Lester Public Library of Arpin

Have you always wanted to work in a library?

We are looking for a part-time assistant librarian who enjoys music, reading, movies, and learning new things. This person will greet patrons, check materials in/out, shelve materials, enter data, assist the director in planning and organizing children's story hours and summer learning programs, and other tasks as assigned by the director. Candidates must demonstrate computer literacy and good customer skills. The starting wage is $7.25. Hours will include some evenings and Saturday mornings. High School degree/GED required. Background checks will be conducted. Applications are available at the library. Email your resume to arpinpl@tds.net. Applications and resumes will be accepted through Friday, May 24.

Summer Learning Program 2013

Summer is fast approaching. Lester Public Library of Arpin will be sponsoring reading programs for all ages and has made arrangements for the following presentations:

June 18th Pamela Resech, George W. Mead Wildlife Area, Dig Into Reading

June 25th Bob Wolff, Science Experiments for Kids

July 2 John Chrystal, Master Instructor, Park Institute, Tae Kwon-Do

July 9 Mary Tooley, Art in a Suitcase Hops Down to Australia

July 16 Robert Metropulos, What Is It? (Birds)

July 23 Karen Wendt, Stories Kids Dig

July 30  Recognition and Awards Ceremony

All presentations will be held on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. in Kandy Kane Park Pavilion. Registration for the reading contests and brochures for the presentations should be available by the end of April. We are looking for volunteers to lend a hand during the presentations and to help track the reading programs. If interested, please call the library and let us know. 715-652-2273

Auburndale School District's Child Development Day--April 26, 2013

Our library has again been asked to participate in Auburndale School District's Child Development Day from 1 to 7 p.m. We will be taking our puppet tree and sensory table to the screening. Katie Hartwig has volunteered to help entertain the children after 1:30 p.m. They are offering screening for 3-4.6 year olds by appointment.

 

What mystery can potentially unfold in 1,307,674,368,000 different ways and lives in a card catalog?

Author and illustrator Philip Heckman will deliver You Will All Be Punished unless the Guilty Party Confesses  to Lester Public Library of Arpin on Monday, April 8, and has agreed to be available to the public between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. to explain and answer any questions patrons and visitors may have about how he came to write a book residing in a card catalog.

The book, as described by author/illustrator Philip Heckman on his website, “tells the story of
one class at Charles Portis Middle School. When the teacher, Ms. Ashlee finds a cryptic note that seems to say, ‘I am afraid of you,’ she concludes one of her students is terrorizing another. The ‘evidence’ fits right into Ms. Ashlee’s detective fantasy.”

Young teens especially appreciate the unique and hands-on aspects of Punished. Unlike most books, readers need not start at page one, but may start at any point by simply opening one of the 15 drawers.

Young teens will also enjoy and relate to Heckman’s use of social media in the form of
tweeting as a tool for bullying.  

Heckman grew up in a small northern Wisconsin town and lives near Madison, WI. Some of his
books include The Moon is Following Me, Waking Upside Down, and The Magic of Holography.

You Will Be Punished Unless the Guilty Party Confesses will be available to readers and the curious at Lester Public Library of Arpin through June before it continues its travels.

 

Town of Arpin Officials

The Town of Arpin Officials have changed, effective as of April 12 2011.  To view the current listing please use the following link:

http://www.arpinpl.org/town-of-arpin-officials.html