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Join us this Thursday to create your own decorative journal and learn how to bullet journal. This class will be offered twice, from 2-4 pm and repeated again from 6-8 pm.

You will be provided with a hardback journal and a kit of materials to construct a simple cloth cover that you can customize for your journal. Sewing machines will be provided, including those from the Library’s Things Collection.

Also near the end of the class, you will learn how to do bullet journaling. Bullet journaling was created by designer Ryder Carroll, and this type of journaling incorporates traits of the day planner, diary, and written reflections to help you focus on your personal and professional goals.

These classes are free and open to the public and will be held in the Library’s Meeting Room C. Class size is limited so registration is required. To register or for more information, please call the Local and Family History desk at 918-338-4167.

Starting at 5:30, families can enjoy free crafts, activities, games, a trunk or treat and more! There will also be a screening of a Halloween movie, which will be shown in the Price Tower gallery during this event, from 5:30-7:30.

Sponsored by BPL, Price Tower, Bartlesville Community Center, First Presbyterian Church and Bartlesville Film Society.

From PSO…Today is Energy Efficiency Day – and we want to celebrate! We’re putting together our first ever #EnergyEfficiency calendar, but we need your help.
Know a K-12 student who loves to draw or doodle? Then this is the contest for you (or them). We’re asking students to create a drawing or painting that shows what energy efficiency means to them. A total of 12 winning designs will be chosen to be featured in our 2020 Energy Efficiency calendar. All winners will receive a copy of the 2020 calendar…and bragging rights, of course.

How to Enter
• Visit powerforwardwithpso.com/eedaycontest to download the entry form
• K-12 students create a drawing or painting that represents “What Energy Efficiency Means to Me”
• Submit completed entry form and art according to the guidelines on the entry form
• Entries must be postmarked by October 31, 2019
Enter Today!

The Bartlesville Public Library is making available fun, educational tablets for kids. Until now, this collection of Playaway Launchpads™ has been kept with the Library of Things Collection available for checkout at the Reference Desk. Library staff have decided to make them even more accessible by moving them to an open shelf in the Youth Services department. “Patrons can try them out in the library and preview the activities on each tablet before checking one out to take home,” says Youth Services Librarian Laura Pryce. “They will no longer be kept in a workroom closet, to be retrieved by a librarian.”
BPL’s Playaway Launchpads are pre-loaded with content for children ages 3-5, 5-7, 8-10 and 10+. They are designed with a simple, easy-to-use interface, and are 100% secure. Launchpad tablets are made to be passed from set of hands to the next. There is no download time and no need for Wi-Fi. Access to powerful content is as simple as turning on each device — anytime, anywhere.
“Our patrons can check out one Launchpad per library card, for one week, with one renewal if the tablet has not been put on hold by someone else,” says Pryce. “We are really excited to have these available where their intended users will get much more exposure to them!” Check one out today or call 918-338-4170 for more information.