SOUTH SIOUX CITY VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 PUBLIC LIBRARY MARCH, 2015 South Sioux City Public Library
Special Points of Interest: Apple Tree Grafting Workshop, March 14th Family Movies How to Get a Library Card Staff Recommendations
APPLE TREE GRAFTING WORKSHOP, MARCH 14TH [email protected] Sat- Killing Kennedy: the End of Apple Tree Grafting Work- urday, March 14th, 2015 from Camelot by Bill O’Reilly. shop (Seed Savers Exchange/ 10am-Noon SSC Public Library) Join us and ______learn this ancient skill by at- ______tending the South Sioux City Tangled Yarns group meets Public Library Apple tree Cover to Cover Book Club on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 bench grafting workshop to be will meet on Monday March p.m. for needlework and fun. held on March 14th, 2015. 9th and March 23rd at 3:00 Attendees will go home with p.m. We will discuss The First ______three heritage apple varieties Phone Call from Heaven by and the skills to start their Mitch Albom. The story of a own orchard. Workshop will small town on Lake Michigan Library Eats: Pasta Thurs- be led by Seed Savers Ex- that gets worldwide attention day March 12th participants change orchard manager and when its citizens start receiv- will learn the art of pasta mak- apple historian Dan Bussey. ing phone calls from the after- ing. You will make several Classes will be held at: South life. Is it the greatest miracle delicious pasta dishes you will Sioux City Public Library, 2121 ever or a massive hoax? Sully enjoy. Library Eats meets at Dakota Ave, South Sioux City, Apple Tree Grafting, Harding, a grief-stricken single 6:30 p.m. in the café area. NE 68776 402-494-7545 Cost father, is determined to find March 14 of the workshop will be out. We will discuss the first $45.00. Reservations are re- twelve weeks on March 9th. quired. Contact David Mixdorf
dwmix- Inside this issue: On March 23rd we will discuss
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Family Movies 2 NEW FICTION (HORROR FICTION) One Book One Nebraska 3 Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson 77 Shadow Street by Dean The Accursed by Joyce Carol Bennett Koontz Oates The Ocean at the End of the New Audiobooks/DVD’s/ 3 Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz Red Moon by Benjamin Percy Music CD’s Lane by Neil Gaiman Saint Odd by Dean Koontz Prince Lestat by Anne Rice Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix February Computer Clas- 4 The Bird Box by Josh Malerman The Abominable by Dan Sim- ses Horns by Joe Hill mons The Winter People by Jennifer What is HeritageQuest 5 NOS4A2 by Joe Hill McMahon Zone One by Colson White- The House of Small Shadows by head Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King Staff Recommendations 6 Adam L.G. Nevill Page 2
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STAFF BIOGRAPHIES: MEET BRENDA LUZZIER
Hi I’m Brenda I still managed to mess around Yarns group at our library, where Working in a library was actually getting a degree in art education many of our patrons get to watch one of my first jobs, I and then teaching for around me attempt to crochet. started off helping out the librari- a year before getting my job here. I love working in the library! I an I still do illustrations for books like seeing all the different people in high school during and make comics in my free time, that come in and trying to the day. I really enjoyed it but I but I really enjoy the work I get help them with their questions still wanted to be a comic book to do here as well. or find a specific book for artist! I went to college for art I enjoy drawing, and I listen to them. I also enjoy using my and ended up working in the music almost all the time. I really creativity to make displays and library on campus part-time enjoy cooking and baking, I'm the decorations for the library. during the school year and only vegetarian in my family so fulltime I've had to kind of learn to cook over the summers. I realized for myself. I like being outside then that I really did enjoy and going for walks or running. I Brenda Luzzier working in a library. However, also helped start the Tangled
FAMILY MOVIES “Big Hero 6” (March 2nd @ 6 treme mountain man Kristoff world of bugs where an ant pm & March 7th @ 1 pm) The and his sidekick reindeer Sven named Flik hires warrior bugs special bond that develops on an epic journey to find to defend his colony from a between plus-sized inflatable Anna's sister Elsa, the Snow horde of freeloading grasshop- robot Baymax, and prodigy Queen, and put an end to her pers Hiro Hamada, who team up icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named “Tinker Bell and the Legend of with a group of friends to the Neverbeast” (March 23rd form a band of high-tech he- Olaf, Everest-like extremes and magic at every turn, Anna and @ 6 pm & March 28th at 1 roes. Kristoff battle the elements in a pm). Fun and talented animal fairy Fawn believes you can't “Frozen” (March 9th @ 6 pm & race to save the kingdom from judge a book by its cover, or an March 14th @ 1 pm) When a destruction. animal by its fangs, so she be- prophecy traps a kingdom in “A Bug’s Life” (March 16th @ 6 friends a huge and mysterious eternal winter, Anna, a fearless pm ^ March 21st @ 1 pm) creature known as the Never- optimist, teams up with ex- Journey inside the miniature Beast.
YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Tell Me a Story March 2 @ 1:30 Pat-a-Cake Pals March 12 @ 10 Pat-a-Cake Pals March 26 @ 10 pm am am Femily Movie March 2 @ 6 pm Toddler Time March 13 @ 10 am Toddler Time March 27 @ 10 am Night of FUN March 3 @ 6:30 pm Family Movie March14 @ 1 pm Family Movie March 28 @ 1 pm Tell Me a Story March 4 @ 4:30 Night of Fun March 17 @ 6:30 pm Tell Me a Story March 30 @ 1:30 pm Tell Me a Story March 18 @ 4:30 p.m. Pat-a-Cake Pals March 5 @ 10: pm Family Movie March 30 @ 6 pm am Pat-a-Cake Pals March 19 @ 10 Night of FUN March 31 @ 6:30 Toddler Time March 6 @ 10 am am pm Family Movie March 7 @ 1 pm Toddler Time March 20 @ 10 am Tell Me a Story March9 @ 1:30 Family Movie March 21 @ 1 pm pm Tell Me a Story March 23 @ 1:30 Family Movie March 9 @ 6 pm pm Night of FUN march 10 @ 6:30 Family Movie March 23 @ 6 pm pm Night of Fun March 24 @ 6:30 pm Tell Me a Story February 11 @ Tell Me a Story March 25 @ 6 pm 4:30 pm Page 3
VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3
NEW AUDIOBOOKS/ DVD’S /MUSIC CD’S Audiobooks DVDs Music CDs My Accidental Jihad by Kris- American Gangster In the Dark with You by ta Bremer The Best of Me Greg Brown Missing You by Harlan Co- Dear White People Spirit in the Bells by Cast in ben Downton Abbey Season 5 Bronze The Snow Child by Eowyn Dumb and Dumber to Hot House by Chick Corea Ivey The Interview The Road to Hear by Little Yes Please by Amy Poehler Big Town Like Water for Chocolate= Blood Magick by Nora Rob- Como Agua Para Chocolate Colorblind by Neely erts Lucy Everything I Am by Neely The Arab Winter Comes to Mystery Science Theatre See What Tomorrow Brings America The truth About the 3000 XXIX by Peter, Paul, & Mary War We’re In by Robert Step Back by Johnny Win- Spenser The Tale of the Princess Kaguya ter The Goldfinch by Donna
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ONE BOOK ONE NEBRASKA 2015 One Book One Nebraska 2015: personal and panoramic, chron- History of the Conflict in Southeast This year’s One Book One icle the horrors of war and a Asia by Ray Bonds Nebraska is Death Zones and rise and decline of American No More Vietnams by Richard M. Darling Spies: Seven Years of power and prestige. Nixon Vietnam War Reporting by Brennan’s War: Vietnam 1965- Beverly Deepe Keever. ______1969 by Matthew Brennan. A veteran with 39 months of In this history, Beverly Deepe One Book One Nebraska combat experience in Vietnam Keever describes what it was Read-alikes describes the war, the people, like for a farm girl from Nebras- Vietnam by Hugh Higgins the land, and how the soldiers One Book One Nebraska ka to find herself halfway Reporting Vietnam 2 volume set changed as the war progressed. around the world, trying to from the Library of America Death Zones & Darling Spies make sense of one of the na- Vietnam War the History: 1946- The 25 Year War: America’s tion's bloodiest and bitterest 1975 by Phillip B. Davidson Military War in Vietnam by Bruce wars. These memoirs, at once The Vietnam War: the Illustrated Palmer.
Club 745.5: Beaded Sun Catchers Club 745.5 Makes Bead Art Sun The Handmade Marketplace by Historic Gourd Craft: How to Catchers: Learn to make a color- Kari Chapman Make Traditional Vessels by C. ful bead art sun catcher on Thurs- Angela Mohr day March 19th at 6:30 p.m. and Crafts and Skills of the Native Friday March 20th at 10:30 a.m. Americans : Tipis, anoes, Jewelry, Gourd Art Basics : the Complete Moccasins, and more by David R. guide to Cleaning, Preparation & ______Montgomery Repair by C. Angela Mohr
Craft Books: The following is a Great Books of Wooden Toys by Jazzy Gift Baskets : Making & list of some of our latest craft Norman Marshall Decorating Glorious Presents by books. Marie Browning Ductigami by Joe Wilson Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Extreme Costume Makeup : 25 reepy Crafts : an A - Z Guide with de- Ductigama: the Art of the Tape by & Cool Step-by-Step Demos by Brian tailed instructions and endless Joe Wilson Wolfe and Nick Wolfe inspiration by Martha Stewart
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“Education is the HOW TO GET A LIBRARY CARD most powerful weap- How to Obtain a Library Card: government office; together with Loan Periods for Materials: The a bill or other official mail ad- following are the loan periods for on which you can use To obtain a card a person must dressed to the person at the specific types of materials. Excep- be: current address and postmarked tions are subject to the discretion to change the world.”- At least 16 years of age. If young- within the last thirty (30) days.. of the Library staff members: er, a parent/guardian must sign Nelson Mandela After July 1, 2013, an annual fee Books 3 weeks the application form. of $35.00 will be charged to all persons who do not meet the Audiobooks/ Music CDs 2 Complete the application form. South Sioux City/Dakota County weeks Show two (2) forms of identifica- resident criteria. tion with current address. Such DVDs 5 Days identification shall be a valid driv- New patrons may check out two er’s license or other valid identifi- materials at a time for the first six months. cation issued by a state or federal Page 5
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WHAT IS HERITAGEQUEST The following article comes page images mean no additional gives any library the opportuni- from the documentation of the trips, inter-library loan requests ty to tap into one of the largest HeritageQuest Online Data- or work by researchers or staff. collections of genealogy materi- base. al in the country. .ProQuest Information and HeritageQuest Online is de- Learning's HeritageQuest signed specifically for patrons in ______Online provides libraries with a public libraries who are either unique, growing collection of just beginning their family re- Ask About Our Local His- research materials for tracing search or who after years of tory Room. The library is in family history and American work are still uncovering their the midst of developing the culture. Beginning or profes- past. With over 28,000 books Sides Local History Room. sional genealogists can now use currently available, the entire When it is finished it will house this powerful online library, U.S. Federal Census, PERSI™, local histories of people and with original page images for all Freedman's Bank Records, Rev- places in Dakota County. documents, from the conven- olutionary War Pension Rec- ience of their home or at the ords, and other expanding col- library. Indexes and original lections, HeritageQuest Online
TAX FORMS Most Circulated Books
Tax Forms: The library has 1. Private LA by James Patterson 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ Library Advisory Board 2. Heaven is for Real by Todd forms. To find the Federal meeting is on Wednesday Burpo forms you need, go to http:// March 4th at 5:30 pm 3. Unlucky 13 by James Patterson www.irs.gov/Forms-&-Pubs. 4. Takedown Twenty by Janet ______Evanovich For Nebraska tax forms go to 5. NYPD Red two by James Pat- http:// Our monthly book sale is on terson www.revenue.nebraska.gov/tax/ Saturday March 28th from 10 6. Invisible by James Patterson am to 4 pm. 7. Stone Cold by C.J. Box current/ind_inc_tax.html. Private LA 8. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn James Patterson ______9. Field of Prey by John Sandford 10. On the Rocks by Erin Duffy
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STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. is follows both of these young hearing, it is much more. Mar- Theo Decker miraculously sur- women as they grow; Hetty in shall Tucker Band is an eclectic vives an accident that takes the her desire to be a free woman combination of western, coun- life of his mother. Thus begins a and Sarah in her development of try, Texas swing, and jazz. The rocky journey from New York an abolitionist conscience. The rich vocals of songs like Fire on to Las Vegas to the Netherlands book is loosely based on histori- the Mountain, Heard it in a Love in a quest for a lost work of art. cal people and events. Song, and This Ol’ Cowboy are Along the way he deals with his reminiscent of people like Mi- abandonment, loss, and a haunt- The Racketeer by John Grisham. chael Martin Murphy who can ing search for wholeness is a Jailhouse lawyer, Malcolm Banis- transport the reader to a camp broken world. The book is ter, knows who killed a federal fire under the open skies. The beautiful and enigmatic with judge and his secretary and why. flute is prominent in so many of characters you will not soon He parlays this into witness the cuts bringing a fresh sound protection, freedom, and a maze forget. that one does not expect in of events that draws the reader The Invention of Wings country or rock music. The Invention of Wings by Sue into a story thay cannot set by Sue Monk Kidd Monk Kidd. Coming of age aside. John Grisham takes the Southern Surroundings: the Ulti- would not do this beautiful nov- legal thriller in new directions, mate Skynard Collection by Lynyrd el justice. At age thirteen, Sarah yet comes back to issues of Skynard is three disc set that Grimke, is given her first hand- corruption in the government. will take you back to the heart maiden, a rite of passage for of southern fried rock of the young women in antebellum Greatest Hits by Marshall Tucker 1970s. Greatest hits in audio America. Hetty “Handful” Band. I remember Marshall CD, live DVD recording, and Tucker Band as one of the lead- Grimke is an eleven year-old audio and video CD. slave who is given to Sarah ers in southern rock movement Grimke. The Invention of Wings of the 1970s, but on second