Mar / Apr 2008 Vol. 9 / Issue 2 Helping You Connect to the World
13 days, then return the reading T o celebrate National Children's record to the library for a FREE Book Week (May 12 - 18) the Preble Kids Meal coupon to use at Bob County District Library and the Evans Restaurant. Eaton Bob Evans Restaurant have Yum, yum! Can’t you just taste teamed up to challenge the children Borrow those fluffy pancakes now! of Preble County to read a little popular games to play on your everyday. The library would like to thank the
favorite systems! good folks at Bob Evans for spon- The Bob Evans Reading Challenge soring this event and for their con- begins May 12 and ends on May 24. tinuing support of the library. Each child, 12 and under, can visit
any PCDL branch to receive a read- Teresa Deaton ing record. Children must read 15 Children’s Librarian · Play Station 2 minutes a day for 7 days out of the · Xbox 360 · Game Cube · Wii
For now, the games will be kept at Program schedule:
the Eaton Branch, but patrons can A pril is Prevention of Animal New Paris Branch: place holds on titles and have them Cruelty Month. In recognition of our Sat, April 19, 10 AM delivered to any PCDL branch. furry friends, the Preble County Dis- Eldorado Branch: Rules of the game: trict Library Branches will be offering Sat, April 19, 11:30 AM
a program presented by Help the West Manchester Branch: þ Borrow 2 games at a time. Sat, April 19, 1 PM Animals, Inc., a Richmond, Indiana þ Games check out for 7 days organization that operates its shelter Camden Branch: Sat., April 12, 10:30 AM þ $1 per day fine charged for under a no-kill policy. The presenta- games not returned by due tion will include information about Eaton Branch: Tues, April 22, 6:30 PM date. the proper care and treatment of animals. Children will be delighted to In May: þ You must be 17 yrs. or older to know that they will also be bringing borrow M-rated games. West Alexandria Branch: May 24, 11:30 AM live animals to the program. Game Ratings Donations to Help the Animals, West Elkton Branch The library will following the game Inc. will be gratefully accepted. May 24, 1 - 2 PM in city building rating guidelines -- Donate: dry/canned puppy & kitten E = Everyone Other county libraries food, canned dog food, 9 Lives or E10 = Everyone 10 and older Friskies canned cat food, dog/cat Brown Memorial Library T = Teen (Lewisburg) May 24, 10 AM M = Mature Must be 17 yrs. & older treats, leashes & collars, Lysol wipes/hand sanitizer.
u Library Admin. & Resource Center u 450 S. Barron St. Eaton, OH 45320 u (937) 456-4250 u www.pcdl.lib.oh.us Inklings by Abby: Director’s Column
A re you one of those folks who have said to yourself, "Someday I'm going to write a book?" Boy, I sure am. I knew from childhood that someday I would sit down and write out a best seller. And you know what -- some day I might actually do that.
But if you are one of those folks, and you've made the attempt, like I have, many times over...you know what a long and diffi- cult process that can be. That's why I admire the folks right here in Preble County who have actually become published authors.
This August, at the West Elkton Friends Meeting House, more than twenty of these tenacious and gifted writers will be com- ing together for the first time. They will display, sign and sell their creative works. We have children's authors with funny poems. We have frightening authors of horror tomes. Chief Royer points out the advantages of being prepared We have romantic authors to swell your heart, he Preble County Council on Aging and Outreach Services of and funny mysteries to T the Preble County District Library co-sponsored a program pre- make sides split apart. sented by City of Eaton Fire & EMS Chief, Jack Royer. We have authors of
inspirational stories Over thirty people attended the Fire & Life and local histories of “I’m off to Ace Safety Issues program held at the Senior Preble's past glories. to buy a fire Center on March 13. Chief Royer and various We have authors of talent to extinguisher!” other fire department members presented a appeal to each taste. one woman highly informative program, discussing things Don't let this unique chance exclaimed as like the safest way to put out a stovetop fire go to waste! she left the and the number and placement of smoke and program. For more information: Bicentennial Link: carbon monoxide detectors. Everyone who at- www.preblecounty200.com/events.htm tended thought the program was very worthwhile. p I C T U R E S Thank you to our Volunteers!
Volunteers make all the difference -- especially at your library! The library offers a variety of volunteer positions to those who are will- ing to donate their time -- and energy! If you are interested in joining the ranks of Library Volunteers, please contact Marlens Ressler at 456-4376. You can also fill out a volunteer application form offered at each of our seven branches. For more information you can always ask your friendly Branch Librarian!
Volunteer Today!
Jacob Jones volunteers Audrey Gilbert volunteers in the at the Camden Branch West Alexandria Archive
Karole Moore and Wesley Clark are volunteers at the Brooke-Gould Memorial Library (Eaton Branch)
Jean Dawson volunteers in Kayla Rush volunteers in the West Alexandria Archive New Paris Branch
A list of our other volunteers: Camden - Mackenzie Steele & Kristin Mills; Eldorado - Austin Constable, Luke Couch, Jeffrey Powell & Angela Scheurer; Eaton - Robert Tinsman; West Alexandria - Renee Stefan & Jacob Booher; West Manchester - Maranda Chaffee & Lizzy Johnson; Out- reach Services - Christina Yoder, Joanne Brandenburg, Lois Brubaker & Kathy Hamilton; PC Room - Steve Kleinhen & Julianna Royer and Velma Boroff are volunteers Robert Tinsman. at the Library Office.
Family Fun Barnyard Night was a GREAT success! Over one hundred children & family members attended the program. Activities included: a duck pond, crafts, T hank you! snacks, a milk -the-cow station (a fake cow, of course!), and a short play. A big, BIG thank you goes out to everyone who Everyone enjoyed an evening a wholesome barnyard fun! purchased the Elder-Beerman Community Day coupon booklets from your local library! Your donations will be used to help support our children’s services.
If you want to know what programs and events are going on at your library, please check any or all of the following options: Monthly Program Calendar (available @ ourbranches & online), posters & flyers, area newspapers, cable’s local bulletin board, and local internet message boards (Preblevoice.com & Talkeaton.com). Amanda Denlinger, Children’s Librarian Assistant, helped the children troll the pond for ducks! You can also contact your PCDL branch for more information.
Deb Brock, Library Board Member, was on hand to help the children at the craft table. Your library has its finger on the pulse of entertainment by offering you the latest & hottest DVDs, CDs & Video Games!
Our latest DVDs -- Feature Films Library The Invasion: A mysterious epidemic is causing its victims to behave oddly. When a Washington, D.C. Arcade psychiatrist discovers that the epidemic’s origins are extraterrestrial, she must fight to protect her son who may hold the key to stopping the invasion. Cast: Nicole Kidman & Daniel Craig. Rated PG-13 Got Game? We Do! Borrow popular video games by visiting the Eaton Branch or by plac- Sydney White: When tomboy Sydney (Bynes) is ing them on hold from our Website banished from the most popular sorority on cam- (www.pcdl.lib.oh.us). Stay current about new pus, she is taken in by seven socially challenged titles by signing up to receive RSS feeds. but endearing guys. With the help of her new Just a sampling of titles below: friends, Sydney stands up for outcasts every- where and takes on the reigning campus queen PS2 in a popularity showdown! Amanda Bynes. Rated PG-13 Sega Classics Collection SmackDown! vs. Raw
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Where else can you go and have the freedom to pick out and take home anything and everything you see that strikes your fancy? Give up? Your library, of course! See that Best Seller Playaways
you’ve been meaning to read? Check it out! Don’t know if you are Busy lifestyle keeping you from your going to like so-and-so’s new CD enough to buy it? Borrow it from favorite author? Try a new form of au- the library first! Don’t have time to go to the movies anymore? dio-book called Playaway! Borrow several DVDs and have movie night at home instead! Measuring at just 3 x 2 inches, you True, you are only borrowing the things you love for a short can’t go wrong with these snazzy little while, but look on the bright side -- we save you the pain of sort- audio-books. All you need is a AAA battery and a set of earbuds ing, storing and dusting it all! — no messy cassettes to fumble through, and no CD flipping and skipping to endure because... Playaway is self-contained! Drop that shopping basket and visit your local library New titles just added to our collection: instead -- your wallet will LOVE you for it! Adult Fiction An Ice Cold Grave / Charlaine Harris Hard Call / John McCain & Mark Salter Exit Ghost / Philip Roth Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade / Diana Gabaldon Protect and Defend / Vince Flynn
Juvenile Fiction Eulalia! / Brian Jacques Leap / Jane Brestin Zalben The Homework Machine / Dan Gutman 3:10 To Yuma Original 1957 release starring Glenn Ford The Fairy-Tale Detectives / Michael Buckley 3:10 To Yuma 2008 release starring Russell Crowe The Castle Corona / Sharon Creech 2 Days in Paris: Couple hopes to rekindle relationship in Paris. Martian Child: Could a science fiction writer’s newly adopted son really be from Mars? Cast: John Cusack, Bobbi Coleman. In the Valley of Elah: The disappearance of his son in war-torn Iraq has life-altering consequences for career Army Hank Deerfield. Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron & Jason Patric. Becoming Jane: The untold romance that inspired the novels of From Classics to revolutionary ideas one of the world s most celebrated authors — Jane Austen. O Pioneers! / Willa Cather 1970 Television release w/Hans Conried as Horton Pudd‘nhead Wilson / Mark Twain Horton Hears a Who! A Clockwork Orange / Anthony Burgess Birdy / William Wharton
Escape through Romance Fiction Lakeside Cottage / Susan Wiggs McKettrick’s Luck / Linda Lael Miller First Impressions / Jude Deveraux Notorious / Virginia Henley Oceans of Fire / Christine Feehan On a Wild Night / Stephanie Laurens Laura Joh Rowland has just the “ Love historical suspense? book for you! This debut series The Debuts — New Series Mysteries from the author who introduced histori- cal mystery-lovers to the Sano Ichiro samurai detective series is sure to The Poison Pen: A Forensic Handwrit- please! You can’t lose with Charlotte Bronte as the adventure-seeking ing Mystery / Sheila Lowe: Before her literary amateur sleuth and atmospheric Victorian England as the setting! body was found floating in her Jacuzzi, publicist-to-the-stars Lindsey Alexander The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte / Laura had few friends, but plenty of lovers. To Joh Rowland: Upon learning that she has been falsely her ex-friend, forensic handwriting expert accused of breaching her publishing contract, the nor- Claudia Rose, she was a ruthless, back- mally mild-mannered Charlotte Brontë sets off for Lon- stabbing manipulator…It would be easier don to clear her name. But when she unintentionally on the police (and Claudia) to write it off as suicide. But witnesses a murder, Charlotte finds herself embroiled in Claudia's instincts push her to investigate further…Racing a dangerous chain of events. to identify a killer, Claudia soon has a price on her head- Visit the author’s Website: and unless she can read the handwriting on the wall, she will become the next victim.
Murder is Binding / Lorna Barrett: The streets of Stoneham, New Hampshire are lined with bookstores...and paved with Private Investigators -- Ladies murder. When she moved to Stoneham, city slicker Tricia Miles met nothing but friendly faces. And when she opened her Curse of the Spellmans / Lisa Lutz: When not compil- mystery bookstore, she met friendly com- ing Suspicious Behavior Reports on all her family members, petition. But when she finds Doris Gleason staking out her neighbor, or trying to keep her sister, Rae, dead in her own cookbook store, killed by a carving knife, from stalking her "best friend," Inspector Henry Stone, Izzy the atmosphere seems more cutthroat than cordial. has been busy attempting to apprehend the copycat vandal Someone wanted to get their hands on the rare cookbook whose attacks on Mrs. Chandler's holiday lawn tableaux that Doris had recently purchased-and the locals think perfectly and eerily match a series of crimes from 1991•-92, that someone is Tricia. when Izzy and her best friend, Petra, happened to be at their most rebel- lious and delinquent. On order Corpse Pose A Mantra for Murder Mystery / Diana Another Thing to Fall / Laura Lippman: In her 10th Killian: Readers will stretch to the limit for outing, PI Tess Monaghan becomes the bodyguard of Se- the debut of the first yoga mystery! Ever lene Waites, star of the fledgling TV miniseries, Mann of since her husband ditched her, A.J. hasn't Steel. Things heat up when one of the crew members is exactly been on the road to inner peace. murdered. Suddenly the wall of secrets around Mann of Then her yoga-guru aunt is found dead, Steel is in danger of toppling, leaving shattered dreams, and A.J.'s named the sole heir to her lucra- careers, and lives scattered among the ruins. On order tive yoga studio-making her a multimillion- aire, a prime suspect, and the killer's next target. Killian is best known for her Poetic Death mystery series.
n a sad note...Phyllis A. Whitney, best known for O A Glassblowing writing romantic suspense, passed away February 8th at Through A Glass, Deadly the age of 104. She was the author of over 75 novels and Mystery / Sarah Atwell: Glassblower Em- several textbooks. She also wrote for teens. meline Dowell has made a home for her-
Called the “Queen of the American Gothics”, Whitney’s tal- self among the artists of Tucson's Ware- ent garnered her worldwide acclaim. She earned the Grand house District. But her friendship with Master award for lifetime achievement from Mystery Writ- troubled newcomer Allison McBride takes a ers of America. Her titles include: The Trembling Hills, dangerous turn when Allison's husband Thunder Heights, Columbella, Silverhill, Spindrift, The Glass Flame, Vermillion, & Flaming Tree. Amethyst Dreams turns up dead in Em's studio. (1997) was her last published novel. All 4 titles are on order You Choose! See a title you like? Request it at the library or from our website @ www.pcdl.lib.oh.us! These mysteries will be available from publishers in March and April, 2008.
Author Title Sleuth Bk # March, 2008
Deb Baker Dolly Departed Dolls to Die For Gretchen Birch, doll restoration artist 3
Stephanie Barron A Flaw in the Blood Patrick Fitzgerald, Irish barrister 1
Laura Childs The Silver Needle Murder A Tea Shop Theodosia Browning, tea shop owner 9
Conant -Park, Jessica Turn Up the Heat Gourmet Girl Chloe Carter, food connoisseur 3
Cleo Coyle French Pressed Coffeeshop Mystery Claire Corsi, coffee shop barista 6
Hannah Dennison A Vicky Hill Exclusive British Vicky Hill, bumbling investigative journalist 1
Joanne Fluke Carrot Cake Murder Hannah Swensen, bakery owner 10
Susan Goodwill Little Shop of Murders Kate London, amateur sleuth 2
Nancy Martin Murder Melts in Your Mouth Nora Blackbird, society reporter 7
Tamar Myers Death of a Rug Lord Den of Antiquity Abigail Timberlake, antiques dealer 14
Rhonda Pollero Knock ‘Em Dead Finley “F.A.T.” Anderson, paralegal 2
Mary Saums Mighty Old Bones Thistle & Twigg Jane Thistle / Phoebe Twigg, amateur sleuths 2
Sharon Short Tie Dyed and Dead Josie Toadfern, Laundromat owner 6
Stephen White Dead Time Alan Gregory, Colorado psychologist 16 News Alert April, 2008 I t makes you go, Susan Wittig Albert Nightshade China Bayles, herb shop owner/ex-lawyer 16 hmmm...Last year Warner Nevada Barr Winter Study Anna Pigeon, Park Ranger 14 Books (now known as Grand Central Publishing) Lilian Jackson Braun Cat Who Smelled Smoke Cat Who James Qwilleran, columnist 30 announced that Janet Dorothy Cannell Goodbye Ms. Chips Ellie Haskell, amateur sleuth 13 Evanovich and Stephen J. Cannell were teaming up Jane K. Cleland Antiques to Die For Josie Prescott, antiques appraiser 3 to write a new series. The Kathy Lynn Emerson Lethal Legend Final book in series Diana Spaulding, journalist (Historical) 4 first book, No Chance, was due out in Oct ‘07. Carolyn Hart Death Walked In Death On Demand Annie Darling, mystery book store owner 18 That release date has Joan Hess Mummy Dearest Claire Malloy, book store owner 17 been cancelled indefinitely due to “scheduling prob- Mary Jane Maffini Cluttered Corpse Charlotte Adams, professional organizer 2 lems” according to Janet. Fran Rizer Hey Diddle Diddle, the Corpse and Calle Parrish, mortuary cosmetologist 2 Happily, Janet’s Stephanie the Fiddle Plum adventures will con- Alexander McCall The Miracle at Speedy Motors No. 1 Detective Agency 8 tinue with the release of Smith Fearless Fourteen on Denise Swanson Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Skye Denison, school psychologist 10 June 17th! Cherry Scrumble River Mystery
L ove insider buzz? Try freshfiction.com — this site will keep you plugged into all sorts of timely publishing information. Also, the library is no longer receiving issues of BookPage. You can view an online version of the magazine by going to bookpage.com. Midnight Breed Series — Vampire Romance Women’s Literary Fiction
Midnight Rising / Lara Adrian: In a world of shad- The Darcy Connection / Elizabeth ows and dark, consuming hungers, desire is the deadli- Aston: Mr. Collins of Pride and Prejudice is now the Bishop of Ripon, living with his est weapon...For journalist Dylan Alexander, it began wife, Charlotte, and their two daughters, with the discovery of a hidden tomb, thrusting her into who have reached marriageable age. The the center of a gathering storm of violence and secrets. elder, another Charlotte, is extraordinarily But nothing is as dangerous as the scarred, lethally se- beautiful, and her parents hope her looks and connections will ensure a brilliant ductive man who rises from the shadows to draw her marriage. Her sister, Eliza, while not as into his world of dark desire and endless night. On order handsome, possesses a lively intelligence that, in Mr. Collins's opinion, is too like Previous books in the series: her godmother, Mrs. Darcy.
In London, Charlotte's beauty wins her many admirers, · Kiss of Midnight despite her small fortune. But Eliza's wit and attempts to · Kiss of Crimson: interfere in what she considers an unsuitable marriage for · Midnight Awakening her sister infuriate her family and Charlotte's suitor -- until Request through MORE Eliza herself meets her match. New and old fans alike will relish this witty, romantic, thoroughly entertaining novel from a highly talented author. On order
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Revisit Certain Girls / Jennifer Weiner: Continues the ad- ventures of Cannie Shapira, who first appeared in Weiner’s Good In Bed (2001).
Re-evaluate The Third Angel / Alice Hoffman: The author weaves a magical and stunningly original story Do you yearn for a savage hero who bares his ruggedly that charts the lives of three women in love with the wrong men. muscled chest instead of fangs? Try historical romance -- the home of the savage warrior! Laugh The Ex-Debutante / Linda Francis Lee: When Carlisle Wainwright Cushing left her native Texas to start a new life, Return of the Rogue / Donna she had no regrets. The former Texas debutante, who never felt at home in her Southern skin, had found liberation--or so she thought. Fletcher: Though Honora Tannach came Until the day she gets an urgent call from her mother, reporting that: of age amid the misty moors of the Scot- one, the Symphony Association Debutante Ball, which Carlisle's family tish highlands, where warring clans bat- has sponsored for years, is about to be called off; Two, her mother's divorce has the whole town talking; And three, the family's good name tled to the death for the future of their is at stake and Carlisle is the only one who can fix it all. wild land, nothing frightens her so much as a lifetime trapped in the castle of her Cry Things I Want My Daughters to Know / Elizabeth cruel stepfather. She is thrilled Noble: When Barbara realizes time is running out, she writes when a marriage is ar- letters to her four daughters, aware that they'll be facing the trials and triumphs of life without her at their side. But how can she leave them ranged to the son of a Scot- when they still have so much growing up to do? tish laird . . . until her be- trothed is revealed to be Savage Cavan Sinclare. Though the Warrior Alert! savage warrior once saved her life, Honora knows no one can tame the heart of such a brute, no matter now finely chiseled his features or how enticing his eyes . . . . On order
All 4 titles are on order Nugget: Dixie Cash is a pseudo- YOU CHOOSE! These Romance Novels will be available from publishers in March & nym for sister writing team Pamela April. See something you fancy? Request it at the library or online (www.pcdl.lib.oh.us). Cumbie & Jeffrey McClanahan (aka romance writer Anna Jeffrey) Romance Forecast Author Title Subgenre & etc
March, 2008 ebbie Macomber D Elemental Witches, Bk 2 continues her Blossom Anya Bast Witch Blood Paranormal Street series with Twenty Wishes that Mary Blayney Traitor’s Kiss Historical will be released in hard- cover in May. She follows Maureen Child A Fiend in Need Paranormal this up in the fall with the eighth book in her popular Cedar Tish Cohen Town House Main stream comedy Cove series, 8 Sandpiper Way . MaryJanice Davidson Dead Over Heels 3-in-1 novella Paranormal
Christina Dodd Thigh High Contemporary S outhern charm Texas style! Author Dixie Cash delivers with, Don’t Make Christine Feehan Predatory Game Ghost Walkers, Bk 6 Paranormal Me Choose Between You and My Shoes. It will be published in June. Joy Fielding Charley’s Web Suspense
Susan Krinard Dark of the Moon Vampire Cover Art Sneak-Peek Patricia Potter Catch a Shadow Suspense
Lynsay Sands Vampire, Interrupted Argeneau Vampires, Bk 9 Vampire
Linda Wisdom 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover Paranormal Chick Lit
Sheryl Woods Seaview Inn Contemporary
April, 2008
Don’t know what this Elizabeth Bevarly Fast and Loose Contemporary — KY Derby book is about, but the cover art and title certainly pique my interest! We’ll have to Celeste Bradley The Duke Next Door Heiress Brides Historical wait until June to see if Christie Ridge- way’s newest book meets expectations Jane Feather To Wed a Wicked Prince Cavendish Square Historical — 2nd in Trilogy created by both! Katie Fforde Going Dutch British Chick Lit N ora Roberts will release a new hard- Barbara Freethy Silent Fall Paranormal — psychic cover novel in July. The title is Tribute. Nina Harper Succubus in the City Urban FAntasy Don’t forget to check out the coolest romance novel website to hit the Inter- Andrea Kane Twisted Suspense net in ages! www.romancenovel.tv/ Karen Kendall Take Me If You Can Contemporary
Romance Novel TV: The ro- Lisa Kleypas Blue-Eyed Devil Contemporary mance reader’s destination for exclusive video interviews with Cait London A Stranger’s Touch Fantasy — psychic touch your favorite authors, great contests and a unique online Michelle Rowen Lady & the Vamp Immortality Bites, Bk 3 Vampire
Elizabeth Vaughan Dagger Star Fantasy Allan Pinkerton -- A man of Fiction…and Fact Chow for the cowboy
Pinkerton’s Secret / Eric The Texas Cowboy Cookbook: A History Lerner: This romantic adventure in Recipes and Photos / Robb Walsh: conjures up the passionate life story Robb Walsh digs deep into the culinary culture of the Civil War era's legendary of the Texas cowpunchers, beginning with the private eye, recounting dramatic Mexican vaqueros and their chile-based cui- exploits and his clandestine love sine. He gives overdue credit to the largely affair with his female partner. unsung black cowboys (one in four cowboys was black, and many of those were cooks). Cowgirls also played a role…
Here are a mouthwatering variety of recipes that include campfire and Meet the Man: Allan Pinkerton chuckwagon favorites as well as the sophisticated creations of the New Cowboy Cuisine: • Meats and poultry: sirloin guisada, cinnamon chicken, coffee- rubbed tenderloin Allan Pinkerton / James Mackay: • Stews and one-pot meals: chili, gumbo, fideo con carne Though Pinkerton started the first • Sides: scalloped potatoes, onion rings, pole beans, field peas U.S. detective agency after success- • Desserts and breads: peach cobbler, sourdough biscuits, fully uncovering a counterfeit ring, old-fashioned preserves little was known about him. The au- thor does an excellent job of tracing Through over a hundred evocative photos and Pinkerton's early life and his arrival in a hundred recipes, historical sources, and the Yee-ha! the United States from Scotland. words of the cowboys (and cowgirls) them- Tame that Then he examines better-known aspects of Pinkerton's selves, the food lore of the Lone Star cowboy Texas-sized career -- his part in Lincoln's train ride through Balti- appetite with is brought vividly to life. more, investigation of the Confederate spy Rose these hearty Greenhow, and association with Gen. George recipes! McClellan, his mentor and hero. Mackay is perhaps too apologetic in his treatment of Pinkerton's intelligence reports to McClellan, which vastly overstated the num- ber of Confederate troops, and he blames McClellan's lack of initiative on political intrigue from Washington. Westerns in Large Print Nevertheless, Mackay's work will appeal greatly to historians and Civil War specialists.Mark E. Ellis, Albany State Univ. Lib., Ga. Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Copyright Reed Six Gun Syndicate / Norman A. Fox Business Information Reed Elsevier Inc. Hangrope Heritage / Tom West Big Ike / Andrew J. Fenaday Sunset Trail / Wayne D. Overholser Return of the Fast Gun / Lauren Paine Pursuit / Lewis B. Patten West Texas / Al Sarrantonio Lead Reckoning / Ray Hogan The Rebels: Sons of Texas / Elmer Kelton The phrase "private eye" can find its roots in the Vengeance Moon / Charles G. West Pinkerton Agency's trademark: a large, unblink- ing eye with the slogan "We Never Sleep." Fast Guns Out of Texas / Ralph Cotton Old Garden Friends Bring the Garden Indoors
Kim Parker Home / Kim Parker: Kim Parker’s rise to international renown as a designer and artist—her bedding Perennials: designing, choos- and bath line launched at Bloomingdale’s, and she recently ing, and maintaining easy-care plantings / Sally Roth & Jane introduced new dinnerware and giftware collections with Courtier Spode—is truly the story of the American dream. a thoughtful look at the artist’s crea- tive process, shows how anyone can create an “interior garden” in their home or apartment. A de- Literary Gardens signer with a funky flair, Parker combines her own fantastic floral In the Garden with Jane prints with unconventional flea Austen / Kim Wilson: market finds, fashionable antiques, Bringing Jane Austen’s gar- and unique modern pieces to cre- dens—real and fictional—to ate a vibrant, colorful look. On order life with excerpts from her novels and letters, period songs, poetry, and illustra- tions, this charming recollec- Don’t toss extra plants & seeds — swap ‘em! tion offers tips for creating Organize a Plant Swap English gardens alongside · Divide, collect: for a fall swap, divide perennials that bloomed in the Austen. This lavishly illustrated exploration with spring or early summer. For a spring swap, divide late summer and fall color photographs of gardens associated with the bloomers. When collecting seeds, store them in airtight containers and store writer offers a rich experience to admirers of both in a cool, dry place. Austen and gorgeous gardens. Complete with a · Collect your gardening friends: invitations, posters/flyers, gardening reference section that includes important dates in forums, newspapers. Austen’s life, locations and dates of her houses, · Determine size of swap: This will affect where you plan to hold the swap. and a map of 1809 England, this delightful book is · What to swap: perennial favorites, successful new additions to garden perfect for the history and garden enthusiast alike. · Label offerings: be sure to include all information with your plants On order · Condition of plants: make sure that the plants you bring are healthy and disease-free. · Pick your swap site: easily accessible, plenty of parking, alternative site Aromatic Gardens for inclement weather, access to water to keep plants fresh on hot days. · Determine trade rules before the swap: are pre -trades acceptable? Will The Complete Book of Garlic / your exchange be first-come, first-serve? Have you made a list of plants to Ted Meredith: Worldwide, garlic be exchanged? cultivation occupies over 2 million · Do NOT propagate Trademarked or Patented plants: they are marked acres of farmland, an area that has with ® (Registered) or ™ (Trademarked) after the name. more than doubled since 1970. Yet · Plant exchange forums: www.plantswap.net even garlic fanciers may be unable http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/explant/ to tell hardneck from softneck, or · Internet search: try plant swap or plant exchange Purple Stripe from Rocambole, not to mention the hundreds of cultivated varieties grown today, many Share with distinct differences in taste and character. In fact, the wealth of garlic varieties in nearly a dozen Plants & horticultural groups rivals that of corn, carrots, Know-how! apples, and peaches. This book is the most com- prehensive and in-depth guide available. On order Beyond Books: Your Donations are Vital Marlene Ressler, Outreach Coordinator, would like to extend a HUGE Thank You to Eaton McDonalds manager, Randy Blaich. The restaurant very generously donated the delicious food that was served at March’s Beyond Books program. The theme was, of course, fast food. It is hometown generosity like this that makes our nursing home programs possible!
Beyond Books theme for April will be: Baseball Anyone wishing to donate toward the program can contact Marlene at 937-456-4376. Donations are greatly needed!
Heartland of Eaton ElderTales during Beyond Books. Residents really enjoyed the Stories as told to Marlene during nursing home visits… food donated by the Eaton McDonalds. I was having a conversation with one of my nursing home ladies the other day and she began reminiscing about how she used to go to a Carnegie Library sixty years ago. She told me how she loved going to the library. “Reading is one’s foundation for life,” she told me. She also thinks of the library and reading every time she hears my name. She told me how much she has appreciated me for bringing books on tape to her over the years.
It gladdens my heart to be able to bring the library to those who are no longer able to get there Middletown Carnegie Library on their own.
Carnegie libraries were built with money donated by Scottish- American businessman Andrew Carnegie. Over 2,500 Carnegie Vancrest Nursing Center libraries were built, including public and university libraries. Website in the Spotlight
An interactive Program for nursing home residents
A January Tea Party Website:
Outreach Services provided a delightful www.needymeds.com afternoon to residents in The Green- briar and Vancrest Nursing Homes by Information you need to get your medicine. NeedyMeds is a 501(3)(c) non-profit hosting a tea party. Guests chased with the mission of helping people who cannot away the cold winter doldrums by afford medicine or healthcare costs. The infor- sipping hot tea or coffee mation at NeedyMeds is available anonymously and eating delicious tea and free of charge. The Greenbriar sandwiches and cookies. Beyond Books Tea Party
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þ Brand & Generic Name Drugs Patient Assistance Program “This is the first þ PAP Applications tea party I’ve þ Medicaid & Medicare Info ever been to!” State Health Assistance Program one resident said. þ SHIP sites þ Federal Poverty Guidelines
Website recommendation Vancrest Healthcare Center of Eaton Beyond Books Tea Party Outreach Coordinator, Marlene Ressler recom- mends this site as being informa- tive, useful and helpful!
The Preble County Council on Aging has scheduled an AARP Driver Safety Course More Information for Thurs., May 15 and Fri., May 16 from 8 AM - 12 Noon each day.
· Learn how to avoid What exactly is the course? According to the AARP Website, “The AARP Driver driving hazards Safety Course is the nation’s first and largest refresher course for drivers age 50 and older that has helped millions of drivers remain safe on today’s roads. You can · Minimal course fee expect to learn about current rules of the road, how to operate your vehicle more · No tests safely in today's increasingly challenging driving environment, and some adjust- · Auto insurance dis- ments to common age-related changes in vision, hearing, and reaction time.” counts in most states -- consult your insurance The cost of the 8-hour course is $10. agent Advance registration is required.
Call Preble County Council on Aging at 937-456-4947. Hours: 8 am - 4 pm Mon - Fri Debuts -- New Series
Broadmoor Legacy Series Latest From Love Inspired · Mountain Sanctuary / Lenora Worth A Daughter’s Inheritance / Tracie Peter- · Heart’s Haven / Lois Richer Pennies from Heaven, #2 son & Judith Miller: Cousins Amanda, · A Treasure Worth Keeping / Kathryn Springer Sophie, and Fanny Broadmoor are as close as · A Soldier’s Family / Cheryl Wyatt sisters, but when their grandfather dies, the · Broken Lullaby / Pamela Tracy terms of his will just might · MIA: Missing in Action / Debby Guisti destroy their bond. · Don’t Look Back / Margaret Daley Seventeen-year- Lose Yourself in the History, Opulence, · Wildfire / Roxanne Rustand old Fanny has and Elegance of the · Hideaway Home / Hannah Alexander never put much Thousand Islands · Frontier Courtship / Valerie Hansen stock in the conventions of society. In fact, she has given her heart to Michael, the family boat-keeper. But when she receives a surprising inheritance, she discovers just how oppressive society can be... Favorite Authors and that she may be trusting the wrong people. Forevermore / Cathy Marie Hake: Like Dare she follow her heart and risk going against her family? What a dandelion in the wind, Hope Ladley blows if she loses everything she's ever known? It all comes down to from one farm to the next, helping cook for one choice: What does Fanny Broadmoor want her legacy to be? the field hands during the harvest. Illiterate and often twisting clichés and Bible verses Lady of Milkweed Manor / Julie Klassen: into mind-boggling observations, Hope Charlotte Lamb is the daughter of a heartless leaves widower Jakob Stauffer baffled by English vicar, when she becomes pregnant her unconventional ways. and he throws her out of her childhood home. But her sunny disposition and unstinting Vulnerable and unprotected, she is forced to a love make changes of a different kind. lodging place for unwed mothers. Soon, Lamb must make decisions involving true love and Sabrina (Big Sky Dreams, Bk 2) / Lori sacrifice, providing many powerful turning Wick: A moving novel about past mistakes points throughout the story. and forgiveness both from God and people.
Inspirational Titles on Audio-Cassette Sister’s Choice / Judith Pella Patchwork Circle,#2: When it comes to quilt- · Just Beyond the Clouds / Karen Kingsbury ing, Maggie Newcomb is all thumbs. And · Echoes / Kristen Heitzmaan nobody rubs it in more than Emma Jean · Dearest Dorothy, If not Now, When? / Charlene Ann Stoddard. But Maggie swallows her ire for Baumbic one simple reason: she has a crush on · The Parting / Beverly Lewis Emma Jean's handsome son, Colby, and · The Atonement Child / Francine Rivers doesn't want to ruin her chances. So she · A Proper Pursuit / Lynn Austin works hard to become the best quilter in Maintown.
Wyoming Brides / Susan Page Davis: Listen to a Story! 3 novellas — · Protecting Amy Three romances · The Oregon Escort blossom on the trail to faith · Wyoming Hoofbeats
Choosing baby names is important business! History Whaaa! Too bad our parents didn’t think so...
The National Road: A Photo- graphic Journey / Cecil Carvell: The National Road/U.S. Route 40 was the nation's first federally funded interstate high- way and is the most historic transportation corridor in the United States. Each mile of this scenic route reveals a cultural landscape that traces back hundreds of years.
Logging Long Ago: Historic Postcard Views / Mary L. Martin et al.: Follow the his- tory of logging as it unfolds across the United States, from the virgin forests of the east, to the towering redwoods of the West Coast. Historic pho- The New Baby Name Survey / Bruce tography, much of it beauti- Lansky: How to pick a name that makes a fully hand tinted, captures favorable impression for your child. Based on images of the early woods, the woodsman, and the data from a new survey of over 100,000 par- machines of this important industry. ents. The book lets parents know what people think of the most popular names and helps them pick names for their babies that make Tales Behind the Tombstones: The deaths and burials of the Old West's most favorable impressions. The New Baby Name nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and Survey also includes the origin, meaning, and celebrated lawmen / Chris Enss famous namesakes for each name, as well as a name “profile” written by Bruce Lansky, the #1 name in baby name books.
Just Bizarre
Frontier Justice in the Wild West: Tiger Force / Michael Sallah & Mitch Bungled, Bizarre, and Fascinating Weiss: At the outset of the Vietnam War, the Executions: On the Western Frontier, Army created an experimental fighting unit that where jailhouses were few and gunsling- became known as "Tiger Force." The Tigers ing, cattle rustling, and stagecoach rob- were to be made up of the cream of the crop- beries were common, legal executions the very best and bravest soldiers the American served as both a deterrent and as enter- military could offer. They would be given a long tainment. In some cases, invitations sum- leash, allowed to operate in the field with less moned spectators - and they came in supervision. Their mission was to seek out en- droves. From 1854 to 1910, in the lawless towns of the Old emy compounds and hiding places so that West, more than one thousand men (and two women) were bombing runs could be accurately targeted. They were to go where executed. And while most of the punishments went off no troops had gone, to become one with the jungle, to leave them- "without a hitch," a handful of necktie parties and firing selves behind and get deep inside the enemy's mind. squads stand out in the annals of history. The experiment went terribly wrong.
Puppet Making Braille Books for Children
FYI T he library has added a new and important format to Braille includes two systems: its collection. Seedlings Braille Books for Children Uncontracted Braille AKA Grade are books that provide main- One Braille or alphabet Braille uses char- stream popular literature to acter-by-character transcription, blind and visually impaired substituting the equivalent children who read, or who are Braille character for its printed learning to read, Braille. All equivalent. It is used only by Buzz Leyes shows off the cool puppet he made stages of reading development beginnings. during the Puppet Making Class held at the Eaton are covered, from board books to picture books to classic juve- Contracted Braille AKA Grade Two Branch. Nice job, Buzz! nile literature. Braille is added Braille uses a system of contrac- to the board books on a clear tions to reduce space and to plastic strip. Books for older speed the process of reading. children contain Braille words that are matched line for line.
Make your own puppet!
Grade One Braille
Puppets / Susie Hodge “A” and 1 So far, the library has fifteen titles and one kit. They will be available at the Eaton Branch. Braille Books Call or visit your local branch Toddlers (Board Books) for more information about our · Feely Bugs: To Touch & Feel / David Carter new Seedlings Braille Books for Children. · My Fuzzy Farm Animals / Tad Hill
Picture Books For more information about · Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See? Seedlings, check out their Website: www.seedlings.org Grade Two Braille · Arthur’s Christmas / Marc Brown The word AND · Amelia Bedelia / Peggy Parish · Curious George and the Puppies / Margaret & H.A. Rey · Beezus and Ramona / Beverly Cleary · Henry & Mudge Get the Cold Shivers / Cynthia Rylant · War Dog Heroes: True Stories of Dog Courage in · There’s a Wocket in My Pocket / Dr. Seuss Wartime / Jeannette Sanderson
· Hatchet / Gary Paulson Juvenile Fiction · Al Capone Does My Shirts / Gennifer Choldenko The Braille kit includes: · Meet Addy / Connie Porter · One Cloth Bag · The Invisible Island / Ron Roy · The Braille Alphabet Read-a-Mat · Here Come the Holidays: Stories and Poems · Playskool Magnetic Capital Letters with Braille engraving · Braille Alphabet Bookmark · Braille Board Book: Touch and Feel Baby Animals · Braille for the Sighted: A Beginning Braille Guide
Publication created by Cheryl Richter, 2008 All book synopsis’ taken from the product summery unless otherwise noted.