EAGLE LAKE — The Eagle Lake Noon Lions Club recently welcomed speaker Vicki Powers, the David and Eula Wintermann Library librarian for the past 23 years. Each summer, the library hosts a six-week Summer Reading Program for children in the community.
Powers gave a presentation on the Summer Reading Program. This June-July, 53 children were enrolled, grades Kindergarten through fifth grade. The kids enjoyed exciting speakers and demonstrations each week. Interactive programs from the Texas A&M Science Road Show and The Houston Museum of Natural Science, along with other special speakers, entertained the students and motivated them to read and research to learn more about our wonderful world. Each student had reading goals to reach throughout the program.
The K-2 graders met their goal by reading nearly 300 books. The third through fifth graders read a total of 22,208 pages to meet their goal. Many prizes were awarded during the Celebration Pizza Party at the end of the “Adventure Begins at Your Library Summer Reading Program.”
Powers also reminded the Lions to purchase their tickets for the Friends of the Library 45th Annual Auction and Dinner, to be held at the Community Center on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Highlights of the evening include purchasing home-made goodies at the bakery booth, enjoying a dinner prepared by Monster Bites, bidding on over 100 items during the silent auction, participating in the Last Man Standing game with prizes going to the winners and taking part in the raffle drawing for gen - erous gift-certificate prizes as well as an assortment of guns.
For the crescendo of the evening, Auctioneer Todd Krenek will present the live auction with a wide variety of high-ticket items.
The Lions were reminded that it takes a village to raise a child and a community to support the wonderful library. As part of the community, raffle tickets may be purchased for $20 and dinner tickets for $15 from any Friends of the Library or library board of directors members or at the Eula and David Wintermann Library.
Friends of the Eagle Lake Eula and David Wintermann Library Board, from left, President Kurt Sundermann, Librarian Vicki Powers, member Margarita Arroyo and secretary Lina Ferguson recently met during the Eagle Lake Noon Lions Club. Courtesy photo
