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March 2012
Help us celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday in March
Who doesn’t love The Cat in the Hat?
For generations, children have grown up with the whimsical stories of
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Each year, we celebrate
Dr. Seuss’ birthday (March 2) with Read Across America, a program that
encourages children to develop a lifelong love of reading.
Here are a few Dr. Seuss programs to add to your child’s calendar.
Bayou Blue Branch
Dr. Seuss Storytime: March 2, 3 p.m. For children and tweens. Also, look
for turtles in the secret garden and win a prize.
Golden Meadow Branch
Dr. Seuss Craft for Kids: March 1, 4 p.m.
Larose Branch
Welcome to Seussville: March 8, 10:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. At 4:30 p.m.,
celebrate with a reading of The Lorax, cake, and more. Each child will
receive a memento to take home.
Lockport Branch
Dr. Seuss Celebration: March 1, 11:30 a.m., after Storytime. Enjoy a Dr.
Seuss story, a craft, and cake.
Raceland Branch
Dr. Seuss Celebration: March 2, 3:30 p.m. Enjoy a reading of The Lorax,
cupcakes, punch, and more.
South Lafourche Branch
Dr. Seuss Celebration: March 2. Join staff members for readings of Dr.
Seuss’ works throughout the day.
Thibodaux Branch
Dr. Seuss Celebration: March 2, 3:30 p.m. Enjoy Dr. Seuss stories and
more.
Thibodaux Branch to host Jubilee musical performances
young adult singers from Bolivia, India, Namibia and Poland
The Thibodaux Branch will host three performing native songs from their cultures.
performances during this year’s Jubilee: A Festival
Comme C’etait Cajun Band
of the Arts and Humanities.
Begun in 1998 as part of Nicholls State March 13, 6 p.m. Join musicians Jerry and Judy Moody and their
University’s 50th anniversary celebration, the Cajun band for some Cajun music history and a musical
festival is now an annual spring event. Check out the performance.
following Jubilee events at the Thibodaux Branch.
Dixieland Band
Singers of United Lands
March 21, 7 p.m. Enjoy a performance by the Bayou Dixieland
March 12, 7 p.m. Singers of United Lands (S.O.U.L) will feature Band.
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Storytime @ your library
Storytimes begin at 10:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted.
Bayou Blue Branch: March 5, 12, 19, & 26
Choctaw Branch: March 1, 6 (11 a.m.), 13 (11 a.m.), & 20 (11 a.m.)
Golden Meadow Branch: March 6, 15 (4 p.m.), & 29 (4 p.m.)
Larose Branch:
Infant - Pre-K Story Hour: March 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29
School-aged Story Hour: March 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29, all at 4:30
Lockport Branch: March 1, 15, & 22
Easter Storytime & Egg Hunt: March 29, 10:30 a.m. at
Bayou Side Park if weather permits.
Raceland Branch: March 1 & 15
South Lafourche Branch:
Storytime: March 6 & 13
BabyTime (for babies 0 to 24 months): March 7 (10 a.m.)
Thibodaux Branch:
Storytime: March 7, 14, 19 (5:30 p.m.), 21 & 28
LapTime (for babies 0 to 24 months): March 8 & 22
A children’s craft typically follows Storytime.
Kids Craft Corner
Choctaw Branch
Kids Kraft: March 14, 4:30 p.m. Ages 4 - 9.
Easter Programs @ Your Library
Golden Meadow Branch
Dr. Seuss Craft: March 1, 4 p.m.
Lockport Branch
*Children’s Craft: March 8, 4 p.m. Call 532-3158 to register.
Raceland Branch
Bubble Day: March 5, 4 p.m. Make and blow bubbles. Popcorn Lover’s
Day Craft: March 8, 4 p.m. “Taste the Rainbow” St. Patrick’s Day Craft:
March 13, 4 p.m. Butterfly Craft: March 14, 4 p.m.
South Lafourche Branch
Children’s Craft: March 27, 5:30 p.m.
Thibodaux Branch
*Kids Craft: March 6, 4 p.m. Ages 5 - 11. Call 447-4119 to register.
South Lafourche Branch
Take free photos with the Easter Bunny
from 5 - 6:30 p.m. on March 28.
Lockport Branch
Photos with the Easter Bunny: March
26 & 27, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Easter storytime and Easter Egg Hunt
at the Town of Lockport’s Bayou Side
Park at 10:30 a.m. on March 29,
weather permitting.
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Want to keep up with the grandkids?
Try our free computer classes for beginners.
Registration
is required.
ARE YOU A BOOK LOVER? CHECK OUT OUR BOOK CLUBS.
RACELAND
Bayou Blue Branch
Raceland Readers Book Club: March 26, 2 p.m.
March 1, 10:30 a.m. Introduction to Computers. SOUTH LAFOURCHE
March 8, 10:30 a.m. Microsoft Word 2010.
Talking Books Book Club: March 29, 6 p.m.
Golden Meadow Branch
Tween Book Club: March 24, 1:30 p.m.
March 20, 1 p.m. Introduction to Computers.
Teen Book Club: March 24, 2:30 p.m.
Larose Branch
THIBODAUX
March 14, 4 p.m. Introduction to Computers.
Lib Luv Book Club: March 2, 1 p.m. Love Medicine.
March 21, 4 p.m. Microsoft Word 2010.
Science Fiction Book Club: March 24, 2 p.m.
Banned Books Club: March 31, 2 p.m. The Handmaid’s Tale.
March 28, 4 p.m. Internet and Email.
Bookends Tween Book Club: March 30, 4:30 p.m.
Lockport Branch
teenreads. Teen Book Club Online Chat: March 30, 4 p.m.
March 6, 1 p.m. Introduction to Computers.
March 13, 1 p.m. Introduction to Computers.
OverDrive eBook Downloading - Call 532-3158
or talk to a staff member to schedule a class.
Raceland Branch
March 10, 11 a.m. Introduction to Computers.
South Lafourche Branch
Wii programs
March 8, 5:30 p.m. Introduction to the Internet.
GOLDEN MEADOW: Teen Wii Games - March 8, 4 p.m.
Thibodaux Branch
LAROSE: WiiTime Wiimers - March 13, 4:30 p.m. Ages 12 - 15.
Senior Strikers - March 12 & 26, 10 a.m. Wii bowling for seniors.
Tween Wii Games - March 27, 4:30 p.m. Ages 11 and under.
March 1, 2 p.m. Introduction to Computers.
March 5, 5:30 p.m. Résumé Writing.
LOCKPORT: Tween /Teen Wii Games - March 14, 1:30 p.m. Wii
Social for Adults - March 15, 1 p.m.
March 8, 2 p.m. Microsoft Word 2012.
RACELAND: Wii Games - March 28, 4 p.m.
March 8, 5 p.m. Facebook Basics.
SOUTH LAFOURCHE: Wii Bowling for Adults - March 21, 10:30
a.m.
March 9, 10:30 a.m. OverDrive eBooks.
THIBODAUX: Wii Day - March 7, 2 p.m. All ages.
March 15, 2 p.m. The Internet.
March 22, 2 p.m. E-mail.
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Happy Mardi Gras
the Lafourche Parish Public Library celebrated Mardi Gras 2012 with our annual library preschool parades,
story hours, crafts, and more. Here are a few of the sights from Mardi Gras 2012.
Students
from
nearby
Holy
Rosary Catholic
School
visited
the
Larose
Branch for some
Mardi Gras fun.
Branch’s Krewe of Once
Children participating in the Lockport
Upon a Time, above, had a ball
These little ones
at
the
South
L a f o u r c h e
Branch’s Krewe
des
Petites
Enfants parade
celebrated both
Mardi Gras and
Presidents Day.
Programs for Adults
Bayou Blue Branch:
Pot Paintings. Game
Refreshments provided.
Adult Craft - March 15, 1:30 p.m. Clay
Night - March 16, 3 p.m.
Choctaw Branch:
Coupon Traders Club - March 6, 5 p.m.
Bingo - March 7, 10:30 a.m. Household prizes awarded. Homemade Washing Detergent - March 22, 10:30 a.m. Learn how to
make your own laundry detergent. All supplies provided.
Library Birthday Club
Golden Meadow Branch:
Vegetable Gardening for Adults
- March 13, 10:30 a.m. Presented by the LSU Extension Service.
*Larose Branch: *Larose Cuttin Ups Scrapbooking - March
20, 1 - 6 p.m. Supplies provided. Call 693-3336 for more information.
Lockport Branch:
Scrapbooking Memories - March 7, 5:30
p.m. Scrapbooking Memories - March 17, 1:30 p.m. Bring your
supplies, or use the library’s.
South Lafourche Branch:
Bingo - March 9 & March 30,
10 a.m. Quilting Club - March 10, 10 a.m. Adult Craft - March 14,
10:30 a.m. Veterans District Meeting - March 15, 5 p.m. La Table
Francaise - March 20, 4 p.m. Coastal Zone Management Meeting
- March 20, 6:30 p.m.
Thibodaux Branch:
Children celebrating their first through 10th
birthdays are invited to celebrate their birthdays at
the Choctaw Branch’s Library Birthday Club at
5 p.m. on March 21.
Children attending will receive a small gift.
Refreshments will be served.
Vegetable Gardening
March 13, 10:30 a.m.
Make Your Own
Laundry Detergent
Golden Meadow Branch
Learn more about
Board Game Night - March 6, 13, 20, &
27, 5 p.m. Coupon Exchange: March 20, 5:30 p.m. *Adult Craft March 26, 5 p.m.
growing vegetables from
the LSU Extension
March 22, 10:30 a.m.
See page 3 for book clubs and Wii programs.
Service.
Choctaw Branch
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Tweens and teens enjoyed creating
Valentine’s Day pins at the Bayou
Blue Branch in February.
Tween & Teen Programs
Bayou Blue Branch: St. Patrick’s Day Craft - March 9,
3 p.m. Game Night - March 16, 3 p.m. Refreshments
served. Teen Craft - March 30, 2:30 p.m.
Choctaw Branch: Handmade Keychain Craft - March
15, 4:30 p.m. Ages 10 and up. Mystery Bag Craft - March
29, 4:30 p.m. Ages 10 and up. Craft supplies will be
handed out in brown paper bags. Everyone will make a
different craft.
Congratulations to Lafourche Parish Public Library Branch
Assistant Jacob Verdin, left, who reigned as the king of this year’s
Krewe of Atlantis in Golden Meadow.
Movies @ Your Library
Golden Meadow Branch: Dr. Seuss Craft - March 1, 4
p.m.
Raceland Branch: Bubble Day - March 5, 4 p.m. Make
and blow bubbles. Popcorn Lover’s Day Craft - March 8,
4 p.m. “Taste the Rainbow” St. Patrick’s Day Craft March 13, 4 p.m. Butterfly Craft - March 14, 4 p.m.
South Lafourche Branch: Generation Tech - March 10,
1:30 p.m. Learn how to create memes or demotivational
posters. Craft - March 10, 2:30 p.m. Manga Art Class March 24, 10 a.m.
Thibodaux Branch: *Tween Craft - March 10, 2 p.m.
Call 447-4119 to register. *Teen Craft - March 26, 5 p.m.
Call 447-4119 to register.
See p. 3 for book clubs & Wii programs.
Lockport Branch
March 28, 1:30 p.m.
Thibodaux Branch
March 15, 5 p.m.
Breaking Dawn, Part 1.
St. Catherine’s Grief Support Group
Bayou Blue Branch, every Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Interested in your family tree? Genealogy help is available.
*Genealogy Assistance: March 6, 12 p.m. at the Thibodaux Branch. Get assistance researching your roots from
local genealogists. Registration is required. Call 447-4119 to register.
Genealogy Volunteer Interest Group: March 8, 5 p.m. at the South Lafourche Branch. Meet with others who
share an interest in genealogy.
Lafourche Parish Public Library
Library Headquarters /
Martha Sowell Utley
Memorial Branch
314 St. Mary Street
Thibodaux, LA, 70301
(985) 446-1163
(985) 446-3848 (FAX)
Thibodaux Branch
Choctaw Branch
Bayou Blue Branch
Raceland Branch
705 W. Fifth Street
1887 Choctaw Road
198 Mazerac Street
177 Recreation Drive
Thibodaux, LA 70301
Thibodaux, LA
Houma, LA 70364
Raceland, LA 70394-2915
(985) 447-4119
(985) 633-6453 (Ph. & FAX) (985) 580-0634 (Ph. & FAX) (985) 537-6875 (Ph. & FAX)
(985) 449-4128 (FAX)
Mon - Th., 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Mon - Th, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Mon - Th, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Mon -Th, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Fri & Sat, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Fri, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fri, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fri, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Allison Reed
Luticia Cortez
Tangella Bergeron
Jessica Cassel
Branch Associate II
Manager
Branch Associate I
Branch Associate II
Gheens Branch
Lockport Branch
Larose Branch
South Lafourche Branch
Golden Meadow Branch
153 N. Leon Drive
720 Crescent Avenue
305 E. Fifth Street
16241 E. Main Street
1403 North Bayou Drive
Gheens, LA 70355
Lockport, LA 70374
Larose, LA 70373
Cut Off, LA 70345
Golden Meadow, LA
Mon-Fri, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Susanna LeBouef,
Director
Regina Lauland
Assistant Director/
Director of Operations
70357-2513
(985) 532-2288 (Ph. & FAX) (985) 532-3158
(985) 693-3336 (Ph. & FAX) (985) 632-7140
(985) 532-0270 (FAX)
Mon - Fri, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
(985) 632-4963 (FAX)
(985) 475-5660 (Ph. & FAX)
Mon- Th, 9 a.m.– 7 p.m.
Mon - Th, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Mon-Th, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Mon - Th, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Fri & Sat, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Fri, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fri & Sat, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fri, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Brenda Bascle
Daryle Hamblin
Patricia Boatman
Annette Plaisance
Manager
Branch Associate II
Branch Librarian
Manager
Betty Sampey
Manager
Lafourche Parish Public Library
314 St. Mary Street
Thibodaux, LA 70301
www.lafourche.org
Susanna LeBouef, Director
Regina Lauland, Assistant Director
Newsletter Editor, Katina Gaudet
Library Board
Board President, Lynette Fossum
Vice-President, Harvey Clement
James Cantrelle
Bennie Smith
Shane Hebert
Eva Shanklin
Selma Malcombe
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide residents of
Lafourche Parish access to books and
other resources and services for their
educational, information, and recreational
needs.