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Johnson County Library

171 N. Adams Buffalo, WY

82834 (307) 684-5546

Hours M-Th: 10a-8p F&Sa: 10a-5p

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Kaycee Branch 231 Ritter Ave. P.O. Box 226 Kaycee, WY

82639 (307) 738-2473

Hours T: 10-11a, 1-8p

W: 1-5:30p F: 10a-noon, 1-4p

FREE

Johnson County Library

~ Mission ~ Our mission as a

library system and

community hub is to

Collect, Share, Promote,

Learn, Adapt, & Grow.

Users are foremost.

Bookends

Production of Bookends is paid for with funds from the Harry & Thelma Surrena Memorial

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The newsletter of the Johnson County Library System

February-March 2017 http://jclwyo.org

All the Activities! Programs return after expansion hiatus

Library staff are pleased to announce the

return of many popular programs which we

had to put on hold during the expansion and

construction work last year. They aren’t all at

the same times they were last year, so keep in

mind the dates.

Get Caught Reading

March

Take a photo of yourself, a

loved one, or even a pet

reading! Submit them in a

contest judged by library

staff.

Art in Bloom

April

Our annual fund-raiser for

summer reading programs

will resume, with local

artists painting flowerpots

which will be then

auctioned off to the public. Previous year’s

efforts had raised up to $1,200 each auction.

LEGO Contest

May

Children of all ages are

invited to submit LEGO

creations which local

artists and engineers

judge. Prizes are awarded

to winners, and

certificates to all

participants, plus we’ll

have ice cream sundaes

for all.

Don’t forget—Summer Reading

starts in June for all ages!

Grown-Ups Only!

We’re starting a new

program just for adults, with

a kick-off the evening of

Friday, Feb. 24. There will

be snacks, beverages, a

scavenger hunt, and more.

Everyone over age 21 is

welcome. We’ll plan some

more evenings throughout the year, with various

activities. Please stop in or call us at 684-5546 to

reserve your spot. See you soon!

Rare map finds a home at the library

The library was recently gifted an 1885 map of

Wyoming, printed by G.L. Holt of Cheyenne. Mary

(Holt) Hastings, 102, of Bedford, Mass., will soon

move into an assisted living facility and wanted the

map to come back to her “home” of Buffalo. She is

the aunt of Ray Holt. The counties depicted on the

map are Uinta, Fremont, Sweetwater, Carbon,

Albany, Laramie, Crook, and Johnson. The map will

hang on the south wall of the library.

Thank you to The Harry & Thelma Surrena Memorial

For generous donations that fund this newsletter,

library programming, and much more...

Lois Gordon

Memorial For continued support of our

Kaycee Branch Library

Kaycee Branch 738-2473

Bonnie Ross, branch manager — Monica Brock — Kelley Davis

Our next book discussion

is on Whistling Past the

Graveyard, by Susan

Crandall, at 7 p.m. Monday,

March 6.

The Winter Reading

program, entitled “Catch a

Dragon by the Tale,”

concluded on Tuesday, Jan.

31. The winners of prize

baskets for the five age

groups were as follows:

Preschool-K: Cordelia Cash

1st to 3rd grade: Miranda Ford

4th & 5th grade: Franklin Ford

Teens: Maily Potter

Adults: Charlotte Heinle

Our adult participation was so great—four times the

next largest age group—that we chose two other

winners to receive coffee cards. They are Joan

Buckingham and Krisynda Austin. Congratulations

to all the participants!

Johnson County Library Foundation The foundation was created in 1976 by patrons who saw

the need to ensure the future of the library. Through

donations, memorials and fund-raising, these volunteers

have successfully supported special needs of the library

& established a permanent endowment.

Board of directors Chair Nick Thom

Vice-Chair Frank Pratt

Treasurer Steve Reimann

Secretary Penny Orchard

Amy Pierson

Elaine Warren

Kira Wages

Eric Raecke

Did You Know? Librarian Connie Norton

oversees outreach by taking hundreds of

paperback novels to local hotels, campgrounds,

and other locations. Over the last year, Connie

took 1,900 paperback books to the various

locations. Our patrons took home another 1,900

from the library. If you have a place in mind

you’d like to add to the list, please contact her at

(307) 684-5546.

Quilt Show Begins in late February

The library is again preparing for its annual quilt show. Participants in the

2017 National Quilting Display may drop off their quilts at the library on

Friday and Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Quilts will be on display

at the library through the month of March, beginning the next week.

Every show sees more and more amazing creations arrive. Last year we had

36 quilts on display, plus the Wyoming State Quilt which will be raffled off.

Tickets for the statewide raffle may be purchased at the library.

Sponsored by the Buffalo Quilting Gals and the National Quilting

Association.

- Nancy Tabb, local history

librarian

It is February in the Big

Horn Mountains and we can

thankfully depend on the

WYDOT snow plows to clear

Hwy. 16 over to Ten Sleep.

Here in this

photo taken in 1924, we see a

group of men using their own

personal shovels to clear

snow from the pass over the

mountain. It does look like

they are having a good time sharing the labor. Word has it that men from

Buffalo and Ten Sleep would start shoveling to clear the road until they met

each other somewhere on the mountain.

Shovel Out: A Local History Lesson

Cynthia Twing, director

Mary Rhoads, assistant director & children’s services Teresa Allgood, teen services & Periodicals Connie Norton, outreach librarian

Megan Herold, information technology services Steve Rzasa, technical services

Heather Kuzara, circulation Nancy Tabb, reference & local history

Staff

684-

5546

Ron Wagner, Chair: 620-1031

Denise Marton, Vice-chair: 620-9060 Jodi Crago, Secretary: 620-0417

Julie Baker, Liaison to JCLF, 684-2300

Kim Harvey, Treasurer: 620-1465

Board

of

trustees

ADULT FICTION

The Beautiful Dead, by Belinda

Bauer

Below the Belt, by Stuart

Woods

Cross the Line, by James

Patterson

Different Class, by Joanne

Harris

The Girl in Green, by Derek

Miller

Never Never, by James

Patterson & Candice Fox

Nowhere Man, by Gregg

Hurwitz

The Old Man, by Thomas

Perry

The Rising, by Heather

Graham

Siracusa,by Delia Ephron

Tom Clancy True Faith and

Allegiance, by Mark Greaney

ADULT NONFICTION

The Art of Making Gelato, by Morgan

Morano

The Earth is Weeping, by Peter Cozzens

George Lucas: A Life, by Brian Jay Jones

Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, by Brad Ricca

A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles, by

Mary Elizabeth Williams

A Torch Kept Lit, by William F. Buckley Jr.

Truevine, by Beth Macy

CHILDREN’S Blue & Bertie, by Kristyna Litten

Every Single Second, by Tricia

Springstubb

Fallen in Fredericksburg, by Steve

Watkins

Lucy and Lila, by Alison Fletcher

Mrs. Bixby’s Last Day, by John Anderson

Raymie Nightingale, by Kate DiCamillo

Samson in the Snow, by Philip C. Stead

YA BOOKS Blood Red Snow White, by Marcus

Sedgwick

Burn Baby Burn, by Meg Medina

Carve the Mark, by Veronica Roth

The Cat King of Havana, by Tom Crosshill

Falling Over Sideways, by Jordan

Sonnenblick

Gutless, by Carl Dueker

The Only Thing Worse than Me is You, by

Lily Anderson

When We Collided, by Emery Lord

CD BOOKS Curtain of Death, by W.E.B. Griffin

Killing the Rising Sun, by Bill O’Reilly

The Midnight Bell, by Jack Higgins

The Obsidian Chamber, by Preston

Douglas & Lincoln Child

Order to Kill, by Kyle Mills

No Man’s Land, by David Baldacci

War Hawk, by James Rollins

About a Boy

The Bag Man Cop Out

Crimson Tide

Crazy Heart

The Far Horizons Glory

Heartbreak Ridge

House of Flying Daggers

Joe Last Vegas

Middlemarch

Morning Glory

The Producers Public Enemies

A Serious Man

Book

Sale The Friends of the Library

will host their book sale

Wednesday, Feb. 22 through

Saturday, Feb. 25. All kinds of

items will be available, from

DVDs to audio books, novels,

histories, cookbooks, and

more. Stop by during regular

library hours. Cash or check

only. Remember, Saturday

will be the $1 for a bag deal!

Top 5 Fiction

1. Off the Grid, by C.J. Box

2. The Highwayman, by Craig Johnson

3. Badlands, by C.J. Box

4. An Obvious Fact, by Craig Johnson

5. Endangered, by C.J. Box

Most Checked-Out: January - December 2016

Top 5 DVDs

1. Longmire (Season 1)

2. The Martian

3. Longmire (Season 3)

4. Longmire (Season 4)

5. Olympus Has Fallen

Top 5 Young Adult

1. A Night Divided, by Jennifer Nielsen

2. Glass Sword, by Victoria Aveyard

3. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar

Children, by Ransom Riggs

4. Allegiant, by Veronica Roth

5. The Sword of Summer, by Rick Riordan

Top 5 Nonfiction

1. Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates, by

Brian Kilmeade

2. We Do the Damndest Things, by Gap Pucci

3. On the Banks of Sayles Creek, by Bob Twing

4. Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert

5. When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi

Top Books on CD

1. The Forgotten, by Lincoln Child

2. Tricky Twenty-Two, by Janet

Evanovich

3. Spirit of Steamboat, by Craig Johnson

4. A Serpent’s Tooth, by Craig Johnson

5. Make Me, by Lee Child

Top 5 Childrens

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling

2. Life-Size Zoo, by Teruyuki Komiya

3. The BFG, by Roald Dahl

4. The Menagerie, by Tui Sutherland

5. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet, by Jane O’Connor

Phone: (307) 684-5546

or 1-800-661-7071

171 North Adams Buffalo, WY 82834

On the Web http://jclwyo.org

JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY

FRIENDS of the

Johnson County Library

Est. April 1972

Who are the Friends? Men and women who pro-

mote and support the library.

Ongoing projects …

Provide funding for physi-

cal improvements

Provide assistance & fund-

ing for the Summer Read-

ing programs

Sponsor the annual library

auction with the JC library

foundation

Provide assistance & funds

to further National Library

Week, Mother’s Day Tea,

and other local humanities

programs

Provide baby books to par-

ents of newborns

We meet at 4 p.m. second

Tuesday of every month at the

library.

All events are at the main library in Buffalo unless otherwise noted.

FEBRUARY-MARCH

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WEDNESDAYS

Tech assistance—By appointment. If you need

help using email, getting set up to read e-books,

or other basic computer troubleshooting, library

staff can help! Please contact us with a time

you’d like to come by; subject to staff

availability.

THURSDAYS

Story Hour—10 a.m., in the large meeting

room. Join the children’s librarians for a puppet

show, stories, music, craft, and snack. Toddler

to pre-K ages.

MONDAY, FEB. 20

Libraries closed—Presidents’ Day holiday.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22 TO SATURDAY, FEB. 25

Book Sale—During regular library hours, all

four days. All kinds of items will be available,

from DVDs to audio books, novels, histories,

cookbooks, and more. Cash or check only.

FRIDAY, FEB 24

Library Night Out—February Fanfare. Adults (age 21 and older) welcome to hang

out at the library 6:30 to 8 p.m. Beverages,

snacks, a scavenger hunt, and more activities.

Call 684-5546 to reserve a spot.

FRIDAY, FEB. 24 & SATURDAY, FEB. 25

National Quilting Display Drop-off—

Participants in the 2017 National Quilting

Display may drop off their quilts at the

library on Friday and Saturday between 10

a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Quilts will be on display

at the library through the month of March,

beginning the next week. Participants may

reclaim their quilts on Monday, March 30

between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sponsored by

the Buffalo Quilting Gals and the National

Quilting Association.