COTTONWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
LIBRARY LINES
JUL./AUG./SEP. 2009
VOLUME 9, ISSUE 3
PARKS & RECREATION
NEW BULILDING PHOTOS
AROUND TOWN
Fantastic Family Fourth
ofjuly:
Saturday, July 4, at the
Cottonwood Kid's Park
on 12th Street, from
3:30 to 9:30 pm.
The festivities begin
with inflatable, bouncy
and water play
equipment for the kids,
pie and watermelon
eating contests for all
ages and free food from
4 to 6 pm donated by
Fry's Food and Drug
and served by our own
Cottonwood
YOUTH SERVICES
Youth Services announces a
new service: The AWE Early
Literacy Station™ for patron
use. The library received two
of these stations. Each Early
Literacy Station r.u includes
many of the highest-rated
educational software
programs for children age
three to six. Each station
encourages exploration with
its imaginative interface,
color-coded keyboard, and
child-size mouse.
The software programs,
featuring such titles as
firefighters and
Clarkdale/Verde Valley
Kiwanis. The
Cottonwood Summer
Youth Band will play at
6:20 leading into a
patriotic salute by
Mayor Diane Joens and
the VFW Color Guard.
After a brief
intermission, the
amazing
fireworks
o
demonstration will
begin at 8:45 pm. The
event is free but
parking costs SI-00 and
vendors will have cool
and tasty treats to
purchase.
"Sesame Street," "JumpStart,"
"Reader Rabbit," and "PEEP
Floats," provide practice in
awareness of the Six-PreReading Skills that support
early literacy:
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Vocabulary-Knowing the
names of things
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Print motivation-Being
interested in and
enjoying books
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Print awarenessNoticing print, knowing
how to handle a book and
knowing how to follow
the words on a page
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Narrative skills-Being
able to describe tilings
and events and tell stories
Phonological awarenessBeing able to hear and
play with the smaller
sounds in words
Letter knowledge Knowing letters are
different from each
other, knowing their
names and sounds and
recognizing letters
everywhere
Visit the Youth Services Desk
to sign-in.
Progress is moving right
along!
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
VOLUNTEER HhRI-!
2
D I V E - I N MOVIES
" F R I E N D S H I P SOUP"
MEETING ROOM
SCHEDULE
BOOK DISCUSSION
3
NEW BOOKS
4
READ POETRY!
FARMER'S MARKET
INFO
INTERESTING
STATISTICS
5
NEW A/Y MATERIALS
6
KIDS & TEENS ZONE
7
BOOKMARKS
8
LIBRARY LINES
DIVE-IN MOVIES
AT THE
COTTONWOOD
AQUATICS CENTER!
The Cottonwood Parks &
Recreation Department
is presenting two movies
this summer at the pool.
Twilight, a teen vampire
love story, rated PG-13,
Saturday, August 22.
Wall-E, a cute futuristic
robot love story, rated
G, is Saturday,
September 5.
The pool gate will open
at 7 pm for both nights
with the shows starting at
dark. Tickets will be
$4.00 and available up to
two weeks prior to each
showing at both the
Cottonwood Aquatics
Center and the Parks &
Recreation office at 791
N. Main Street.
Please call the
Cottonwood Parks &
Recreation office at 6393200 for more
information.
It's Fun!
VOLUNTEER HERE!
Why would a person want to
be a librarY volunteer? Read
on and I ' l l give you a few
good reasons.
the need to interact with
other people and to make
new Iriends.
Help Others
Give Back to the Community
I he most rewarding volunteer work is that which "gives
back" to a cause that is near
and dear to the volunteer's
heart. I chose the library because I am an avid reader and
my husband and I make frequent use of the library. I
ieel it is an exceptionally worthy cause. Having lived in a
county that temporarily
closed all the area libraries
due to a monumental financial
fiasco, I am well aware of
what a benefit a library is.
Just imagine living in an area
with no public library!
Increase Social Contacts
Here at the Cottonwood Public Library most volunteers
are retirees, since they generally have more time to dedicate to such efforts. Retired
people often find they are
more socially isolated than
when they were working, and
doing volunteer work satisfies
Volunteering at the library is
fun! I've never yet worked a
day when I didn't learn something new or meet an especially pleasant patron. Staff
members are friendly, supportive and professional and it
is a real pleasure spending
time with them. The volunteers are also great people
who freely share their knowledge with patrons and new
volunteers alike. The library
is a great place to spend time,
infused with a real feeling of
camaraderie among the workers.
Not only does volunteer work
help the community, it also
directly helps other people, in
this case library patrons. Our
library's excellent staff members perform their jobs extremely well, but there are
not enough hours in the day
for them to accomplish their
assigned tasks as well as the
functions volunteers perform.
Basically, without volunteers
More volunteers are always
the library could not provide
welcome at the library. If any
patrons with the quality of
of the benefits mentioned
service that they receive tohere intrigue you, contact
day.
Vanessa Ward at 928-6347559 ext 106 to find out how
you can get involved. It's
Learn New Skills
rewarding, fun, increases selfExcept for the lack of pay
esteem and will keep your
(unfortunate, this), a volunbrain sharp, as well. Where
teer position is much like a
else can you find benefits like
regular job, in terms of havthese?
ing to learn the ropes. We all
know that to learn new tasks
is good exercise for the brain
Submitted by one of our very
(use it or lose it) and is even
own voluteers,
enjoyable.
Margo Mitchell «||
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BY JOHN SPIVFRY
To make goodjriends, a good
friend you must be,
Sojbllow the steps in this recipe:
Begin with a smile and a word
that is kind,
Keep the needs of othersJoremost
in your mind.
Blend in an ear that is eager to
hear
The hopes and dreams that others
Jind dear.
Add two hands readv to make
Someone else's problems easier
to take.
The ingredients of friendship
are qualities rare;
Garnish with a heart that is
willing and true
Add themji'eely and season with
care!
To stand by another when no
other hearts do.
Cottonwood Public Library Meeting Room
Schedule of Events
MONDAY
Writing for Fun weekly @ 9:00-10:30am
NAMI Support Group weekly @ 12:45-2:45pm
Book Discussion Group
(meets every l sl and 3rd Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.)
Date
Author
Title
Jul. 01, 2009
William Shakespeare
Henry V
Jul. 15, 2009
Joanne Harris
Chocolat
WEDNESDAY
Book Discussion Group, l s t & 3 r d Wed. @ 10:00-1 l:30am
HIV Support Group, 2nd Wed. @ 05:30-7:00pm
Aug. 05, 2009
Jodi Picoult
My Sister's Keeper
Aug. 19, 2009 Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees
THURSDA Y
Senior Companions, 3rtl Thurs. @ 9:00am-l :00pm
CPR for Artists 1 st , 2nd and 3rd Thurs. @ 6:00-7:15pm
Lamplighters Victim Support, last Thurs. @ 6:00-7:15pm
Bereavement Support Group 1s1 & 3rd Thurs. @ 3:00-4:30pm
Sept. 02, 2009 E.M. Forster
A Room with a View
Sept. 16, 2009 Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility
TUESDAY
Gamblers Anonymous weekly @ 6:00-7:00pm
SATURDAY
NAMI-Caregivers 2nd & 4 th Sat. (a), 9:15am -11:00am
Women Wisdom Keepers weekly @ 12:00pm-l :00pm
High Tech Marketing weekly @ 01:00pm-2:00pm
The meeting room is available free of charge to non-profit organizations. If you are
interested in reserving the room for a meeting, please call Mary at 928-634-7559, ext. 103.
Library Hours
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
9:00 am-5:30 pm
9:00 am-7:30 pm
9:00 am-7:30 pm
9:00 am-7:30 pm
9:00 am-5:30 pm
9:00 am-4:00 pm
CLOSED
All computers
shut down
15 min. before
closing
CLOSURES
Independence Day
Labor Day
July 3rd and July 4th, 2009
Sept. 7 th , 2009
Visit the Oracle ThinkQuest Education Foundation website at
http://library.thinkquest.org/2886/iul.htm: and learn that:
JULY is:
National Baked Beans Month, National Ice Cream Month, National
Tennis Month, Read An Almanac Month, Anti-Boredom Month, and
Hitchhiking Month
AUGUST is:
National Catfish Month, National Golf Month, National Eye Exam
Month, National Water Quality Month, Romance Awareness Month,
Peach Month, and Foot Health Month
SEPTEMBER is:
Self Improvement Month, Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month,
International Square Dance Month, Cable TV Month, National Bed
Check Month, National Chicken Month, National Courtesy Month,
National Honey Month, National Mind Mapping Month, National Piano
Month, National Rice Month, National Papaya Month, and Classical
Music Month
FICTION & NON- FICTION
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973 WIL~ ONE MAN'S AMERICA by George Will
92 REAGAN ~ THE REAGAN I KNEW by William F. Buckley Jr.
781.64 OXF ~ THE OXFORD AMERICAN BOOK. OF GREAT MUSIC WRITING by Marc Smirnoff
320.973 MOR ~ FLEECED by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
289.3 JES ~ ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop
190 CRI ~ THE BOOK OF DEAD PHILOSOPHERS by Simon Critchley
248.2 CLA ~ THE BEING & BECOMING BOOK : UNFOLD YOURSELF GENTLY by Cynthia Clayton
330.973 GRE ~ COME HOME, AMERICA by William Greider
004.678 CRI ~ USING THE INTERNET SAFELY FOR SENIORS FOR DUMMIES by Linda Criddle
HEDGES ~ LASTBUCKAROO by Mackey Hedges
PELECANOS ~ THE WAY HOME by George
LT WOLZIEN -DEATH IN A BEACH CHAIR by Valerie Wolzien Pelecanos
GRANT ~ EVEN by Andrew Grant
LT MCBAIN ~ HEAT by Ed McBain
SMITH ~ THE SECRET SPEECH by Tom Rob
LT JACKSON ~ TWICE KISSED by Lisa Jackson
Smith
LT HILL ~ VENUS RISING by Pamela Hill
LT MARSHALL ~ MISSING MARLENE by Evan Marshall
LT PICOULT -HANDLE WITH CARE by Jodi Picoult
SANDFORD ~ WICKED PREY by John Sandford
LEONARD ~ ROAD DOG by Elmore Leonard
LT BRAND ~ CURRY A WESTERN TRIO by Max Brand
WOODS ~ LOITERING WITH INTENT by Stuart
MANKELL ~ ITALIAN SHOES by Henning Mankell
Woods
BROWN ~ SMOKE SCREEN by Sandra Brown
PARKER ~ BRIMSTONE by Robert B. Parker
PRESTON-CEMET^y DANCE by Douglas J.
Preston
COLLINS ~ MAXXED OUT by David Collins
RIGGS ~ DEATH AND HONESTY by Cynthia
FLYNN ~ DARK PLACES by Gillian Flynn
Riggs
COTTOOTOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
V O L U M E 9, ISSUE 3
READ POETRY!
LISTEN TO POETRY!
Sounds like a command, and
in a way it is. An urgent call
to library patrons and all
other seekers oi literary
enlightenment, to broaden
your literary horizons, and fill
your minds and souls with the
wonderful, thought
provoking, imagery, inspired
by the words ol poets. Listen
to and read their poems,
sonnets and the free flowing
verse of our modern day
poets.
The Cottonwood Library has
a large collection of videos
celebrating the words of our
classic and contemporary
poets. Poetry groups and
actors read the classic, and the
more modern poetry of
England, and the U.S. The
videos are listed under P for
Poetry. There is the
romantics, a video of the
great poems of Kipling,
Tennyson, and Scott recited
by gifted actors who bring
their words to life for your
pleasure. You can visit with
Emily Dickinson the Bell ot
Amhcrst, Robert Frost the
squire of Vermont. Or travel
to England, and visit with the
Brontes, the talented sisters
from a small parsonage in
rural England. From there to
Elizabeth and Robert
Browning, and on to the
magnificent poetry of Byron,
Shelley, and Keats. They
were close friends, and share
their words in this video of
their poetry read by actors,
who play each poet as they
might have lived so many
years ago. Or roam the
English country side in a
horse drawn English carriage,
while Wordsworth and
Coleridge recite their poems.
You can visit all these places
without consulting a travel
agency, or deal with the
difficulties experienced at
airports. Browse among these
videos and meet these famous
poets of the 19th century
brought to life bv gifted
actors, and performers of
poetic societies. Try one of
these classic, or if you like the
J
O
more modern poets, there is
the Spoon River Anthology
by Edgar Masters.
The heading of my literary
review of poetry asked you
to read poetry as well as
listen to poetry. I chose to
write about listening
to
o
poetry as my way of
introducing the uninitiated
poetry lovers to a more
interesting way to view and
listen to poetry. With you
appetite for more poetry
whett by these videos, I
encourage you to read
poetry as you would read a
novel. Treat each poem as a
short story set to rhvme and
rhythm. Read, listen, enjoy
your journey into the world
of poetry and verse.
FARMER'S MARKET JAMBOREE
Every Thursday evening, S
pm until dark, starting July 2
and running through
Thursday, September 24.
Aug. 6
Open Mic
Interesting Statistics for calendar year 2008
Aug. f 3 The Braskies
Home grown and handmade!
Take your pick of produce,
arts and crafts, prepared food
and entertainment.
Entertainment line-up:
July 2
Aug. 20 In Harmony
Cottonwood Public Library loaned 35,143
items to other libraries in our network. Our
patrons borrowed 19,998 items from other
libraries in our network.
Aug. 27 Cadillac Angels
We had:
Knuckle Heads
310,446 checkouts
Sep. 3
74th St
27,535 holds placed
July 9
Distant Fury
22,419 holds filled
Sep. f 0 Tramps & Thieves
57,507 computer Internet use
July 16 Don Whitcher
Sep. 17 Open Mic
July 23 Chromatics
Sep. 24 Major Lingo
July 30 Foot Sole JAHS
Roots Reggae
Please call the Cottonwood
Parks & Recreation office at
639-3200 for more
information.
Needless to say, our circulation has improved
immensely!
New
Material this
issue!!
MOVIES!! CD BOOKS!!! AUDIO BOOKS!!! BLU RAY!!!!!
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HERE rtRE f\ FEW MORE
TITLES TH/YT MIGHT
INTEREST YOU TO
CHECK OUT.
CD BOOK- Old West Villains and Avengers
CD BOOK- O'Connell, Jack- The Resurrectionist
CD BOOK- Old West Stories and Legends
DVD- The Jewel in the Crown
DVD- Funny Face
DVD- The History Channel, Egypt: Land of the
Gods
DVD- That's Entertainment
CD BOOK- Keillor, Garrison- Liberty
HERE IS A LIST OF NEW CD BOOKS THAT
WERE ADDED TO OUR COLLECTION.
CB Book- Grippando, James- When Darkness Falls
CD Book- O'Connell, Jack- The Resurrectionist
CD Book- Pearl, Mathew- The Dante Club
CD Book- Turow, Scott- Limitations
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CD Book- Eugenides, Jeffrey- Middlesex
CD Book- The Essential Edgar Allan Poe
TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW ADDED DVD
MOVIES AND DOCUMENTARIES.
DVD- Moulin Rouge
DVD- Windtalkers
DVD- Monty Python's Flying Circus 1-21
DVD- Path to War
DVD- Dragons: Myths and Legends
DVD- The True story of Hannibal
DVD- Agatha Christie's Poirot * Take a look at 17 of
Agatha Christie's new movies.
HERE ARE SOME NEWLY ADDED MUSIC CDs
CD- Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome the Seeger Session
CD- Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats
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MOST I N E X P E N S I V E
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BGDKMARKS
INEXPENSIVE SUMMERTIME ENTERTAINMENT
Phone: 928-634-7559
Fax: 928-634-0253
Email: joneill(J2ci. cotton wood. az. us
The Cottonwood Bookmarks, Our Friends of the Library
group, invite you to stop by the Book Boutique and see what
might interest you this summer. There are paperbacks,
hardbacks, National Geographic and Arizona Highways
magazines for sale. The fastest selling items in the Book
Boutique are the audio-visual materials. Check out the low
prices below and stop by often, as the stock changes almost
daily.
WE'RE ON THE WEB!
http://www.ctwpl.info
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To Join the Bookmarks, just fill
out the form below. You may
either mail the form to the
library with your dues or turn it
in at the library.
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VHS tapes
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CDs
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Book on CD
Books on tape
Of course, in order to keep the Book Boutique stocked,
Cottonwood Bookmarks rely on your donations. We
appreciate your support!
Please enroll me:
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Address:
Telephone:,
ACTIVE, contact me if you need help
INACTIVE, I just want to contribute money
As a member of the Bookmarks (Triends of the Library) a check (or cash) for annual dues is enclosed.
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