For just $10, you will bring a new, exciting animal book into the library

AND you can be the first one to check it out and read it!

Your name will be put in the book as the generous patron releasing the book to its “Forever Home” … the library!

“The Spoon Man” will be here for 3 unique shows July 11, 2013 in the Colby City Hall Community Room.  Join us for one, or all three!  Every show is FREE!

10:30 a.m.- Spoons Show

1:30 p.m. – Spoons Show PLUS learn to play the spoons (bring a set a of spoons)

6:30 p.m. – Spoons on FIRE!

Sign-ups for Storytime (ages 3-6), Krafts for Kids (ages 7 & up), the Reading Record Program (ages 3-12) and the Teen Summer Reading Program (ages 13-19) will be June 5-12 IN PERSON.

For more information check out the Events & Classes tab on our homepage.

The system was installed by Consulting with Clarity of Colby through an LSTA grant.

 Colby City Hall Community Room

Thursday EVENING, July 18 from 5 p.m.-8 p.m.

Friday, July 19 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday, July 20 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

(All Day Saturday is Bag Day—Fill a grocery bag for only $4.)

Sponsored by the Friends of the Colby Public Library

We are collecting items all year long!

Please bring gently used books, movies, and music cds

to the library anytime we are open.

No magazines, Reader’s Digest Condensed Books,

or items with garage sale stickers, please.

The August date will feature a special work night for the “Hot Diggity Dog (and Cat) Days of Summer” service project.  The Colby Public Library has chosen the humane societies of Clark and Marathon counties as the service organizations this year to receive help.  In the afternoon, from 1-4 p.m., youth will be invited to create animal toys, blankets, and beds for the animals in the shelters.  Adult help would be appreciated.  From 4 p.m. on, craft and hobby participants are asked to lend a hand to make items for the shelters.  If you have extra pieces of fleece for blankets or toys or old sweatshirts in good condition, please bring them along.  A sewing machine is necessary for the sweatshirt dog beds, and standard fleece notions of cutters, mats and straightedges are needed.

These nights are for adults wishing to join with others to work on individual projects of interest.  The Community Room has a refrigerator and microwave, so feel free to bring snacks to share. 

If you have questions about the Hobby/Craft nights, please contact Becky Schmelzer at 715-223-6162 or the Colby Public Library at 715-223-2000.

Colby Public Library

Service Project 2013

This year, the CPL service project turns to our animal friends.

Below you will find a list of ways to help the

Humane Societies of Clark and Marathon Counties,

as well the Shih-Tzu Rescue of Central Wisconsin.

If you enjoying working with fleece or simple sewing, help create:

 Fleece Dog and Cat Blankets

Pet Beds (from old sweatshirts)

Braided Fleece Toys

Can’t sew or craft?

 Also needed are pet supplies to purchase and donate.

Collection of all pet donations begins August 1, 2013

and runs throughout that month.  Bring items to the CPL.

You may begin the project at any time,

but we have no room to store the items until August.

Call the CPL at 715-223-2000 for more information.

Wish List for Humane Society Supplies

Purina Cat Chow
Purina Dog Chow
Purina Kitten Chow
Purina Puppy Chow

Milk Bones

Dog Treats (soft or chewy)

Rawhides and Pig Ears

Friskies Canned Cat Food (pate only)

Alpo Canned Dog Food (pate only)

Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Rat and Ferret Food
Cat Litter (non-clumping)

Small Animal Bedding

33 Gallon Trash Bags

13 Gallon Trash Bags

Dog Waste Bags

Cat Toys

Dog Toys

Paper Towels
Kleenex

Toilet Paper

Liquid Laundry Detergent

Cleaning Products for Glass

Cleaning Products for Surfaces

Pinesol

January:  Tax forms begin arriving

New computer system installed (Closed Jan. 9)

February:  “Movie, Music and Software Sale”

(February 1-28:  All month in the library)

Sandra Kring talk at LuCille Tack Center  (Sunday, February 24 at 2 p.m.  FREE PRESENTATION!)

March:  “Friends of the CPL” Annual Meeting and Speaker/Educator (TBA)

Friends Membership Month

Fine Forgiveness Week (March 10-17)

April:  Annual Culver’s Coloring Contest

Colby Lion’s Smelt Feed:  Library Servers Needed

(April 24 at Colby Lion’s Shelter)

Michael Perry Presentation at LuCille Tack Center

(Saturday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. with $15 cost)

Story Time End of Year Party (April 25)

May:  Students visit for Summer Reading Program Previews of “Dig Into Reading” (ages 3-12) and “Beneath the Surface” (ages 13-19)

Book Club Finales and/or Excursions (TBA)

June:  Summer Reading Program begins

July:  Cheese Days Book Sale (July 18-20)

Summer Finale for Children’s Reading Program

August:  “Hot Diggity Dog (and Cat) Days of Summer” Humane Society Community Service Project

(Packets available with instructions at desk)

Friends of the CPL Bake Sale  (August 29-30)

September:  Story Times and Book Clubs resume

October:  Fire Safety Open House (TBA)

November:  “Paws to Give Thanks” Placemat Construction for Community Thanksgiving Dinner

December:  “The CPL—It’s a Good Library, Charlie Brown” thematic decorations and activities

(Hobby/Craft Nights:  3rd Friday of each month)

VISIT OFTEN:  ENJOY ALL THE EVENTS!

January:  Great Britain

 February:  China

March:  Ireland

April:  India

May:  Mexico

June and July:  No Countries/Children’s Summer Program  “Dig into Reading”

August: Middle East

September:  Japan

October:  Africa

November:  Italy

December:  Germany

     “1000 Books Before (the end of ) Kindergarten” is open to all families with children from birth through the end of kindergarten.  (While the national program encourages the child to complete the program before entering kindergarten, we are allowing the child to be in kindergarten as long as he/she finishes before the end of kindergarten.)

An “Old MacDonald’s Farm” binder is available to anyone wishing to be involved in the program.  Designed to encourage reading to young children at home by parents, grandparents, siblings, etc., books checked out at the Colby Public Library are recorded when read to the child.

When 100 books are read, parents and children bring the binder back to the library for a farm animal sticker, a small prize/treat, and to pick up another set of pages to record the next 100 books.

When the child reaches 1000 books (anytime before the end of kindergarten), a certificate of achievement and a book prize will be awarded.

Stop in at the Colby Public Library to register for the program, pick up a reading binder, and begin a family reading adventure.

We encourage parents with young children to visit the library for more details, or you may call the library at 715-223-2000 if you have questions.