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This free resource allows you to learn a growing number of languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, German, Polish, Turkish, Dutch, and many more, in a game-like setting at your own pace, with skills that build as you work through the different skill sets. Available as a website, or as an app for ioS and Android, this service is free, and compares favorably against other language programs in terms of speed and fluency. It uses translations provided by users to help translate portions of Wikipedia and other open source websites into and from other languages. Other languages are in beta development at this time, including Russian, Hebrew, and several ESL classes. This site works best when you create a personal user account to track your progress. March 2012 Inside This Issue: 1. JCPL by the numbers 2. What’s new in print and audio material 3. Adult programs at a glance 4. 4 kids Only programs page JCPL Board of Trustees: Jody Melton Deana George Natalie Waling Mark Heinig Janelle Harper Tim Schultz Janet Umlauf Director: Patty Stringfellow Contact us: Rensselaer Library 866-5881 DeMotte Library 987-2221 Wheatfield Library 956-3774 www.myjcpl.org ommunity onnection Can We Talk?? Join a JCPL Book Group! Wheatfield Library’s Book Group will review The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom on Tues., Mar. 8 @ 1 pm. Join us! —DeMotte Library’s Bookies of DeMotte will meet Tues., Mar. 15 to discuss The Whole Golden World by Kristina Riggle. Times to choose from are 2 & 7 pm. Join us! —Jasper County Men’s Book Club meets at Rensselaer Library Wed., Mar. 23 @ 10 am to discuss On Looking Into the Abyss by Gertrude Himmelfarb. Call to reserve your copy; everyone welcome! —Rensselaer Library’s Fourth Thursday Book Group meets Thurs., Mar. 24 @ 1 pm to review The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Call to reserve your copy! MARCH 2016 JCPL Database of the Month: Duolingo W hen you think of the library, you probably think of words; lots and lots of words, and I would agree that words are vitally important to the work that we do. Our books, magazines, and newspapers are full of words. We use words when we speak to you on the phone and in person. We use words to blog and ‘Facebook’ with you. We use words to advertise library programs and events. You will find numer- ous words on our website, coming out of the mouths of program presenters, and in our library newsletter. Words make the library go ‘round! However, numbers are important to us too, and you cannot imagine all of the things that we count! We count 1.) the number of people who visit our libraries each year; 2.) how many items are checked out; 3.) how many times the Internet is used; 4.) how many times we proctor an exam; 5.) how many documents we notarize; 6.) how many people attend our programs; 7.) how many programs we offer. It is a numbers game for sure, and we thought you might find some of these numbers interesting, so for your reading pleasure, here are some numbers to ponder: In 2015, Our Internet (wired & wireless) was used 106,793 times We notarized 280 documents We proctored 44 exams We distributed 3,904 tax forms We requested 2,470 Interlibrary Loans How Many, How Much? JCPL by the Numbers... We answered 29,370 reference questions and 39,897 ‘other’ questions We offered 861 programs and 16,690 people attended them 211,588 people visited the library We checked out 277,977 items 14,795 eBooks were downloaded Words? We got ‘em! But don’t forget to check out our numbers to hear the rest of the story!

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Page 1: ommunity onnection · Bettyville: A Memoir by George Hodgman Total Money Makeover Workbook by Dave Ramsey Invent, Reinvent, Thrive: The Keys to Success for Any Start-Up, Entrepreneur

This free resource allows you to learn a growing number of languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, German, Polish, Turkish, Dutch, and many more, in a game-like setting at your own pace, with skills that build as you work through the different skill sets. Available as a website, or as an app for ioS and Android, this service is free, and compares favorably against other language programs in terms of speed and fluency. It uses translations provided by users to help translate portions of Wikipedia and other open source websites into and from other languages. Other languages are in beta development at this time, including Russian, Hebrew, and several ESL classes. This site works best when you create a personal user

account to track your progress.

March 2012

Inside This Issue:

1. JCPL by the

numbers

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

Tim Schultz

Janet Umlauf

Director:

Patty Stringfellow

Contact us:

Rensselaer Library

866-5881

DeMotte Library

987-2221

Wheatfield Library

956-3774

www.myjcpl.org

ommunity

onnection

Can We Talk?? Join a JCPL Book Group!

—Wheatfield Library’s Book Group will review The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom on

Tues., Mar. 8 @ 1 pm. Join us!

—DeMotte Library’s Bookies of DeMotte will meet Tues., Mar. 15 to discuss The Whole Golden World by Kristina

Riggle. Times to choose from are 2 & 7 pm. Join us!

—Jasper County Men’s Book Club meets at Rensselaer Library Wed., Mar. 23 @ 10 am to discuss On Looking

Into the Abyss by Gertrude Himmelfarb. Call to reserve your copy; everyone welcome!

—Rensselaer Library’s Fourth Thursday Book Group meets Thurs., Mar. 24 @ 1 pm to review The Wright

Brothers by David McCullough. Call to reserve your copy!

MARCH 2016

JCPL Database of the

Month: Duolingo

W hen you think of the library, you probably think of words; lots and lots of

words, and I would agree that words are vitally important to the work that we do. Our books, magazines, and newspapers are full of words. We use words when we speak to you on the phone and in person. We use words to blog and ‘Facebook’ with you. We use words to advertise library programs and events. You will find numer-ous words on our website, coming out of the mouths of program presenters, and in our library

newsletter. Words make the library go ‘round!

However, numbers are important to us too, and you cannot imagine all of the things that we count! We count 1.) the number of people who visit our libraries each year; 2.) how many items are checked out; 3.) how many times the Internet is used; 4.) how many times we proctor an exam; 5.) how many documents we notarize; 6.) how many people attend our programs; 7.) how many programs we offer. It is a numbers game for sure, and we thought you might find some of these numbers interesting, so for your reading pleasure,

here are some numbers to ponder: In 2015,

Our Internet (wired & wireless) was used

106,793 times

We notarized 280 documents

We proctored 44 exams

We distributed 3,904 tax forms

We requested 2,470 Interlibrary Loans

How Many, How Much? JCPL by the Numbers...

We answered 29,370 reference questions and

39,897 ‘other’ questions

We offered 861 programs and 16,690 people attended

them

211,588 people visited the library

We checked out 277,977 items

14,795 eBooks were downloaded

Words? We got ‘em! But don’t forget to check out

our numbers to hear the rest of the story!

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New DVDs:

“5 to 7”

“Ant Man”

“Call the Midwife,

Season 4”

“Before We Go”

“Black November”

‘25’ by Adele

‘About to Get Real’

by Easton Corbin

‘The Best of Mercy Me’

by Mercy Me

P AG E 2

So, What’s New?

The Man Without the

Shadow

by Joyce Carol Oates

Weightless

by Sarah Bannan

The Gift

Hotel Transylvania 2

Inside Out

The Intern

Jurassic World

Mary Poppins

Minions

Open Season 3

Paper Towns

New: Blu Rays!

Sage’s Eyes

by V.C. Andrews

New Non-fiction

The Meaning of the

Library by Alice Crawford

My Journey

by Barbra Streisand

Bettyville: A Memoir

by George Hodgman

Total Money Makeover Workbook

by Dave Ramsey

Invent, Reinvent, Thrive: The Keys to

Success for Any Start-Up,

Entrepreneur or Family Business

by Lloyd E. Shefsky

13 Reasons Why

by Jay Asher

Fort Pillow

by Harry Turtledove

Alice’s Tulips

by Sandra Dallas

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P AG E 3

Family Legacy, Wed., Mar. 9, 6 pm, Rensselaer Library, Grandparents & grandchildren, learn to work on a family tree and how to trace your ancestry using genealogy resources. Free/open to all ages.

Registration required.

Severe Weather Awareness, Thurs., Mar. 10, 3 pm, Rensselaer Library; Learn how to protect your home and family from severe weather. Presented by Ricky Castro from the National Weather Service.

Free; open to all ages. Registration preferred, but not required.

Oil Painting Class, Fri., Mar. 11, 9-4, DeMotte Library; Open to adults, cost to attend is $55; all materials supplied. Registration

required.

Adult Creative Writer’s Meeting, Mon., Mar. 14, 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., Mar. 15, 2 & 7 pm, DeMotte Library; Adults are invited to share ideas during a discussion of ‘The Whole

Golden World’ by Kristina Riggle. Call to reserve your copy!

Cook the Book, Tues., Mar. 15, 6 pm, Rensselaer Library; Choose a recipe from a selected cookbook and share with the group. Topic: ‘Slow Cooking.’ Free; open to all ages. Children 13 and under must be

accompanied by an adult. Registration required.

Friends of the Library Meeting, Tues., Mar. 22, 1 pm, Wheatfield Library; All Friends members and those wishing to join the Friends of

the Library are welcome; new members also always welcome!

Health Screenings, Wed., Mar. 23, 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 Group Meeting, Wed., Mar. 23, 10 am, Rensselaer Library; All interested adults are invited to a review of ‘On Looking Into the Abyss’ by Gertrude Himmelfarb. Join us! Morning Movie Presentation, Thurs., Mar. 24, 10 am, Wheatfield Library; All interested adults are invited to a free feature film. Call for

movie title.

Fourth Thursday Book Discussion for Adults, Thurs., Mar. 24, 1 pm, Rensselaer Library; Join us in a review of ‘The Wright Brothers’ by

David McCullough. Call to reserve your copy!

Build a Block Knitting Program, Tues., Mar. 29, 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 a scarf, pillow, lap throw or item of your choice. Open to intermediate, teen & adult knitters, this month’s knitted block is an Aran cable pattern. Bring

worsted weight yarn and size 8 knitting needles. Registration required.

Anime Club Meeting, Wed., Mar. 30, 6-7:30 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.

Adult Programs @ a Glance

Read Away Your Winter Blues Adult Reading Program, now through March 7, Rensselaer Library; Each book, magazine, e-book, audio book or audio e-book read or listened to earns you an entry for weekly prizes and a grand prize drawing at the end of the month. Grand

prize drawing held March 7; participants need not be present to win.

Silent Auction, sponsored by the Friends of the DeMotte Library, Mar. 1-31, DeMotte Library; Bidders, name your price on books and items housed in a glass display case throughout the month of March. Bid as often as you wish through the month. Bidding ends March 31st

@ 8 pm. Winning bidders will be notified on April 1st.

Puzzle Exchange through Mar. 31, DeMotte Library; Bring your

jigsaw puzzles, and exchange them for others. Bring one, take one!

Health Screenings, Tues., Mar. 1, 9-11 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.

Know the 10 Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease, Tues., Mar. 1, 6-7:30 pm, Wheatfield Library; Presented by a representative from the Alzheimer’s Association, this evening program will help attendees to discriminate between normal lapses of memory and Alzheimer’s

Disease. Registration required.

Knit/Crochet Meeting, each Wed., Mar. 2-30, 12:30-2:30 pm, DeMotte Library; Bring your knitting or crochet projects and enjoy an

afternoon working alongside others. Registration requested.

Senior Movie Matinee, Thurs., Mar. 3, 2 pm, DeMotte Library; Adults

invited to a free feature film. Registration appreciated.

Yoga for Beginners, Thurs., Mar. 3-31, 5:30-6:30 pm, Wheatfield Library; Free; open to adults, and taught by Robert Arroyo. Bring a

yoga mat or large towel to class. Registration required.

Health Screenings, Mon., Mar. 7, 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.

Yoga Classes for Adults, Each Mon., Mar. 7-28, 5:30-6:30 pm, DeMotte Library; Free; taught by Becky Schultz. Bring a yoga mat or

large towel to class. Registration required.

Mindful Coloring With Unfinished Objects Group, Mon., Mar. 7, 5:30-7 pm, Rensselaer Library; Relax with Mindful Coloring or bring your unfinished craft projects and work alongside others. Stay as little

or as long as you wish. Registration requested.

Adult Book Discussion, Tues., Mar. 8, 1 pm, Wheatfield Library; Join us in a discussion of ‘The Kitchen House’ by Kathleen Grissom.

Call to reserve your copy!

Friends of DeMotte Library Meeting, Tues., Mar. 8, 1 pm, DeMotte Library; All Friends members and those wishing to join the Friends of

the Library invited to attend. New members always welcome!

Tuesday Evening Movie, Tues., Mar. 8, 5:30 pm, Rensselaer Library; Teens and adults invited to a rated PG-13 feature film. Call for

movie title.

Blood Pressure Screenings, Wed., Mar. 9, 10-10:30 am, Rensselaer Library; Free blood pressure screenings, provided by

Franciscan Home Care. No appointment necessary.

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Wheatfield Library

After School Program, open to grades

K-5

Mon., Mar. 14, 4-5 pm

Topic: Easter

Book Talk, open to grades K-1

Thurs., Mar. 17, 4-5 pm

Topic: St. Patrick’s Day

Book title TBA

Family Movie Day, open to all ages

Tues., Mar. 22, 10 am

Call for movie title

*Registration required for all children’s

programs @ Wheatfield

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—Rensselaer Library invites teens in grades 6-12 to ‘Chat & Chew’ Book Discussion & Activities, where, on Tues.,

Mar. 22 from 4-5 pm, we will discuss the book, ‘Recycling & Reusing’ and take apart an old computer, with

discussion about using and repurposing the parts. Registration required.

—Teen Tech Week celebrated @ DeMotte Library during Spectacular Saturday with games ALL DAY LONG. All ages

are invited to join us on Saturday, March 12th in the library’s Story Time Room.

—Wheatfield Library invites teens in grades 6-12 to a review of ‘The House of the Scorpion’ by Nancy Farmer on

Thursday, March 31st from 4-5 pm. Copies of the book are available for check-out at the library’s circulation desk.

Registration required.

—Wheatfield Library invites grades 6-12 to enjoy a Technology Scavenger Hunt on Monday, March 7th from 4-5 pm.

Bring a smart phone or tablet along. This program will continue through March 12th. All correct entries will go into a

drawing for a Kindle Fire at the program’s end. This program is held in conjunction with Teen Tech Week, March

6-12.

DeMotte Library

Magnificent Monday, open to all ages

with developmental disabilities

Mon., Mar. 7, 10 am (in the West

Meeting Room)

Topic: St. Patrick’s Day

Gamer’s Club Meeting, open to ages

10 and up

Mon., Mar. 28, 6-10 pm (in the East

Meeting Room)

Jr. Scribes Writer’s Group Meeting,

open to grades 3-12

Mon., Mar. 7, 6-7 pm

Story Time for 3-4 Year Olds

Each Wed., Mar. 9-30, 10 am & 2 pm;

sessions are half hour long with

different themes each week

Spectacular Saturday, open to all ages

& families (Gaming Day)

Sat., Mar. 12, all day in the library’s

Story Time Room

Homeschool Happenings, open to

homeschooled students grade K-5

Tues., Mar. 15, 2 pm

Topic: Youth Art Month

Afternoon Adventure Club Program,

open to grades K-5

Thurs., Mar. 17, 4-5 pm

Topic: ‘Youth Art Month’

Library Lego, open to ages 4-14

Sat., Mar. 26, 9:30-11 am

Topic: TBA

*Registration required for all children’s

programs @ DeMotte

Rensselaer Library

Story Time for 2-5 Year Olds

Each Mon., Mar. 7-21 @ 10 am & each

Thurs., Mar. 3-24 @ 6 pm; sessions are

approximately 30-45 minutes long

Books & More for grades 3-5

Tues., Mar. 8, 4-5 pm

Topic: ‘Recycling & Reusing’ by Louise

Spilsbury/celebrate National Craft Month

Third Thursday Program for grades 1-5

Thurs., Mar. 17, 4-5 pm

Topic: ‘St. Patrick’s Day’

Lego & Little Bits Building Extravaganza;

open to all ages

Sat., Mar. 26, 10:30-12 noon

*Registration required for all children’s

programs @ Rensselaer