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 Café 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