Fall 2013 Vol. 29, No. 3

In Memoriam

Download Magazines for Free!

Introducing a new way to read magazines! Just go to the library’s website and click on Zinio Digital Magazines. Zinio allows you to download popular magazines to your computer, tablet or mobile device!

The library offers current issues of over thirty popular titles including: Newsweek, Reader’s Digest, Prevention, iPhone Life, ESPN, Eat Well, Good Housekeeping, Bloomberg Business Week, Vanidades, National Geographic, and Food Network.

The digital magazines are full-print, full-color duplicates of the print magazine (including ads). Some magazines even include interactive The Alsip-Merrionette Park Public elements, such as videos. Library District trustees and staff were saddened by the passing of Download as many magazines as you'd like, 24/7. Zinio Reader apps are John Woodville on August 3, 2013. available for PCs, Macs, Android, iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, Blackberry Mr. Woodville was one of the Playbook, and Windows 8 devices. Magazines can be read online or offline. library’s founders and a longtime The best part is that they never expire so there are no overdue fines! Plus library trustee, from 1973—2011. you can keep the magazine as long as you want . The library community would like to Next time you’re in the mood to pick up a extend gratitude to Mr. Woodville’s magazine, check out the library’s website, family for his service and the time alsiplibrary.info, and click on Zinio! and talent he invested in the library.

Thanks for noticing!

The Library is pleased to be recognized by the Alsip Chamber of Commerce as one of the award winners in their 2013 Partners In Progress Contest. The winners of this award were nominated because of the upgrades in their property/landscaping and their part in improving the appearance of the Village of Alsip. We were presented with a sign announcing our award, which is proudly displayed near the front entrance. The library is very happy to be honored!

Serving the communities of Alsip, Merrionette Park and Garden Homes

Chicagoland Cemeteries The Forgotten Men Wednesday, October 9 at 7 P.M. who won the

Registration is required for all Join local historian Kevin Korst as he Battle of the Bulge programs unless otherwise noted. explores Chicagoland cemeteries. Wednesday, November 6 at 7P.M. To register or for further Discover the meanings behind grave Although the Battle of the Bulge was information, call 708-926-7024. symbols, find out about famous people Western Europe’s largest battle of who are buried nearby, and hear local WWII, German plans for turning the How the Affordable Care stories and legends as you take a visual tide of the war were defeated by small tour of what lies beneath. Act Can Benefit You groups of American soldiers who were

Wednesday, September 18 at 7P.M. in the right place at the right time and Velinda Simpson from Blue Cross Blue Makeup Secrets frequently made the ultimate sacrifice. Shield will explain how the new provisions For Teens and Adults Join Robert Mueller, battlefield traveler Wednesday, October 23 at 7 P.M. of the health care reform law may change and author of Fields of War: Fifty Key the way in which many people will receive Masika Pointer will give a basic beauty Battlefields in France and Belgium, to health insurance beginning in 2014. session focusing on skincare and revisit the places and remember the Join us and prepare to make informed makeup. Join her for beauty tips and men who beat Hitler’s last desperate decisions about these important health techniques as well as a makeup gamble. insurance changes. demonstration that creates a natural

everyday look. She will also include a Slow Cooking Cómo la Ley de Cuidado tip or two about Halloween makeup. with Chef Kate Bradley de Salud a Bajo Precio Wednesday, November 13 at 7P.M. Classic Movie Monster Puede Beneficiarle Chef Kate Bradley will be back for Miercoles, Septiembre 25 at 7P.M. Mash Family Program another slow cooking class! She’ll show Sunday, October 27 at 2P.M. Daniel Maldonado de Blue Cross Blue how easy it can be to make Hot Crab Shield les informara como las nuevas Join Steven Frenzel of Marquee Movie and Artichoke Dip, Apricot Pork Roast, disposiciones de la ley de reforma de Presentations as he celebrates Italian Chicken, Traditional Stuffing and cuidado de salud va a cambiar el número Halloween with Dracula, Wolfman, Bread Pudding in your slow cooker! de personas que obtendrán seguro de Frankenstein’s Monster and many salud iniciando el 2014. Únase con more in this delightfully creepy Job Search Success – nosotros y prepárese para tomar collection of great movie monster decisiones informadas acerca de estos moments shown on our big screen. Part 1 cambios importantes de seguro de salud. Wednesday, December 4 at 7P.M. This is a family program that requires tickets. See the Sunday Afternoon Specials Fatmah Tommalieh and Emmanuel on page 4 for ticket information. Topete from Launchpad for Success will Food and share key tips for creating a resume, Book Discussion Group cover letter and a LinkedIn profile.

Toy Drive They will also discuss networking and Meetings are held the first Thursday of each November 18 — December 19 month at 7 P.M. To sign up, please call the interviewing skills.

The Alsip-Merrionette Park Information Desk at (708) 926-7024.

Public Library is proud to September 5, 2013 Job Search Success – sponsor our 12th Annual Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Part 2 Food and Toy Drive. Please October 3, 2013 Wednesday, December 11 at 7P.M. bring non-perishable food A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy Fatmah Tommalieh and Emmanuel items, new unwrapped toys or monetary donations to the November 7, 2013 Topete from Launchpad for Success will library. Worth Township will Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn return to help you upgrade your

distribute these items to area December 5, 2013 resume, cover letter and LinkedIn families in need. The Fault in our Stars by John Green profile to help make your job search successful.

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Residents must present a valid library card for each child at registration. Non-residents will be charged a fee for each program. Fall Registration Holiday Registration

Saturday, September 7 Saturday, October 26 Library residents only Library residents only

Baby Steps Saturday, September 14 Saturday, November 2 Tuesdays 10—10:30 A.M. Open registration Open registration Birth—23 months with caregiver

Programs run Programs run We invite you to introduce your September 23—October 26 November 11—December 14 baby to the library and all the fun we offer. Get ready to sing, clap, bounce, and listen to nursery rhymes and simple Pet Club stories with your baby! Wednesdays 4—4:30 P.M. Grades K—5 Baby and Toddler

What’s your favorite pet? Each Music Class Yoga for Kids week we will read a story, do a Fridays 10:15—10:45 A.M. Mondays 4—4:30 P.M. craft, and learn about a different 6—35 months with a caregiver

Grades K—5 pet. It might be a pet you We’ll sing a storybook, play already own or one you’ve Joan Zigulich teaches you to games, and enjoy a variety of always wanted. This program exercise, relax, focus and small instruments while the offered during Fall Programs. strengthen your mind and body instructor sings and plays through postures and breathing. guitar. Transportation Club Craft Creations! Wednesdays 4—4:30 P.M. Alphabet Stew Grades K—5 Thursdays 10—10:30 A.M. Tuesday 4—4:30 P.M. Grades K—5 Planes, trains and automobiles! 2—3 years olds with a caregiver

Get your green on; it’s time to Come learn about different Books, songs, and fingerplays, get creative with recycled modes of transporation while as well as activities, are materials! Join us and have fun enjoying stories and crafts. centered on weekly themes. creating fabulous crafts and Sign-up for his program during games. This program offered Holiday Registration. Preschool during Fall Programs. Books and Beyond Music Class Fridays 11—11:30 A.M. Thursdays 4—4:30 P.M. Holiday Celebrations 3—5 years with a caregiver from Grades K—5 We’ll sing a storybook, play Programs are planned around a Around the World games, and enjoy a variety of dynamic theme and feature Tuesdays 4—4:30 P.M. small instruments while the stories, crafts and other fun, Grades K—5 instructor sings and plays seasonal and book-based events. guitar. Who was Saint Nicholas? Do you know the dreidel song? Why is Junior Art Club Diwali called the “Festival of Reading Roundup Fridays 4—4:30 P.M. Lights?” Join in the fun and learn Wednesdays 2—2:30 P.M. Grades K and Up about these and other cultural Independent 3—5 years olds celebrations. Sign-up for his Learn drawing, cartooning and Join us for stories, music, program during Holiday lots more in this art class for kids rhymes, fingerplays, crafts and Registration. that features different materials more. and techniques. 3

Free tickets are available to Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library cardhold- ers at the Youth Services Information Desk thirty minutes prior to the per- LEGO Club formance. Programs are first come, first served. Doors open at 1:45 P.M. 3:30—4 P.M. Grades K and up

Calling all young LEGO maniacs! Rick Morse Puppets and Marionettes Illinois Raptor Center: Here’s your chance to get present Eagles & Hawks connected with other LEGO- Rumpelstiltskin November 24 at 2 P.M. minded kids and build things at

October 20 at 2P.M. Join Jack Nuzzio and the rehabili- the library. We provide the

How will the princess spin straw into tated Eagles and Hawks from the LEGOs, just be sure to bring your gold? Will she guess the name of the Illinois Raptor Center, Decatur, IL. imagination! little magic man who helps her and This educational program will saves the day? Join us for this fun feature live birds up close! Cinema Saturdays October 5 & Nov. 30 at 2 P.M. filled fairytale for the entire family. Flam & Cheese All ages are invited. Registration December 15 at 2 P.M. Classic Movie Monster is not required. Mash Family Program The Shepherd High School Percus- October 27 at 2P.M. sion Ensemble will delight us with Cupcake Wars

songs of the holiday season. Enjoy October 19 from 2—3 P.M. Celebrate Halloween with an hour of live music in this family Grades 6 and up Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein’s program sure to warm your heart. Monster and many more in this Join us for the library’s very first delightfully creepy collection of Cupcake Wars! You’ll be given a great movie monster moments cupcake, a variety of toppings and shown on our big screen. different challenges to complete Presented by Steven Frenzel of in a short time. Entries will be Marquee Movie Presentations. judged on creativity and visual Best for children ten years old and up. appeal. The competition will be Drop In fierce and the cupcakes will be Amazon to the Arctic Craft tasty! November 17 at 2 P.M. Stop in on Fridays Do you want to learn how to drive a Memory Box and pick up a special dogsled, use an Amazonian blow dart November 16 from 2—3 P.M. gun or kayak with whales? Dave and craft to make on Grades 6 and up your own at the Amy Freeman want to show you Keep the memories of Summer how. Join them for an unforgettable library. 2013 fresh all year long. Gather adventure that educates, entertains, No registration required, all your ticket stubs, admission and inspires. Best for children six years while supplies last. bracelets, vacation photos and old and up. badges, and we’ll help you create a fabulous memory box!

Creative Crafting Teen Advisory Group Thursdays 7 — 8 P.M. December 14 from 2—3 P.M. Grades 6 and up Grades 6 and up Do you want to show off your leadership skills? Can’t get enough of volunteering? Or are you simply looking for a way to be more involved Head over to the library for some with other teens at the library? Join us to express ideas, help design holiday cheer and join us as we and plan teen library events, generate interest in community projects create some unique holiday and suggest new book titles we can add to our collection. This is your decorations that you can give as opportunity to have your voice heard. You talk, we’ll listen! gifts or keep to decorate your own home.

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Books • Music • Movies • Television

New Books October November  The October List by Jeffery Deaver  Dust by Patricia Cornwell September  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy  Mirage by Clive Cussler  Something Borrowed, Someone Dead by Helen Fielding by M.C. Beaton  Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich  The Survivor by Vince Flynn  Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by  Deadline by Sandra Brown  Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George Alexander McCall Smith  Never Go Back by Lee Child  Sycamore Row by John Grisham  Cross My Heart by James Patterson  The Final Cut by Catherine Coulter  Unspoken by Dee Henderson  Private L.A. by James Patterson  The Mayan Secrets by Clive Cussler  Silencing Eve by Iris Johansen  White Fire by Douglas Preston  The Whole Enchilada  Dark Witch by Nora Roberts by Diane Mott Davidson  Starry Night by Debbie Macomber  Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan  The Quest by Nelson DeMille  Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky  Dark Lycan by Christine Feehan  Silent Night by Robert B. Parker New DVDs  W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton  Gone by James Patterson  Boardwalk Empire — Season 3  Loss of Innocence  Styxx by Sherrilyn Kenyon by Richard North Patterson  Epic  Doctor Sleep (sequel to the Shining) by Stephen King  Storm Front by John Sandford  Great Gatsby (2013)

 Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan  Accused by Lisa Scottoline  Killing Season

 Blindsided by Fern Michaels  Winners by Danielle Steel  Now You See Me

 Killing Jesus by Bill O’Reilly  Allegiant by Veronica Roth  Pain & Gain

 Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb  Identical by Scott Turow  Sons of Anarchy — Season 5

 The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks  Possession by J. R. Ward  Star Trek Into Darkness coming soon  Doing Hard Time by Stuart Woods  Walking Dead — Season 3 New Music

 24/Seven by Big Time Rush  Fashionably Late  Watching Movies With the Sound by Falling In Reverse Off by Mac Miller  13 by Black Sabbath  Wrote a Song For Everyone  Tomorrow’s Harvest  Native by One Republic by John Fogerty by Boards Of Canada  True Believers by Darius Rucker  Magnetic by Goo Goo Dolls  Life On a Rock by Kenny Chesney  Kveiker by Sigur Ros  Damage by Jimmy Eat World  Born Sinner by J. Cole  NOW Country 6 by Various Artists  Random Access Memories  Golden by Lady Antebellum  NOW 46 by Various Artists by Daft Punk  The Wack Album by Lonely Island  Yeezus by Kanye West  Ice On the Dune by Empire Of the Sun  Free the Universe by Major Lazer

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Alsip-Merrionette Park Non-Profit Org. Public Library District U.S. Postage 11960 S. Pulaski, Alsip, IL 60803 PAID Phone: 708-371-5666 Blue Island, IL www.alsiplibrary.info Permit No. 135 Library Hours Monday — Thursday 9 A.M.— 9 P.M. Friday & Saturday 9 A.M.— 5 P.M. Sunday Noon — 4 P.M. Drive-up book return open 24 hours

Library Closed Labor Day Monday, September 2, 2013 Thanksgiving Day Postal Patron Thursday, November 28, 2013 Alsip, IL 60803 Library Board Mary E. McKendree — President Judy Buergel — Vice President Mary Jane Schneider — Secretary Sandy Ceretto — Treasurer Gerald Dujsik — Trustee Lester Engelbrecht — Trustee Robert Olson — Trustee

Ruthann Swanson — Library Director

Library Board meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 P.M. Minutes and agendas are posted on the library’s website. Library Board members are elected by residents of Alsip, Merrionette Park and Garden Homes. All library board positions are unpaid. The public is welcome. Need a special accommodation for a program? Be sure to call the library at least five days in advance.

The Society of Thanks Lifetime Readers

to Our Sponsors It’s been awhile since we have

The Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library updated our reader’s achievement District salutes the local businesses that levels, so belated congratulations generously supported this year’s summer to the following: Susan Kapala and reading program. Ciara Washington – 25 books,  Andy’s Custard  Hollywood Park Dawn Cadwallader, Susan Kapala, and Ciara Washington - 50 books,  Beggar’s Pizza  Oak Forest Bowl Sheri Lyons – 100 books, Cathryn Lanenga and Sherrie Jankowski –  Burger King  Plush Horse Ice Cream 200 books, and Patricia Smith –  Culver’s of Orland Park  White Castle 400 books. Remember any library district  Great Clips  Windy City Thunderbolts resident age 18 and over is eligible  Great Lakes Bank to become a Society member. Please remember to turn in your We sincerely appreciate their generosity completed blue sheets at the and support of literacy in our community. Information Desk.

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