May 2017

Shelby Area District Library

LIBRARY LINGO What’s happening at your library...

The Library will

feature a display

honoring Shelby High

School seniors in May.

Decision Day will take

place in early May for

local seniors. The

display will show each

senior’s plan for the

future. In conjunction

with this display,

check out what your

librarians did after

high school! We will

have our stories in the

glass display case in

the hallway.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM

The Library will host reading programs for all ages this

summer with reading bingo or reading grid sheets. These will

be available at the circulation desk and on our website

(www.shelbylibrary.org) beginning June 1.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME ON HIATUS

Preschool storytime will resume in September.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY PLANT & GARDEN SALE

The Friends will host their annual sale on Saturday June 3 at

9am. Arriving early is recommended as it’s “first come first

serve & while supplies last!” The Friends are asking for your

plant and garden item donations to make this sale a success.

Garden items may be dropped off to the library the week of the

sale and plants can be dropped off the day before. Thank you!

NEW ONLINE CATALOG

NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME!

The Friends of the Library are looking for new members! This

group is an important support system for the library. The

Friends meet the FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH at

5pm in the library’s meeting room. No membership fee!

THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY MAY 29

Meet our new online catalog! This is

available for use at the circulation desk.

Stop by to try it out—we will be glad to

assist you in navigating it! Our desktop

version of the catalog will be available

until June 1st.

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The Book Tasting

Book Club will meet

on Saturday May 13th

at 10:15am to discuss

the book The Two-

Family House by

Lynda Cohen

Loigman. Questions

can be directed to

Kelsey at 861-4565.

We wish Laurie Fulljames a Happy Retirement!

Laurie was Branch Coordinator for the Rothbury Branch

Library for 18 years, then moved to the

main branch to work for 6 years at the

circulation desk. “I will miss working with

the wonderful staff and meeting all the

various people that come to the library for

services. I loved all of it!”—Laurie

MEET OUR VOLUNTEER

We have an awesome volunteer

we’d like to introduce! Brenen

has been working at the library

for about a year. He straightens

books, creates book displays, gets

the monthly newsletter ready for

mailing, and takes inventory of

programming supplies. Here is a

little more about Brenen...

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN VISITING THE LIBRARY?

I’ve visited the library for quite awhile, when I needed something to

do. I began volunteering about one year ago.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS OR AUTHORS?

Ranger’s Apprentice series written by John Flanagan is one of my

favorites. I also like books written by J.R.R. Tolkien.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE JOB AT THE LIBRARY?

I enjoy helping find and sort books at the library. I enjoy doing extra

projects like sending out the newsletters.

WHAT BOOK WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO OUR READERS?

I feel all of the books are good books, but I highly recommend Calvin

and Hobbes by Bill Watterson.

Thanks to a donation

from the Shelby

Optimist Club, the

Library was able to

purchase the

following sets of

books published by

World Book:

America’s Presidents

Famous Myths & Legends

of the World

Enigmas of History (sets

1&2)

Natural Marvels

Endangered Animals of

the World

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LIBRARY

CALENDAR

THURSDAY MAY 4

PINTEREST CLUB

6PM “CANDY

MAKING WITH

QUINN”

(REGISTRATION

REQUIRED)

THURSDAY MAY 11

FRIENDS OF THE

LIBRARY MEETING

5PM

SATURDAY MAY 13

BOOK CLUB 10:15AM

MOMMY & ME

CANVAS CLASS 4PM

(REGISTRATION

REQUIRED)

TUESDAY MAY 23

LIBRARY BOARD

MEETING 5PM

MONDAY MAY 29

LIBRARY CLOSED

Canvas Painting

“Mommy and Me Class”—for

moms and kids ages 8+

Saturday May 13 at 4pm

$4.00 fee to cover canvases

“I found this while looking through past Friends of the Shelby Area District

Library newsletters. Thanks Steve and Nan—the trip down memory lane was

great fun!” —Tiffany

PAUL AND KATE (ANNA KATHERINE) LOUND

LIBRARY ENDOWMENT CHALLENGE

The children of Paul and Kate (Anna Katherine) Lound are making a challenge to patrons of the Shelby

Library to raise funds for the library's endowment fund. The family will provide a dollar-for-dollar match up to

$5000 of donations made to the library's endowment fund between now and 8/31/17.

Mr. & Mrs. Lound, who raised 11 children on a farm east of Shelby in the Blooming Valley school district,

are being honored because of their lifelong habit of reading that they passed on to their children. Growing up in the

1940s, '50s and '60s, the Lound kids made use of a wide range of books that could be borrowed for 2 weeks from the

Shelby Library as well as libraries at Blooming Valley grade school and Shelby High School.

Times have changed since the Shelby Library, created in 1907, was located on Shelby's main street above the

“Engine House” what is now about where the Shelby Bakery is located. Mrs. W. E. Adams was the 1st librarian.

Karen Lound Henderson recalls the old library: “In our younger years we didn't do all the things kids do today and

going to the library was something I looked forward to. Going with dad was a good memory. Climbing those stairs to

the (original) library, having to be really quiet and looking through the shelves of books for Nancy Drew mysteries

and all of those "Old Mother West Wind" books was a real treat. We used to get magazines like "Saturday Evening

Post" and "Good Housekeeping" for mom. I don’t remember going to the library with mom. We only went to the

library from fall to spring as I remember. It was such a warm and cozy feeling to spend those winter nights with mom

and dad as a family reading and eating popcorn and drinking cider or having homemade fudge. I still love to read and

thank mom and dad for blessing us with that gift. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything in the world.”

In 1954, the library was moved to its current location on Maple Street in a new building, all on one level,

shared at that time with the Shelby Village Hall. With local support, the current building has been expanded 3 times

since then. Mrs. Florence Wade Pinkerton (John Wade’s aunt) was a librarian beginning in 1955 along with Mrs.

Elsie Van Sickle, head librarian. The main room of the new library was in the space where the restrooms and the

books on CDs are currently located.

Although they lived out in the country and had only 1 car, Mr. & Mrs. Lound made sure that their children got

to the library regularly. As Joan Lound remembers it: “At one point, a trip to the library coincided with Dad's

bi-weekly appointment to get his hair cut at Cecil Cheever's barber shop around the corner from the library. A kid

could check out armloads of books or get lost for an hour or two reading in the peace and quiet that was presided over

by Mrs. Van Sickle and Mrs. Pinkerton. The library was a place to explore. I can still remember checking out a

small book with a bright red cover, a Spanish-English dictionary from the children’s section that I thought I could use

to learn Spanish. For me, it worked ‘muy poco’. I was a lot more successful when I took Mrs. Birdsall’s High

School Spanish class.”

Picture on left: the extended

Lound family photo from the

100 year farm centennial in

August —including over 100

people.

Picture on bottom right (next

page): picture of the

remaining siblings

—contributed photos

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Today there are signs reminding library patrons to respect others by talking quietly but in those days the

librarians somehow managed it without signs -- maybe people just had a greater appreciation of the peaceful

and quiet space that the library provided. At one time, the library was open until 9:00 p.m. some nights and until

5:00 on Saturdays. Later, Sally Hansen Diepen was hired to work on Friday nights so that Mrs. Van Sickle could

watch her son, Jim, play football and on Tuesday nights so she could watch him play basketball.

Times have changed and the library has changed too. Books on CDs, e-books and DVDs and works by

local authors have a room of their own in what takes up a large part of the original library space. In addition to

public access computers and internet, the library staff offer sessions to help users learn how to download e-books,

use their tablets, phones and laptops. History buffs can browse or do research in a room dedicated to local

archives. Patrons of the Shelby Library can apply for guest membership at area libraries and with MelCat, the

librarians can borrow books for you from other libraries across the state. Programs for kids and classes in painting

and other arts and crafts are offered to the community.

Some things don't change: Mr. & Mrs. Lound's reading habits have been passed down to the 5th

generation, hopefully with no end in sight. A few years ago, Logan, aged 5 or so was very proud when the

librarians helped him apply for his first library card; at 13 he is an avid reader. At least one of that later generation,

3-year old Zach, has already become a library groupie, having attended story hour at 3 different libraries. And, to

highlight the importance of reading to very young children, including babies, the Community Foundation for

Oceana County recently coordinated the launch of the county-wide effort called "RERO" (Read Early, Read Often)

to collect children's books and get them into the hands of families of pre-schoolers to encourage reading to young

children so that they will be better prepared to read when they enter school. Even before RERO, some may

remember Connie Morse Near, an avid reader and passionate librarian, at an SHS homecoming parade handing out

children's books when others were handing out candy. She made a special effort to collect those books at yard

sales and places where books were recycled.

Who knows the future of the public library when e-books, bookstores and amazon.com become dinosaurs

and as wi-fi access becomes faster and more available to rural areas? Many libraries were funded by local residents

with support from the Carnegie Foundation as well as federal grants and state allocations. In the same spirit of

those who founded and funded the original Shelby Library in 1907, the purpose of the Lound Library Challenge is

to assure that what we now call books, magazines, newspapers and other information sources will be available in

whatever form, even in small rural places.

Those interested in participating in the challenge can do so by contacting Library Director Tiffany Haight at

231-861-4565 or tifhaight@shelbylibrary.org. Donations towards the match can also be made online at

www.oceana-foundation.org.

The children of Paul & Kate Lound:

Paul Lound, Jr.

Donald Lound

Mary Ann Lound Mead

Karen Lound Henderson

Richard Lound

Jeanne Lound Schaller

Joan Lound

Cris Lound Wyns

Catherine Anna Lound

Sharon Lound

Martin Lound

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BECOME A FRIEND OF THE LIBRARY

You can become a Friend by making an annual donation, volunteering for one of the

Friends’ projects, or helping to improve the library in any way. Annual donations

are used to support programs, purchase materials, and promote interest in reading

and learning.

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