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KiPS Transforms Tuesdays (and Kids!)
All over the library, Tuesday mornings have been transformed by the presence of over 90 children and more than 25 teachers and volunteers involved in KiPS, the Kindergarten Prep School. From 9:00 a.m. until noon children about to enter kindergarten come to practice skills that will help ready them for the classroom. Lessons movement (large and small), pre-reading and writing skills, math, and art are provided, along with the experiences of raising hands, moving in groups, and being more independent away from home and parents.
KiPS was inspired by a program developed in Noble County. Like that model program, it’s done with cooperation between the library and the local school system. Other local organizations have given support, including the Friends of the Library, and The Portland Foundation. Bright blue shirts for staff were provided by Emily Roberts and Patriot Sportswear recognizing the local 20/20 Vision planning group’s interest in enhancing education in the community. Several individuals have also made contributions, including Judy Williamson, Don Spencer, Shirley Herrin, and Jill Hemmelgarn. More than 40 are volunteering their time.
Signs posted earlier in the summer alerted those who prefer quiet that they might want to avoid Tuesday mornings. Others may find all the activity inspiring. KiPS will continue through August 16th, two days before those brand new kindergarteners start their school adventures.
Even staff work space is used for KiPS!
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Why They Love image credit Maggie Smith/FreeDigitalPhotos.net
More local folks are reading and listening to books they’ve downloaded to an electronic device, be it Nook, Cruze, iPad or mp3 player. Why do they love it? Here are some ideas:
All ebook fans should check out the selections available free at the eIndiana Digital Consortium link on the library’s webpage.
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“I truly love my job and look forward to soaking up more library know-how every day.” Welcome, Molly Jones, the library’s new Adult Services Librarian! Her new Master’s degree in Library Science from IU Bloomington in hand, she’s thrilled to start a professional library position. She says library science is her do-able dream job (Indiana Jones-style archaeologist/best-selling author not really being an option). Still, she’s interested in creative writing, theoretical physics, museums, art, studying religion and mythology, reading, Egyptology, surrealism, Middle Eastern cuisine. Originally form South Bend, Molly lives in Portland with her cat, Gwendolyn, who happens to have a thumb on each paw.
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Novel Destinations
Anyone age 18 and older may register for the program through June 25th. Complete your reading by July 29th. A grand-prize party is in the works for early August. Travel and culture is the program’s emphasis. A surprising number of recent novels feature travelers or characters dealing with a different culture. Where’s the setting for the book you’re reading now? What are you learning about another culture while you’re following the story? If you are a non-fiction fan, you can roam the world with travel writers and guidebooks or explore different cultures and events in history and art. Share your favorites with others! Be sure to sign up by June 25th and read by July 29th! Hear travelers' tales and win prizes! Click and learn more. Return to July/August Contents
Well-used books no longer needed by the library are joined by donations from the public (some new or lightly read!). Look for magazines and some audio-visual items as well. The sale will be held in the Community Room on Thursday and Friday (the 25th and 26th) from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday (the 27th) from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Return to July/August Contents Congratulations to library page Katie Link Jay County High School Class of 2011
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Leanna Shawver has been a page at the library for nearly a year now. Though she’ll be starting her senior year in the fall, she’s been coming to the library since the days when her grandmother babysat for her and brought her in for her first library card. She enjoys being able to help people find the materials they need. It’s challenging when unexpected questions arise, but she’s been learning how to track answers down with help from other staff. When she is looking for reading material, she seeks out books by Ellen Hopkins. “The more you read her books, the better they get,” says Leanna.
Would you like to be page (student assistant)? Read the job description and apply by July 16th. 15 years ago - Music CDs were added in the Children’s area. The small collection was billed as running from “Pooh” to Pavarotti and growing. 10 years ago - Mabel Hickman Brown donated an antique desk from the old Redkey school where she taught for more than 25 years. The desk is in the Indiana Room, at home near the old school yearbooks. 5 years ago - After a successful coffee-tasting program, the library offered a summer version: an Iced Tea Party with flavored teas and cakes to sample.
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The Friends’ next regular meeting is Tuesday, July 19th at 6:30 p.m. Friends will also meet Tuesday, August 16th. Interested in helping with August's book sale? Be sure to attend or be in touch! Sale dates (note new times): August 25th & 26th, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm; August 27th 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Tell everyone your Friends will have some great books at great prices at their annual book sale!
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What’s on the summer reading list for the Book Discussion Group? First, a title with travelers. Second, a book that takes you overseas for a thriller. Like this year’s adult summer reading program, they are Novel Destinations indeed.
For Monday, July 18th "Though their relationship begins in mutual hatred, it evolves into affectionate comradeship as they experience the alien social and cultural milieus of the New World. Richly atmospheric, this wonderful novel is picaresque and Dickensian, with humor and insight injected into an accurately rendered period of French and American history." Publishers Weekly
For Monday, August 15th "At once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden's dirty not-so-little secrets (as suggested by its original title, Men Who Hate Women), this first of a trilogy introduces a provocatively odd couple: disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist, freshly sentenced to jail for libeling a shady businessman, and the multi-pierced and tattooed Lisbeth Salander, a feral but vulnerable superhacker." Publishers Weekly
Check the list of future and past book reading group selections for reading ideas.
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Gifts given in memory of Vivian Landers Sarah’s Choice / Wanda Brunstetter (Brides of Lehigh Canal series, in large print) A Time to Love / Barbara Cameron (Quilts of Lancaster County series, in large print) A Place of Peace / Amy Clipston (Kauffman Amish Baker series)
Given in memory of Elsie Garringer Hometown Ties / Melody Carlson
Gifts given in memory of Matt Aker I Drive a Fire Engine / Sara Bridges Fire, Fire said Mrs. McGuire / Bill Martin, Jr. Elliot’s Fire Truck / Andrea Beck My Red Fire Truck / Chip Lovitt (children’s books with firefighters)
Given in memory of Virginia Hudson A Continual Feast: A Cookbook to Celebrate the Joys of Family and Faith Throughout the Christian Year / Evelyn Birge Vitz The Amish Cook’s Baking Book / Lovina Eicher
Many thanks to the Goodrich Family Foundation Their gift received in May was applied to the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program, encouraging reading and getting kids off to a good start at school.
We’re so glad to receive their support!
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There are some great prizes in this year’s Adult Summer Reading Program. To go along with the theme “Novel Destinations,” your entries could win an iPod nano or a GPS to take along as you travel. 
Booklovers and bargain seekers: The Friends of the Library Annual Used Book Sale is set for Thursday, August 25th through Saturday morning, August 27th. 
