March 2011 Library News

From the Gustavus Public Library
Where Volunteers are Our Foundation

The library is open 6 days a week!

Weekdays 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.    Mon.  & Wed. nights 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.                      Thurs. 10:00 a.m. - noon   Saturdays 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

March Programs and Activities:

PARENT/CHILD READING TIME:  Tuesdays 9:30-10:30 a.m.  Children should come with an adult. Thanks!

PROGRAMON CHILE:  Wayne Howell and Dave Nemeth will be putting on a program about their trip to Chile on Friday, March 4, at 7 pm.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY STORY TIME:   Wednesday, Mar.16^th at 11am-noon for children preschool age through 5th grade.  Preschool children should come with an adult.

GENEALOGY PROGRAM:  Glen Nelson will be doing another workshop on Genealogy (part 2) on Wednesday, Mar. 23, at 6-8 pm.

PERMANENT FUND DIVIDEND APPLICATIONS are available at the Library.  Don’t forget, the deadline for filing is March 31, 2011.  (You can fill them out online here too.)

Also, you can print out your tax forms here. 

OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN:  As part of the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the Southeast Alaska Imagination Library will send a new book in your child’s name directly to your home each month.  The program is for children under age 5 and the first year is free.  (After that, the Gustavus Best Beginnings Program may be able to find additional funding for the $30 a year fee.  They are looking into it.)  We have registration forms for the program available at the Library.  Please stop by and get one if you are interested.

Thanks to all of our desk sitters and volunteers: John Hawley, Allison Banks, Heather Sellards, Stephanie Shor, Kate Boesser, Lynne Jensen, Ela Kunat, George Jensen, Carole Baker, Carolyn Elder, Karen Sargent, and Emma Johnson.  Thanks also to Tom Krwawecz who has started doing odd jobs around the library.  This past week he changed out light bulbs for us.

We remember and honor Rita Wilson who volunteered at the Library for many years and recently passed away.  She will be greatly missed!  Kate and Heather are taking turns covering Rita’s Saturday time on the desk now (11am-1pm).

Desk sitters needed!  We also have an opening for Fridays from 1:30-4:30pm.  Let us know if you are interested in becoming one of our volunteer desk sitters! 

Thanks to our Library Board Members for all the work they put in; Eileen Clark, Artemis Bona Dea, Lynne Jensen, Karen Sargent, and Marieke Slovin. 

FEBRUARY LIBRARY STATISTICS:  During February, 2011, we had 751 visitors (adults, school children, preschoolers, junior/senior high, in-house computer users, library computer users), checked out 176 books and 215 movies; for a total of 391 items.  Programs included: city meetings, Valentine’s Day Story Hour, Slide Show on India, Genealogy Workshop, Early Settlers of Gustavus, weekly Little Ones’ Reading Time, piano lessons, and internet use (both inside the building and out!).

New DVDS at the Library:

Defiance, rated R

Exodus

Half Light, rated R

Outlaw Josey Wales, rated PG

Sicko, rated PG-13

Brannigan, rated PG

El Dorado

The Green Berets, rated G

The Hobbit, performed by Gustavus School students

Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo

Peter Pan, rated PG

Striking Distance, rated R

Wake of the Red Witch

The War Wagon

Irish Dancing:  step by step guide

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, rated PG-13

In Harm’s Way

The Prince of Egypt

A Lady Takes a Chance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, rated PG

The Quick and the Dead, rated R

The Kingdom, rated R

Donated VHS Movies:

Old Yeller

Disney’s Aladdin

Dumbo

Flight of the Phoenix, rated PG-13

The Milagro Beanfield War

New CD:

Cowgirl’s Prayer by Emmy Lou Harris

New McNaughton Books:

As Always, Julia by J. Childs

The Memory Palace by M. Bartok

Keys to Good Cooking by H. McGee

New Alaskana Books:

The Accidental Explorer by S. Simpson

Melozi by M. Travis

The Sea Runners by I. Doig

We also have 11 new adult non-fiction titles, 11 new adult fiction, and 12 new children’s books.  For a complete listing of the new titles, please see our bulletin board by the Library entrance.  If you would like a listing yourself, just ask and one can be emailed to you.

 “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”

-- Mahatma Gandhi