“CLIMB THEATER”
Our first summer program was presented by the LeRoy Public Library today, Thursday, June 7th at 1PM in the LeRoy Community Center. The Climb Theater from St. Paul came to entertain all ages for a free SELCO vetted library program, Country Mouse City Mouse.
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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WWI PROGRAM AT L-O SCHOOL LIBRARY BY ARN KIND
On Wednesday, May 8, the LeRoy-Ostrander 6th, 7th and 9th graders experienced the 100th anniversary of the Great War, now known as World War I in the L-O Library Media Center by retired teacher, Arn Kind.
To commemorate it, Historical Experiences, an exciting living history program to learn all about “The War to End All Wars.” Over 118,000 Minnesota men and women served during the war, in the military as well as in volunteer organizations. Students learned about the new technologies, including the tank, the airplane, the submarine and the use of gas which made the air, the sea and the battlefields of WWI extremely lethal.
Kind’s historical portrayals present this time in during WW1 in an exciting and interactive way with authentic costumes and accessories, role-playing audience members, and gain a deeper understanding
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
Think of LeRoy in 1942. It was the beginning of World War II. Men and women were enlisting and being drafted following the horrific bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. How would the LeRoy residents react if the government relocated Japanese American citizens from California to a Japanese internment camp a couple miles outside of town? Would people accept them –would LeRoy residents be afraid of them – would the citizens of Le Roy think of the camp occupants as a threat to our small town rural life?
This is the theme of the book, “Tall Grass” by Sandra Dallas the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club chose for their May selection. The story is told through the eyes of Rennie Stroud, a 13 year old, living on a farm in rural Colorado. Her family’s farm is located a mile or so from the internment camp housing Japanese families from California. The Japanese are all American citizens. Up until this time life has been what her father told her, predictable and fair. But now the winds of change are coming and with them, a shift in her perspective. Many in the community are upset and concerned about the occupants of the camp moving to their area.
The book is about a battle of reasoned people against unreasoned fear and prejudice. Part thriller, part historical novel, “Tall Grass” is a book you won’t want to put down. The author has a wonderful gift of writing in a way to make you feel a part of the story.
Sandra Dallas, the author of this book, is a favorite of the Book Club. She has written a number of novels, many with a historical theme. “True Sisters”, New Mercies” and “Prayers for Sale” are a few of her other books you might enjoy. Stop by the LeRoy Public Library to check these out.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
Early northern Minnesota was a rough landscape impacted by the weather and wildlife. In “The Lighthouse Road” by Peter Geye the author takes us to the north shore area of Minnesota in the 1890’s and 1920’s with a family tale of early Norwegian immigrant Thea and her son Odd Einer Eide. Moving between Gunflint and Duluth, readers are taken back to a time when making a living and raising children was not easy.
The author has written a story of an untraditional family shaped by the rough landscape of woods and water. His descriptive writing makes you feel you are in the northern woods of Minnesota.
Author Peter Geye lives in Minneapolis with his wife and 3 children. He has written several novels with his newest “Wintering” available at the LeRoy library as well as this book “The Lighthouse Road”. Peter Geye was in LeRoy in February as a part of the SELCO Author tour. He spoke at the Community Center discussing his books and writing. Those attending very much enjoyed his presentation which is why the Book Club chose this for their April selection.
Stop by the LeRoy Public Library to find this book and others by Minnesota authors. There are many choices for great reading.
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LeRoy Evening Bookclub
Jamie Ford’s “Love and Other Consolation Prizes” is a very descriptive novel about the epic Seattle 1909 World’s Fair.
Ernest Young, a 12 year old boy who is half Chinese and attending a Charity Boarding School is raffled off. Miss Flora, the flamboyant madam of a high class brothel is the winner and he becomes the new houseboy.
Prostitution, slavery, drinking, poverty and women’s suffrage are discussed in the novel. Are they a vice when people benefit by having money so they can exist? This and many other questions are discussed.
This is an enchanting tale about innocence and devotion in a world where everything and everyone is for sale.
Stop by the LeRoy Public Library and check out all the gardening books that are on the shelf. Spring has to come soon.
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Our 1st “Book Tasting” Party at the LeRoy Public Library today(4.7.2018)!
Tasting different genres of books.
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NEW Library program “YogaQuest” 
Our newest Legacy/SELCO program in LeRoy this spring was “YogaQuest” at the LeRoy Community Center at 10:00AM-11:00AM with 17 participating.
YogaQuest is unlike any yoga class you have experienced before! It is a unique blend of yoga and fan-fiction story-telling. Our story today was Sherlock Holmes. The quest is guided by a narrator and a certified yoga instructor, Justine and her assistant from the twin Cities. The class embarks on an epic, and often ridiculous, journey through a popular fandom, move through the story by following a yoga routine designed to improve strength, balance, and flexibility.
This program was sponsored by the LeRoy Public Library through legacy monies. All Library programs are FREE.
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
If you are looking for a good mystery read the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club found one you may like. Sue Grafton has written a series of mystery books which follow the alphabet. “A is for Alibi” was her first one, “B is for Burglar” etc. Her most recently published is “Y is for Yesterday“. Unfortunately, Ms. Grafton passed away last December so there will never be a “Z is for?” .
The Book club members read “I is for Innocent”. Kinsey Milhone is a private investigator and the main character in this series of mystery novels. In this book Kinsey steps in to help a lawyer, Lonnie Kingman, whose previous private investigator died suddenly of a heart attack. When Kinsey agrees to take over the investigation she thinks it is a simple matter of tying up loose ends. But she finds his files in disarray and witnesses claiming to have never talked to him. She finds herself almost starting over in the investigation. Kinsey attempts to reorganize his information and continue the investigation. Time is short as the statute of limitations could soon close the case. The book involves another murder, interesting characters and suspense. It reads like a trial novel without a trial and a crime novel that resists a solution right to the very end.
Stop by the LeRoy Public Library to check out this book or start the Kinsey Milhone series with “A is for Alibi”. If you like mystery and crime novels there are many to choose from. The library is open Monday – Thursday for 1 to 8 and Saturday from 9 to 1.
Put April 7 on your calendar for a “Book Tasting Party”. This is a free event for adults taking place from 1-3 PM at the Library. Think of it as “speed dating with books”. Attendees can read a few pages and sample books from several book genres. You may find new books you’d like to read and check out from the library. Refreshments will be served. Come and join the fun!
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LeRoy Evening Book Club
“Queen Bee Goes Home again” by Haywood Smith is a funny, quick read about Linwood Scott “Queen Bee” who goes home again for the second time in 60 years. Her work in real estate is at a stand still just like her alimony from her ex. Back to the apartment above her mother’s garage.
At home is her 90 plus year old mother and a brother who says he has cleaned up his act. Also living in a “Home” is her father and uncle who have dementia. Add to this a “dishy” and divorced minister has moved next door.
Queen does her best to improve herself, goes back to college, helps her Mom clean house, all three stories, but she always speaks before thinking.
What happens when she finds keys to safe deposit boxes, the “dishy” minister likes her, her ex comes back and Mom is running low on money? Must read to find out.
Stop by the LeRoy Public Library and check out a book. They have serious and thought provoking books to silly and funny books.
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“Storytime with Chione”
Thursday, March 15th – L-O Schools
Sponsored by the LeRoy Public Library and L-O School Library
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
“Storytime with Chione”
On Thursday, March 15th at 9 to 10:00AM, Chione (key-own) performed at the LeRoy-Ostrander School for students in Cardinal Care Preschool and Grades 1st through 5th for “Storytime with Chione” Series across South Central Minnesota.
The five women shared their music and stories with the students by playing famous favorites, such as “Peter and the Wolf” and “Hansel and Gretel” as well as a variety of other enjoyable children’s stories.
Representing the Mankato Symphony Orchestra, Chione has traveled to libraries throughout Greater Minnesota sharing children’s stories with live music and narration. The Mankato Symphony’s mission is to create emotion-packed, high-quality musical experiences and promote music education in and for South Central Minnesota. More than 12,000 people attend the Symphony in person and another 50,000 listen on the radio.
All SELCO/Legacy programs are free events thanks to the voters in Minnesota! This vetted grant was written by the LeRoy Public Library’s Director, who is also the LeRoy-Ostrander K12 Librarian, Rhonda Barnes.
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club did not meet this month because of icy weather but members are looking forward to discussing our February selection, “One Thousand White Women” by Jim Fergus, at the next meeting.
Based on an actual historical event but told through fictional diaries, this is the story of May Dodd who travels west in 1875 and marries the chief of the Cheyenne nation. May is traveling into the unknown but feels it is a better option than living her life in an insane asylum. She was committed to the asylum by her blueblood family for the crime of loving a man beneath her station. May finds her only hope of freedom is participating in a secret government program hereby women from the “civilized” world become the brides of Cheyenne warriors. Their children were to bridge the gap between the two groups. Using May’s diaries, the book chronicles the adventures of May and the other 8 to 10 women in the group to head west. The reader is transported to the Black Hills and western United States during a time the Indians had been given the area by the United States Government.May is caught between two worlds- the United States citizens of the time and the Cheyenne nation.
The book holds your interest and keeps you reading. Although the novel is not a recent release, it takes the reader to a time in our history we know little about. If you are a fan of historical fiction, this is a book for you. Stop by the LeRoy Public Library and check it out.
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“OUR SELCO AUTHOR TOUR TODAY WAS funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
The LeRoy Public Library hosted another yearly SELCO Author Tour after the Community Dinner today at the LeRoy Community Center at 1PM. Seventeen were in attendance for author, Peter Geye presentation. Time was spent listening to his stories of previous books and time for questions about his stories. Peter, a Minneapolis native is the winner of the 2017 Minnesota Author Book Award for the genre in fiction.
Come visit the library and checkout his books or order one with Ms. Barnes at our local library today!
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Arn Kind has been an educator for over 35 years, in the classroom teaching grades 4 through 12 and through presentations like the LeRoy-Ostrander 7th & 9th grade students had on Friday, January 26th. Arn’s unique Civil War performances lasted 2 and 1/2 hours in the L-O Library Media Center thanks to Rhonda Barnes, our K-12 Librarian here at school and at the LeRoy Public Library by writing up a SELCO Legacy Grant. This grant has made it possible because of the “Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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Today, January 18, 2018 Lanesboro’s Eagle Bluff Starlab Portable Planetarium came to L-O Schools by way of a SELCO Legacy grant from the citizens of Minnesota.
Today Lanesboro’s Eagle Bluff Starlab Portable Planetarium came to L-O Schools by way of a SELCO Legacy grant from the citizens of Minnesota.
Jeff Boland, our presenter was SUPER!
Grades K-5 & 8th were invited for a 45-60
minute program on the stars!
The STARLAB program features an inflatable planetarium to showcase
3,000 stars of different colors and sizes, as well as the constellations. Whether it’s telling the stories behind the stars or focusing on the stars of the seasons,
this program is addresses Minnesota K-8 academic standards.
“This project was funded in part
or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
If you enjoy historical fiction this month’s book selection of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club may be a book for you.
“The Kommandant’s Girl” by Pam Jenoff is set in Poland during World War II. Nineteen year old Emma Bau has been married only 2 weeks when the Nazi Army invades her country. Within days Emma’s husband, Jacob, is forced to disappear underground leaving Emma and her parents in the Jewish Ghetto. Taken to Krakow to live with Jacob’s Catholic cousin, Krysia, Emma takes on a new identity as Anna Lipowski, a gentile.
Emma is introduced to Kommandant Richwalder, a high ranking Nazi official, and soon hired to work as his assistant. Urged by the resistance, Emma is encouraged to use her position to access details of the Nazi occupation. Emma must compromise her safety and her marriage vows to help Jacob’s cause.
The Book Club members felt this was a well written book focusing on the struggles and hopes of the Jewish people during World War II. If you enjoy books from this period of time, put it on your book list. It is available at the LeRoy Public Library. Stop by soon to check it out or browse the many other excellent selections for your winter reading.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
The LeRoy Public Library has a large selection of holiday books by a variety of authors. The Tuesday Afternoon Bool Club selected “Winter Street” by Elin Hilderbrand as their December selection.
Kelly Quinn is the owner of Nantucket’s Winter Street Inn and proud father of four adult children. They all have a variety of issues impacting their lives. When Kelly walks in on Mitzi, his wife, kissing Santa Claus, the drama and chaos begins.
With the three oldest children reeling with their own issues and youngest son, Bart serving in Afghanistan, Kelly’s ex-wife, nightly news anchor Margaret, changes her holiday plans and comes to the Winter Street Inn to save Christmas for the family.
The author guides us through a holiday filled with family issues both large and small. This is a heart-warming novel about coming home for Christmas. Things are never the same as we remember them.
Winter is a perfect time to catchup on reading. Stop by the LeRoy Public Library and select several books from their wide selection. LeRoy is fortunate to have such a great library!
Let’s all make good use of it.
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LeRoy Evening Bookclub
Sue Miller’s novel “The Arsonist” is about family and a community tested when an arsonist begins setting fire to summer homes in a small New England community.
A daughter returns homes after a long absence of living in Africa and discover the town changes and her family has grown older and she has missed small and large events. When did her parents age?? Alzheimer disease and how it effects every family member are some of the changes. No one locked doors or guarded their property till the fires, who do you trust? Gossip flies some true and mostly not. We all had different opinions about the arsonist, read the novel and decide for yourself.
Need some Holiday good feeling reading?? Rhonda and her staff have a great collection of Holiday books that they have on display in front of the big windows. There are many new novels out, Debbie Macomber, Jan Karon, Dan Brown and many more, check them out.
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LeRoy’s
ALL TOWN READ
“ONE OF THE BOYS”
by Daniel Magariel
Starting Nov. 1st
with the finale on
Mon., Feb. 12, 2018
@ 7:00 PM
with a book discussions & refreshments served in
The LeRoy Public Library’s Palmer Room
Please call the LeRoy Public Library at #324-5641 for book reservations
(Snow Date: Monday, February 26th @ 7PM)
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Our 12th Annual “Scary Stories Night”
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
The latest selection of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club was a mystery – ‘Open Season’ by C. J. Box. The suspenseful book is set in rural Wyoming. Joe Pickett is the new game warden for Twelve Sleep County, Wyoming. He is far from popular because he won’t take bribes or look the other way in the game hunting area. When Joe finds a local outfitter dying on his woodpile behind his home, Joe takes it personally. Why would this man choose Joe’s woodpile to die on? When two more bodies are found, Joe continues to investigate. The outfitter has brought more than death to Joe’s back door. Unknown to Joe he brought an endangered species, thought to be extinct, to his woodpile. If word gets out it will drastically change the area. As Joe investigates he learns the twists and turns to the situation. He not only wants to protect the environment but also has a family to protect.
Book Club members recommend this book, the first in a series, or other books by C. J. Box. The author’s descriptive writing transports readers to the rugged terrain of Wyoming. This book keeps your interest to the very end.
Stop by the LeRoy Public Library to find excellent mysteries, romance novels, biographies, non-fiction and children’s books, to name a few. The Library is open Monday – Thursday from 1 PM to 8 PM and Saturdays from 9 AM to 1 PM. If you don’t have a library card apply at the library.
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LeRoy Evening Bookclub
“My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante, an Italian author, is an intense story about two friends Elena and Lila. Lila earns her reputation as “the misfit” while Elena becomes known as “the good girl”.
The story takes place in the 1950’s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood of Naples, Italy. While growing up from early childhood to late teens they have relied on each other before anyone else. The neighborhood is loud and noisy, everyone knows what everyone is doing, who is beating their wife and children, drinking, going to school or not. The girls learn how to survive and grow up, they may not agree with each other but help each other.
We all agreed that is was difficult to keep all the characters in order, even if there was a family tree printed but there was plenty of discussion.
Come to the LeRoy Library and find a scary book or movie, it is Halloween time. Who doesn’t like a good scare once and awhile?
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
If you enjoy following the story of a family across generations “Only Time Will Tell” is a book for you.
The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1920 in England with the statement, “I was told my father was killed in the war”. Harry seems to be destined to be a dock worker like his father but an unexpected gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boy’s school and his life will never be the same. As he grows into adulthood, Harry begins to question who really is his father. The book takes us from the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War.
This is the first novel in the Clifton Chronicles series by Jeffrey Archer. The books bring to life 100 years of recent history to reveal a family story that neither Harry Clifton himself or the reader could have ever imagined. Be prepared for lots of good reading as there are 7 books in the series. You will want to read them in order.
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club enjoyed the book and many are planning to read the remaining books in the series. They are all available at the LeRoy Public Library. Stop by the Library and pick up this book or another selection to read on our cool fall days. Bring your Library Card.
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The LeRoy Public Library’s
12th Annual
“Scary Stories Night”
For 3rd thru 7th Graders
Thursday, October 26th 2017
In the LeRoy Public Library Basement
6:00 – 7:30 PM
You may bring: Costume, Sleeping Bag, Flashlight, & your “SCARIEST STORY”
There will be a contest for the “SCARIEST STORY” told
with the winner winning the “Halloween Pumpkin of GOODIES”
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“After School Movies” at 3:30-5PM
Thursdays on dates: November 2 & 16, Dec. 7 & 21, 2017, & January 4, 2018
at the LeRoy Public Library
BRING YOUR LIBRARY CARD to check out books & DVD’s before or after the movie!Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
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Former Pastor GARY OLSON here for an author visit with his beautiful wife, JEAN in front of the LeRoy Lutheran Church in LeRoy, Minnesota on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2017 “Trust in the Lord”
LeRoy Public Library AUTHOR VISIT
former Pastor GARY K. OLSON on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2017
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LeRoy Evening Book Club
“The Good House” by Ann Leary is a genuine funny novel about alcoholism. Hildy Good is successful real-estate broker who can keep busy during the day with real estate and being mother and grandmother but the nights are lonely ever since she has returned from rehab. Daughters convinced her she was drinking too much. Ann Leary’s description of Hildy’s escapades causes the reader to chuckle. When you think no one sees you in the dark, you are wrong and this causes fuel for small town gossip.
Our second read was Beverly Clearly’s “Ramona the Pest”. Remember her from elementary school?? It is Ramona’s first day of kindergarten and she lets everyone know she is in class. We read about “show and tell”, Halloween costumes, and her being a kindergarten drop out. A lively discussion was held on our first day of school and many school stories were told.
Be honest, what was your first day of school like?
Check out the LeRoy Library for a current novel or one from your childhood. We all could use a laugh now and then.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club met at the LeRoy Public Library this past week to discuss “The Guise of Another” by Allen Eskens. Eskens is a Criminal Defense Attorney, graduate of Mankato State University and a Minnesota author. He won numerous awards for his first book “The Life We Bury” which the Book Club read several months ago.
This book “The Guise of Another” is set in Minnesota. Following an auto accident in Minneapolis it is discovered the deceased victim of the crash is really not James Putnam, the name he has been known by for a number of years. Alex Rupert, a Minnesota detective, was recently reassigned to the Frauds Unit. When he comes across this complex case of identity theft he decides to reestablish his reputation as a great cop. But the case explodes into far more than could have been expected putting him in the path of a trained assassin. As Alex’s life spins out of control he contacts his brother Max, a fellow police detective to help him find a way out.
This book is a well written mystery which keeps you reading. Eskens has more recently written 2 additional books to follow this one. Stop by the LeRoy Public Library to check them out. The Library is open Monday – Thursday from 1 – 8:00 PM and Saturday from 9:00 AM-1 PM. Remember to bring your library card.
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The LeRoy Public Library’s
12th Annual
“Scary Stories Night”
For 3rd thru 7th Graders
Thursday, October 26th 2017
In the LeRoy Public Library Basement
6:00 – 7:30 PM
You may bring: Costume, Sleeping Bag, Flashlight, & your “SCARIEST STORY”
There will be a contest for the “SCARIEST STORY” told
with the winner winning the “Halloween Pumpkin of GOODIES”
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LeRoy Evening Bookclub
Simon Watson ,a young librarian, receives a old book sent by antiquarian bookseller who purchased it on speculation. The book is the history of “circus mermaids” who drown on July24th. Simon ‘s mother and others have died on July 24th,which is only weeks away, was his family circus people? If so, how can he save his sister?
“The Book of Speculation” is Erika Swyler’s debut novel. Story flows through centuries and generations till Simon gets a answer.
We learned a book is kept with the circus from day one, it is the history of the circus, when acts hired, fired, dates in towns, and the financial records, etc.
LeRoy Public Library is looking for a book to be their City Read this fall,any suggestions please tell Rhonda.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
If you enjoy historical fiction “The Last Midwife” by Sandra Dallas is a good choice for you. Set in Colorado in 1880, Gracy Brookens is the only midwife in her small mountain town. She has delivered hundreds, maybe thousands, of babies in her lifetime. The women of Swandyke, her community, have depended on Gracy for years to help them through pregnancy and delivery. The small town has had no Doctor until recently. Gracy assumed that role.
When a baby is found dead everything changes. Evidence points to Gracy. She didn’t commit the crime but clearing her name is not quite so easy. With her friends taking sides and a trial looming, Gracy must decide whether it is worth risking everything to prove her innocence.
Sandra Dallas has a gift for creating a sense of time and place and characters to hold your interest and touch your heart. Her books keep you reading, just waiting to learn the twists and turns of the story.
Stop by the LeRoy Public Library to check out this book or other excellent historical fiction books by Sandra Dallas. She is a great author. The Book Club highly recommends her books.
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LeRoy Public Library’s “Summer Reading Program” FUN today!
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LeRoy Public Library’s “Summer Reading Program” says THANKS to DQ Owners, Mike & Kari King for summertime Butterscotch & Chocolate “Dilly Bar” treats on 7.26.2017!
Row 1: Parent Volunteer Angie Olson, Ella Bridge, Max Gumbel, Cynthia Norby, Soren Saterdalen, Sylvie Wehrenberg, Lilli Gumbel, Kim Volhart, Brittany Tucke, and SRP Coordinator Mrs. Amy Hungerholt.
Row 2: Cardinal Kid’s supervisor Pat Hovde, Brady Hyrkas, Sawyer & Riley Long, Claire & Ashlyn Ness, Jenna & Kendall Olson, Maren Wehrenberg, Cody Hyrkas, Calvin & Isaac Kiefer and Cardinal Kids Supervisor Janis Smalley.
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LeRoy Mower County Sheriff’s Deputies Jamie Meyer & Ryan Chrz visiting the Summer Reading Program KIDS today!
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club met July 18, 2017 to discuss this month’s selection – “The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes” by Diane Chamberlain.
Eve Elliot is a successful therapist to troubled students as well as a loving wife and mother. But her life is built on a lie. As a lonely, vulnerable 16 year old she made a decision which led to a dark night of imaginable consequences. Now, many years later, she is forced to confront her past. She now faces another terrible choice – reveal to her family that she is not who she seems or allow a man to take the blame for a crime she knows he did not commit. One day Eve’s daughter, Corrine, turns on the TV and finds her mother’s image on the screen. The past becomes the present and Eve can only find answers from the one person who knows exactly what happened decades ago – CeeCee Wilkes.
Author Diane Chamberlain has written numerous novels that explore the complexities of human relationships. Her books have page-turning happenings and never expected endings- always a good read. Stop by the LeRoy Library and check one out soon.
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LeRoy Evening Bookclub
We read Ian Rankin’s mystery novel. “Even Dogs in the Wild” It is the 21st novel featuring “Rebus” now a retired Endinburgh cop who is not adjusting to retirement and who is asked to help in an investigation to save his nemesis. There are many clues including, death notes, gangsters and abuse to teen boys by elite officials. We go from one murder story to two stories in a turn of a page.
One of the clues is a musical tape by the Associates titled, “Even Dogs in the Wild”. We listened to the song but the Scottish accent was so strong we could not understand but we read the words then the story made sense. Several members made cheat sheets to keep characters and events in order. No one guessed the murderer which was revealed in the last pages.
Take a book on vacation, to the pool or the backyard and escape. LeRoy Public Library has many choices.
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Summer Reading Program today at 1PM on July 12th, 2017 with coordinator, Mrs. Hungerholt. Meets every Wednesday at the LeRoy-Ostrander School’s Library!
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Children’s Summer Reading Program – 2017
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LeRoy Evening Book Club
Faith Sullivan’s novel “What a Women Must Do” is about three women who live as a family but are a non-traditional family and what happens in three days to change their lives. The reader learns that the statement “what a women must do” happens to women when they least expect it, falling in love, taking care of someone else’s child, loveless marriage, etc. It is what must be done to continue living.
Summer is here! Check out a book from the LeRoy Library, get a glass of ice tea, find some shade and have a mini vacation.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club chose a book for June set in southeastern Minnesota. Luke Longstreet Sullivan has written a book about growing up in Rochester. Through the 1950’s and 60’s the 6 Sullivan boys had a wildly fun and thoroughly dysfunctional childhood living in a 30 room mansion called the Millstone. It was on the outskirts of Rochester. The book “Thirty Rooms to Hide In” tells, not only of family life, but also the news of the times – the Beatles, Vietnam, the Cold War, etc. Luke’s father, a Mayo orthopedic surgeon, has a bright future but develops harmful ways of dealing with life. Luke’s mom, Myra, holds the family together. The book also talks about landmarks familiar to those of us in Southeastern Minnesota.
This is a story of public success and private dysfunction – personal and family resilience and how humor can help everyone cope. A family of 6 young boys is a busy household with pranks as well as ways of dealing with family problems.
Stop by the LeRoy Public Library to check out this book or many other good books for your summer reading. You can find books about Minnesota as well as the latest national Best Sellers. Remember there are also computers available for you to use. The library is open Monday – Thursday from 1 – 8 and Saturday from 9-1.
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Jim Jayes LeRoy Public Library Program on Thursday, June 15th at 1PM at the LeRoy Community Center
“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “
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Local Author, Brandon Vreeman’s visit to the LeRoy Public Library today June 14th, 2017 at 1PM
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OUR GREAT LIBRARY BOARD (2017)
Front: Donna Johnson, Dianne Ahrens, & Leslie Kerr Back: Barb Payne, Carrol Cartney, Ben Reburn, Pat Utz, Kathleen Gottschalk, & Rhonda Barnes
Local Author Brandon Vreeman
will be doing a “READING” from his new book
“The Ball That Did Not Like to Bounce”
after The Summer Reading Program
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
2:15PM & 2:30PM
At the LeRoy Public Library
Books will be for sale
EVERYONE WELCOME!
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Come join your friends at the
“Movie @ The LeRoy Public Library!”
Tuesday, June 6th
1:30-3:45 PM
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
Please bring your library card & check out items @ The Library
before or after the movie! Call Ms. Barnes
to find out the name of the movie=#507.324.5641
All ages are welcome
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Come join your friends on “THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, June 1st
3:30-5:00 PM
PG Rating
Please bring your library card & check out items @ The Library before or after the movie! Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome. Call Ms. Barnes to find out the name of the movie=#507.324.5641. All ages are welcome!************************************************************************
LeRoy Evening Book Club
David McCullough’s novel “The Wright Brothers” tells us all the history of the Wright brothers that the school history books don’t mention. He delivers the information smoothly and there is not any drag time.
We learn that Orville and Wilbur had very little formal education, if they wanted to stay home and read this was allowed. They lived with their Father, Bishop Wright and sister Katharine and ran a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio.
Wright brothers were continuously making and designing parts for their “flying machine”. They learned from their failures. The public wasn’t to impressed by “only birds fly”. Times and success changed their opinion and soon planes were flying long distance and with passengers.
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When those of us in the Midwest think of a summer getaway, we plan a trip “up north” or to “the River”. In the book “the Island” by Elin Hilderbrand the getaway is Tuckernuck Island off Nantucket on the East Coast. This book was the May selection of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club.Birdie Cousins grew up spending her summers at the Tate House, the family summer home on Tuckernuck Island. Now, the family home has not been used for years. Birdie invited her 2 daughters, Chess and Tate, and her sister India for a month’s stay on at the Tate House. Tuckernuck Island is accessible only by boat – no phones, no TV or internet, no grocery store- a place without distractions where they can escape their troubles – and they all have them!
But when sisters, daughters, ex-lovers, and long kept secrets come together on a remote island, what might sound like a peaceful getaway becomes much more. Before summer has ended, dramatic truths are uncovered, old loves are rekindled, and new loves make themselves known.
This is a perfect book to set the mood for summer reading. Although you may not spend your summer on an island, find some good books to escape with on your deck or in your backyard.
The LeRoy Public Library has many great books for your summer reading. Stop by and check them out!
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SUMMER READING PROGRAM
The LeRoy Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “READING BY DESIGN” will have 8 sessions for all ages. Children 4 years old or younger need to be accompanied by an adult.
Mrs. Amy Hungerholt will be the Summer Reading Program coordinator.
Dates to mark on your calendar are:
June 7th, June 14th, June 21st, June 28th,
July 12th, July 19th, July 26th, & August 2nd
Starting at 1:00PM-2:00PM at the LeRoy-Ostrander Media School Library
Please enter the Main Front South Entrance doors of the L-O School. Weather permitting, Mrs. Amy Hungerholt will walk children to the LeRoy Public Library afterwards. Those wishing to checkout library items at this time, need to register & have their library cards copied at the public library or bring your library card with you each day.
LeROY PUBLIC LIBRARY’S SUMMER ACTIVITIES
*Thursday, June 15th @ 1PM=“JIM JAYES” at the LeRoy Community Center
*Friday, July 14th @ 1 PM=Lanesboro’s EAGLE BLUFF – “BIRDS OF PREY” at the LeRoy Community Center
*Thursday, August 3rd @ 6:30 PM=“CRAZY CHRONICLES BY THE CAMPFIRE”-Grilled hot dogs, drinks, featuring music by “PAT UTZ, GAYE STOCKDALE, ARLEN SLOAN, & DIANE WHALEN” and @ 7 PM-“GREG the GREAT”@ LeRoy Community Center
LeROY “SUMMERFEST” ACTIVITIES
*Friday, July 14th @1 PM=Lanesboro’s eagle Bluff-BIRDS OF PREY @ LeRoy Community Center
Sat., July 15th @ 9AM-1 PM=OPEN HOUSE & BOOK SALE @ the LeRoy Public Library
Sun., July 16th @ 2 PM=LEROY SUMMERFEST PARADE on Main Street LeRoy
All programs are sponsored by the LeRoy Public Library and are FREE to everyone. Please call Ms. Barnes @ 507.3245641 with any questions.
Library hours are: M-TH: 1-8:00 PM & SAT: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
* “This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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LeRoy Evening Bookclub
Sarah Addison Allen’s novel “First Frost ” tells about the eccentric, charming, Southern Waverely family. Each member has a special “magical power”, Claire’s power is cooking with flowers, Sydney owns a beauty parlor, a cut from her could in explicably turn your day around, Aunt Evanelle gives unusual items to people, they may not need now but they will soon. Also on the property is a apple tree that blooms at first frost, it’s blossoms are magical and if it doesn’t like you it will throw apples at you.
This a quick read in which you will get lost in the magic of Autumn and that dreams do come true.
Spring is here, time for flower and vegetable gardens, LeRoy Public Library has books for the beginner or advanced gardener and maybe you will learn to grow a magic garden.
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NEWS BULLENTIN:
Upcoming programs on Iowa Public Television –
(channel 24 on my TV). This coming Wednesday, April 26 they are showing
a program entitled “Making Light at Terezin” about the arts at the Terezin camp. This was where Lenka in “The Lost Wife” was held. It is on 24.3 IPTV World at 6 PM on Wednesday April 26. It sounds like to might be interesting.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
Many books have been written about the World War II era, but “The Lost Wife” by Alyson Richman is a unique love story beginning in pre-war Prague and follows 2 Jewish families through the war years and beyond. It is based on a true story.
Josef, a medical student and Lenka, an art student in Prague in the early 40’s fall in love. With the promise of a better future they marry- only to have their dreams shattered by an imminent Nazi invasion. Like so many, they are torn apart by the effects of the war.
Now a successful Doctor in the United States, Josef has never forgotten Lenka who he thinks died in the war. But in the Nazi ghetto of Terezin, Lenka has survived. She thinks Josef was killed while crossing the ocean to the United States. Decades later a chance encounter in New York leads to recognition and the hope to give them one more chance.
The novel shows tragedy, survival and is a wonderful story of family and love. The Book Club members strongly recommend this book as an enlightening read.
If you enjoy history, suspense, romance or non-fiction, stop by the LeRoy Public Library and check out the large selection of books. Movies and audio books are also available.
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Come join your friends at the
“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, April 27th
3:30-5:15 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
Please bring your library card & check out items @ The Library
before or after the movie! Call Ms. Barnes
to find out the name of the movie=#507.324.5641
All ages are welcome!
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Come join your friends at the
“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, April 6th
3:30-5:20 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
Please bring your library card & check out items @ The Library
before or after the movie! Call Ms. Barnes to find out the name of the movie=#507.324.5641
All ages are welcome!
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
Are mystery thrillers your favorite kind of book? Do you like to help solve a murder and figure out “who done it”? Then you must read “Sworn to Silence” by Linda Castillo. The book is available at the LeRoy Public Library and was the March selection of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club.
Kate Burkholder is the Chief of Police at Painters Mill, a community in Ohio with many Amish families living in the area. Kate, a former Amish girl, is back in her home community. The body of a young girl is found in a snowy rural field. In trying to solve the murder, Kate deals with a dark secret from her past.
The book is a fast-paced story of solving the current murder and it’s relationship to several murders that happened sixteen years ago. Similarities seem to relate the past to the present. Follow Kate and her staff as they work to keep the community safe. You won’t want to put the book down. This book is the first in a series of several mystery books about Kate.
Stop by the library to check out the latest best sellers by well – known authors. Books for all interests- children to adults – are available.
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LeRoy Evening Book Club
Our monthly read was “Thunder and Rain” by Charles Martin. We all agreed Ty, the main character, could save us from any disaster. Ty is a retired Texas Ranger, rugged, tall, a Marlboro type man. He has a hard exterior, everything is black and white and he forgets to show his softer side to his family. His wife has left him broke and he is raising his son. He is lost and then along comes Samantha and her daughter Hope with lots of baggage. Book is a fast page turner but you do learn alot about law and ammunition.
Charles Martin says alot with few words and lets your imagination fill in the blanks.
Next we watched the Swedish movie “Ove” without subtitles. Many of us had read the book and we did well following along. Ove is a elderly man who has lost his wife, misses her terribly, visits the cemetery often, and revisits the past often. He tries to commit suicide several different times and ways and always is interrupted. Novel tells how his neighbors, a cat and old friend bring love and smiles back into his life. Book is telling us growing old and alone is very hard, you need to keep your friends and neighbors close.
The LeRoy Library has many books to choose from, no matter your mood. Come check one out and have some fun.
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These pictures are from “The Magic of Dr. Seuss” SELCO/Legacy Vetted Program at the LeRoy-Ostrander School. Grades PreSchool through 5th grades attended on Thursday, March 2nd, 2017. This week we have been celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday (March 2nd) all week long.
“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “
“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “**************************************************************************
- Come join your friends at the
- “After School Movie”
- @ The LeRoy Public Library
- Thursday, March 9th
- 3:30-5PM
- PG Rating
- Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
- Come & check out items @ The Library
- before or after the movie!
- EVERYONE WELCOME!
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Come join your friends at the
“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thurs., March 23rd
3:30-5:25 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
Come & check out items @ The Library
before or after the movie!
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Call Ms. Barnes for the name of the SHOW
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
There are many great historical fiction books and “The Light Between Oceans” by M. L. Stedman is a good one. The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club selected this for their February read.
The book takes place in the 1920’s near Australia. After four years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the Lighthouse keeper at Janis Rock, a small isolated island a half day’s journey from the coast. Eventually Tom meets Isabel and brings her, as his wife, to the island. As the only residents on the small island it is a solitary life. When a boat washes on shore with a dead man and a living baby. Tom and Isabel’s life changes.
The book speaks of love, moral issues, justice and how our decisions can change the course of life. Although the book is set 90 years ago, many parallels to present time were discussed. Both the book and the movie are available at the LeRoy Public Library. Stop by to check them out.
Next month Book Club members are reading a mystery thriller by Linda Castillo. Remember the library is open Monday – Thursday from 1-8 and Saturday from 9-1.
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LeRoy’s Librarian Director & K-12 LeRoy-Ostrander Librarian, Rhonda Lee Barnes with Pam O’Hara, MLIS the Information Services Librarian at Southeastern Libraries Cooperating (SELCO) taking time for a selfie at the State Capital!
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Preston’s Librarian Director, Beth Anderson, Senator Dan Sparks (DFL) District 27, LeRoy’s Librarian Director & K-12 LeRoy-Ostrander Librarian, Rhonda Lee Barnes, and SELCO’s Executive Director Ann Hutton
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R to L: SELCO’s Communication Specialist Jennifer Harveland, Rochester Public Library Foundation’s Executive Director Vicki Allen, LeRoy Public Library’s Librarian Director & K-12 Librarian for LeRoy-Ostrander Schools Rhonda Barnes, Representative Jeanne Poppe, SELCO’s Information Services Librarian Pam O’Hara, Pine Island Librarian Director Rachel Gray
In meetings with legislators, library advocates discussed statewide library funding for public libraries as well as multiptypes (academic, school and special libraries). They also showcased Legacy projects throughout the region and talked about the request for Legacy funding this year. A key point of those conversations highlighted the fact that libraries already have a presence throughout the state and knowledge of their communities, meaning they can provide Arts and Cultural Heritage programming very efficiently to citizens throughout the state in rural and urban communities alike.
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51 attended SELCO Author Tour-Doug Ohman on Going to Work-The New Deal in Minnesota after the LeRoy Community Dinner in the LeRoy Community Center on Tuesday, February 21st
Minnesota Author in LeRoy, Minnesota
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The Afternoon Book Club “The Belles” and friends
Front row: Dianne L., Shirley W., Janet M., Laurie S., & Cathy M. Back Row: “Grandma to Be” Deb Iverson, JoAnn S., Sharon H., Donna J., & Diane F.
It was fun surprising Deb at her “Grandma Shower”! You’re gonna be a fantastic granny!
Please consider coming to SELCO’s MN author Tour in LeRoy!
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“Dr. Seuss” Magic Show: Thursday, March 2nd in the small gym.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
January is a good time to stop at the LeRoy Public Library to find some good reading for our snowy and icy days. The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club did just that. The January selection was “The Hired Girl” by Laura Amy Schlitz. Fourteen year old, Joan Skraggs lives on a farm in Pennsylvania in 1911. She pours out her heart in her diary which we read. Her mother has recently died and she is expected to care for her father and brothers on their farm doing chores, cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc. Her one escape is school and her beloved teacher, Miss Chandler. Following a visit from Miss Chandler, Joan’s father forbids her to continue with her schooling. Joan runs away from the farm and ends up in Baltimore becoming a “hired girl” for the Rosenbach family.
The author, inspired by her grandmother’s journal, brings to life the struggles and climate of 1911 America. This book will keep the interest of high schoolers as well as adults.
Remember the LeRoy Reads discussion on February 13. There is still time to read the selection “Our Souls at Night” by Kent Haruf. Stop by to pick up a copy – it is a quick read. Thank you to the LeRoy Library Board for organizing this discussion. See you there!*********************************************************
Travel the state of Minnesota with photographer and public speaker Doug Ohman as he explores some of Minnesota’s most treasured sites is his book, “The New Deal in Minnesota.” Drawing on his strong state roots his work captures images of Minnesota’s natural beauty and its rich history.
Listen to Doug tell the stories behind the pictures with humor and insight as he makes the photos come to life for his audiences and also tells his own story on how he took his passion for history and love of photography and combined them into a successful career.
Held at 22 different locations across Southeastern Minnesota, Doug Ohman will be in LeRoy, Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 1PM directly after the LeRoy Community Dinner at noon at the LeRoy Community Center.
Free and open to the public, come enjoy this wonderful opportunity to meet a Minnesota author right in your backyard!!
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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LeRoy Evening Book Club
Kleenex are needed when you read ” Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling funeral” by Iris Radish. Before Annie dies she writes her wishes for her traveling funeral that she wishes her five friends to take. They are to travel to all of Annie’s special places in her life, spread her ashes, and see what she had accomplished and the people she knew. The five friends learn more about Annie and much more about themselves. You will laugh, cry, have aha moments and think about funerals in different ways.
The All Town Read is “Our Souls at Night” by Kent Haruf. Read the first page and you’ll think “oh my” and “what a brave lady” then you won’t be able to put the book down. We encourage everyone to read the book, it is very short but will start a lot of conversations.
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1/5/17- Come check out our new “New Release Books” mobile will be delivered! Thank you to the LeRoy Foundation & memorials given to make this possible!
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LeRoy Evening Book Club
Kleenex are needed when you read ” Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling funeral” by Iris Radish. Before Annie dies she writes her wishes for her traveling funeral that she wishes her five friends to take. They are to travel to all of Annie’s special places in her life, spread her ashes, and see what she had accomplished and the people she knew. The five friends learn more about Annie and much more about themselves. You will laugh, cry, have aha moments and think about funerals in different ways.
The All Town Read is “Our Souls at Night” by Kent Haruf. Read the first page and you’ll think “oh my” and “what a brave lady” then you won’t be able to put the book down. We encourage everyone to read the book, it is very short but will start a lot of conversations.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
The LeRoy Public Library has many seasonal books available to put you in the holiday mood. The Afternoon Book Club decided to read a Christmas theme book in December. “Deck the Halls” by Mary Higgin Clark and Carol Higgins Clark is a story filled with intrigue and danger as well as holiday cheer.
Three days before Christmas Regan Reilly meets Alvirah Meehan, a famous lotter winner and amateur detective at a dentist’s office while looking for her father. It became apparent Luke Reilly, a prominent funeral director, and his driver, Rosita Gonzalez are missing and being held for ransom. Alvirah insists she can help Regan find them. To complicate matters, Regan’s mother, Nora Reilly – a popular mystery writer is hospitalized with a broken leg. Regan, a California private detective, enlists Alvirah’s help along with the NYPD Major Case Squad to find her father and Rosita.
The story takes some unusual twists and turns in finding the kidnapped and kidnappers. It is a fast read with plenty of suspense during the holiday season.
With winter upon us stop by the LeRoy Public Library for some good books to enjoy on our chilly days and evenings. You are sure to find many to your liking.
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RadZOO from Owatonna, MN visiting LeRoy Thursday, December 10th, 2016 for grades Cardinal Car, K-8th grades!
“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “
RadZOO from Owatonna, MN visiting LeRoy Thursday, December 10th, 2016 for grades Cardinal Car, K-8th grades!
“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “
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Come join your friends at the
“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, January 12th
3:30-5:00 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
Come & check out items @ The Library
before or after the movie!
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Call Ms. Barnes for the name of the MOVIE!
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LeRoy Evening Bookclub
“The Last Town on Earth” by Thomas Mullen reminded us of how far we have come in preventing and fighting influenza, “the flu”. Story takes place in Commonwealth, village in the forest of the Pacific Northwest at the end of World War I and the rampage of the Spanish Influenza has started
Commonwealth votes to quarantine itself from the outside world, no one enters or leaves the town. This causes all sorts of problems, someone tries to enter and doesn’t want to leave, rumors of military spies, supplies run short, neighbors spy on neighbors and the citizens get ill and die a quick and horrible death.
Check out the local cemeteries and observe how many families died during the 1918 Spanish Influenza epidemic. One yearly flu shot has saved many lives.
Come to the LeRoy Public Library and check out a book, Rhonda has many Christmas themed books on display, time to get in the Holiday Spirit.
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The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club met this past week to discuss their November discussion selection, “ The Life We Bury” by Allen Eskens. Eskens is a Minnesota author who has been recognized with several awards for his writing.
“ The Life We Bury” is set in our area. The University of Minnesota, Austin and Mason City are all locations used in the book. Joe Talbert, a U of M student, is on a deadline to complete an assignment for a writing class. Joe heads to an area nursing home to find a subject, hopefully someone willing to share his or her life story. There he meets Carl Iverson, a dying Vietnam Veteran and convicted murderer. Suffering from cancer and with only a few months to live, Carl has been medically pardoned. He spent 30 years in prison for the rape and murder of a 14 year old girl.
As Joe learns more about Carl and his story it becomes his mission to uncover the truth. Can he do that before Carl dies? With the help of his neighbor, Lila, they research Carl’s trial and conviction.
This is a suspenseful book that comes to life as you turn the pages. You will find this a book you can’t put down. Stop by the LeRoy Public Library to check it out.
Next month the Book Club will read a Christmas book. There are many holiday books at the library. Check them out.
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Come join your friends at the
“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, Dec. 1st
3:30-5:15 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
Come & check out items @ The Library
before or after the movie!
EVERYONE WELCOME!
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Come join your friends at the
“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, Dec. 8th
3:30-5:30 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
Come & check out items @ The Library
before or after the movie!
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Call Ms. Barnes for the name of the MOVIE!
LeRoy Public “LiBOOrary” on Halloween 2016
LeRoy Public “LiBOOrary” on Halloween 2016
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“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Tuesday, November 22nd
3:30-5:10 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome. Please bring your library card & check out items @ The Library before or after the movie! Call Ms. Barnes to find out the name of the movie=#507.324.5641. All ages are welcome!
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“Scary Stories Night on Tuesday night!”
Tuesday, November 1st @ 6:00 – 7:30 PM
3rd Grade through 7th Grade
You may bring: Costume, Sleeping Bag, Flashlight, & your “SCARIEST STORY”
There will be a contest for the “SCARIEST STORY” told…
with the winner winning a Halloween Pumpkin of “GOODIES”
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club met last week to discuss “Burnt Mountain” by Anne Rivers Siddons. Siddons has written over 17 New York Times best-selling novels, most set in the Carolina’s and Georgia. “Burnt Mountain” tells the story of Thayer Wentworth who grew up in the south. After her father is killed in an auto accident, Thayer escapes to summer camp in the North Carolina Mountains and meets Nick Abrams, her first love. Camp is a way of escaping home where her relationship with her mother is strained.
Years later, Thayer married Aengus, an Irish professor, her soulmate. They move into her late grandmother’s house in a suburb of Atlanta. When Aengus is invited to Camp Edgewood on Burnt Mountain to tell Irish tales, their life slowly begin to change.
“Burnt Mountain” is a story of how love can shape our lives and the secrets we keep from those who know us best. It is a very descriptive, well written story.
Visit the LeRoy Public Library to find many books, audio books, movies, or visit the SELCO web site for available items at: www.selco.info All you need is your free library card!
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Come join your friends at the
“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Tuesday, October 25th
3:30-5:25 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome. Please bring your library card & check out items @ The Library before or after the movie! Call Ms. Barnes to find out the name of the movie=#507.324.5641. All ages are welcome! ******************************************
LeRoy Evening Book Club
Anne Perry’s “A Breach of Promise” is a Victorian Romatic Mystery. Barton and Delphine Lambert parents of beautiful Zillah are suing Killian Mellville for breach of promise. Killian adamantly declares he will not and cannot marry her.
Victorian social rules dictate what can and cannot be allowed. A woman’s reupation is at stake, if Killian refuses to marry her,no one else will,she is damaged goods.
You must read the novel for all the twists and turns of why Killian cannot marry Zillah. You will say “WOW’ when the reason is discovered.
We all agreed that women of today have come along way from the Victorian times but we have a long way to go.
Stop the LeRoy Library, see Ms. Barnes, and check out a book and get lost in a good mystery.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
Lorna Landvik is a Minnesota author who has written several books about off-beat characters, sharing their hilarious and heart breaking lives. “The Tall Pine Polka” is no exception. This was the September selection of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club.
Fenny Ness lives in Tall Pine, Minnesota, a small town where locals meet for coffee at the Cup O’Delight Café. The book introduces a number of eccentric characters including Fenny who operates a tourist shop; Lee, the café owner; Slim, a shell shocked veteran; Big Bill ,the itinerant musician; and Pete, the shoe repair man to name a few. When Fenny is ‘discovered’ by a movie producer, Hollywood comes to Tall Pine to film the movie “Ike and Inga” starring Fenny as it’s leading lady.
Book Club members felt the author could have written several books with the characters and information included in this one. It was an interesting book.
Check out Landvik’s writings and many other authors at the LeRoy Public Library. If you are interested in joining a Book Club, talk to librarian Rhonda Barnes. The library is open from 1-8 PM Monday – Thursday and 9-1 on Saturday. Stop in
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Come join your friends at the
“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Tuesday, October 25th
3:30-5:25 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome. Please bring your library card & check out items @ The Library before or after the movie! Call Ms. Barnes to find out the name of the movie=#507.324.5641. All ages are welcome!
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LeRoy Evening Book Club
“The Life We Bury” by All Eskens is a novel written by a Minnesota author and is set in Austin, Minnesota, Mason City, Iowa and the University of Minnesota.
Joe Talbert’s assignment for biography class was to interview a total stranger. He waited to long and just knew this was going to suck. He went to Hillview Nursing Home and met Carl Iverson, a convicted murderer released after 30… years in prison, he was dying from end stage cancer. Latter discovered he was Vietnam Vet.
Joe wrote about Carl’s heroism in Vietnam and his despicable acts as a convict. Carl insists he did not commit the murder. Joe digs up old evidence, articles and information and finds many errors. While doing this research he has to deal with a dysfunctional mother and a younger autistic brother. Can Joe solve the old crime in time?
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“Evening Book Club”
Stranded on Mars!!! Astronaut Mark Watney was thought dead after a dust storms which causes the crew to leave without him.
He had to use all his scientific and engineering skills to survive.
You must read how he grew a garden of potatoes and what he used for fertilizer and how he made water.
His sense of humor was his most importand survival skill. If he could find a solution he would sleep on it and the solution would come to him.
You may have seen the movie but the book “Martian” by Andy weir puts your imagination to work.Today living without electricity for a day stresses us out, what if it never comes on and you have to rethink everything. Some thing to ponder.
We also watched the movie”A Hundred Year old Man Crawls out a Window and Disappears”,we read the book earlier. We laughed and had a good time. Since it was in Swedish we had subtitles but followed the plot ok. The movie was as good as the book,it left out a few minor plots but a movie can only be so long.
Please visit the LeRoy Library,books help you to escape and to dream.
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“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
93 people attended “Crazy Chronicles by the Campfire” last Thursday night at the LeRoy Community Center! Thank you Pat Utz, Arlen Sloan, Gaye Stockdale, & Diane Whalen for the wonderful music & Jason for the Juggling program afterwards and EVERONE WHO CAME for the LeRoy Library’s program!
“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “
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“Crazy Chronicles by the Campfire” Thursday, August 4th at the LeRoy Community Center at 6:30PM
Serving Grilled Hot Dogs & Drinks
Music by LeRoy’s famous musical group “Pat Utz, Arlen Sloan,
Diane Whalen, & Gaye Stockdale”
& Entertainment by “ Jason Huneke the Juggler”
This Program is FREE to Everyone!
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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Christian author, Lauraine Snelling will be at the Barnes & Noble Book Store, 1201 12th St SW #425 in Rochester, MN tonight at 7PM. The AFTERNOON “LeRoy BELLES” BOOK CLUB will be attending & others. Please come join us for a fun night!
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We are having a drawing at “Crazy Chronicles by the Campfire” next Thursday night, August 4th at the LeRoy Community Center for FREE Tickets to the LeRoy Circus at 6:30PM
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
“The Arsonist” by Sue Miller takes place in Pomroy, VT., a small community that grows in the summer due to the “summer people” (those who come from the city to enjoy the rural area away from the heat of the city).
Frankie Rowley has worked in East Africa for 15 years and has come home to Pomroy and the farmhouse where her family has summered and now is her parents retirement home. On her first night back a house up the road burns to the ground, then another and another, always the homes of summer people. Frankie tries to assist in finding the arsonist. Also Frankie, who has had a troubled relationship with her mother finds herself helping her mother deal with her father’s health issues. In the course of helping her parents and dealing with the community fires, Frankie meets the local newspaper editor and a romance develops.
The author blends several themes in the book to create a suspenseful and emotional book about belonging and community. A lively discussion was held by the book club deciding who the arsonist might be. Members had mixed feelings about the book.
Next month the group is reading a book by well known author, Kristin Hannah.”. Summer is a great time to read.
Stop by the LeRoy Public Library to find a good book. There are hundreds of great choices.
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Evening LeRoy Book Club
Want to read a page burning thriller? “The Pocket Wife” by Susan Crawford is the book. Once you start you can’t put it down,the plot moves fast, and beware of the clues. Can you guess what a pocket wife is?
Dana is suffering with bipolar disorder and the awful possibility that she is a murderer. She is the last one to see her neighbor alive . Her mania is causing holes in her memory and she sets out to solve the murder before she forgets everything.
All the members enjoyed the novel and and kept changing their mind on who the murderer was.
Stop by the LeRoy Library, pick up a book and loose yourself in a story. Don’t forget the ice tea or wine!
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“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “
Thank you to over 160 people for coming to the LeRoy Public Library’s National Eagle Center from Wabasha, MN at LeRoy Community Center for the our “Summerfest Kickoff!”
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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Our 4th & final session of ART IN THE PARK, painting with art teacher Kara Page, art assistant Addison Galagan, Librarian Director Rhonda Barnes, and assistant Diane Whalen at the LeRoy Community Center.
“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “
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Don’t miss our BEST program yet this year!
The LeRoy Public Library presents The National Eagle Center from Wabasha, MN on this Friday, July 15th at the LeRoy Community Center at 1PM to start LeRoy’s festival Summerfest!
“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “
Also, while supply lasts, 1 FREE 50 cents off coupon for the L-O FFA Alumni & Friends “Malt Stand” on the LeRoy Famers Market Corner or the LeRoy Public Library from Ms. Barnes!
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The June read of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club was “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls. This book, set in the 1960’s, is an autobiographical look at the author’s unique and dysfunctional family. While Jeannette’s parents are intelligent and loving, their choice of life style makes for an unusual life for the children. Dad was caring but when he drank he took on a very different persona. Mother was a free spirit and although caring, didn’t want the responsibilities of a family. The four Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed and protected one another and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even though their children prospered. The book paints a picture of a strange but loyal, loving family. Book Club members found “the Glass Castle” to be a fascinating book. Summer is a good time to read whether you are at home in your backyard or on vacation by the lake. Stop by the LeRoy Public Library and check out the wide selection of books for both children and adults. Remember there is no cost for a library card.
***********************************************************************************3RD session of “Art in the Park” with teacher; Jenelle Cummings & Art Assistant; Diane Whalen was held on Wednesday, June 29nd, 2016. The LeRoy Public Library presented “Creative Artist Class” for 6-8 & 9-11 year olds today at the South Park.
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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ONE FULL FUN DAY!
Wednesday, June 15th at 1PM @ the LeRoy-Ostrander Media Center was LeRoy Public Library’s 2nd session of Summer Reading Program with a visit from Mower County’s Deputy Jamie afterwards. Deputy Meyer gave “rides with lights, sirens, & ALL” to all SRP participates around town & to the Public Library afterwards for library checkouts. Amy Hungerholt & Rhonda Barnes, SRP coordinators.
“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “
2 Sessions of “Art in the Park” w/Beth Hamilton & Addison Galagan making “polymer Jewelry!
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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The LeRoy Public Library
presents
*ART IN THE PARK “Summer Traveling Art Studio”
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club read “On Hummingbird Wings” by Lauraine Snelling during May.
Gillian Ormsby, with a busy career in New York City, is called home by her sister, Allison, because their mother claims she is dying. In California Gillian finds her mother’s beloved garden wilted and brown, the blinds drawn, and Dorothy in bed, waiting to die. She focuses on quickly restoring Dorothy’s health and will to live so she can get back to her own life. However, surrounded by new friends, Gillian is unprepared for the warmth of the neighborhood and new friendships.
Lauraine Snelling, who has published 65 books, has the ability to weave a story you can’t put down. She has written historical fiction as well as contemporary novels. “On Hummingbird Wings” is on of the
Con+temporary works.
Summer will soon be here. Stop by the LeRoy Public Library to find a good book to enjoy in the warm weather.
************************************************************************************OUR LIBRARY ROCKS! (How the library is being used just in the past 15 minutes . . .)
**********************************************************************************Charlie Maguire Concert at the LeRoy Center for the Creative Arts in LeRoy, MN on March 22, 2016 at 1:30PM.
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
Thank you to Dave Perkins for a GREAT hospitality & Deb Iverson for the GREAT pictures!
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The International Owl Center visit at LeRoy-Ostrander Schools for Headstart, grades: K-3, & 6-12th on Thursday, March 17th in the Large Gym. Brought to LeRoy by the two libraries in town & SELCO/Legacy grants.
“These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. “
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AUTHOR, TRICIA CORNELL
at
THE LEROY COMMUNITY CENTER
Discussing her delicious book; Minnesota Farmers Market Cookbook
Local foodies are in for a treat! Award winning author, Tricia Cornell will visit LeRoy at the LeRoy Community Center on April 11th to discuss her book Minnesota Farmers Market Cookbook: A Guide to Selecting and Preparing the best Local Produce with Seasonal Recipes from Local Chefs and Farmers, a 2015 Minnesota Book Award finalist in the Minnesota category.
The event begins at 6:30PM at the LeRoy Community Center, on Main Street, Hwy. 56 and is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served by the LeRoy Public Library Board.
CITYPAGES says, “Brimming with easy to accomplish recipes, the book also includes a comprehensive directory of farmers markets throughout the region, and helpful notes on each type of produce covered, so you can shop and cook with confidence.”
Tricia Cornell is a Minneapolis writer. She contributes to the food blog The Heavy Table and is the author of Eat More Vegetables: Making the Most of Your Seasonal Produce.
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
For information, please contact: Rhonda Lee Barnes, Director LeRoy Public Library 605 North Broadway PO Box 357 LeRoy, MN 55951 rbarnes@selco.info
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Come join your friends at the
“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, March 10th, 2016
3:30-4:50 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome. Please bring your library card & check out items @ The Library before or after the movie! Call Ms. Barnes to find out the name of the movie=#507.324.5641. All ages are welcome!+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
We are having a community dinner at Noon before the concert also at the Travel Lanes. Please EVERYONE come join us for a great meal & concert in LeRoy, Minnesota!****************************************************************************
The LeRoy Public Library Board
Valentine’s Tea
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club enjoyed reading a thriller “Killing Floor” during February. This is the first book written by popular author Lee Child. He introduces Jack Reacher, an ex-military policeman who is accused of murder in the small town of Margrave, Georgia. After proving his innocence, Jack is determined to find the real killer and expose the corruption occurring in Margrave. It is a book that keeps you reading to learn all the twists and turns of the story as the crime is solved.
Lee Child has written several more books with Jack Reacher as his main character. Follow Jack as the author gives suspenseful clues that lead to an exciting conclusion.
His books are available at the LeRoy Public Library for you to check out and enjoy.
**********************************************************************************Today, Thursday, January 28, 2016 the SELCO & LeRoy Libraries had the pleasure to have the “Everett Smithson Band” come and perform in the LeRoy-Ostrander Small Gym. They were fantastic!!!
9:30-10AM=3rd, 4th graders & partial 10th Grade Class Program
10:00-10:30AM= “Harmonica Lessons”= (25 students)
10:30-11AM= 5th & 6th Grade Program
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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The LeRoy Public Library Board Invites everyone to a
Valentine’s Tea
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
2:00-4:00 PM
In the Palmer Room of the
LeRoy Public Library Basement
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Our January read was “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim” by David Sedaris. Author wrote essays about his childhood, parents, siblings,
Our February read is “Rush Home Road” by Lori Lansens. It is also the City Read. Please come to the LeRoy Library February 8th at 7Pm for a discussion and refreshments. Several members have read the novel and report it is a good read with many topics to discuss. Stop at the library and request a book.
We are wondering what LeRoy residents are reading. If you have read a good book please pass the information to Rhonda, and we will add it to our list for our monthly reads.
***********************************************************************************“Woven In Song: Gripping Stories of Minnesota and Across the Land”
CHARLIE MAGUIRE- Folk Music: North Star Americana-Dynamic ballads on guitar, harmonica, jaw harp and spoons, written and performed about ordinary people doing extraordinary things that shaped our local culture and national identity.
Music Hall at the LeRoy Center for the Creative Arts on 111 E Main St, Le Roy, MN 55951 on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 1:30PM. Music Hall at the LeRoy Center for the Creative Arts on 111 E Main St, Le Roy, MN 55951 on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 1:30PM.
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
Thank you to Dave Perkins for the use of his Music Hall at the LeRoy Center for the Creative Arts in LeRoy and Ms. Barnes, Director at the LeRoy Public Library.
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“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, January 28th, 2016
3:30-5:015PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome. Please bring your library card & check out items @ The Library before or after the movie! Call Ms. Barnes to find out the name of the movie=#507.324.5641. All ages are welcome!************************************************************************************Award winning Minnesota author, Mary Bleckwel made a visit to the LeRoy-Ostrander School today from Northfield. Two sessions in the small gym for grades Headstart, Preschool, K-5th.
This complimentary author visit was won as a result of Cassidy Redman’s (daughter of Nathan & Sara Redman) entry in the drawing that Mary Bleckwell had at the YAYA Writer’s Conference in Rochester last May that she attended.
LO Forever funds furnished her with the cost of mileage, which is all that she asked for coming to our school.
Mary has published two children’s books are HENRY YOU’RE LATE AGAIN! and HENRY YOU’RE HUNGRY AGAIN?
Books are available from her website www.marybleckwehl.com or online from Amazon or Barnes & Noble as well as in many Barnes & Noble and independent bookstores and public libraries.
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Come join your friends at the
“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, January 14th, 2016
3:30-5:00 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome. Please bring your library card & check out items @ The Library before or after the movie! Call Ms. Barnes to find out the name of the movie=#507.324.5641. All ages are welcome!
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HOT READS”
2016 FOR COLD NIGHTS @ Your Library
During January & February
SIGN UP NOW w/Your Name, Phone #, Favorite Book, Series, & Author that you would recommend others to READ for
“Weekly Drawings” for BOTH Adults & Children
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Come join your friends at the “After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
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LeRoy’s
ALL TOWN READ
“RUSH HOME ROAD”
AUTHOR – Lori Lansens
Starting November 1st with a finale on
Mon., Feb. 8, 2016
@ 7:00 PM
with a book discussion & refreshments served
at
The LeRoy Public Library’s Palmer Room
Please call the LeRoy Public Library at #324-5641 for book reservations
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“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, Nov. 5th
3:30-5:00 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
Come & check out items @ The Library
before or after the movie!
Everyone is welcome!
Call Ms. Barnes to find out the name of the show!*********************************************************************************
CONGRATS to Andrew L. was the WINNER of the “BIG PUMPKIN” on Scary Stories Night telling “SCARY!!!!!” (but it was funny Andrew!) Thanks to the LeRoy Public Library Board for all the Halloween Treats!
Others up for the prize were: Frankie B.=”Piggy Back”
Charlie B.=”Clown Statue”
Willow M.=”Be Scared!”
Hayden H.=”RUN!”
Kaydee B., Mel E., Makayla N., Kelly H.=”Bloody Mary”
Jordan B. & Cassidy R.=”The Eyes”
Christopher K.=”It’s Him”
Grace M.=”The Pirate”
Ethan P.=”The Abandon Iron Mine”
Hanna H.=”Shortess Horror Story”
Sarah K. & Brooke J.=The Mystery Library”
Nadiya E.=no title
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“After School Movie”
@ The LeRoy Public Library
Thursday, Nov. 5th
3:30-5:00 PM
PG Rating
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
Come & check out items @ The Library
before or after the movie!
Everyone is welcome!
Call Ms. Barnes to find out the name of the show!
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The LeRoy Public Library Presents
The 11th Annual
“Scary Stories Night”
For 3rd thru 7th Graders
Thursday, October 29th, 2015
In the LeRoy Public Library Basement At 6:00 – 7:30 PM
You may bring: Costume, Sleeping Bag, Flashlight, & your “SCARIEST STORY” There will be a contest for the “SCARIEST STORY” told with the winner winning a Halloween Pumpkin of “GOODIES” See you at the LeRoy Public Library !!!***********************************************************************************
Wonderful time listening & talking with author & innkeeper of the “Blue Belle Inn” , Sherrie Hansen from St. Ansgar, Iowa at the LeRoy Public Library Thursday night, September 24th.
(pic #2) Our own LeRoy author, Eileen Evans and Sherrie Hansen “talk shop” about their books.
Thank you to all that came and had such a great time meeting our visiting author at the library! Thank you Jan Hanson, Dianne Ahrens, & Sherrie for the wonderful food!
**********************************************************************************AR Summer Reading Winners this year are Katelyn & Devan Holmen, children of Jeff & Phoueth Holmen of LeRoy!
Congratulations on winning $50 of “LeRoy Bucks” each from the LeRoy Lions Club.
Presenting the certificates was Lions President, Alison Reburn.
Thank you LeRoy Lions for supporting the Summer Renaissance Learning Accelerator Reading Program at the LeRoy Public Library!
Pictured below is the Jeff & Phoueth Holmen Family: Dylan, Devan, Katelyn, Jeff, Karissa, & Phoueth. Parents have been very encouraging & supportive of their children’s reading.
**********************************************************************************One of LeRoy’s favorite Authors, William Kent Krueger signing his book with Donna Johnson at the Austin Artworks Festival last Saturday 8.22.15
**********************************************************************************LeRoy Public Library presents our 1st “After School Movie” of the season: Disney’s new movie “CINDERELLA” on Thursday, September 17th at 3:30-5:15PM at the LeRoy Public Library. Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome. Come & check out items @ The Library before or after the movie! EVERYONE WELCOME!***********************************************************************************
The LeRoy Public Library presents Area’s Famous Author and Innkeeper of the “Blue Belle Inn” of St. Ansgar, Iowa, Sherrie Hansen for an “Author Visit” on Thursday, September 24th at 6:30PM at the LeRoy Public Library.
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The LeRoy Book Club “Belle’s” at the Blue Belle Inn at St. Ansgar, IA with author of over 12 books; Sherrie Hansen for a luncheon & book discussion.
Attending today was Back Row: Janet Mayer, JoAnn Shipman, Jan Hanson, author & speaker; Sherrie Hansen, Cathy Mason, & Kathy Adams. Front Row: Laurie Schmidt, Donna Johnson, Rhonda Newton, & Diane Fechner.
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So much fun at “Crazy Chronicles by the Campfire” Thursday night at the LeRoy Community Center. Thanks to everyone who came to have fun with Pat Utz & Arlen Sloan for the beautiful “Disney” music, Dazzling Dave the “YoYo Man”, members of my wonderful Library Board who grilled & served hot dogs & lemonade, and the SELCO/Legacy Grants! Set your calendar for the 1st Thursday in August 2016!
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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Our 4th & finale Session: “ART IN THE PARK” with 9-11 year olds on August 5th, 2015
John Sullivan, Austin Public School art teacher was leading the clay class with art assistant, Nicole & library assistant, Diane Whalen and LeRoy Public Library’s Librarian Director, Rhonda Barnes.
Thank you SELCO/Legacy Grants for received our Mower Counties Traveling Studio that gets come every Wednesday morning!
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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Our 4th & finale Session: “ART IN THE PARK” with 6-8 year olds on August 5th, 2015
John Sullivan, Austin Public School art teacher was leading the clay class with art assistant, Nicole & library assistant, Diane Whalen and LeRoy Public Library’s Librarian Director, Rhonda Barnes.
Thank you SELCO/Legacy Grants for received our Mower Counties Traveling Studio that gets come every Wednesday morning!
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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3rd Session: “ART IN THE PARK” with 6-8 year olds on July 29th, 2015
Sonja Slater teaching shapes, design, & color in birdhouse decoration (the birdhouses will come pre-fab, & the kids will decorate & paint). Thank you SELCO/Legacy Grants for received our Mower Counties Traveling Studio that gets to come every Wednesday morning!
3rd Session: “ART IN THE PARK” with 9-11 year olds on July 29th, 2015
Sonja Slater teaching shapes, design, & color in birdhouse decoration (the birdhouses will come pre-fab, & the kids will decorate & paint). Thank you SELCO/Legacy Grants for received our Mower Counties Traveling Studio that gets come every Wednesday morning!
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2nd Session: “ART IN THE PARK” with 9-11 year olds Thank you SELCO/Legacy Grants for received our Mower Counties Traveling Studio that gets come every Wednesday morning! Sign up w/Ms. Barnes for the art classes!
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Thank you SELCO/Legacy Grants for received our Mower Counties Traveling Studio that gets come every Wednesday morning! Sign up w/Ms. Barnes for the art classes! 
******************************************************************************** Our LeRoy Public Library program today was the Norm Barnhart’s MAGIC SHOW @ 1 PM in the LeRoy Community Center. Thank you to SELCO & the Legacy grant funding for this great program & to all the adults who brought their over 100 children ! 
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Our 1st Session of “Art in the Park” Painting on Canvas=FUN!
Thank you to EVERYONE who shared the Mower County Libraries’ Traveling Studio & the SELCO Legacy Grant Program! We will be at Louise State Park (weather permitting)or the LeRoy Community Center for the next 3 Wednesday mornings! July 22nd: Rochelle Perleberg will be teaching hula hooping: the kids will be making their own hula hoops & then learning how hooping relates to performance art & dance, & with demonstrations. July 29th: Sonja Slater will be teaching shapes, design, & color in birdhouse decoration (the birdhouses will come pre-fab, & the kids will decorate & paint). Aug. 5th: John Sullivan will be leading a clay class.************************************************** STARTING WEDNESDAY: The LeRoy Public Library presents “ART in the PARK” Mower County Libraries Traveling Studio “Providing creative programming for the children of Mower County” At Lake Louise State Park Pavilion (By the swimming beach) Parents must sign up for their children at the LeRoy Public Library Two different age classes for 4 weeks: Starting Wednesdays, July 15th – Aug. 5th 10:00AM-10:45AM: for ages 6-8 years old 11:15AM-12:00PM: for ages 9-11 years old Each class would be 45 minutes long Registration by a parent at the LeRoy Public Library is mandatory, so that enough supplies are available for each child attending class If you are signed up & cannot attend, please call the library (507.324.5641) M-TH: 1-8pm, SAT: 9am-1pm ASAP to make room for the alternates waiting to get unto the active list CLASSES: July 15th: Beth Hamilton will be teaching a still-life painting class, using acrylic paint & canvas. July 22nd: Rochelle Perleberg will be teaching hula hooping: the kids will be making their own hula hoops & then learning how hooping relates to performance art & dance, & with demonstrations. July 29th: Sonja Slater will be teaching shapes, design, & color in birdhouse decoration (the birdhouses will come pre-fab, & the kids will decorate & paint). Aug. 5th: John Sullivan will be leading a clay class. “This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.” ********************************************************************************* Two BIG Events happening with LeRoy’s Summerfest next weekend with the Library . . . Norm Barnhart’s MAGIC SHOW Thurs., July 16th @ 1 PM LeRoy Community Center ************************************* Our 100th Anniversary “Open House” & “Library Tour” Saturday, July 18th 10:00 AM -1:00 PM Snacks & Drinks Provided Please come join us in the fun!************************************************************************ New Books for JULY 2015 After the Storm-(7th book in the Kate Burkholder)-Linda Castillo Badlands–C J Box Code of Conduct-(Book 14 in the Scot Harvath series)-Brad Thor Color of Light-(4th book in the Goddesses Anonymous series)-Emilie Richards Go Set a Watchman-Lee Harper Hotter You Burn-(2nd book in the Original Heartbreakers)-Gena Showalter Lawless-(2nd book in the Kerrigans series)-J A & William W Johnstone Naked Greed-(Book 34 in the Stone Barrington series)-Stuart Woods Nemesis-(Book 19 in the FBI Thriller series)-Catherine Coulter Outrage-(2nd book in the Singular Menace)-Michele Cook and John Sandford Perfect Touch–Elizabeth Lowell Refining Fire-(2ND book in the Brides of Seattle series)-Tracie Peterson Secret Sister–Brenda Novak Silent Creed-(2nd book in the Ryder Creed series)-Alex Kava Someday Home–Lauraine Snelling Thrill Me-(Book 18 in the Fool’s Gold series)-Susan Mallery Twice in a Lifetime–Dorothy Garlock Wired–Julie Garwood UPDATE YOUR CALENDARS: Our Legacy grant funding for the “ART IN THE PARK” has two minor changes. We will be having 4 SESSIONS instead of 5 Sessions, starting JULY 15th instead of July 8th. We still have a few openings, so parents sign up your children at the LeRoy Public Library soon!
LeRoy Public Libraries Summer Reading Program 6.10.2015
This is only part of the 55 kids & adults that came to the LeRoy Public Libraries Summer Reading Program today. Coordinator is certified teacher, Mrs. Amy Hungerholt. All ages of children are encouraged to attend every Wednesday at 1PM at the L-O Library Media Center. Crafts, stories, & activities keep kids busy! Afterwards Mrs. Hungerholt walks children to the LeRoy Public Library for book checkouts. Our theme this summer is “Read to the Rhythm!” *********************************************************************************** JUNE 4th, 2015 at the LeRoy Community Center . . . 
From Owatonna, MN=RadZOO today! Our “Summer Kickoff Library Program Thank you to RadZoo & over 126 people that attended today’s program!**************************************************************************************** “ART in the PARK” Mower County Libraries Traveling Studio “Providing creative programming for the children of Mower County” at Lake Louise State Park Pavilion (By the swimming beach) Must have parent signatures at the LeRoy Public Library
- Two classes for 5 weeks straight: Starting Wednesdays, July 8th – Aug. 5th
- 10:00AM-10:45AM: for ages 6-8 years old
- 11:15AM-12:00PM: for ages 9-11 years old
- Each class would be 45 minutes long
- Registration by a parent at the LeRoy Public Library is mandatory, so that enough supplies are available for each child attending class
- If you are signed up & cannot attend, please call the library (507.324.5641) M-TH: 1-8pm, SAT: 9am-1pm ASAP to make room for the alternates waiting to get unto the active list ***********************************************************************************
SUMMER READING PROGRAM-2015 The LeRoy Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “Read to the Rhythm: Music-Reading-Dance” will have 8 sessions for all ages. Children under 4 years old need to be accompanied by an adult. Mrs. Amy Hungerholt will be the Summer Reading Program coordinator. Dates to mark on your calendar are: June 3rd, June 10th, June 17th, & June 24th, July 1st, July 8th, July 15th, & July 22nd starting at 1:00PM-2:00PM at the L-O Media School Library. (Please use front South entrance doors of the L-O School) Kids who bring their library cards may walk with Mrs. Hungerholt to the LeRoy Public Library, weather permitting, to check out books afterwards between 2:00PM-3PM ************************************************************************************** An “After School Movie” @ 3:15- 5:10PM on May 28th at the Library! Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Call for the showing title: #507.324.5641 ************************************************************************************** 
Thank you to Janet Mayer today for the flower delivery & to the afternoon “LeRoy BELLES” Book Club=meeting on the 3rd Tuesday @ 2:00PM at the LeRoy Public Library. They are Kathy Adams, Diane Fechner, Jan Hanson, Sharon Bergan-Hodgdon, Deb Iverson, Donna Johnson, Janet Mayer, Rhonda Newton, Laurie Schmidt, JoAnn Shipman, & Shirley Whisler. The flowers are beautiful and they smell so sweet! rlbarnes *********************************************************************************** Barn Board Art Classes tonight at the Library! April 14, 2015 
Thank you art teacher, Ginesa Dux & Community Education Director, Gwen Hamilton. 
Diane Whalen, LeRoy Public Library Volunteer goes to three LeRoy License Daycare’s a week for storytime visits. Here she is with children at Shirley Miller’s home, celebrating Easter with books and crafts. LeRoy thanks volunteer, Diane Whalen for her time and talents! 
*********************************************************************************** Enjoyed Historian, Larry Ball, Jr. & Thomas Schmeh’s program, Saturday, March 28th on the Des Moines Speedway & “100 Years Later . . .Tragic death of F. Maurice Keeler at the Des Moines Speedway (1915).” 
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COMING TO LeRoy!
Folk Singer, Dennis Warner
after the Community Dinner at 1PM
on
Tuesday, April 7th
at the Travel Lanes Supper Club-LeRoy, Minnesota
Everyone Welcome to the FREE LIBRARY PROGRAM!
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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Three movies coming to the LeRoy Public Library!
Tuesday, March 24th @ 3:30-5:30 PM for 5th grade and AND Thursday, March 26th @ 3:30-4:50 PM for all ages
Snacks & Bottled drinks are welcome.
Come & check out items @ The Library
before or after the movie!
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Friday, March 27th @ 6-8:20 PM for Adults & Young Adults
Bring your own Snacks & Bottled drinks!
Call: M-TH: 1-8PM to find “What is Showing” @ #507.324.5641
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Thank you to the LeRoy Foundation for donating the money, Rochester Riverside Concerts, Mayo Clinic, David Perkins & his concert hall, the LeRoy Center for the Creative Arts for bring George Kahumoku, Jr. & da Ukulele Boyz from Hawaii to LeRoy, Minnesota.
George Kahumoku and da Ukulele Boyz Concert last night, Monday, March 2nd At the LeRoy Center for the Creative Arts.
The artist will perform a “Capstone Concert” in the Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall as part of the department’s Riverside Live! concert series on March 7, 2015. Known as Hawaii’s Renaissance Man, George Kahumoku Jr, is a multiple Grammy & Hoku Award winning master Slack Key Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, performer, teacher, artist and sculptor, story-teller and writer, farmer and entrepreneur. George is known for playing slack key on a jumbo12-string guitar because he loves the full sound and the lower bass tones of the instrument. He offers an annual slack key guitar and ukulele workshop that is one of the great musical learning experiences in the Islands today, and the result of George’s belief in sharing, celebrating, and perpetuating the unique music and culture that is Hawaii. Da Ukulele Boyz are comprised of first cousins Peter deAquino and Garrett Probst who first began playing together as a team when children. Their amazing duet instrumentals, their vocals and relaxed stage banter make them one of the most sought-after contemporary Hawaiian acts touring today. ************************************************************************************* Coming to LeRoy on March 28th at 1PM at the LeRoy Community Center! 
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2014 Minnesota and world renow author, Jack El-Hai Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 7PM at the Leroy Community Center
Amy Larson; SELCO’s MNBA Project Librarian, Rhonda Barnes; Librarian Director of the LeRoy Public Library and Jack El-Hai; world renown author for his lastest book, The Nazi and the Psychiatrist.
Author of “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist“
23 LeRoy Community members with Jack El-Hai; world renown author Wednesday night, October 1st.More books by Jack include: Non-Stop: A Turbulent History of Northwest Airlines (University of Minnesota Press), and The Lobotomist: A Maveric…k Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness (John Wiley & Sons). His shorter works have appeared in The Atlantic, Wired, Scientific American Mind, The History Channel Magazine, and many other publications.Jack teaches nonfiction courses in the low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Augsburg College and serves on the board of directors of The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. ****************************************************************************************
CLIFFORD-The BIG RED DOG at the LeRoy Public Library!
Sat., September 13th at 9-10:00am
Deb Iverson, Amy Hungerholt, CLIFFORD, The Big Red Dog, Rhonda Barnes, & Gladys Kasel
82 people came to see PBS’s Clifford, the Big Red Dog last Saturday at the Leroy Public Library!
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8/26/14=2:30-7PM: Jacob Grippen (Community Outreach Liaison, Southeast Region) & Ron Juntuner (Certified Navigator)-Sign Ups for MN Sure Program at the library! *************************************************************************************************
CLIFFORD-The BIG RED DOG coming to the LeRoy Public Library! Sat., September 13th at 9-10:00am
Meet & greet, Photo with the BIG RED DOG, and storytime!
REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR LIBRARY CARD FOR CHECKOUTS!
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LeROY PUBLIC LIBRARY’S SUMMER SCHEDULE
SUMMER READING PROGRAM-2014
The LeRoy Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “Paws to Read!”Children under 4 years old need to be accompanied by an adult. Dates to mark on your calendar are: August 13thstarting at 1:00PM-2:00PM at the L-O Media School Library. (Please use front South entrance doors)
Kids who bring their library cards may walk with Mrs. Hungerholt to the LeRoy Public Library, weather permitting, to check out books afterwards from 2:00PM-3PM
“Circular Panorama View” of the “Senior Aging” Painting Class held at the Leroy Public Library in May and June 2014. Photograph by Ben Reburn of Leroy, Minnesota. ************************************************************************************* ***Sign up for the Chair/Stand Yoga now being held for the 3rd session! CAll: 507-324-5641 ************************************************************************************
LeROY PUBLIC LIBRARY’S SUMMER SCHEDULE
SUMMER READING PROGRAM-2014
The LeRoy Public Library’s Summer Reading Program “Paws to Read!”will have 8 sessions for all ages. Children under 4 years old need to be accompanied by an adult. Mrs. Amy Hungerholt will be the Summer Reading Program coordinator. August 13th (July 30th CANCELLED) starting at 1:00PM-2:00PM at the L-O Media School Library. (Please use front South entrance doors)
Kids who bring their library cards may walk with Mrs. Hungerholt to the LeRoy Public Library, weather permitting, to check out books afterwards from 2:00PM-3PM
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The LeRoy Public Library presents the 10th Annual “Crazy Chronicles by the Campfire” for Kids & Families
A TOUCH OF MAGIC’S Treasure Beyond Measure
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2012
WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER with LeRoy Public Library Board Members & staff
1st Row: Rhonda Lee Barnes, Director; Georgia Eastvold: President; William Kent Krueger, visiting Minnesota author; Barb Payne, SELCO Executive Board member. 2nd Row: Deb Iverson, library assistant; Linda Sanders, City Council Representative; Carrol Cartney, Gladys Kasel, Library Assistant; & Jan Hanson.
William Kent Krueger signing books for his favorite readers! 
William Kent Krueger’s newest book, Ordinary Grace coming out March 26, 2013! 
“LAUGHTER” is the best medicine for the soul! Thanks Kent, we loved you in LeRoy! 
Jeremy Kittleson, SELCO Legacy personnel; William Kent Krueger, author of the Cork O’Conner detective series; Rhonda Lee Barnes, Director of the LeRoy Public Library
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 which dedicated funding to preserve Minnesota’s arts and cultural heritage.”
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM “CRAZY CHRONICLES BY THE CAMPFIRE” Thurs., August 2, 2012 @ 6:30PM Grilled hot dogs & drinks, featuring live music by “Pat Utz & Gaye Stockdale” & magic program by “Magician, Greg Skillestead” at the LeRoy Community Center
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Highlights from
“MAD SCIENCE FROM IOWA”
July 26, 2012 LeRoy Community Center
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Highlights from
“Gator Alley & Co.” Wednesday, July 11th, 2012 LeRoy Community Center
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Highlights from the
“Hans Mayer” Program Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 LeRoy Community Center
This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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Highlights from the
“Pop Wagner” Program June 6th, 2012 LeRoy Lutheran Church Basement
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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Highlights from the Author, “Doug Ohman” Tour 2012
Doug Ohman, freelance photographer and popular public speaker came to the LeRoy Community Center on Monday, March 19th at 6:00PM sponsored by the LeRoy Public Library. Many library followers from six different communities enjoyed his humor and many Minnesota traveling stories.
“This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.”
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Highlights from the
“Pint Size Polkas” Program May 2012 LeRoy-Ostrander School
This program was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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All programs are sponsored by the LeRoy Public Library and are FREE to everyone. Please call 507.3245641 with any questions. Library hours are: M-Th: 1-8PM & Sat.:9AM-1PM ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!!!
On Wednesday, May 8, the LeRoy-Ostrander 6th, 7th and 9th graders experienced the 100th anniversary of the Great War, now known as World War I in the L-O Library Media Center by retired teacher, Arn Kind.
To commemorate it,
Historical Experiences, an exciting living history program to learn all about
“The War to End All Wars.” Over
118,000 Minnesota men and women served during the war, in the military as well
as in volunteer organizations. Students learned about the new technologies,
including the tank, the airplane, the submarine and the use of gas which made
the air, the sea and the battlefields of WWI extremely lethal.
Kind’s historical portrayals present this time in during WW1 in an exciting and interactive way with authentic costumes and accessories, role-playing audience members, and gain a deeper understanding.