Niche Academy is one of our newest arrivals, and we are excited to make this resource available for you. To access Niche Academy, please visit our website at www.myjcpl.org and look for the link. It is just another way we inform,

enrich, and empower our diverse community!

March 2012

Inside This Issue:

1. Check out ‘Niche

Academy’ for

online tutorials!

2. What’s new in

print and audio

material

3. Adult programs at

a glance

4. 4 kids Only

programs page

www.myjcpl.org

JCPL Board of

Trustees:

Jody Melton

Deana George

Natalie Waling

Mark Heinig

Janelle Harper

Kevin Kaluf

Janet Umlauf

Director:

Patty Stringfellow

Contact us:

Rensselaer Library

866-5881

DeMotte Library

987-2221

Wheatfield Library

956-3774

www.myjcpl.org

ommunity

onnection

Book Lovers Unite! Join a JCPL Book Group!

October 2016

A t JCPL, our mission is to inform, enrich, and empower our diverse community.

We strive to do this through various means: our services, our programs, and

our print and digital collections.

Our digital collection that includes eBooks, databases, and special collections like digitized yearbooks and oral histories has been around for awhile, and many of you are quite familiar with the collection and use it regularly. Some of you are just now learning about the collection, and some of you may be interested in learning, but don’t know where to begin. We can help! We are always happy to help our patrons learn new things, so please ask anytime you need assistance, but if you would like to learn how to use these valuable online resources on your own,

we invite you to check out the Niche Academy.

With Niche Academy, you will find ready-to-use online tutorials for e-resources like Overdrive, Goodreads, Learning Express Library, Rosetta Stone and Ancestry. The Niche Academy pro-vides both video instruction and printable text with images because we all learn differently. Tutorials are updated continually, and new ones are always under construction. We think you will find Niche

Academy easy to use and extremely helpful.

Niche Academy: Online Tutorials For JCPL’s e-Resources

Celebrate Family History Month with a visit to

your library, where you can use the library’s

Ancestry.com account to search your family roots.

Ancestry.com, one of the most recognized

genealogy databases, offers links to hundreds

and millions of names from sources such as

federal and U.S. censuses; birth, death, and

marriage records, including Social Security Death

Index, and U.S. border crossing and trans-ocean

ship records.

This fantastic collection, as seen on TV and

available for purchase elsewhere, can be

accessed for free while at the library, using the

library’s portal. For more information, or to get

started, visit your local branch of JCPL.

JCPL Database of the Month

All three branches of JCPL will be reviewing ‘Invincible, Indiana’ by Nate Dunlevy during the month of October in participation of ‘Books to Bridge the Region,’ an annual Reading Initiative that encompasses seven northwest Indiana counties. In celebration of Indiana’s upcoming Bicentennial, this year’s theme is ‘Read-Indiana!’ Join us

for the following book discussions:

—Wheatfield, Tues., Oct. 11, 1 pm—DeMotte, Tues., Oct. 17, 2 & 7 pm—Rensselaer, Thurs., Oct. 27, 1 pm —Rensselaer Library’s Men’s Book Group meets Wed., Oct. 26 @ 10 am to review ‘Attorney for the Damned’ by

Clarence Darrow. Created for men, but EVERYONE is welcome! Call to reserve your copy!

—Wheatfield Library hosts ‘pop up’ Book Reviews Wed., Oct. 26 @ 11 am & Thurs., Oct. 27 @ 3 pm.

Topic: Liane Moriarty’s ‘Big Little Lies.’ Join us!

Books on CD:

NEW! DVDs:

Cabin Fever

Eddie the Eagle

Get a Job

Glory Daze

Jane Got a Gun

The Letters: The Untold

Story of Mother Teresa

Mother’s Day

Murder, She Baked

The Reckoning

Signed, Sealed and

Delivered: From Paris

With Love

P AG E 2

So, What’s New?

Keep Me Posted

by Lisa Beazley

The Innocents

by Ace Atkins

After You

by Jojo Moyes

Big Stone Gap

by Adriana Trigiani

End of Watch

by Stephen King

Fast and Loose

by Fern Michaels

Flashback

by Dan Simmons

Foreign Agent

by Brad Thor

The Last, Best Lie

by Kennedy Quinn

New Non-fiction

Come Thirsty

by Max Lucado

Will & I

by Clay Byars

Thing Explainer:

Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

by Randall Monroe

The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom

Battle That Brought Down the Clan

by Laurence Leamer

I’ve Got Sand in All the Wrong Places

by Lisa Scottoline

In the Clearing

by Robert Dugoni

New Blu Rays!

American Girl: Lea to the Rescue

Bolt

Daddy’s Home

Duplicity

London Has Fallen

My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding 2

P AG E 3

Friends of the Wheatfield Library Meeting, Tues., Oct. 25, 1 pm, Wheatfield Library; All Friends members and those wishing to join the Friends of the Library are invited to attend. New members are always

welcome!

Alzheimer’s Healthy Habits, Tues., Oct. 25, 6-7:30 pm, Wheatfield Library; Learn how to manage Alzheimer’s Disease with dietary

changes. Registration required.

Build a Block Knitting Program, Tues., Oct. 25, 6-7:30 pm, Rensselaer Library; Held monthly on the last Tuesday of each month, you will have several unique, knitted blocks of yarn to create the item of your choice. Open to intermediate, teen & adult knitters; bring size 8

knitting needles and the yarn of your choice. Registration required.

Health Screenings, Wed., Oct. 26, 10-11 am, Rensselaer Library; Free blood pressure & glucose screenings, as well as $5 total cholesterol screenings provided by Clinical Home Health Care of DeMotte. No appointment needed. Flu shots also available at a cost of

$25; free to Medicare recipients who bring their card.

Jasper County Men’s Book Discussion, Wed., Oct. 26, 10 am, Rensselaer Library; Created for men, but open to everyone, this month’s title is ‘Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the

Courtroom’ by Clarence Darrow. Join us!

Anime Club Meeting, Wed., Oct. 26, 6-7:45 pm, Rensselaer Library; This program, open to ages 15 and up, is for fans of Anime. Join our Anime club meeting, where we will discuss and watch favorite anime of

those in attendance. Registration required.

Morning Movie Presentation, Thurs., Oct. 27, 10 am, Wheatfield

Library; All interested adults are invited to a free feature film.

Fourth Thursday Book Discussion, Thurs., Oct. 27, 1 pm, Rensselaer Library; All interested adults are invited to review

‘Invincible, Indiana’ by Nate Dunlevy. Call to reserve a copy!

Author Ginger Kolbaba Visits, Fri., Oct. 28, 7 pm, Wheatfield Library; Join us as we visit with Ginger Kolbaba, author of ‘The Old Fashioned Way: Reclaiming the Lost Art of Romance.’ Copies of the

book will be available for purchase and author signing.

How to Write for Magazines and Sell Your Articles, Sat., Oct. 29, 10 am, Wheatfield Library; Get your articles published after attending this free morning workshop, presented by author, Ginger Kolbaba.

Registration required.

Come to the Wheatfield Library for these quick, pop-up classes and

programs!

—Learn about Pinterest, Wed., Oct. 5 @ 11 am OR Thurs., Oct. 6 @

3 pm

—Learn about eBooks and Overdrive, Wed., Oct. 12 @ 11 am OR

Thurs., Oct. 13 @ 3 pm

—Book Discussion; review ‘Big Little Lies’ by Liane Moriarty on

Wed., Oct. 26 @ 11 am OR Thurs. Oct. 27 @ 3 pm

*Registration required for all programs listed

The DeMotte Public Library will be closed to the public beginning Sunday, October 23rd for the removal of old tile and the installation of new tile in the foyer and

public restrooms.

Adult Programs @ a Glance

Yogalates Classes for Adults, Each Monday through Oct. 31, 5:30-6:30 pm, DeMotte Library; Free; taught by Becky Schultz. Bring a yoga mat or large towel to this combination of Yoga and Pilates class, designed to strengthen the core and build balance. Registration

required.

Health Screenings, Mon., Oct. 3, 10-10:45 am, Wheatfield Library; Free blood pressure and glucose screenings, as well as $5 total cholesterol screenings. Provided by Clinical Home Health Care of

DeMotte on a first come, first served basis. No appointment needed.

Health Screenings, Tues., Oct. 4, 9:30-11:30 am, DeMotte Library; Free blood pressure & glucose screenings, as well as $5 total cholesterol screenings will be provided by Clinical Home Health Care of

DeMotte. No appointment needed.

Fall Festival, Tues., Oct. 4, 3:30-5 pm, Rensselaer Library; All ages

invited to enjoy food, games, fun and clues for Pokemon Go!

Alzheimer’s Basics, Tues., Oct. 4, 6-7:30 pm, Wheatfield Library; Learn the signs of Alzheimer’s Disease and learn the difference

between normal memory lapses and Alzheimer’s. Registration required.

‘The Gathering,’ Knit/Crochet Meeting, each Wed., Oct. 5-26, 12:30-2:30 pm, DeMotte Library; Bring your knitting or crochet projects and enjoy an afternoon working alongside others. Registration

requested.

Documentary Movie Presentation, Thurs., Oct. 6, 6:30 pm, Wheatfield Library; All ages invited to a documentary presentation about the Indiana Dunes and meet the movie’s producer after the film.

Registration required.

Author Bill Clark Visits, Mon., Oct. 10, 2-4 pm, Rensselaer Library; Meet Bill Clark, author of ‘Hope and the Approaching Apocalypse.’

Copies of his book will be available for purchase and signing.

Adult Creative Writer’s Meeting, Mon., Oct. 10, 6-8 pm, DeMotte Library; Held in the West Meeting Room of the library, this monthly

meeting is open to adults who love to write. Registration required.

Adult Book Discussion, Tues., Oct. 11, 1 pm, Wheatfield Library;

Adults are invited to review ‘Invincible, Indiana’ by Nate Dunlevy.

Tuesday Evening Movie, Tues., Oct. 11, 5:30 pm, Rensselaer Library; Teens & adults are invited to enjoy a free, rated PG-13 film.

Registration appreciated.

Brush Up With Susan Oil Painting Class, Fri., Oct. 14, 9-4, DeMotte Library; Adults invited to create an oil painting under the instruction of Susan Young. Cost: $55, includes materials to complete the project.

Registration required.

Book Discussion, Tues., Oct. 18, 2 & 7 pm, DeMotte Library; All interested adults are invited to join us in a review of ‘Invincible, Indiana’

by Nate Dunlevy. Call to reserve your copy!

Jim Bulanda Musical Performance, Sat., Oct. 22, 2-4 pm, DeMotte Library; All ages invited to enjoy a performance by this master of sound as he sings the oldies of Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis and other

crooners from a by-gone era. Registration appreciated.

Haunted and Weird Indiana, Presented by Mark Marimen, Mon., Oct. 24, 6-7 pm, Rensselaer Library; All ages invited to this haunting presentation as Mark Marimen, author of the Haunted Indiana Series, tells ghostly and weird tales and happenings from the Hoosier state.

Registration required.

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DeMotte Library

Magnificent Monday, open to individuals

of all ages with developmental

disabilities

Mon., Oct. 3, 10 am

Topic: Harvest

Afternoon Adventure Program, open to

grades K-5

Thurs., Oct. 20, 4-5 pm

Topic: Wacky Indiana

Library Lego, open to ages 4-14

Sat., Oct. 22, 9:30-11 am

*Registration required for all children’s

programs @ DeMotte

Rensselaer Library

Story Time for 2-5 Year Olds

Each Mon., Oct. 3-17 @ 10 am OR each

Thurs., Oct. 6-20 @ 6 pm

Third Thursday Program, open to grades

1-5

Thurs., Oct. 20, 4-5 pm

Topic: TBA

*Registration required for all children’s

programs @ Rensselaer

Wheatfield Library

Halloween After School Program, open

to grades K-5

Mon., Oct. 24, 4-5 pm

Grade 2-5 Book Discussion

Tues., Oct. 25, 4-5 pm

Topic: ‘The Trouble With Chickens’

by Doreen Cronin

Toddler Time for 2 Year Olds & their

caregivers

Each Mon., Oct. 31-Nov. 21, 10:30-11

am

*Registration required for all children’s

programs @ Wheatfield

—Wheatfield Library is celebrating Teen Read Week, Oct. 9-15 with a drawing for prizes. Teens who check out books,

audio books or magazines are invited to enter to win prizes during the week!

—Wheatfield Library invites teens in grades 6-12 to enjoy a ‘Halloween Fun’ Afternoon Program on Tues., Oct. 11 from

4-5 pm. Registration required.

—Wheatfield Library is hosting a Book Discussion for teens in grades 6-12. Join us in a review of ‘Cascade’ by Lisa T.

Bergren on Thurs., Oct. 27 from 4-5 pm. Copies available at the library’s circulation desk.