Bring your family and friends to the Tillamook County library for our second installment of “Monday Night Movies.” The Tillamook County library will be showing holiday movie classics November 9th – December 21st. Movies will be shown in the Copeland Community Room. The doors open at 5:45 p.m. and the movies will start promptly at [...]
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Monday Night Movies continue at the Tillamook County Library
Posted in Cool Things, Library News on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Monday Night Movies
Posted in Cool Things, Library News on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Classic Oscar Winners Based on Books
Are you searching for a fun no cost way to spend a damp fall evening? “Monday Night Movies” at the Tillamook County Library is the perfect solution. The doors to the Copeland and Hatfield rooms open at 5:30 p.m. with the movie starting promptly at 6 p.m. The movies run [...]
Just 15 more days to make a READ poster
Posted in Cool Things, Library News on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We think our local readers are celebrities. If you would like to make your own READ poster bring one of your favorite books to the front desk. A helpful staff member will happily take your photograph and, in a couple of days, your READ poster will be on display throughout the end of May. Each [...]
Live Music at the Tillamook Library
Posted in Cool Things, Library News, tagged library, live music, music, tillamook on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Tillamook library will host live music sessions every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. in the library’s downstairs meeting room. These sessions are open to the public. Musicians are welcome!
All About Tea
Posted in Cool Things, Gems of Reference, tagged All About Tea, library, reference, tea, tillamook, William H. Ukers on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 1935, after thirty years of research and ten years of writing, William H. Ukers completed his masterpiece All About Tea. This two volume set contains 54 chapters, 1152 pages, 1700 illustrations and approximately 600,000 words all devoted to the princely subject of tea.
Perhaps the most accurately named two volume set in Tillamook’s entire reference [...]
Historic Tillamook Yearbooks
Posted in Cool Things, Gems of Reference, tagged books, high school, library, Oregon Coast, reference, tillamook, yearbooks on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is no secret that the Tillamook library has a (mostly complete) collection of local high school yearbooks. It is also no secret that old high school yearbooks can be a lot of fun. Here are a few ideas to help you get started:
Surprise a loved one with a photocopy from their high school yearbook. [...]
Tillamook County Information
Posted in Cool Things, Gems of Reference, Reference Tools, tagged brochures, library, local information, tillamook on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brochures, newsletters and booklets are great places to find local information. One resource we have created at the Tillamook library is the Tillamook County Information Binders. Every year we visit local parks, recreation areas, community service programs, tourist attractions and many other sites throughout Tillamook County, in order to collect the informative handouts they provide. [...]
Is it Just Me?
Posted in Cool Things, Reference Tools on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most people, at one time or another on the internet, find a site that doesn’t seem to work – and you wonder if it is just your computer or the website? (We all know websites can be done or not working for many reasons!) This is where this site will come in handy. Go to [...]
Name Your Poison: A Guide to Cultivated and Native Oregon Plants Toxic to Humans
Posted in Cool Things, Gems of Reference, tagged Botany, La Rea J. Dennis, library, oregon, Oregon State University, Plant Pathology, poison, reference, tillamook on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most people know that indiscriminately eating the plants you find outside can be very dangerous. Unfortunately a large segment of our population, mostly the two and under crowd, seem to be oblivious to this fact. Not only is there the very real possibility of choking, many of the plants you see every day contain deadly, [...]
Criminals!
Posted in Cool Things, tagged criminal record, library, Library News, tillamook on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing is more fun than checking to see if your co-workers or neighbors have criminal records. In the past this would take some serious time and effort, that most likely would not be worth it. If only there was a way to find this information without the hassle of all that searching. Now there is [...]
