16 April 2014

16 April 2014 Congratulations to all who have gotten their taxes in on time. It seems every year it gets harder to make the deadline because the forms are not available from the government until late January and even into February. With spring comes thoughts of working in the garden and getting the lawn in good shaped. The Library has a display of gardening books on display in the west window above the magazine rack. Everything from pruning, shrubs, complimentary planting and how to get great flowers. This is national poem month and we have a display of poets in our display case in the vestibule of the Library. From Homer to Poe to Robert Frost and Langston Hughes. Come in and enjoy reading a poem or two. On Monday, 21 April, the Brown Bag Classic Club will be discussing poems. We meet in the Library meeting room in the basement from noon to 1:00 p.m. The Library will supply hot water for coffee or tea, you bring your lunch and your favorite poem and we'll talk. Next month we will read James Fenimore Cooper's, The Last of the Mohicans. He is the author of the Leather Stocking Tales, The Spy and The Pilot. We are taking applications for library page. You need to apply at the Library and meet the following standards. Must be at least 14 years old, work Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-5 and alternate Fridays and Saturdays from 3-5. You must have reliable transportation and pass a simple test. The page shelves the books and other materials, straightens out the shelves and keeps the materials on the shelves in order. We are also looking for a volunteer at the Library to pull the obituaries of local citizens from the newspapers and funeral homes and organize them alphbetically by date in a binder for genealogy research. The volunteer will only need to work for about two hours a week two days a week. Come into the Library and talk with me about this. We will be closed on Easter Sunday. A reminder for our parents and children that we will be ending our storytimes at the end of the month and there will be not programs during May as our staff will be getting everything ready for the Summer Reading Program. I know that many of the children look forward to coming in for the programs each week but there is much that needs to get done before the Summer Reading Program begins. Remember that you can access the Secretary of State online and perform some basic tasks such as renewing a driver's license or state i.d. card or the tags for your car, file a change of address or register for organ donation at, https://www.michigan.gov/sos. On Friday mornings, Andrea does tech tutoring from 10:30 to 11:30. If you need help setting up or using an iphone or tablet or other device bring it in and she can see if she can help you. This is National Library Week and overdue print materials returned this week will have the fines waived. This ends on April 19 at closing time. Until next week, have a Happy and Safe Easter. John