The Alpine Public Library is proud to announce that we have a subscription to the newspaper, USA Today. Like the other newspapers, USA Today will be located in the W. John Newell Reading Room, directly behind our new Wi-Fi station (But, that will be a subject of another blog entry!)
The current issue and three back issues of USA Today will be available. Feel free to relax in one of our comfortable chairs and read USA Today — today.
When Marathon Public Library Manager, Carol Townsend, injured her back last Saturday, Sande Pedro and Carol Henthorn stepped right up and took over the library for her. “Carol has enough to worry about,” Sande said. “We want her to be able to relax and get some rest.”
Sande and Carol have volunteered to keep the library open on Mondays and Thursdays from 11:00 to 1:00 so that patrons can continue to borrow books and movies.
Book Conservator, Tanya So, just happened to be in the Alpine Public Library yesterday as staff members were struggling to salvage books that had become waterlogged when the roof over the Junior section in the Children’s Room leaked heavily during the night last night. Tanya rose quickly to the challenge fanning the books and propping them open so that they would dry. Anitra Clausen found a large fan to direct at the open books and Vanessa Hinkson came up with a large painter’s tarp with which staff members will be sure to cover the shelves before they leave each evening…at least until this monsoon season has ended.
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Hello and welcome from Chris Ruggia, webmaster and Board President of the Alpine Public Library!
You may have noticed that the “latest news” on the Library’s web site has tended to be a month old (at least) on the average. That’s my fault.
There is a LOT going on at your library every single day, and this Blog is our attempt to jump around the bottleneck of a webmaster without enough time, and get you the ACTUAL skinny on what’s happening here.
Our Library Director, Connie Roe, will be posting news, along with Anitra Clausen, our Circulation and Information Librarian. Hopefully very soon you’ll also be hearing from Carol Townsend, the very able and inspiring Librarian for our vivacious Marathon Branch. Even more voices may appear to try to give you the whole picture of this exciting and unique part of Alpine and the Big Bend region.
So please have a look around and post a comment or two! Tell us what you like about your Library, and what you’d like to see!
Thanks for visiting, and keep coming back,
Chris
Has one of your children just learned to read? If you have a new reader in your family bring that reader to the Alpine Public Library this summer to join the “Summer Reading Club” where he or she will enjoy reading success with “Easy Readers” all summer long.
“Easy Readers” are easy picture books, that use a short list of familiar sight words and words that are easy to sound out. New readers read them easily and love the catchy stories, while enjoying the rewards of successful reading, “all by myself.”
Familiar “Easy Reader” titles include, Bears on Wheels, Days With Frog and Toad, Amelia Bedelia, and Hop on Pop. A more extensive list is available from Children’s Librarian, Vanessa Hinkson. Vanessa can help readers find their favorites, too.
Sign-up for the Summer Reading Club begins on Saturday, May 26 and will last all summer long.
Call the Alpine Public Library @ 837-2621 for more information.
Students from Alpine Elementary School have created an undersea world in the Children’s Room at the Alpine Public Library in anticipation of a summer packed with reading activities and adventures. Volunteer library staffer, Mary Beth Garret, in collaboration with all of the elementary school teachers, has been sharing marine science learning experiences and stories with children at each grade level. They learned about the food chain as they handcrafted an expansive ocean teeming with seaweed, sea creatures, and even a school of anchovies.
Special activities at the Alpine Public Library in June
Marilyn and Martin Terry entertained area school children this week, as an enticement to participate in summer reading activities at the Alpine and Marathon Public Libraries.
Marilyn is President of the Friends of the Alpine Public Library and her husband Martin is a botany professor at SRSU. Martin and Marilyn have been entertaining school children with their stories and songs each spring since their move to Alpine a few years back.
This year’s summer reading and program activities, called “Sail AwayWith Books,” are sponsored by the Texas State Libraries as well as area businesses and dedicated volunteers from each community.