Laura Jo's Book Nook
School has started for the children. Story times and Toddler times have started for the little ones. Even college has started for the bigger ones. It's a time of new - new friends, new learning, and new schedules. And, when everything is new, sometimes it's nice to hold onto an old favorite. Some books just make you feel good because you know what to expect. That is what we're featuring this month.
Some old favorite picture books include:
We Are in a Book!by Mo Willems  If you are not already a Mo Willems fan, you will want to try this Elephant and Piggie book. In this particular book, they discover the joys of being read. But, what will happen when the book ends?
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay
Up Late!
by Mo Willems
Pigeon is another Mo Willems favorite. In this book, Pigeon is using every reason he can think of to get to stay up later than normal. Because....as he says....who can sleep with all these great books
to read?
Elmer and the Butterfly
by David McKee
Elmer is a favorite patchwork elephant, and in this new story he rescues a butterfly. She in turn promises to help Elmer, should he ever need it. But how can a butterfly ever help an elephant?
Another Monster at the End of this Book
by Sesame Street
Grover is a cuddly favorite of everyone! He has already been tricked by the Monster at the End of the Book, and now Elmo is suggesting he try it again. Will Grover finally win or will he be tricked once again?
We have some old favorites among the chapter books also:
Dork Diaries
by Rachel Renee Russell
Sub-titled "Tales from a Not So Dorky Drama Queen", this book is the ninth book of a popular series. Among the drawings and comments on what appears to be loose leaf paper, a story evolves of school, teachers, and BFF's.
Shadow of the Shark
by Mary Pope Osborne
Talk about an old favorite....this book is #53 in the Magic Tree House series! As in all Magic Tree House books, you learn as you enjoy. This one features sharks, and the readers learn facts about sharks as they read the story of Jack and Annie.
Star Wars: the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
by Tony Diterlizzi
Beautiful pictures pair with the iconic story that first made Star Wars a success. You can enjoy the story and stop to examine each picture at your leisure. May the force be with you!
The Worst Class Trip Ever
by Dave Barry
While Dave Barry might not be an old favorite of your child, he might be someone you, as a parent, remember. As he branches out into  children's books, you meet eighth grader Wyatt Palmer who is winging his way to Washington D.C. with his classmates. But, who are the mysterious men in row 11?
Book Nook is written by
Assistant Children's Librarian,
Laura Jo Tebbe.
She can be contacted at ljtebbe@greensburglibrary.org.
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Vanessa's Picks
Fiction:
The Daughters
by Adrienne Celt
The Guilty One
by Sophie Littlefield
Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book
of Wonders
by Julianna Baggott
The Little Paris Bookshop
by Nina George
Mrs. Sinclair's Suitcaseby Louise Walters
Villa America
by Liza Klaussmann
Non-Fiction:
Avenue of Spies: A True Story
of Terror, Espionage, and
One American Family's
Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris
by Alex Kershaw
Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America's Whiskeyby Reid Mitenbuler 
Called for Life: How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic
by Kent Brantly
Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest
Man on Earth
by Craig Ryan
The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900
by Al Roker
The Type B Manager: Leading Successfully in a Type A World
by Victor Lipman
Do you have a book request or suggestion for Vanessa?
Email her at vmartin@greensburglibrary.org
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New in the Teen Studio
Awesome Series Books
in the Teen Studio
Everneath Series
by Brodi Ashton
Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now, she's returned - to her old life, her family, her boyfriend - before she's banished back to the underworld . . this time forever.
Ashes Series
by Ilsa J. Black
An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions. Desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom and Ellie. For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it's now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human.
Matched Series
by Ally Condie
Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So, when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.
Elemental Series
by Anthony John
Sixteen-year-old Thomas has always been an outsider. The first child born without the power of an Element - earth, water, wind or fire - he has little to offer his tiny, remote Outer Banks colony. Or, so the Guardians would have him believe.
In the wake of an unforeseen storm, desperate pirates kidnap the Guardians, intent on claiming the island as their own. Caught between the plague-ridden mainland and the advancing pirates, Thomas and his friends fight for survival in the battered remains of a mysterious abandoned settlement.
Do you have a book request or program suggestion for
Teen Librarian, Amy Swihart?
Email her at aswihart@greensburglibrary.org
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Greensburg Public Library hours:
Monday - Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Friday:
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday:
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday:
Closed
Westport Branch Library hours:
Monday - Thursday: 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday:
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Friday and Sunday:
Closed
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The Library will be CLOSED on
Monday, September 7
in observance of
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Toddler Time and Story Time continue in the Children's Room. Registration required.
Tuesday, September 8
Make and Take Tuesday
Apple Pie, anyone?
All day in the Children's Room.
Monday, September 14, 21 and 28
School Year Feeding Program
The Greensburg Library is partnering with the YMCA to provide dinner for any child age 18 and under on Monday's throughout the school year. There is no charge, but the meal must be eaten on site at the Library. For more information contact the Library or the YMCA at 812-663-9622.
Teens
Thursday, September 10
Maze Runner Movie Celebration!
6 - 8 p.m.
Here's your chance to watch the first movie in the Maze Runner series just before the Scorch Trials arrives in local theaters. We'll watch the movie and eat popcorn in the Meeting Room. Bring a friend!
Register here.
Friday, September 25 S'more Fun at the Library!
7 - 9 p.m.
Cookout on the Lawn! Roast hot dogs, make s'mores, play games, have fun! Bring a friend! Bring a chair or a blanket to sit on. Rain will move the fun indoors.
Click here to sign up.
Thursday, September 3
Tax Amnesty Seminar
7:00 p.m. Free Tax Amnesty 2015 informational seminar with the Indiana Department of Revenue.
If you owe taxes to the Indiana Department of Revenue, you may be eligible to take advantage of Tax Amnesty 2015, a limited-time opportunity during which taxpayers can pay their overdue base taxes free of penalty, interest, and collection fees.
Tax Amnesty 2015 will be held from
September 15, 2015 to November 16, 2015.
All tax types managed by the department, including individual income tax, sales tax and individual income tax withholding, are eligible for Tax Amnesty 2015.
Additionally, taxpayers who have failed to file or have under-reported their tax liabilities will have the opportunity to file the appropriate tax returns and pay the base tax during Tax Amnesty 2015.
If you did not participate in the 2005 Indiana tax amnesty program and owe taxes for periods ending prior to January 1, 2013, you are likely eligible to participate in Tax Amnesty 2015.
Visit www.taxamnesty.in.gov or call the department toll-free at 1-844-TAXES-IN (1-844-829-3746) if you have specific questions about your account or eligibility. Tuesday, September 8Chautauqua Tuesday - Film Fest
McFarland, USA
6:00 p.m.
The Library will be hosting a series of movie nights during September and October, in support of the Greensburg Community High School Chautauqua. Tonight's movie is McFarland, USA. Synopsis: Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach. He sees that some of the students are worth starting a cross country team and turns 7 students with no hope into one of the best cross country teams. Click here to register. Click here for movie information. Popcorn and lemonade will be served.
Thursday, September 17
Coffee, Books and More!
6:30 p.m.
The book for September will be
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning.
Books are available now. This discussion will be held at It's Your Dime, 121 E. Main St. Click
here to register for the discussion and here
for more info about the book.
Tuesday, September 22
Chautauqua Tuesday - Film Fest
6:00 p.m.
The Library will be hosting a series of movie nights during September and October, in cooperation with the Greensburg Community High School Chautauqua. The title for this week's movie is still being decided. Please visit the Library website for movie information. Popcorn and lemonade will be served.
Saturday, September 26
Postcard Program
11:00 a.m.
Harley Sheets, from Danville, IN is the former president and show chairman of the Indianapolis Postcard Club and co-founder of the Indiana High School Basketball Historical Society.
His postcard collecting focuses on Indiana High Schools and his native Boone County.
Mr. Sheets will give a 30 minute presentation on postcard collecting; giving information about what makes postcards both valuable and collectable.
Following the presentation, he will give
FREE POSTCARD APPRAISALS
for those who have collections and accumulations. No registration is required for this program.
The next Library Board meeting will be on Tuesday, September 29 at 4:00 p.m. in the
conference room. The public is
welcome to attend.
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Meet the Staff! It takes a lot of people to make a Library work!
Here are two of the busy people who help keep
things going!
Nancy Wilhoit
Nancy has been with the Library since she "retired" from Cummins 15 years ago. She worked at Cummins for 33 years. Nancy says that her favorite part of her job is the variety. She enters all of our new materials into the Evergreen System, takes care of ordering supplies, helps with bookkeeping and really, does anything else that needs doing! The rest of the staff like to say, "if you don't know, ask Nancy!"
When not at the Library, Nancy enjoys spending time with family and friends. Her husband, Russell (Rabbit), plays Vintage Baseball and 65+ Senior Softball and Nancy enjoys traveling with him to different tournaments around the U.S. She also loves to vacation in Charleston, South Carolina.
Nancy and Rabbit have one son and two granddaughters, Kasey and Lexi.
Nancy enjoys reading historical non-fiction and her favorite TV shows are mysteries like Murder She Wrote, Diagnosis Murder and NCIS.
Nancy also accompanies Rabbit when he performs historical cemetery walks and historical re-enactments.
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Peggy Israel
Peggy has been at the Library for over 10 years. She works at the Westport Branch, drives the Bookmobile, works adult circulation at the main Library and packs and unpacks the Evergreen reserves that come in twice a week. She says that the many different things she gets to do is her favorite part of her job.
Peggy has been married to husband, David, for 37 years and has two children and 4 grandchildren.
When not at the Library, Peggy enjoys working outside and spending time with her grandkids.
Peggy also volunteers with the Burney Volunteer Fire Department. Her favorite book is Call of the Wild, her favorite movie is Gone in 60 Seconds and her favorite TV show is Castle. |
Did You Ever Wonder...
about the history behind Labor Day?You may already know that Labor Day is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
But, did you know that more than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt
as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.
Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those
"who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold."
Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.
What you most likely don't know, is that the
planned parade in celebration of the first Labor Day
almost didn't happen.
On the morning of September 5, 1882, a crowd of spectators filled the sidewalks of lower Manhattan near city hall and along Broadway. They had come early, well before the Labor Day Parade marchers, to claim the best vantage points from which to view the first Labor Day Parade. A newspaper account of the day described "...men on horseback, men wearing regalia, men with society aprons, and men with flags, musical instruments, badges, and all the other paraphernalia of a procession." The police, wary that a riot would break out, were out in force that morning as well. By 9 a.m., columns of police and club-wielding officers on horseback surrounded city hall. By 10 a.m., the Grand Marshall of the parade, William McCabe, his aides and their police escort were all in place for the start of the parade. There was only one problem: none of the men had moved. The few marchers that had shown up had no music. According to McCabe, the spectators began to suggest that he give up the idea of parading, but he was determined to start on time with the few marchers that had shown up. Suddenly, Mathew Maguire of the Central Labor Union of New York ran across the lawn and told McCabe that two hundred marchers from the Jewelers Union of Newark Two had just crossed the ferry - and they had a band! Just after 10 a.m., the marching jewelers turned onto lower Broadway - they were playing "When I First Put This Uniform On," from Patience, an opera by Gilbert and Sullivan. The police escort then took its place in the street. When the jewelers marched past McCabe and his aides, they followed in behind. Then, spectators began to join the march. Eventually there were 700 men in line in the first of three divisions of Labor Day marchers. Final reports of the total number of marchers ranged from 10,000 to 20,000
men and women. With all of the pieces in place, the parade marched through lower Manhattan. The New York Tribune reported that, "The windows and roofs and even the lamp posts and awning frames were occupied by persons anxious to get a good view of the first parade in New York of workingmen of all trades united in one organization." At noon, the marchers arrived at Reservoir Park, the termination point of the parade. While some returned to work, most continued on to the post-parade party at Wendel's Elm Park at 92nd Street and Ninth Avenue; even some unions that had not participated in the parade showed up to join in the post-parade festivities that included speeches, a picnic, an abundance of cigars and, "Lager beer kegs... mounted in every conceivable place." From 1 p.m. until 9 p.m. that night, nearly 25,000 union members and their families filled the park and celebrated the very first, and almost entirely disastrous, Labor Day. On June 28, 1894 Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday. www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htm
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Each month the newsletter highlights
events in our community that might
be of interest to you.
These are not Library events.
Please contact the appropriate people for more information.Summer Farmer's Market
Every Friday
2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
South Side of Courthouse Square
Browse products from regional vendors at the Farmer's Market. Fruits, vegetables, flowers, crafts, and more.
Westport Kiwanis Car Show & BBQ
September 11-13
Westport, IN
Traditional Car Show - Call 812-591-3100 and ask for Richard Young or Jim Harrison for Car Show Information. Contact Mike Gasper for other event details at 812-591-2066.
Decatur County Family YMCA Triathlon
September 12
Phone: 812-663-9622
Cost: $55.00 to $67.00
Triathlon with biking, running and swimming at Lake Santee. USAT sanctioned event. This is a great course and a fantastic family venue. Visit www.decaturcountyfamilyymca.org for more details. Tox-A-Way-Day
September 12
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Decatur County Fairgrounds
Phone: 812-663-0960
A free service for the RESIDENTS (not businesses) of Decatur County. This is a great place to get rid electronics, paint, batteries, oil filters, expired medicines, sharps containers and other such items. For more information on what is accepted check out: www.decaturcountysolidwaste.com/tox.htmlLake Santee Sprint Triathalon
September 12
Lake Santee
Phone: 812.663.9622 - call for times and cost
This new & exciting event will prove to be suitable for all levels of triathletes. The race begins with a 500 meter swim in Lake Santee. There will be a time trial start, so each competitor will start individually. After the swim, enjoy a 13 mile bike ride on quiet, scenic, country roads with gently rolling hills. This will be followed by a 5K road run on East Lake Santee Drive, which features a moderately challenging run up and down the lake dam.
Lake Santee offers a family friendly environment with a beach area, playground, tennis courts, basketball courts, and a restaurant (The Brau Haus on the beach). So, bring the family and enjoy the day!
Crackaway Daze II
September 19 and 20
Saltcreek Park, Hwy 46, New Point, IN
Phone: 812.663.3610
Cost: Free
The Annual Crackaway Daze II Festival features vendors, a parade, bed race, country store, pony rides, hog roast and chicken dinner. This festival is a perennial favorite. Call for more details.
Tree City Fall Festival
September 19 and 20, 2015
Hours: Fri. 5 p.m. -10 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.- 10 p.m.
Court House Square s
Phone: 812.663.7869
Music/art festival includes parade, vendor booths, Idol contest, baking contest, lip sync talent contest and much more.
Music on the Square September 25th 7 - 9 p.m. Gazebo on the Greensburg Square Bring your lawn chairs down to the square Friday evenings for Music on the Square! September's music provided by Wine and Sequins Cabaret.
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Links of Interest from the Library's websiteThe Library hosts a variety of links to information on the website - www.greensburglibrary.org
Most of those can be found under the "Library Services" or "Research It" drop down tabs.
You can Book a Librarian, find out about using the meeting spaces at the Library, access Inspire Indiana, Indiana's Virtual Online Library and much more.
One link you may not know about is:
Local History and Genealogy
This is under the Library Services drop down tab. Clicking here will take you to the Decatur County History blog. On the left of the blog page is another link - Photo Albums / Yearbooks. That link will take you to a digital version of the Greensburg/Decatur County high school year books starting from 1924.
This is currently being updated.
The Decatur County History blog site also has a link to search and request copies of obituaries.
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