President ~ Irene Herron-Steeger
Vice-President ~ Shirley Bubolz
Secretary ~ Patty Earnest
Treasurer ~ Suzanne Bell
Board Representative ~ Barb Konopacky

Mark your calendars to attend the Friends of the Library Annual Meeting !!

WHEN: Saturday, June 9, 2007 @ 10:00am
WHERE: Lakes Country Public Library, Highway 32, Lakewood
AGENDA:
" Secretary's Report
" Treasurer's Report
" Election of Vice President and Treasurer
" November Craft Fair
" Review of volunteer opportunities for Friends of the Library

Punch and cookies will be served following themeeting.

Take a look at BookLetters

The Lakes Country Public Library catalog, InfoSoup, is now offering "BookLetters" for your reading pleasure. BookLetters is a group of monthly lists of new books. Lists include children's books, mysteries, book club picks, general fiction and many categories of nonfiction. Right now there are twenty-five lists to choose from, with more to come.

You can view Bookletters online or have them delivered to you by email -- subscribing is easy! Take a look at BookLetters and see what catches your eye. If Bookletters sounds interesting to you, go to infosoup.org to learn more, or ask at the library.

Meet our New Intern

Kelly Ellis, a student at Wabeno High School, is the library's new summer intern. She will be here for ten weeks this summer, so be sure and stop in and say hello. Kelly will be learning about the many aspects of running a library.

The Friends have provided a stipend for an intern for the last two years. Last year's intern, Miranda Ehlinger, proved to be a great asset to the library in its busy summer months. In addition, the Friends will also be providing a stipend for a school-year intern, starting this fall. Local teens sixteen and up will be invited to apply.

Kelly is a junior at Wabeno High School. If you saw this spring's "The Wizard of Oz" at the high school, you may have seen Kelly as the Wicked Witch of the West. But don't worry -- she's much nicer in person. Welcome, Kelly!

BARGAIN BOOKS!

We're BURSTING with used books!! Come for a super bargain on great reads - and help support your local library!

The Friends of the Lakes Country Public Library is offering another budget-priced used book sale at the library.

May 25 - 2pm-8pm
May 26 - 9am-2pm
August 31 - 2pm-8pm
September 1 - 9am-2pm

You will find hard covers, paperbacks, children's books, and videos for bargain prices: 3 paperbacks for $1, hard covers for $1, or stuff a grocery bag for $10.

Patrons may also donate high quality used books and videos.

The Libri Books and Family Fun Night

In March, the Lakes Country Public Library received a grant from the Libri Foundation that provided (with help from the Friends of the Library) more than sixty new children's books for the library. The Friends raised the local funding part of the grant through a bake sale and a book sale.

To promote the new books, we held a Family Fun Night on March 30.The Friends paid for the refreshments we had at the event, including pizza, punch and cookies. To make the Family Fun Night a community affair, we asked the Wabeno High School Drama students to read to the children who attended.

The turnout was wonderful. We had families from throughout our area, including more than 45 children and teens. The drama students read Doreen Cronin's Click, Clack, Moo, Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear and others. Parents enjoyed themselves as well. We estimate that about one third of the new books were checked out that night alone.

The day following the event, we displayed the books (that were left) in a bookcase in the front of the library, with a sign about the contribution of the Friends and the Libri Foundation. We have used several of the books at storytime (and will continue to use them for years to come.)

Our new books and Family Fun Night have attracted new patrons to the library, and patrons have continued to check out the new books!

What's the Mystery at the Library?
-- "Get a Clue"

This summer's theme is "Get a Clue." Kids of all ages can come in any time to sign up for our summer reading program and have fun at our craft and activity table, which will feature "mystery" activities.

On Monday, July 16 at 6:00, we're having a terrific children's show featuring magician Jim Lenz. All children who attend will be able to put their name in for a drawing right after the show to win the new Harry Potter book (the winner will be able to pick it up on its official release date of July 21.)

Speaking of which…reserve your Harry Potter!
Have us put your name on the list for the new Harry Potter NOW to get your copy faster.

Coming Soon to the Library---
Wireless Internet

The Friends of the Library will be funding the installation of wireless Internet for the library. It should be available within a few weeks.

Book Discussion Group

The ladies meet the first Thursday of the month at 11:00. In the summer the group will meet at the Lakewood Best Western Lodge.

The group is always looking for new members.

To be discussed:
June 7- "Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
July 12- "Lost in the Forest" by Sue Miller
August 2- Reader's Choice
September 6- "Rococo" by Adriana Trigiani

What's New at the
Lakes Country Public Library?
The Library continues to add DVDs to the collection, but many of the new titles have many reserves. If you would like to watch these, please ask to have your name put on the reserve list.

New Books

Simple Genius ~ David Baldacci
Joy Bauer's Food Cures ~ Joy Bauer
Dream When You're Feeling Blue ~ Elizabeth Berg
Free Fire ~ CJ Box
Strike Force ~ Dale Brown
Bad Luck and Trouble ~ Lee Child
When Day Breaks ~ Mary Jane Clark
Overlook ~ Michael Connelly
Unquiet ~ John Connolly
Life's a Beach ~ Claire Cook
Double Take ~ Catherine Coulter
Navigator ~ Clive Cussler
Sleeping Doll ~ Jeffery Deaver
Falling Man ~ Don DeLillo
Maytrees ~ Annie Dillard
Cat in a Red Hot Rage ~ Carole Douglas
Requiem for an Assassin ~ Barry Eisler
Little Tiny Teeth ~ Aaron Elkins
City of Fire ~ Robert Ellis
Lean Mean Thirteen ~ Janet Evanovich
Land of Mango Sunsets ~ Dorothea Frank
Pearl Harbor ~ Newt Gingrich
Double Agents ~ W.E.B. Griffin
Lying with Strangers ~ James Grippando
North River ~ Pete Hamill
Harlequin ~ Laurell Hamilton
Far Reaches ~ Homer Hickam
Thousand Splendid Suns
~ Khaled Hosseini
Up Close and Dangerous ~ Linda Howard
Whitewash ~ Alex Kava
Obsession ~ Jonathan Kellerman
Suffer the Little Children ~ Donna Leon
Devil Who Tamed Her ~ Johanna Lindsey
Consequences ~ Penelope Lively
Innocent as Sin ~ Elizabeth Lowell
Bourne Betrayal ~ Eric Van Lustbader

Back on Blossom Street ~ Debbie Macomber
Once Around the Track ~ Sharyn McCrumb
On Chesil Beach ~ Ian McEwan
Structure House Weight Loss Plan
~ Gerard Musante
Gravedigger's Daughter ~ Joyce Carol Oates
Divisadero ~ Michael Ondaatje
Lawman ~ Diana Palmer
Edenville Owls ~ Robert Parker
Spare Change ~ Robert Parker
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports ~ James Patterson
We Shall Not Sleep ~ Anne Perry
River Knows ~ Amanda Quick
Devil's Labyrinth ~ John Saul
Lady in Blue ~ Javier Sierra
Quest ~ Wilbur Smith
Bungalow 2 ~ Danielle Steel
Three Bags Full ~ Leonie Swann
Chrysalis ~ Heather Terrell
Sacrifice ~ Karen Traviss
Lethally Blond ~ Kate White

New DVDs

Amnesia
Blood Diamond
Bobby
Brian's Song
Dante's Peak
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Season 1
Everyone's Hero
Flight of the Phoenix
Happy Feet
Inuyasha 50
The Horse Soldiers
How to Eat Fried Worms
Iz and the Zizzles
Little Black Book
The Nativity Story
Night at the Museum
Notes on a Scandal
The Other Side of Midnight
The Last King of Scotland
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Queen
RV
The Skulls