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The Inside Story @ Your Library (Jan 5)
Reedsburg Public Library
Did you get a Nook or Kindle for Christmas? Have you wondered what they are all about? Did you know the library loans titles for your reader through Overdrive? Discover what e-Book reader’s look like, how easy they are to read and learn more about them on Thursday, January 5th at 6:30 PM. Please call 768-7323 to register.
The Friends of the Reedsburg Library Holiday Gift Fund is in fill swing already this year. When you present a book or other item to your library, many others will have the opportunity to read it. Here is your chance to do just that. The drive was very successful last year with over $2,000 being donated for the purchase of new materials. Names are posted in the library. This week’s “Thank You” goes out to Carolyne Kotchi-Aslaksen, Kenneth & Jeanne Benzel, Carolyn Vansickle, Madelyn & Emma Casey, Walter & Sandra Lloyd, Anonymous, Mary Schultz, Sonja Larson, Allene Liegel, Gloria Judge, Enid Mikonowicz, James & June Pawlisch, Hasler Family, Pat & Lowell Andreessen,
Greg & Julie Adelman. The Friends of the Library thank you for your continued support.
Have you been cleaning at your house and getting ready for the holiday and discovered books, CDs and DVDs that you no longer use. We will accept them to either add to our collection or to put in the Friends of the Library Book Sale. The Friends use the proceeds from the book sale to purchase new items for our collection. We will be having our winter sale for four big days, starting from Friday January 27 through Monday January 30.
American nightclub comedian and television actor, Danny Thomas was born one hundred years ago on January 6, 1912. He is best known for starring in the television sitcom “Make Room for Daddy” and as founder of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We have his 1991 memoir “Make Room for Danny” and the “Andy Griffith Show” on DVD which was a spin-off of the “Danny Thomas Show”.
Web Site of the Week: How To Make Paper Snowflakes - http://www.instructables.com/id/Paper-Snowflakes/
These beautiful, intricate designs make a fun project for children old enough to have learned a little patience.
The Inside Story @ Your Library (Dec 29)
Reedsburg Public Library
Did you know that the former Library Building in Reedsburg, at 345 Vine Street, opened its doors one hundred years ago on January 1, 1912 with an informal reception? Hundreds of people visited the building and enjoyed the program that afternoon. Two years of planning for a new library were over, with help from Mrs. George Morse who donated the lot on the corner of South Locust and Vine Street and Andrew Carnegie, who donated $10,000. The library was a red brick and stucco building designed by Claude and Stark. Our library had a raised basement that housed a community room for public events and a main floor that contained the library. Patrons entered at mid-level, halfway between the basement and the first floor. The Library had a half hexagon circulation desk, a fireplace, and built in bookshelves and periodical racks. In 1922 kindergarten classes were held in the basement because South School was too crowded. By 1950 the children’s room was moved to the basement and an addition was built in 1970. On January 26, 1998 the new library opened across the street from the Carnegie Building, at 370 Vine Street. When the Carnegie library officially opened on January 12, 1912 there were only 3,490 volumes (books), circulation was 14,180 and there were 1,668 borrowers. Hours of operation were Monday, Wednesday, Saturday 2:30-5:30 and 7-9 pm and Friday 7-9 pm. Today we have approximately 73,000 items, over 9,800 registered patrons and we are open 64.5 hours/week.
Did you get a Nook or Kindle for Christmas? Have you wondered what they are all about? Did you know the library loans titles for your reader through Overdrive? Discover what e-Book reader’s look like, how easy they are read and learn more about them on Thursday, January 5th at 6:30 PM. Please call 768-7323 to register.
We will be open Saturday, December 31st from 8:30 AM to 1 PM but closed on Sunday, January 1. Our regular hours resume on January 2nd. Ring in the New Year with a good book from the Reedsburg Public Library.
Happy 75th Birthday to Mary Tyler Moore, she has turned the world on with her smile. The actress is best known for her roles as Mary Richards and Laura Petrie on television. We have both the Mary Tyler Moore Show and the Dick Van Dyke Show on DVD. Moore has also written two memoirs in our collection “After All” in 1995 and “Growing Up Again” in 2009.
The Inside Story @ Your Library (Dec 22)
Just a reminder: the Library will be closed on Friday, December 23rd, Saturday, December 24th, Sunday, December 25th and Monday, December 26th. We will be open Saturday, December 31st from 8:30 AM to 1 PM but closed on Sunday, January 1. Our regular hours resume on January 2nd. Season’s Readings to all.
At the library, every day is Christmas. Behind every book cover there are riches. After introducing your kids to a treasure trove beyond Aladdin's wildest dreams, why not mosey over to the adult section, and browse through the latest offerings yourself? You know you deserve it. Need an all-purpose gift that will satisfy everybody. It won’t need batteries and you shouldn’t have to feed it. It should last forever. It could be entertaining and the more the recipient uses it, the more they will like it. A library card from the Reedsburg Public Library! The Friends of the Library are offering you a new design colorful library card and also a key card option. Your upgraded card will support the Friends of the Library commitment to supporting the library. Also the new card will stand out in your wallet of cards. Our traditional yellow card is still available; your first yellow library card is FREE.
Happy 80th Birthday this Christmas Eve to Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney known professionally as Mary Higgins Clark. Her books are worldwide bestsellers and very popular here at the library in all formats. In the United States alone, her books have sold over 80 million copies. It all started with her first suspense novel “Where are the Children?” in 1975. It became a bestseller and marked a turning point in her life and career. Did you know that her daughter Carol Higgins Clark and former daughter in law Mary Jane Clark are also suspense writers? She is also a minority owner of the New Jersey Nets.
If you are looking for a meaningful holiday gift for someone special, please consider making a gift to the Friends of the Library Holiday Gift Fund. For a gift of $5 or more, you can have someone honored or memorialized with new materials in our Library’s collection. Donations are used to buy new items for our collection.
The Inside Story @ Your Library (Dec 15)
You have been hearing about e-books and e-Book readers (Nooks Kindles and more) in the news. Now on Thursday, December 15th at 6:30 PM you will get the chance to see what they are all about. What e-Book reader’s look like, how easy it is to read the screen and more. Maybe you are trying to decide whether to ask for a “Nook” or a “Kindle” or another e-Book reader for Christmas? Come and learn which one might best fit your needs. You will also discover how the library loans readers and through “Overdrive” loans titles for your e-reader. Call 768-7323 to register.
Happy 65th Birthday to Anna Marie “Patty” Duke. She is famous as a child star, and for winning an Academy Award at the age 16. She was born December 14, 1946. She is best known for playing Helen Keller in the 1962 film “Miracle Worker” (which is available on DVD) and for the sitcom “The Patty Duke Show” (which is also available on DVD). She is the author of two books in our collection “Call Me Anna” and “Brilliant Madness-Living with Manic Depressive Illness”. Patty Duke was ranked #40 in 1996 as TV Guide’s 50 greatest TV Stars of all time.
The Friends of the Reedsburg Library Holiday Gift Fund is in full swing already this year. When you present a book or other item to your library, many others will have the opportunity to read it. Here is your chance to do just that. The drive was very successful last year with over $2,000 being donated for the purchase of new materials. Names are posted in the library. This week’s “Thank You” goes out to Sherri Schmitz, Tom & Delores Geimer, Harold & Carolyn Van Duser, Richard & Elizabeth Pannier, Ryan Holtz, Aysha Holtz, Tyson Holtz. The Friends of the Library thank you for your continued support.
Web Site of the Week: (http://www.christmas-cookies.com)
For those of you who give home-made cookies for Christmas presents and want to get an early start on baking, here's a treasure house of recipes for cookies - chocolate snowflake macaroons, fudge-pecan chewies, no-bake cathedral windows, cornflake wreath cookies, low carb snickerdoodles, rosettes, and about 550 other varieties.
Just a reminder: the Library will be closed on Friday, December 23rd, Saturday, December 24th, Sunday, December 25th and Monday, December 26th. We will be open Saturday, December 31st from 8:30 AM to 1 PM but closed on Sunday, January 1. Our regular hours resume on January 2nd. Season’s Readings to all.
The Inside Story @ Your Library (Dec 8)
Thursday, December 8th at 6:30 PM, we will be showing a film based on a bestselling book. It’s about three ordinary women in Mississippi during 1962. The novel by Kathryn Stockett was a deeply moving book full of hope, poignancy and humor. Because of our Public Performance Movie License, we can’t list the title here, but to find out stop at the library or call and ask about the movie.
December 7th, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor, is a date that will live in infamy. It happened seventy years ago this year. We have a display in our lobby featuring pictures and replica newspapers. At 7:55 AM (local time) nearly 200 Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The raid, which lasted little more than one hour, left almost 3,000 dead. Nearly the entire US Pacific Fleet was at anchor there and few ships escaped damage. Several were sunk or disabled, while 200 US aircraft on the ground were destroyed. The attack brought about immediate US entry into World War Two. Our collection includes film and books for you to explore this date in history.
The Friends of the Reedsburg Library Holiday Gift Fund is in fill swing already this year. When you present a book or other item to your library, many others will have the opportunity to read it. Here is your chance to do just that. The drive was very successful last year with over $2,000 being donated for the purchase of new materials. Names are posted in the library. This week’s “Thank You” goes out to Jean Smith, Christine Schrank, Jeanette Rose, Dale Emery, and Norma Hammer. The Friends of the Library thank you for your continued support.
If you missed the eBook reader workshop that was held on TuesdayDec. 1st , it is being repeated on Thursday, December 15th at 6:30 PM. Please call and register.
When you are going through your cookbooks this holiday season and come across some you aren’t using think of us. We are looking for donations, of old and new local organizations cookbooks of the Reedsburg area, to add to our local history collection. They are an important documentation of our heritage. Cookbooks have sometimes been passed down from generation to generation. Having these books in our local collection will be a way of connecting to the history of Reedsburg and the many past family kitchens.
The Inside Story @ Your Library (Dec 1)
Saturday, December 3rd is the day for a once in a lifetime chance to own a piece of Reedsburg’s history. The Friends of the Library will be selling our duplicate bound volumes of the Reedsburg Free Press, Reedsburg Times and Reedsburg Times Press. The sale will include some volumes from 1872 to 1987. Purchase a volume as a gift, or to see what was happening on a loved one’s birth year, anniversary or historic event. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library.
Fifty years ago the Beach Boys (originally called The Pendletones) released their first single, “Surfin” (with “Luau” on the B-side) on Candix Records. The song was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love and was big hit on the West Coast, although it only peaked at #75 on the national pop charts. The song started a brief surf-pop craze. Today they continue to define California popular culture, our collection includes their music but we have just added a new book by Jon Stebbins. “The Beach Boys FAQ” explains how the band impacted music and pop culture.
The Friends of the Reedsburg Library Holiday Gift Fund is in fill swing already this year. When you present a book or other item to your library, many others will have the opportunity to read it. Here is your chance to do just that. The drive was very successful last year with over $2,000 being donated for the purchase of new materials. Names are posted in the library. This week’s “Thank You” goes out to Neil & Susan Steiner, In Memory of Sarah Pulvermacher & Sean Connolly, Erna Schwartz, Shirley Werner. The Friends of the Library thank you for your continued support.
If you missed the ebook reader workshop a couple weeks ago, it is being repeated with more emphasis on hands on experience to download a book to your ebook devise. Bring your questions. We are holding this workshop on Dec 6th at 10AM. Please call and register.
Also mark your calendar for Thursday, December 8th at 6:30 PM. We will be showing a film based on a bestselling book. It’s about three ordinary women in Mississippi during 1962. The novel by Kathryn Stockett was a deeply moving book full of hope, poignancy and humor. Because of our Public Performance Movie License, we can’t list the title here, but to find out stop at the library or call and ask about the movie.
The Inside Story @ Your Library (Nov 24)
Do you need an extra special gift for the holidays this season, a high school sports picture, an ad for a classic car or would you like to honor a loved one’s birth year, anniversary or other historic event. If these sound like good ideas come to our newspaper sale on Saturday, December 3rd from 9AM-1PM. The Friends of the Library are offering you a chance to own a piece of Reedsburg’s history. We are offering our duplicate bound volumes of the Reedsburg newspapers from 1872 to 1987. Each bound volume covers a year in Reedsburg’s history. That is over 100 bound volumes that would make a great gift to walk down memory lane or use for art and craft projects.
Do you have an eBook reader or are you deciding whether to ask for one this Christmas? Register now for another session of our “eBooks for you” on Tuesday, December 6th at 10AM. We also give you an opportunity to download a book from a selection of thousands of FREE library eBooks, to your device.
Life Magazine turned 75 on November 23rd. To celebrate we have on display in the lobby case magazines featuring many of the different covers throughout the years. Viewing the collection you will see what Life does best, photography. For more iconic images we have the books “Life: The Platinum Collection” and “Life: The Classic Collection”. Both books are a nostalgic delight for photography and history bluffs. The images speak for themselves.
The Friends of the Library are once again kicking off their annual Holiday Gift Fund Drive. When you present a book or other item to your library, many others will have the opportunity to enjoy it. Here is your chance to do just that. The drive was very successful last year for the purchase of new materials. Names of contributors are posted at the library. This week a “Thank You” goes out to Elliott Steiner, Penelope Steiner, Adam Steiner, Isaac Steiner, Phoebe Steiner, Dave & Sandy Champeau, Judith Stoeckmann, Lisa Petersen, and Maureen Palmer. The Friends of the Library thank you for your continued support.
The Inside Story @ Your Library (Nov 17)
Join the Friends of the Library as we celebrate the Civil War Sesquicentennial on Thursday, November 17th at 7 PM. Reedsburg High School History Teacher Dave Moon will be presenting a look at Abraham Lincoln & the Civil War. The Civil War is remembered as the most dramatic period in the history of the United States. Sectional arguments about slavery, economic policies, and the proper roles for state and national government caused a conflict that would lead to death and change the nation. At the center of this time was President Lincoln. Discover Thursday night how Lincoln with little military experience, was able to prosecute the war to a successful end. How he became known as the “Great Emancipator”. Also discover how Lincoln was able to see sooner and clearer than anyone else that the Civil War, at its heart, was fought to protect government of the people, and for the people.
What do you like about LINKCat? What could make it better? Share your feedback by completing the online survey (on our web site) before November 18. The survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete. Your input will help us prioritize future improvements.
Join us on Tuesday, November 22 @ 6:30 PM as our evening book group will be discussing “Enrique’s Journey” by Sonia Nazario. Nazario tells the story of Enrique's odyssey to find his mother, after she left him with family in Honduras to go to the U.S. to provide a better life for him. Copies of the book are on display at the library. This selection is this year’s Go Big Read book and will be moderated by UW-Madison graduate students.
Remember that the Library closes early on Thanksgiving Eve, November 23rd at 6 PM. The library will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, November 24th. The library book drop is always open to return library books and other materials. The outside book drop is located on the Locust Street side of the building. Items may also be renewed or requested through LINKcat, using our online catalog. A link to it can be found on our web site.
Also mark your calendar for Saturday, December 3rd from 9AM- 1PM, we are offering a once in a lifetime chance to own a piece of Reedsburg’s history. We are offering our duplicate bound volumes of the Reedsburg Free Press, Reedsburg Times and Reedsburg Times-Press for sale. The sale will include volumes from 1872 to 1987. Purchase a bound year as gifts to see what was happening on a loved one’s birth year, anniversary or historic event. Check out what things cost back when or take a walk down memory lane with vintage products and advertisements. Remember antique paper and vintage ads make great art and craft projects. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library.
The Inside Story @ Your Library (Nov 10)
Reedsburg Public Library
You hear about e-books, Nooks and Kindles in the news. Now on Thursday, November 10th at 6:30 PM you will get the chance to see what they are all about. What eBook reader’s look like, how easy it is to read the screen and more. Maybe you are trying to decide whether to ask for a “Nook” or a “Kindle” or another eBook reader for Christmas? Come and learn which one might best fit your needs. You will also discover how the library loans readers and through “Overdrive”, also loans titles for your e-reader.
Veterans Day is a time to honor the men and women who are and have served in our armed forces. November 11th is the anniversary of the Armistice, which ended the First World War after years of conflict. President Wilson issued his Armistice Day proclamation and his last paragraph set the tone for future observances:“To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nation”. We have on display some books about military branches and soldiers of the past. Come in and check it out.
Now that the World Series games are complete, you can still watch more your baseball. We have some of the greatest World Series games on DVD. We have the Minnesota Twins of 1987, Boston Red Sox of 2007, Arizona Diamondbacks of 2001, New York Yankees of 1977 and more. Included is a complete broadcast of the series game with most spectacular plays. Also included is every dramatic inning, every powerful pitch and every key hit. Later this year we will be adding 2011 World Series one of the greatest series of all time; maybe you will see me in the stands in game 2.
Mark your calendar for next week as the Friends of the Library will commemorate the Civil War Sesquicentennial. By hosting Reedsburg High School History Teacher Dave Moon, on Thursday, November 17th at 7 PM. You know about the Civil War and at the center was President Abraham Lincoln. Join us and learn how a politician from Illinois became the “Great Emancipator” and how with little military experience he was able to bring the war to a successful end. This will be a great time to discover Abraham Lincoln because Saturday, November 19 is the anniversary of his famous Gettysburg Address. In 1863 seventeen acres of the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg were dedicated as a national cemetery. The address Lincoln delivered in less than two minutes was later recognized as one of the most eloquent of the English language.
The Inside Story @ Your Library (Nov 3)
Reedsburg Public Library
When Leonard Franklin Slye* was born on November 5, 1911, no one had any idea that he would one day become Roy Rogers, the “King of the Cowboys,” and the positive effect he would have on the lives of so many people, but that’s exactly what happened. Over the course of 100 movies, 15 years of the Roy Rogers show on radio and television and countless personal appearances, along with his wife, Dale Evans, the “Queen of the West,” and “Trigger”, the iconic golden palomino, he was a pillar of strength, honesty, fairness, courage and decency that impacted on the lives of countless people. In celebration of what would have been Roy Rogers’ 100th birthday, RFD-TV is honoring the “King of the Cowboys” with a spectacular 75-foot float titled “Happy Trails” in the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade®. Checkout our collection of books, DVD’s and Roy’s radio show on CD.
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Have you wondered what e-Book readers are all about? What they look like, how easy it is to read the screen and other questions you have about them. The current versions are much easier to read than the old e-Book readers from six years ago. The screen is easy on the eyes and it is light to hold. (Much lighter than a hardcover book). But you can test all that for yourself. Discover how you can get library books for free on your reader. Register now for the e-Book reader workshop that will be held on November 10th at 6:30 PM. Is an e-Book reader something you might like to own or maybe just borrow from us? Christmas is less than eight weeks away. Come to the group and learn more about the choices.
The Inside Story @ Your Library (Oct 27)
Fifty years ago, one hundred twenty soldiers of Troop B, 2nd reconnaissance Squadron, 105th Armor, most from the Reedsburg area, left for Fort Lewis, Washington on active duty. During this time the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Unions and the Berlin Crisis was heated up. The call-up disrupted the lives of the many area families, as fathers and sons once again bid goodbye to their loved ones and headed off to an uncertain future. Life Magazine, in its November 3, 1961 issue, profiled Reedsburg as Troop B packed up and prepared to leave. A farewell parade down Main Street brought out the community with a banner across Main Street that read, “Reedsburg is Proud of You Troop B 2/105 Armor”. We have a copy of that Life Magazine issue in our local history collection for viewing. The Thursday, October 26, 1961 Times Press issue also reported about the parade spectators. “The older faces recalled memories of what happened after past departures while younger faces displayed looks of innocence and bewilderment. Also said “But there is nothing innocent about war. We can only hope that another conflict does not begin and that these men will Hurry Back to Reedsburg”. As the next 12 months passed, hostilities in Europe cooled and the troops returned home.
Make plans to join us this weekend for our Fall Book Sale. As usual we have adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction in hardcover and paperback. This sale is being held for four big days Friday, October 28-Monday 31st during library hours. Funds raised will benefit the library collections. Book donations are accepted any time during the year. Friends of the Library members can get in a day early with preview night on Thursday, October 27th from 6-7 PM.
Two of our nation’s greatest symbols are celebrating some major milestones this week. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated 125 yrs ago on October 28, 1886. This statue was a gift of friendship from the people of France. The Statue of Liberty has been a strong force in American history and often was the first glimpse of a new country for immigrants arriving into Ellis Island. The other symbol celebrating a milestone is Mount Rushmore. 70 years ago on October 31, 1941 worked stopped on Mount Rushmore. After 14 years of work, the 60 ft tall sculpture of four US presidents who represented a value or principle of America. Both National Monuments are featured in our lobby display case this month.
Register now for the e-Book reader workshop that will be held here on November 10th at 6:30 PM. Are you trying to decide whether to ask for a “Nook” or a “Kindle” or another eBook reader for Christmas? Come and learn which one might best fit your needs