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Perry Public Library Newsletter
December-January 2013-14
Perry Public Library
Hours
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10:00-8:00
10:00-8:00
10:00-8:00
10:00-8:00
10:00-6:00
10:00-5:00
Between Labor Day and Memorial Day:
Sunday
1:00-4:00
December-January Library Events
Wed., Dec. 11
Tues., Dec. 17
Wed., Dec. 18
Tues., Dec. 24
Wed., Dec. 25
Fri., Dec. 27
Tues., Dec. 31
Tues., Dec. 31
Wed., Jan. 1
Sun., Jan. 12
Tues., Jan. 14
Jan. 16-18
Jan. 21-23
Tues., Jan. 21
Free Children’s Holiday Movie 3:45
Monthly Book Club: The Book Thief 1:00*
Big Bison with Naturalist Laura Zaugg 3:30
Library Closing at 5:00
Library Closed for Christmas Day
Free Children’s Holiday Movie 2:30
Library Closing at 5:00
Create Today “Crop ‘til You Drop” 5:00-1:00 a.m.
Closed for New Year’s Day
Phone: 515 465-3569
FAX: 515 465-9881
Email: [email protected]
http://www.perry.lib.ia.us
Create Today: Stampin’ Up Valentine Projects 2:00
Quarterly Classic Book Club 7:00 p.m.**
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Winter Storytime Sessions Begin
Monthly Book Club: The Whip 1:00*
*Clarion Room
**Carnegie Library Museum
Holiday Closings for December and January
Tues., Dec. 24 Closing at 5:00 – Christmas Eve
Wed., Dec. 25 Closed for Christmas Day
Tues., Dec. 31 Closing at 5:00 - New Year’s Eve
Wed., Jan. 1 Closed for New Year’s Day
New Art Work
The library has acquired several new pieces of art for
our collection from participating Art on the Prairie
artists. All the pieces are loanable to Perry Library
cardholders. New art works include Talons (art print)
by Brian Duffy, High Trestle Bridge (photograph on
canvas) by John Gibney, The Blue Vase (pastel
painting) by Floriana Hayes, 10 Hearts (acrylic
painting) by Jennifer Mally, Water Drops (macro
photograph) by Cindy Skeie, Prairie Sunset
(photograph) by Mark Stoltenberg, and Iowa
(drawing) by Leah White. If you’re not already
borrowing framed art from the library, you are
missing out on a great opportunity to display fine art
in your own home. Check it out!
Suzanne and Mary handed out more than 400 treats at
this year’s Halloween Spooktacular, October 31.
The library was a hub for children’s art activities during the
fourth annual Art on the Prairie Festival.
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Clockwise
from left:
The Blue Vase,
High Trestle
Bridge, Water
Drops, and 10
Hearts
Winter Weather Cancellations
Perry Library will follow the Perry Public
Schools protocol when making decisions to
cancel or postpone a library event. Tune in to KDLS
Radio (1310 AM) or listen to your local news stations
for the latest information about school cancellations.
If school is cancelled or is dismissed early, there will
be no programs at the library for the rest of that day.
everyone’s tastes. Come and grab some bargains and
stock up on winter reading materials. As always, we
thank you for supporting our sales! Proceeds from the
sale directly impact the programs and services of the
library. The sale hours are as follows:
Thursday, January 16
5:00-7:30
Friday, January 17
10:00-4:00
Saturday, January 18
10:00-2:00
Quarterly Classic Book Club - 2014
The Quarterly Classic Book Club titles for
2014 have been selected, and the first
meeting of the year will be at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday,
January 14, at the Carnegie Library Museum. We’ll
start off the new year with The Woman in White, a
Gothic mystery and popular “sensation” novel of the
Victorian era. Any interested readers are invited to
come to the book discussion, relax, meet new people,
and talk about this first “mystery novel” that started a
genre. Copies of the book are available at the library
to purchase or to check out. All four 2014 titles will be
available in CD audio format for those who prefer to
listen to their classics! The three remaining titles are
Bleak House by Charles Dickens, The House of the
Seven Gables by Nathanial Hawthorne, and Moll
Flanders by Daniel Defoe. The group meets on the
second Tuesday of January, April, July, and October.
Newcomers are always welcome. Discussion leader is
librarian Jill Cook. Call the library for more
information.
Holiday Decorating at the Library
Perry Library is fortunate to have an active and
supportive Friends of the Library organization that
performs many important functions at the library. In
addition to financially supporting our library programs
and projects and holding book sales, the Friends
maintain the many green plants in the building and
take care of the holiday decorating. The Friends also
provide special holiday “gifts” for us to hand out to
children who check out books during December. We
thank all our Friends, once again, for the beautiful
holiday decorations! They lend a festive air that all
our patrons can enjoy throughout the season.
Monthly Book Club – December and January
The Monthly Book Club meetings for
December and January are Tuesday,
December 17, and Tuesday, January 21,
respectively. The group will meet in the Clarion
Room, 1102 Willis Avenue, at 1:00 p.m. The
December title is The Book Thief by Markus Zakus,
and the January selection is The Whip by Karen
Kondazian. Everyone is welcome to attend any of the
monthly book discussions. Discussion leader is Perry
Library Director Mary Murphy.
Children’s Programs
Free Holiday Movies at the Library
Take a break and join us at the library for two free
holiday movies this December. The movies are open
to anyone, but children under age six must be
accompanied by an adult. We will show Tom and
Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale at 3:45, Wednesday,
December 11, in the Community Room. This movie is
49 minutes long and is family friendly, although not
officially “rated”. On Fri., Dec. 27, at 2:30, we will
Friends Quarterly Book Sale
show Bah, Humduck!: A Loony Tunes Christmas
The Friends of the Library January book sale Original Movie. This movie is 46 minutes long and is
will be held Thursday, January 16, through also not “rated”. Free snacks will be provided at both
Saturday, January 18, in the library movies. Everyone is welcome!
Community Room. The Friends will have another
great selection of books, music, movies, and more for
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Big Bison with Laura Zaugg
Come and learn about the mighty bison at
a free children's program, Wednesday,
December 18, at 3:30 p.m., in the library
Community Room. Dallas County naturalist Laura
Zaugg is our guest for this hands-on event. We will
learn fascinating information, examine interesting
artifacts, and listen to stories. Dallas County
Conservation programming is fun, as well as
informative! Everyone is invited to attend. No
registration required.
Scrappy New Year! Crop ‘til You Drop at the Library
All crafters, quilters, scrapbookers, sewers,
gamers, (all adults!) are invited to our
Create Today - Crop ‘til You Drop New
Year’s Scrappin’ Eve event! We will start at 5:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve) and ring in
the new year while working on our favorite projects.
Bring your friends and your own snacks and nonalcoholic beverages, and bid goodbye to 2013 with a
fun bunch of scrappy people. (Party hats are
provided!) We will conclude at 1:00 a.m.
What’s Cookin’ Storytime
The What’s Cookin’ Storytime will continue
through the third week of December. The children put
on their aprons, rolled up their sleeves, and learned
about foods, simple “cooking”, and nutrition during
this unit.
Create Today Valentine Projects with Kathy Winter
It’s really not too early to think about Valentine’s Day!
Join us at the library from 2:00-3:30, on Sunday,
January 12, for a special Create Today event with
Kathy Winter, consultant with Stampin’ Up
Scrapbooking And Design. For a $10 fee, you can
watch demonstrations and create four separate
Valentine projects. All supplies are included except
adhesive, which you must bring yourself. Advance
registration and payment are required. To register,
call Suzanne at the library: 515-465-3569 or email:
[email protected] by Sunday, January 5. Bring
your friends and “scrap” something special for
someone you love!
Wintery Weather Storytime
Winter Storytime sessions will begin for infants,
toddlers, and preschool-aged children in mid-January.
A new seven-week unit called Wintery Weather for
children ages 18 months to three years will begin on
Tuesday, January 21, at 10:15. A similar unit for four
and five-year-olds will begin on Wednesday, January
22, and a session for infants (up to 18 months) begins
on Thursday, January 23. All the sessions begin at
10:15 and end at approximately 11:00. The Storytimes
are free and open to everyone, but registration is
required. If you are interested in learning more about
children’s programming at the library, contact
Children’s Librarian Suzanne Kestel.
Space Re-utilization Project to Begin!
Starting in December, patrons will begin to
see some changes at the library, all part of
our Re-utilisation Project, which will be completed in
spring 2014. The first stages of the project will include
the moving of bookcases, some painting, and new
pieces of furniture. The planning for this project
began in January 2011, with input from library staff
past and present, board members, and members of
the community, and we are very fortunate that the
expenses for the project will be fully funded by grants.
More information about the project will be
released soon, a little closer to the completion
date. In the meantime, we appreciate your
patience as we begin the transformation!
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Holiday Items at the Library
Did you know that the library has over 71 holiday and
Christmas themed DVDs in its collection? Or, if you
were to search our catalog by the key words
“Christmas” or “holiday”, you would find at least 866
and 368 items, respectively? If you haven’t looked at
our magazine or cookbook collections recently, you
may be surprised at the number of holiday recipes
you have at your disposal! Looking for that Christmas
carol you heard recently? Check out a holiday music
CD, and listen all season long. Don’t forget to pick up
a great Christmas, Kwanzaa, or Hanukah story to read
while you’re here! Get into the holiday spirit at Perry
Library, and take home some holiday books, music
CDs, and movies to enjoy with friends and family this
holiday season!
Happy Holidays from your friends at Perry Library!
Compiled and Edited by Jill Cook
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Compiled and Edited by Jill Cook