National Library Week
Celebrating 50th Anniversary

The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
April 16, 2008
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon

The Thorp Public Library is celebrating National Library Week by hosting a wide variety of activities all week long including food for fines, book sale, and coloring contest.

Tuesday was Volunteer Recognition & National Library Workers’ Day. Thank you to our volunteers & library workers!  Library Board Members are: Pat Koltis; Sylvia Cieslek; Marla Senn; Diana Coffey (school rep.); Rich Wnek (City Council Rep.); Nancy Anderson, Secretary; and Michele Pogodzinski, President.  Library workers are: Theresa Bielecki, Maureen Welgos, Michelle Olejniczak, Thorp City Crew, April Gentz, and Julie Beloungy.

Wednesday, April 16th: 7-8 p.m. Night-time PJ Party: Come in “jammies” to play games, read books, and make a bedtime snack. Everyone is welcome!

Thursday, April 17th: Balloons for the young and young-at-heart.

Friday, April 18th:  BAGS FOR BORROWERS!  Check out three or more library materials and get a beautiful bag to use again and again at the library.

Saturday, April 19th: Join us for morning donuts and coffee.

“Everyday, libraries in big cities and small towns, in schools and universities, help transform their communities,” says Julie Beloungy, Director “At our library, people of all backgrounds can come together for community meetings, children’s activities, to do research, to get a job, to find homework help or to just relax.”

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

The library now has Key Cards – Library cards that attach to your key ring!  If you already have a card there will be a $2.00 fee, and for those signing up for new cards, there is the choice of either the standard card or the key card at no cost.  Please remember that the library now requires everyone to have their library card with them in order to checkout library materials.  Thank you!

New to the library will be a scanner for public use!  The Clark County, WI Internet Library Project http://wvls.lib.wi.us/clarkcounty/ has been extremely generous with their donation of a scanner to the library that the entire community can utilize.  The library would also like to thank McDonald’s and Kari’s Koffee for their donations and support of National Library Week.

For more information, visit the Thorp Public Library at 401 S. Conway Drive Thorp, WI.  You may also call 715-669-5953 or see the library’s web site at http://wvls.liv.wi.us/ThorpPL. Library hours are: Monday and Wednesday Noon-8:00 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., and Saturday 9:00 a.m. – Noon.