Color-oddities with Tom Noel Volume 17, Issue 7 ell-known Colorado historian Tom Noel will give a photo presentation on W strange things about our state, Tuesday, July 16, 7–8:30 p.m. Featured in the July, 2013 talk will be entertaining stories on bizarre people throughout the history of Colorado, weird vehicles, exotic animals and hungry cannibals. Copies of Noel’s recent books will be available for purchase and signing at the program. Saturday Movie Matinee: Oz the Great and Powerful he popular fantasy film Oz The Great and Powerful will be shown on the T library’s big screen, Saturday, July 20, 2–4 p.m. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks that fame and fortune are his for the taking. Then he meets three witches who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well. Free popcorn and lemonade will be provided. Rated PG. Those Amazing Tabors ear the story of Colorado’s millionaire silver family, the Tabors, Monday, H July 22, 2–3 p.m. Speaker Eldon Halingstad will start with tales of Horace Tabor as a young man meeting Augusta in Maine and homesteading in Kansas. The story continues with the Tabors’ trip to Colorado and their quest for fame and fortune. Their lives take a strange and intriguing twist when Baby Doe enters the picture and becomes involved with Horace. Halingstad has been a professional speaker and storyteller for over thirty years. He is internationally known for his educational programs. Musical Moments at Sophie’s Place erformances feature a variety of musical talent from Littleton and the P Denver metro area. Saturday, July 27, 2–3 p.m.: The Crystal Swing Band will transport you to the heyday of the swing era as they recreate the sounds of the 1930s and 1940s. Inside this Issue: Honor Crimes Against Sharing Memories with Women in Pakistan 2 Remembering & Visit Kits uthor Jacqueline St. Joan will speak New Thursday Evening about the realities of the culturally and 2 A Computer Classes socially accepted honor crimes against women in Pakistan, Tuesday, July 23, 7–8:30 p.m. Bemis Book Groups & St. Joan visited Pakistan to research this topic. 2 Computer Courses While there, she met with human-rights The Monthly Newsletter Library of Bemis Public activists, visited women’s shelters and lived Teen Programs & Special with Pakistani families. As a result of her 3 Teen Events research, she published a novel My Sisters Made of Light which focuses on three women who suffer the Children’s Events type of violence directed against real Pakistani women who are 3 & Programs viewed as bringing shame on their families. Since the publication of her novel two years ago, St. Joan has raised $19,000 to Behind the Cover Library Schedule of Events 4 build a shelter in Pakistan for abused women with children. Copies of her novel will be available for signing and purchase. Sharing Memories . Sharing Lives Computer Services with Bi-Folkal Remembering & Visit Kits & Computer Classes here is no time like the present to delve into the past. If you are looking emis has 24 Internet T for an activity that prompts interaction and discussion with older adults B access computers on the or mixed-age groups, look no further! Bemis has a collection of Bi-Folkal lower level of the library, Memory Kits to help unlock remarkable stories, humorous anecdotes, and plus another seven located first-person accounts of history, experience and life. in the Children’s Room We currently have a collection of over 30 Bi-Folkal multimedia for use by our patrons in remembering kits that revolve around a particular theme such as 4th of July, Summer Porches, Our Heroes, and Vacations, to name a few. 5th grade and younger. Also, wireless Internet The kits are perfect for family gatherings, senior centers, church groups, access is available throughout the building nursing homes, and more. A DVD slide show is the focal point of the kits for patrons with wireless-enabled laptops. which are designed to encourage memories and discussion. The kits also contain a program Currently, our computers use Microsoft manual with general guidelines, discussion questions, specific instructions on how to use the Windows 7 operating systems and Microsoft kit with mixed-age groups, plus additional ideas and resources. Office 2010 software that includes Word, Bemis also has a dozen Bi-Folkal visit kits that encourage older adults to remember Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Publisher. All events from their past and put their stories into words. Designed to appeal to all five senses, of our PCs are linked to printers. Printing costs the visit kits include an object to touch and a picture to look at. Then bring a treat to taste are $0.10 a page for black only or $0.50 a page and smell plus a song from the past and you are all set for a delightful visit. for color. Our computer lab has 10 PCs and There is a three week check-out period for Bi-Folkal remembering and visit kits. For more may be scheduled for group use. We are happy information or a demonstration, email Pam Child at the library at [email protected]. to assist patrons individually at any time if you need help using the computers or the Internet. Thursday Evening Computer Classes We also offer free computer and Internet classes on a regular basis. To learn about or n addition to our weekday computer classes and open computer lab, Bemis is now register for an upcoming class and/or group I offering several new computer classes to be held on Thursday evenings from 6:30–8 p.m. use of our computer lab, call the library at Want to learn how to use an iPad? Need to create a web page? Curious about LinkedIn or 303-795-3961 or stop by the Information Desk. Facebook for Business? To learn about or register for an upcoming class, call the library at All classes listed below and our open 303-795-3961 or stop by the Information Desk. Currently, space is available in all of the computer lab are held from 9–10:30 a.m. upcoming classes listed below for July, August and September. Please see article to left about our new JULY: SEPTEMBER: Thursday Evening classes. These new Intermediate iPad: Thurs., July 11 Facebook for Business: Thurs., Sept. 5 evening classes are not listed below. Create a Web Page: Thurs., July 18 MS Word Forms: Thurs., Sept. 12 Currently space is available in these classes: LinkedIn: Thurs., July 25 MS Excel Pivot Tables: Thurs., Sept. 19 Computer Comfort AUGUST: Intermediate MS PowerPoint: Thurs., Sept. 26 Tues., July 2 Intermediate MS PowerPoint: Thurs., Aug. 1 eReader Workshop Beginning Programing: Thurs., Aug. 22 Tues., July 23 Beginning Excel - MS Office 2010 Book Groups at Bemis Tues., July 16; Tues., Aug. 13 Intermediate Excel - MS Office 2010 e have a variety of Book Groups that meet throughout the month. Choose a group that Wed., July 17; Wed., Aug. 14 suits your interests and schedule. Then join us for some stimulating discussions. Beginning Internet W Sat., July 20 Senior Book Club Monday Evening Book Group Photo Editing with MS Picture Manager First Monday of each month at 2 p.m. Third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Tues., July 30 July 1: Prayers for Sale July 15: Sense of an Ending by Sandra Dallas by Julian Barnes Beginning MS PowerPoint It’s 1936 and 86-year-old Hen- Life has been good to Tony Wed., July 31 nie Comfort meets 17-year-old Webster. He’s both contented- Saving and Finding Files Nit Spindle. Hennie is drawn to ly retired and contentedly Sat., July 6 the grieving young girl. The divorced. Then friends re- Shopping for a Computer harsh conditions of life that appear from a childhood long Wed., July 24 each has endured create an instant bond, and left behind and presumably shelved, and as Beginning Windows 7 a friendship is born, one in which the deep- the past suddenly looms large, Tony must Wed., July 3 est of hardships are shared and the darkest of rethink his life. Windows Keyboard Commands secrets are confessed. Aug. 19: Paths of Glory Tues., Aug. 20 Aug. 5: A Conspiracy of Paper by Jeffrey Archer Beginning Word - MS Office 2010 by David Liss A fictionalized story of the life Tues., July 9; Tues., Aug. 6 An historical thriller set in of mountain climber George Intermediate Word - MS Office 2010 eighteenth-century London. Mallory, who attempted to Wed., July 10; Wed., Aug. 7 Investigating the death of his become the first person to father, Benjamin Weaver climb to the top of Mt. Everest. Open Computer Lab - 9–10:30 a.m. descends into the deceptive world of English Mallory disappeared close to the summit Every Thursday. No registration required. stock traders. This novel will leave readers and it remains a mystery as to whether he Receive one-on-one time with a computer wondering just how much has changed in the ever achieved his goal. class instructor. Bring your eReader stock market in the last three hundred years. device for help with eBooks. Page 2 Behind the Cover Children’s Programs Summer Reading Continues elebrate summertime reading with our Summer Reading program.