Message
Library to Extend
Closing for July 4th Holiday
Fond du
Lac
Public Library will be closed Thursday
July 2 through Sunday, July 5 for the Independence Day holiday. July 2 is one of three days of unpaid
leave all staff are being asked to take in order to compensate for loss of
revenue in 2009. The other two days are
Friday, September 4 and Thursday, December 31.
The days of unpaid leave
were scheduled holiday weekends in part to lessen the impact of loss of service
to the public. The Main Library, Festival Branch, and Bookmobile will all be
closed these days. Book drops at the Main Library will remain open, though no
material will become due on days the library is
closed.
Join
the Summer Reading Program!
Be Creative@ the
Fond du
Lac Public Library &
Bookmobiles
- Children ages 3 - 12 are invited to
join the Be Creative@ Your
Library reading club at the
Fond du
Lac Public
Library and on the Bookmobiles.
The program begins June 15 through August 28. Readers will be rewarded with a bag of
prizes when they complete their reading records. There will also be contests for kids
to enter throughout the summer.
- Special programs for kids of all ages
will be held on Mondays at the library throughout the
summer:
KG & the Ranger
Program on June 29
Children of all ages are
invited to experience a journey back in time to the days when cowboy heroes rode
the Wild West. Two 45 minute
performances will be offered at 2 pm and 3:30
pm at the
Fond
du Lac Public Library on Monday, June 29. Free tickets are required in advance and
may be picked up in the Children’s Room starting Tuesday June 23. Saddle up your imagination for a ride to
the Old West with cowboy songs and yodelers. Ranger Rick will twirl his lariat in a
fascinating display of trick rope-spinning. Preschoolers need to be
accompanied by an adult.
JULY
6 – 2 pm & 3:30
pm The Great Rondini
Magician
JULY
13 – 2 pm & 3:30
pm Wonders of
Physics
JULY
20 – 2 pm & 3:30
pm Atwood
Players
JULY
27 – 2 pm & 3:30 pm
Randy Peterson Concert
Free tickets are required and may be
picked up at the library beginning the Tuesday before each
event.
·
Kids Get Crafty Night for ages 5-12
will be held on Wednesday evenings
at the library from 6:30-7:15 pm, June 24-July 29. This weekly drop-in program features
stories and a craft.
·
Summer Lunch Bunch for ages 6-12 will be held on Wednesdays from
11:30-12:30 pm, June 24 – July 29. Each week kids will enjoy stories, fun
and games. Children should bring a
bag lunch. Beverage will be
provided.
·
Imagine That! Preschool Storytime for ages 2-5 will be held on Thursdays from
10:00-10:30 am, June 25 – July 30. Registration is not required. The program will feature books, flannel
board stories, finger rhymes and music.
Two year olds must be accompanied by an
adult.
Bookmobile
Programs
Special programs will be held at the
bookmobiles featuring crafts, stories, and more!
“The Balloon Kid” will be performing at the Kick-Off programs in June
at all the locations listed below.
Rosendale Community
Center – Monday June 22 and August 17, 3:30
pm
Eden Park – Monday June 22 and August 17, 9:30
am
Mt. Calvary Park – Wednesday June 24 and August 19, 2:00
pm
St.
Cloud Park– Thursday June 25 and August 20, 3:00
pm
Festival Bookmobile – Tuesday June 23 and August 18, 2:00
pm
BUSES TO BOOKS –
Children and Teens ages 6-17 can
ride the City of Fond du Lac buses to the library and home again FREE on
Thursdays from June 11-August 20 by showing their library card. Ages 6-9 must be accompanied by an
adult.
“I’m in the Moood to
Read” Key to Fun and Prizes for
Adults
Readers who participate in the
adult library program this summer at the Fond du
Lac Public Library will be in for fun
and surprises. “I’m in the Moood to
Read” is the theme for 2009.
Participants also have an opportunity to win prizes, including gift
certificates, books, book bags, and other special items.
The program will run from June
15-August 8th. Registration will
begin Monday, June 15th.
Participants must be 18 years of age and may register in person at the
Circulation Desk at the library, on the bookmobiles, or online at www.fdlpl.org. Registrants will receive a packet with 7
tickets – one for each week of the program. Read at least 20 minutes each day and
check a box on your entry. Return
your completed entry by email or in person at the library for weekly prize
drawings. Weekly drawings will be
held each Wednesday, beginning July 1st.
On Wednesday, August 12th, there will be a grand prize drawing with
$40.00 Association of Commerce gift certificates awarded to two lucky
readers.
Participants may read whatever they
like – bestsellers, romances, mysteries, Westerns, biography or history. Books, magazines, and newspapers are
eligible formats. You can even
listen to books on tape or CD.
Reading to your children or grandkids also
qualifies for prizes.
Teen Summer Reading Program
Express
Yourself!
June 15 -
August 28
Ages 13 -
17
Prizes Food Fun Contests
Programs
Sign up in the
Children's Room
SAT., JUNE 27 – TEEN
MURDER MYSTERY PARTY! 2-3:30
pm
SOLVE A MYSTERY! SNACKS! FREE!
NO
REGISTRATION NEEDED!
Exhibit of Portraits by
Chuck Wydevan at FDL Public Library
A new exhibit titled, Some People that I Know….And a Few that I
Don’t, will open at the Fond du Lac Public Library, Langdon Divers Community Gallery, on
June 30th and will run through July 31st. Portrait artist Chuck Wydeven created
the works. A public reception to
meet the artist will be held on Wednesday, July 8th, from
6-8
pm.
Wydevan received a degree in art
education from UW-Oshkosh and currently teaches art at FACES. Prior to that he worked at the
Minneapolis Art Institute. He also works as a free-lance portrait artist. Chuck has taught art with The Young Artists Workshop which is a
program for physically and developmentally disabled teens. He also teaches LEAPS and College for Kids through the Department
of Continuing Education, UW-Fond du Lac.
Chuck lives in Fond du Lac with his wife Leslie and two sons.
Street
Fair – Sat., June 27, 10
am – 1 pm
Healthy
Fun Both Indoors & Out!
On
Sheboygan Street in front of the FDL Public Library & Children’s Museum of
FDL
·
FREE
Snacks for Kids
·
Scavenger
Hunt at the FDL Public Library
·
Face
Painting by Betty Trent
·
Visit
each Health Station & receive FREE admission that day to the Children’s
Museum
Presented by the
Children’s Museum of FDL and Agnesian
Healthcare
Entries Sought for
Fifth Annual Flower Show Contest
Show off your garden and enter the Fifth Annual In the Good Old Summertime Flower Show
Contest at the library on Friday and Saturday, July 10 -11.
Entry forms are available in the library or online. Forms are due at the
library on June 27. The program is co-sponsored by the library and the Green
Thumb Garden Club of Fond du Lac.
People may enter several
categories including a floral arrangement, an arrangement using only leaves, or
an arrangement in a unique container. All entries must be created from fresh
plant materials grown by the exhibitor. The show will be judged and prizes
awarded. There will also be a horticulture entry to display a favorite hosta,
daylily, or cone flower.
A People’s Choice Award
will be presented to the arrangement with the most votes cast by the public. For
more information call Sandy Smet at (920) 923-6085.
SHOP
THE BOOKCELLAR FOR GREAT BARGAINS!
Shop the BOOKCELLAR, the used
bookstore operated by the Friends of the Fond du
Lac Public Library for great
bargains. A special BAG
SALE will be held on Saturday, July 11 from
10 am – 2
pm. A bag of books
will cost only $4.00!
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. 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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Fond du
Lac Public Library,
32 Sheboygan
Street,
Fond du
Lac,
WI
54935 (920) 929-7080
Summer Hours: Monday thru Thursday
9 am – 8
pm; Friday
9 am – 6
pm; Saturday
9 am – 4
pm; Closed Sundays.
