On Whale Island:Notes from a place I never meant to leave
Daniel Hays
Thursday, June 6, 6:00 PM

Daniel Hays is drawn to meeting the sea on its own terms. With his wife and 11-year old stepson, he moved to a small wilderness island off the coast of Nova Scotia. There they found living off the sea to be not as hard as other aspects of their lives.

Join Daniel Hays as he reads from his book and recounts tales from his family's adventures during this free slide lecture at The Community Library.

• Review: On Whale Island A review of Daniel Hays' book by Kris Reisz of The Decatur (Alabama) Daily.
• Lighthouses of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is almost completely surrounded by water and has had an historically high number of lighthouses.

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Gold Mine Golf Scramble
Bigwood Golf Course Library Benefit
Sunday, June 9
Scrambles at 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM, Supper at 6:30 PM

The Bigwood Golf Course is hosting its Fifth Annual White Elephant Benefit for The Community Library on Sunday morning and afternoon, June 9.

The format is two 4-person scrambles--you can make up your own team or try your luck being assigned to a team. Scramble #1 tees off on a 9-hole shotgun at 10:00 am, and Scramble #2 tees off at 3:00 PM Each shotgun is limited to 40 players and the event is open to all.

Supper will be provided for everyone and will be at 6:30 PM

Cost is a white elephant item worth $50.00 (e.g., sports equipment, knickknacks, even an old tux or bridesmaid gown), $50.00 cash, or a combination of the two. Bring a friend and have fun--and help support The Community Library.

Related Links:

• Bigwood Golf Course The official web site for the Bigwood Golf Course, Ketchum, Idaho.
• Gold Mine Thrift Shop White elephant donations will be sold through the Gold Mine Thrift Shop, whose proceeds fund free public library services at The Community Library.
• Yahoo! Sports Guide to the Bigwood Golf Course Course information, driving directions, and other resources from Yahoo!.

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"The Great Books" Book Club
The Dialogues by Plato
Tuesday, June 11, 7:00 PM

Plato, Socrates, Hippias, and others tried to deduce the essence of truth in everything from commonplace actions to forms of government. Their debates were recorded by Plato and still serve as models of thought that can carry over into actions, inherently good and beneficial, or bad and counterproductive.

This week's discussions will focus on three of Plato's Dialogues, the Apology, the Symposium, and the Crito. Come join Gary Hunt of Iconoclast Bookstore as he leads the discussion of The Dialogues which is open to all.

• Exploring Plato's Dialogues A compendium of resources about Plato presented in an easy-to-navigate hierarchical index and including a search engine to track, catalogue and organize these resources. From the University of Evansville in Indiana.
• Plato and His Dialogues Information and hypotheses from a different perspective from Bernard Suzanne, a Plato scholar.
• WaddleOn.com Socrates used the analogy of running a race to debate whether involuntary slowness was inherently evil. John "the Penguin" Bingham, however, has become known for his philosophy that running races slowly can be noble.

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Kenro Izu
Thursday, June 27, 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
(Please note: Start time has been adjusted to coincide with local newspaper listing)

Kenro Izu's photographs are known around the world and are in permanent exhibit at such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

Izu recently focused on ancient sacred sites around the world, in places such as the Tibetan Plateau, western China, Cambodia, Egypt, Syria, Easter Island, and Arizona.

Join Kenro Izu as he speaks about his art, his travels, and his photographs.

• Anne Reed Gallery - Kenro Izu View Kenro Izu's exhibit, Sacred Places, locally at the Anne Reed Gallery in Ketchum.
• Sacred Sites The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution is currently exhibiting Kenro Izu's latest work.
• Works: Kenro Izu A selection of Izu's still life photographs of flowers.

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