you missed it!

the attendance was spare, but the Christmas spirit was strong!!

at our first Open Mic Night, we welcomed two readers who both shared Christmas stories:
Brent read us the tale of Stubby Pringle written by Jack Schaefer (of Shane fame)...

Stubby Pringle, spurs a jingle, jobs upslope through crusted snow.The roan, warmed through, moves strong and steady under him. Line cabin and line work are far forgotten things back and back and up and up the mighty mass of mountain. He is Stubby Pringle, rooting, tooting hard-working hard-playing cowhand of the Triple X, heading for the Christmas dance at the schoolhouse in the valley.

Lula shared an autobiographical Christmas story as well as a poem...

i'm thankful for those who came to read, and those who stayed to listen. We'll do the Open Mic Night again on January 20, 2009, and we welcome original work, interpretive readings or even book talks! it's open...

open mic night TONIGHT!

come on down tonight for what is sure to be a super fun night!

we have invited the NaNoWriMos to share excerpts of their November novels, and we have a couple of other folks who are reading some Christmas themed stuff. i'm really looking forward to this event that is at 7pm in the 3rd floor reading room...

...if you're afraid of coming out in the weather, i'll have some hot cocoa and snacks to entice you!!

see you in the library!

why the Christmas Tree?

if you've been in the library in the last week, you may have noticed the Christmas tree on the top floor... we haven't had a tree in years past for a variety of reasons, but mostly because we have been preoccupied with the winter reading programs and figured that, maybe, adults don't care about these things like the children do.



but this year, the staff and i wanted to do something for our community. we recently learned that the demand on our food bank has been steadily growing. according to Buck Horton with the food bank, the Idaho Falls Community Food Bank:

• served 20,200 people in the month of November


• distributed 760 boxes of food


• supply food to 700 families a month

and the Idaho Foodbank reports that:

• 16.3% of all Idahoans live in food-insecure households. That is, about 198,000 Idahoans – 88,000 of them children – are concerned about their food supply and have adjusted household food management, including reducing the quality of diets. Another 60,000 or 5.0% live in households in which at least one member is hungry.


• an average of 60,663 (11.4%) Idaho families are worried they could not afford to buy food between 2005 and 2007... and these numbers are rising

so the ornaments on our library Christmas tree are thank you cards; and with your donation of canned/non-perishable food, we want you to take an ornament. we have high hopes that the food will pile up under the tree and all of the ornaments will be gone by Christmas.

please help us to make sure our neighbors don't go hungry this winter!

open mic nite!

we invite you to come to the library on December 16 @7pm for the first of (i hope) many open mic nites!

this month we would like to welcome any NaNoWriMos who would be interested in sharing some excerpts of the novels they wrote. but we are also welcoming anyone who has something to offer that night.

in January, i'd like to hold a book talk night. if you've read something wonderful, and would like to share your thoughts, please consider coming to the library on January 20 at 7pm.

let's have fun!

see you at the library!

tiki today!

winter reading begins today!

come to the library to sign-up and get your first three review form... then start reading! and remember we are exploring the 800 section of the non-fiction collection, and any 800 book will count for 2 books!

need some help in finding something to read from the 800s? we have books for you at the library with some suggestions and you can also check out what to read ...

see you at the library!