July 2007

Get @ Clue at Your Library
Get the Scoop July 2
Fingerprint Cartoons July 9
with Dan Collins
Mammal Mysteries July 16
with Preservation Parks
Case Closed July 23

The Magic of Stephen Knight will provide the closing program for this year’s summer reading. It’s scheduled for Monday July 23 at 11:00 and all summer reading program participants, story timers, and parents are especially invited. Join us for an outdoor (we certainly hope) fun-filled finale.

Storytime will continue through July 19, on Thursday mornings at 10:00 and the program themes will be related to those for summer reading. There will be no Storytime through the latter part of July and August. Storytime will resume on Thursday morning, September 6, at 10:00.

YNK (you never know) @ Your Library continues through July 23. Teens can still sign up, and read and review books to qualify for a weekly drawing. Teen Mystery Night, on July 18 from 6:30-8:00, will provide, a little food, a little fun, and a lot of mystery. All teens are welcome.

Adults are encouraged to read and rank books to be eligible for a July 23 prize drawing. Some of the older mystery collection from the basement is on display along with current popular mysteries and some videos. It’s guaranteed “summer reading”.

Prizes for all ages are featured in the display case and include Barbie dolls, Mrs. Larue’s favorite dog Ike, book bags, T-shirts and, of course, books.

Read to date - 279 hours. Watch the footprints climb the walls. More or less fifty first through sixth graders have been filling the library on Monday mornings for a variety of activities, including the annual worm race. There’s more to come. More students throughout the day keep the computers busy. We’re glad the pool provides some alternative activity.

Carl McCurdy made the front page of the Delaware Gazette in one of their local profiles. He’s quoted as saying he has his fingers in all the pies and the article is a good reminder of all he has done and continues to contribute to the community. And just to set the record straight his book My Army Life is also available at the Wornstaff Library.

Delaware County Fair booklets with detailed descriptions of all junior fair and open class entries and entry forms are available at the desk. Thanks to Don and Sandee Long for personally picking up and delivering the booklets to the library.

Susan Bussard recently attended the American Library Association annual conference in Washington, DC as a representative of the Gates sponsored Web Junction program. She was one of a selected few from Ohio. We are quite proud of her and really appreciate her perseverance in making arrangements and coping with the trip - and are looking forward to the exhibition goodies she shipped back.

http://www.wornstafflibrary.blogspot.com/ now includes links to genealogy resources plus a complete listing of the Wornstaff Library holdings. Available in the library is a Genealogy / Historical Inventory for Morrow County Genealogical Society Cardington-Lincoln Public Library and Wornstaff Library, Ashley, Ohio. This resource was compiled for a recent library workshop attended by Barbara Nibert.

Check the list of Family Tree’s 101 best web sites (bottom of page).

A Children’s Activity Center is planned for 201 South Street, Ashley. This home on three acres seems well suited for a variety of indoor and outside activities for younger children and their parents, such as simple science experiments, baking cookies, gardening, and just running about. The initial development and programming could be provided through a parents’ cooperative and local contributions of time, skills, and materials. Please contact Liz Barker at the library (747-2085) to comment on or indicate an interest in this venture.

MORE will be coming soon. This statewide resource sharing program will make interlibrary loans easier and will include the ability to borrow AV materials. Requests for both interlibrary loans and reserves still have to be made through a staff member. Other libraries will also have access to Wornstaff Library materials which means that after years of borrowing we will be able to reciprocate as a lender. One of the requirements is being on a U.S. Cargo route which should increase cooperation and sharing in general among local libraries. As an example, the Delaware County District Library could share copies of Delaware This Week.

Harry Potter countdown. This is the big month. The concluding book of the series comes out on July 21, preceded by the fifth movie, The Order of the Phoenix. Fundamentals in Delaware (among others) will have midnight sales. We’re taking reserves on the book and audio tape. It’s been a phenomenon that’s changed children’s reading forever.

Magazine updates. U.S. News and World Reports is being donated by a patron and the past month’s issues are available for another view of current events. Our new subscription to The Week (soon to arrive) will provide a short overview. Also coming soon as recycled donation is The New Yorker. The Adopt-a Library program has entered a one year subscription to Smithsonian for our library from C. Clarke, of Cleveland, Ohio. Ellery Queen magazine is filled with mystery stories.

June 2007

Get a Clue @ Your Library

Solve the Mystery @ the Library June 11
sign-up activities

Spy Camp June 18

Who Will Win the Worm Race? June 25

Get the Scoop July 2

Fingerprint Cartoons July 9
with Dan Collins

Mammal Mysteries July 16
with Preservation Parks

Case Closed July 23
with the Magic of Stephen Knight

Clue into Reading with the library’s summer reading program starting Monday, June 11 @ 11:00 for all children grades 1 - 6. These hour long programs will include reading incentives and related activity programs, including our renown annual worm race. June 11 is the official starting sign-up day. After that, sign-up is available at the library or at any subsequent program. Program activities are designed to be enjoyed but children don’t have to attend in order to read and receive coupons and other prizes. This year reading will be counted by time spent rather than the number of books read.

Storytime resumes Thursday June 14 at 10:00 and the program themes will be related to those for summer reading. Please register to help Miss Vicky plan for supplies.

YNK (you never know) @ Your Library. That’s the teen program. 1. Sign-up and receive a prize. 2. Investigate good books, graphic novels, magazines, etc. 3. Fill out review forms for weekly prize drawings. 4. Teen Mystery Night on July 18.

Adults can read and review and receive rewards. Rank the books you read and be eligible for prizes.


The Magic of Stephen Knight will provide the closing program for this year’s summer reading. It’s scheduled for Monday July 23 at 11:00 and all summer reading program participants, story timers, and parents are especially invited. Join us for an outdoor (we certainly hope) fun-filled finale.

Mystery is the general theme. We’ve ordered some new books to provide contemporary options. Themes also lead to highlighting older books in the collection. It’s a good time to dust off some of those classics in the basement such as Agatha Christie and Earle Stanley Gardener. Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and Nate the Great all have reprints or “modern” versions, including some graphic novel formats. There’s even a Mystery video category.

Where in Ohio Could You Go ??? A weekly drawing could win your family discounts for Franklin Park Conservatory, CAPA summer movie series, Columbus Museum of Art, National Inventors Hall of Fame or The Wilds. Adults may enter each time they come to the library and get their choice of available coupons.

The Oxford Garden Club came planting and the blooms in front of the library should enhance the view all summer long. Thank you, thank you.

Gnomes, and more gnomes, nicely nestled in the display case along with a leprechaun, a dwarf or two, and an elf are on loan from Jeannene Shemeth.

New videos will catch us up with some of the hot items released since our last order : Charlotte’s Web, Dreamgirls, Night at the Museum, Planet Earth, The Queen, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Last King of Scotland, and Freedom Writers, plus others.

Thanks to Carolyn Heine for taking care of the tree trimming on our joint property line. Her late husband was a diligent, long time library board member and we should be inspired to the library’s care. Additional thanks to the Bussard family who removed the fencing in that area and provided some more area clean-up. Rachel helped pack bags and made worm race boxes for summer reading.

School will be out soon and the summer reading program will create some high activity times at the library. Monday and Thursday mornings will be pretty kid oriented. We frequently remark that in our small space it’s important that the staff all be able to work together. Actually that applies to our patrons, too. Teens, and little ones, and parents, and Norwegian bachelor farmers all have to be respectful of each other - and tolerant. And respectful of the environment. There’s a bicycle rack. Parking takes precedence over skateboarding. Trash belongs in wastebaskets not the bushes. Also it is now actually illegal to smoke around the entrances of buildings because this exposes people entering and leaving the building to the smoke. We thank everyone for their cooperation and are looking forward to a busy, enjoyable summer for all.

Donations of materials are regularly accepted by the library. Some patrons even donate their current magazines. Vacation time might highlight another donation area. We have some special “discover Ohio” pamphlets and could certainly add ones someone’s picked up here or there.

Check the calendar on our website for library programs and events in the area. There’s plenty to do, and plenty to enjoy without having to drive plenty of miles. Enjoy without having to drive.

Audio books can be real sanity savers on those vacation trips - or make some tedious chores more pleasant. The Borrowers or Sign of the Beaver are examples of stories that might be enjoyed by the whole family. Then there are all the unabridged Harry Potters providing maybe 80 listening hours.