Jan / Feb 2009 Vol. 10 / Issue 1 Helping You Connect to the World The holidays are over current movie releases, TV shows and the New Year is (including Cable), A&E Biographies, History here, but the gloomy Channel documentaries, and much more. economic news of Books and magazines your thing? Did you Inside this 2008 has certainly know that you can borrow up to 99 items followed us into 2009. on your library card? When’s the last time Here in Preble county you left a bookstore with an armload like 2-3 local factories have laid off many from that? Best of all, when you borrow instead Library Bulletin their workforce, libraries and other local of buy, your library stores, sorts, dusts, agencies are operating under budget cuts and takes care of it all for you! and, in some cases (such as the Sheriff’s Entertainment 4-5 Department), there are proposed cuts in Need assistance with housing, jobs, insur- manpower. We’re also looking at a winter ance, and food? The Library, in conjunc- spent without the “luxury” of salt for some tion with Preble County non-profit and Mysteries 6-7 of the snow and ice covered roads. Yikes! governmental agencies, have put together a list of local resources (with phone num- The Library Director’s column (“Hard bers) that will help you connect to the 8-9 Times; Helping hands, pg. 2) addresses agencies and organizations that are there Romance the issue of how the usage of libraries to help in your time of need. The list is goes up in hard economic times — which available at the library’s website: makes sense since, as our incomes and www.pcdl.lib.oh.us./community/help.html It’s A Guy Thing 10-11 budgets decrease, we are forced to tighten our belts just to make it through. This Need to write a letter or other type of could mean many of the things we’ve document? Use our computer software — 55 & Better 12-13 taken for granted will become luxuries we printouts are only 10¢ a page! just can’t afford — cable and Internet ser- vices, magazine subscriptions and book/ Got a question? Your library has 14 DVD club memberships, cell phone ser- answers — or we help you find the Inspirational Fic- vices, trips to the mall, eating out, and person, place, or thing that does. traveling afar. Think your question is too dumb to ask? Don’t even go there! The library takes In the Kitchen 15 But all is not lost. Your library is there to all questions seriously. And we do our best help fill the void — and it’s FREE! Got a to find your answers no matter what. laptop? Come use our wireless access. Teen Scene 16 Don’t have a lap top? The Eaton Branch Your library is here for you. Together we has several and they are available for you will face 2009 and beyond with a strong to use in the library! Need the Internet? community spirit that will see us through Use ours! Tired of network TV? We offer to much brighter days. Don’t Miss a Thing! hundreds of DVDs — titles that include Library Admin. & Resource Center 450 S. Barron St. Eaton, OH 45320 (937) 456-4250 www.pcdl.lib.oh.us 2 Inklings by Director’s Col- umn Hard Times; Helping Hands In an effort to assist you locally, Preble County non-profit and governmental agencies have collaborated with the library to create a resource information website for those in need in the areas of Housing, Jobs, Insurance, and Food: http://www.pcdl.lib.oh.us/ "Each month, Ohio's public libraries receive 2.22% of the total tax revenue that the state receives in that month. Revenues for the public libraries were down in 2008 from 2007 by 1.7% for a loss of about 7 million dollars.” In these hard times, libraries are seeing huge increases in their circulation and overall library usage. Libraries are the best bargain for all Ohioans, because our books, DVDs, CDs, computer access and much, much more are free. (To view PCDL's circulation statistics go to our 2008 Annual Report at http:// www.pcdl.lib.oh.us/about.html.) Libraries are hard at work shifting their resources so they can be responsive to these hard economic times. “Libraries are opening their meeting rooms to groups and organizations and other charities who are helping those in need.” -Lynda Murray, Ohio Library Council. If you are a non-profit organization and want to book our meeting room contact Paula at 456-4250. Don’t Know? We Do. Visit Your Library Today Answers Help Technology Needs Homework Help Entertainment 3 AAA nita Pennington was invited to teach a FREE dream catcher class at the West Alexandria Library in November. According to Librarian Michelle Laughlin, West Alexandria Library Patrons it was a great success de- Celebrated Native American spite the bad weather that Heritage Month by making decided to rear its ugly the dream catchers and beaded necklaces! day of the program. Instruction and supplies provided Michelle writes, “Anita courtesy of Anita Pennington. Pennington, aunt of Friends Member Jacob Booher, volun- teered to teach our patrons how to make dream catchers and beaded necklaces in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Anita and her family provided all the supplies and instructions. It was held on what turned out to be one of the nastiest days of November, but we still had seven people brave the weather. Everyone made a dream catcher while at the library and was given supplies to make another dream catcher at home. Everyone really enjoyed themselves and asked if we would be doing it again.” The library extends a huge Thank You! to Anita and her fam- ily for offering the program and supplies for free. During these trying economic times, it is generosity and creative thinking like this that will help the library continue to provide interesting programs to our patrons free of charge. 4 Your library has its finger on the pulse of entertainment! Our latest DVDs -- Feature Films Journey to the Center of the Earth Meet Dave WALL- E Step Brothers Space Chimps Hancock Beer for My Horses Wanted Play Station 2 Star Wars Jedi Starfighter Need for Speed: Carbon TV to DVD Cars 24: Redemption: After sacrificing everything for his .Hack // G.U. : Reminisce country, Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) stands to Godzilla Unleashed lose the only thing he has left – his freedom. Wanted Burnout 3: Takedown by the U.S. government and working as a missionary Shark Tale in Africa, Bauer is called upon to stop a ruthless war- NFL Street 3 lord from drafting innocent children into his murder- Disney’s Chicken Little ous militia. But first, Bauer must confront his own Finding Nemo torturous past and face an impossible decision that Devil May Cry 3 (Rated M) will change his life forever. Destroy All Humans Sims: Bustin’ Out Book to Film ATV Offroad Fury 2 The Books: Over the Hedge Sisterhood series by Ann Brashares: Burnout Revenge: Battle Racing Ignited ♦ The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: During their first Fight Club (Rated M) summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair YU-Gi-Oh! GX: The Beginning of Destiny of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes Game Cube to their different summer experiences. YU-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom ♦ The Second Summer of the Sisterhood ♦ Girls in Pants Wii ♦ Forever in Blue Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games The Film: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 In "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," based on Ann Brashares' best-selling series of novels, four young women continue the journey toward adult- hood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Travel- ing Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other as they always have-with honesty and humor. Discovering their individual strengths, fears, talents and capacity for love through the choices they make, they come to value more than ever the bond they share and the immeasurable power of their friendship. Music to your ears — Music CDs High School Musical 2 High School Musical 3: Senior Year Your library has its finger on the pulse of entertainment! We offer you the latest & hottest DVDs, CDs & Video Games! 5 The House at Sugar Beach: In Search Kung Fu Panda: Enthusiastic, big and a little of a Lost African Childhood / Helene Cooper clumsy, Po works in his family’s noodle shop while daydreaming about becoming a Kung Fu master. Narrator: Helen Cooper 9 CDs / 9.50 Hrs. His dreams soon become reality when he is unex- Lie Down with the Devil / Linda Barnes pectedly chosen to join the world of Kung Fu and Narrator: C.J. Critt 9 CDs / 10 Hrs. study alongside his idols-the legendary fighters Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey-under the Dead to the World / Charlaine Harris leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before Narrator: Johanna Parker 9 CDs / 10 Hrs. they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it’s up to The Demon of Dakar / Kjell Eriksson Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his Narrator: Henry Strozier 12 CDs / 13.75 Hrs. dreams of becoming a Kung Fu hero into reality? The Snow Empress / Laura Joh Rowland Kung Fu Panda: The Warrior’s Guide / Narrator: James Yaegashi 9 CDs / 10.50 Hrs.