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Kimberling Area Library December 2017

“The intelligent choice . . . where friends and learning come together”

MEET THE AUTHORS FESTIVAL Saturday, February 3, 2018 - 9:30 am - 2 pm

The fifth annual Meet the Authors Festival seeks to bring local authors together to share their works with enthusiastic readers. Forty authors will gather in the commu-nity room and everyone is invited to this free event to meet these writers and share conversations. Books will be for sale by each author and complimentary coffee and cookies will be served.

Throughout the day, selected authors will speak on their books in a separate Speakers Room. There will be ten speakers including two featured speakers, Larry Tongate and Thelma Rae who will be speaking on their respec-tive books: Simple Truths: The Real Story of the Oklahoma City Bombing Investigation by Larry Tongate

Bittersweet Resort: A Memoir of our Ozark Odyssey Arena by Thelma Rae The Meet the Authors Festival Committee, co-chaired by Mary Plate and Carolyn Twente, extends an invitation to all readers, book lovers, and everyone curious about authors to come to this special event. Additional infor-mation on this event will be available on the KAL website in the near future.

HOLIDAY HOURS The library will be closed on December 23, 24 and 26 in observance of Christmas. The following week the library will again be closed on January 1 for celebration of the New Year’s Holiday. All the dedicated KAL volunteers will have these days for festivities and well-deserved relaxation.

KIMBERLING AREA LIBRARY SERVING HOME SCHOOL FAMILIES

The Kimberling Area Library is pleased to reach out to home schooling

parents. KAL has many educational resources including a state of the art

children’s computer. The computer is a new addition to the library that

will be a fun way to reinforce skills learned by children. KAL always

wants to give children an exciting library experience and has a large col-

lection of books for children and young adults. Winter—when we spend

more time indoors—is an especially good time to visit the library to see

what is available to enhance the educational process with children. If

you are interested in using KAL as an educational resource for your

teaching curriculum, please call Carol Adams at 417-739-2525 or come

by for a tour of our children and young adult areas.

GREETINGS PATRONS OF KIMBERLING AREA LIBRARY! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and I wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season and a Merry Christmas! Volunteers are what has made the Kimberling Area Library such an exceptional gift to our community. Without volunteers, I am not sure where our great Library would be. Historically, our Library is a volunteer’s act; a volunteered gift of love from people that loved our community and wanted the best for it. The Library is run, man-aged, and maintained by volunteers. I want to thank all of the volunteers that have worked and put their time, efforts and yes, love, into what they do for the Library. There are many ways volunteers show what I have said; they open and close the library. There are volunteers at the desk to assist people in finding books, recommending books, check-ing book out and in, shelving books, categorizing books to be shelved in an orderly fashion so that they can be found easily, and direct you to a book on a subject matter you are interested in. Volunteers provide terrific programs on so many and helpful subjects; volunteers trim trees, move bookshelves, displays, organize meeting rooms for groups to use for their meetings, provide children’s learning to operate a computer (even at a very young age), provide story time and reading time for children. Volunteers help folks with the Library computers. Volunteers are greatly reward-ed, not by being paid money but by knowing that they have helped someone and being very proud of it. What is there to do at the Library for a volunteer? Do you ever have a feeling of there is nothing to do in Kimberling City? The Library fulfills the yearning to do something, to accomplish things for people and to give you pride in what you are doing. The Kimberling Area Library has been built, operated and staffed by volunteers. Kim-berling Area Library always needs volunteers. In conclusion: BE THERE AND VOLUNTEER!! Kimberling Area Library is THE place to be. The proof of that statement is in the figures and things that are done at the Library. Need a Christmas gift? Kimberling Area Library has Christmas gifts that have a better price on them than anything you will find elsewhere. I bought a beautiful Santa and reindeer setting that was only ten dollars! There are beautifully carved wood trains that amount to what would be a family treasure forever. The Quilting Club has handmade original designed quilts for sale. You can’t get anything better than that! The facts show that people like to come to the Library as there were 26,687 books 2,530 children’s books and 9,710 e-books checked out during the year. Don’t forget that the Library sponsors the wonderful programs on Wednesdays; such as the history of Missouri dur-ing the Civil War, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office program and handout on identity theft, programs on geolo-gy, travel programs from people who have lived in areas such as Panama, Norway, etc. In closing I would like to mention that for one hundred dollars or more donated to the Library in memory of a loved one, their name can be put on the Library memorial plaque that hangs in the Library.

Rob Fuqua KALA Board President

The Prez Says . . .

KAL is always looking for volun-teers to help in all areas of the library.

We currently have an opening for a supervisory position on Saturday

morning. If you or someone you know would be

interested in being trained to take over this position, please have them call Carol Adams or Barbara Hobbs at 417-739-2525.

SAVE THE DATE As plans begin for 2018, reserve Saturday, March 17 for the popular Quilt Day at the Library. Organizers are beginning to schedule the events for the day which will include lots of door prizes and a delicious light lunch for attendees. Look for more details in the future.

You Can Make

A Difference! Kimberling Area

Library Association memberships are the

most important source of library funding.

Bring this form with your check or money order to library

front desk or mail it to:

KIMBERLING

AREA LIBRARY

P.O. Box 730

Kimberling City,

MO 65686

YES, I’m joining The Kimberling Area Library Association

New Renewal Name _________________________________________________________ Date ____________ Address _______________________________________________________________________________

City _________________________ State ______ Zip ____________Phone _______________

Please save printing and mailing costs by e-mailing “Bookmark” to me at ________________________ Type of Membership

Individual …. $25.00 Bookworm …. ……....$100.00 Brick ….$500.00

Family ……….$40.00 Reader’s Society ..…. $250.00

I may be able to help with the following library activities: Annual Book Sale Library Volunteer Children’s Story Hour Fund Raising

The Kimberling Area Libray is a Non-Profit organanization and all donations are tax-deductible.

CHECK OUT THE FRIENDS CORNER

Some weeks ago we were given the contents of a large storage area. These contents in-clude many nice baskets and cartons of new merchandise containing many holiday items, dishes, containers, ornamental boxes, etc. We have made a table in the Friends Corner to display a variety of these items to brighten someone’s home, and we will be adding more as space is available. Each time you visit the library, take a few minutes to check out the Friends Corner. We also have a “Christmas Recycled” table where you can pick up “like new” holiday decorations. Proceeds from both tables will help us continue to give the gift of a library to our commu-nity.

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Issued periodically by the Kimberling Area Library Association

OFFICERS:

President—Robert Fuqua Vice President—Jim Adams Secretary—Carolyn Cagle Treasurer—Judy Barnes

DIRECTORS: Arden Munson, Ro Maresh, Bradshaw Smith, Deann Crockett Judy Berkstresser

LIBRARY COORDINATOR: Carol Adams

HOURS: Monday-Wednesday-Friday

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday & Thursday,10 a.m. to

7 p.m. Saturday — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

45 Kimberling Boulevard

Kimberling City, MO 65686 P.O. Box 730

Phone 417-739-2525 kalibrary@mchsi.com Web site: kalib.org

Kimberling Area Library P.O. Box 730 Kimberling City, MO 65686

OR CURRENT RESIDENT

LEARNING ON WEDNESDAY (LOW)

The monthly programs in the LOW series continues on January 17 with a presentation from Melinda In-gram from the Tri-Lakes Child Advocacy Center. Join us on February 17 for a presentation on “Healthy Heart Living.” Living well means making choices that benefit your overall health. Carolyn Spence Cagle, an academic nurse-scholar and KAL supervisor, will present ideas to help you make valuable choices to improve the quality and length of your life, includ-ing healthy eating, exercise, sleep, and stress management. All LOW programs are at 10 a.m. in the community room and are free to everyone. Come and enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee and breakfast bread as you listen to the presentations.

RESERVING BOOKS

Remember, every library patron can reserve books (put books on hold) using his/her online account at any time of the day or night. Simply go to the library website, www.kalib.org, click on the magnifying glass in upper right for the catalog. Log in with your library card number and phone number for password. When you find the item you de-sire, click the Reserve Now button. You will be notified when the item is at the front desk for pickup. Items are held for pickup for 3 working days. This is another great feature of KAL that is available to all patrons.