Don’t
miss a special Christmas Story Time this Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Beginning at 2 p.m., Lillian Gray will be
reading and acting out The Night Before Christmas, Pooh: The Sweetest
Christmas, and Jingle Bells (a sing-a-long book). There will be a craft
activity, and then a 45-minute movie will follow beginning at 3 p.m. with cocoa
and cookies provided by Friends of the Library.
The
Quitman Public Library is one of the city’s warmest gathering places during the
holidays. From now until Christmas, stop
by and have a cup of warm spiced cider while you browse our nearly 30,000 items
available for check out. Near the front
desk is a seasonal display filled with media pertaining to holiday decorating,
entertaining, crafts, recipes, and Christmas movies for all ages.
In
observance of the Christmas Holiday, the library will be closed Thursday, December
25 and Friday, December 26, 2014. However,
TexShare® Databases and OverDrive® services as well as Wi-Fi are always available
24/7.
Patron
cards are for those who can provide proof of residence in Wood County with photo identification. A guardian must sign for children ages
5-17. Regular hours are Tuesday through
Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Call 903-763-4191 or visit our website at www.quitmanlibrary.org.
Adult
Services
GED® or General Educational
Development preparatory class meets at the Quitman Public Library each Thursday
from 4:30 – 6 p.m. and is taught by a certified instructor. The class schedule runs concurrently with the
holiday schedule for Quitman I.S.D., therefore, class will meet on Thursday,
December 18, 2014, and then break for the Christmas Holiday. Class will resume Thursday, January 8, 2015. Students
are taught independently according to an individually designed study plan, and
all materials are free. Sign up at the
library’s front desk, or call 903-589-6900 for more information.
Advisory
Board
The Library Advisory Board will hold its
next meeting on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 6 p.m. The public is always welcome
to attend.
Friends
of the Library
Friends of the Quitman Public
Library will meet Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at noon in the Shamburger Community
Room. The Friends invite everyone to
bring your own lunch and join them for an hour of friendship. Teresa Meeks will
present this month’s 5-Minute No Spoiler Book
Review featuring The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Genealogy
The Wood County TX Genealogical
Society will meet on Monday, January 19, 2015 at 7 p.m. in the library’s
Shamburger Community Room. Officers for FY15 are Shirley Bates, president;
Karen Pilgrim, vice president; Mary Ann Niswanger, treasurer; Ronnie Vance,
secretary. For more information, visit the group’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/groups/woocotx.
New Arrivals
Gray Mountain
by John Grisham, Burn by James
Patterson, Deadline by John Sandford,
Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs and
55 new eBook arrivals in OverDrive®.
