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Johnson County Library

171 N. Adams Buffalo, WY 82834

(307) 684-5546 Hours

M-Th: 10a-8p F&Sa: 10a-5p

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Kaycee Branch 231 Ritter Ave. P.O. Box 226

Kaycee, WY 82639 (307) 738-2473

Hours T: 10-11a, 1-8p

W: 1-5:30p F: 10a-noon, 1-4p

Sa: 2-5p

FREE

Johnson County Library

~ Mission ~ Our mission as a

library system and

community hub is to

Collect, Share, Promote,

Learn, Adapt, & Grow.

Users are foremost.

Bookends

Production of Bookends is paid for with funds from the Harry & Thelma Surrena Memorial

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The newsletter of the Johnson County Library System

August-September 2017

JCL honored

as best in state

(Information gleaned and quoted from Dolly Iberlin’s books and other Basque books and oral histories found in the Johnson County Library)

In 1902, Jean Esponda boarded a train in Chicago headed west. This was

not his first experience in America as Jean had been in sheep production in

California for seventeen years. However, he had recently sold out his

California holdings and had spent the past six months in his homeland in the

Pyrenees. Returning to America and boarding the Chicago train, he

happened to meet Mr. Patsy Healy on a train going west. He and Mr. Healy,

of the Patterson and Healy Ranch, talked about the sheep business and Jean

was hired to work for the largest sheep ranch in northeast Wyoming.

Celebrating Johnson County’s Basque Heritage

BASQUES - Continued on Page 2

AWARD - Continued from front

The Wyoming Library Association

has chosen Johnson County Library for

its Outstanding Library Award 2017/

Fifty people gathered in the large

meeting room of the Johnson County

Library on Friday, July 14, where

Katrina Brown, director of Sheridan

College Mary Kooi Brown Library,

Summer Smash

Wednesday, Aug. 23 through Saturday, Aug. 26

During Library Hours

Summer Reading

By the Numbers

See Page 3

Cynthia Twing accepts the

Outstanding Library Award on behalf of the Johnson County

Library on Friday, July 14.

Thank you to The Harry & Thelma Surrena Memorial

For generous donations that fund this newsletter,

library programming, and much more...

Lois Gordon

Memorial For continued support of our

Kaycee Branch Library

Kaycee Branch 738-2473

Bonnie Ross, branch manager — Monica Brock — Kelley Davis

We will start Story Hour again on Tuesday,

Aug. 22.

September marks the 10th anniversary of the

Kaycee Library’s book discussion group. We will

celebrate the occasion with guest speaker and

author Amy Kirk from Pringle, South Dakota. She

will join us at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11. We will

be reading her book A Ranchwife's Slant: Cowboys,

Kids, & Ranch Life.

Johnson County Library Foundation The foundation was created in 1976 by patrons who saw

the need to ensure the future of the library. Through

donations, memorials and fund-raising, these volunteers

have successfully supported special needs of the library

& established a permanent endowment.

Board of directors Chair Nick Thom

Vice-Chair Frank Pratt

Treasurer Steve Reimann

Secretary Penny Orchard

Amy Pierson

Kira Wages

Eric Raecke

Paula Hanson

Did You Know? Librarian Connie Norton

oversees outreach by taking hundreds of

paperback novels to local hotels, campgrounds,

and other locations. Over the last year, Connie

took 1,900 paperback books to the various

locations. Our patrons took home another 1,900

from the library. If you have a place in mind

you’d like to add to the list, please contact her at

(307) 684-5546.

Jean’s brother John Esponda arrived in Buffalo soon after. Then in 1903,

came brothers Simon Harriet and Peter Harriet. Peter married Jean’s daughter

Catherine. Next came John Camino in 1908 and married the Harriet brother’s

sister Marie. In 1904 Martin Falxa came. By 1909 there were 15 Basque

boys in Johnson County and so began the interweaving of families and

business that established Buffalo as a base for the Basque people in

Wyoming.

Most of the Basque in Buffalo trace their origin to the area around St-

Etienne-de-Baigorry and Arneguy, villages twenty kilometers apart in the

Pyrenees, that mountainous land between France and Spain. About 500 years

ago, France and Spain agreed on a permanent frontier between the two

nations and decided that the Pyrenees Mountains would make a good border

thus splitting the Basque country and this is why we have Spanish and

French Basque.

There is a theory that Basque may be survivors from the Stone age,

because no connection can be found to any other region or ethnic group in

the world. Interestingly, they have a very high incidence of type O blood

with a high Rh negative factor.

The Basque language, Euskara, is thought to be a genetic language

isolate. It is not Latin based which makes it impossible for non Basque to

pick up any words. It is a language passed down through the generations, not

taught in school. Even in their homeland, they learn Spanish or French as

their first language.

All Basque people are noble. They were enobled as a nation some

centuries ago for services against Saraceus in the battle of Las Navas de

Tolosa.

Jeane Etchemendy said of his people, “We came with our pride, a free

spirit and our own language and customs.” Johnson County certainly

appreciates their culture in our community. Voltaire said of the Basque, “the

people who dwell or rather dance at the foot of the Pyrenees” and we are

happy they dwell and dance and care for their sheep at the foot of the Big

Horns.

BASQUES - Continued from front

Partners in Crime—Author Craig Johnson

presents a bound copy of

Johnson County’s jail

records from the late 1800s

up to 1981, which he had a

restorer in Billings, Mont.,

create. Johnson gifted the

records to Johnson County

Sheriff Steve Kosizek, who in

turn gifted the book to the

Johnson County Library.

Director Cynthia Twing

accepted the gift. Actor

Robert Taylor, who plays

Craig Johnson’s character Walt Longmire on Netflix’s Longmire, was also present for a book

signing, Q&A, and autograph session with Johnson on Sunday, July 9 at the library.

Cynthia Twing, director

Mary Rhoads, assistant director & children’s services Teresa Allgood, teen services & Periodicals Connie Norton, outreach librarian

Megan Herold, information technology services Steve Rzasa, technical services

Heather Kuzara, circulation Nancy Tabb, reference & local history

Staff

684-

5546

Ron Wagner, Chair: 620-1031

Denise Marton, Vice-chair: 620-9060 Julie Baker, Liaison to JCLF, 684-2300

Kim Harvey, Treasurer: 620-1465

Bill McIntyre

Board

of

trustees

ADULT FICTION

Beautiful Tempest, by Johanna

Lindsey

Diplomatic Immunity, by Lois

McMaster Bujold

The Handmaid’s Tale, by

Margaret Atwood

The Late Show, by Michael

Connelly

Lockdown, by Laurie King

Murder in the Bowery, by

Victoria Thompson

Not A Sound, by Heather

Gudenkauf

Some Kind of Hero, by Suzanne

Brockmann

Two Nights, by Kathy Reichs

The Ultimatum, by Karen

Robards

Undaunted, by Diana Palmer

Use of Force, by Brad Thor

ADULT NONFICTION

Bill O’Reilly’s Legends & Lies: The Civil

War, by David Fisher

Home Grown Pantry, by Barbara Pleasant

The Loyal Son, by Daniel Mark Epstein

Never Call Me a Hero, by N. Jack Kleiss

Ulm, Wyoming: Horses, Steam and Diesel,

by Clearmont Historical Group

Understanding Trump, by Newt Gingrich

You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, by

Sherman Alexie

CHILDREN’S The Banana-Leaf Ball, by Katie Milway

Be Quiet!, by Ryan Higgins

Charlotte and the Rock, by Stephen Martin

Cici, by Cori Doerrfield

Frankie, by Mary Sullivan

Moo Moo in a Tutu, by Tim Miller

A Perfect Day, by Lane Smith

Poor Louie, by Tony Fucile

7 and 9, Tara Lazar

YA BOOKS The Adjustment, by Suzanne Young

Flame in the Mist, by Renee Adieh

Sky Between You and Me, by Catherine

Alene

Tales from the Arabian Nights, by Donna

Jo Napoli

What Light, by Jay Asher

LARGE PRINT Against All Odds, by Danielle Steel

Camino Island,

No Middle Names, by Lee Child

The Seekers, by Wanda E. Brunstetter

Trajectory, by Richard Russo

CD BOOKS Below Zero, by C.J. Box

Vicious Circle, by C.J. Box

• 45 Years

• Apocalypse Now Redux • Blood Diamond

• Captain Fantastic

• Cell

• Friday Night Lights • Gremlins

• Hell in the Pacific

• The Jesus Film

• Magnificent Seven • Man of Steel

• Memphis Belle

• The Nice Guys

• Noah • Walk the Line

• X-Men Apocalypse

presented the award. Attendees included staff and their families, current and former members of the board of trustees, Friends of the

Library members, and Johnson County Library Foundation members.

This is the first year the award has been given, though a form of it has been available for nomination in past years. The library

was nominated by its peers to the Awards Committee of the Wyoming Library Association.

Teens Signed Up—79

Reading Hours Completed—700

Sessions Held—4

Attendees—44 individuals

Summer Reading

By the Numbers

AWARDS - Continued from front

Children Signed Up—401

Reading Logs

Finished—80

Hours read—2,153

Thursday Attendees

(avg.)—135

Adults Signed Up—91

Books Read & Reviewed—183

Brain Sheets Completed—86

Phone: (307) 684-5546

or 1-800-661-7071

171 North Adams Buffalo, WY 82834

On the Web http://jclwyo.org

JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY

All events are at the main library in Buffalo unless otherwise noted.

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER

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WEDNESDAYS

Tech assistance—Please contact us with a

time; subject to staff availability.

THURSDAYS

Story Hour—Begins in early September, 10

a.m. in the large meeting room. Puppet show,

songs, stories, crafts, and a snack! For toddler

and pre-school ages.

SATURDAY, AUG. 5

Library closed—For Johnson County Fair and

Rodeo.

THURSDAY, AUG. 10

Library closed—Staff will attend Wyoming

Library Association conference at Sheridan

College.

FRIDAY, AUG. 11

Library opens later—Doors open at 11 a.m.

instead of 10.

MONDAY, AUG. 21

Library opens later—Doors open at 1 p.m.

instead of 10 a.m. to allow time for staff to

view total eclipse.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23 THROUGH

SATURDAY, AUG. 27

Book Sale—During regular library hours.

Includes cookbooks, children’s books,

DVDs, and more! Proceeds benefit the

Friends of the Library.

MONDAY, SEPT. 4

Library closed—For Labor Day celebration.

FRIENDS of the

Johnson County Library

Est. April 1972

Who are the Friends? Men and women who

promote and support the library.

Ongoing projects …

• Provide funding for physical

improvements

• Provide assistance & funding

for the Summer Reading

programs

• Sponsor the annual library

auction with the JC library

• foundation

• Provide assistance & funds

to further National Library

Week, Mother’s Day Tea,

and other local humanities

programs

• Provide baby books to

parents of newborns

We meet at 4 p.m. second

Tuesday of every month at the

library.