QUILT SHOW
The Pigeon District Library Quilt Show had a total of 257 registered visitors who came to view the 45 quilts and quilted items on display. Visitors came from many parts of Michigan, and from the states of Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, and Virginia.

THANK YOU
Thank you “Quilt Show Greeters and Friends of the Library Volunteers” for helping make this year’s Quilt Show and Used Book Sale a success. Quilt Show Greeters were
Linda Beyer, Sue Kohl, Priscilla Kreh, Carole Mead, Delores Myers, Joyce Ross, Sandy Squillace, and Virginia Thiel.The Friends of the Pigeon District Library and Book Sale Volunteers were Kayla Blunt, Aaron Eichler, Rachel Eichler, Colleen Forman, Kim Gaeth, Connie Gaeth, Susan Herford, Archie Hyttinen, Doug Kent, Kathy Kent, Barb Main, Marilyn Maust, and Diane Misczak. Thank you for making this year’s Quilt Show and Used Book sale a success.

The Pigeon District Library would also like to thank the following people who registered quilted items for the quilt display: Janice Blackwell, Gale Brown, Gloria Busch, Donna Deming, Roger Finkbeiner, Kathy and Kevin Gnagey, Cheyenne Groth, Karen Langley, Isabel Leipprandt, Diane Messing, Grace Morgan, Lorna Perket, Nonie Shetler, Alice Sosnowski, Katie Stein, Lola Stein, Zita Sturm, June Tenbusch, and Vange Wolschlager.

ANNUAL USED BOOK SALE
The Friends of the Pigeon District Library are very grateful for the patrons who supported the library through donations of used books which were placed in the Annual Book Sale during the Farmer’s Festival. The proceeds amounted to $1,081.25 and will benefit the library through the friends group.

USED BOOK SALE
There will be no Used Book Sale on Saturday, August 1, 2009. The Friends of the Pigeon District Library will be having a Used Book Sale in September. Also, don’t forget the On-Going Used Paperback Sale. Paperback books are always available on the book shelf to the right of the aquarium in the Children’s Room.

LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Smile” will be the theme on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. 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. For more information, please call the library and ask for Jane Himmel.

BOOK CLUB
The book for discussion at the August meeting will be “America, America” by Ethan Canin. The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, August 25 at 6:30 PM. If you or someone you know would like to join us for a discussion on this book, please call the library and ask for Jane Himmel.

NEW LIBRARY MATERIALS

DVDs:
12 Rounds-Action
Coraline-Family
The Haunting in Connecticut-Horror
Push-Action
Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail

Fiction:
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
Burn by Linda Howard
Knockout by Catherine Coulter

Children’s Board Books:
My Mother is Mine
Monkey’s Surprise
Slam Dunk! My Basketball Book

Large Print Books:
Burn by Linda Howard
The Devil’s Punchbowl by Greg Iles
Killer Summer by Ridley Pearson
Knockout by Catherine Coulter
A Rogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey
There’s Something About Saint Tropez by Elizabeth Adler