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BI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER MAR/APR 2018 www.lacrossecountylibrary.org Check us out on facebook

Program----“What’s New in Gardening For 2018?” Mark your calendars now

for Tuesday evening, March 6th . Lisa Rensberry, from Christen Farm Nursery

will present a program touching on the new trends for 2018 in gardening. Lisa

is a horticulturist and a landscape designer with over twenty years of

experience in her field. The program will be held at 7:00 PM in the Onalaska Library Meeting

Room. This program is sponsored by the Friends and open to everyone.

Senior Moments Program----Wednesday Mornings—10:00 AM—

generously funded by the Ben and Floyd Sias Foundation the Onalaska

Public Library is proud to present an eight week series of learning and

entertainment fun and friendship for adults over age 50. The programs start on Wednesday,

March 7th and will run thru May 2nd. Programs will be held at the Onalaska Library.

Senior Moments Programs—Spring Series

March 7th Stuart Stotts with “Eldervoices” Entertainer, Author, Storyteller,

March 14th Capable Canines Meet Roger, the service dog, and learn about service dog

training and etiquette

March 21st Leslie Bellais, Wisconsin Historical Society

“From Bonnets to Hats, 1830 – 1930”

April 4th Hannah Scholze “Beginning Genealogy”

April 11th Sara Slayton, Storyteller Stories including “Child of a Gangster”

April 18th Mississippi Valley Archeological Center “Archeology of Onalaska”

April 25th Friends of McGilvray Road “History of Van Loon Wildlife Area” and “Seven Bridges”

May 2nd Barbershop Quartet “Special Export” from Coulee Chordsmen

10:00 AM Wednesday Mornings ---Light refreshments will be served.

Spring Movie Session starts Thursday, March 15th --- Listed

below are the movies, the dates they will be shown and the ratings. All

movies are shown on a Thursday evening in the Onalaska Library Meeting

Room. Movies start at 6:30 PM. For movies rated PG13 a

parent/guardian must be present for all minors. For movies rated “R”

minors under eighteen will not be permitted. Movies are subject to change.

Movie Date Rated

* “Dunkirk” Mar. 15th PG13

“Wonder” Mar. 29th PG

* “Darkest Hour” Apr. 5th PG13

* “3 Billboards Outside

Ebbing Missouri” Apr. 19th R

* “Lady Bird” May 3rd R

* “The Post” May 31st PG13

* “The Shape of Water” June 14th R

Please note movies with * have been nominated for Best Picture for Academy

Awards. Six of the above seven movies are Best Picture Nominates.

Movies are free --- everyone invited.

Free popcorn will be served!

Ho Ho-- Why couldn’t they give the award-winning farmer his

prize? Because he was outstanding in his field.

Why did the nineteen kids go to the movies?

The sign out front said “UNDER EIGHTEEN NOT ADMITTED.”

Why did the basketball player bring a suitcase to the game?

In case he travels.

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April 13th & 14th are the dates for our next “big” book sale. As usual, it will be held in the

Library Meeting Rooms. We are in need of hardcover fiction, non-fiction and paperbacks, CD’s

and DVD’s. We can use the items now for our continuous on-going sale and especially for the

big sale in April. I will mention again that we do not take text books, manuals or outdated

books on medical issues. History books sell well plus gardening books, cookbooks, art books,

music (especially piano), crafts, humor plus CD’s and DVD’s. VHS tapes do not sell.

We will need volunteers to set up for the sale one day prior (Thursday April 12th ) and to work

the sale on Friday (13th) and Saturday (14th). In addition, help is needed to take down/clean up

after the sale closes on Saturday. Signup sheets will be available for volunteering at the

circulation desk at the Library by March 21st.

BOOK SALE HOURS WILL BE:

FRIDAY, APRIL 13th 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 14th 9:00 AM to NOON

As noted in our last newsletter, Brenda Wackerbarth and Margie Sheppard have stepped down

after many years of organizing the two big book sales the Friends have each year. Bill and

Kathy O’Driscoll and Trudy Duffrin will be the new coordinators for our big book sales. Thank

you to the three of you for taking on that job.

Thank you to Brenda and Margie for their many years of heading up the big book sales. They

still are putting in many hours of work keeping the Friends on-going book sale running

smoothly. Don’t forget to check out the Friends book shelves. Books/magazines are always

being added to our display bookcases.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul. ---Marcus Aureliu

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Friends Membership Drive---our membership year runs from January 1st thru December 31st .

So far this year we have only twenty-nine paid memberships. I’m adding the 2018 Membership

Form as page six of this newsletter. Please print it up, fill it out and drop it off along with your

membership dues at the circulation desk at the library or you may mail it

directly to------------- Kathy O’Driscoll 704 Parkridge Pl Onalaska 54650

Below is a listing of the paid 2018 memberships received so far:

Denis/Jean B. Jackie B. Kathi B.

Bill/Joyce B. Pat B. Judy B.

Trudy D. Betty D. Vona H.

Irene I. Pam K. Fred/Ramona K.

Merl/Rose L. Sharon M. Charles/Nancy N.

Sharon O. Bill/Kathy O. Wendy O.

Larry P. Larry/Terry P. Mary Jo R.

Gail S. Karen S. Jeff S.

Bill/ Margie S. James S. Don/Nancy S.

Cle/ Brenda W. Lois W.

Our dues are very reasonable—only $10/individual $20/family and $5/Senior-Student

Please join us for another year in supporting our library. ---Ramona

W hat do good students eat their burgers on? Honor rolls.

Why did the Fig Newton graduate first in his class? He was one smart cookie.

How do card sharks walk? They shuffle.

How did the farmer find his daughter? He tractor.

Friends Upcoming Monthly Meetings-----March 22nd 6:30 PM Library Mtg Room

April 26th 6:30 PM Library Mtg Room

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From The Shelves of the

Onalaska Library

“Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall”

by Hannah Dennison

This charming and witty whodunit will have fans of

British mysteries and Downtown Abbey series sure to

enjoy this contemporary take, set at an English Hall, on

murder at the manor house.

When the body of a transport minister is discovered on

the grounds of Honeychurch Hall, suspicion about his

unusual demise naturally falls on the folks in the village.

After all, who could possibly want a high-speed train line

built in their front yard? Is the minister’s death the result

of a local vendetta, or could it be connected to something else? Fiction

“McCartney Yesterday & Today” By Ray Coleman

Written with the cooperation of Paul McCartney, this is a dramatic

story of one of the most popular songs in history and a unique

close-up of the man who composed it.

As a Beatle, McCartney was a brilliant songwriter and performer,

ambitiously steering the group to the top. Today he is still fiercely

proud of what he and the Beatles achieved. He remains a

composer and musician, as well as a shrewd businessman,

philanthropist, and militant vegetarian.

In candid interviews, McCartney discusses his rich, often mercurial

relationship with John Lennon, as well as a range of other subjects,

including his life before and during the Beatles’ heyday, and the

powerful events that shaped his life. “Yesterday and Today” will

take you on a colorful, fascinating ride inside the mind and heart of

not only a talented musician, but also a man who has tasted many

of the different tragedies and triumphs that life has to offer. Non-Fiction

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Support Onalaska Library! 2018 Support your Community!

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