Summer Reading Club kids rocked out at the end

Young Kobe B. poses with this year's Summer Reading Club painting donated by David Rooney and Elks Club Lodge 453 President Clancy Boettger after being presented with the painting he predicted he would win. Photo courtesy of the Revelstoke Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library

When young Kobe B. saw the Reading Rocks painting donated to the Revelstoke Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library for this year’s Summer Reading Club program draw, he immediately told his mom “I’m going to win that!”

Head Librarian Joan Holzer was quite taken by that story, particularly when Kobe’s name was drawn at the Summer Reading Club’s windup party this year.

“It was such a cute story,” she said later.

This year’s Summer Reading Club had a good turnout with 154 members and there were plenty of winners in other categories, Holzer said.

“The winner of your painting was Kobe B,” she said in an e-mail to The Current. “The SRC mascot is Alexandra R. Everet C won the Digital Camera. Funny thing is they are all 8 years old, and the web game winner, Courtney A is 9. 🙂

“We would all like to thank: you/the Revelstoke Current, the Revelstoke Elks Lodge 453, the Revelstoke Recreational Centre, the Royal Bank of Canada,  Pharmasave and all of our great volunteers for all the help in making the 2010 Reading Rocks Summer Reading Club such a success.”

Here are some additional photos from the Summer Reading Club’s grand finale party:

Alexandra R. won this year's Summer Reading Club Mascot Contest. Photo courtesy of the Revelstoke Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library
The ever-popular Shakewood Annie was the headliner at this year's Summer Reading Club finale party at the Community Centre a couple of weeks ago. Photo courtesy of the Revelstoke Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library
Get down! A a very limber Summer Reading Club member does the Limbo at the SRC program-end party. Photo courtesy of the Revelstoke Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library