19 March 2014 Only 11 days remaining in the Adult Winter Reading program. Still possible for you to enter for the Grand Prize drawing of tickets for two to see, Boeing, Boeing and Annie Get Your Gun. Remember view, read or listen to 15 titles from the library collection of movies, books and audiobooks and you get one chance for the drawing. For the first ten titles, you get an insulated lunch bag and for every five titles you view, read or listen to after the initial fifteen books and you get an additional entry for the Grand Prize. There will also be second and third place prizes. April is National Poetry month and to celebrate, the Brown Bag Classics Book Club will be reading and discussing poetry, especially from authors works before 1950. We have several books on poetry behind the circulation desk. So if your tastes run toward Longfellow or Dickinson, Stephen Benet to Edna St. Vincent Benet, pick up a poetry book and join in the discussion. In April we will be changing circulation systems. The new system allows us to contact you by email. It sends a reminder two days ahead of the due date on long term check outs and then sends out the overdues by email. Staff will be asking you if you want to notified by email when you check out. The new module for the catalog will show you the cover of the book in most cases and give a short description of the book. If you are looking to do some volunteer work, the Library needs someone to come in once or twice a week to pull obituaries from the papers and funeral home websites, make copies of the obituaries and place the copies in the obituary binder. We are also looking for a page. Our page, Kylie, is a senior in high school and will be leaving us by the first of May. The page works six hours a week, alternating Fridays and Saturdays with the other page. You must be at least 14 years of age,be a freshman or will be a freshman by September and have reliable transportation. Apply in person at the Library. Looking for something good to read? On the southside of the circulation desk we have a cart of books with the staff best reads. This month we are concentrating on fiction. In April we will have books made into movies. Remember that we display books on the window sill in the magazine section. Next month we will have our gardening books out so you can get your lawn, gardens and flower beds ready for the new growing season. Traveling? Check out our audiobook collection. A great way to make a long drive enjoyable. Until next week, stay safe. John Sheridan, Director