First skier, May 2013

 Finally getting to see some activity from my lake front view! The month of May, 2013 is almost over and the weather being so unseasonably cold or wet has kept a lot of people off the lake.  Fortunately all the rain has helped to raise the level of the lake which I'm sure has also helped in bringing out this first skier of the season.  There was actually a boat out earlier this morning pulling two people on one of those two seater tubes. Notice how green the grass is also, thanks to all the rain -  and the weather forecast predicts at least 6 more days of potential rain.  Today's sunshine will be greatly enjoyed by many I'm sure.

New Baby recipients for May 2013

The Lake View Library was glad to again present new board books to two more new baby arrivals to the community.  Both of these moms were present during a special library program presented by Rick the Magician who was performing for our summer reading program "kick off". These moms weren't expecting to receive these books at this time but hope they will want to return to the library in the future and take advantage of all the library offers our young children. Speaking of young children, the summer reading program events and means of earning points toward prizes begins Monday, June 3rd!!!

Earth Day Fun

 For Earth Day this year we had the "after school hour" kids plant some flower seeds (Marigolds) with the purpose of having them ready to take home by "Mother's Day".  They also participated in a small group activity where Ms. Marcia had three different bags of items the students had to categorize into items that one could either recycle, reuse or reduce.  The "grand finale" of the day was getting to eat some "dirt cake". This is a special recipe of pudding, crunched up oreo cookies with gummy worms mixed inside! We'll have this same dessert for our end of the summer reading program awards day since the theme this year is "Dig Into Reading"!

First Coffee at the Cabin for 2013

The popular "Coffee at the Cabin" get togethers has begun again for the year 2013. Chilly weather doesn't prevent this event from taking place thanks to the cozy fireplace that the Bettin family so willingly make available for us.  As usual delicious refreshments and warm coffee added to the many conversations shared among those in attendance.  I, myself, wasn't able to stay long at this one due to another meeting out of town I had to attend but heard that everyone had a great time.  Since starting these coffee get togethers, a pattern has evolved where most of them are scheduled on the last Wednesday of the month during our spring - fall months.  That means that the next one will  probably be on the 29th of May if all goes as  planned.  Even though it is mostly women who come there have been several male participants and they are certainly welcome.

April "After school fun" 2013

Here are some of the fun activities children got to enjoy recently during our weekly "after school hour" on Mondays.  We finally had nice enough weather on this particular day to let the kids have some out door fun. Everyone enjoys blowing bubbles!  Even adults!  Assistant Joyce even demonstrated the old fashion game of hot scotch for the kids and probably slept quite well later that evening! Ms. Marcia let the kids use playdoh to create figures from a story she read to them. From the looks of the book's cover it was a story about a caterpillar! We are all hoping for many more warm days ahead for more outdoor fun.

Libri Foundation Donations - 2013

 Every three years the Libri Foundation gives small libraries the opportunity to acquire new books for children.  All a library has to do is obtain matching funds up to $300.00.  The local Friends of the Library group that is part of this library have again helped. As library director I had a specific list of books from which I could choose up to $200.00 worth of books.  Those books have arrived and our pictured here,.

Mini Easter Egg Hunt

 Decided to have a mini Easter egg hunt in the library on our Monday "After school hour" the Monday following Easter Sunday.  Since it was still a vacation school day, we didn't have the usual large number of students in attendance making it easier to have the hunt indoors what with the much cooler April we have been having this year.  Any kind of "hunt" seems to be a popular activity and these children were no exception.  Ms. Marcia and I are hoping for warmer weather to become more of a constant reality so we can have the Monday after school kids enjoy more outdoor games.