Last Post for Carole!

Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

October 27, 2012

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

          Hidden in Dreams by  T. Davis Bunn

          Hidden  by P.C. Cast

          Bone Bed  by  Patricia Cornwell

Panther  by  Nelson DeMille

Lightkeepers Ball  by Colleen Coble

Poseidon’s Arrow  by Clive Cussler

Flight  Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Season of Angels  by Thomas Kinkade

Coming Events @ the Library!

• Library Hours!

Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Sundays—closed

• Check out our website http://www.atlantic.lib.ia.us
• Library email: atlanticpubliclibrary@gmail
• Every Wednesday is Craft Day from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• The Library Board regular meeting Monday, November 19, 2012, 5:30

p.m. meeting room upstairs.

• PreSchool Storytimes will be Tuesdays and Wednesdays this fall from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. for 3-5 year olds.

Dates are: Oct. 30/31.

• Thurs. Nov. 1 in the Lewis Public Library at 1 p.m. All Cass Reads Program highlighting local author Roy Marshall!  
• Tues. Oct. 30 Spooky Movie Day! 4-5:30 p.m. for Grades K-3^rd.
• Wed/Thurs. Oct. 31/Nov. 1 is setup day for Friends Book Sale.
• Fri. Nov. 2, Friends’ Semi-Annual Used Book Sale. 9:30-11 a.m. Members Only. 
• Nov. 2/3 11 a.m.- 5p.m. on Friday and 9:30 a.m. – 12 noon on Saturday-- Open to the Public
• Tues. Nov.6—Vote!
• The Atlantic Public Library will be closed Monday, November 12 in honor of Veteran’s Day.

Did You Know… that the Atlantic Public Library checked out 939 items to the residents of Marne and Wiota in Fiscal Year 2012?

Behind My Desk…  Well, Meredith is now your new library director.  It's very overwhelming to come in to a new place and try to get a feeling for how things work here.  I've never been in this type of situation, either!  This is an interesting time for everyone.

Looks like autumn is definitely here.  I didn't expect the leaves to be so pretty this year, but haven't they been beautiful? 

Meredith and I made the trip down to Griswold for the “All Cass Reads”/Library & Lunch program last week.  What a great turnout!  There were twenty-eight of us enjoying Roy Marshall's presentation including an intriguing recount of the “Zephyr bombing” in September of 1942.  Some of the attendees remembered hearing about that incident near Nodaway during WWII.  I hope that some of you will take the opportunity to go to Lewis on November 1^st to hear a different presentation by Roy.  You will, also, have the opportunity to see the brand new Lewis Public Library!

This will be my last column.   Meredith has graciously accepted the challenge of continuing with it, and so you will be able to see a bit of “her world.”  At first, I wasn't particularly thrilled at trying to do a regular library column, but the board felt very strongly that it would be a good thing.  I'm not a great book reviewer, so I gave it a different shot.  I have to admit...I really kind of enjoy putting the column together every other week.  It's fun to relate things that are going on either at the library or in my mind!

Please, everyone, stay safe and Keep Thinking Libraries!

All Sorts of "Busy" @ Your Library!

Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

October 13, 2012

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

          Time Keeper by  Mitch Albom

          Michael Douglas  by Marc Eliot

          By Starlight by  Dorothy Garlock

One Last Strike  by  Tony La Russa

What the Cat Saw  by Carolyn G. Hart

Mad River  by John Sandford

Brink of Chaos by Tim LaHaye

NYPD Red  by James Patterson

Coming Events @ the Library!

• Library Hours!

Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Sundays—closed

• Check out our website http://www.atlantic.lib.ia.us
• Library email: atlanticpubliclibrary@gmail
• Every Wednesday is Craft Day from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• The Library Board regular meeting Monday, November 19, 2012, 5:30

p.m. meeting room upstairs.

• PreSchool Storytimes will be Tuesdays and Wednesdays this fall from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. for 3-5 year olds.

Dates are: Oct.16/17 & Oct. 30/31.

• Wed. Oct. 17 Library & Lunch @ Griswold Public Library from 12 noon to 1 p.m. All Cass Reads Program highlighting local author Roy Marshall!   Atlantic is partnering with Griswold this year for this event.
• Thurs. Oct. 25 Halloween Party 1:30-3 p.m. for Grades K-1^st
• Thurs. Oct. 25 Halloween Party 3:30-5 p.m. for Grades 2-3.
• Tues. Oct. 30 Spooky Movie Day! 4-5:30 p.m. for Grades K-3^rd.
• Wed/Thurs. Oct. 31/Nov. 1 is setup day for Friends Book Sale.
• Fri. Nov. 2, Friends’ Semi-Annual Used Book Sale. 9:30-11 a.m. Members Only. 
• Nov. 2/3 11 a.m.- 5p.m. on Friday and 9:30 a.m. – 12 noon on Saturday-- Open to the Public
• Tues. Nov.6—Vote!
• The Atlantic Public Library will be closed Monday, November 12 in honor of Veteran’s Day.

Did You Know… the Friends of the Atlantic Public Library will be having their semi-annual Used Book Sale on Friday & Saturday Nov. 2&3?  Members are invited to come from 9:30 a.m.  to 11 a.m. on Friday.  Then the public is invited to come from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and again on Saturday from 9:30 to noon!

Behind My Desk…  Just to let our local genealogists know--we should have the Heritage Quest and Ancestry.com databases back up and going.  We’re sorry for the problems, but all is well for a year.  These are very expensive--$2500 per year (gulp), so we hope we can continue to have them in the future.  We were very fortunate to have had these at the price we were paying for them (about $400 a year).  Well, that went away when the Iowa Library Services took over.  I’m not sure they even tried to negotiate a lesser price for Iowa libraries. 

I had my last library board meeting as a director on Monday evening.  I am truly glad I was able to finish my career here in Atlantic.  The board has been a great support.   We worked together to make the Atlantic Public Library a source of pride for our town, county, community, and patrons.

Next Wednesday Oct. 17 is our first “All Cass County Reads” program with Roy Marshall at the Griswold Public Library from 12 noon to 1 p.m.  He has a new book published entitled Crystal Lake, a Three Picnic Day.  The Atlantic Public Library also has his book Villisca: the True Account of the Unsolved 1912 Mass Murder that Stunned the Nation.  The program should be an interesting discussion.  Be sure to bring your lunch!  Beverage and dessert will be provided.

Meredith Scherb, our new library director starts Oct. 15—stop by, and say “Hi!”   and…Keep Thinking Libraries!