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A Wealth of Information Awaits You
October 2015 Volume 3, Issue 10
The Word About Town Coolidge Public Library
Special Points of Interest...
Library Closed—Oct 3
Tractor Storytime —Oct 7
Master Gardener—Oct 8
Ghost Hunting—Oct 10
“We’re Not So Different After All”—Oct 14
Resume Building —Oct 15
Trick or Treat Storytime — Oct 28
“Coolidge” Book Discussion — Nov 4
Veteran Resource Spotlight 2015 —Nov 6
Patriotic Show—Nov 13
Inside this issue:
Health Insurance Information Session 2
Coolidge Book Signing & Discussion 2
Resume Building Workshop 2
Adult Book Discussion 2
Veteran’s Resource Spotlight 3
Patriotic Show with Jan Sandwich 3
Tween Titans 7
Weekly Storytime 8
Fun Van 9
Lego Club 9
Gardening in Cool Desert Temperatures
Join us on Thursday, October 8th at 2:00 p.m., as we welcome Master Gardener Deborah North to the Coo-lidge Public Library.
As the months start to get a little cooler here in Arizona, some gardening techniques may need to change in order to better maintain a success-ful garden.
Join the East Valley Paranormal Society on Satur-day, October 10th at 11:00 a.m. for a one hour presentation discussing the basics of ghost hunt-ing.
Learn the ins and outs as well as the dos and don'ts. The presenters will share evidence and photos from their experiences.
We strongly encourage registration for this free program. Space is limited. Please call (520) 723-6030 or email [email protected].
Refreshments will be provided.
Deborah plans to go over how to prepare for those cooler temperatures as well as how to better prepare soil. There will be a Q & A to follow. Refreshments will be provided.
We encourage registration. You can email us at [email protected] or call (520) 723-6030. Refreshments will be provided
Ghost Hunting 101
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The October Book Club title is Endurance by Alfred Lansing.
The Book Club will meet Tuesday, October 13th from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. To sign out a book club selection, simply visit the library before the scheduled meeting date. You need to have a valid contact number prior to sign out and should have a library card. Snacks and drinks are provided.
Adult Book Discussion
“How are we going to pay for health insurance?”
Choosing a healthcare plan that meets the needs of you and your family can be an over-whelming task. There is help and resources available to assist you in making the best deci-sion.
We will host an informative workshop with Maria Villalobos, Regional Lead Navigator with
Sun Life Family Health Centers.
Join us on Friday, October 2nd at 11:00 a.m. for a free information session.
We encourage registration. You can email us at [email protected] or call (520) 723-6030. Refreshments will be provided.
“Coolidge” Book Signing & Discussion
A book about the history of Coolidge will be released later this month.
Local author and historian, Ralph Swain, will visit the library on Wednesday, November 4th at 6:00
p.m. for a book signing and discussion of his book, which includes over 200 pictures. Within the book, readers will see not only photos illus-trating the history of Coolidge, but they will
read stories provided and confirmed by local residents.
Coolidge was published by Arcadia Publica-tions and is part of the “Images of America” book series.
Registration for this free event is encouraged. The book will cost $22.00. You can email us at [email protected] or call (520) 723-6030. Refreshments will be provided.
Coolidge Teens Provide Resume Building Workshop
Do you need a resume or do you need to spruce up the one you already have? We have the help you need!
Anyone is welcome to visit the library between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 15th to get some assistance from some knowl-edgeable Coolidge teens.
Coolidge High School Business and Marketing
2 students are helping the community in need of any type of resume help. These students have experience creating resumes and they have resumes ready from a competition where Coolidge took first place in state in job inter-view out of 70 competitors.
Gain one-on-one help with well designed tem-plates and strong resume words to make you look good! Registration is not required.
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Veteran’s Resource Spotlight 2015
The Coolidge Public Library is ex-cited to once again partner with local organizations that have a common goal in mind: to assist
veterans in need who might not be aware that help is available and accessible to them.
On Friday, November 6th between 9:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m., veterans, family members, and other local residents are invited to drop by our Veterans Resource Spotlight.
Organizations that assist veterans and their families will be available to provide informa-
tion and to speak one-on-one to answer ques-tions you might have.
Learn about veteran employment programs, education programs, benefits, housing, support groups, and much more.
Registration is not required to attend this event. Simply stop by anytime between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Refreshments will be pro-vided.
If you have questions, please call (520) 723-6030 or email [email protected].
Patriotic Show with Jan Sandwich
Join us on Friday, Novem-ber 13th at the Artisan Vil-lage of Coolidge (351 N Arizona Blvd) at 11:00 a.m. for our Patriotic Show with Jan Sandwich!
Jan and her pianist will en-tertain you with a tribute to George M. Co-han. They will take you on a musical trip
across our great country, pay tribute to each branch of the armed services, and honor veter-ans in the audience.
Refreshments will be provided at this event. Registration is encouraged.
Please call (520) 723-6030 or email [email protected]. You can also sign up in person at the front desk of the library.
Featured Online Tool: Legal Forms Library
Through the library, you have ac-cess to the most extensive free legal forms site available to library pa-trons with Gale LegalForms.
Thousands of legal forms are available to view and print with more forms being added daily. There are Official, State Specific, Federal, Busi-ness, Personal, Real Estate and General forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.
Some of the more popular legal form catego-
ries to choose from include: Real Estate, Mar-riage, Wills and Estates, Power of Attorney, Di-vorce, Landlord Tenant, and Bankruptcy.
This tool is completely free to use from either within the library or at home.
Visit www.pinalcountyaz.gov/library and then click on the Research tab. Gale LegalForms will be found under the Government and Legal heading.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web —Adult Fiction (also available in audio and 3M eBook format) By David Lagercrantz (continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium series)
She is the girl with the dragon tattoo—a genius hacker and uncompromising misfit. He is a crusading journalist whose championing of the truth often brings him to the brink of prosecution. Late one night, Blomkvist receives a phone call from a source claiming to have information vital to the United States. The source has been in contact with a young female superhacker—a hacker resembling someone Blomkvist knows all too well. The implications are staggering. Blomkvist, in desperate need of a scoop for Mil-
lennium, turns to Salander for help. She, as usual, has her own agenda. The secret they are both chasing is at the center of a tangled web of spies, cybercriminals, and governments around the world, and someone is prepared to kill to protect it. — Provided by publisher Press Start to Play—Adult Fiction By Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams
IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS. You are standing in a room filled with books, faced with a difficult decision. Suddenly, one with a distinctive cover catches your eye. It is a groundbreaking anthology of short stories from award-winning writers and game-industry titans who have embarked on a quest to explore what happens when video games and science fiction collide.
From text-based adventures to first-person shooters, dungeon crawlers to horror games, these twenty-six stories play with our notion of what video games can be—and what they can become—in smart and singular ways. — Provided by publisher The Flying Circus—Adult Fiction By Susan Crandall
Set in the rapidly changing world of 1920s America, this is a story of three people from very different backgrounds: Henry “Schuler” Jefferson, son of German immigrants from Midwestern farm country; Cora Rose Haviland, a young woman of privilege whose fam-ily has lost their fortune; and Charles “Gil” Gilchrist, an emotionally damaged WWI vet-eran pilot. Set adrift by life—altering circumstances, they find themselves bound to-gether by need and torn apart by blind obsessions and conflicting goals. Each one holds
a secret that, if exposed, would destroy their friendship. But their journey of adventure and self-discovery has a price—and one of them won’t be able to survive it. — Provided by publisher
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Why Not Me?—Adult Non Fiction By Mindy Kaling
Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it’s falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempt-ing to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or most important, believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you’re constantly reminded that no one looks like you.
Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, and the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into a laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays that anyone who’s ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate to. —Provided by publisher
Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word—Adult Non Fiction By Matthew Battles
A profound, eloquent meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multi-media.
Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Born from the inter-play of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continu-ally expanded our consciousness. Portrayed in mythology as either a gift from heroes
or a curse from the gods, it has been used as both an instrument of power and a channel of the divine; a means of social bonding and of individual self-definition. Now, as the revolution once wrought by the printed word gives way to the digital age, many fear that the art of writing, and the nuanced thinking nurtured by writing, are under threat. But writing itself, despite striving for permanence, is always in the midst of growth and transfiguration. — Provided by publisher
How To Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success—Adult Non Fiction By Julie Lythcott–Haims
Lythcott-Haims draws on research, conversations with educators and employers, and her own insights as a mother and student dean to highlight the ways in which over-parenting harms children and their stressed-out parents. She identifies types of heli-copter parents and, while empathizing with parents' universal worries, offers practical alternative strategies that underline the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness, and inner determination
necessary for success. Relevant to parents of toddlers as well as of twentysomethings, this book is a rallying cry for those who wish to ensure that the next generation can take charge of their own lives with competence and confidence. — Provided by publisher
Make Me: A Jack Reacher novel—Adult Audio Book By Lee Child
'Why is this town called Mother's Rest?' That's all Reacher wants to know. But no one will tell him. It's a tiny place hidden in a thousand square miles of wheat fields, with a railroad stop, and sullen and watchful people, and a worried woman named Michelle Chang, who mistakes him for someone else: her missing partner in a private investi-gation she thinks must have started small and then turned lethal. Reacher has no par-
ticular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there and there's something about Chang; so he teams up with her and starts to ask around. He thinks: How bad can this thing be? But be-fore long he's plunged into a desperate race through LA, Chicago, Phoenix, and San Francisco, and through the hidden parts of the internet, up against thugs and assassins every step of the way, right back to where he started, in Mother's Rest, where he must confront the worst nightmare he could imagine. Walking away would have been easier. —Provided by publisher
Undercover — Adult Large Print Fiction By Danielle Steel
Marshall Everett has traveled a twisting, perilous road from the jungles of South Amer-ica to the streets of Paris. As an undercover DEA agent, Marshall penetrated a powerful cartel and became the trusted right-hand man of a ruthless drug lord. The price he paid was devastating, costing him everything, and everyone, he loved. Back in the U.S., on temporary assignment to the Secret Service, on the presidential detail, Marshall performs an act of heroism that changes his course forever. Ariana Gregory has her
whole future ahead of her, with an exciting life in Manhattan and a coveted job at an online fash-ion magazine. But when her father, recently widowed, is appointed U.S. ambassador to Argentina, she reluctantly agrees to accompany him to Buenos Aires. Then an unthinkable act of violence shatters her world. —Provided by publisher
The Age of Adaline—DVD Featuring: Blake Lively and Michiel Huisman
After miraculously remaining 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bowman has lived a solitary existence, never allowing herself to get close to anyone who might reveal her secret. But a chance encounter with charismatic philanthropist Ellis Jones reignites her passion for life and romance. When a weekend with his parents threatens to uncover the truth, Adaline makes a decision that will change her life forever. —Product description
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Somewhere There is Still a Sun — Young Adult Non Fiction By Michael Gruenbaum
Michael “Misha” Gruenbaum enjoyed a carefree childhood playing games and taking walks through Prague with his beloved father. All of that changed forever when the Na-zis invaded Prague. The Gruenbaum family was forced to move into the Jewish Ghetto in Prague. Then, after a devastating loss, Michael, his mother and sister were deported to the Terezin concentration camp.
At Terezin, Misha roomed with forty other boys who became like brothers to him. Life in Terezin was a bizarre, surreal balance—some days were filled with friendship and soccer matches, while others brought mortal terror as the boys waited to hear the names on each new list of who was being sent “to the East.”
Collaborating with acclaimed author Todd Hasak-Lowy, Michael Gruenbaum shares his inspiring story of hope in an unforgettable memoir that recreates his experiences with stunning immedi-acy. —Provided by publisher
Geniuses!: The Most Astonishing Inventions of All Time — Juvenile Non Fiction By Deborah Kespert
Genius! tells the stories behind the amazing inventions that helped shape our modern world. Young readers are introduced to the technologies developed by thinkers and in-ventors such as Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci, Gutenberg, James Watt, the Wright brothers, and Tim Berners-Lee, and the creativity and determination behind their dis-coveries.
The book is divided into five key thematic sections: Pioneers, Communication, Technology, Transport, and Into Space. Read about how the innovators who brought us today s world of com-munications, the Internet, fast travel, space exploration, and entertainment faced challenges and dangers as they dared to create new machines and technologies. — Provided by publisher
Are you between the ages of 9 and 12? Do you like to do fun, crafty projects and science ex-periments? We have just the thing for you! Tween Titans is both a fun and educational program that tends to focus on art, science, and more!
Tween Titans will meet at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 9th and 23rd.
Registration is not required for these pro-grams. Call (520) 723-6030 with questions.
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The Wonderful Things You Will Be—Children’s Picture Book By Emily Winfield Martin
From brave and bold to creative and clever, the rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. With beautiful, and sometimes humorous, illustrations, and a clever gatefold with kids in costumes, this is a book grown-ups will love reading over and over to kids—both young and old. A great gift for any occasion, but a special stand-out for baby showers, birthdays,
and graduation. The Wonderful Things You Will Be has a loving and truthful message that will en-dure for lifetimes. — Provided by publisher
Everyone Loves Bacon—Children’s Picture Book By Kelly DiPucchio
Egg loves Bacon. Lettuce loves Bacon. Waffle loves Bacon. Bacon is sizzling with popularity. And pretty much everyone thinks he is the best.
That is-until Bacon's fame goes to his head. He's so busy soaking up the attention, that he soon forgets the important things in life, like friendship and family. How will it all pan out for our dash-ing, delicious hero? — Provided by publisher
Weekly Storytime
Weekly Storytime is every Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. Storytime includes a story or two as well as a fun craft. Occasionally we provide snacks.
Tractor Storytime
Join us on October 7th for a special Storytime with James from M&S Equipment. Children will listen to a
story about tractors and then they will go out-side and take a tour of a real one!
Storytime with Lissette Lent
Arizona author, Lissette Lent will read her book We’re Not So Different After All on Octo-ber 14th at 10:15 a.m.
We're Not So Different After All, is a playful story of acceptance and understand-ing featuring Maggie Hope, a little girl with special needs” (RedGlasses.org).
Trick or Treat Storytime
Children (and adults!) are invited to dress up for a spooky Storytime on October 28th. Listen to a story and then walk with us to our next door city departments for some yummy treats!
The Coolidge Public Library helps all residents address the desire for self-directed personal growth and development opportunities throughout their lives by providing materials, programs, and services to meet the citizen’s recreational needs.
Email: [email protected] to subscribe to our monthly newsletter and events calendar!
A Wealth of Information Awaits You
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This is an exciting program for children ages 5-12 years old. We supply the LEGOS and the children supply the imagination! Lego Club will meet at 4:00 p.m. on October 2nd, 16th, and 30th.
Lego Club is great for kids because it helps en-hance their fine motor skills, their social and
LEGO Club
problem solving skills as well. With the fun challenges we provide, Lego Club can also be a way to help strengthen those STEM skills, too!
This program is not intended for children un-der the age of 5. Call (520) 723-6030 with questions.
Fun Van
The Fun Van, sponsored by First Things First, is an early childhood program for families with children ages birth-5. Trainings in the form of parent discussions, parent/child activities, educa-tion about available resources, and exposure to early literacy materials assist parents in raising children that are prepared for school and life. The program is on Mondays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. Registration is required to attend the Fun Van, and there is a limited number of walk-ins avail-able each week. Please visit http://www.ajpl.org/van/ for instructions, or ask us for a Fun Van flyer.
