30 January 2014

30 January 2014 This January has been a wild ride for southwest Michigan. We were closed Sunday through Tuesday because of the snow and the extreme cold. When we close, we will post the closing on WWMT Channel 3. Still plenty of time to sign up for the Adult Winter Reading Program. You have to be 18 years old or older and have a card to the Vicksburg District Library. The grand prize is a pair of tickets to see Boeing, Boeing and a pair of tickets to see Annie Get Your Gun. To earn a chance at the grand prize you need to read, listen or view fifteen titles of library materials. Every five titles you read, listen or view earns an extra grand prize entry. The more you read, listen and view the more chances you earn. After you read, listen or view ten titles, you get an insulated lunch cooler. With all the foul weather we have been having, many have been spending a lot of time indoors, the Adult Winter Reading program is meant for you. The next Brown Bag Classics Club will be on Monday, February 17, at noon in the library meeting room. This month we are reviewing the works of Jane Austen. In the past few years there has been a revival of her works, it gives the reader a glimpse of upper class British society two hundred years ago. Later this month we will be having the interior of the library repainted. We will be closing on Wednesday, February 19, so the painter can work unimpeded. That Tuesday and Thursday we may have to close early to remove the books from the shelving and to replace the books after the paint is dry. I will keep everyone informed on the times when we will be closed or open but with a bit of inconvenience for our patrons. While you are in the library and you want to try something different, we have Staff Favorite reads on the cart on the right side (as you enter)of the circulation desk. We are featuring fiction this quarter. On the top of the short bookcases under the window by the magazines we have our theme reads. These are books that are on one topic. This month we are featuring vegatarian cooking. For February we will feature love and romance in honor of Valentine's Day with a Blind Date With a Book. The books are wrapped and on the cover they will have the type of book on the front for instance, mystery, western, suspense, romance, classic, poetry, history. You may keep the book or return it to the library for the book sale. Coming in April, the library will join with PNC Bank on a series of workshops on financial management. How to make a budget, manage a checkbook and how to manage a credit card. The programs will be held at the library from 10:15 to 11:30. Later blogs will give more detail on the programs, dates and how to register to attend. Until next week, keep safe and warm John Sheridan, Director