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ConnectionsConnectionswww.jcplin.orgVol. 18 • February &
March 2013Johnson County Public Library
by Christina Kolderup, Children's Services Librarian
Come in from the cold, as the Johnson County Public Library
celebrates its eighteenth year of Winter Reading. We're challenging
families to "Feed Your Mind, Read!" during the whole month of
February.
JCPL hopes to encourage families to read together and to visit
their library branch. Each time a patron or family visits the
library, each person will receive a prize and a bonus ticket, up to
four times. Tickets will be for a chance at winning the bonus
bucket, chock full of cooking items and kitchen-inspired toys.
A new feature of Winter Reading will be the Fairy Tale Scavenger
Hunt. Four characters from popular fairy tales will be hiding at
each branch. Stop by the children's desk to receive the Scavenger
Hunt Sheet. Participate in the Scavenger Hunt and receive an extra
bonus ticket.
The fun isn't over at the end of February. Each branch will host
a Winter Reading Celebration during the first week of March, called
"Salamanders, Lizards, and Snakes, Oh My!" Join us as Indiana Jim
shows off some live reptiles and describes their favorite
foods.
The parties will occur at the following times and
branches:Monday, March 4; 4:30 p.m. at the Trafalgar Branch
Monday, March 4; 6:30 p.m. at the White River BranchWednesday,
March 6; 4:30 p.m. at the Clark Pleasant Branch
Wednesday, March 6; 6:30 p.m. at the Franklin Branch
For more information, stop by any Children's Reference Desk or
call your local branch using the contact information on the back of
this Connections newsletter.
Johnson County Public Library's2013 Winter Reading Program
FEED Your Mind—
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"To learn to read is to light a fire;every syllable that is
spelled out is a spark." ~ Victor
Hugo~
Ladies, it's time to clean out those closets! The Clark Pleasant
Branch is seeking donations of gently used bridesmaid and prom
dresses for a Prom Dress Swap. This is your opportunity to give new
life to your formal wear and help area teens. All sizes, lengths,
and styles of dresses are welcome, and donations of gently used
shoes and accessories will also be accepted.
Beginning on Monday, January 7, donations can be dropped off at
the Clark Pleasant Branch, located at 520 Tracy Road in New
Whiteland. Please be sure that dresses are clean, in good repair,
and are donated on hangers.
Students needing a prom dress can stop by the Clark Pleasant
Branch on Saturday, March 9 and browse the collection. It is not
necessary to donate a dress to receive a dress or other items. The
event is free and runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Clark Pleasant Branch will donate any leftover dresses or
other items to a local charity. For more information, please
contact Adult Services Librarians Jen Hoffman or Kelly Schmidt at
317-535-6206.
They're here! After many years of wishing and hoping, the White
River Branch has drive-up drop boxes! Now, instead of dodging
through rain, snow, sleet, and hail (or sunshine as the case may
be) you can pull your car up to one of our drop boxes and unload
materials in either the Book drop box or the Audio-Visual (DVDs
etc.) drop box.
Each morning, the circulation staff goes out to the drop boxes
with one of their two motorized book carts, nicknamed Thing 1 and
Thing 2, and retrieves the materials dropped off the night before.
Then they back date the computer system to the previous day's date
and check the items in. At 9:00 a.m. sharp, they make another trip
to the drop boxes and collect anything that was returned between
8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.
The drop boxes are emptied 2-3 times each day, though that will
no doubt increase once Summer Reading begins.
Prom Dress Swap
Drive-Up Drop Boxes
by Jen Hoffman, Adult Services Librarian
The new drive-up drop boxes at the
White River Branch.(JCPL photo/Tom Randall)
White River Circulation staff member, Kathy Clarke, pushes
"Thing 1" back into the library to
check items in.(JCPL photo/Tom Randall)
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Dr. Seuss coined the word “nerd” in his 1950 book If I Ran The
Zoo. Fun Fact !
If you frequent the Franklin Branch, you have probably had the
good fortune to meet and work with Linda Kilbert. Linda has been
the Adult Services Manager at the Franklin Branch for the past ten
and half years. She joined the Johnson County Public Library staff
in 1999 as an Adult Services Librarian.
Born and raised in Elkhart, Indiana, Linda credits her father,
who was an elementary and junior high band teacher, for her
insatiable appetite for learning and helping other people. “I
greatly admire my late father… [he] had the patience of a saint. He
was humble, caring and good-natured. He had an analytical mind and
was always striving to learn more. His faith was very important to
him and every day he demonstrated what it meant to be a loving and
faithful servant. I miss him a lot.”
After graduating high school, Linda attended the Cleveland
Institute of Art where she earned a Bachelor in Fine Arts with a
major in Medical Illustration, a degree she put to good use during
her first post-college job was as a Graphic Artist in the Medical
Illustration Department at the Indiana University School of
Medicine. “I created posters, illustrations and graphics for
physicians to use at conferences and in textbooks. Linda also did
freelance illustration work for the Indianapolis Zoo.
Eventually, she began taking library science classes at Indiana
University and went on to attain her Masters in Library Science.
During her library science studies, she worked as a Reference
Associate at the Indiana University School of Medicine Ruth Lilly
Medical Library. Later, she became the Assistant Librarian at
Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library at Marian College (now
University), working there for 5 years. “The challenge of research
and digging deep to find answers is what drew me to a career in
library science. I especially
enjoy helping patrons make discoveries regarding their family
history research and putting together pieces of their genealogy
puzzle.” Linda does a great deal of work promoting and maintaining
the Franklin Branch’s Historical Room, an essential tool for local
historians and genealogists.
Linda also puts her interest in wellness to work as the head of
the Library’s staff wellness program, SWAT (Strategic Wellness
Action Team). “It is wonderful to see colleagues make strides
toward their goals [for] a healthier lifestyle and to realize their
efforts are making a difference.”
When not at the Franklin Branch, Linda enjoys one of her many
hobbies including photography, playing trombone in the Franklin
Community Band, cooking, reading, doing word puzzles, gardening,
hiking, bird-watching, or just being outside in the warm sunshine.
Like many librarians, Linda’s interests in music and movies are
varied and wide-ranging: from classical composers like Bach to the
Carpenters; the original Star Wars trilogy to Sleepless in Seattle.
But when asked about her favorite book, she gave the unequivocal
answer, The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, which tells the story
of how middle-aged Dutch watchmaker, Corrie Ten Boom, became a
heroine of the WWII Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's death camps,
and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the twentieth
century.
The next time you visit the Franklin Branch, be sure to stop by
the reference desk when Linda is working and ask about the enormous
amount of resources available to you in the Historical Room – or
any other reference question that’s putting a hitch in your
research project. She will put her detective skills to work to find
your answer!
Franklin Branch Adult Services ManagerSt
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Linda Kilbert,Adult Services Manager,
Franklin Branch(JCPL photo)
by Robin Martinez, Community Relations
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A Note fromFriends President,Carol Spurgeon…
Friends of Johnson County Public Library [email protected]
February & March 2013Friends Flyer
operator, and a general gopher. This was an exciting adventure
for me. I had been raised on a farm in Northern Indiana, but I
never felt as much a part of farm life as when I was working with
and watching my husband and sons do work that they saw as a
challenge and a fulfilling job.
As the boys grew and became involved with school activities, I
decided to return to the classroom.
I began teaching sixth grade at Indian Creek Middle School in
1985. I later began teaching only sixth grade Social Studies. This
became my favorite time of teaching. I continued until June of
2008. It was a very rewarding career, sometimes more so than
others, but I did enjoy the time I spent there. I met many
wonderful students and parents and other teachers.
As time went by, our sons each had children of their own. We
have four grandchildren. I was fortunate to be able to spend time
with them and took them to storytime at the Trafalgar Branch with
Miss Vickie. They too loved the time they spent listening to her
stories and participating in the crafts that she provided for
them.
I feel that I have almost made a complete circle with the
library. I am happy to be a part of the Friends and to be able to
help provide opportunities for other children to be involved with
the library and be transported to “distant lands” and magical
places, if just for a few minutes.
I have much to learn about our library, and I hope that each of
you will share your time and experience with me to help me be a
good leader for the Friends.
Hello, allow me to introduce myself and 2013’s Friends of
Johnson County Public Library Board Members. My name is Carol
Spurgeon from Trafalgar, IN. My husband, David, and I have lived in
the Franklin area since 1967. We both taught school in the Franklin
School Corporation. David taught Vocational Agriculture at Franklin
from 1966 to 1976 when he left to pursue his life long dream of
farming. I taught at Union Elementary for one year then moved to
Needham Elementary for the next five years before I left to start a
family. We have two sons, Mathew and Jonathan.
I first became involved with the Johnson County Public Library
while teaching. I would contact the librarians and they would send
books to my classroom since the school’s library was limited at
that time. This provided a wonderful opportunity for my
students.
When our children were old enough to participate in storytimes,
I took them to the Franklin Branch where they attended the weekly
story hour presented by Avyce Hendricks. She had a soft accent and
was able to transform their world into a magical time for an hour a
week. They loved to listen to the stories then check out books to
read at home.
We moved from the Franklin area to live in Trafalgar. First on
the newly purchased FFA center for a year and a half then we moved
to our current farm southwest of Trafalgar. David farms and raises
beef cattle. He and our sons ran a successful hay baling operation
and metal fabrication business for about 20 years. I spent my time
being a liaison between the three balers, a food wagon
Ann AlexanderMerilee AllenBonnie BareGene BareNancy BeckGreg
BiberdorfJane BinghamDiane BlackRob Blough
Jean DickinsonJoyce DonathenDorothy DotsonJudy GrantKay
HuffNancy HughesBill IsbellGary KieselLinda Kilbert
Ivan LancasterSteve LasherBarb LasherVickie LeeKit LoganDella
MaudlinSarah McClurePam McHenryBarbara O’Byrne
Bobbi O’NealPhyllis ReynoldsRoger RobeyGayle RobeyMary Jane
RoseJane SampleBetsy SchmidtLouise SpicerCarol Spurgeon
Michael StifflerRose Marie StifflerAllison SullivanDavid
ThompsonPatti TreadwayNeal TreadwayJeremy WeimerTheresa WolfeBarb
Yeager
Thank You, November Used Book Sale Volunteers!
We also wish to thank Amy Kitchen, Robin Martinez, and Pam Caito
of theJCPL Community Relations Department for all they do to make
the public aware of our sales.
Carol Spurgeon PresidentJane Bingham Vice-PresidentGary Kiesel
TreasurerBetsy Schmidt SecretaryRoger RobeyPhyllis ReynoldsPatti
TreadwayIvan Lancaster
Mary Jane RoseMerilee AllenGreg BiberdorfCathy DailyJudy
MisiniecJeremy WeimerVickie Lee Library LiaisonPhil Ross Director
Emeritus
2013 Friends of JCPL Board Members
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Name
Address
Company Name (if company will match gift)
Email
Phone #
Date
City State Zip
FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP FORMPlease return completed form and payment
to any JCPL branch or mail to:FRIENDS c/o Johnson County Public
Library, 401 State St., Franklin, IN 46131-2545Make checks payable
to: Friends of Johnson County Public Library. Dues are tax
deductible.
Senior (60 & up)
...............$5Family............................... $15Patron
.............................. $30Donor
.............................$100
Individual ....................... $10Sponsor
........................... $20Benefactor ......................
$60Sustaining ....................$150
Membership level (check one)
I would like to help:(check all that apply)
Sell Books at Book SaleSort Books for Book SaleTutor Adult
Learners
Sunday, March 31:00pm - 4:00pm
Saturday, March 29:00am - 5:00pm
Friday, March 19:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday, February 284:00pm - 8:00pm
Friends Night for Members & Joiners
Johnson County Public LibraryFranklin Branch
401 State St.Franklin, IN 46131
Books for $1or less...............
CDs and DVDs for $3 or less
Views from the November Used
Book Sale
A patron browses the books atthe November 2012 Used BookSale at
the White River Branch.
(JCPL photo/Robin Martinez)
Friends Treasurer Gary Kiesel collects money at the November
2012 Used Book Sale at the White River Branch.
(JCPL photo/Robin Martinez)
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