Annual Summer Picnic

Members and families are welcome to our annual summer picnic!

Mendon Library is providing hot dogs, buns, and condiments, and the rest of us can bring salads, chips, desserts, drinks, and more!

Sat, July 12, 2025, 1:00 PM
Mendon Square Park (15 N Main, Mendon)

 

2025 Executive Committee

 We're pleased to announce our 2025 Executive Committee!

• President: Anne Hedrich (USU Merrill-Cazier Library, retired)
• Vice President/President Elect: Shawn Bliss (Smithfield Public Library)
• Past President: Robert Heaton (EBSCO)
• Secretary: Jon Ramsten (Community Member)
• Academic Library Member at Large: Jen Kirk (USU Merrill-Cazier Library)
• Public Library Member at Large: Jessie Eiman (Mendon Library)
• School Library Member at Large: Kaye Gensel (Adams Elementary School)
• Library Student/Paraprofessional Member at Large: Moni Edwards (Logan Library)

Mendon Library Hiring Director

Mendon Library is hiring a new part-time director. For more information check out the listing on our employment page.

4th Annual Bikes to Books Ride

Join your CVLA friends for a bike ride, a picnic, or both!

Our RIDE this year will start at the Mendon Library and end at the Hyrum Library, with a PICNIC in Wellsville in the middle.

Details:
Saturday, June 10, 2017
• 10:00 – 10:15 meet at Mendon Library: time for a look around, fill your water bottle, and a bathroom stop before heading out
• 10:15 – 11:00 RIDE from Mendon Library to Wellsville Tabernacle parking lot
• 11:00 – 12:00 PICNIC at Wellsville Bookmobile stop (church parking lot at 30 South Center Street)
• 12:00 – 12:30 RIDE from Wellsville Bookmobile stop to Hyrum Library
• 12:30 – 12: 45 Hyrum Library: look around, bathroom break, drink more water!

What to bring if riding: your bike, a helmet, water bottle, sun protection, something to share for the picnic (can be carried in the support vehicle if needed)
What to bring if picnic-ing: something yummy to share! and a drink for yourself

Distances: Mendon to Wellsville 6.25 miles, Wellsville to Hyrum 5 miles
Terrain: Fairly flat with a slight elevation gain overall

CVLA will provide a support vehicle during the ride.
Click HERE for a link to route map.
Let Anne (anne.hedrich@usu.edu) know if you want to carpool to the event, or if you have any questions.

July 24 Events

We have two great events happening July 24th that we wanted everyone to know about. Whether you are a current CVLA Member or librarian working in Cache Valley or just a library-fan, we invite you to come and join in the festivities with us.

First, we will be participating in the Logan Pioneer Day Parade. Shawn Bliss, the Cache/Rich Bookmobile librarian will be driving his bookmobile in the parade and JaDene Denniston will be offering her convertible. There will be opportunities to ride or walk, as you need. We will meet at 10:30 along 100 W in Logan and make signs that represent our libraries or what we love most about libraries. Going along with the Summer Reading Program theme, we invite all participants to show up in superhero costumes or shirts, but it isn't required. We will have sign making equipment ready and water bottles for the participants. The parade will begin at noon and end at 1:30 at Willow Park. Please be sure to wear suncreen and bring a hat, if you need it. The map of the parade route is available here: http://www.loganutah.org/PR/Dept/images/Pioneer_Day/2015PioneerDayParadeInformation.pdf.

Second, we will be celebrating with Mendon City as they break ground for their brand new library/city office building. The groundbreaking starts at 7 pm at the Mendon Town Square. CVLA will have a brief meeting and some treats beforehand - at 6 pm at the pavilion on the square. The meeting agenda and minutes needing approval are attached for your reading pleasure. Please note that there will be showings of the "Wellsville Kid" at 5:30 and 7:45 that day, as well as the next day at 6, 7, and 8 o'clock. The Wellsville Kid is a very entertaining movie created by the residents of Mendon in 1972. (You can read about it in the Standard Examiner here: http://www.standard.net/Movies-TV/2015/07/16/The-Wellsville-Kid-rides-again-in-Mendon.html) The movie has been remastered and will be shown as a fundraiser for library. Tickets are $5/adults and $3/kids ages 12 and under or $7/adults and $5/kids at the door. Call 435-764-6610 or email wellsvillekid@gmail.com to pre-order.

We hope to see you there!

Thanks,
Liz
CVLA President