5 March 2014 It's March and still feels like January. Stay inside, keep warm and read a good book! This is the last month of the Adult Winter Reading Program and there is still time to participate. After you register at the Library, for every five titles you read, view or listen to, count toward the fifteen titles you need to get an entry slip for the Grand Drawing. For every five titles you read after the first fifteen, you get an addition entry slip for the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize this year is two tickets for the play Boeing, Boeing in April and two tickets to see the musical Annie Get Your Gun in April at the Kalamazoo Community Theather. The program ends on March 30 and the drawing is on March 31. Come in and see the new paint job at the Library. It is hard to believe what a difference a new coat of paint can make. When the sun shines in the afternoon, the adult area just glows in a warm light. Much better than the putty color of the walls before. Our Board President, Judy Imanse, chose the colors and the Library looks fabulous. This part of the renovation was paid from the Library's endowment fund. The fund is set up to allow part of the interest accrued to be put into a fund that the Library can use for projects such as the painting. You can donate to our endowment fund by designating a gift to the Library to be deposited to the fund. Other areas that you can donate to help the Library are for the Summer Reading Program, toward the purchase of books, DVD's, CD's magazines or other Library materials. In spite of the increased costs to the library because of inflation, the Library has been able to maintain a high level service because of the generous donations of Library patrons. The selected author for the Brown Bag Classic Book Club is Ernest Hemingway. We have severl of his works available behind the circulation desk. Come and join us on March 17, at noon in the meeting room in the basement. Bring your lunch along and enjoy the discussion. Next month is National Poetry month and we will feature American poets. Keep warm and we'll see you at the Library for a book or a movie or an audiobook. John