Monday, March 23, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Isabel Leipprandt, our eighth and final winner in the weekly drawing for the Adult Winter Reading Program. Isabel received a free book and a gift certificate for 2 shrimp dinners donated by Bay Port Inn.

ADULT READING PROGRAM SUPPORT APPRECIATED
For the past eight weeks, our adult patrons have had the opportunity to participate in the library’s first reading program for adults. On Thursday, March 19th, participants enjoyed some great food, fellowship, and fun at the end-of-program party which was held in the library’s Community Room. Our thanks goes to the following individuals and businesses in our library service area who donated prizes for the reading program and/or provided treats for our end-of-program party – Amy’s (Pigeon), Jeanette Bach, Backstreet Quilt Shop (Elkton), Bailey Insurance (Pigeon), Bay Port Inn, Bay Port State Bank, Caseville Food Pride, Caseville True Value Hardware, Country Bay Village (Pigeon), Elkton Hardware, Forward Corporation (Pigeon), Connie Gaeth, Haist Flowers & Gifts (Pigeon), HarJo’s Ben Franklin (Pigeon), Independent Bank (Pigeon), Clara Judge, LegionMarketing.com – Michael Gaeth, Main Street CafĂ© and Bakery (Pigeon), McCormick Motors (Pigeon), My Secret Garden (Pigeon), North Star Bank (Pigeon), Orr’s Drug Store (Pigeon), Papa’s Pizza (Pigeon), Pigeon Chiropractic Clinic, Pigeon Food Pride, Pigeon Hardware, Pigeon Telephone Company, Riverside Roadhouse (Caseville), Scheurer Family Pharmacy (Pigeon), Scheurer Family Vision (Pigeon), State Farm Insurance (Pigeon), Thumb Cellular (Pigeon), Thumb National Bank (Pigeon).

LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
The Pigeon District Library Board of Trustees will meet on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM in the library’s Community Room. The meeting is open to the public.

LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
There will be no story hour on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Usually one half-hour session is held for Lap-Sit Story Time each Tuesday at 10:00 AM with parent and child attending the story time and Pre-School Story Hour is held each Tuesday at 10:30 AM. In both sessions, children listen to stories and participate in finger plays, songs and crafts. There is no cost for this service and new families are always welcome. For more information, please call the library at 453-2341 and ask for Jane Himmel.

LIBRARY HOURS
Beginning April 7th, the library will be open every Tuesday and Thursday until
7:00 PM. Hours on the other days remain the same - Monday and Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM and Saturday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.

MUSICAL JAMBOREE
Each year our library hosts a Musical Jamboree which features local, talented individuals. We are looking for people willing to do one vocal or instrumental selection for this year’s Musical Jamboree which is scheduled for Tuesday, April 14th, beginning at 7:00 PM in our Community Room.

If you are interested or know someone who is interested in sharing his/her talent with the community, please call the library at 453-2341 and ask for Janet or Stephanie.

MICHIGAN AND FEDERAL TAX FORMS ARE HERE!
The library has received a limited supply of Michigan and Federal tax forms. If the tax form you need is not available in paper form, someone on the library staff will assist you in retrieving it from a tax form website. We are pleased to be a source for income tax forms but wish to remind everyone that library staff members are not tax professionals and cannot provide tax advice or assistance with e-filing and tax preparation.

ALADDIN ELECTRONIC COLOR MAGNIFIER FOR CHECK-OUT
The library has an Aladdin Electronic Color Magnifier available for a one month
check-out to PDL patrons. The magnifier will allow all patrons to read library materials. It can be used to assist with viewing family photos or to read small print often found when looking up information in the newspaper. The Aladdin Magnifier is very easy to use, is portable and compact. The library staff will be happy to give a demonstration and then you will see how easy it is to operate.

DON’T FORGET YOUR LIBRARY CARD
To prevent errors from occurring, library patrons are required to present their library card or driver’s license when checking out library materials. If you are having someone else pick up your library items, you must give that person your library card or call ahead of time to let us know who will be picking up your library materials.

NEW MATERIALS
DVDS:
Australia
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
High School Musical
High School Musical 2
High School Musical 3-Senior Year

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Sharon Wilson our seventh winner in the weekly drawing for the Adult Winter Reading Program. Sharon will receive a free book, and a lighthouse bird feeder donated by Caseville True Value Hardware.

READING PROGRAM PARTY
Adults who have participated in our Winter Reading Program are invited to an
end-of-program party which will be held in the library’s Community Room on Thursday, March 19th, beginning at 5:00 PM. Come for the food, fellowship, fun, and prizes.

LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Nursery Rhymes” will be the theme for Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Usually one half-hour session is held for Lap-Sit Story Time each Tuesday at 10:00 AM with parent and child attending the story time and Pre-School Story Hour is held each Tuesday at 10:30 AM. In both sessions, children listen to stories and participate in finger plays, songs and crafts. There is no cost for this service and new families are always welcome. For more information, please call the library at 453-2341 and ask for Jane Himmel.

APPECIATION DINNER
The Pigeon District Library Board of Trustees invites you to attend the library’s Appreciation Dinner to be held in the Library Community room on Thursday evening, April 2, 2009. Punch will be served at 6:00 PM and the library will be open for viewing. Dinner will follow at 6:30 PM. The evening’s program will feature motivational speaker, Elaine Bickel. Cost of reservation is $10.00 per person, and seating is limited to the first 125 reservations. Please join us for food, fellowship, and fun. Reservation forms may be picked up at the library and are due by Monday, March 23.

MUSICAL JAMBOREE
Each year our library hosts a Musical Jamboree which features local, talented individuals. We are looking for people willing to do one vocal or instrumental selection for this year’s Musical Jamboree which is scheduled for Tuesday, April 14th, beginning at 7:00 PM in our Community Room.

If you are interested or know someone who is interested in sharing his/her talent with the community, please call the library at 453-2341 and ask for Janet or Stephanie.

LIBRARY HOURS
Beginning April 7th , the library will be open every Tuesday and Thursday until
7:00 PM. Hours on the other days remain the same-Monday and Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM and Saturday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.

MICHIGAN AND FEDERAL TAX FORMS ARE HERE!
The library has received a limited supply of Michigan and Federal tax forms. If the tax form you need is not available in paper form, someone on the library staff will assist you in retrieving it from a tax form website. We are pleased to be a source for income tax forms but wish to remind everyone that library staff members are not tax professionals and cannot provide tax advice or assistance with e-filing and tax preparation.

ALADDIN ELECTRONIC COLOR MAGNIFIER FOR CHECK-OUT
The library has an Aladdin Electronic Color Magnifier available for a one month
check-out to PDL patrons. The magnifier will allow all patrons to read library materials. It can be used to assist with viewing family photos or to read small print often found when looking up information in the newspaper. The Aladdin Magnifier is very easy to use, is portable and compact. The library staff will be happy to give a demonstration and then you will see how easy it is to operate.

DON’T FORGET YOUR LIBRARY CARD
To prevent errors from occurring, library patrons are required to present their library card or driver’s license when checking out library materials. If you are having someone else pick up your library items, you must give that person your library card or call ahead of time to let us know who will be picking up your library materials.

NEW MATERIALS
Books:
Fiction
Corsair by Clive Cussler
Life Sentences by Laura Lippman

Audio Fiction
Night and Day by Robert B. Parker

Audio Non-Fiction
Defiance by Nechama Tec
“The prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust is one of helpless victims. But in fact, many Jews struggled against the terrors of the Third Reich. This is the riveting history of one such group: a forest community numbering more than 1,200 that carried out the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in World War II.”

Monday, March 9, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS
The library staff would like to congratulate Holly Owen on being the sixth winner in the weekly drawing for the Adult Winter Reading Program. Holly received a free book, and a $10 shell gift card donated by Penny St. Cyr-State Farm Insurance of Pigeon.

LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“St. Patrick’s Day” will be the theme for Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Usually one half-hour session is held for Lap-Sit Story Time each Tuesday at 10:00 AM with parent and child attending the story time and Pre-School Story Hour is held each Tuesday at 10:30 AM. In both sessions, children listen to stories and participate in finger plays, songs and crafts. There is no cost for this service and new families are always welcome. For more information, please call the library at 453-2341 and ask for Jane Himmel.

READING PROGRAM PARTY
Adults who have participated in our Winter Reading Program are invited to an
end-of-program party which will be held in the library’s Community Room on Thursday, March 19th, beginning at 5:00 PM. Come for the food, fellowship, fun, and prizes.

APPECIATION DINNER
The Pigeon District Library Board of Trustees invites you to attend the library’s Appreciation Dinner to be held in the Library Community room on Thursday evening, April 2, 2009. Punch will be served at 6:00 PM and the library will be open for viewing. Dinner will follow at 6:30 PM. The evening’s program will feature motivational speaker, Elaine Bickel. Cost of reservation is $10.00 per person, and seating is limited to the first 125 reservations. Please join us for food, fellowship, and fun. Reservation forms may be picked up at the library and are due by Monday, March 23.

LIBRARY HOURS
Library hours are Monday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Tuesday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Thursday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

MICHIGAN AND FEDERAL TAX FORMS ARE HERE!
The library has received a limited supply of Michigan and Federal tax forms. If the tax form you need is not available in paper form, someone on the library staff will assist you in retrieving it from a tax form website. We are pleased to be a source for income tax forms but wish to remind everyone that library staff members are not tax professionals and cannot provide tax advice or assistance with e-filing and tax preparation.

BOOKPAGE
The March 2009 issue of BookPage has arrived and can be found in the library’s Information Center. “A monthly general interest review, BookPage covers the best in new releases. BookPage typically reviews up to 100 of each month’s new fiction, nonfiction, business, children’s, spoken word audio, and how-to books. The tone is upbeat and literate, focusing on bestsellers as well as new discoveries.” BookPage can also be accessed through the internet at www.bookpage.com.

ALADDIN ELECTRONIC COLOR MAGNIFIER FOR CHECK-OUT
The library has an Aladdin Electronic Color Magnifier available for a one month
check-out to PDL patrons. The magnifier will allow all patrons to read library materials. It can be used to assist with viewing family photos, or to read small print often found when looking up information in the newspaper. The Aladdin Magnifier is very easy to use, is portable and compact. The library staff will be happy to give a demonstration and then you will see how easy it is to operate.

DON’T FORGET YOUR LIBRARY CARD
To prevent errors from occurring, library patrons are required to present their library card or driver’s license when checking out library materials. If you are having someone else pick up your library items, you must give that person your library card or call ahead of time to let us know who will be picking up your library materials.

Monday, March 2, 2009

ADULT WINTER READING PROGRAM
“Get Between the Covers and Read” is the theme of our first, adult winter reading program which started January 15 and will end March 15. We think it will be a lot of fun for our adult readers, but participation is totally optional. Local businesses have donated lots of wonderful prizes for our weekly drawings and for our end-of-program party.

CONGRATULATIONS
The library staff would like to congratulate Valerie Malkowski on being the fifth winner in the weekly drawing for the Adult Winter Reading Program. Valerie received a free book, and a $25 gift certificate donated by Riverside Roadhouse-Caseville.

NEW CLASS-INTRODUCTION TO CHESS
“Introduction to Chess” will be led by Michael Gaeth and is scheduled for Tuesday, March 3rd from 4:00 – 5:00 PM and Thursday, March 5th from 4:00 – 5:00 PM. Come in to learn the basics of playing the game of chess. (We will provide the game board and pieces.) If enough people are interested, a schedule will be set up so players can get together to play chess on a regular basis. Interested persons are asked to call the library at 989-453-2341 or come in to sign up for either or both sessions. If you are already an experienced chess player and are interested in playing chess on a regular basis, please stop by the library or call so your name can be given to Michael Gaeth.

USED BOOK SALE
The Friends of the Pigeon District Library will be having its March Used Book Sale on Saturday, March 7 in the Reference Room of the library from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Prices range from $.25 to $3.00. Also, don’t forget the On-Going Used Paperback Sale. Paperbacks are always available on the bookshelf to the right of the aquarium in the Children’s Room.

FAMILY MOVIE
Saturday, March 7 at 10:00 AM
“Beverly Hills Chihauhau” Rated: PG Time: 91 minutes
“A pampered Beverly Hills Chihuahua named Chloe finds herself accidentally lost in the mean streets of Mexico. Alone for the first time in her spoiled life, she must rely on some unexpected new friends to lend her a paw.”

LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Smile” will be the theme for Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Usually one half-hour session is held for Lap-Sit Story Time each Tuesday at 10:00 AM with parent and child attending the story time and Pre-School Story Hour is held each Tuesday at 10:30 AM. In both sessions, children listen to stories and participate in finger plays, songs and crafts. There is no cost for this service and new families are always welcome. For more information, please call the library at 453-2341 and ask for Jane Himmel.

LIBRARY HOURS
Library hours are Monday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Tuesday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Thursday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

INCLEMENT WEATHER
When the weather outside gets frightful, please call the library or listen to WLEW to make sure the library will be open for your reading needs.

MICHIGAN AND FEDERAL TAX FORMS ARE HERE!
The library has received a limited supply of Michigan and Federal tax forms. If the tax form you need is not available in paper form, someone on the library staff will assist you in retrieving it from a tax form website. We are pleased to be a source for income tax forms but wish to remind everyone that library staff members are not tax professionals and cannot provide tax advice or assistance with e-filing and tax preparation.

BOOKPAGE
The March 2009 issue of BookPage has arrived and can be found in the library’s Information Center. “A monthly general interest review, BookPage covers the best in new releases. BookPage typically reviews up to 100 of each month’s new fiction, nonfiction, business, children’s, spoken word audio, and how-to books. The tone is upbeat and literate, focusing on bestsellers as well as new discoveries.” BookPage can also be accessed through the internet at http://www.bookpage.com/.

NEW MATERIALS
Non-Fiction:
The 5 Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me for Women by Richard Paul Evans

Fiction:
Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
Night and Day by Robert B. Parker
One Day at a Time by Danielle Steel
Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child
True Colors by Kristin Hannah