Downspouts, A Final Tally

The downspout disconnect team from SEPTL managed in their two days of effort to disconnect a total of 35 downspouts at 24 properties (19 spouts on the first day, 15 on the second day).  This is is calculated to remove annually from the combined sewer system an amazing 484,421 gallons of water, AND earned for your library an awesome $910.00 to add to the tool fund!  (If you would like to donate some of your hard-earned cash to that fund, just let us know!)

Rain Barrel Workshop NEW TIME

Our first Workshop will be about Rain Barrels !

Saturday August 7, 2010
2 - 4pm (NEW TIME)
In the Fireside Room at
St. David of Wales Church, 2800 SE Harrison St.

The two hour class will cover all aspects of creating, deploying, and using Rain Barrels here in Portland.

Class size will be limited to the first 30 people to sign up.  The workshop is free, but donations will be (graciously) accepted.

Sign up by calling 503-232-0699 and leaving your name, phone number and email address, so we can get back to you.

Division Clinton Street Fair

Hey, we''d love to meet you at the Division/Clinton Street Fair on Saturday, July 24, 2010!

Come meet us at our table 10:00am to 3:00pm where we'll be handing out brochures, signing up volunteers and answering any questions that you might have about your neighborhood Tool Library.

For more about the other fun to be had at the Fair, a really great Event,  visit http://www.divisionclinton.com/

Julie. A story.

As our computer wizard, Julie has been studiously and tirelessly entering donated tools into the Library's Inventory database.  We thank her for her efforts, despite the recent discovery that she's been perhaps just a bit too tireless: at closing on a Saturday a librarian went to sweep the floor but discovered our broom was nowhere to be found.  Mystery.  Days later at our monthly organizational meeting the mystery was solved -"Oh my goodness, I put a Tool Number on that broom!  If something is sitting there, a number goes on it."  Our broom had been loaned out.  So from now on you'll see that the Tool librarians always keep moving to avoid being inventoried for lending!

Do you need a Tool or Knife Sharpened?

Jesse Bennett and Harmonie Medlin, of Sharpening4U will be available at the SEPTL on Tues, July 6 from 5:30 to 7:00pm (our new weekday hours!) to sharpen SEPTL members' personal Tools and Knives (at their standard rates). They'll be there to sharpen SEPTL tools gratis, a valuable and much appreciated service they perform on and ongoing basis for us  - part of our effort to keep our tools in tiptop condition.  We hope this time the push lawn mower will be available for them to take away to sharpen in their shop!