DECEMBER 2015 26 th Annual Tree Trim Event Tuesday, December 1 st at 7 p.m. Children of all ages and their families Limit: 120 Length: 1 hour During this family event children will have an opportunity to make jingle bells, help trim the library’s tree, and partake in a tasty treat! Immediately after finishing the craft, chil- dren are invited to use the library’s non-breakable ornaments to decorate the traditional holiday tree. This will be followed by cookies and punch. All activities will take place in the Youth Services Department. Registration for this program opened on Monday, November 2 nd . DEDICATION On November 11, the library dedicated its newly constructed Board Room in honor and memory of James V. Rokais. The following resoluon (plaque) is posted for the public to remember Jim’s contribuons to our community. It reads as follows: Whereas the Prairie Trails Public Library District and the Board of Trustees lost a valued member and forward-thinking leader on January 20, 2012, with the death of James V. Rokaitis; Whereas James V. Rokaitis served with distinction as a Trustee of the Prairie Trails Public Library District for 24 years – most of it as president of the Board; Whereas for over two decades James V. Rokaitis worked side-by-side with six other Trustees leading the library forward in physical growth and technology; while guiding the passage of a referendum and over- seeing the construction of three additions to the building; Whereas James V. Rokaitis was an enthusiastic supporter, tireless champion and outspoken advocate for Prairie Trails Library who em- bodied the library’s motto “Heart of the Community; Whereas a life-long resident of Burbank, James V. Rokaitis in addition to his contributions to the library, served his community as an Alderman, and a member of the first City Council, past president of the Lions Club and Reavis High School boards; Whereas James V. Rokaitis’ sense of humor, kindness, energy and graciousness enriched those fortunate enough to know and work with him; Therefore Be It Resolved that the Board of Trustees of the Prairie Trails Public Library District recognizes the remarkable achievements of James V. Rokaitis and acknowledges with great admiration his many con- tributions to the library; Be It Further Resolved that in honor of James V. Rokaitis’ extraordinary passion, inspirational legacy, and visionary leadership, the Prairie Trails Public Library’s Board meeting room in the new addition scheduled to open in 2015 be known henceforth as the James V. Rokaitis Board Room.
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DECEMBER 2015
April Youth Programs
26th
Annual Tree Trim Event
Tuesday, December 1st at 7 p.m. Children of all ages and their families Limit: 120 Length: 1 hour During this family event children will have an opportunity to make jingle bells, help trim the library’s tree, and partake in a tasty treat! Immediately after finishing the craft, chil-dren are invited to use the library’s non-breakable ornaments to decorate the traditional holiday tree. This will be followed by cookies and punch. All activities will take place in the Youth Services Department.
Registration for this program opened on Monday, November 2nd
.
DEDICATION On November 11, the library dedicated its newly constructed Board Room in honor and memory of James V. Rokaitis. The following resolution (plaque) is posted for the public to remember Jim’s contributions to our community. It reads as follows:
Whereas the Prairie Trails Public Library District and the Board of
Trustees lost a valued member and forward-thinking leader on
January 20, 2012, with the death of James V. Rokaitis;
Whereas James V. Rokaitis served with distinction as a Trustee of the Prairie Trails Public Library District for 24 years – most of it as
president of the Board;
Whereas for over two decades James V. Rokaitis worked side-by-side
with six other Trustees leading the library forward in physical growth
and technology; while guiding the passage of a referendum and over-
seeing the construction of three additions to the building;
Whereas James V. Rokaitis was an enthusiastic supporter, tireless
champion and outspoken advocate for Prairie Trails Library who em-
bodied the library’s motto “Heart of the Community;
Whereas a life-long resident of Burbank, James V. Rokaitis in addition to his contributions to the library,
served his community as an Alderman, and a member of the first City Council, past president of the Lions Club and Reavis High School boards;
Whereas James V. Rokaitis’ sense of humor, kindness, energy and graciousness enriched those fortunate
enough to know and work with him;
Therefore Be It Resolved that the Board of Trustees of the Prairie Trails Public Library District recognizes
the remarkable achievements of James V. Rokaitis and acknowledges with great admiration his many con-
tributions to the library;
Be It Further Resolved that in honor of James V. Rokaitis’ extraordinary passion, inspirational legacy, and
visionary leadership, the Prairie Trails Public Library’s Board meeting room in the new addition scheduled
to open in 2015 be known henceforth as the James V. Rokaitis Board Room.
Registration is required for the following youth and teen events unless otherwise noted. To register you must have a Prairie Trails Public Library card. You can register online or in person, we do not register
over the phone. An adult can register up to three children on one adult library card IN PERSON only. Registration begins the week of Monday, November 30
Saturday, December 5th at 11 a.m. Ages: 3-12 Limit: 30 Length: 45 minutes Imagine, create, and BUILD! Join us for LEGO fun. We provide the Legos, and you provide the imagination. All materials must stay at the library, so parents bring a cam-era to capture your child’s creations. Any child age 5 or under must have caregiver present
in the program room.
Brownie Bonanza
Monday, December 7th at 4pm Grades: K-2 Limit: 20 Length: 45 minutes In celebration of National Brownie Day (December 8
th), we’ll be reading Brownie
and Pearl stories and decorating brown-ies.
Looking for Santa’s Reindeer
Tuesday, December 8th at 11am Ages: 18-36 months with a parent or caregiver Limit: 15 Length: 30 minutes Santa’s Reindeer are lost somewhere in our library! Come and find them for Santa so he can make his deliveries on time. We will share songs, a reindeer story, and coloring.
Sensory Storytime: Bears
Wednesday, December 9th at 11am Ages: 3-6 with a parent or caregiver
Limit: 8 Length: 30 minutes If your child has difficulty sitting through a traditional sto-rytime, this program of stories, songs, and activities may be just what you are looking for. Please let us know at reg-istration if there are any additional accommodations your child may have.
Family Jam Tales
Every Monday at 6:30 p.m. Children of all ages and their families Length: 30 minutes Join us for a storytime designed for the whole family. A wide variety of stories, music, and more will be shared.
No registration is required for this storytime, but space is limited.
Duct Tape Extravaganza
Thursday, December 3rd at 4 p.m. Grades: 3-6 Limit: 20 Length: 1 hour Join us for a crafty hour using duct tape. With a variety of colors and patterns you’ll get a chance to make all sorts of things out of duct tape including wallets, keychains, or pens.
Registration for this program opened on Monday, November 2
nd.
December Youth Events
Jingle Bell Express
Tuesday, December 15th at 6:30 p.m.
All Ages Limit: 180 Length: 50 minutes No registration is necessary, but space is limited. Prior-ity given to Prairie Trails Public Library cardholders. Join us as American Eagle Productions presents Jingle Bell Express! This fast-paced revue features over 20 favorite holiday songs and is open to all ages.
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Photo Release Policy
The Prairie Trails Public Library District staff may take pho-
tographs of participants, individually or in groups, attend-
ing or taking part in library programs and activities. These
photographs may appear in future library publications or
videos of other patrons or staff without the permission of
the person(s) being photographed. If a library patron does
not wish himself/herself or he/her child to be photo-
graphed, the patron must notify the library staff to that
effect, or consent will be assumed.
Minecraft
Wednesday, December 9th at 6:30 p.m. Grades: 2-5 Limit: 25 Length: 1 hour Calling all Minecraft fans! Want to show off your skills? Are you ready to meet our Minecraft challenge? Get ready to build, create, and explore the wide world of Minecraft. We’ll have to work together to strategically defeat all of the zom-bies, spiders, and skeletons!
December Playtime
Friday, December 11th at 11 a.m. Ages: Birth – 5 (not yet in Kindergarten) Limit: 20 Length: 45 minutes Come and meet other children and parents while playing with toys, puzzles, puppets and more! Caregiver must re-main with child throughout program.
May the Force
Be With You
Saturday, December 12th
at 11 a.m. Ages: 2-12 Limit: 30 Length: 45 minutes
Come visit the library you must. Invited for Star Wars themed crafts and activities, Jedi of all levels are. For the last 15 minutes, we will play trivia for those who want to strengthen their access to the Force. Hmmmmm. Any child age 5 or under must have caregiver present
in the program room.
Puzzle Fun
Monday, December 14th at 11a.m. Ages: 3-5 (not yet in Kindergarten) Limit: 15 Length: 30 minutes Let’s have fun with puzzles! After exploring a puzzle book together, toddlers will interact with board puzzles, game puzzles, coloring and more.
Caregiver must be present in the program room.
STEAM Squad: ArtBots
Wednesday, December 16th at 4 p.m. Grades: K-2 Limit: 20 Length: 45 minutes Beep beep, boop baap, computing computing, initiating ro-bot sequence, settings…ART MODE!!! Calling all kinder-garten through second graders!! You’re invited to make your very own artbot… a wobbly, motorized robot friend that can draw by itself! We’ll have everything you need to make your artbot. Come build and watch your creation
come to life! Robots + Art = Crazy Fun!
Baby Arctic Animals
Thursday, December 17th at 10 a.m. Ages: 0-17 months with a parent or caregiver Limit: 15 Length: 30 minutes Snuggle up with your favorite lil’one as we read stories and sing songs about baby artic animals.
Mad Scientists
Thursday, December 17th at 4 p.m. Grades: 3-6 Limit: 20 Length: 45 minutes Do you love candy? Who doesn’t? In this Mad Scientist event we’ll be trying out different experiments with all sorts of those sweet treats and learning about the Scientific Method in the process. Please note when you register if there are any food allergies or aversions you’d like the staff to know about.
Tiny Tot Arts: Shapes
Thursday, December 17th at 6:30pm Ages: 18-36 months with a par-ent or caregiver Limit: 15 Length: 30 minutes In this hands on program, tod-dlers will share songs and a story exploring all the shapes in our world. Then they will create a shape lacing card.
Parking Lot
Please remember to follow the one-way arrows as directed in our parking lot. Also so not back into a space when park-ing. We respectfully request adherence to our design for the safety of our patrons. Thank you.
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December Teen Events
Science Sprouts: ArtBots
Friday, December 18th at 11 a.m. Ages: 3-5 (not yet in Kindergarten) Limit: 20 Length: 45 minutes Beep, boop, beep, baap. Who loves robots?! We do! Kids are invited to build a simple robot that creates ART!! We’ll be using our creativity and some cool mate-rials to make movable robots. Once our robots are as-sembled, we’ll watch them come to life and make fun art!
Toddler Drive-In
Monday, December 21st at 10 a.m. Ages: 18-36 months with a parent or caregiver Limit: 20 Length: 45 minutes Toddlers will have fun making and decorating their car from a cardboard box. Then they will sit and relax in their creations while they watch a short film. Watch out for these drivers, BEEP BEEP!
Winter Break Movie:
Inside Out
Wednesday, December 30th at 2 p.m. Children of all ages and their families Limit: 50 Rated PG Length: 95 minutes
Looking for something to do on Winter Break? Stop in the library, warm up, and watch Inside Out! You can even get into the spirit and dress up like your favorite emotion: Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, or Sadness.
No registration is required, but space is limited.
Life-Sized
Candyland
Monday, January 4th Drop-In Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Children of all ages and their families
Have you ever wanted to climb inside the Candyland board and travel around through the Lollipop Woods,
Peppermint Forest, and Chocolate Swamp? Counting, colors, and candy make this classic family game a favor-
ite and we’re inviting you to be a part of our life sized version! Follow the rainbow path through a magical land
of sweet surprises and meet characters Princess Frostine, King Kandy, and others. Collect candy and
make some amazing memories
No registration is required for this event, but space is limited.
These events are designated for teens in 7th-12
th grade.
Registration is required using a Prairie Trails Public Li-brary card unless otherwise noted. Registration opens Monday, November 30
th at 9 a.m. either online or in per-
son.
Teen Craft: Sharpie Mugs
Tuesday, December 8th at 7 p.m. Limit: 20 Length: 1 hour We’ll provide the mugs and the sharpies, you bring your creativity, and a crafty evening will be had at the library. You can keep your mug for yourself or use it as a gift dur-ing this holiday season. Instructions will also be provided so that you can take your finished products to cure the ink and make them washable!
Teen Finals Study Room
Saturday, December 19th 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Finals are coming. Study guide, books, and notes… check. Writing utensils… check. Study buddies… check. Place to study… ?? We can help you there! Come to the library and use our program room for a study session. We cannot pro-vide all the supplies you may need for a cram session, but we can provide a space free from annoying little brothers.* *Unless your little brother is also a teen studying for finals. Then you’re out of luck. Sorry.
No registration is necessary, but space is limited.
Murder at the Ugly
Holiday Sweater Party
Wednesday, December 23rd at 6 p.m. Limit: 20 Length: 1 hour and 30 minutes Join us for a hilarious Ugly Holiday Sweater themed, mur-der mystery party! The PTPLD Snowflake Lodge is excited to host this holiday celebration, as it is where the who's who of the Burbank teen scene flocks to show off their not-so-fashionable holiday attire. Sparks have been flying be-tween some of the guests lately with rumors of blackmail, greed, and revenge - but we all have high hopes that the holiday spirit will be enough for everybody to have a good time at the party.
Participation is required as this is an improvised game. Come dressed in your tackiest, ugliest
(but totally still cool) holiday sweater.
Contest: Ginger Who?
Can you guess which fictional characters have a gingerbread alter ego? Children and teens (birth-12th grade) can stop by the Youth Services desk during the month of December to submit their guesses for a chance to win a prize.
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The Essential Christmas Carol
with William Pack
Thursday, December 3rd
at 7:00 p.m.
To pay off some debt, Charles Dickens quickly wrote “A Christ-mas Carol.” Little did he know it was destined to become one of the most enduring Christmas stories of all time. His public read-ings of the story were dramatic, hypnotic, and hugely popular.
Author William Pack returns to tell the story behind story and recreate a Victorian era magic lantern show of “A Christmas Car-ol,” while reading from Charles Dickens’ abridged version of the classic story.
Registration is required. This event is free. Limit: 50
Tree Ornaments
for your Christmas Tree
with Kathleen Obirek
Thursday, December 10th at 6:30 p.m.
Trimming the tree with hand-made decorations is one of the most memorable experiences of the holiday. At this event you will make two old fashioned Christmas tree ornaments with a
contemporary flair.
Registration is required. Adult PTPLD patrons have priority and may register one guest. This event is free. Limit: 20
December 2015
Adult Programs
Pizza & Pages:
Ms. Marvel,
Volume 1: No Normal
Tuesday, December 29th at 1 p.m. Limit: 15 Length: 1 hour Join us for this teen book discussion and some pizza! We will be discussing Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson. Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City - until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhu-man? As Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them as well. Is Ka-mala ready to wield these immense new gifts? Or will the weight of the legacy before her be too much to handle? Kamala has no idea either. Please stop by the Circulation Desk to checkout a copy of the book after you register.
NAME BRANCH OF SERVICE OTHER INFORMATION
ANNEL, KENNETH ARMY BOSNIA-IRAQ CURRENTLY SERVING
BERNITT, STEPHEN ARMY KOREAN WAR 1953-1954
BILL SCHILLER NAVY 1964-1968
BORCHERS, EARL ARMY 101ST AIRBORN
BRENNAN, EDWIN ARMY WWII
BRYLEWSKI, BRIAN NAVY
CANDICH, DAN NAVY WWII, ATLANTIC AND SW PACIFIC
FULTE, ARTHUR ARMY WWII
HARDIN, JAMES A. MARINES IRAQI WAR
HARDIN, JAMES JR. ARMY VIETNAM
HERMANN, RICHARD MARINES
HERNANDEZ, ANGELO R. NAVY&ARMY
HERMANN, RONALD MARINES
KASPER, ANTHONY ARMY WWI 1918
KASPER, MARVIN ARMY
KASPER, ROGER AIR FORCE
KASPER, RONALD NAVY
KEMP, PHILIP NAVY KOREAN WAR
KINCINAS, JOHN ARMY VIETNAM PURPLE HEART
KRUPA, EDWIN J. ARMY 1956-1958
KRUPA, LAWRENCE A. NAVY SEABEES VIETNAM
LANNING, CRAIG S. ARMY SSG VIETNAM
MAREK, DANIEL ARMY 1965-1967
MAZUREK, BOB AIR FORCE
NEEDY, ROBERT W. ARMY TECH SGT WWII
PRONOBIS, JAMES AIR FORCE
QUON, JAMES NAVY KOREAN WAR DECEASED
SKUPIEN, ALBERT ARMY KOREA 1948-1951
SOLIDAY, LESTER ARMY
SOLIS-BRYLEWSKI, ROSA NAVY
STEFANEK, JAMES ARMY
STEWART, DANIEL J. NAVY USS THE SULLIVANS 1958-1961
