Free Summer Media Program

SUMMER MEDIA PROGRAM

for children in grades 4-8

 

Through the Media Apprenticeship Program, children will have the opportunity to work with a professional television producer/editor, making creative local history documentaries.  Students will work in small groups, using the latest professional grade equipment and software.  This means, participants will use the very same cameras, computers, and practices used to make your favorite television shows and independent films, and have fun doing it!  The Becket Athenaeum is proud to offer this program free of charge.

We are currently accepting applications for 2 summer sessions.

JULY SESSION

Wednesdays and Fridays 10-12

July 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31

(Last two dates are optional, for students who wish to participate in the editing process.)

AUGUST SESSION

Wednesdays and Fridays 10-12

August 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28

(Last two dates are optional, for students who wish to participate in the editing process.)

This is an inclusive, equal opportunity program.   No previous video experience is required, but a desire to learn is.

Ask your friendly librarian for an application!

MOVIE & PIZZA PARTY

SCHOOL'S OUT

PIZZA & MOVIE PARTY

FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH

PIZZA AT 8:30

MOVIE AT 9:00

WE WILL BE SHOWING

INKHEART

THIS MOVIE IS RATED PG AND IS 106 MINUTES LONG

PLEASE CALL 623-5483 FOR MORE INFORMATION

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Steve Reads at the Athenaeum!

Steve Reads: My Father's Dragon

Children of all ages are invited to hear this wonderful classic, read in three parts at the Becket Athenaeum!

Saturday June 27th, 11:00
Saturday, July 11th, 11:00
Saturday July 18th, 11:00

Children attending all three readings will be given their very own copy of My Father's Dragon...for keeps!

Refreshments, coloring supplies, and good fun supplied, free of charge!

Area Hazardous Waste Collection

Comprehensive Hazardous Waste Collection and Waste oil paint/motor oil scheduled

On July 11, the South Berkshire Household Hazardous Waste Collaborative will hold a comprehensive hazardous waste collection for the 15 towns that comprise the Collaborative. The collection will run from 9 a.m. to noon at the Stockbridge Recycling Center, 1 West Stockbridge Road.

 

Only residents of these 15 towns are eligible to participate. The towns include Alford, Becket, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Richmond, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham and West Stockbridge.  Registration is required. 

 

From the workbench and garage, acceptable materials include: oil-based paints, stains and varnishes, wood preservatives, paint strippers/thinners, solvent adhesives, lighter fluid, acid, fuels/gasoline/kerosene, antifreeze, degreasers, driveway sealer, brake fluid/carburetor cleaner, transmission fluid, car wax, polishes, roofing tar, pool chemicals, and fluorescent lamps.

 

From the yard and house, materials include: poisons, insecticides, fungicides, fertilizers, weed killers, moth balls, flea control products, rubber cement, airplane glue, fiberglass resins, photo chemicals, chemistry sets, floor and metal polish, oven cleaner, drain and toilet cleaner, spot remover, rug and upholstery cleaner, hobby/artist supplies, mercury thermometers, thermostats, button batteries and rechargeable batteries.

Televisions and computers will be accepted for a fee of $15 and up, depending on size.  No console or big screen televisions will be accepted.  Products that contain mercury, such as fever thermometers and button batteries, found in watches and hearing aides, may also be brought to the collection. There will be a digital fever thermometer exchange (one per household) for mercury fever thermometers brought to this collection. 

Rechargeable batteries, such as those used in cell phones and tools, will be accepted as well.  Alkaline batteries may be disposed of with ordinary household trash.

Waste oil paint, motor oil collection planned in Lenox

On Wednesday, July 29, the Center for Ecological Technology (CET) will coordinate a paint and oil collection from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Lenox Dept. of Public Works, 275 Main Street in Lenox.  Acceptable materials are oil-based paint, stains, paint thinners, and turpentine, as well as waste motor oil.

 

Latex paint will not be accepted at either of these events.  Empty or dried up cans of latex paint can be disposed with the regular trash.  Empty cans of oil-based paint, stains and solvents can be disposed with the regular trash as well.

For more information about what can be brought to these collections, visit www.cetonline.org or call us at 1-800-238-1221, ext. 30, or email robt@cetonline.org. Residents from communities that are not participating should call their City or Town Hall for information about household hazardous product collections.

Come to the

Becket / Washington School

Old-fashioned

Ice Cream Social

Make your own sundae &

Listen to the band play !!!

$3.00 per person

$12.00 max. per family

This Friday, June 19

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Washington Town Tag Sale and Family Fun Day

Saturday, June 27th, 2009 

Rain Date: Sunday June 28, 2009 

9:00am – 3:00pm 

at the Town Park in Washington (Route 8)  

Free pony rides, a Bounce House, Dunking Booth & Face Painting. Becket Fire Dept will bring 

Smokey the Bear and a truck for the kids to learn about & get their photo with. They will be 

spraying a foam in the field for kids to play in (bring a change of clothes & a towel)  

Ozzie’s Steak & Eggs will provide food. A raffle will be held and a 50/50 Duck Race (ducks 

are being donated by Hospice Care in the Berkshires). The ducks will be $5.00 each.  

 

Items being raffled off are: 

 1 week of day camp at the Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA. 

A $205 value,                                                            

Donated by Discovery/Explorer Director, Nicole Cabelka 

 1 week of 1/2 day Summer Gymnastic Clinic at Gymfest of 

the Berkshires. A $180 value,                                  

Donated by Larry Moore 

 1 week of John Kovacs Summer Soccer Camp                    

or 1 week of Dalton Youth Center Summer Camp 

(membership to the Dalton CRA included).                                           

Up to a $155 value,                                                                    

Donated by Dan McMahon of the                                

Dalton Community Recreation Association, Inc. 

 1 Skeeter Vac SV 3100. A $329 value,                      

Donated by Mike George of George Propane 

The raffle items will be on 1 ticket and will be people's choice. 

The cost of the tickets will be 

1 ticket for $2.00, or 3 tickets for $5.00 

 

Reserve your table space with a $20 donation 

All proceeds will benefit 

The Friends of the Park 

Fund 

 

Vendors, participants & 

Volunteers are needed. 

If you are interested, 

please call RJ Peltier @ 

413-623-5911