HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday-9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Tuesday-9:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Thursday-9:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Friday-9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Saturday-9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

 

LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Nursery Rhymes” will be the theme for Tuesday, April 30, 2013.  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.

 

BOOK CLUB

The book for discussion at the April meeting will be “Lucid Intervals” by Stuart Woods. The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, April 30 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.

 

SPRING USED BOOK SALE:  MAY 2-4

The Friends of the Pigeon District Library (FOPDL) will be having a Spring Used Book Sale on Thursday, May 2^nd and Friday, May 3^rd from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and Saturday, May 4^th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Gently used books, audio books, video tapes, CDs, DVDs, and puzzles will be available for purchase at the used book sale.
 
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK DRAWING WINNERS
Congratulations to Sara Jackson and Caleb Elenbaum for being our winners for National Library Week Drawing. Sara won the drawing for the adults and received a library bag, 2 free DVD rentals, popcorn, 2 liter bottle of soda, snacks, and a choice of a free book from the Self-Serve Book Sale area. Caleb won the drawing for the minors and received a book bag, 2 free DVD rentals, popcorn, and 2 juice pouches. 

 

CIRCULATION

Circulation for March 2013 was 2,482 items including 1,448 Books, 207 DVD Rentals, 152 Video Checkouts, 117 Audio, Books on CD and Playaways, 57 Magazines, 4 Puzzles, 404 New Materials, and 47 NF Videos and DVDs. Inter-loan statistics included 238 items borrowed and 351 items loaned to other libraries through Valley Library Consortium and 76 items borrowed and 34 items loaned to other libraries through MelCat and 4 items were loaned out through the Peabody System. Statistics for OverDrive included 32 Overdrive Audio Books and 152 E-books. Income received included $118.65 from Copier, $214.55 from Fines, and $47.00 from Faxes. Sixteen registrations for the month included: Caseville 2, Fairhaven 2, McKinley 1, Oliver 3, and Winsor 8.

 

THANK YOU FRIENDS OF THE PIGEON DISTRICT LIBRARY AND LIBRI FOUNDATION

Thanks to the funds which were raised by the Friends of the Pigeon District Library and matched 2:1 by the Libri Foundation, the Pigeon District Library received more than $1,050 in new, hardcover books to add to our Beginner, Older Children, Junior Adult, and Young Adult Collections.

 

The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children’s books to small, rural public libraries in the United States through its BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program. The books received from the Libri Foundation are processed and ready to be checked-out. The books are located on a table in the Children’s Room underneath the window of the Library Director’s office. Come in and check these books out. There are many to choose from.

 

CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY – HISTORICAL DISPLAY
The Pigeon District Library has been serving area residents for the last one hundred years and area residents are invited to stop by to see the library’s historical display on the wall of the hallway which leads from the library to the Community Room. Everyone who stops by will receive a Centennial Bookmark that commemorates the library’s 100th anniversary.

GREATER HURON COUNTY UNITED WAY GRANT
Thanks to a $500.00 grant received from the Greater Huron County United Way, the library will be purchasing Tag Learn to Read materials from Leap Frog. The special books and reading system pens will enable beginning readers to learn the names and sounds of letters of each word on a page and to hear each word read aloud to them.   

 

HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday-9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Tuesday-9:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Thursday-9:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Friday-9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Saturday-9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

 

CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
The Pigeon District Library has been serving area residents for the last one hundred years and kicked off its centennial anniversary activities during National Library Week. Everyone is invited to stop by to see the library’s historical display on the wall of the hallway which leads from the library to the Community Room. Everyone who stops by will receive a Centennial Bookmark that commemorates the library’s 100th anniversary.

 
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
National Volunteer Week is April 21-27 and the Pigeon District Library will be serving refreshments on Thursday, April 25 in honor of OUR many library volunteers. Please join us on this special day to recognize and thank the many volunteers that help out at the Pigeon District Library
 
LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Trees” will be the theme for Tuesday, April 23, 2013.  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.

 

FREE FAMILY MOVIE

Tuesday, April 23^rd at 4:30 PM

“Wreck-It Ralph”        Rated:  PG      Time: 108 Minutes

“Wreck-It Ralph” is a very funny film about an arcade game "bad guy" (John C. Reilly) who's tired of being overshadowed by "good guy" Fix-It Felix Jr. (Jack McBrayer) and goes game jumping while the arcade is closed in an attempt to reinvent himself. Felix heads out to drag the oversize Ralph back to their own game, and the pair travels through a time warp of arcade games from the past 30 years that's absolutely hilarious and will cause you to never look at an electrical outlet or surge protector in the same way again.”

  

BOOK CLUB

The book for discussion at the April meeting will be “Lucid Intervals” by Stuart Woods. The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, April 30 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.

 

HURON AREA WRITERS GROUP (HAWG)

The Huron Area Writers Group will be having their monthly meeting April 25^th at 6:30 PM. All writers, no matter what skill level, are invited to the HAWG meeting.

 

SPRING USED BOOK SALE:  MAY 2-4

The Friends of the Pigeon District Library (FOPDL) will be having a Spring Used Book Sale on Thursday, May 2^nd and Friday, May 3^rd from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and Saturday, May 4^th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Gently used books, audio books, video tapes, CDs, DVDs, and puzzles will be available for purchase at the used book sale.

 

NEW MATERIALS

Fiction-
Alex Cross, Run-James Patterson
Breaking Point-C.J. Box
Gotcha!-Fern Michaels
The Guardian-Beverly Lewis
Guilt-Jonathan Kellerman
Forbidden Sister-V.C. Andrews
Something Wicked-Lisa Jackson
The Striker-Clive Cussler
Touch and Go-Lisa Gardner
Until the End of Time-Danielle Steel

Large Print Fiction-
The Air We Breathe-Christa Parrish
An Angel by Her Side-Ruth Reid
Any Sunday-Debbie Macomber
Bared to You-Sylvia Day
Betrayal-Robin Lee Hatcher
Calculated in Death-J.D. Robb
The Cattle Baron’s Daughter-S. Dionne Moore
Come to the Table-Neta Jackson
Desperate Housedogs-Sparkle Abbey
Double Deception-Chrissie Loveday
Every Perfect Gift-Dorothy Love
Firefly Island-Lisa Wingate
The General’s Daughter-Jo Graham
The Heart’s Journey-Barbara Cameron
Henry Tilney’s Diary-Amanda Grange
Love by Degree-Debbie Macomber
Mark of the Witch-Maggie Shayne
Picture Perfect-Janice Thompson
Rosemary Opens Her Heart-Naomi King
Run the Risk-Lori Foster
Sea Glass Winter-JoAnn Ross
The Striker-Clive Cussler
Suspect-Robert Crais
Unforgettable-Deborah Grace Staley
Week in Winter-Maeve Binchy

Young Adult Fiction-
Gallagher Girls Series-Ally Carter
-Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover
-Out of Sight, Out of Time
-I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d have to Kill You
-Only the Good Spy Young
-Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

Tunnels Series-Roderick Gordon
-Tunnels
-Deeper
-Freefall
-Closer
-Spiral

PIGEON DISTRICT LIBRARY
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday-9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Tuesday-9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Thursday-9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Friday-9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday-9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Gardens” will be the theme for Tuesday, April 16, 2013. 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.

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK: APRIL 14-20
“Communities matter @ your library”
This week, the Pigeon District Library joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and library workers. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
The Pigeon District Library has been serving area residents for the last one hundred years and is kicking off its centennial anniversary activities during National Library Week. Everyone is invited to stop by to see the ibrary’s historical display on the wall of the hallway which leads from the library to the Community Room. Everyone who stops by will receive a Centennial Bookmark that commemorates the library’s 100th anniversary.

Patrons can participate in some special drawings during the week and everyone is invited to the Tuesday evening and Thursday evening events which are free to the public. (Please see the information about author Ken Rogers and Musical Jamboree for details on those events.)

AUTHOR KEN ROGERS TO SPEAK ON POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER - APRIL 16 On Tuesday, April 16th, at 7:00 PM, the Pigeon District Library will host Ken Rogers, a life-long Michigan resident and author of the book "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Police Officer's Report". Ken says, "I have written a book about my personal experiences serving as a Police Officer and any involvement in the shooting of a barricaded gunman. The emotional issues which followed including suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder changed my life forever. My desire is that other First Responders understand that they are not alone in their feelings of isolation and depression. With help and knowledge they can survive a critical incident and the possibility of developing PTSD."

The free program is open to everyone who has an interest in post traumatic stress disorder and in learning how Ken dealt with his PTSD.

MUSICAL JAMBOREE– APRIL 18
Each year the library hosts a Musical Jamboree during National Library Week. This year the jamboree will be held on Thursday evening, April 18th beginning at 7:00 PM in the library’s Community Room. This FREE event is open to the public and features many talented individuals from the area who will be performing a variety of vocal and instrumental selections.

VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
National Volunteer Week is April 21 – 27 and the Pigeon District Library will be serving refreshments on Thursday, April 25 in honor of OUR many library volunteers. Please join us on this special day to recognize and thank the many volunteers that help out at the Pigeon District Library.

FREE FAMILY MOVIE
Tuesday, April 23rd at 4:30 PM
“Wreck-It Ralph” Rated: PG Time: 108 Minutes
“Wreck-It Ralph” is a very funny film about an arcade game "bad guy" (John C. Reilly) who's tired of being overshadowed by "good guy" Fix-It Felix Jr. (Jack McBrayer) and goes game jumping while the arcade is closed in an attempt to reinvent himself. Felix heads out to drag the oversize Ralph back to their own game, and the pair travels through a time warp of arcade games from the past 30 years that's absolutely hilarious and will cause you to never look at an electrical outlet or surge protector in the same way again.”

HURON AREA WRITERS GROUP (HAWG) - APRIL 25
The Huron Area Writers Group will be having their monthly meeting April 25th at 6:30 PM. All writers, no matter what skill level, are invited to the HAWG meeting.

BOOK CLUB - APRIL 30
The book for discussion at the April meeting will be “Lucid Intervals” by Stuart Woods. The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, April 30 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.

HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday-9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Tuesday-9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Thursday-9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Friday-9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday-9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

LAP-SIT STORY TIME AND PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR
“Frogs” will be the theme for Tuesday, April 9, 2013. 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.

FREE MOVIE FOR ADULTS-“LINCOLN”
Tuesday, April 9th at 5:30 PM
Rated: PG Time: 150 minutes
The Pigeon District Library Book Club will be hosting a showing of the movie “Lincoln” in the Community Room of the library on Tuesday, April 9th from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Beverages will be served along with treats that anyone wishes to bring and share.

TAIL WAGGIN’ TUTORS-APRIL 11
Tail Waggin’ Tutors is a library program which uses therapy dogs. Children in grades K-4 are encouraged to come to the library and read to Bella who is owned by Sandy Chalou, Paddy who is owned by Bernie Dezenski, or Reese who is owned by Jerry & Yvonne Greer. The goal is to encourage children to read by providing a relaxed, non-judgmental environment where children can feel comfortable reading aloud to a furry friend. The dogs are licensed, certified and insured – one through Therapy Dogs, Inc. and two through Therapy Dogs, International.

Pre-registration is required for the program which is offered on the second Thursday of each month between 4:00 PM and 500 PM. A child who signs up for the program will spend ten minutes reading aloud to one of the therapy dogs (and its handler). Bella, Paddy, and Reese will be
at the library on Thursday, April 11th from 4 PM – 5 PM. If your child is interested in reading to one of our “Tail Waggin’ Tutors”, please call the library at 453- 2341 to sign-up for an available time slot.

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK: APRIL 14-20
“Communities matter @ your library”
This week, the Pigeon District Library joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities naionwide in celebrating National Library Week, a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and library workers. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

The Pigeon District Library will have author Ken Rogers speaking on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on Tuesday, April 16 at 7:00 PM and the Musical Jamboree will be held on Thursday, April 18 at 7:00 PM. So, come into the library during National Library Week and see what the library can do for you.

AUTHOR TO SPEAK ON POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
On Tuesday, April 16th, at 7:00 PM, the Pigeon District Library will host Ken Rogers, a life-long Michigan resident and author of the book "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Police Officer's Report". Ken says, "I have written a book about my personal experiences serving as a Police Officer and my involvement in the shooting of a barricaded gunman. The emotional issues which followed including suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder changed my life forever. My desire is that other First Responders understand that they are not alone in their feelings of isolation and depression. With help and knowledge they can survive a critical incident and the possibility of developing PTSD."
The free program is open to everyone who has an interest in post traumatic stress disorder and in learning how Ken dealt with his PTSD.

MUSICAL JAMBOREE– APRIL 18
Each year the library hosts a Musical Jamboree during National Library Week. This year the Jamboree will be held on Thursday evening, April 18th beginning at 7:00 PM in the library’s Community Room. Staff members are looking for talented individuals of all ages who are willing to share their talent with the community by performing a vocal or instrumental selection that evening. If this interests you, please call the library at 989-453- 2341 and speak with a staff member who will answer your questions and add your name to the list of performers for the event.