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Library ScoopLibrary ScoopApril 2015

Johnson County Public Library

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To the CoreFrom: Volunteer Committee MembersTo: Staff“A huge thanks to all who donated items for the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner! Without you, we could not thank our wonderful volunteers with an

evening of dining and entertainment.”

From: Andrea & Aaron Kaucher“Thank you to the JCPL Staff for the card and gift celebrating the birth of sweet Baby James. We greatly appreciate your thoughtfulness, and we look forward to bringing him in and introducing him to all of you wonderful people!”

From: Janet BurkTo: TRB“What a pleasure it is to visit your library: the friendly & knowledgeable personnel, the variety of books, etc., & especially the fact that the front desk holds the monthly copy of the Wall Street Journal for me. Yesterday it was a delight to see the interesting pictures & articles that were included in the contents. How entertaining!My thanks again for all your effort.Have a Happy Day.”2-18-15

p.1 HR Newsp.2 Celebrations / Strategic Planning Updatep.3 Getting to Know…Pam Caitop.4 Name the Babies / Project Prom 2015

p.5 SWAT Spot!p.6 Volunteer Appreciation / Guess the Desk!p.7 Top 10 Adult Nonfiction

HR News!Amber TurnerHuman Resources Manager

457 Deferred Compensation Plans: The paperwork has finally been completed and JCPL’s AUL retirement booklets have arrived! If you want to schedule a meeting with our rep, Mike McGee or to receive a retirement booklet, please see Amber.

Staff Day 2015: It’s hard to believe the first planning meeting for 2015 Staff Day is fast approaching. If you have any ideas for a breakout session, please contact Amber. All ideas will be considered.

Department Name Change: In case you haven’t heard, Community Relations Department has been changed to Marketing and Communications - or MAC for short.

Discount Tickets Available: Ride the new Thunder-bird rollercoaster, relax in the Monsoon Lagoon, and take the kids on the Star Spangled Carousel at Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari. Discount tickets are available to JCPL staff. See Amber for details.

Jeans Days Continue: Wear jeans on Fridays and Saturdays for just $2.00! All proceeds go to Cheers & Tears and United Way Jo Co.

May Used Book Sale: Help spread the word! The next Friends sale will be held at TRB:May 14-17.

April Birthdays Linda Kilbert April 2 WRB Sue Salamone April 6 CPB Patty Todd April 9 WRB Linda Walker April 11 TRB Nathan Biberdorf April 13 WRB Paul Courville April 16 WRB Annemarie Wallace April 24 TRB Sue Hewett April 28 FRB

May Birthdays Nikki Glassley May 2 TRB Melanie Johnson May 4 FRB Kelly McCay May 5 FRB Beth Yates May 8 WRB Chris Kolderup May 14 FRB Josephine Whitaker May 15 TRB Laura Carr May 16 WRB Lori Roberts May 18 FRB Keeley Payne May 19 FRB David Allen May 22 FRB Pam Caito May 26 LSC

Celebrations

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Strategic Planning Update

Years of Service Georgia Vaught April 7 18 years Wes Klutts April 9 1 year Erin Kirchhoff April 13 7 years Lori Roberts April 15 15 years Amanda Caito April 28 1 year Laura Carr May 4 6 years Sharon Caroselli May 7 8 years Jen Sinclair May 13 13 years Kelly Schmidt May 16 4 years Jane Bingham May 16 4 years Paul Courville May 17 8 years Wendy Preilis May 18 4 years Anna Reisz May 26 8 years Nikki Glassley May 27 1 year Heather Grantham May 29 20 years Judi Reid May 26 26 years

Births Avery Amelia Reisz Born 4/7/15 Anna Reisz, CPB Children’s Programmer

Ann Alexander, Associate Director

The 2015 Task Force Sponsors, Leaders and Members have been selected and members should be seeing an invite from the task force leader in the near future! Each new initiative has been assigned an approximate start time.

1st Quarter:RFID Sponsors: Georgia & Melanie Leader: HollyFriends/Foundation Sponsor: Bev Leader: Wes

2nd Quarter:Staff Proficiencies Sponsor: Tiffany Leader: AmberFacilities/Spaces Sponsor: Ann Leader: Amy K.

3rd Quarter:Play and Learn Pilot Sponsor: Sarah Leader: Beth Y.Teen Spaces Pilot Sponsor: Melanie Leader: Kelly S.

4th Quarter: Local History and Culture Programs Sponsor: Linda Leader: DavidTargeted Programming Sponsor: Ann Leader: MAC ManagerSocial Services Links Sponsor: Todd Leader: Wendy

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If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?I am torn. I would love to be 33 years old again and have the money and time to myself that I had back then. However, I also enjoy my time now. I have three teenagers who are so much fun to be with. It is exciting to see them put a life together for themselves and I feel so blessed to be a part of their journey. My husband and I are also enjoying having time together again to do the things we love to do.

If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?I would love to dance and actually look like I know what I am doing. I took dance lessons a few years ago and fell in love with it. I find it really hard to follow a dance sequence but I love the movement and music.

If you had to work on only one project for the next year, what would it be?I would love to make over my garage to look like one you see on Pinterest. Everything would have a place and no creepy crawlies hanging about in the corners.

If you were reincarnated as an animal, what would it be?A bird. I would love to take flight and sail around in the air.

When you have 30 minutes of free time, how do you pass the time?I like to work on projects for my house. I guess in reality, I do more looking into projects than I actually ever get accomplished.

If you could have dinner with only three people (real or fictitious/from any time period/dead or alive),which three people would you choose and why?Both of my grandmothers (whom I never meet in person) and Betty White. My grandmother Anna Beard was a Math Professor at the turn of the last century. I can't imagine liking math enough to actually teach it, so I would love to have a conversation with her to see what she was like. My grandma Florence Voyce's speech and manners were straight out of the Downton Abbey era. Betty White would be so much fun to have dinner with. Her one-liners and funny stories would be a blast.

What is your idea of fun? If given a chance to skip work for a day, how would you spend the entire day?Going to a Bluegrass or Blues Festival, eating vendor food and hanging out.

If you were stranded on a beach alone, what are five things that you would want to have with you?A hammock, comfy pillow, soft blanket, chocolate and a carrier pigeon to bring books and reading material to me.

What was your favorite musical group in middle school?Carpenters & James Taylor. We called it Junior High back then and it was just for kids in 7th & 8th grade.

Name one thing you miss about being a kid.I miss the beautiful sunny days and not having a care. I miss the adventures I had with my best friend. I miss that dinner was always on the table at 5:30 and the house always smelled good. I played Kick the Can after dark, read books with a flashlight late at night, and swam all day at the Rivera Club. I miss the security of someone taking care of me and I could just be a kid.

Do you have any phobias?I don't think I have any true phobias but I don't like looking down from a great heights, nor do I like anything crawly.

What types of food do you NOT eat?Insects…are you kidding me? Who in their right mind puts chocolate on bugs and eats them?

Getting to Know…Pam Caito, Marketing & Communications Asst.

Project Prom 2015 A Big Success!Kelly Schmidt, Adult Services, FRB

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The 2015 Task Force Sponsors, Leaders and Members have been selected and members should be seeing an invite from the task force leader in the near future! Each new initiative has been assigned an approximate start time.

1st Quarter:RFID Sponsors: Georgia & Melanie Leader: HollyFriends/Foundation Sponsor: Bev Leader: Wes

2nd Quarter:Staff Proficiencies Sponsor: Tiffany Leader: AmberFacilities/Spaces Sponsor: Ann Leader: Amy K.

3rd Quarter:Play and Learn Pilot Sponsor: Sarah Leader: Beth Y.Teen Spaces Pilot Sponsor: Melanie Leader: Kelly S.

4th Quarter: Local History and Culture Programs Sponsor: Linda Leader: DavidTargeted Programming Sponsor: Ann Leader: MAC ManagerSocial Services Links Sponsor: Todd Leader: Wendy

Kelly S.

On May 9th, WRB will be hosting JCPL's first Safe Sitter® class. Not familiar with Safe Sitter®? Founded in 1980 by an Indianapolis pediatrician, Safe Sitter® is devoted to preparing young teens, ages 11 to 13, to be safe in unsupervised settings, whether home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting.

Over 850 Registered Safe Sitter® Teaching Sites from coast to coast deliver this medically accurate, developmentally-appropriate program. Until now, Johnson County did not provide such a site. Thanks to Bev Martin's support, we are proud to be offering this class to our community. This one-day class will include:

• Babysitting as a Business

• Child Care Essentials

• Safety for the Sitter

• Injury Management

• Preventing Problem Behavior

• Care of Choking Infant/Child

• Preventing Injuries and

• Behavior Management

Each year, over 35,000 students, nation-wide, take this class. Amy Dalton, Keeley Payne, Andrea Kaucher, and Scott Loman will be our instructors. For more details visit www.safesitter.org or, better yet, talk to Amy D., Keeley or Scott.

Four dolls will be used to instruct thestudents and they need to be named.Four names, four winners! Winners willreceive one of these dvds: Mr. Mom,

3 Men & a Baby, Adventures in Babysitting, or Mrs. Doubtfire.

Submit your babies' names in writingto Scott at TRB by May 1.

Names and winners to be announced May 4th.

Name the Babies Contest

JCPL's third annual Project Prom was held on Saturday, March 14th at the White River branch and this year the community responded in a big way. We had around 90 teens and their parents stop by to browse through the gently used Prom dresses, tuxedos, shoes and accessories AND Fox 59 came by to cover the events of the day!

This year, Project Prom also partnered with Sophia's Bridal, Tux and Prom who offered a $75 discount to anyone who brought in last year's dress to donate to the program. When I stopped by to pick them up on Friday morning, I almost didn't get them all in my car. The week following the event, a business owner contacted me want-ing to donate 10,000 tuxedos for next year but due to storage limitations, we'll realistically only be able to take about 100 of those.

Girls who missed the program are still contacting us to look through our leftovers and with 300 dresses donated this year, we have plenty of choices for them! I'm so excited by the success of this program for JCPL and as long as girls keep coming out to find dresses, we'll keep doing it.Thank you to everyone who helped with the program this year - especially our volunteers!

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Linda Kilbert, WRB Branch Manager

SWAT Spot: A Step in the Right Directionw Breathe deeply. If you can’t talk or catch your breath while walking, slow down. At first, forget about walking speed. Just get out there and walk!

w Pick up the pace. To warm up, walk at an easy tempo for the first several minutes. Then gradually adopt a more purposeful pace. A good way to add variety is to incorporate some brisk intervals. For example, walk one block fast, two blocks slow and repeat several times. Gradually add more fast intervals with shorter recovery periods. Concentrate on increasing your speed while maintaining good posture.

w Stretch at the end. The end of your walk is warmed up. Stretch your hamstrings and calves as well as your chest, shoulders and back. Hold each stretch for 15 to 30 seconds without bouncing.

w Be safe. Listening to lively music while you walk is a great way to energize your work out. But if you wear headphones, keep the volume down and watch out for traffic that you may not hear. Wear light colors or reflective clothing and carry a flashlight or glow stick if you walk when visibility is low.

w Use caution. If you experience foot, knee, hip, back or chest pain when walking, STOP and check with your doctor to find out the cause. You may need special exercises or better shoes. If you experience increased joint pain lasting an hour or two after walking, consider an alternate activity like stationary cycling or water exercise. But don’t stop exercising!

Spring is a great time to start a walking routine, so get out there and walk! Getting into the habit of walking and exercising now will prepare you for SWAT’s, May in Motion, to be held May 3-30th! Watch for more information about this fun and popular event.

Linda

Walking is a low-cost, easy, and enjoyable way to get some exercise. Going for walks not only helps you maintain or achieve a healthy weight, but according to the American Heart Association (AHA) walking can reduce your risk of serious diseases, like heart disease, stroke, diabe-tes and more. Walking is also a great stress-reliever and mood-booster.

All you need to begin are comfortable clothes and supportive shoes. Layer loose clothing, keep-ing in mind that brisk exercise elevates the body’s temperature. Shoes designed for walking or running are best. Avoid cotton socks since they retain moisture and can promote blisters. Here are some tips from the AHA to help you get started on a regular walking routine.

w Begin with short distances. Start with a stroll that feels comfortable (perhaps 5-10 minutes) and gradually increase your time or distance each week by 10-20 percent by adding a few minutes or blocks. If it’s easier on your joints and your

schedule to take a couple of 10- to

20-minute walks instead of one long

walk, do it!

w Focus on posture. Keep your head lifted, tummy pulled in and shoulders

relaxed. Swing your arms naturally.

Avoid carrying hand weights since

they put extra stress on your elbows and

shoulders. Select a comfortable, natural step length.

Hey everyone, April is Volunteer Appreciation Month! Let's hear it for our volunteers!

What's that? You think we barely have enough volunteers to take note of? Au contraire! Through the JCPL system, we have around 150 volunteers, working in the branches, serving on the Board, or on the Friends of the Library, or working at the ALC.

What do they do? What do you mean, what do they do? Here are just a few things: They do Nathan

Volunteer Appreciation MonthNathan Biberdorf, WRB Circulation

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Congratulations to Georgia Vaught for winning March’s GUESS THE DESK!Who’s desk was it?

Pat Clarke

APRIL 2015 GUESS THE DESK: Who’s Desk is this?

Submit your answer to Amber by May 1 and you just might win a treat fromthe Cheers & Tears Snack Box and a JCPL mug!

presentations for programs. They offer tax aid for seniors. They tutor patrons who are learning English as a second language. They man the Friends of the Library book sales. They visit new parents at the hospital to encourage literacy and using the library. They shift sections of books, straighten shelves, and clean DVD cases and picture books.

So go appreciate some volunteers! Write a card! Bake a cake! Host a parade! Three cheers for volunteers!

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Answer is on page 7.

Cryptogram Fun!

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Top 10 Adult Nonfiction TitlesClark Pleasant Branch1. It Starts with Food2. Deep Down Dark: the untold stories of 33 Men Buried in the Chilean Mine3. Guinness World Records 4. He’s Just Not That Into You: Your Daily Wake Up Call5. It’s Not Him, It’s You: Take Charge of Your Love and Sex Life6. Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World7. In the Land of Blue Burqas8. How to Write a Business Plan9. Killing Patton: the Strange Death of World War IIs Most Audacious General10. Financial Peace Revisited

Franklin Branch1. The Southern Living Community Cookbook: Celebrating Food & Fellowship in the American South 2. The Ultimate Book of Modern Juicing: More than 200 Fresh Recipes to Cleanse, Cure, and Keep…3. Killing Patton: the Strange Death of World War IIs Most Audacious General4. Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue5. The EMergent Agriculture: Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy6. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America7. The Total Money Makover: a Proven Plan for Financial Fitness8. Los Angeles9. McGraw-Hill Education TASC: Test Assessing Secondary Completion10. The World Book Encyclopedia

Trafalgar Branch1. Chilton’s Ford Mustang 2005-07 Repair Manual2. The Pilates Program for Every Body3. Killing Patton: the Strange Death of World War IIs Most Audacious General4. The Total Money Makover: a Proven Plan for Financial Fitness5. The Sisters: the Saga of the Mitford Family6. Killing Jesus: a History7. Indiana Curiousities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities, and Other Offbeat Stuff8. In the Blink of an Eye: The World As You’ve Never Seen It9. Mini Quilts: Fresh, Fun Patterns to Quilt in a Snap10. Steve Jobs

White River Branch1. Dogs for Dummies2. The Total Money Makover: a Proven Plan for Financial Fitness3. The Little Book of Trading: Trend Following Strategy for Big Winnings4. Supermarket Healthy: Recipes and Know-How for Eating Well Without Spending a Lot5. You Can Begin Again: No Matter What, It’s Never Too Late6. 48 Days to the Work you Love7. ASVAB Premier8. Cooking Light Annual Recipes9. Wrestlemania: the Official Insider’s Story10. More Adventures: 10 More Tales of Adventure with Exercises to Help You Read and Write

Cryptogram Answer: No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of others. ~ Charles Dickens