February 2013

StoryTime

Chinese New Year
Feb 7
Valentine’s Day
Feb 14
Hat’s Off to Books
Feb 21
Brush Your Teeth
Feb 28

The Bookmark society will be meeting February 28 at 6:30.  The book they will be reading and discussing is Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard.

Movie Night

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We are taking a break for the month of February.

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Keep us in mind. We could use materials for ongoing projects:

Digital camera   

Pallets for a Summer Reading project

Small clear containers 

Paint store gift cards & painting  supplies
                                            

Even though February is the shortest month,
it feels like the longest!

If you enjoy trivia quizzes try  Sporcle.com.  There are quizzes in literature, sports, history,  geography …. It can be fun and helps keep your brain active!,  but the time limits can sometimes be stressful.

In addition to Valentine’s Day, February 14 is also Ferris Wheel Day!

We are busy preparing to migrate to a new catalog.  Because we are joining a consortium, we will need to update patron barcodes.  So you should be getting a new barcode on your card soon.

You may have noticed someone new at the library.  Rachel C.offield  Works at the Community Library in Sunbury.  She is working toward Master’s degree in Library Science and needed to have practicum/intern experience.  We are so lucky to have her here to help us out during the last push.  As we only have about a month until we go live on our new catalog.

Magazines

Many patrons have asked about our annual magazine discard.  It will probably be in late February.  Between the extreme amount of books in our booksale and the desperation to finish putting new barcodes on everything, we might need to push it back a little later than usual this year.

Crafting

A scrapbooking group has begun meeting at the library.  They are anxious to get more folks involved. They are currently meeting every other Friday, but if there is a day that would suit you better let us know.  Children are welcome to come along, too.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.  Martin Luther King, Jr.
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January 2013

Our Catalog will be unavailable through Mid March.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS. $1.00 a box you bring the box. We are clearing shelves. 

VHS tapes, juvenile, fiction, non-fiction. FREE VHS

January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow.- Sara Coleridge

Story Time
Thursdays at 10:00

Unbirthday Party Jan 10

Ice & Snow Jan 17

Soup Month Jan 24

Groundhogs & Shadows Jan 31

Movie Night

Jan 17 at 5:00

Movie to Be Announced

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The Bookmark society will be meeting January 24 at 6:30 pm.  The book they will be reading and discussing is Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach.

Did you know that part of the library’s collection is shelved in the basement?

Are you a MYSTERY LOVER?  (In the dark basement there are many bodies … of work.  

They’re bloody good!

Do you like WESTERNS?

On the WEST side of the basement, we have some mighty good yarns! Yee Haw!

Once again there are changes happening at the library!  You may notice that the DVD twirl rack is gone.  DVD cases have been moved to the same set of shelves that videos were on.  We found the spin arrangement pretty confusing at times, so we hope 

Barcodes

We are busy preparing to migrate to a new catalog.  Because we are joining a consortium, we will need to update patron barcodes.  So you should be getting a new barcode  on your card soon.

Made a New Year’s Resolution?

The library has  materials that can help you as you try to loose weight, eat healthier, exercise more, quit smoking….

Weight Watchers now has a website you can join.  To make it a little easier to help keep track of food, fitness & weight goals.  My Fitness Pal is a great app to help keep you on track to reach your fitness goals.

If you are trying to quit smoking, you might try Whyquit.com.  This website seems to be geared towards people who are struggling to quit and have tried the standard methods.

Once again there are changes happening at the library!  

You may notice that the DVD twirl rack is gone.  DVD cases have been moved to the same set of shelves that videos were on.  We found the spin arrangement pretty confusing at times, so we hope this will be easier to find what you are looking for.

The Bookmark society will be meeting January 24 at 6:30.  The book they will be reading and discussing is Simple Abundance by    Sarah Ban Breathnach.

Scrapbooking

A scrapbooking group has begun meeting at the library.  They get together from 10:00 to 7:00 every other Friday. The women have been making great progress in getting their pictures beautifully organized.  They would really like more folks to join them.

December 2012

The Library will be closed December 24 & 25.  

We will close at 4:00 pm on December 31 and be closed January 1

Story Time 

Holiday Treats Dec 6

Reindeer             Dec 13

Christmas           Dec 20

No Storytime          Dec 27 Or Jan 3

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth,
for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire:
it is the time for home.” ~ Edith Sitwell

The Bookmark society will be meeting December  27 at 6:30.  

The book they will be reading and discussing is The Secret Between Us by Barbara  Delinsky.

Buckeye Valley East Giving Tree

Buckeye Valley East Elementary school is sponsoring a giving tree.  Help make Christmas shine for a child by taking a star off the tree.  They ask that you spend less than $25 on gifts requested on the star.  Then take the unwrapped gifts along with the tag to BVEE office by    December 14th.

We have had so many comments on our  fantastic book tree.   Megan and Susan created it, but got the idea from the website: Pinterest.  It’s a great place to get decorating and craft ideas. If you have a folder full of ideas you have pulled from magazines, this site might help  reduce the size of the pile!

 Keep us in mind. We could use materials for ongoing projects:

· Small clear containers 

· Paint store gift cards painting  supplies

· Digital camera                                               

Scrapbooking

A scrapbooking group has begun meeting at the library.  They get together from noon to 7:00 every other Tuesday. The women have been making great progress in getting their pictures beautifully organized.  They would really like more folks to join them.

           

November 2012

The Library will be closed November 22

Storytime

Thursdays at 10:00 am

Squirrels                      Nov. 4

Thanksgiving                   Nov. 15

Closed                           Nov. 22

Bears & Hibernation       Nov. 29

Consolidated Electric Co. has awarded the Wornstaff Library with a People Fund grant to help us offset some of the costs we will have as we migrate to the COOL (Consortium of Ohio Libraries). The Wornstaff library will be moving into the COOL (Central Of Ohio Libraries) in March.   As a condition of the grant money award, Consolidated Electric challenged us to find additional sources of funding.  

A REALLY BIG THANK YOU
to 229 Storage, Rotary Products and Rusk Brothers. These businesses have donated $1150 and with an additional $800 donated previously will be used to   help us purchase some additional equipment and supplies. With this help it will make it easier to meet the Spring deadline and possibly make the transition to the new system a lot smoother. 

Thank you to Rachel Bussard for building the amazing new display shelf  at the end of  the adult non-fiction into the new room. 

Thank you also to Karsten Bumpus for his artwork..  His drawings are on the dry erase board for programs this month.

We really appreciate the kind volunteers who donate their time and talents to the library each month.

We hope you have noticed all the changes that are occurring at Wornstaff library!

A direct result of our rearranging and reorganizing campaign is a number of bigger items that are available to a lucky patron.  We will accept donations for some pictures and other stuff that we no longer have a use for. 

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/margaretme130543.html#SgW2fXfwISpGGdy7.99  

An interesting website is: www.holidayinsights.com  It’s a great place to discover all those things we will be honoring/observing these days, weeks and months. In addition to Thanksgiving and Veteran’s Day, did you know that November is also National Sleep Comfort Month?

Keep us in mind for Holiday Gift Giving.

We could use materials for ongoing projects:

Pool Noodles             

Small clear containers  

Paint &/or painting  supplies

Digital camera          

                                      

Christmas in Ashley is scheduled for December 1 from 6:00– 9:00.  This is the  third year in a row for this very popular event.  This year the Wornstaff Library will be one of the stops.  

We have been overwhelmed with book donations as well as a considerable amount of weeding lately.
So now is your opportunity to explore our book sale.  A box full for a dollar.  You can’t beat that price! 

We hope you noticed all the changes that are happening in the library.  We are trying to help make this library a more comfortable place to study and learn.    

In our efforts to reorganize, we will have some non-book items available (such as art work) for a donation. 

October 2012

Story time: (Thursday morning at 10:00)

Pizza, Pasta, & Popcorn Oct. 4

Fire Safety Week Oct 11

Spiders Oct 18

Halloween Oct. 25

Scarecrows Nov. 1

The Bookmark Society will meet on Thursday evening October 25 at 6:30. The selected book is The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean, a story about memory, told through a Russian immigrant in the Pacific Northwest suffering from Alzheimer’s who survived the German assault on Leningrad by building a Hermitage based memory palace.

October celebrates books and science. Banned Book Week comes first. (Please celebrate by reading whatever you want to read.) Teen Read Week is Oct. 14 - 20 which also happens to be Earth Science Week, followed by Chemistry Week.

Thank You Consolidated Electric. The Wornstaff Library’s participation in the COOL consortium will be completed in March 2013 when we switch to the Evergreen catalog, costing several thousand dollars for technical services plus the labor of rebarcoding all the materials. We applied to the People Fund for money to help with this process and are delighted that they have awarded us $3500, contingent upon our finding some additional funding. Thank you, thank you.

Kilbourne Community Fall Festival, October 6, 8:00a - 4:00p will include a Geek the Library booth promoting awareness of library services and funding - plus breakfast, a hog roast, a parade, displays, markets for food and crafts, and yard sales.

Voter registration deadline is Oct. 9, 9:00pm.



Jane Horn officially became the new director of the Wornstaff Memorial Public Library when the library board announced her hiring at their September 10^th meeting. Ms. Horn has been a library employee since September 18, 2008 and volunteered at the library prior to that. She is a local resident with three children in the Buckeye Valley School district, an active member of the Kilbourne Methodist Church, and has a master’s degree in Library Science. Please take time to congratulate Jane Horn on her new position.

Lewis (Junior) Kimble died September 18, 2012. He was the library custodian for several years and a long time village employee before that - and probably took with him much knowledge about the inner workings of both. He has lived in Arizona for the past several years.

Christmas in Ashley is being planned for Saturday, December 1. An open meeting will be held 7:00, October 11 at the United Methodist Church. Ashley is looking forward to its third year. This has been a popular event with a lot of local participation. Luminaries, the live nativity scene, and carolers are on the list again. Homes for the tour are needed. Contact Amy Ruggles (747-2804).

The School Halloween Parade will leave the school 2:30 Wednesday afternoon, October 31.

Beggars Night in Ashley is set for October 31 6:30 - 8:00. Turn on your porch light for treats.

Chemistry Week extras: Two basic (circulating) reference sets are The Elements and ChemLab by Grolier. Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks and Fire Bubbles and Exploding Toothpaste by Steve Spangler are for reading and exploring.

Good weather for reading is ahead with shorter cooler days even though Daylight Savings Time does not end until November 4^th. Several large book donations have increased the book sale offerings. All are available at the standard ten cents a book, $1 a bag price. There’s no charge for unlimited browsing time.

The Catfish tournament is scheduled for Saturday, October 20, from 5:00 - 8:00 at the Ashley reservoir. The tournament is open to children up to twelve years old who should bring their own poles and be accompanied by an adult. ODNR will be supplying fish. Prizes and refreshment will be provided.

Illustrator/author Derek Anderson will be visiting BVEE on Wednesday, October 24^th.

Ashley’s Junior Fair: The first Ashley fair was held in 1912 when a group of local farmers and businessmen erected buildings and a race track. Area competition was intense and by 1922 the board was plagued with debt. R. B. Warner, the high school vocational agriculture teacher, suggested exhibiting his boys’ pigs, an idea that was first spurned and then modified to include girls’ baking and sewing projects. The 1923 fair was a success and the junior fair idea was expanded. In 1925 after a rain storm destroyed the junior fair tent a junior fair building was constructed. Publicity about the demolished junior fair produced many inquiries and information was disbursed. Morrow County became the first in the state to organize a county wide junior fair. Charlie Ashbrook accepted a job to help establish an Ohio State Fair junior department for 1929. In the late thirties Delaware began a junior fair which provided stiff competition especially when Grand Circuit racing was added. In March of 1950 after 37 years of operation the Ashley Fair Board voted to dissolve the fair. The buildings and grounds were sold and all bills paid. The remaining money was placed in an endowment fund to be used to support junior fair work in Delaware County.

September 2012

Story time: (Thursday morning at 10:00)

Grandparents & Families Sept. 6

Bee My Honey Sept. 13

Elephant Day Sept. 20

Falling Leaves & Apples Sept. 27

Pizza, Pasta & Popcorn Oct. 4

Storytime is open to all preschoolers and kindergartners. Programs last about 45 minutes and include stories, finger plays or similar activities, a craft, and (frequently) a related snack.

Movie Night will be Thursday September 20 at 5:00. The movie will be The Hunger Games. Free popcorn and drinks are available.

Scrapbooking has become a regular event at the library. The next get together is scheduled for Tuesday September 11, from 10:00 until whenever.

The Bookmark Society will meet Thursday evening September 27 at 6:30. They are reading Jonathan Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. All book lovers are welcome to join a friendly discussion with refreshments. The library has the DVD available for loan.

A FREE Grocery Coupon class, Savings Nation, will be presented on at the library Tuesday evening, September 26, 6:00 – 8:00. Sign up online at ww.CleverlySimple.com/SavingsNation.

MyOhioVote.com allows Ohio voters to change their address online. The deadline for change of address or registration is October 9. Potential first time voters can register at the library or the Board of Elections. Those who are unable to change their address can cast a provisional ballot at the precinct of their voting day residence.



People magazine and Mother Earth News September issues are here. We hope that’s the beginning of uninterrupted yearlong subscriptions.

Audio books revival. All those donated CDs are sitting on the shelf waiting for listeners. Enliven that daily trip to work, lawn mowing, or a variety of household chores with entertaining stories.

The next phase will purchasing children’s materials to replace the book and tape cassette kits we have. These can be a follow along teaching tool for beginning readers or just an introduction to the world of the printed book.

Fall equinox arrives at 10:49 on September 22.

Display case material is artwork created by and on loan from Gena Wiley. Let us know if you have a collection you’d be willing to share.

Delaware County Fair starts Saturday Sept. 15 and continues through the following week. The All-Horse Parade will be Sunday Sept 8 at 3:00. Animals, rides, fair food, live entertainment, and motorized competition – just in case you’ve missed the National Lawn Mower races.

Quilts – of course there will be plenty of local displays at the fair and the Ohio Wesleyan Alumni Center is featuring a display of art quilts through Sept. 16. Crafty people might be interested in T-shirt Quilts Made Easy. We can only add so many to the collection and currently there are many quilt books in the book sale. Take a look, find a book.

Ashley Farmer’s Market: Set up a table on the sidewalk and sell your fruit, veggies, flowers, baked goods, candles, etc. Every Saturday 9 – 12, September and October. What else is there in Ashley that we can share with each other??

School and homework doesn’t rhyme with horse and carriage but seem to go together just as certainly. Several years ago an Internet resource was frequently added to requirements – to acquaint students with its value. Today it might be worthwhile to require a book or magazine article just to remind student’s that not everything is found on the Internet and not everything there is reliable. A student recently confirmed the benefits of using our print dictionary. On the other hand both students and teachers need a little reminder that magazine articles can be found either at the library or from our website at home and these are magazine articles, NOT Internet resources. Coming soon – Microsoft Office on our computers with Power point capabilities and, perhaps, easier document transfer.

Johnny Appleseed Day is Sept 28. Try a biography by Howard Means or the DVD Botany of Desire. 

Elizabeth Barker will retire as director of the Wornstaff Library at the end of September. The library board is hosting an Open House from 3 - 5 Saturday, September 29. Please stop by for refreshments, to say thanks and to wish Elizabeth well. Her energy and passion for libraries will be greatly missed.

I remember saying (years ago) to long time Wornstaff Library board trustee Dick Newman that being the director of the Ashley library was my dream job. Eighteen years ago that dream became true. It might be worthwhile to add that my mind has not changed during the time here.

Working in a small public library has wonderful advantages to begin with. One gets to do everything – those proverbial plumbing incidents, ordering and cataloging books, etc., working with the people of all ages, and trying to figure out how to make the most of space and money and other resources. The library has gone from no computers to being in the process of joining the local Cool-cat open source ILS consortium with a server hosted by OhioNet with access to resources throughout the whole state.

The biggest plus though is the people – the patrons and the staff are the most obvious. They make going to work everyday not just a job, but a joy. It’s a helpful, friendly environment with interesting challenges and a variety of interests to share. The library board has provided bragging material at meetings. Our service area supported a levy to compensate for state cuts – YEAH!! That’s so much to miss. Thank you everyone. Elizabeth Barker