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Bookends The newsletter of the Johnson County Library System
April-May 2010
Your libraries ~ Johnson County Library 171 N. Adams Buffalo, WY 82834 (307) 684‐5546 Hours M‐Th: 10a‐8p F&Sa: 10a‐5p Su: 1‐4p ~ Kaycee Branch 231 Ritter Ave. P.O. Box 226 Kaycee, WY 82639 (307) 738‐2473 Hours T: 10‐11a, 1‐8p W: 1‐5:30p F: 10a‐noon, 1‐4p Sa: 2‐5p ~ Linch Branch Hwy 192 P.O. Box 160 Linch, WY 82640 (307) 437‐6424 Hours T: 2‐5p Th: 1‐4p Johnson County Library
~ Mission ~ Our mission as a library system and community hub is to Collect, Share, Promote, Learn, Adapt, & Grow. Users are foremost.
Desserts to die for
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The Friends of the Johnson County Library will provide gourmet desserts and wine at “Desserts to Die For,” 7 p.m. Friday, May 28 at the library. Admission is free Buffalo author Craig Johnson will host the event and sign copies of his sixth and latest book in the Sheriff Walt Longmire series, Junkyard Dogs.
Book sale May 77--12 The Friends of the Johnson County Library are holding a book sale from Friday, May 7, through Wednesday, May 12, during regular library hours. There will be a wide variety of books for sale, including novels, cookbooks, health, spiritual needs, and many more.
Photo by Catherine Henriette
Kaycee sells used books in April The Kaycee Branch will hold its annual used book sale from April 13 to 23. Proceeds will benefit children’s programs.
Summer reading is making waves FOR TEENS This year’s theme is “Make Waves @ Your Library.” The program runs Tuesdays in the Johnson County Library’s main meeting room from 2:30 to 4 p.m., June 8, 15, 22 and 29. Youth in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to take part in the crafts, grab some snacks, and enter contests for prizes.
FOR KIDS This year’s theme is “Make a Splash at Your Library.” The program runs Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Johnson County Library’s main meeting room for six weeks, beginning with June 15 and 17. Children in daycare will visit on Wednesdays. Sessions will be divided up into age groups, ranging from pre-K to fifth grade. More information about those groups and the times they will attend the summer reading program will be available at a later date. Our featured performer will be ventriloquist Wayne Francis and his partner Wingnut. They will come to the library June 4. In order to help cover the cost of
Perfect patterns~
Kathy Brus’s “Stack ‘N Whack” pattern quilt was one of 40 hung on display at the Johnson County Library during March to mark National Quilting Day. If you missed the display, visit our
website at www.jclwyo.org. We have a link on the main page to photos of all the quilts.
Wayne & Wingnut, we will again hold our Art in Bloom fund-raiser. Last year local artists painted flowerpots and we auctioned them off to raise about $1,200. We are aiming to have the pots painted and auctioned off later this spring. More information will be available at the library during April and May.
Kaycee Branch It is shaping up to be a busy time at the Kaycee Branch Library. We just held our latest book discussion with 18 attendees. We chose a book with a lighter note this time, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. Most enjoyed getting a small glimpse of life in Africa. Our next book will be Light on Snow by Anita Shreve and will be discussed on May 17. National Library Week is April 11 to 17. As part of our celebration, we will hold our annual used book sale April 13 to 23. Proceeds from the book sale will go to benefit our children’s programs. We will have a “Celebrity Read” during story hour on April 13, as well, with guest celebrities from our community coming to read to our preschoolers. Also, Jennifer Lompe and her music students will be present. The library will be hosting a free presentation by John Clayton at 7 p.m. on April 24. Clayton’s presentation, “Happily Ever Aftering on a 1920s Cattle Ranch,” explores the ranch career of Cody’s Caroline Lockhart. Sponsors are the Wyoming Humanities Council and Loie Gordon. During May, we will observe Wyoming Reads by going into Mrs. Streeter’s first-grade classroom. There we get a chance, along with some community volunteers, to read to the children, enjoy pizza, and pass out a new hardcover book to each first-grader. This is made possible by the Sue Jorgenson Foundation and their generous group of donors with the hopes of encouraging early enthusiasm for reading.
WHAT’S NEW
Fiction Burn, by Ted Dekker Treasure Hunt, by John Lescroart The Wolf at the Door, by Jack Higgins Nonfiction Violence in the West: The Johnson County War and the Ludlow Massacre,
by Marilynn S. Johnson
Children’s fiction Please Don’t Eat Me, by Roger De Muth The Show Must Go On, by Jane O’Connor Children’s nonfiction Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo, by E.S. Red-
New computers online The library has added new computers in hopes of cutting down patrons’ waiting time for Internet use and improving user access. We now have seven computers set aside for Internet use—units A, B and C near the children’s section, and units D, E, F and G near the reference section. We also have three wireless computers set up for card catalog access. One is set up with the internet computers near the children’s section. The other two are independent wireless kiosks located by the paperback racks and on the back nonfiction shelves of international books. Computers A, E, F and G are the new HP Compaq desktops equipped with Windows 7 operating systems. They all have the ability to burn CDs. Each one has four USB ports and two headphone jacks at the front of the hard drive tower. The computers were purchased using some proceeds from the November 2009 fundraising auction. One of the two new card catalog Internet use has remained steady since the new computers were installed, averaging about 33 people kiosks is located in the back of the nonfiction section. per day from late February to the end of March.
Ready for Wyoming Reads The Johnson County Library will participate in the statewide Wyoming Reads program in early May. First-grade classes from Meadowlark Elementary School in Buffalo will join library staff and volunteer readers from our community at the city park. Following readings, each student will receive a copy of the book or she chose earlier this year when teachers read them the books. This year’s titles are: Bats at the Library, by Brian Lies; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle; Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett & John Barrett; A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, by Marla Frazee; Dinosaurs Love Underpants, by Claire Freedman; and There Was an Old Monster!, by Rebecca Emberley & Adrian Emberley.
Johnson County Library Foundation The foundation was created in 1976 by patrons who saw the need to ensure the future of the library. Through donations, memorials and fund-raising, these volunteers have successfully supported special needs of the library and established a permanent endowment.
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Great Barrier Reef, by Valerie Bodden Playaways The First, by Robert Crais Gingerbread, by Rachel Cohn Kill and Tell, by Linda Howard Shiver, by Lisa Jackson
Steve Reimann Paula Hanson Peggy Bjerke Jennie Durfee Bill Dooley Tim O’Gan John Gibbs
Board of directors
684-7439 738-2229 684-2798 684-9084 684-9049 684-7035 684-2125
Just a reminder ... Our new public use printer automatically prints double-sided pages. If you would prefer single-sided printing, you must look under the print preferences and select general everyday printing. Double-sides sheets cost $0.30.
Children’s Story Hour Thursdays 10-11a Great stories, crafts, games, songs … and a puppet show! All ages are welcome. See coming events on the calendar page.
JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY
Board of trustees
Kathy Urruty, chair: 684-7870 Kassie Spiering, vice-chair: 684-5943 Jennifer Lompe, secretary: 738-2231 Howard Ohr, liason to JCL foundation: 684-1466 Helen Jones, treasurer: 736-2279
Staff 6845546
Cynthia Twing, director Mary Rhoads, assistant director &
children’s services Teresa Allgood, teen services & periodicals Mary Ann Bayers, technical services
Nancy Jennings, interlibrary loan & history department
Connie Norton Megan Herold Steve Rzasa Lois Petersen
Homesteader tales
Inspired by Yellowstone The Wyoming Humanities Council and the Johnson County Library will host a talk by Greg Nickerson called “Inspired by Yellowstone” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 17. The lecture will take place in the library and will explore Yellowstone’s art history that supported the campaign to make Yellowstone the first national park. In 1871, painter Thomas Moran and photographer William Henry Jackson traveled through Yellowstone to create this art. Nickerson is a graduate student in history at the University of Wyoming and was a consultant for the film “Drawn to Yellowstone” produced for Wyoming PBS in 2008. He holds a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Carleton College and has worked for the Sheridan County Museum.
The Friends of the Library will sponsor a free presentation by Bill Rossiter at 7 p.m. Monday, April 5, at the Johnson County Library called “Stories, Songs, and Sodbusters.” The program explores homesteaders’ songs in the western United States. Rossiter is a faculty member at Flathead Valley Community College in Montana. His program is presented by the Wyoming Humanities Council as part of its 2010 Humanities Forum.
State legislature adds $3M to budget for library endowments We’re pleased to hear the Wyoming Legislature has approved Gov. Dave Freudenthal’s proposal to put an additional $3 million in the FY2011 state budget for the Public Library Endowment Challenge Program. The Johnson County Library Foundation has met its goal of $147,826. The 2:1 match Johnson County receives through the endowment challenge means the state matches the amount we raised with $309,288. This legislative approval means the JCL Foundation is eligible to receive additional state matching funds. Cut out & save! ADULT FICTION Able One, by Ben Bova Angel of Repose, by Wallace Earl Stegner The Bell Ringers, by Henry Porter Brava, Valentine, by Adriana Trigiani The Bricklayer, by Noah Boyd City of Dragons, by Kelli Stanley Devils in Exile, by Chuck Hogan Fault Line, by Barry Eisler Forbidden Falls, by Robyn Carr The Information Officer, by Mark Mills Last Nocturne, by Marjorie Eccles The Melting Season, by Jami Attenberg Point Omega, by Don DeLillo Requiem in Vienna, by J. Sydney Jones Striking it Rich, by Craig Vetter Winter Garden, by Kristin Hannah Worst Case, by James Patterson ADULT NON-FICTION Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped, by A. Roger Ekirch Everything Will Be Alright: A Memoir, by Douglas Wallace
I’m Still Standing, by Shoshana Johnson The Last Founding Father, by Harlow G. Unger Native American Clothing, Ted J. Brasser What to Eat if you have Cancer, by Maureen Keene CHILDREN’S Bobbie Dazzler, by Margaret Wild Chicken Little, by Ed Emberley Guji Guji, by Zhiyuan Chen Half of an Elephant, by Gusti Hannah Duck, by Anji Yamamura Nina Bonita, by Ana Maria Machado The Story of Growl, by Judy Horacek What Eddie can do, by Wilfried Gebhard YOUNG ADULT A Prince Among Killers, by Susan Vaught Black Heart (Vampirates #4), by Justin
-Angel Eyes -Ballet Shoes -CSI: Complete Season 1 -CSI: Complete Season 2
Somper Claim to Fame, by Margaret Peterson Haddix Coffeehouse Angel, by Suzanne Selfors The Comet’s Curse, by Dom Testa Dragon, by Jeff Stone Front and Center, by Catherine Murdock How to ruin your boyfriend's reputation , by Simon Elkeles They Never Came Back, by Caroline B. Cooney YOUNG ADULT BOOKS ON CD The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins The Last Olympian, by Rick Riordan BOOKS ON CD 206 Bones, by Kathy Reichs Dune Road, by Jane Green Lethal Legacy, by Linda A. Fairstein Sworn to Silence, by Linda Castillo Twenties Girl, by Sophie Kinsella Union Atlantic, by Adam Haslett
-Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire -Mother -The Reading Room
-Turbo Jam -Turbo Jam: Lower Body Jam -Young Sherlock Holmes
J OHNSON C OUNTY L IBRARY 171 North Adams Buffalo, WY 82834 Phone: (307) 684-5546 or 1-800-661-7071
On the Web http://jclwyo.org
Cats in
Attendees at Tuesday storytime from the Buffalo Children’s Center donned hats from The Cat in the Hat to mark Dr. Suess’ birthday on March 2.
FRIENDS
of the Johnson County Library Est. April 1972
Who are Friends? Men and women with a common goal of promoting and supporting the library.
Ongoing projects … Provide physical improvements Provide volunteers Purchase special equipment and gifts Schedule fund-raising Arrange programs Sponsor book discussions Provide books to parents of newborns
The Friends meet the second Tuesday of every month at the library, and all members are encouraged to attend.
Calendar of Events All events are at the main library in Buffalo unless otherwise noted.
APRIL‐MAY TUESDAYS Story hour—Kaycee Branch, 10 a.m. THURSDAYS Story hour—10 to 11 a.m. Stories, crafts, games, songs, a puppet show. FRIDAY, APRIL 2 Libraries closing early—10 a.m. to noon. Good Friday holiday SUNDAY, APRIL 4 Libraries closed—Easter holiday MONDAY, APRIL 5 “Stories, Songs, and Sodbusters”—7 p.m. Bill Rossiter explores the songs of the homesteaders in the western United States. SATURDAY, APRIL 17 “Inspired by Yellowstone”—7 p.m. Greg Nickerson discusses the art campaign that helped make Yellowstone the first national park.
MONDAY, APRIL 19 Clifford is here!—10 a.m. The “big red dog” will be here with her friend Penny, who will read to the children. Sponsored by Wyoming PBS. FRIDAY, MAY 7 TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 12 Book sale—during library hours at the Johnson County Library. Variety of books including cookbooks, fiction, inspirational. SUNDAY, MAY 9 Library closed—Mother’s Day holiday MONDAY, MAY 17 Book discussion—Kaycee Branch, 7 p.m. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve. FRIDAY, MAY 28 Desserts to Die For—7 p.m. Free admission. Gourmet desserts and wine from Friends of the JCL. Buffalo author Craig Johnson hosts. SUNDAY, MAY 30 & MONDAY, MAY 31 Libraries closed—Memorial Day holiday
