LIBRARY HOURS
Monday and Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
THURSDAY REFRESHMENTS
Cold lemonade is available on Thursdays in the Reference Room of the library. Come and relax with a cup of lemonade while studying, reading the newspaper or visiting with fellow readers.
LAP-SIT AND PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Summer” will be the theme for Tuesday, June 19, 2012. A half-hour Lap-Sit Story Time is held for toddlers at 10:00 AM with parent and child attending the story time and Pre-School Story Hour is held 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.
2012 SUMMER READING PROGRAM EVENTS
Upcoming events for the reading program include: June 18 at 4:00 PM: Craft Activity-“Edible Campfire”, June 21 at 4:00 PM: Family Program-“Tail Waggin’ Tutors”, June 23 at 10:00 AM: Free Family Movie-“The Legends of the Guardians-The Owls of Galhoole”. June 25 at 4:00 PM: Craft Activity-“Silvery Moon”, June 26 at 5:00 PM: Family Program: “Owls and Bats”, June 30 at 10:00 AM: Free Family Movie-“The Borrowers”, July 2 at 4:00 PM: Craft Activity-“Red, White, and Blue” Craft, July 5 at 5:00 PM: Family Program: “Scary and Not So Scary Stories and S’mores, July 7 at 10:00 AM: Free Family Movie-“Monster House”. July 7th is the last day to turn in log-sheets and “purchase” prizes with you SRP money.
HURON AREA WRITERS GROUP (HAWG)
The Huron Area Writers Group will be having their monthly meeting Thursday, June 21 at 6:30 PM. All writers, no matter what skill level, are invited to attend the HAWG meeting.
LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
The Annual Meeting of the Pigeon District Library Board of Trustees will be held Thursday, June 28 at 4:30 PM in the library’s Community Room. The meeting is open to the public.
FREE PARK & READ PASSES
Back for a fourth summer, the DNR and the Library of Michigan are offering their Park & Read program at more than 400 participating libraries across the state.
While checking out a book, Park & Read allows library cardholders to “Check-out” a one-day pass that waives the Recreation Passport entry fee into any Michigan state park or recreation area. This $10 savings also provides a one-time fee access to more than 500 events taking place in state parks throughout the summer, and to make the day even more relaxing, some of the state parks are offering the loan of a hammock.
Passes are valid for seven days from checkout and can be used for one day at any Michigan state park, recreation area, museum or historic site. Passes are valid for day use only. The program runs through October 1, 2012.
HURON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANT
The Youth Advisory Committee of the Huron County Community Foundation recently awarded a $300 grant to the Pigeon District Library for our project “Downloadable E-Books for Youth”. The money is being used to purchase downloadable e-books that are of interest to pre-teen/teen readers. These titles will be added to our library’s Advantage Collection in OverDrive which is available to Pigeon District Library card holders through a link on our website at www.pigeondistrictlibrary.com.
Anyone who resides or owns property in the City of Caseville or the townships of Caseville, Chandler, Fairhaven, McKinley, Oliver, or Winsor may register for a free library card at the Pigeon District Library. Free library cards are also available to students who live outside the library’s service area but attend a school in our service area. Children who are between the ages of 3 and 17 must be registered by a parent or guardian.
Patrons may submit titles for purchase consideration through the library’s facebook page or by placing a note in the library’s suggestion box at the Circulation Desk.
NEWSBANK
Thanks to a grant from the Greater Huron County United Way and funding from the friends of the Pigeon District Library, PDL patrons can access the online, indexed archive for the Huron Daily Tribune from 2001. PDL cardholders will be able to access the text version of the Huron Daily Tribune by clicking on the link in the center of the library’s website and entering the fourteen-digit barcode number from their library card.
By clicking on the “America’s News Magazines” link, PDL cardholders will have access to archival magazines including “Field and Stream”, “Newsweek”, “Parenting” and other magazines.
Besides having access to the Huron Daily Tribune, PDL cardholders will be able to access information on up-to-date national and world news, by clicking on links on the left of the NewsBank page.
Free library cards are available to residents and property owners in the City of Caseville or in the townships of Caseville, Chandler, Fairhaven, McKinley, Oliver, and Winsor, who are three of age or older, are eligible to register for free library cards. Children under 18 years of age must have the application signed by a parent or legal guardian.
For a short NewsBank demo, stop by the library and ask a staff member for assistance.
