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RE: High Rapid RH readings??
Well ddemento, you are doing work that is out of my area of expertise. That doesn't mean I can't advise using my background and common sense gained from dealing with these issues for a long time though.
Warning: There are some people involved with projects that cut corners or just don't understand what long term flooring success requires. These people will not be around when the floor fails, or will claim some type of voodoo occurred and that is why you now have a ruined floor.
When I looked at the floor manufacturer's website I saw they require 75% RH for commercial glue-down installations. I saw no reference to your application directly. I would advise that you call the manufacturer and explain the details of what you have. Explain your concerns. Get their advice and get it in writing.
Stick with accepted concrete testing methods as dictated by the flooring manufacturer. Nucleo readings will not be recognized.
Be sure any testing using CaCl is done according to the latest ASTM which will involve grinding pretty deep into the concrete surface. This will increase the MVER reading.
Trust your RH readings! The floor is wet internally. You need to decide if all that moisture will ever have an effect on the flooring. If you put a vapor retarder between the concrete and the wood it will help, and it may be an acceptable way to proceed. Ask the manufacturer for their recommendation. They had something on their website about gluing down inexpensive sheet vinyl first, but I'm sure there are many ways to accomplish a good vapor retarder. If you are laying a wood sleeper system over the concrete I would think a sheet vapor retarder will be fast, inexpensive and completely serviceable.
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(11-16-2011, 11:04 AM)CC Solutions Wrote: If you are laying a wood sleeper system over the concrete I would think a sheet vapor retarder will be fast, inexpensive and completely serviceable.
If it is in a school in the USA using a MFMA wood system you would have to apply a MMS like Koster. The Home Depot Poly is not enough anymore as they've been shown to not perform well enough.
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(11-16-2011, 11:32 AM)eaadams Wrote:(11-16-2011, 11:04 AM)CC Solutions Wrote: If you are laying a wood sleeper system over the concrete I would think a sheet vapor retarder will be fast, inexpensive and completely serviceable.
While Home Depot 4 or 6 mil poly may not be enough, I'm sure we could find an acceptable vapor retarder. In fact some mitigation systems use a multi-layered vapor suppression tact.
And I believe the job is in the Great White North.
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(11-16-2011, 10:50 AM)eaadams Wrote:(11-16-2011, 10:05 AM)ddemento Wrote: So here is my dilemma, do i let them go ahead and do the floor or do i be an "a-hole" and tell them to its not ready? Maybe they should do it. After all they are responsible should something happen and the flooring contractor has to guarantee the floor. Right? But should the floor fail, it will be huge head-aches for me since I am the GC.
To reply to eaadams, i know my duties and it is my client who insists on installing the floor even after I warned them of the risks. And it is my client who has hired an independant lab to challenge my results. All i was trying to say was that if the sub-trade is willing to install and still offer a guarantee, then why not let him. Any GC out there has and will do this. Obviously if the floor fails there are repercussion for everyone.
Anyways, my trade has said he will not install any floor over 4% readings with his meter, since he has had problems in the past with anything higher. The wood manufacturer accepts 2% but will tolerate 4% (or as per website 75%RH). I think that's what we will be shooting for.
I was also contemplating putting down a poly as a vapor barrier, but my trade said it will not work as humidity will get out.
Curiously, i took a reading today of my probes and the good news is they existing ones went down about 5% from last week (down to 94%). However, the new probe installed last week still measures 99%. Can it be the old probes which we were questioning went down and new one stayed up there. (and for those wondering, no I do not wet drill)
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You are correct when you say once there is a failure "there are repercussions for everyone". I commend you for your persistence!
Poly can be overlapped and appropriately taped I suspect, again this is not what I do.
A reading of '4' must be from an electrical impedance meter. These readings can vary in meaning due to concrete density and make up, they are also affected by reinforcement oftentimes.
At least your probes are alive!! Movement is good! 5% is a LOT of movement in a week, a very positive sign!
If the client is pushing to install there's not much you can do besides give your best advice and caution and get something signed to the effect that you do not wish to proceed because it will be in violation of the manufacturer's specifications.
Good luck and keep us posted!
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Fascinating discussion.
My two bobs', based on your questions, Ddemento, about the flooring install on which the clients are insisting:
"Floating" wood floors are only slightly less susceptible to moisture related failures, as the pulp base of the plank is generally very porous and can take up more moisture than a solid wood before showing signs of cupping etc. Plus, being that the floor is not sealed in-situ, the joins have miniscule gaps which allow some vapour to escape.
Mind you, some floating floor manufacturers claim that these miniscule gaps make their flooring the panacea for moisture problems, which is rubbish. I'm making a few assumptions here when you say "floating". Either way, the RH readings you are getting are not ideal for anything. Just beware that some floating floor manufacturers are a little optimistic about their performance over a wet slab.
In the case of glue-down adhesives for wood floors, polyurethane-based ones like Bostik Ultraset (not sure what it's called in the US) accept higher RH, while semi-rigid low-foaming ones can sometimes require no higher than 70%. Take JD's advice- get the suppliers/ manufacturers to give you some assurances either in writing or some pdf spec sheets.
Quote:Anyways, my trade has said he will not install any floor over 4% readings with his meter, since he has had problems in the past with anything higher. The wood manufacturer accepts 2% but will tolerate 4% (or as per website 75%RH).
Are these moisture content figures, as opposed to RH, and if so, do they give the choice of using either? As JD said moisture content has been found to be mostly irrelevant, especially for wood floors in my experience. RH is king.
Oh, and I should add that, as eaadams mentioned, a moisture barrier of some sort will be necessary. But again, some vapour barriers are only designed to slow the vapour emission down to a rate which the flooring can tolerate. With high RH readings such as yours, some systems simply won't work, see our other discussion here :-
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A proper vapor membrane can help you help. Stego is one word or some other visquine might stop the blight. Think about double asphalitc tape and make sure to to double lap seams 12" minimum. Some manufacturers have better tape.
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First, whats up with that outside wall on demento's pic's? LOL WTF?
Second, Bostik's newest 2&1 adhesives are rated 85% rh max.
If you want wood and you have any iffy readings from F-2170 testing, the keyword is "isolate" ...from the concrete.
I do wood over concrete all the time....yawn.
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(11-16-2011, 05:03 PM)Ernesto Wrote: First, whats up with that outside wall on demento's pic's? LOL WTF?
Block wall? Water pipes around the perimeter supplying the radiant heaters? What are you looking at?
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Where are these pics? I have a special place reserved in hell for water radiant heating.
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Red Sun will be trying more than a mile for the first time in his brief career. Owned by breeder John Harris and trained by Carla Gaines, the 4-year-old Redattore gelding and the Affirmed mare Sunny Sara has won four of six and earned $146,900. He finished third in the San Francisco Mile in his initial venture into graded company on April 24 at Golden Gate Fields.
Claimed for $25,000 on Jan. 30 by trainer Steve Knapp for owners Albert and Kahtleen Mattivi, Brushburn has won three of six subsequent starts, including two in a row at Hollywood Park. The 4-year-old Unusual Heat gelding and the Afternoon Deelites mare Little Hottie has won six of 14 overall and $216,610.
The field also includes Rendezvous and Unusual Suspect, the third and fifth place finishers in the Murray, Carry Gulch, an Argentine bred who scored in his U.S. debut on May 8 for the Doubledown Stables Inc. and trainer Peter Miller, Great Siege, sixth in the Inglewood Handicap on April 25, Hyades, who has one win in four starts in this country and Porfido, who has lost 14 in a row since winning an optional claimer on Jan. 18, 2008 at Santa Anita.
From the inside out, here is the field for the 42nd Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap: Acclamation, Christian Santiago Reyes rides, 116 pounds; Rendezvous, Joe Talamo, 115; Unusual Suspect, Alonso Quinonez, 114; Red Sun, Victor Espinoza, 115; Loup Breton, Rafael Bejarano, 119; Porfido, David Flores, 114; Brushburn, Brice Blanc, 113; Hyades, Osman Cedeno, 113; Scintillo, Martin Pedroza, 118; Carry Gulch, Kerwin John; Battle Of Hastings, Tyler Baze, 118 and Great Siege, Julio Garcia, 113.
Cost Of Freedom, a rapid winner in his first start of 2010 earlier in the month, will be trying to help trainer John Sadler make some history in the Los Angeles Handicap.
Sadler, who won the Grade III in 2009 with Red Arrow, is looking for his fifth victory in the race. He is currently tied with Buster Millerick for the most Los Angeles wins.
Owned by Gary and Cecil Barber, Cost Of Freedom, a 7-year-old Cee's Tizzy gelding out of the Moscow Ballet mare, won by 4 ½ lengths in 1:08.36 at the Los Angeles Handicap distance on May 6.
It was the California's bred initial outing since he finished third, a head behind winner Dancing In Silks, in the Breeders' Cup Sprint last Nov. 7 at Santa Anita. Claimed for $50,000 by the Barbers on July 28, 2008 at Del Mar, Cost Of Freedom has won seven of 14 in his career while earning $606,105. Tyler Baze will ride the 122 pound top weight.
Stoneside and M One Rifle, who chased Cost Of Freedom nearly four weeks ago, return in the Los Angeles. The other scheduled participants are Bet On Victor, Hiya Silver, Jiggly, My Summer Slew and E Z's Gentleman.
M One Rifle, who lost his best chance at the start in his 4-year-old debut when he hopped at the break, earned his biggest victory in the Malibu Stakes last Dec. 26 at Santa Anita.
Trained by Bruce Headley, who owns the gelding in a partnership, M One Rifle, a 4-year-old son of One Man Army and the Bertrando mare Leanessa, has won four of nine and $386,372. David Flores will ride M One Rifle for the first time as regular jockey Mike Smith has the call on Drosselmeyer in the Belmont Stakes.
Flores and Headley teamed to win the Los Angeles with Street Boss in 2008, the third win in the race for the trainer. Headley's earlier victories came with Son Of A Pistol in 1999 and Kona Gold in 2002.
From the inside out, the field for the 58th Los Angeles Handicap: Hiya Silver, Joe Talamo rides, 114 pounds; My Summer Slew, Alonso Quinonez, 114; Cost Of Freedom, Tyler Baze, 122; Bet On Victor, Rafael Bejarano, 114; Stoneside, Martin Pedroza, 115; Jiggly, Victor Espinoza, 114; E Z's Gentleman, Christian Santiago Reyes, 116 and M One Rifle, David Flores, 119.
Eight fillies and mares are entered in the Redondo Beach. The 121 pound highweight is Czechers, who will be ridden by Bejarano.
A 5-year-old daughter of Indian Charlie and the Pine Bluff mare Pine Rob owned by Allen and Susan Branch and trained by Mark Glatt, Czechers has won five of 22 and earned $292,349.
From the rail out, here is the cast for the 5th running of the Redondo Beach: Value Stream, Tyler Baze rides, 119 pounds; Rosey de Megreve, Martin Pedroza, 119; Éclair de Lune, Christian Santiago Reyes, 119; Czechers, Rafael Bejarano, 121; Exquisite, Victor Espinoza, 119; Annihilation, Joe Talamo, 119 and Turning Top, Brice Blanc, 119.
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Honky front man Jeff Pinkus has had a long and illustrious career in the punk rock underground. From 1986 - 1994, he did time with the infamous Butthole Surfers. Widely known for their crazed psychedelic, freak-core style of punk rock, the band toured nationally and internationally, playing for a massive cult following. One of the most distinctively unique bands of the era, The Butthole Surfers were one of the few bands of the hardcore, underground 80s to actually survive the decade as a unit. In addition, they continue releasing records up into the present.
By contrast, Honky is less about the psychedelics and more about the rock. With a long lineage of 60s and 70s influences to draw on, the band filters them through a Texas-sized swagger that includes country, hard rock, southern metal and good old-time punk rock.
OCT 17 Punks: The Comic, from local artist Kody Chamberlain, has only been out about a week but already it has racked up some positive reviews. Here's one of them, on ComicBastards.com, which gave the book its top score.
OCT 17 Bobby Jindal's poll numbers still stink in Iowa, this post on the Bloomberg Politics blog says. A recent poll found him tied with Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 1 percent, trailing Cruz, Perry, Christie, Rubio, Bush, Walker and a partridge in a pear tree.
OCT 17 Here's another document from the BP claims library that was delivered anonymously to blogger Jason Brad Berry. It is written on what appears to be BP stationery and is directed to Patrick Juneau. In it, the BP guy complains about a $14 million bill for an audit BP has never seen, as well as a conflict between Juneau's "public boasts of transparency" and the manner in which he has really operated.
OCT 17 John Bel Edwards, a candidate for governor and state legislator, is trumpeting the obvious in this post on Louisiana Voice. The Jindal administration won't answer questions, it won't produce documents, it just won't say why it has done the things it has done in the OGB issue, Edwards argues. Well, duh. Remind us - when have they done that before?
OCT 17 Oliver Houck, a Tulane law professor, posts this guest editorial on The Lens about the GOP's "not so secret agenda" to deal a death blow to the EPA. Billions are being dumped into this election, and while the public messages might focus on "Obamacare," those billionaires are more concerned with electing people who will do what they're told about coal emissions, he writes.
OCT 17 Jim Brown was reading a Boston paper recently, and found a story about panic there over a finding that the city is sinking a 10th of an inch each year. If you look at Louisiana's rate of coastal loss, that's a drop in the bucket, Brown says, and yet Louisianians lack the concern their Boston counterparts show, he says.
OCT 17 Blogger Ian McGibboney writes about the media's coverage of Ebola in this post. Some media seem to view this is a big juicy ratings opportunity, and they don't care how inaccurate or baseless their story is; they're just feeding the fire of people who are so scared they can't think rationally, Ian says.
OCT 17 Here's a weird one on WVUE from investigative reporter Lee Zurik. In it, he's quoting a guy who was in a car accident and filed suit against the other guy who (he says) caused it and is responsible for a lot of medical bills. What's weird is what he was told by his lawyer (whom he recorded -- Huh?)
OCT 16 As usual, Gov. Bobby Jindal is all over stuff that makes the news has to do with protecting our citizens. Ever since he read in the papers heard that rape victims were being billed for emergency visits he has been trying to figure out how to turn it into a press opportunity stop this travesty. So, he put together a really big press opportunity meeting so that a bunch of politicians policy makers could get their names in the paper fix this terrible problem, the Picayune reports here.
OCT 16 This just in from Whackadoodleland: the Breitbart blog says Sarah Palin, who apparently has morphed from white trash fight club matriarch to "kingmaker" in just a couple days, has "drawn a line in the swamp" regarding our Senate race. The, ahem, lady has wholeheartedly endorsed Rob Maness for the post, apparently in large part because of his ability to wrassle gators. Oh, well then -- game over!
OCT 16 The Advocate's Gregory Roberts takes a look at Bobby Jindal's recent performance in the national media. He may not be an "evolutionary biologist" but he certainly is holding himself out as an expert in other areas, Roberts notes.


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2013 seemed to be the year of digital services. We added several new ones, including eBooks for Kids just last week.
All of our digital services are described on our website. They include
• eAudiobooks – download online and listen on various devices
• eBooks – available through OverDrive and TumbleBooks; some titles are always available, others can be put on hold
• eBooks for Kids – our newest digital service
• Freegal Music – free and legal access to millions of songs
• Hoopla Digital – borrow digital videos, music and audiobooks
• Rocket Languages – learn a new language at your own pace
• Zinio – subscribe to magazines for your devices
• Databases – we have lots!
These services are free to KPL resident borrowers. Sign-up and download directions are on the website or ask staff for help.
Of course, we still have books, magazines, audiobooks, CDs, DVDs in the more traditional formats…..whatever your preference!
Happy New Year – may it be one of good reading, viewing, and listening for you.
It is the time of year when we all receive many requests for donations from a wide variety of local, regional, and national organizations.
The library does not conduct an annual fundraising campaign nor send out a solicitation request. Our only fundraiser is our annual Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee to raise funds to buy books for distribution through our Ready to Read program.
Of course donations to the library are always welcome and greatly appreciated.
A donation can be designated for a specific collection, such as large print or children's; a location, such as your neighborhood branch; or a service such as Local History, Teens, or Ready to Read. Undesignated gifts are directed where they are needed most.
And don't forget our good Friends; your donations of gently used books and audio visual material are always appreciated.
We appreciate if you think of the library when you are considering your year-end giving.
If you are a frequent patron of the movies and music collection located in the lower level of Central Library, you're likely aware of the changes we've made there over the past few weeks.
Audiobooks have moved from the lower level to the second floor rotunda. Music CDs have moved to the previous location of audiobooks and the CDs shelves will be taken down to open up that corner of the Audiovisual (AV) area.
Movies and music holds available for patron pick-up have been moved from the first floor to the lower level, across from the Audiovisual service desk. All movies and music must be checked out at kiosks on the lower level, not taken to the first floor circulation area. The checkout unit from the children's room has been moved to the lower level to have two units there to accommodate movie and music circulation. DVD Hot Picks have been dropped as a Central Library service and the Hot Picks titles will be added to the regular DVD collection; it continues as a branch service.
All of these changes, along with an increased security presence in the lower level, have been implemented in an effort to stop substantial increase in the theft of movies and music we have experienced over the past few months. I recognize some of these changes will be less convenient for some, but they were necessary to protect the community's investment in our materials.
It is important that we take all reasonable steps to protect the collection purchased with tax money. While we believe the majority of the theft has come from a small handful of people, it has caused significant loss to our very popular movie and music collections. We want those collections to be available for all to enjoy.
We will welcome your help in preventing theft from your library. If you see suspicious behavior, please inform the staff or security guard. Help us protect the Kalamazoo Public Library collection to be enjoyed by all patrons.
Earlier this fall, I read and blogged about James McBride's new novel, Good Lord Bird. Dare I say I knew it was a good book and others, like important literacy judges, agree. Earlier this week, McBride was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction for this work.
Of course one of his previous books, The Color of Water, was our 2005 Reading Together title. I still get an occasional comment from library patrons who attended his talk or his concert and remember how much we appreciated and enjoyed his visit to Kalamazoo.
He was one of the most approachable, engaging authors I've met. I'll always consider him a friend of KPL's.
Congratulations, James.
...at the 13th Annual Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee held earlier this month.
The bee is our fundraiser to buy books to give children through Ready to Read, our early childhood literacy program that helps prepare children to be ready to learn to read when they enter school.
Corporate sponsors pulled together a company team or sponsored a team from an area nonprofit organization. Fourteen teams, each with two spellers and six cheerleaders, learned a cheer or dance routine, designed wild and crazy costumes and practiced their spelling. Once all the bills are in and paid and all pledges have been received, we expect to have raised $20,000 - $22,000! That will buy a lot of books for area children.
Thanks to our corporate sponsors, donors, judges, cheerleaders, spellers, and the library staff who pull all this together for such a good cause. And, of course, congratulations to all the winners.
It was fun with a serious purpose and we are looking forward to the 14th next fall. Watch a replay of the Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee on PMN television (channel 95) and enjoy these photos to appreciate what a fun time we had.
Congratulations to KPL's "award-winning" cheerleaders!
photos: John Lacko
……Reading Together, that is.
If you visit one of our locations or our website, you probably know we have chosen two books with a food theme for this year's Reading Together: The American Way of Eating by Tracie McMillan and Farm City by Novella Carpenter. We have multiple copies of both titles and a "Book Club in a Bag" set.
In addition to two titles being new this year, we also are adding Reading Together To Go! and have placed copies of both titles around town where folks gather and often wait. If you find a copy, read it, pass it on, and log in on our website.
The Reading Together website has also been launched earlier than usual. We'll be adding to it frequently as events are planned and the calendar is filled in. Our blog will also link to relevant related topics as well as include updates on this year's events.
Check the website often and start reading!
One of our goals for the first half of 2014 is to expand our digital services. We'll have an area on the third floor of the Central Library with equipment and software. We are currently meeting with others in the community who offer digital services to the public to learn what is available, what is needed BUT we want to hear from you.
What do you want from a digital lab? Please take our survey to help us plan and offer the services you'd use. I'll report here periodically on our progress, especially when we have a specific plan and a ballpark opening date.
….to Alice Munro for winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.
As I have often written on our book blog, I don't read many short story collections, with one exception: Alice Munro.
She has been called the "master of the contemporary short story" for her sparse fiction that often begins in an unexpected place then moves back or forward in time. She says her recent collection Dear Life is her last and she is finished writing.
The report of an author's reaction to winning a major prize is always interesting to me. Apparently the Swedish Academy was unable to locate her before the public announcement. They left a phone message for her. It turns out she was visiting her daughter in British Columbia and was awakened at 4 AM with the news. Reports are she sounded groggy and emotional!
In a recent interview, she said she fell into writing short stories by accident. She thought stories were practice until she had time to write a novel. Then she found they were all she could do.
Ms. Munro is the first Canadian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Canadian prime minister issued a statement of congratulations as have many writers. Her long-time readers are pleased and hope indeed there will be more stories to follow.
image: NPR
In my brief introductory comments at last week's banned books program offered in partnership with the ACLU, I mentioned that our materials selection policy is based on the Library Bill of Rights, the Freedom to Read and Freedom to View statements.
After the program, one of the attendees approached me to share that her grandfather had written the Library Bill of Rights. What??!! Wow! That makes him the James Madison of the library world.
The Library Bill of Rights was written by her grandfather, Forrest Spaulding who served as director of the Des Moines, Iowa, Public Library from 1917 – 1952. He drafted the Library Bill of Rights in 1938 and it was adopted by the American Library Association the following year. It has been revised a few times since but retains its original flavor and intent.
We had a very interesting conversation. She knew her grandfather and was well versed in his library accomplishments. She also shared her experiences from an event in Des Moines a few years ago to recognize him that she and other family members attended.
So many of us have a connection to libraries. I enjoy hearing them…thanks for sharing this connection.
A recent study from the University of London found that children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better in school than their peers. Children who read for pleasure made more progress in math, vocabulary, and spelling than those who rarely read.
Are these results surprising? Not to educators and librarians. It is the reason for our close partnership with Kalamazoo Public Schools.
For the third year, all KPS first graders will visit a KPL location twice in the fall and then again in the spring. Northglade first graders visited the Powell Branch in the Douglass Community Center to launch this year's visits. Each student received a KPL card, checked out a book, and heard a story. In a few weeks they will visit again to learn how to return a book and select another one. In the spring, we will celebrate a year of first grade reading and promote summer reading games.
For the first time, there are two new components to our partnership with KPS. All KPS students will be eligible for a one year KPL library card that will permit them to check out three books at a time. With full information from their parent or guardian, it can be converted to a full, unlimited access KPL card.
Second is our evolving very close relationship with Northglade. We are undertaking a two year project to determine if a close relationship between a school and a public library improves student achievement. We think it will! We expect every student and staff in the school will have and use their KPL card, that there will be visits back and forth with Powell Branch staff frequently at Northglade and students of various grades visiting the branch, and a library presence at all Northglade events.
As Walter Dean Myers, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and recent visitor to KPL says, "reading is not optional" if you are going to be successful in school and life. We are working on that with our partners at KPS.
We'll report periodically on our progress.
It is Banned Books Week, the national book community's annual celebration of the freedom to read. We join with libraries, bookstores, and publishers across the country in drawing attention to censorship.
Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a surge in challenges to books in schools, bookstores, and libraries. More than 11,300 books have been challenged since the launch. In 2012, the most challenged title was Captain Underpants series for children; second was The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
Many books long considered American classics have also been challenged and sometimes banned over the years. You might be surprised by some of the familiar titles.
We will extend our celebration into next week and on Tuesday, October 1, host our traditional readings with the ACLU. As in past years, local celebrity readers will read passages from titles that have been challenged.
Join us for that program and exercise your right to read whatever you choose.
It's September, back-to-school, library card sign-up month.
Once again, we join libraries across the country in reminding parents and caregivers that a library card is the most important school supply of all.
Your KPL card provides access to print books, ebooks, online homework help, and research tools and resources. We are pleased local businesses and organizations are partnering with us to offer an incentive just for showing your KPL card during September. If you don't already have a card, here is a further incentive.
Click here for the entire list and information on signing up for a KPL card.
See you at the library or at one of our partners.
As I have often written, we have very good friends, The Friends of KPL.
Their annual Fall-Bag-of-Books Sale is Saturday, September 14, from 9 am – 3:30 pm in the auditorium on the third floor at Central Library.
As in past years, all books are just 10¢ each OR a grocery size bag full for $2.00. Buy a bag there or bring your own. The bookstore on the lower level will also be open.
And while you are at the sale, pick up a membership brochure and consider joining. They would welcome having you as a member as a further way to show your support for the library.
We've had a good summer beginning with our summer reading kick-off during June Jubilee through strong participation in our summer reading games, good attendance at programs, and several days of recordbreaking circulation. Now it is back-to-school time.
We've gathered many online databases for early elementary through college on our website. They range from eLibrary Elementary to Gale Virtual Reference Library which provides access to reference materials on business, history, science, environment and more. Some of these resources require a KPL library card to access.
Also in the back-to-school mode, we will offer three sessions of new program Think College. Representatives from KRESA, along with our staff, will share information on preparing for college and show several test preparation resources.
Our buildings are available for studying, some locations have small study rooms for group work or tutoring. And, of course, we have staff to assist and lots of printed materials to checkout or use at the library.
I hope back-to-school went smoothly at your home.
Although it is not the beginning of a new year, back-to-school still seems like the beginning of a new year to me. With this "new year" we are making some changes at the circulation area of Central Library.
The Circulation Desk will transition to a Customer Service Desk. We'll handle library card registrations and account questions or problems at that desk. Staff will be at the checkout kiosk to help library users check out materials there.
There is a change at the checkout kiosks. We have eliminated locked cases for DVDs and CDs so the checkout process for those items is much easier….no more unlockers.
We hope this change will allow us to provide better customer service as we respond to the increase in circulation and the decrease in tax revenues.
As you have been out and about in Kalamazoo, you may have noticed an increasingly number of "little free libraries," essentially an oversized mailbox or birdhouse with books to share.
The idea started in 2009 with a simple concept—take a book, return a book.
It is now estimated there are between 6,000 and 7,000 little free libraries across 36 countries and at least 1,650,000 books have been donated and borrowed.
Of course these won't replace libraries, but they are a nice companion. More information is on their website www.littlefreelibrary.org. Local information is available at kalamazoolittlefreelibraries.com or through a link on our website.
Feel free to take a book, leave a book if you pass one on your walk or drive.
photo: kalamazoolittlefreelibraries.com
I don't buy a lot of books, afterall I am in a library every day. When I do buy any, they are usually gently used ones from the Friends Bookstore on the lower level of the Central Library.
The books I buy are generally of two types: literary fiction and big, thick biographies. Books in both categories are usually $2 each.
The literary fiction books I usually give as gifts, often as a small hostess gift or just a little surprise gift for a friend. I tend to select books I have already read so I add a note of why I liked the book and am giving them a copy, along with encouragement to read and pass it on to someone else.
The big, thick biographies I read gradually, sometimes over the course of six or eight weeks. These are books I can lay down, they aren't page turners, so I read them off and on and, I admit, it is nice not to have the pressure of a due date. Many of them I then give back to the Friends to sell yet again.
I encourage you to shop the Friends Bookstore to build your home library and to support the library. Generous donations from the bookstore revenue support many of our programs, including summer reading games.
AND…news flash / drum roll…..credit and debit cards may now be used in the Friends Bookstore. Easier than ever to shop there.
Every month and week has multiple designations. July has been "Family Reunion Month."
Family reunions are often the outgrowth or the motivation for searching your family history or genealogy. Family history begins with one's self and works back from generation to generation. Genealogy is more complicated and begins with the immigrant ancestor and works forward through the generations.
Our Local History Room has resources, databases, and workshops to help you start a family history or make progress on your genealogy. We are an affiliate of FamilySearch which provides access to billons of birth, marriage, death, census, land, and court records from over 130 countries. There are also many other digital and print resources as well as occasional workshops.
Visit the Local History section of our website as a good starting point as well as just to browse interesting essays about Kalamazoo and southwest Michigan. There's lots more there than genealogy information.
And enjoy your family reunion if there is one in your summer plans.
image: Washington County Library System
As most library users know, the Kalamazoo County Law Library is located on the lower level of Central Library next to the Friends Bookstore. We aren't lawyers, but we have knowledgeable staff there to help. There is now another legal resource for Michigan residents: www.MichiganLegalHelp.com
The Michigan Legal Help website helps people handle simple civil legal problems without a lawyer. It contains articles about specific areas of the law and toolkits to help you represent yourself in court. Some forms are available and can be completed automatically online once you answer a few simple questions about the issue.
The website is not to be a substitute for a lawyer and does not cover all areas of the law. The self-help areas include family, protection from abuse, housing, consumer, expungement, and public benefits issues.
It is funded by the Michigan State Bar Foundation, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, and the Legal Services Corporation.
It might be a good first step as you deal with a legal matter in one of these areas.
I've just returned from Chicago where I attended the annual conference of the American Library Association. It's a big conference – about 15,000 attendees including staff, vendors, trustees, Friends, library supporters. There are always more programs, more authors talks, more vendors demos than anyone can possibly attend and some of the best insights and new ideas come from casual conversation with other attendees.
As I begin to process all I heard and saw, here are a few observations:
Attending a conference is re-energizing. Those of us who attended from KPL will share our experiences across the library. We returned with good ideas but also a renewed perspective that we are "on the right track" and an appreciation for our community support.
I have often written here about the ebooks available through our website, but have seldom mentioned downloadable audiobooks. I check out many ebooks but few audiobooks, probably because I have a short drive to work, the time many listen to audiobooks.
Clearly reading is evolving. Today readers can continue the same story as they toggle between an ebook on their iPad or Kindle, a paperback at home, an eaudiobook in the car or on another mobile device….whatever format fits the setting and mood. And a new word…..this is considered the "transmedia" world.
We still maintain a large collection of the traditional audiobooks but in addition, downloadable eaudiobooks are available through our website. Many titles are available in ebook and eaudio format, some just in one or the other, depending upon the publisher.
Formats are evolving – VHS and cassettes are no longer – but for now, we have audiobooks in both physical and digital formats.
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Earlier this year, a survey about library use was sent to a random sample of 2,000 residents within our service area. A very similar survey was also posted on our website. Responses to both formats were similar.
Here's some of what you told us:
Thank you for responding to our survey – we value your input and opinions.
What a downtown weekend it was! All of the library's events were well attended: Art Hop, Friends of KPL sidewalk booksale, First Saturday @ KPL, and the kick-off of summer reading with music and games in our parking lot on a beautiful summer day. Thanks for stopping by.
We celebrate summer reading with fun and games but it is fun with a serious purpose….keep kids reading over the summer to counter the "summer slide." Especially in the early elementary years, there is a gradually shift from learning to read to reading to learn and for enjoyment. Reading over the summer maintains the skills learned during the school year and contributes to a faster start in the fall.
Our community has many summer literacy activities planned. Check out opportunities wherever kids are going this summer: churches, YMCA, Boys and Girls Club, KPS, Nature Center, Communities in Schools among many others. Most every organization with a summer program has added a literacy component.
We are working together to build a college-going culture. Encourage kids to read this summer, share what you are reading, bring them to the library.
KPL will be joining with other downtown organizations to celebrate the "official kick-off to summer in Kalamazoo" with June Jubilee, June 6-9.
Link to our website to see full information on the library events or pick up a brochure downtown for a listing of all the events.
Friday night we'll be celebrating a LEGO view of Kalamazoo at Art Hop. See classic Kalamazoo buildings in LEGOs!
Saturday is the Friends of KPL Sidewalk Sale on the portico….$2.00 for a bag of books…what a bargain. Visit their bookstore on the lower level too.
AND the June Jubilee Concert with Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers as the kick-off to summer reading in our parking lot from 1 pm – 4 pm. Hear good music, enjoy activities for kids, and, of course, sign-up for summer reading games….all ages.
AND finally, First Saturday@KPL from 2 pm – 4 pm in the children's room.
See you there or elsewhere around downtown this weekend.
Our circulation of ebooks continues to grow but patrons often ask why we don't have a specific new, popular title or why more copies of a title aren't available. Unfortunately, the major publishers have been slow to make their ebook titles available to public libraries.
None of the six largest publishers sell or license ebooks to public libraries in the same way they do print editions. Three major publishers have pricing policies that make ebooks more expensive than print editions and others still refuse to make ebooks available to all libraries and are only now piloting programs that make them available to only select libraries.
The example of a recent bestseller makes the point: print edition cost to a public library: $15.51. Ebook cost on Amazon to an individual: $9.99. Ebook cost to a library from the publisher: $84.
The relationship between publishers and libraries is changing. Many small, independent publishers are willing to work with libraries; the major publishers have not yet adopted policies that address equitable access and fair pricing.
Oversight is needed to ensure that publishers do not inhibit access to ebooks in public libraries. The library community is urging policymakers to guarantee that all libraries and their constituents have unrestricted and equal access to ebooks at a fair and reasonable price.
Last week, May 13-19, was Children's Book Week. This designation was established in 1919 and is the longest-running literacy initiative in the country.
The original goal of the week was to promote higher standards in children's books. It is now focused on a celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading, with the hope of instilling a lifelong love of reading in children.
The original declaration for the week was "A great nation is a reading nation." Still true, no matter the format or the device on which children, tweens, and teens are reading.
Encourage the children in your life to read….bring them to the library, read to them, read with them.
Kalamazoo beer has been in the news lately…. Bell's, several new breweries and brewpubs opening, and most recently, the campaign to vote for Kalamazoo to be designated "Beer City USA." We are worthy of that designation; we have a beer history. Read about "The Brew from Kalamazoo" on our website and enjoy the photos as well.
And, did you know we also have a distillery history? Read about "Luke's Best" as one of the first products to bring national attention to Kalamazoo.
On a totally different topic, May 13 is the anniversary of the 1980 tornado. Those of us who were here 33 years ago, remember it well. I was at a meeting of the Friends of KPL when the sirens went off and we all moved to the basement storage area. What a sight when we emerged. We have a video as well as a map, description, and links to other information on our website.
And while you are reading about beer, whiskey, and a tornado, scroll through the other topics on the local history section of our website. We live in a city with a rich, fascinating history.
I have often written here about the Friends of KPL... how they fund all our summer reading games and programs, help us bring the Reading Together author to town, provide door prizes for First Saturday @ KPL, help us with the cost of Link, provide funding so we can participate in the quarterly Art Hops, and I could go on and on.
I have also written here about their bookstore on the lower level of the Central Library and their special booksales (next one is Saturday, June 8) and have encouraged library supporters to become members of the Friends.
Now I am writing to ask you to "like" our Friends on Facebook and repost to your Facebook friends. One of their recent posts was listing several particularly interesting titles for sale in the bookstore. It was a good teaser for the wide array of books donated to them and available in the bookstore.
We like our Friends and hope you will too.
As April winds down, I just happened to have seen that April is Magazine Month. What good timing as we have just recently launched Zinio, a downloadable magazine service.
We offer 72 different titles, all downloadable for free on to your device. Zinio, as well as all of our downloadable services, are grouped together on our website. (Look for Download in the blue navigation bar on every page.) Many patrons have quickly found this new service and in the first five days, there were 322 circulations of magazines through Zinio.
Step-by-step instructions for signing up for this service are on the website, but if you need help, ask at any of our service desks.
I'd welcome your comments about this new service.
Booklovers, including many librarians of course, are celebrating World Book Night on Tuesday, April 23. Held in the US, UK, and Ireland, the aim is to promote the value of reading, books, libraries, and bookstores by distributing free books all across the country. About 25,000 volunteer booklovers will be personally handing out specially printed copies of books to light or non-readers and to those without the means or access to books. The titles chosen for distribution are contemporary or classic titles that appeal to a wide range of new readers. They are diverse in subject matter, age level, gender, as well as ethnic and geographical considerations.
The day is chosen to celebrate the International Day of the Book as well as Shakespeare's birthday.
There are about 2,000 World Book Night host locations, including KPL and several area bookstores. About 25 volunteers signed up through KPL, selected their title, and picked up about 20 copies of the book last week. They will distribute the books around town on Tuesday evening….watch for them if you are out and about.
I have often written here about weekly and monthly designations / celebrations. Well, now it is our turn. This is National Library Week.
We join with libraries, schools, bookstores, and publishers in celebrating this week to highlight the value of libraries. This year's theme is "Communities Matter @ Your Library" with Caroline Kennedy, a strong advocate for reading, literacy, and libraries, as the honorary chair of this year's celebration.
We know you value library services: circulation of all materials in up 9% over this time last year, computer use at all locations is strong, and visits to our website have increased about 14%.
You've told us through a recent survey, from your comments to staff at service desks, and in casual conversations around town, that you recognize and appreciate the library's role in the community.
We appreciate your support and welcome your comments.
Celebrate National Library Week with us and come visit soon.
I'm always on the lookout for articles or essays about reading, books, libraries; I often use them as the basis for this blog. I just came across one in which the author makes the case that reading novels sharpens business skills.
His point is that reading fiction leads to understanding people better; fiction presents a range of circumstances, interactions, and characters that one is likely to meet in the real world and enhances the ability to empathize with others. He quotes from a study that concluded fiction readers scored better at interpreting facial expressions and social cues than those who read mostly nonfiction.
Hmmm…..or is it that those who are already more socially adept read more fiction? In any case, I agree with the conclusion that "it would be an oversimplification to say that having more fiction readers on Wall Street would have prevented the financial crisis."
I'm just going to continue to read whatever catches my attention, fiction and nonfiction, and not try to analyze my choices.
Just read…..come visit soon.
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Most librarians like to read, compile, and share book lists. We seek them out, we check off the ones we've read, and add still more titles to our ever growing list of books we want to read.
Of course there are many annual lists and best of lists in all different categories, but there are also subject lists that are timely. I want to share two that are vastly different but both timely.
The young adult division of the American Library Association has compiled a list of basketball books to support March Madness. There are some good suggestions to help extend the college basketball season.
To mark the ten year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, The Washington Post has compiled its list: "10 Years of the Iraq War: 10 Great Books." They write that "like all wars, this one has produced a library of great books."
Do you have any to add to either list?
March is "Literacy Month." The focus is to celebrate the love of reading among children and to promote literacy as a fundamental skill for success in school and in life.
Libraries, schools, and bookstores are celebrating with a variety of activities and events to encourage reading. We have many resources on our website: new books, staff picks, tips for parents and caregivers in using books with their children. We offer many programs: Ready to Read, First Saturday @ KPL, storytimes, and even a book club for children and their adults called Bookworms. There is a printable calendar of all our youth programs for your refrigerator door and, of course, we have lots of books to check out.
We celebrate literacy year-round but we are glad to call extra attention to it in March.
I hope you are sharing your enjoyment of reading with the children around you. Bring them to the library, read together.
I recently read an article by what I would call a "power reader." He reads at least two hours per day, at least 100 books a year and often twice that many. Not surprisingly, he reads in all the obvious places: home, trains, planes, buses, public parks, as well as the not so obvious: during concerts and plays, waiting for people to emerge from comas, during a medical treatment. He reads mostly fiction.
He writes that he has figured out why he reads so much: he wants to be somewhere else. He considers his real world to be reasonably satisfactory but the world conjured up by books is a better one. He reads to escape to a more exciting, more rewarding world.
I read a lot too, but not that much. I read more fiction than nonfiction, but still a fair amount of nonfiction. As I think about it, I agree that fiction reading is often to escape to a different world, though I'm not so sure it is always more exciting or rewarding. My nonfiction reading seems to be more about an interest in a different time, place, or person, not necessarily that I want to be there….I want to know about it though.
Beyond that, I'm not going to overly analyze why I read. I just know I enjoy it. Why do you read?
The Library of Michigan recently released state wide data about public libraries, compiled from the annual reports we all submit.
Here's some of the information I found particularly interesting or compelling:
Come visit soon – at one of our five locations or via our website. We're counting for next year's state report.
I'm guessing when you visit our website, you go to one or two areas….perhaps the catalog, the calendar of events, maybe our databases. You know what you are looking for and you head there.
I want to call your attention to several new features or services available on our website with the hope you will explore them as well as your favorites.
New blogs are posted to our website several times each week, new materials being added to our collection are highlighted, new services are often featured in the rotating pictures. Visit often.
Last month the Kercher Center at WMU sent out a survey on behalf of the library. It was mailed to 2,000 randomly selected residents in our service area. If you didn't get one in the mail, now you have an opportunity to express your opinion online.
Responses to the survey will help us plan for the next few years. We are interested in how you rank our current services, suggestions you might have for new services in place of current ones, and what you would reduce or eliminate if we have a major reduction in revenues.
I hope you will take 10 minutes or so to complete this survey. We want to hear from library users.
As you may have heard or read, KPL had a bed bug "experience" this week. I'll say I learned more about bed bugs than I ever knew before and perhaps than I wanted to know, but I'm proud of how quickly we were able to respond.
We've put some information on our website that you might find helpful and I'm linking to the news release we sent to the media outlining the situation and the actions we took.
Do you consider the environmental impact when choosing a print or e-book format?
I admit, I've only thought very briefly about this question and it doesn't enter into my decision to read a book in print or digital format. My decision is based primarily on availability.
I recently came across a short article on this very topic. It gave me pause. The author considered the trees used to make paper, chlorine bleach to dye the paper, use of recycled paper, amount of ink, energy needed to produce the ink, lifespan of a typical e-reader, and carbon emissions from production and use of an e-reader.
Bottom line conclusion from the author: an e-reader is the more environmentally responsible choice for those who read more than 23 books per year.
Now that you know this, will it make a difference in the format you choose?
Last week's blog was about e-reading vs print reading. I wrote that e-book choices through libraries are limited because many publishers do not allow libraries to purchase or license digital copies to loan to cardholders. This limit has become a freedom to read concern for libraries.
E-books are here to stay; it is possible that in the future new books may be published only in digital format. When that happens, an e-reader, a credit card, and disposable income will be necessary to read a book unless all major publishers are willing to sell or license a title to public libraries.
Currently several major publishers refuse to sell or license e-books to public libraries. Others make them available at a very high price or impose heavy restrictions on their use. Consequently the selection of e-books available for loan is limited.
Librarians and library organizations are pressing publishers to change their practices. Some pilot programs are underway as publishers and libraries strive to develop mutually acceptable models.
We need the help of readers to voice their concern about preserving the freedom to read. You can support this effort by contacting state and federal elected officials. Make them aware of the e-book lending challenges and encourage them to press publishers to work with libraries.
Preserving the freedom to read is worth fighting for.
A recently released Pew Research Center study reports 23% of Americans, ages 16 and older, have read an e-book in the past year, up from 16% the year before. Those who read a print book dropped from 72% to 67%. Overall book readers, no matter the format, remained about the same at about 75% of the population.
Not surprisingly, there has also been an increase in ownership of e-book reading devices; 25% of those 16 and older own a tablet computer, 19% an e-book reading device.
Also not surprisingly, e-book borrowing from public libraries has increased too….from 3% last year to 5% this year.
Here at KPL we have had a whooping increase in e-book circulation: 3,593 in 2010 / 11 to 17,369 in 2011/12. That's an increase of 383%!
The titles available to download through our website have increased substantially too. We purchase copies of popular titles just for KPL cardholders in addition to those available through the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services. Nevertheless, the choices are limited because many publishers do not allow libraries to purchase digital copies to loan to cardholders.
The American Library Association is challenging publishers to include libraries in their service model. So far, most publishers are not willing to do so.
Q: What's a Bag-of-Books Sale?
A: The annual Friends of KPL booksale with books at $2.00 for a bag full OR 10¢ a book.
Q: Where and when?
A: Van Deusen Room, 3rd, floor Central Library, Saturday, January 26, 9 am - 3:30 pm
Q: Why?
A: Build your home library, help clean out the Friends storage area, raise money for the Friends generous support of the library
Q: What does the library do with the money from the Friends?
A: Provide summer reading games for all ages, support Reading Together and Global Reading Challenge, help fund concerts
Q: If I come to the sale, what else could I do downtown that day?
A: Shop in the Friends Bookstore on the lower level of the Central Library, check out a book or movie from the library, ask a reference question, play in the children's room, stroll on the downtown mall
The awards and "best of" season continues in the entertainment and publishing fields. The Library of Michigan just announced the "2013 Michigan Notable Books."
This designation began in 1991. Each year 20 books published during the previous year are featured. The books are about, or set in Michigan or the Great Lakes region, or are written by a native or resident of our state. Fiction and nonfiction titles with a wide appeal on an array of topics are selected.
In the news release announcing this year's choices, our state librarian, Nancy Robertson, wrote that "this program successfully shines the spotlight on the number of talented writers and illustrators we have in Michigan; these books help tell Michigan's story."
By coincidence, I happened to be reading Detroit City Is the Place to Be, one of this year's selections. I've also added several titles to my ever-growing list of books I'd like to read.
I hope your reading year is off to a good start; mine is.
We are getting ready to offer several new services in 2013.
Details are yet to be worked out, but we will add Freegal Music to our services within the next month or two. With a KPL card, library users will have access to millions of songs from 10,000+ labels, including all Sony Music labels. From an easy-to-use website, users will be able to download mp3 files that can be played on any device, including iPods. Watch for an announcement soon.
We will also be adding Rocket Languages, an online language learning program. If your new year's resolutions include learning a new language, this is for you! Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Hindi, German, French, Chinese, Arabic, and American Sign Language are here for the learning. Again, details will be announced soon.
And we are thrilled to have been awarded a grant to become a Family Place Library, a national model and designation that builds on the knowledge that good health, early learning, parental involvement, and supportive communities play a critical role in young children's growth and development. Several of us will attend a training institute in the spring with the expectation we will launch this new initiative later in 2013.
We're looking forward to the new year with these new services. Details to follow over the next few months.
Best wishes for the new year.


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West Coast Soccer player Miciah Madison of Mountain House helped get her team, the under-16 Wild, to the championship game of the Juventus Tournament of Champions in Redwood City Aug. 2 and 3.
Madison set up the goal by her teammate Kasidee Wiley in the first game of the event, a 1-0 win over Juventus Lightning. Wild won three more in a row to get to the final, and then lost 3-2 to Juventus Zebre.
West Coast Soccer's U15 Wonder, including Tracy players Alexis Redens and Erica Dias, also played at the Juventus tournament, going 1-1 on Aug. 2 and then losing the penalty kick shootout against Castro Valley in the semifinals.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (July 6, 2011)—Twirling Candy will seek the second Grade I victory of his career in the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup Saturday at Hollywood Park.
A Grade I at 1 ¼ miles over Cushion Track, the Gold Cup is a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In'' race. The Breeders' Cup nominated winner of the Gold Cup is guaranteed a spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs. Additionally, the winner will have pre-entry and entry fees waived and given a $10,000 travel allowance.
Fans coming to Hollywood Park to see the Gold Cup in person will have an opportunity to enter the Breeders' Cup Classic Ownership Challenge. All those who enter the contest will become a virtual owner of the Gold Cup winner. If that horse also captures the Breeders' Cup Classic, the virtual owners will divide $250,000.
There is also a fedora giveaway – one per paid admission while supplies last – and a Gold Cup hat contest with a first prize of $500.
The Gold Cup is not the only stakes races Saturday. The 10-race card also includes the $150,000 Swaps Stakes, a Grade II for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles.
The Swaps is the fourth race with a scheduled post time of 2:34 p.m. The Gold Cup, which will be run for the 72nd time, is the eighth and will be televised by ESPN (4-5 p.m. PDT). Scheduled post time for the Gold Cup is 4:40 p.m.
Owned by breeder Jenny Craig's Family Trust, William S. Farish and Marty Wygod and trained by John Sadler, Twirling Candy won the Californian June 4 despite an eventful trip. The victory was the seventh in nine starts for the son of Candy Ride and the Chester House mare House of Danzing. He's earned $684,900.
Fifth as the prohibitive favorite in the Santa Anita Handicap March 5 in his only previous attempt at 10 furlongs, Twirling Candy is trying to become the first horse to win the Californian and Gold Cup in the same year since Lava Man in 2005.
Bob Baffert, who is well on his way to his first training title at a Spring/Summer meet, will be represented by Game On Dude and First Dude.
A 4-year-old Awesome Again gelding out of the Devil His Due mare Worldly Pleasure, Game On Dude is owned by a partnership that includes Diamond Pride LLC, the Lanni Family Trust and Mercedes Stable LLC.
Dismissed at nearly 15-1 in the Grade I Santa Anita Handicap March 5, Game On Dude prevailed by a nose, then survived a lengthy stewards' inquiry. He has been second and third in two subsequent starts out of town – the Charles Town Classic at Charles Town April 16 and the Lone Star Park Handicap in Texas May 30.
Bred in Kentucky by Frank Stronach's Adena Springs, Game On Dude has won four of 10, earning $924,658. He has never raced at Hollywood Park and would be the first horse to win the Santa Anita Handicap and the Gold Cup in the same year since Lava Man in 2007.
Chantal Sutherland, who was aboard for the Big ``Cap win, will ride Game On Dude Saturday, making her the first female jockey to ride in the Gold Cup.
First Dude, a 4-year-old son of Stephen Got Even and the Smart Strike mare Run Sarah Run, has won two of three since joining the Baffert barn earlier this year.
Owned by breeder Donald Dizney, First Dude collected his first graded victory when a nose winner of the Grade III Alysheba Stakes May 6 at Churchill Downs.
Second in the Preakness and third in the Blue Grass, Belmont Stakes and Haskell Invitational in 2010, First Dude has won three of 16 and banked $1,142,140.
Baffert, who became the eighth trainer to win at least 500 races at Hollywood Park when Glamorista won the seventh July 4, is seeking his third victory in the Gold Cup. The Hall of Famer has won previously with Real Quiet (1999) and Congaree (2003).
Awesome Gem, who upset Rail Trip with a ground-saving trip in 2010, will try to become the third multiple Gold Cup winner, joining Native Diver and Lava Man, both three-time winners.
Owned by West Point Thoroughbreds and trained by Craig Dollase, Awesome Gem has won nine of 44 while earning $2,568,270. This will be his first start in Southern California since he was fifth in the Grade I Goodwood during the Oak Tree/Hollywood Park meet last Oct. 2.
The 8-year-old gelded son of Awesome Again and the Pentelicus mare Piano has since started at five different tracks – Golden Gate Fields, Charles Town, Churchill Downs, Lone Star Park and Prairie Meadows. His lone win came in the Grade III Lone Star Park Handicap May 30.
Fresh off a big Spring/Summer meet at Churchill Downs, trainer Ken McPeek has sent Dark Cove to California in search of a first graded win.
Claimed out of a $16,000 maiden race last Aug. 16 at Saratoga, Dark Cove has subsequently won four of eight for McPeek and owners Joseph Engelhart and Magdalena Racing.
A 4-year-old Medaglia d'Oro colt out of the Kris S. mare Crystal Cove, Dark Cove is 2-for-2 over synthetic surfaces – both over the Keeneland Polytrack. He has won four of 11 and earned $182,447. He has started twice in graded races, failing to hit the board in the Commonwealth Turf last fall at Churchill Downs and the Fort Lauderdale – also on turf – in January at Gulfstream Park.
Second in the Californian and the Santa Anita Handicap in his two most recent races, Setsuko is another 4-year-old looking for his first graded success. Owned and bred by the Wertheimer brothers and trained by Richard Mandella, the son of Pleasantly Perfect and the Mr. Prospector mare Dance With Grace has won once in 13 races while earning $425,686.
Setsuko's sole win was over Cushion Track. He defeated maidens by three lengths as the 1-2 favorite Dec. 17, 2009.
Like Baffert, Mandella has won the Gold Cup twice, going back-to-back with Siphon (1996) and Gentlemen (1997).
Fourth in the Californian for trainer Paddy Gallagher, Soul Candy is a 5-year-old son of Birdonthewire and the Lil Tyler mare Just Satisfaction. He's won four of 15 and has a bankroll of $310,300. Bred in California by Madera Thoroughbreds, who co-owns the gelding with E Z Eight Racing Stable, Soul Candy has lost five in a row since winning the California Cup Classic last Oct. 30 during the Oak Tree/Hollywood Park meet.
Miss Match will be the first female to start in the Gold Cup since Life Is Sweet finished third in 2009. The last female to win the race was Princessnesian in 1968.
Owned by Matthew Cloros and trained by Neil Drysdale, Miss Match, an Argentine bred, has won six of 22 and earned $606,614.
Third – beaten less than one length – by Blind Luck in the Vanity Handicap June 18, Miss Match is already a Grade I winner in 2011. She won the Santa Margarita by a head over Switch as a 45-1 longshot March 12 at Santa Anita.
From inside out, the field for the Hollywood Gold Cup: Twirling Candy, Joel Rosario rides, 122 pounds; Miss Match, Joe Talamo, 110; Setsuko, Victor Espinoza, 115; Game On Dude, Chantal Sutherland, 118; Awesome Gem, David Flores, 116; Soul Candy, Garrett Gomez, 114; First Dude, Martin Garcia, 116 and Dark Cove, Rafael Bejarano, 115.
Baffert will be aiming for a record fifth victory in the Swaps when he saddles probable favorite Coil.
Owned by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, the son of Point Given and the Theatrical mare Eversmile was successful by one length in his two turn debut in the Grade III Affirmed Handicap June 11.
The win was the third in four starts for the Florida bred and he's earned $118,560. The wins have come since he was purchased privately last fall.
Baffert's latest Swaps victory was with Misremembered in 2009. He's also won with During (2003), Congaree (2001) and Captain Steve (2000).
Uncle Sam gives Baffert two shots at the top prize in the Swaps. Owned by Kaleem Shah, Inc., the Tapit ridgling out of the Pleasant Colony mare On the Town has won two of five, earning $89,340.
The gray returns to California after finishing eighth of nine as the 8-5 favorite in the Lone Star Derby on turf May 30. Uncle Sam was second in the Alydar Stakes May 8 behind stablemate Awesome Patriot in his lone start over Cushion Track.
Runflatout, second in the Affirmed, has a win in four races for West Point Thoroughbreds and Sadler. The Flatter colt out of the Grand Slam mare Slammin' Lil has earned $72,400.
Boxeur des Rues returns to a synthetic surface after a narrow grass win May 30. The son of Smart Strike and the Caerleon mare Marseille Express has won two of five, earning $39,682. He is 1-for-4 since coming to the United States for owner J. Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O'Neill.
The California bred Spud Spivens had a two race win streak snapped when he finished third in the Affirmed. A gelded son of Tizbud and the Cutlass Reality mare Oceans Reality, Spud Spivens has won two of 11 and earned $111,600. He is owned by a partnership that includes trainer Henry Moreno.
A double winner of the Swaps – Forceten (1975) and Prized (1989) – Drysdale's representative in 2011 is Dreamy Kid. Owned by breeder Robert S. Evans, the son of Lemon Drop Kid and the Silver Hawk mare Dreams has won once in five starts and earned $48,880.
From inside out, the field for the Swaps Stakes: Runflatout, Garrett Gomez rides, 112 pounds; Spud Spivens, Alonso Quinonez, 114; Coil, Martin Garcia, 118; Uncle Sam, Rafael Bejarano, 118; Dreamy Kid, Joe Talamo, 114 and Boxeur des Rues, Joel Rosario, 114.
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