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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.
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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.
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