The Burning Dragon Designs program held on Wednesday, June 28 turned out to be a great time! Participants learned to transfer their chosen design, learned safety when handling the iron, and burned their designs onto the wood. These photos will demonstrate the steps involved. If you did not sign up or did not have a chance to participate, don't fret, a wood burning program will be offered again on September 26. (Notice the beautiful free hand woman creation that was done!)

There will be no drawing this week (June 26th). Everyone who has completed the first four weeks of the summer reading program and submitted their four tickets will receive a free book. You may come to the library as soon as Tuesday, June 27th to get your book. The book cart will remain available until Friday, July 14.

Game Night was awesome! There were lots of families enjoying the many board games that we had available, and the pizza was yummy. Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) proved to be a hit with lots of teens and adults demonstrating their quick reflexes. Bemis would like to thank Country Buffet for providing desserts and beverages (along with their bee). Game Night was held on Friday, June 23.

Week three is done! Please remember to turn in your tickets for the first four weeks, everyone that has completed 400 pages or 4 books will be eligible to get a free book at the library. You may come in for the free books by Tuesday, June 27th. The winners of the Chinese Dragon or 4 necklaces are:

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Book Review: Heart on my Sleeve by Ellen Wittlinger (Reviewed by Lisa T.)
It's the end of an era for Cloe Gillespie. She is done with high school and ready to go to college. During the weekend at Cartwright, her potential college, she meets Julian. Julian is a singer and they hit it off immediately. Unfortunately, Cloe has a boyfriend back at home,who she thinks of as more like a best friend. She doesn't want to hurt Eli but dating him is kind of like dating her brother. Like any other high schooler Cloe's dramatic world is going into over-drive.
Heart on My Sleeve is written entirely out of emails, IMs, letters, and postcards. This book is recommended for highschoolers who know anything about friends, relationships, and crazy families. Follow Cloe, Julian, Eli, Kate, Carly, and Genevieve as they move on, grow up, discover themselves, and live through ever changing relationships.

Bemis will host another Baby Sitting Class through the American Red Cross. This next class will be held on Thursday, July 20 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, and the cost is 50 dollars. You may register by calling the Red Cross at 303-722-7474. Participants will have to bring their own lunches.

Week Two of the Summer Reading Program is now done. Thanks to those of you that made it to the Etching Program, participants made some really great mirror works. The winners of this week's drawing will get to pick between two etched mirrors I made or two Water Clan dragons. There were 127 tickets turned in and the winning numbers are:

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Artists! Please join the Bemis Summer Dragon Art Contest. You may use any medium you would like and the deadline for submissions will be July 21. Prizes will be gift certificates to Meininger's Art Supply Store and three candidates will be selected.Please post any questions on this message.

The June 8th American Red Cross Babysitting Class was awesome! Twelve students were enrolled in the class and they are now registered babysitters. Here are some pictures from the class, look for another class in July.

Week One of Teen Summer Reading Program is done! 153 tickets were submitted. The winners of the 5 dragon kites are:

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Please come to the library and speak to Anthony to claim your prize!

Four dragon necklaces were donated and they will be used as drawing prizes during the Summer Reading Program. The jewelry items were donated by Tracey Collier and she can be reached at (303)249-0400. You may view the items in the glass display at Bemis and they will be part of the June 22 drawing.