Volume 4 Issue 7 March 13, 2009

FDL READS 2009

CHILI SUPPER & PROGRAM

Featuring JERRY APPS

Thursday, March 19

Dinner 6 pm; Program 7 pm

UW-FDL Commons & Prairie Theater

Get Your Dinner Ticket in Advance at the

FDL Public Library - $10 ($12 at door)

Dinner Entertainment by Daryl Rogers, Guitarist

Jerry Apps Program is FREE!

No Ticket Needed – Book Signing

Follows the Program – Books will be available for sale

 

Enjoy a country dinner with Jerry Apps featuring recipes from his book: Chili, Creamy Cucumbers, Cinnamon Applesauce, Banana & Zucchini Breads, Fruit Crisp, plus Beverage.  Cash bar available.

 

 

Upcoming FDL Reads Programs……

 

Schools Back Then Program at FDL Public Library

Children, parents, and grandparents are invited to take a step back in time and find out what it was like going to school years ago.  “Going to School in Years Gone By,” will be presented at the Fond du Lac Public Library by Mary Ann Salter, Chairman of the FDL Historical Society Education Committee, on Sunday, March 22, from 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm.  This entertaining look into the past will feature many items from the Galloway House and Historic Village collections.  No registration is required for this free program. 

 

 

 

Beekeeping Program

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The public is invited to learn the basic facts about bees and the fundamentals of beekeeping in the lower level meeting room at the Fond du Lac Public Library on Thursday, March 26 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  Earl Jewett of Fond du Lac has been passionately working with bees for many years.  With the recent problems and nationwide loss of honeybee colonies, Earl will discuss how we can use our native Wisconsin Bumblebee for pollination services.  There will also be samples of honey harvested from Earl’s bee hives.  No registration is needed to attend this free program.

 

 

 

Art of Weaving Program

 

Curious about weaving?  This is the perfect event to attend to see if you might like this marvelous art form and hobby.  Learn all about spinning and weaving from Sara von Tresckow, owner of the Woolgatherers Ltd. LCC, located in Downtown Fond du Lac.  The program will take place in the lower level meeting room of the Fond du Lac Public Library on Saturday, March 28, from 10:00 am – Noon.  Sara has nearly 30 years experience as a weaver and spinner and has presented workshops nationwide.  Participants will have the opportunity to see the DutchMaster Travel loom in action which is produced by Sara and her husband, Hans.  No registration needed to attend this free program.

 

 

Trace the Genealogy of Your Home

The Fond du Lac Public Library will sponsor a free workshop on tracing the genealogy of your home in the lower level meeting room on Monday, March 30, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  Have you ever wondered about the history of your home?  When it was built?  Who owned it?  What happened to the people who lived there?  Learning about your home and property can be a fascinating and fulfilling project.  FDLPL librarians will tell you everything you need to know to get started with your research.  Who knows what secrets you may uncover?  No registration is required.

 

 

Ellen Herre Greene Book Talk

Author Ellen Herre Greene will present a reading and book signing of her work Remember the Sweet Things at the Windhover Center for the Arts, 7:00  pm ,Wednesday, March 18. Coming to Fond du Lac gives Ellen a chance to visit her home town as part of a nation wide tour for her publisher, Harper Collins.

For twenty years, Ellen kept a running list of the thoughtful, funny, touching things that her husband, Marsh, said and did. She wrote them down secretly, and then shared those thoughts with him every Valentine's Day when he would find pages from her "Sweet Things List" tucked inside a card.

Married and divorced at a young age, Greene raised two small children alone. After another failed relationship in her late thirties, she swore she'd never again subject herself or her kids to men who treated them poorly. Then she met Marsh Greene.

In her beautiful tribute to a man and a marriage, Greene intersperses selections from her "Sweet Things List" with recollections from their years together. While her official home is still in San Pancho, Nayarit, Mexico where she lived with her husband, she now spends more time in San Jose, California, with her daughter and granddaughters. Ellen’s older brother, Tom Herre, is the City Manager for Fond du Lac.

The talk and book signing is sponsored by the Fond du Lac Public Library and FDL Arts Council. Refreshments are courtesy of Kremer Pharmacy whose owner, Mary Thompson, was a high school classmate of Greene’s. Books will be available for purchase the night of the sale with proceeds going to the Friends of the Fond du Lac Public Library.

 

 

Great Decisions 2009

 

The Great Decisions Foreign Policy Discussion Series is free and open to the public.  The programs are held weekly in the lower level McLane Meeting Room at the library on Tuesdays from 7 pm until 8:30 pm. 

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 17 – Cuba after Castro – Professor Jason Brozek, Lawrence University

 

Fidel Castro handed over presidency of Cuba to his brother, Raul, in early 2008; and signs of greater economic openness have led to much speculation.  Will Raul seek to re-open ties with the U.S.? What roles will Cuba’s American exiles play in this?

 

Tuesday, March 24 – U. S. and Rising Powers – Professor Clarence Davis, retired,

 

Who were these “rising powers?”  Will their emregence since the end of the cold war change the global balance of power?  How will the U.S. react?

 

Tuesday, March 31 (rescheduled from March 10)  – Global Food Supply – Professor Eric Boos, UW-FDL

 

What factors are driving global food prices up, and can they be tamed?  What will the political fallout be for governments that fail to act, and what role can global institutions play?

 

 

For more detailed information visit the library’s website: www.FDLPL.org; or call 929-7080.

 

Discussion books are available for checkout at the library for those who want to read ahead for each program. A small number of books are available for purchase in the library .

 

Financial Support for Great Decisions is provided by : FDLPL Robert and Bernice Seefeld Trust, FDL Area Foundation “Jerry and Dixie Sullivan Family Fund,” and the

Friends of the Fond du Lac Public Library

 

 

Sign up NOW for Hooked on Books!

The public is invited to participate in a book discussion group called Hooked on Books at the Fond du Lac Public Library.  The monthly program is a joint project of the library and the Friends of the Library and will run through May 2009.  Each discussion will be led by a community leader on the book of his or her choice.  Space is limited.  Preregistration is required by either calling 929-7080, ext. 126; or registering via the library’s online calendar at www.FDLPL.org

Participants must register for each program individually.

Books for the participants will be available at the library three weeks prior to the discussion date. 

 

Programs are held at 6:30 pm in the Mid-States Training Room at the Library:

 

Wednesday, March 18, Earl Jewett, Friend of the Library- The Land Remembers by Ben Logan.  This is a companion book to the FDL Reads selection, Living a Country Year.

 

Wednesday, April 15, Jeff Reed, Founding Dean, School of Business, Marian University – True North: Discovering your authentic leadership by Bill George with Peter Sims.

 

Wednesday, May 20, Susan Ringer, Librarian, FDL Public Library – The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski.

 

 

National Flood Awareness Week Project

March 15-21

 

Children are invited to share their stories in words and art about their experiences surrounding the June 12^th, 2008, flooding in Fond du Lac.  How did you help your family, friends, and community after the flooding?  Clean up?  Donated clothing , toys, food, etc?  Entry forms can be picked up in the Children’s Room at the Fond du Lac Public Library and need to be returned to the library by March 21, 2009.

 

The project is sponsored by Project Recovery.  For more information call Joyce Gau-MA, CSAC, Region 3 & 4 Team Leader, 920-948-0864

 

width=252 align=left v:shapes="_x0000_s1028">BOOKCELLAR MID-WINTER $ALE AT FDL PUBLIC LIBRARY

Shop the BOOKCELLAR, the used bookstore operated by the Friends of the Fond du Lac Public Library for great bargains during its mid-winter sale days on Monday, March 16, from noon to 6 pm; and Saturday, March 28, from 10 am - 2 pm.   The store is located on the lower level of the library at 32 Sheboygan Street. 

 

The BOOKCELLAR has a huge selection of inventory including adult and children’s hardcover and paperback books.   All hardcover books, except oversize, will sell for 50 cents each.  On Saturday only, March 28, music CDs, VHS tapes, and audio books will also sell for 50 cents. Money raised from the sale goes back to support the library. 

 

To join the Friends or volunteer in the store call (920) 929-7080.  The library will also accept donations of books for the BOOKCELLAR.

 

We hope you visit us often to check out what’s new at the library or online at www.FDLPL.org

 

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