FRIENDS OF THE PIGEON DISTRICT LIBRARY
You can support the library by becoming a member of the Friends of the Pigeon District Library. Initial membership is $10.00 and then $5 each year thereafter. Join us at our next meeting on August 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM.
LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Picnic” will be the theme held on Tuesday, August 25, 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. 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.
LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
The Pigeon District Library Board of Trustees will meet Thursday, August 27 at 4:30 PM in the library’s Community Room. The meeting is open to the public.
MEMORIALS
Memorials to the library are often done on the occasion of the passing of a loved one and are also an appropriate way of honoring and remembering friends and relatives on anniversaries, birthdays, graduations, notable achievements, retirements, and weddings. A card is sent to the honored person acknowledging your memorial gift and a book plate honoring the person is placed in the item which the library has purchased with your donation. The Pigeon District Library would like to thank the following individuals for their memorials gifts: Michael and Jeanette Bach, Jerry and Linda Beyer, Doris Eile, Ken and Betty Licht, Pigeon District Library, Marlin and Marian Rathje, Lorene Reich, and Thumb National Bank,
BOOKPAGE
The August 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.
FREE CONSUMER INFORMATION CATALOG
The Summer 2009 Consumer Information catalog has arrived and can be found in the library’s Information Center which is located near the Nitz Street entrance. The sixteen-page catalog lists free and low-cost information on cats, computers, education, employment, family, federal programs, food, health, housing, money, small business, travel, and more.
SATURDAY LIBRARY HOURS
Starting September 5, Saturday hours for the library will return to the regular Saturday hours of 9 AM – 3 PM. Weekday hours remain unchanged: Monday and Friday 9 AM – 5 PM; Tuesday and Thursday 9 AM – 7 PM.
USED BOOK SALE
The Friends of the Pigeon District Library will be having its September Used Book Sale on Saturday, September 5, 2009, in the Reference Room of the library from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM. Prices range from $.25 to $3.00. Also, don’t forget the On-Going Used Paperback Sale. Paperback books are always available on the bookshelf to the right of the aquarium in the Children’s Room.
LIBRARY CLOSED
The library will be closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 7th. The library will reopen at its regular time of 9 AM on Tuesday, September 8th.
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 LIBRARY MATERIALS
Fiction:
Blindman’s Bluff by Faye Kellerman
Intervention by Robin Cook
Smash Cut by Sandra Brown
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
Monday, August 17, 2009
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