Library director position available

www.desotoparishlibrary.com

JANUARY 2016

DeSoto

Parish

Library


VOLUME 8, ISSUE 10


MANSFIELD MAIN LIBRARY

872-6100

109 Crosby Street

Mansfield, LA 71052

Mon.—Thurs. 9 a.m.—6 p.m.

Friday 9 a.m.—5 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m.—1 p.m.

LOGANSPORT BRANCH

697-2311

203 Hwy. 5

Logansport, LA 71049




PELICAN BRANCH

755-2353

145 Jackson Ave.

Pelican, LA 71063

Mon. 9 a.m.—6 p.m.

Tues.—Fri. 9 a.m.—5 p.m.


STONEWALL BRANCH

925-9191

808 Hwy. 171

Stonewall, LA 71078




DeSoto Parish

Library

All locations of the

DeSoto Parish Library

will be closed

Monday, Jan. 18

in honor of

Martin Luther

King Jr. Day and will reopen on Tuesday,

Jan. 19 at 9 a.m.

New is the year; New are the hopes;

New is the resolution; New are the spirits;

And new are our warm wishes just for you.

Have a promising and fulfilling new year!

From the Board and Staff

of the DeSoto Parish Library

The DeSoto Parish Library Grand Re-Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was held Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015. Shown, front row,

from left, Marvin Jackson, Mansfield City Clerk; Delbert Terry, Adult Services Librarian; Ernest Boyd, DeSoto Parish School Board

Member; Doris Ross, Mansfield Main Library Manager; Margaret Dickerson, Library Board President; William C. Smith, Library In-

terim Director; Mary Nesbitt, Library Board Member; Evelyn Brown Quinn, Library Board Member; Logansport Mayor Katherine

Freeman, Library Board Member; Christopher R. Leigh and son, Coco & Company Architect; Leon W. Hunt, Library Board Member;

back row, from left, Oristene Jackson; Linda Terrell and her children; Deloris Brown, Mansfield Friends of the Library Member; John

Freeman; Edna Thornton, DeSoto Parish Tourist Bureau Exec. Director; Jerry Beck; Alice Thomas, School Board Member; Carolyn

Freeman and granddaughter; and Nan Turner. The DeSoto Parish Library would like to thank everyone for all their hard work in help-

ing make this Grand Re-Opening a success. Special thanks to Brenda Hall, Executive Director of the DeSoto Parish Chamber of Com-

merce and Edna Thornton, Executive Director of the DeSoto Parish Tourist Bureau.

Library director position available

This full time position is available immediately. With oversight by the Board

of Control, this individual has ultimate responsibility for administration of all

library outlets, services and functions. The DeSoto Parish Library has 4

branches with combined holdings of over 177,000 items and an annual

budget which exceeds $2.2 million. Circulation is more than 200,000; using

SirsiDynix as its automation system. DPL has a staff of 34. (23 FTE).

For required training and experience; knowledge, abilities and skills and the

general duties of the library director position, contact Bill Smith at 872-6100

or see the full job description listed under “About Us”, then “Job Opportu-

nities” on our website www.desotoparishlibrary.com.

Please send letter of application, resume and three professional references to:

Margaret Ann Dickerson, 4662 Hwy. 3276, Stonewall, LA 71078 Mdick-

[email protected]. If you have questions regarding the application

process or the position, contact Bill Smith, Public Service Administrator, 109

Crosby St., Mansfield, LA 71052; email [email protected].

BOOK

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CHECK IT

OUT!

The Guilty

David Baldacci AF BAL Bk. 4

Tricky Twenty-Two

Janet Evanovich AF EVA

Sidney Sheldon’s Reckless

Tilly Bagshawe AF BAG

Whispers in the Reading Room

Shelley Gray AF GRA

Stars of Fortune

Nora Roberts AF ROB Bk. 1

Cross Justice

James Patterson AF PAT

Dead Ever After

Charlaine Harris AF HAR

Tom Clancy’s Commander in Chief

Mark Greaney AF GRE

Precious Gifts

Danielle Steel AF STE

House of the Rising Sun

James Lee Burke AF BUR

Home, Hearth and the Holidays

Melody Carlson AF CAR Bk. 3

The Painter’s Daughter

Julie Klassen AF KLA

Until the Dawn

Elizabeth Camden AF CAM

Ashley Bell

Dean Koontz AF KOO

An Amish Year

Beth Wiseman AF WIS

The Bishop’s Son

Kelly Irvin AF IRV Bk. 2



Computer Classes:

MA—Tues. & Thurs.

@ 8 a.m.

PE—Tues. @ 10 a.m.

ST— Fri. @ 10 a.m.

LO—Wed. @ 8 a.m.

Bingo:

LO—First Tues. of each

month @ 10 a.m.

PE—Every Monday from

2-4 p.m.

ST—First Thurs. of each

month from 10—11:30 a.m.

Book Clubs:

Books & Biscuits— First Tues.

of each month @ 11:30 a.m.

Pelican Bookworms—Third Mon.

@ 4:00 p.m. at Pelican Branch

Sabine River Book Club—Fourth

Mon. @ 10:30 a.m. at Logans-

port Branch

Stonewall Friends of the

Library to meet the first

Wednesday of each month at

the Library at 1 p.m. Call 925-

9191 for more information.

Logansport Friends of the

Library to meet every second

Friday of each month at 10

a.m. Call 697-2311 for more

information.

Mansfield Friends of the

Library to meet the first

Thursday of each month at 10

a.m. at the Main Library. Call

872-6100 for details.

Pelican Friends of the Li-

brary to meet every second

Monday of the month at 1

p.m. Call 755-2353 for details.

Pelican Branch Library has a

Saturday Movie third Saturday

of every month at 10 a.m.

MobileLib—Homebound?

Can’t get to the library? We

now have MobileLib available.

Call Delbert Terry at 872-6100

for details.


Like us on Facebook!

Keep up with all the happen-

ings at your local library. We

welcome comments and sug-

gestions.

At a glance:

Mansfield Friends of

the Library hosts a

Book Sale every Friday

from 9 a.m.—4 p.m. For

more information call

872-6100.

BOOK

SALE

Representatives of Logansport Christmas Festival committee Annette Bounds, Carolyn

Foshee and Linda Hall presented Logansport Children’s Librarian Teri Hawsey with a

Trail of Ornaments 2nd place plaque. Logansport Storyhour kids decorated the large

ornament that is displayed at the Riverfront.

AT THE

MANSFIELD LIBRARY

Call Darron Spencer for Details! 872-6100

Please bring your water, towels, mat & workout clothes

Starting January 5 Tuesdays & Thursdays

from 5 to 6 p.m.

There are so many uses for Squeeze

bottles? Plastic squeeze bottles are

sold as containers for ketchup and

mustard… but they’re perfect in other

jobs too.

Pre-treat your laundry. Pour your

liquid laundry detergent into a plastic

squeeze bottle. It will make pre-

treating spots easier to hit the spot!

Decorate a cake. Fill a clean squeeze

bottle with icing and use it to decorate

your cake. You’ll find creating flowers,

flags, balloons and piping is much

easier, and your words made of icing

will be much clearer.

Make a masterpiece in the snow. If

you’re not a big fan of snowball fights,

try redirecting your children toward a

different kind of snow play. Arm them

with several squeeze bottles filled with

water and a few drops of food color-

Did you know… ing. They’ll get a kick out of

squirting colorful designs into

the snow.

Fill your iron. The hole you’re supposed to

use in your steam iron can seem impossibly

small. Make your life easier by filling a clean

bottle with water and using it to fill your iron.

Make perfect pancakes. A squeeze bottle

filled with pancake batter is the perfect tool

for squeezing out silver dollar size pancakes

onto a griddle. If the nozzle is too small to let

the batter flow, use scissors to snip off a bit.

For camping, add a bottle half filled with dry

pancake mix to the food park. At breakfast

time, add water, shake and squeeze into the

pan.

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MANSFIELD BOOKS & BISCUITS Grand Cane—Nonnie’s Place 11:30 a.m.

(Call for reservations 858-3368)

Jan. 5 In the Garden of Beasts By Eric Larson

Feb. 2 A Teacher’s Touch By Rose Bayliss

SABINE RIVER BOOK CLUB Logansport 10:30 a.m.

Jan. 25 Wreath, a Girl By Judy Christie

PELICAN BOOKWORMS Pelican 4:30 p.m. Jan. 18 A Place in the Country By Elizabeth Adler

Feb. 15 Memory Man By David Baldacci

Book Club Selections

January Reading Challenge A mystery or thriller

BackAlley

Theatre

BACK ALLEY THEATRE

Corner of LA 3015 & US 171 in Grand Cane 872-6373 or 461-8684 Tickets $10 Showtime 7 p.m.

This deliriously funny Jones-Hope-Wooten comedy is all about that four-letter word:

L-O-V-E. Under a full moon on this unpredictable night of romance, these 4

rollicking tales take you on an around-the-globe journey of unexpected and hilarious

twists and turns. The Hallelujah Girls return to turn-up the fun in Hawaii! They

give aloha a new meaning!

Thursday, Feb. 11 & 18

Friday, Feb. 12 & 19

Saturday, Feb. 13 & 20

Practice Driving Tests now available

The DeSoto Parish Library is pleased to announce a new

partnership with Driving-Tests.org, a top site for driver’s

license practice tests. This program is free and available

24/7 with just a click of a button on our website, deso-

toparishlibrary.com. Patrons can practice at the library,

at home or on the go using a mobile-friendly device. It

will help new drivers (auto, motorcycle or commercial)

study state manuals and take driving practice tests based

on real DMV written exams. Check it out!

January is… National Thank You Month

National Soup Month

Get Organized Month

Jan. 1 Happy New Year!

Jan. 4 National Trivia Day

Jan. 15 National Hat Day

Jan. 16 Appreciate a Dragon Day

Jan. 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan. 19 National Popcorn Day

Jan. 21 National Hugging Day

Jan. 22 Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day

Jan. 23 National Pie Day

Jan. 24 Belly Laugh Day

Jan. 31 Inspire Your Heart

with Art Day

Winter Stroll Elin Hilderbrand AF HIL

Another Christmas on Nan-

tucket finds Winter Street Inn

owner Kelley Quinn reflecting

on the past year as he writes a

holiday letter to friends and

family. With jealousy, passion

and eggnog consumption at an all-time high, it’s

going to take a whole lot more than a Christmas

miracle to get the Quinns … and the inn …

through the holidays intact.

“A holiday package filled with humor, romance and

realism.” — Jocelyn McClurg, USA Today

The Day the Crayons

Came Home Drew Daywalt EF DAY

Boy, Duncan’s crayons sure

are a colorful bunch of

characters. Having soothed

the hurt feelings of one group who threatened to

quit, Duncan now faces a whole new group of

crayons asking to be rescued!

Author Drew Daywalt and Illustrator Oliver Jeffers have

combined to create another funny, kid-friendly book.

LaCAP

SNAP

CCAP

FITAP

KCSP

Need assistance

with any of these

programs? Supplemental Nutritional

Assistance Program, Child

Care Assistance Program,

Family Independence Tem-

porary Assistance Program,

Kinship Care Subsidy Pro-

gram, Louisiana Combined

Application Program or

Child Support

Enforcement Services

Linette Culpepper,

Outreach Coordinator,

will be at the

Logansport Branch

Library Monday, Jan. 11

from 1—3 p.m.

at the

Stonewall Branch

Library Wed., Jan. 13

from 1—3 p.m.

and at the

Mansfield Main Library

Monday, Jan. 25

from 1—3 p.m.

to assist you

For more

Info call

Logansport

at 697-2311,

Stonewall

at 925-9191,

Mansfield

at 872-6100

or

Ms. Culpepper

675-2400

ext. 110

@ your Library Every Wednesday

at 10 a.m.

Please bring photo ID and Social Security Card

(or know your Social Security No.)

Pelican Branch patrons and staff were enter-

tained as Gerald Lafitte sang and John Cham-

berlain accompanied with guitar during Open

House.

Open House was a huge success at all four locations of the DeSoto Parish Library. We would like to take this oppor-

tunity to thank all our friends and patrons who participate in DPL functions and it really warms our hearts when we

see such smiling faces. As our mission states: “The DeSoto Parish Library is a service institution which seeks to

inform, educate, entertain and culturally enrich the lives of all people from early childhood to senior citizens, through

the use of books and other materials, technological innovations, facilities and professional services.”

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Mission Statement: The DeSoto Parish Library is a service institution which seeks to inform, educate, entertain, and culturally

enrich the lives of all people, from early childhood to senior citizens, through the use of books and other materials, technological

innovations, facilities and professional services.

DeSoto Parish Library 109 Crosby Street

Mansfield, LA 71052

“ANCORA IMPARA, INTEMPORALITER”

(Still learning...eternally)

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE

THIS NEWSLETTER VIA EMAIL,

PLEASE EMAIL TAMMY AT

[email protected] OR

CALL (318) 872-6100 AND

LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

Free Computer

Classes Offered


Avalanche

Blizzard

Chilly

Cold

Flurries

Foggy

Forecast

Freezing Rain

Frost

Hail

Ice Storm

Icicle

Icy

Rainy

Sleet

Slush

Snow

Sunny

Temperature

Thermometer

Whiteout

Wind Chill

Windy

Winter Storm

Mansfield Main Library

Basic computer skills available

on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8

a.m. Call 872-6100 to register.

Pelican Branch Computer

classes Tuesdays at 10 a.m.

Call 755-2353 to register.

Stonewall Branch

Basic computer skills Fridays

at 10 a.m. Call 925-9191 to

register.

Logansport Branch

Computer classes on Wednes-

days from 8-9 a.m. Call 697-

2311 to register.

1 Cup Sugar

1 Cup Salted Peanuts

½ Cup Light Corn Syrup

1 Tsp. Baking Soda

Bring sugar and corn syrup to rolling boil. Stir in peanuts and keep

boiling until mixture turns light tan. Remove from heat and add

soda. Stir well and pour onto well-buttered cookie sheet. Cool and

break into pieces.

Peanut

Brittle

Join us!

Wednesday, Jan. 6 @ 1 p.m.

Call 925-9191 for more information

Swap tips, recipes, ideas, coupons & other

handmade ‘creations’!

PLAY ADULT BINGO!

Pelican Branch Library Every Monday from 2-4 p.m.

Happy Library Anniversary January

Jerry Evans

Brian McCarty

Tammy

Overton

January Sharon Bogan

Diane Pitts

Now at Stonewall Branch! Come join us the first Thursday of each


BINGO! Logansport Branch

Library First Tuesday of each


Word of the Month: Resolution: A firm decision to do or not to do something

“Be yourself: everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde

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Library director position available