4 December 2013 Only three more weeks until Christmas. A gift to the Library is a gift to your community as donations are used for materials for the library. An easy gift is to donate the cost of a one year subscription to one of the magazines that we have at the library. From Popular Mechanics and Country Woman to Cook's Cooking magazine and Woman's Day. Maybe you have a hobby weaving or woodworking, you can designate the money you donate to purchase a book on how to perform that craft. Have a Merry Christmas and donate to the Library. There is not a lot of programming going on during December. You can come in and make a candy cottage on December 12 from 5-7. This is an open program, just come in between the listed hours and make a festive candy cottage for your home. We ask that you register by Monday, December 9, so we can make sure there will be enough materials on hand. There will also be a Holiday Christmas Storytime on Monday, December 23, from 3-4. Besides a story, there will be some holiday games and other activities. Please pre-register by December 20 so we can have enough materials on hand for everyone. The Adult Winter Reading Program is going to start on January 2 and run through March 30. Drawing for the main prize will be on Monday, March 31. The theme for this year is, The Play's the Thing. The grand prize is two tickets to see, Boeing, Boeing and two tickets to see Annie Get Your Gun, in May. To participate, beginning on January 2, you register at the library. Read, listen or view at least 10 items (Books, Audiobooks, DVDs) between January 2 and March 30. Turn in you circulation receipts so that we can keep track of items read, listened too or viewed for prizes. When you have completed 10 items you will receive a prize. When you have completed 15 items you will be eligible for the Grand Prize and for every additional 5 items, you will qualify for additional entries for the Grand Prize. The drawing for the prizes will be Monday, March 31, 2014. Besides the Grand Prize there is a prize for most read, listened to and/or viewed items and a second place drawing. The Brown Bag Classic Book Club will meet on December 16, at noon in the downstairs meeting room. We are reading the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle is most famous for his stories and novels about Sherlock Holmes but he also wrote the Lost World featuring Professor Challenger and is an early work of science fiction. We will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Stop in and say hello to Andrea Smalley, our new reference/teen librarian. She started this past Monday. Until next week, read and gain wisdom John