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.