Alpine Public Library News

 Volunteers:  Arlene Griffis,  Sky Townsend, Carol Henthrone

We have started a volunteer program through the Library Leadership Development Institute, Grow our own area Librarian(goal) program at the Marathon Public Library. Arlene Griffis, Carol Henthrone and Sky Townsend quailfied for the program. They all started the program this month. Carol and Arlene will be training on the circulation desk so they may open the library when I go to classes. Sky is in the very beginning stages of learning to shelf books, cover books, using the copy machine and etc. We are all looking forward to working together and expanding our horizons at the library. Arlene is also doing some training on possible grants. She has joined the grant committee in Alpine.

Tax Forms:

We have tax forms for our patrons to pick up at the Marathon Public Library this year. Thanks Anitra for sending them to us. Also thanks to Mary Beth for delivering them. Our patrons are very greatful not to have to drive to Alpine this year to pick them up.

Marathon Public Library will be closed on Jan. 17, 2008, Thursday, because our heater is not working. We will reopen on Friday Jan. 18, 2008. Sorry for the inconvenience. The repair company hopefully will have it fixed by Friday.

Have a great day,

Carol

Marathon Public Library will be open on Monday-Friday from 11am-5pm, starting January 2, 2008. We wish to thank the Board of Directors for a wonderful time off during the holidays. We are looking forward to another great year.

Happy New Year!

Carol and MPL Friends

Due to illness, the Marathon Public Library will be closed today, December 20, 2007.  The Alpine Public Library will be open its normal hours.

The Marathon Public Library wishes to thank Arlene and Steve Griffis for the wonderful Christmas gathering at their home on Dec. 15, 2007. Everyone enjoyed the wonderful spaghetti, Lasagna, salads and cheese cake for desert. We had a white elephant gift exchange and it was great. We had around 18 Friends attend the party. Merry Christmas to all.

Marathon Public library wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We wish to thanks the board for the wonderful time off with our family.

 Our holiday hours are: CLOSED FROM DECEMBER 24, 2007-JANUARY 1, 2008.

See all of you again on January 2, 2008. A small reminder to please do not place movies in the drop box while we are closed.

Thanks to all and Merry Christmas.

Carol

 Carol and Hal Henthrone played a variety of music for the Marathon Public Library, Christmas Open House, on November 30th at 6PM. Santa helpers showed up and passed out 35 Santa bags to all the children. Light refreshments were served, trees lighted and 60 guest joined in all the fun. Everyone joined in the singing of Christmas Carols.

I gave a small gift of wine and glasses to the three couples who volunteered the most this year at MPL. The gifts went to:

Steve and Arlene Griffis, Hal and Carol Henthrone, Sande Pedro and Mike Mountz. I wish to thank our board members who attended and all our patrons and volunteers. We all had a wonderful time. Please come and visit our little library.

Statues greeting everyone to the door were donated by Steve Griffis.

Merry Christmas everyone.

We had a white Thanksgiving this year. It snowed between 4-6 inches in Marathon.

We are having our Christmas Open House for Marathon Public Library on November 30, 2007. It will be from 6-7:30PM. Light refreshments will be served. Santa helpers will pass out Santa bags to the children. Music will be provided by Hal Henthrone. Please come by and visit the library and join in the fun.

I wish to thank the Alpine Friends Group for the wonderful luncheon and  Marilyn Terry for inviting all of us to her beautiful home. It is always great fun to celebrate with others during the holidays.

The holidays are approaching and we would like to take this opportunity to reiterate the Thanksgiving holiday schedule:

We will be closed

November 19-23, 2007

The Marathon Public library will also be closed on Mondays for the rest of the year.