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September 2007

Volume 8, Issue 9 The Library Page

Knowledge.

Inspiration.

Connection.

Find it @ the Demmer

In this issue:

Northwoods

Thrillers 2

Story Hour

Begins 3

Travel w/o Your

Passport 4

Booking Ahead 5

Monday

Matinees 6

Golf Outing 6

Access to Books 7

Demmer Memorial Library, Three Lakes, Wisconsin 54562

Hours Monday 9 – 8

Tuesday 9 -5

Wednesday 9 – 8

Thursday 9 – 5

Friday 9 – 5

Saturday 9 – 2

Contact

Phone: 546-3391

Fax: 546-2930

www.demmerlibrary.org

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Monday, Sept. 3 Labor Day Holiday

Library CLOSED

Thursday, Sept. 6 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

“Sugar Camp Story Hour

Open House”

see page 4

Monday, Sept. 10

11:00 a.m.

Friends of the Library

Lower Level Meeting Room

Monday, Sept. 10 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Monday Matinee

Pride & Prejudice

see page 5

Monday, Sept. 10 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

“Three Lakes Story Hour

Open House”

see page 4

Tuesday, Sept. 11

4:30 p.m.

Library Board of Trustees

Meeting

Lower Level Meeting Room

Wednesday, Sept. 12 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

“Laura Ingalls Wilder Story”

See page 2

Tuesday, Sept. 25th 6:30 p.m.

Books-the-Other-Channel

(see page 2)

Lower Level Meeting Room II

Weekly Events

Tuesdays

9:30 a.m.

Three Lakes Story Hour

Lower Level

Wednesdays 1:30 p.m.

Three Lakes Knitters

Northwoods Reading Room

Thursdays 8:30 a.m.

Sugar Camp Story Hour

Sugar Camp Elementary

Thursdays 2:00 p.m.

“Near Great Books “

Book Discussion Group

Lower Level

Monday, Sept. 17 10:30 a.m.

Library Limo will visit the

Reiter Center

Monday, Sept. 17 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Monday Matinee

To Kill a Mockingbird

see page 5

Wednesday, Sept. 19 6:30 p.m.

“No Passport Required”

“Erica Brewster & Vietnam”

Lower Level Meeting Room

see page 6

Friday, Sept. 21 10:15 a.m.

Library Limo will visit Orchard

Estates

Monday, Sept. 24 1:00 p.m.

Three Lakes Genealogical

Society Meeting

Lower Level Meeting Room I

Monday, Sept. 24 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Monday Matinee

An Inconvenient Truth

see page 5

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“This is the story

of John and Kathy

Wade, and what

may or may not

have happened to

them at a

summer cottage

in Minnesota.”—

Bookreporter.com

One of our most popular fiction displays is our “State of Suspense” display which

highlights mystery authors who choose to set their books locale in the Northwoods of

Wisconsin, the Upper Pennisula of Michigan or Minnesota’s Boundary Waters area.

Either our readers enjoy reading about the Northwoods or they really don’t care to

sleep at night because any of these titles will remind you to keep your doors

locked…even in the Northwoods!

If this type of suspense interests you try these authors…

John Sandford, William Kent Krueger, Steve Hamilton, Joseph Heywood, Mary Logue,

and Victoria Houston.

Our Book Discussion Group, Books-the-other-Channel will be discussing the book titled

In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O’Brien. Join them Thursday, September 25 at 6:30

p.m. in the Lower Level of the Demmer Library. (We’ll leave the doors unlocked for

you!)

Thrillers with a Taste of the Northwoods

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Storyperformed by Corrinne Lester

Join us as the Demmer Library celebrates one of America’s best-loved authors.

In 1932, when Laura Ingalls Wilder started writing her classic "Little House" book series, she had no idea the impact

the stories would have on future generations of readers of American history. She wrote simply to preserve tales of a

lost era in American history, the pioneer life she vividly recalled from her growing-up years on the frontier in the

1870's and 1880's. When completed, the eight-volume series , documented a long lasting and substantial literary

picture of pioneer life in Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, and South Dakota.

Wednesday, September 12th at 6:00 p.m.

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Make A Bookmark To Celebrate

National Library Card Sign-Up Month

September is known as the month for sending kids back to school, with parents hoping

their children are ready and excited to learn. One way to make sure kids are ready to

learn is with the most important school supply -- a library card. A library card is their

ticket to grand adventures, armchair travel to foreign

lands, and access to research information.

Registering for a card is easy, free, and quick! Simply ask at the desk for a registration

form, and once you’ve filled out the information for your child and signed the form,

they’ll be handed their very own library card. This month make sure your children gear

up for school by getting them a Demmer Library Card.

In celebration of National Library Card Sign-Up Month, children will be able to decorate

special bookmarks while they are visiting the Demmer during the month of September.

Everything needed for this project will be available in a kit at the desk, simply ask the

librarian to borrow the kit. Your child will be able to create a bookmark and bring it home that same day.

Preschool Story Hour Begins

Attention Preschoolers and their Parents!

The Demmer Library is hosting two Open House events to kick-off our annual

Story Hour program.

Sugar Camp Parents and their Preschoolers may join us at the Sugar Camp

School on Thursday, September 6th from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Three Lakes Parents and their Preschoolers may join us Monday, September

10th from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. in the Lower Level of the Demmer Library.

Story Hour @ the Demmer Library is all about having fun while learning. The program aims to enrich children’s language

and listening skill with stories, music & movement, finger plays, rhymes, and video!

Children ages 3 & up are invited to attend (younger children are also invited…it’s a good idea to talk to the Library Staff

before stopping in). Parents and/or caregivers may choose to attend with their child but are not required to do so.

Story Hour is held Tuesday mornings at the Demmer Library in the Lower Level Meeting Room at 9:30 a.m. beginning

September 11th. Sugar Camp Story Hour is held on Thursday mornings at the Sugar Camp School at 8:30 a.m. beginning

September 13th. Both programs last about one hour.

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Erica Brewster presents the

Country, Culture & People of Vietnam

Sept. 19

Demmer Library Lower Level

Travel around the world without leaving town.

Erica Brewster presents the

Country, Culture & People of Vietnam

Sept. 19th

at 6:30 p.m.

Demmer Library Lower Level

Travel around the world without leaving town.

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Erica Brewster presents the

Country, Culture & People of Vietnam

Demmer Library Lower Level

Travel around the world without leaving town.

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Booking Ahead September 2007 High Interest Titles to be Published in November 2007

Get Your Name on the List Today!

Stone Cold by David Baldacci

Heir by Barbara Taylor Bradford

New Year’s Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini

Chase by Clive Cussler

Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank

Lord John and the Hand of the Devils by Diana Gabaldon

Week from Sunday by Dorothy Garlock

The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss

Mr. Monk in Outer Space by Lee Goldberg

Last Noel by Heather Graham

Third Degree by Greg Iles

Between Sundays by Karen Kingsbury

Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz

Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You by Judith

McNaught

Double Cross by James Patterson

Race by Richard North Patterson

Creation in Death by J.D. Robb

Everlasting by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

If you would like your name added to the reserve

list, please call us at 546-3391 or log onto

www.demmerlibray.org

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Library Foundation Golf Outing a Success

Under cool and cloudy skies threatening rain, 18 four-member teams set out to play nine

holes of golf for the Library Foundation's Fundraiser at Big Stone Golf Club. There was a

jovial atmosphere as teams made up of family members, business associates, and friends

stroked the best-ball format of the

tournament. Along the way, there

were some friendly competitions for

longest putt and longest drives. On hole two the youngest

competitor, A.J. Zayia, sank a twenty-foot putt for the honors.

Adam Rekau had the longest drive for the men, Karla

Lederhaus had the longest drive for the women, and Jerry

Guentner sank the longest putt on number nine.

Overall, the winning team for the women at 37 strokes was:

Linda Soder, Debbie Lawonn, Dar Martineau, and Mary Flannery. Winning for the men with a one-stroke margin

at 29 was the team of: Tim Winter, Terry Bingham, Herb Winter, and Mike Winter.

The Library Foundation's President, Jim Levandoski, thanked

the participants and many sponsors of the event and noted

that the winner of the Packer Game tickets was Kay

Javenkoski.

(Update: According to first estimates the Golf Tournament raised

approximately $6,000 for the Demmer Library!---Thanks to all!)

Monday Matinees Thanks to a generous donation of a public performance movie license by the Friends of the Demmer Library, Library staff

will begin hosting movie matinees on Monday afternoons beginning Sept. 10th at 2:00 p.m. in the Lower Level of the

Library. There is no charge for the movie and popcorn. This month’s schedule is as follows:

Monday, September 10th: Pride and Prejudice

Monday, September 17th : To Kill a Mockingbird

Monday, September 24th: An Inconvenient Truth

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Did you know:

In low-income

neighborhoods, the ratio

of books per child is 1 age-

appropriate book for

every 300 children.

Source: www.FirstBook.org

Judy Woodruff

Senior Correspondent,

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer

I fell in love with reading with

Little Women by Louisa May

Alcott — I was nine or ten years

old and Jo March jumped off the

pages as an outspoken and funny

tomboy who chafed under the

expectations of young women

during Civil War era America. She

was one of the reasons I dreamed

anything could be possible in my

life!

Access to Books is Essential

Random House, Inc., the U.S. division of Random House, the world’s

largest trade book publisher, has announced that it will donate one

million dollars to First Book, the national non-profit literacy organization

whose mission is “to give children from low-income families the

opportunity to read and own their first new books.”

Since it was established in 1992, First Book has distributed more than 50 million new books to children in more

than 3,000 communities large and small across the U.S. Before First Book, many of those children did not own a

single book in their homes. It is no surprise that the organization consistently has demonstrated that interest in

reading increases dramatically, as does their literacy, when young people grow up with access to books.

Also not surprising is that the Town Three Lakes itself has a grass-roots program sharing essentially the same

mission of providing books to children of low-income families. According to Barb Bauknecht, retired Three Lakes

Educator, locally the Alpha Eta Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma distributes approximately 25-46 books each

month at the Three Lakes Christian Food pantry to children who may not have any other opportunity to own

their own book.

The Alpha Eta Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma, offers this program at seven

different food pantries in the Northwoods. Recently at a national convention of

the Delta Kappa Gamma organization, the program received recognition of being

the only program of its kind in the State of Wisconsin. Grant funds were also

promised from the state level of the Delta Kappa Gamma allowing the program to

continue.

Locally the Three Lakes School District teacher’s organization, the Three Lakes

Women’s Club as well as individual contributors have donated funds to the local

chapter ensuring its success. Individuals interested in donating their time or

money to the effort are encouraged to call Barb Bauknecht or visit the Three

Lakes Christian Food Pantry, the 3rd Saturday of each month at the Town of Three Lakes offices.

For additional information on First Book please visit www.FirstBook.org.

This past summer www.First Book.org celebrated its 50 millionth book given

to children in need by asking what book first got you hooked on reading…the

top five are listed here…(please see our display at the library for additional

titles)

1. Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene

2. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

3. Little House on the Prairie by Laura

Ingalls Wilder

4. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

5. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

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Demmer Memorial Library

P.O. Box 760

6961 W. School Street

Three Lakes, WI 54562