tasha or Book Worm-Meet the Teen Advisory Group (TAG)

Tasha is a 17 year old sophmore at Littleton High School. She describes herself as being weird, energetic, and basically a happy person. She loves to read fantasy and manga, she loves big cats and horses, she loves to draw, and she also loves to write fantasy and action stories. Tasha would like to become a writer or a caregiver or zoologist. She comes from a huge family-she has 4 sisters and 3 brothers, and they range in age from 25 years old to 9 years old. Tasha's biological father is dead but she has a great relationship with her stepfather. In the Teen Central section of the library you will find a poster that Tasha is creating to guide teen behavior.

Friday, August 11, 2006



Are you getting the end-of-summer back-to-school blues? Well, we here at Bemis hope you get the new school year off with a great start. We are having two teen programs to end summer and begin the school year. On Wednesday, August 16th at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:30 pm we are offering a bead program (make your own necklace or bracelet), and on Thursday, August 17th come and enjoy Digital Dance Revolution (DDR) at 3:30 pm.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006


End the summer with fun music! Bemis will host a Reggae concert this Thursday, August 3 between 7:00 pm and 8:30 pm right outside of the library. Yea, mon.