January 22,2014

January 22,2014 Only two more months of winter are left. Just think, at the beginning of the month it was dark just after 5:00 and now it is still a bit light at 5:30. So as you are wondering how to pass the time until spring, I would suggest taking part in the Adult Winter Reading Program. It is easy to participate. Just register for the program at the Library then listen, view or read 10 items from the library and you win a cooler lunch bag. Read, listen or view five more items and you get to register for our Grand Prize. For every five items you read, view, listen to after the first fifteen, you get another entry slip for the Grand Prize. Our Grand Prize this year is two tickets to see the play Boeing, Boeing in April and two tickets to see Annie Get Your Gun in May at the Kalamazoo Community Theather. With the temperatures where they are, participating in our program is a great way to pass the time. If you have some books you want to donate, bring them to the Library. The Library will evaluate each book and what books we can use in our collection then we will catalog and get it on the shelf. If we cannot use the books,they are given to the Ladies' Library Auxiliary where they are sorted and put into the annual book sale. The money from the book sale goes to support Children's Services at the Library. Don't forget, we are always willing to accept monetary donations at the Library to help us get new books, movies and audio books and other needs of the library. If you would rather volunteer to help out at the library, we have different needs throughout the year especially for Summer Reading. Next month we will need volunteers to help us move books off some of the shelves as we get ready to have the interior painted. As most know, Rachel, our day clerk, fell and broke her arm last week. She is having pins put in today and we will be able to learn when she is well enough to come back to work. I know many patrons miss her and are looking forward to her return. The Brown Bag Classic Book Club will meet next on February 17, at noon. This month we are reading the works of Jane Austen. Austen is currently experiencing a revival and many have not read any of her works. I know that I have never read anything by her. This month we are featuring Vegetarian Cookbooks. They are displayed on the window sill in the magazine area of the library. Check these and other cookbooks out. The staff favorite fiction books are on display at the end of the circulation counter facing the reference desk. These are books our staff have enjoyed and it may introduce you to a new author or maybe to an old author that you had enjoyed in the past. Drive and walk safely when you go out. Roads and sidewalks may look clean but even a little ice can make you slip. Until next week, keep reading John Sheridan, Director