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2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Library Closed

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4 Catena-

Strong Women of

Three Lakes

TLCFA

6 PM

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Table Top Tech

Front Desk 2-5 PM

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10 Story Hour Maple Room

9:30AM

Lego Challenger

Maple Room

3:30-4:30 PM

11 Story Hour Sugar Camp School

8:30 AM

Library Lovers

Book Club

Libratory

3:00 PM

Leader Dog for the

Blind

TLCFA

6:00 PM

12 13

14 Oktober Fest

Blumengarten

Chalk Art

11 AM-2 PM

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17 Story Hour Maple Room

9:30AM

18 Story Hour

Sugar Camp School

8:30 AM

Baby Story Time

Maple Room

10:30 AM

19 Table Top Tech

Front Desk

2-5 PM

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23 24 Story Hour

Maple Room

9:30AM

Books the Other

Channel Book

Club

Tamarack Room

6:30 PM

25 Story Hour Sugar Camp School

8:30 AM

Catena-Three

Lakes

TLCFA

6 PM

26 After School

Movie

Maple Room

3:30 PM

27 Teen Table

Top Games

Maple Room

3:30-4:45

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September, 2019

Vol. 27, Issue 1

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Connecting people to the

transformative power of

knowledge by providing

opportunities to explore,

learn, create, and share.

Hours

Monday 9 -8

Tuesday 9 – 5

Wednesday 9 – 8

Thursday 9 – 5

Friday 9 – 5

Saturday 9 – 2

Contact

Phone: 715– 546–3391

Fax: 715– 546–3914

www.demmerlibrary.org

In this issue:

Book Group 1

Announcements 2

Booking Ahead 3

Summer Programs 4

Adult Programs 5

Announcements 6

Building Update 7

Demmer Memorial Library, Three Lakes, Wisconsin 54562

BOOKS THE OTHER CHANNEL

The Books the Other Channel book

discussion group will discuss The

Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn on

September 24 at 6:30 PM in the

Tamarack Room at the Demmer. Each

book for the group may be checked out

at the Demmer Library. Everyone

Welcome!

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June 27th, 6:00 PM

~Magic~Science~

~Air-Powered Rocket Workshop~

Register by calling 715-546-3391 or

demmer@demmerlibrary.org

Book Donation Policy We appreciate your generous donations to the library. The Demmer Library uses the proceeds from used

book sales to benefit the library.

Due to an overwhelming number of donations and limited space we must restrict donations in the

following categories:

• Reference Books (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Thesauruses)

• Self-Help Books (DIY repair manuals, Diets, Medical)

• Textbooks

• Reader’s Digest Condensed Books

• Old Books (Mildew, Musty, Water damaged)

• Music (Sheet music, song books, etc.)

• Multiple Volume Sets (Time Life Books)

Help us stock our Libratory!

Motto: “Our Libratory is a messy public space for people of all ages to explore and learn through

hands-on activities that engage all the senses/the whole brain.”

Donation wish list

Your craft supplies! Including but not limited to yarn, needle felting materials, cutting mats, X-acto

knives, unusual paper, paper punches, memory foam, puffy paint, fabric paint or markers or any

other crafty things you have lying around. These will be used/stored in the Libratory for program

and open public use!

A big thank you to everyone who came and made our Summer Reading

Program a great Success! We can’t wait to do it again next year!

Announcements

Coming up: Pumpkin Fest Used Book Sale. October 12, 2019 9 AM-1 PM

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The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr

Blue Moon by Lee Child

A Book of Bones by John Connolly

A Dog’s Promise by W. Bruce Cameron

The Deserter by Nelson Demille

The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox

The Stalking by Heather Graham

The Institute by Stephen King

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay

Bloody Genius by John Sandford

Child’s Play by Danielle Steel

A Cruel Deception by Charles Todd

Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb

Booking Ahead

High interest titles added for September to be released in October 2019!

Give us a call to put your name on the list - (715) 546-3391

New DVD’s

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Story Hour

Three Lakes Tuesday Morning @ 9:30 AM

September 10th-17th -24th Maple Room

Sugar Camp Wednesday Morning @ 8:30 AM

September 11th-18th-25th Sugar Camp School 4K Room

Join us with your child or children for stories, songs, and crafts! Parents and

caregivers are invited to participate with their children, too.

Story Hour is held each Tuesday at 9:30 AM, it is not held on days the Three Lakes

School District does not have school.

Ages Birth-11

New Want to know what our Children’s Librarian Charlotte is loving

right now? Sarah McKenzie, the author of “The Read-aloud Family”

has a great website: readaloudrevival.com. While you can buy a

premium membership on the site, there are great reading lists for free as

well as links to her blog and podcasts. Her podcasts range from

interviewing authors to tips and tricks about reading aloud to your kids

and the connection it makes. In our children’s department you will find

a list we printed from her website of great read-aloud books. Grab one

and let us know what you think….

BABY STORY TIME

10:30 AM September 18 Maple Room

Caregivers and babies enjoy interactive songs and stories with a theme.

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Teens

YA Tabletop Game Night

September 27th @ 3:30pm

Teens: Play our games or bring your own. Settler of Catan, Ticket to Ride and

more!

All ages Lego and Building Club

Sep 10th, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Maple Room

Join us for a building competition night!

After School Movie

September 26th 3:30PM

Maple Room

Join us for popcorn and “Middle School: The Worst Years of My

Life”

Celebrate Oktober Fest!

September 14th 11 AM- 2 PM

Create a Blumengarten (flower garden) with sidewalk chalk.

Wave wands to make Wolken aus Blasen (clouds made of bubbles.)

Teens, Let us know what books you wish we had

in the YA section. There will be slips and a box

in Young Adult area where you can tell us what

programs, books, or magazines you wish we had.

Help us make your voice, our mission.

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Library Offers Access to Online Courses

Learning never stops. Whether you’re looking for college-level, professional development, or personal

enrichment courses, Demmer Memorial Library now offers hundreds of online courses through Gale Courses.

Gale Courses offers access to online learning courses that are available anytime, anywhere, any place. Other

benefits include:

● Courses are free for all patrons

● Gale Courses is easy to use; you use your library account to sign up and log in

● With six-week courses, you can join programs year-round

Gain valuable knowledge you can immediately apply to your life or on the job. There’s definitely something for

everyone:

● Career & Professional Development: Many courses are tied to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ fastest-

growing occupations. Examples include: Accounting, Resume Writing, Business and Management,

Grant Writing and Nonprofit, Real Estate, Healthcare, and Sales and Marketing

● Computers & Technology: Courses cover all skill levels from beginner to advanced, even focusing on

specific software applications. Examples include: Introduction to the Microsoft Office Suite, Database

Management, Graphic and Multimedia Design, and the Internet

● Personal Enrichment: A wide array of courses truly offers the opportunity to transform lives, whether

through hobbies, education, or life resources. Examples include: Children, Parents, & Family, Digital

Photography, Health & Wellness, and Test Prep experiences

Table top Tech September 5 & 19

2:00-5:00 PM @ the Circulation Desk

Drop in and let us help you with your technology questions - first and third Thursdays of the month.

Library Lovers Mystery Series September 11th, 3:00pm

Join our new cozy mystery book club based on the "Library Lover's Mystery" series by Jenn McKinlay.

This new book group will be limited to the first 15 signed up. Please register at the front desk of the

Demmer Library.

Leader Dogs for the Blind

September 11, 6:00 PM

TLCFA Come listen to BJ’s life journey and meet his guide dog Goober. Event sponsored by the

Three Lakes Lions Club

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Our construction is nearly complete, so the building fund is transitioning to an ongoing support fund for the Demmer Library. The Three Lakes Public Library Foundation will continue to support the library with furnishings and incidentals, and wants to help support the programs that will make the most of our new space. Donations after 6/1/2019 will be applied to a general fund until a specific new project is identified in collaboration with the Demmer Board of Trustee’s strategic planning initiative.

The 501c(3) Three Lakes Public Library Foundation can accept cash, appreciated stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and IRA distributions.

Are you still accepting donations?

Edward U. Demmer Memorial Library Yes, I want to support the Three Lakes Public Library Foundation’s work!

Name: ______________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________

Phone: ___________________ Email: _____________________

Tax Deductible Gift Amount: $ ___________________________

Pledge of ________________ over the next __________ years

This gift is in honor of, memory of, appreciation of:

Make checks payable to: TLPLF, PO Box 283,

Three Lakes, WI 54562

Cut Here

The Director’s Chair

For more information, visit the Demmer Library at 6961 West School Street, call us at 715-546-3391, find us on Facebook or visit our website

www.demmerlibrary.org

Since July 2017, my space in this newsletter has been called “What’s Happening with the

Building?” since that’s the question I heard most often as we launched into design and

construction of the remodeled building, moved out of the old building, worked out of temporary

locations, and then moved back in and opened up.

But, now, just over two years later, not everything is about the structure anymore. Yes, there’s

lots of ooh-ing and ahh-ing, but now the questions are about is happening inside the building we

built. Are the puzzles in the vestibule really free for the taking? What craft or activity is waiting in

the Libratory? Is there going to be another book club? More programs for adults? For tweens?

For babies?

All these questions means it’s time to start strategic planning. A small team of two board

members (Paul Kaiser and Ann Asbeck), three intrepid community members (Nancy Brewster,

Rich Mahlerwein, and Heidi Raddatz), and I will be meeting regularly with a planning facilitator

(the Antigo library director) through the fall and into the winter. Our goal is to answer the

question, “What’s happening IN the library?” for the next five years.

And we want to hear from you. Paul, Ann, Nancy, Rich, Heidi, and I will be charged with

homework to reach out, and we want to hear from you. We want your ideas and input. We can’t

possibly do everything we dream of, so we want to do the most important things and do them

well. Watch for some informal surveys, but don’t wait – email me at

director@demmerlibrary.org, leave a note at the front desk, or track down somebody on the

planning team and talk with them.

We spent the last 10 years focused on getting this building built. Now we can spend the next 50

years making use of it – and we’re going to plan on making the best use possible.

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Demmer Memorial Library 6961 W. School Street P.O. Box 760

Three Lakes, WI 54562