SUMMER CONCERT WITH 2XL JULY 20TH

Due to inclement weather, the June Concert in the Park featuring 2XL had to be canceled. Good news, it's been rescheduled to Thursday, July 20th!
Bring your blankets and camp chairs, and some cash for food and drinks, and plan to join us at the beautiful Hess-Hathaway Park in Waterford from 6-9pm.

Library Service Hours
Monday–Thursday 10:00a–9:00p; Friday – Closed; Saturday, 10:00a – 5:00p;
Sunday, 1:00p – 5:00p

Friends of the Library
Used Book Donation Drop-off
Saturday, July 8, 2023, 10:00a-1:00p. Community Room.
The Friends of the Library accepts gently used books in SALEABLE condition on the second Saturday of each month from 10:00a - 1:00p. Donations will be considered for use in the Library's collection as well as merchandise included at the Friends Used Book Sales.

ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED: 

• Textbooks
• Encyclopedias
• Magazines
• VHS tapes
• Books on Cassette
• Reader's Digest Condensed Books

For a receipt, please bring a count of hard cover and soft cover books as well as media items with you.

Used Book Sale
Saturday August 5, 2023, 10:00a – 4:30p & Sunday, August 6, 2023, 1:00p – 4:00p. Community Room.
Sunday Bag Sale $5/Bag all day - Bags provided. Payment by cash or check. 

Children - Programs (through age 12) 
Note: please register for programs, as needed, through the Calendar of Events on the Library’s website, https://waterfordmi.gov/library

Demolition Derby
Thursday, July 6, 30-minute timeslots 10:30a-12:30p, Community Room. Recommended for ages 6 and up.
 Miniature Motorway presents Demolition Derby!  Students compete in groups of eight racing their mini-racing cars on a track, rotating out the races.
Registration required for one 30-minute timeslot and only for the children who are participating.

Baffling Bill Magic Show
Thursday, July 18, 10:30a-11:15a, Community Room. Recommended for ages 5 and up. Note: It is a darkened environment.
 Baffling Bill the Magician and Gus the Bunny return to amaze and astound you with Kym who will float in thin air, be sawed in half, and finally … vanish!  
Registration required for each family member attending. 

Exotic Zoo
Thursday, July 20, Community Room. Recommended for ages 5 and up.
10:30a-11:15p OR 11:30a-12:15p. Registration required.
Javon Stacks is back with his menagerie of live furry, scaly, and feathery critters to educate young people about with whom we share our world.
NOTE: Only register for one show. Please register all family members attending.

Outdoor Family Storytime through July 24. Weather permitting.
Mondays, 10:30am.  Recommended for children ages two through the early elementary grades.
On the grassy area between the library building and the veterans’ memorial.  Bring your own blanket, towel, or chair to sit on. No registration required.
NOTE: Children must be accompanied by a parent or a caregiver. 

Children’s Summer Reading Program through July 31
Sign up and track your reading through Beanstack at: watefordmi.beanstack.org.  Pick up your summer reading bag at the children's desk. Reach your reading goal to get a free book and drawstring backpack. Finish by July 31st to receive an entry in the drawing for a Kindle Fire or STEAM kits and toys.

Summer Scavenger Hunt through July 31
Take the opportunity to visit free and fun places in Waterford with your family. Pick up a scavenger hunt form from the children’s department. Visit the various parks and walking trails in the Waterford community listed on it. Find the item in the picture.  Return your completed form to the children’s reference desk by July 31 to be entered in a drawing for a $25.00 gift card.  

Weekly Activity Centers through July 27 in the Storytime/Craft Room
Mondays 11:30a-12:30p & 2:00p-4:00p
Tuesdays-Thursdays 10:00a-12:00p & 2:00p-4:00p.
 Each week we will offer a different community theme that features a variety of activities. No registration is required. Just drop in during the open weekday hours and make, create, and take. You can also take the crafts home to do instead. Hours may change.  NOTE: Children must be accompanied by a parent or a caregiver. 

Weekly themes 
Week 3, July 3: Expand Your World
No Tuesday session this week
Paint the world around you; make your own laminated bookmarks with colored pencil art, friendship quotes, and magazine photos; make clip-on love bug art.

Week 4, July 10: Community Connections
Start your own garden; work together to solve a mystery; and create community kites

Week 5, July 17: Working and Playing Together
Tuesday & Thursday, session afternoon session only
Enjoy our percussion petting zoo; and make a simple harmonica and a rain stick.

Week 6, July 24: Kindness for Everyone
No Wednesday sessions this week
Fold origami butterflies; make no-sew blankets; and watercolor art for community kids in need.  Also, help complete our giant floor crossword puzzle!
 

Teens – Programs (kids going into 6^th – 12^th grades)
Note: please register for programs, as needed, through the Calendar of Events on the Library’s website, https://waterfordmi.gov/library

Juggling Workshop with Joel Tacey
Thursday, July 13, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm. Community Room.
Joel Tacey returns to the library to lead a workshop in juggling. The participants will see a juggling demonstration and then get hands-on juggling practice. One attendee will win a juggling instruction book and set of beanbags. Registration required.

Teen Summer Reading Program
 Through Monday, July 31^st. Teen Area.
Kids going into 6th – 12th grades can read (or listen) for a chance to win prizes this summer. Deadline to log minutes is July 31st at midnight. Visit https://waterfordmi.beanstack.org/reader365 to register. 

Adults – Programs
Note: please register for programs, as needed, through the Calendar of Events on the Library’s website, https://waterfordmi.gov/library

Adult Take & Make Craft: Cabochon Pendant
Monday, July 10 – Sunday, July 16. Pick up kits at Adults’ Reference Desk, 1st come, 1st served.
Choose from a variety of pre-cut round images to make 2 cabochon pendants. One kit per person, please.

Matinee Movie: The Window
Thursday, July 27, 2:00p-4:00p. Community Room. No registration required.
A nine-year-old boy prone to lying witnesses a murder and can't get anyone to believe him. (Drama) 73 minutes. Released: 1949, not rated. Starring: Arthur Kennedy, Barbara Hale, Bobby Driscoll
Popcorn will be provided. You may bring your own snacks and beverages, provided that your beverages have lids.
 

Adults – Computer Connections

• Introduction to Excel 2016
  Saturday, July 8, 10:00a – 11:15a. Conference Room. Registration required.
  We’ll start with an overview of Excel, and go over how to enter and edit data in cells, formatting cells, and basic formulas such as addition and subtraction. Basic computer knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Word and/or other Microsoft Office application(s) are prerequisites for this class.
• Ask the Tech Guy Computer Help
  Saturday, July 22, 30-minute timeslots 1:30p – 3:00p. Conference Room. Registration required.
  Computer/technology help. One-on-one assistance with your own device or computer (bring it in with you). Our computer systems administrator will do his best to troubleshoot your problem, answer your questions, or advise you on what to do. 
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2016 Part 1
  Saturday, July 29, 10:00a - 11:15a. Community Room. Registration required.
  Covering conditional formatting and math, date, and text functions, and Names on the Formula menu. Also filtering and sorting from the Data menu. Please register for both part 1 and part 2 of this class. This class will meet in the Community Room.

Adults – Enrichment Groups 

Knitting Group
Wednesday mornings, 10:00 a.m. - Noon, Community Room. No registration required.
Share patterns, exchange ideas, show off your projects, and socialize while you knit!

Evening Book Discussion Group
Thursday, July 13, 7:00p. Community Room. No registration required.
Title:  Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin. Copies of the book, including large print and book on CD, will be available at the Adult Reference Desk beginning Saturday, June 10.

Library Garden Club
Wednesday, July 12, 4:30p – 8:30p, Library Gardens & Community Room. No registration required.
Both beginners and experienced gardeners welcome. 

Work Bee 4:30p-6:00p – in the gardens at the Library entrance. If you don’t have your own favorite gardening gear, we will be happy to loan you tools to help out.
Seminar 6:30p-8:00p – Topic: TBA 

Afternoon Book Discussion Group
Monday, July 17, 1:00p-2:00p. Community Room. No registration required.
Title: Cane River by Lalita Tademy. You can get a copy of the book to check out by picking one up at the adult desk. You might wish to call us at 248-618-7693 to make sure we have a copy available for you. 

Waterford Writers Workshop - No meeting this month.

• Adults need to stay with children when they are in or around water. DO NOT read, use a cell phone or leave children to go someplace else.
• Keep the pool and deck clear of floats, balls and toys after you get out of the pool.
• For preschoolers, an adult should be close enough to touch the child.
• Never swim near a boat, marina or boat launch.
• Install 4-sided fencing that separates the pool area from the home and yard. The fence should be at least 4-feet high. Use self-closing and self-latching gates that open outward.
• When boating, always use U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets.

Things to Know About Water Safety

Ensure every member of your family learns to swim so they at least achieve skills of water competency: able to enter the water, get a breath, stay afloat, change position, swim a distance then get out of the water safely.

Employ layers of protection including barriers to prevent access to water, life jackets, and close supervision of children to prevent drowning.

Know what to do in a water emergency – including how to help someone in trouble in the water safely, call for emergency help and CPR.

Why Is Water Safety So Important?

It only takes a moment. A child or weak swimmer can drown in the time it takes to reply to a text, check a fishing line or apply sunscreen. Death and injury from drownings happen every day in home pools and hot tubs, at the beach or in oceans, lakes, rivers and streams, bathtubs, and even buckets. 

The Red Cross believes that by working together to improve water competency – which includes swimming skills, water smarts and helping others – water activities can be safer… and just as much fun. 

What Does It Mean to Be Water Competent?

Water competency is a way of improving water safety for yourself and those around you through avoiding common dangers, developing fundamental water safety skills to make you safer in and around the water, and knowing how to prevent and respond to drowning emergencies. Water competency has 3 main components: water smarts, swimming skills and helping others. 

Water Smarts

Take these sensible precautions when you’re around water (even if you’re not planning to swim):

• Know your limitations, including physical fitness, medical conditions.
• Never swim alone; swim with lifeguards and/or water watchers present.
• Wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket appropriate for your weight and size and the water activity. Always wear a life jacket while boating, regardless of swimming skill.
• Swim sober.
• Understand the dangers of hyperventilation and hypoxic blackout.
• Know how to call for help.
• Understand and adjust for the unique risks of the water environment you are in, such as:
  • River currents.
  • Ocean rip currents.
  • Water temperature.
  • Shallow or unclear water.
  • Underwater hazards, such as vegetation and animals.

Swimming Skills

Learn how to perform these 5 skills in every type of water environment that you may encounter (such as in home pools, oceans, lakes, rivers and streams):

1. Enter water that’s over your head, then return to the surface.
2. Float or tread water for at least 1 minute.
3. Turn over and turn around in the water.
4. Swim at least 25 yards.
5. Exit the water.

Helping Others

These actions will help your family avoid emergencies – and help you respond if an emergency occurs: 

• Paying close attention to children or weak swimmers you are supervising in or near water.
• Knowing the signs that someone is drowning.
• Knowing ways to safely assist a drowning person, such as “reach or throw, don’t go”.
• Knowing CPR and first aid. 

How to Make Water Safety a Priority

Use Layers of Protection In & Around Water

• Even if lifeguards are present, you (or another responsible adult) should stay with your children.
• Be a “water watcher” – provide close and constant attention to children you are supervising; avoid distractions including cell phones.
• Teach children to always ask permission to go near water.
• Children, inexperienced swimmers, and all boaters should wear U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets. 
• Take specific precautions for the water environment you are in, such as:
  • Fence pools and spas with adequate barriers, including four-sided fencing that separates the water from the house. 
  • At the beach, always swim in a lifeguarded area.

Know the Risks & Take Sensible Precautions – Even If You’re a Strong Swimmer

• Always swim with a buddy.
• Don’t use alcohol or drugs (including certain prescription medications) before or while swimming, diving or supervising swimmers.
• Wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket when boating or fishing, even if you don’t intend to enter the water.

Ensure That the Entire Family Learns How to Swim

Know What to Do in an Emergency

• If a child is missing, check the water first: seconds count in preventing death or disability!
• Alert the lifeguard, if one is present.
• Recognize the signs of someone in trouble and shout for help. A swimmer needs immediate help if they:
  •  Are not making forward progress in the water.
  • Are vertical in the water but unable to move or tread water.
  • Are motionless and face down in the water.
• Rescue and remove the person from the water (without putting yourself in danger). 
• Ask someone to call emergency medical services (EMS). If alone, give 2 minutes of care, then call EMS. 
• Begin rescue breathing and CPR. 
• Use an AED if available and transfer care to advanced life support. 

beach closing information

Each summer the Oakland County Health Division performs monitoring at beach locations throughout the county. For the latest updates on testing and beach closures, visit: https://www.oakgov.com/.../environmental-health/beaches