Discover What’s New at Your Library Vol. 13 ◊ Issue 4 July/August 2012 Summer Reading Kick-off The kick off for Summer Reading 2012 was held at the Eaton Branch on Saturday, June 2 for all the children of Preble County! The Brukner Nature Center was on hand to make the event extra special. The children saw a variety of nocturnal animals, including a possum and an owl! Over 90 children and parents were on hand to make this year’s first ever kick-off event for Summer Reading a great success! How’s it going? Eaton Branch Summer Reading Overview The Eaton Summer Reading Program is going great this year! The first week we offered 3 programs with 332 people attend- ing. The second week we held 2 programs with 288 people attending. We have been very busy every day since the program started and I would like to thank the circ desk staff for all the hard work they have put in this year. They are a big part of the success we are having this summer. Also I would like to thank the public for their continued support, making Brukner Nature Center Program Preble County Summer Reading Kick-off! my job so much easier. Teresa Deaton, Youth Services Looking Ahead - Family Fun Night at Eaton Branch West Alexandria Library G et ready for another great “Family Fun Night”? The Eaton Library will host Steven’s Puppets from Fort Wayne, Indiana on Thursday Sept. 20th at 6:30. The marionettes are hand carved and painted. The show we will be presenting is Beauty and the Beast, a favorite among children of all ages. Steven’s Puppets has been doing Peace Park, West Alexandria, OH marionettes for over half a century. The voices are by profes- sional actors accented by harp music. This will be a chance for the children of Preble County to see live theater. As always Join the library every Thursday from 5-7pm, July - September everything is free and open to the public. If you have any at the Farmer’s Market! Storytime at 6pm! ALL Children! questions call Teresa Deaton or Sarah Tozier at 456-4331. Activities! Crafts! Stories! Library Admin. Office 450 S. Barron St. Eaton, OH 45320 (937) 456-4250 www.pcdl.lib.oh.us 2 Library Inklings: Director’s Column Abby Noland, Library Director Besides our Summer Reading Programs, many of our library branches offer drop in programs for kids to play board games and Wii. Book Sale News: The Eldorado Branch of the Preble Did you know that stuffed animals and other toys can be checked out from your local library as well? County District Library will hold a book sale on the following days: Tuesday, August 14 from 10am-5pm; Thursday, August For those of you with tablet/e-reader access, if it seems like every 16 from 2-7pm, and Saturday, August 18 from 9:30am-4pm. time you put a popular -e book on hold you have to wait forever you're not alone. You'll be happy to hear that due to demand, we are Beginning on September 4, the Eldorado Branch will begin purchasing best seller e-books out of the consortium so you offering an ongoing book sale Tuesdays from 10am-5pm; on have access to them more quickly. Thursdays from 2-7pm, and on Saturdays from 1-4pm. Did you know the Eaton Library has a free Video Phone for the Deaf? The West Manchester Branch of the Preble County District Library will begin offering an ongoing book sale during open Your public library is an integral part of your community. We are hours: Monday 10am-5pm, Wednesday 2-7pm, and Saturday always finding ways to work hand-in-hand to make hard times better. 9:30am-12:30pm. Did you know that the Eaton Library is a site for the Jacob's Ladder Program? Some children do not have access to a nutritional meal when school is out for the summer. The Jacob's Ladder Program provides a free meal for these area children. Currently the Eaton Library has about 25 children coming for these meals offered in the children's programming area. New Faces: Summer brings student internships! Christopher Albaugh (Pictured left) is working The New Paris Library participated in the 2012 New Paris Cham- at the West Alexandria Library. Computer ber of Commerce, Convention & Visitor’s Bureau Business Expo. intern Jack Wolf is currently working at the Library Office in the computer department. The theme was A Village for All Seasons. Pictures (L-R): Library Asst. Lisa Stall and New Paris Branch Librarian, Barbara Dungan. New Employees: Carrie Burkhardt was also recently hired after serving as an Eaton Library Volunteer, then as a Page. Now she is an Eaton Library Assistant who will soon be leaving us (sadly) for college. ↑ The Adult Summer Reading program Jessica Holton has been volunteering at the West offered adults a craft Alexandria Branch Library for years and was re- opportunity on June cently hired to replace Tabitha Nies. 28 at the Eaton Branch. They made book covers! Logan Wogoman has been hired to work at the ↑ The West Alexandria Branch offered “Craft of the Day” to all Eaton Branch as a Library Assistant. ages for Summer Reading. This was in addition to the Summer Reading Tween Crafts offered Mondays at 1PM by Sonya Knisley, Homeschool Coordinator and Youth Dept. Asst. 3 July Business Brown Bag TOPIC The Preble County Chamber of Fracking Dinner Bell Donated Commerce and the Preble County The Genealogy Staff wishes to District Library have partnered to thank Mrs. Shirley Rhoades of offer one- hour classes to help lo- PRESENTER Lewisburg, Ohio for the won- cal business owners improve their Edwin “Mike” Lloyd derful cast-iron dinner bell she recently donated to the Preble business know-how. Each class County Room. Shirley had al- easily fits into your lunch hour and DATE & LOCATION ways wanted a dinner bell and will be taught by knowledgeable Thurs., July 12 about 20 years ago, while she instructors. was on a business trip, her hus- Noon - 1PM band, Herbert, surprised her Take advantage of the opportunity with the bell. He had purchased to get expert advice to improve Library Administration Office it in an antique shop located in your business! Classes are 450 S Barron St., Eaton OH Centerville, Indiana. By the time designed to offer relevant, she returned home, the bell was mounted and ready for her to ring. up-to-date information. INFORMATION The markings on the bell indicate that it was made in 1886 by Mont- 937-456-4250 gomery Ward and Co., Chicago, Illinois, making it over 125 years old. M-F 8am - 5pm A special thank you goes out to Skip Rhoades for letting us know about the bell in the first place, and also to Tom Davis, PCDL Mainte- M ike Lloyd has been involved in OSU nance, and Marvin Deaton for making a new home for this special Extension’s efforts over the past eighteen bell. months to work with the ongoing oil and Next time you are in the south part of Eaton, stop by the Library gas efforts in eastern Ohio from a variety of Administration Office (450 S. Barron St) to see our new bell. You viewpoints, including community adapta- might even give it a ring or two in thanks to Shirley Rhoades for her tion and longer term philanthropic benefits very generous gift. to the region. He also has served for many years as the Enterprise Zone Administrator in the various counties Marlene Ressler, PC Room Supervisor where he has been housed. He currently serves in Noble County Marilyn Combs, Genealogy Asst. and has also worked in Monroe, Harrison, and Washington coun- Marilyn Melling, Genealogy Asst. ties. He helped to organize (and currently serves as the secretary) of the Noble County Community Foundation. Monetary Donation Recently a couple from Los Coso, CA visited the PC Room to do some His special focus is Economic Development with interests in Oil & family genealogy. She was able to find information regarding her fam- Gas Development, Enterprise Zones, and Philanthropy. ily that she had searched 15 years to find! Thrilled, she donated $100 Learn more about fracking and how it affects Ohio: to our room! www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-22/fracking-fluid-soaks -ohio Eaton Branch Storytime News The Eaton Branch offers three Storytime sessions Preble County Chamber of Commerce a year. For 2012-2013, the lineup is as follows: http://www.preblecountyohio.com/board.html Fall session: Registration begins Sept 4. Classes Preble County, Ohio Economic Development begin the week of October 10 and end on Nov http://www.preblecountyregion.com/ 15. Winter session: Registration begins Dec 3. Classes begin the week of Jan 9 and end on Feb Preble County, Ohio 14. Spring session: Registration begins Feb 18. Classes begin the Economic Development week of Mar 6 and end on April 11. Sign up for courtesy library notices to your email by giving your Librarian your email address. Note: All email addresses are confidential. 4 Your library has its finger on the pulse of entertainment! Michael Koryta (pronounced ko-ree-ta), bestselling author of the Lincoln Perry mystery series, as well as other suspense-filled thrillers, will soon break new ground when his book, The Cypress House will be adapted for film. Last year, well-known director Chris Columbus’s production company, 1492, op- tioned Koryta’s thriller novel. Columbus will write the script and also direct the film. The project is Feature Films still in development, so no release date has been Act of Valor: Go "down range" with real, active-duty Navy SEALs in set.