The first computer class at the Marathon Public Library branch of Alpine Public Library will be held on June 7, June 14, and June 28 from 9am -1pm at the library located 106 N. 3rd Street East, Marathon. For more information please contact Carol at 432-386-4136 or marathonlib@yahoo.com.
Quilt made by Carol. (Queen size quilt)
Friends of Marathon Public Library Quilt Drawing. Drawing will be 4th of July dance in Marathon, Texas at the Post Park. Ticket donations are $5.00 each or 3 for $12.00. Contact Carol at marathonlib@yahoo.com or 432-386-4136. Donations are a fund raiser for the Libri Foundation Books for Children Program Grant.
Marathon Public Library branch of Alpine Public Library.
BASIC COMPUTER CLASSES
Where: Marathon Public Library
This course consists of 12hours of instruction. Will have introduction to Computers, Internet & Email.
APPLICATIONS FOR CLASSES CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE LIBRARY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL:
CAROL TOWNSEND AT 432-386-4136 (MARATHON PUBLIC LIBRARY) OR
NINFA RODRIGUEZ AT 432-837-9800 X2762
(WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS/UPPER RIO GRANDE)
Alpine Public Library recognized three of its volunteers with awards at the 2008 luncheon for Volunteer Big Bend on Monday in Alpine. Chris Ruggia was the first recipient, for his service on the Board of Directors as a former officer of the board and chair of various committees, as well as being “the go-to guy for graphics and Web Page design and maintenance.”
The second recipient was Marilyn Terry, who has served as President of the Friends of the Alpine Public Library. Her many hours of volunteering included organizing several book sales, at locations ranging from Re-Reads to the Center for Big Bend Studies Conference.
The third award-winner was Gail Lewis, for her service to the Friends of the Alpine Public Library. From the remarks delivered at the luncheon, “she particularly enriches the lives of the library’s homebound patrons by taking the time to understand each home-bound patron’s interest and takes them books and books on tape on a regular basis.”
This week the Alpine Public Library also recognized significant donors to the institution, with a spotlight on Kathy and Albert Bork, Anne and Malcolm Calaway, Elizabeth Foley, Nina Foley, Jim and Macy Chionsini, Kay and Don Green, Joan and Herb Kelleher, McDonald’s of Alpine (and Irma Campbell), Mary Jane and Vic Morgan, Carol and Pete Peterson, Jan and Harold Skaggs, Mary V Stringfellow, Becky and King Terry, Texas Disposal Systems, West Texas National Bank and Big Bend Telephone .
What are caves? How are caves formed? What creatures live in caves? What is spelunking?
Children ages 6-10 — Come on a cave exploration every Wednesday morning in June from 10:00-11:00.
Learning centers and story time for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners. This is a “hands on” program and often messy, so please wear play clothes! Every Tuesday morning from 10:00 to 11:00 in June-August. For children ages 0-5 years.
Four Marathon residents attended the Texas Library Association Conference in Dallas April 14-18. Carol Townsend, librarian of the Marathon branch of the Alpine Public Library attended classes on library management and summer reading programs. Friends of Marathon Public Library president, Steve Griffis, who is also West Texas sales representative for University of Texas Press, manned an exhibit booth at the conference. Library volunteers Sky Townsend and Arlene Griffis worked in the UT Press booth and Arlene attended some classes, as well.
On Wednesday Carol and Arlene attended the Author’s Luncheon where Carol was recognized as one of eight recipients of a Tocker Foundation grant which issues stipends to librarians from small communities, thereby enabling them to attend conferences such as TLA. The two women also attended the Bluebonnet Award Luncheon on Thursday, which honored author Lucy Nolan whose book Down Girl and Sit: On the Road is the winner of the 2007-2008 Bluebonnet Award for children’s literature.
During the conference Carol and Arlene were able to purchase approximately 100 new books which will be added to the shelves of the Marathon Library. Carol would like to thank Carole Henthorne and Lynn Lindsay for keeping the Marathon Library open while she attended the conference.
Marathon Public Library has received “We the Peolple Bookshelf” from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. The collection contains the following books:
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution
Abraham Lincoln the Writer
Amistad
Breaking Through
Elijah of Buxton
Flowers for Algernon
Freedom Walkers
The Gettysburg Address
Give Me Liberty
Lincoln: A Photobiography
Lincoln’s Virtues: An Ethical Biography
Lyddie
Many Thousand Gone
Pink and Say
Saturnalia
That all People May Be One People
The Ugly Duckling
Four Books in Spanish:
Pink y Say
Lyddie
Senderos Fronterizos
Flores Para Algernon
We wish to thank Arlene Griffis for applying for the grant for us. This is the third year Marathon Public Library has received this book grant. We also have new books recently donated so please come by the library to check them out. We are a great little library with wonderful community support.
Carol Townsend
Branch Manager
Marathon Public Library
Workforce Solutions/Upper Rio Grande and the Alpine Public Library have teamed up to offer the community free basic computer classes starting April 14th at the library from 6-8PM. The course will meet three days a week (days to be determined at the first meeting) for two weeks. New classes will continue to be formed as need and funds permit.
Participants will learn an introduction to computers including parts of the computer, how to search the Internet and how to set up and use an email account. Classes will be instructed by Ninfa M. Rodriguez, Career Counselor at the Workforce Solutions/Upper Rio Grande who will be able to accommodate both English and Spanish speaking students. Applications for the classes are available in Spanish or English and can be picked up at the Alpine Public Library or Workforce Solution Center in Ward Plaza office #4. Seating per class is limited to six participants on a first come first serve basis, to ensure that participants get plenty of one-on-one instruction.
For further information please contact Anitra Clausen,Director, or Valerie Richard , Circulation/Reference Manager, at the Alpine Public Library at 432-837-2621. You can also contact Ninfa M. Rodriguez from the Workforce Solutions/Upper Rio Grande at 432-837-9800 extension 2762.
Great Pictures from SLM classes at the Ft. Stockton Library. We all had a great time learning together/
Carol/MPL Branch Manager