Kimball Library News

Monday, September 19, 2016

Kimball Library News 9/5/16

Now it’s back to school and you may suddenly be wondering what to do with the littles left behind. Don’t you worry, we have plans for the babies, toddlers, and preschool age kiddos in your life.

Join us by registering for some of the preschool classes below. We require registration so we can adequately be equipped by space size and supplies. If you sign up, we consider you registered for the academic school year with some exceptions for holidays and such. Please send us an email or call if you cannot attend to help with our preparation.

MOTHER GOOSE ON THE LOOSE: Mother Goose on the Loose is a fun-filled thirty minute interactive session that uses rhymes, songs, puppets, musical instruments, and more to stimulate the learning process of babies and toddlers. Infants through age 2+ with their caregivers are invited to join us on Mondays at 10:30am for repetition and rhymes. Please feel welcome to stay after the session to allow for playtime and socializing for all ages.

BITTY BOOKS: Children ages 2-3+ with their caregivers are invited to join us on Tuesdays at 10:15am for itty bitty stories, rhymes, finger plays or songs, and a simple craft. This is a simplified story time for the children who are already two years of age. It’s also a good fit for older children who have a hard time attending to more than one story per class.

KIDDIE LIT: Crafts, music, new friends and adventures into literacy are found during these classes. These classes meet on Tuesday at 11:30am, or Fridays at either 10:15 or 11:30am. Most often multiple books are read and an accompanying activities are provided to go along with the theme. Caretakers may stay and listen or relax in another part of the library.

TOM MCGALL-SCREAMING EAGLES 101^STAIRBORNE: Please join us to hear Tom McGall from Fremont, NH on Thursday, September 29^th at 6:30pm. He will talk about his experience in Vietnam as a member of the Screaming Eagles: 101st Airborne.

Tom left for Vietnam in October 1968 and was assigned to Delta Co. 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade 187th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He spent most of his tour of duty in the northern part of South Vietnam along the Laotian boarder in the A Shau Valley. It was there in May 1969 on Operation Apache Snow that the Division engaged the North Vietnamese Army (N.V.A.) on Hill 937, know to Vietnamese as Dong Ap Bia and later to Americans as 'Hamburger Hill”.

In the battle of Hamburger Hill, Tom received a Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He completed his tour in September 1969 and was discharged in October 1969 with the rank of Staff SGT.

Tom McGall was featured in the History Channel 'The True Story of the Screaming Eagles, 101st Airborne Division” as well as on Fox news, War Stories with Oliver North 'Hamburger Hill The Real Story”. He also when to Ft. Benning for the Discovery Channel and contributed his experience and knowledge of Jungle warfare for the making of the documentary 'American Commandos: Airborne”.

This program is presented as part of a New Hampshire Humanities Community Project Grant called Community Stories: Soldiers Home & Away. This is a collaboration involving nine southern NH libraries and Timberlane Regional School District. For more details about this project and a full schedule of events and other details go to www.communitystoriesnh.org .

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Friday, August 26, 2016

Kimball Library News 8/29/16

Are you in need of basic computer instruction in a small class setting?

This 90-minute introduction class is geared to individuals who have little to no computer experience. Participants do not need to have a computer at home although access to a computer is helpful. This class is offered in a small group setting (2 – 5 per class) and participants will be using the library laptop computers.

The class will introduce the basics such as: how to use a keyboard and mouse, basic computer concepts such as resizing and navigating toolbars, windows, and menus) and file management (creating and opening files and folders).

Registration is required and class size is limited. Please indicate your level of experience: NONE or NEW (as in new to computers but has basic typing skills). Individuals must have a Kimball Library card to attend this program. The initial session is on Wednesday, September 14^th, from 2-3:30pm.

MAGIC TREE HOUSE BOOK CLUB: The first meeting for the fall is on Thursday, September 22, at 4:30pm. The book of the month is Sunset of the Sabertooth (Book #7).

We'll explore history with Jack & Annie, discuss books & have fun activities & snacks to share. The club is for 1st & 2nd graders. Registration is required and books are available in the children's room. Residents will have priority.

TUESDAY EVENING AT THE MOVIES: The True Story Of The Screaming Eagles: 101st Airborne documentary covers the origin of the 101 Airborne Division, the screaming eagles but also highlights the Vietnam War when the 101st Airborne Division fought in several major campaigns and battles. Upon its arrival in Vietnam in 1965 (1st Brigade, followed by the 2nd and 3rd brigades in 1968), the division was an airborne unit. In almost seven years of combat in Vietnam, elements of the 101st participated in 15 campaigns.

This movie showing on Tuesday, September 27^th, at 6:30pm is presented as part of a New Hampshire Humanities Community Project Grant called Community Stories: Soldiers Home & Away. This is a collaboration involving nine southern NH libraries and Timberlane Regional School District. For more details about this project and a full schedule of events and other details go to www.communitystoriesnh.org.

Kimball Library News 8/22/16

Got books?

We have our semiannual book & bake sale coming up on September 24^th from 8-3pm. Donating good quality materials are a good way to clean out your house and help your local library.

We accept books, music, and DVDs in good condition. Please be sure books are not moldy or damaged and that music and movies are playable the entire way through. We do not accept any magazines, text books, encyclopedias, or Reader’s Digest condensed books.

When we receive your donation, we first sort through to see if we’d like to add any of the items to our collection. If we don’t add the item(s) to our collection, we then decide if it is to be sold or to be transferred to a charitable organization. Please take care to recycle your unwanted items by helping the environment and library.

Donations can be received during open hours from Monday-Friday (10-8) and Saturday (10-3). If you have large amounts of materials, please call ahead so we can be sure to assist you.

EVENING BOOK DISCUSSION: The first meeting for the fall is on Tuesday, September 20, at 6:00pm. The book of the month is 'The Things They Carried’ by Tim O’Brien.

The Vietnam War still has the power to divide Americans between those for it and those against. Today it also divides us, just as surely, between those who remember its era firsthand and those not yet born when the troops came home. There also exists a divide between those who have served and those who have not. There may be no better bridge across these twin divides than Tim O'Brien's novel in stories The Things They Carried. The details of warfare may have changed since Vietnam, but O'Brien's semi-autobiographical account of a young platoon on a battlefield without a front, dodging sniper fire and their own misgivings, but the challenges these young men faced in combat and after the war illuminate the challenges faced now and then by so many Soldiers Home & Away. *This description is adapted from The Big Read's Reader's Guide (c) 2016.

This book discussion is presented as part of a New Hampshire Humanities Community Project Grant called Community Stories: Soldiers Home & Away. This is a collaboration involving nine southern NH libraries and Timberlane Regional School District. For more details about this project and a full schedule of events and other details go to http://www.communitystoriesnh.org

MORNING BOOK DISCUSSION (Grades 8-12): Join us on Wednesday, September 28, at 10:15am to discuss ‘One Day’ by David Nicholls. Coffee is always available with a sweet treat! All are welcome even if you just come to listen.

It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another.

Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. Dex and Em face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES: Unless otherwise indicated, we’ll be showing movies in our ‘theater’ in comfy chairs. Take a look at what’s in the queue—September 6: ‘The Jungle Book’, September 13: ‘Money Monster’, and September 20: ‘Hamburger Hill’. Movies start promptly at 1pm. Popcorn will be served.