Alex P. Allain-Franklin Amelia Bayou Vista Berwick Centerville Patterson West End-Baldwin St. Mary Parish Library Newsletter stmarylibrary.org October 2016 FRANKLIN BRANCH LIBRARY Fausse Point Dinner in the year 700 A.D. with Jim Delahoussaye The Franklin Library proudly presents Jim Delahoussaye, the noted biologist, zoo archaeologist, and Atchafalaya Basin historian, for an informative talk and discussion on October 11 at 6 p.m. about the new information recently uncovered at an archaeological site under study in the Atchafalaya Basin. Delahoussaye s current work involves the life and times of the Native Americans who lived in the Basin over 1400 years ago, and he will speak on his findings regarding the environment s appearance during that time and also the tools used and the animals harvested by the people who lived in the Lake Fausse Point area then. Over 58 different kinds of animals have been uncovered and identified in the 1500- year-old remains at the site, according to Delahoussaye. He describes some of his findings as indicative of what the Native Americans were having for supper in the Atchafalaya Basin in the year A.D. 700. In the past, he has extensively chronicled the people who lived in the houseboat communities of the Atchafalaya River Basin, most notably in his popula r blog Riverlogue. His collection of field recordings with subjects varying from traditional cooking and medicine to logging and religious customs from the Basin families now reside with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. For more information on this ADULT ONLY program please call the Franklin Branch at 337-828-5364.
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES!!! AMELIA BRANCH For information please call 985-631-2262 *Children of all ages come join us on October 7th at 3:00 p.m. for Word Bingo. *We will be showing the movie Hotel Transylvania on October 10th at 2 p.m. This movie is rated PG and anyone interested in attending must have a permission slip signed in order to view the movie. *4th grade and up are welcomed to join us in Halloween Canvas painting on October 27th at 4:00 p.m. You MUST SIGN UP for this program in order to attend. *All ages are welcome to join us for a Craft Buffet and Costume Contest on October 31st at 4:00 p.m. BAYOU VISTA BRANCH For information please call 985-399-9866 *All ages are welcome to join us October 6th at 4:00 p.m. for Word Bingo. *1st - 3rd graders are welcome to join us on October 18th at 3:30 p.m. to show your creativity while making a wacky fall wall hanger. *4th grade and up come join us on October 20th at 3:30 p.m. to create your very own decorative wine glass for fall. BERWICK BRANCH For information please call 985-385-2943 *Trick or Treat Give Me Something Spooky to see! Come make Glowing Eyes and Spooky Spider Cookies with us on October 11th at 3:30 pm. (1st grade & up) For information please call 337-836-1717 *Summer is over. Fall in love with these cute scarecrows! Children grades 1st-5th are invited to join us on October 4th at 4:00 p.m. to create your own unique wooden scarecrows. *Decorate your fridge and show off some art work with a festive magnet! Come join us in making a not-so-scary Scarecrow for fall on October 13th at 3:30 pm. (1st grade & up) *Bring inspiration to any room with wooden paint sticks. Join us on October 13th at 4:00 p.m. to create your own wall art. Grades 5th and Up are invited to attend. *All ages are welcome to join us on October 19th at 3:30 p.m. for Fall Word Bingo. Grab a friend and stop by for some fun! The Louisiana Young Readers' Choice program was founded in 1999 with the first award given in 2000. Participation in this program has climbed from 5,485 votes the first year to over 29,000 students participating in 2009. The purpose of the program is to foster a love of reading in the children of Louisiana by motivating them to participate in the recognition of outstanding books. Now entering its 17th year, the program continues to encourage Louisiana s youth to read for pleasure. Voting for the 2017 Louisiana Young Readers Choice starts in October. For title list and participation details, please visit your local branch library for more information. Registration is preferred due to limited space and supplies. For more information please contact the branch where it is being held. Page 2 Lagniappe October 2016
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES!!! WEST END BRANCH For information please call 337-923-6205 *Children of all ages are welcome to join us on October 6th at 3:30 p.m. for a after school movie. Come enjoy some popcorn and juice and watch The Angry Birds with us. *Tweens and Teens are welcome to join us on October 17th at 4:00 p.m. and concoct your very own facial Sugar Scrub! (ages 10 & up) *Hey!! Don t miss the spooky fun...come and paint a Halloween pumpkin with us on October 27th at 4:00 p.m. FRANKLIN BRANCH For information please call 337-828-5364 *Come and celebrate Halloween at our Annual Pumpkin Painting program on October 26th at 4:00 p.m. Get creative with using different textiles and enjoy a spooky treat. All ages are welcome to attend and everyone is invited to wear a costume. EACH CHILD WILL NEED TO BRING A PUMPKIN. *Come join us for movie day and get a special treat on October 31st at 3:30 p.m. for the showing of Hotel Transylvania Part 2 Rated PG. *Come join us and bring a friend to The Lego Club on October 18th at 4:00 p.m. All ages are welcome to attend. PATTERSON BRANCH For information please call 985-395-2777 *Jack-o-lanterns, bats, or ghosts in tow...can you get three in a row. Children in 1st grade and up are invited to join us to make a fun Halloween Tic-Tac-Toe board and game pieces. The craft program will be held on October 4th at 4:00 p.m. Participation is free but registration is required due to limited space and supplies. For more information of if interested in attending, stop by the library or call 985-395-2777 to register. *Come join us for Fall Word Bingo on October 10th and October 24th at 3:30 p.m. Any child who can read a bingo card or who has help from a parent is invited to attend. Participation in Word Bingo is free and open to the public. All participants will receive a treat and all winners will select a prize. For more information, please contact the library. PUBLIC TODDLER TIME Amelia Branch at 1:00 p.m. October 6th-Music and Musical Instruments October 20th-Alphabets Bayou Vista Branch at 10:30 a.m. October 7th-On the Farm October 14th-Going to the Doctor October 28th-Halloween Berwick Branch at 10:30 a.m. October 5th-Firefighters October 12th-Apples October 19th-Scarecrows October 26th-Halloween Franklin Branch at 10:30 a.m. October 7th-Apples, Apples Juicy and Sweet, Come and join us for a yummy treat! October 14th-It s Pumpkin Time October 28th-Halloween Fun for our Little Ones West End Branch at 10:30 a.m. October 5th-Roar with the Dinosaurs October 12th-Give a Hoot! October 19th A Leaf Named Bud October 26th-Beep! Beep! Boo! (Wear your costume!) Registration is preferred due to limited space and supplies. For more information please contact the branch where it is being held. Page 3
BOOK CLUBS THE BOOK HEADS AMELIA YOUNG ADULT BOOK CLUB The Book Heads will meet on Friday, October 28th at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the book Something Like Normal by Trish Doller. When Travis returns home from a stint in Afghanistan, his parents are splitting up, his brother s stolen his girlfriend and his car, and he s haunted by nightmares of his best friend s death. It s not until Travis runs into Harper, a girl he s had a rocky relationship with since middle school, that life actually starts looking up. And as he and Harper see more of each other, he begins to pick his way through the minefield of family problems and post-traumatic stress to the possibility of a life that might resemble normal again. Travis s dry sense of humor, and incredible sense of honor, make him an irresistible and eminently lovable hero. Anyone interested in joining this young adult book club or would like more information, please call the library at 985-631-2262. ADULT BOOK CLUB The Centerville Branch Library Book Club for Adults will meet on Wednesday, October 26th at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the book Most Wanted by Lisa Scottoline. Christine Nilsson and her husband, Marcus, are desperate for a baby. Unable to conceive, they find themselves facing a difficult choice they had never anticipated. After many appointments with specialists, endless research, and countless conversations, they make the decision to use a donor. Two months pass, and Christine is happily pregnant. But one day, she is shocked to see a young blond man on the TV news being arrested for a series of brutal murders and the blond man bears an undeniable and uncanny resemblance to her donor. Delving deeper to uncover the truth, Christine must confront a terrifying reality and face her worst fears. Riveting and fast paced with the depth of emotionally that has garnered Lisa Scottoline legions of fans, Most Wanted poses an ethical and moral dilemma: What would you do if the biological father of your unborn child was a killer? BERWICK BRANCH ADULT BOOK CLUB The Berwick Branch Library Book Club for Adults will meet on Thursday, October 20th at 6:00 p.m. to discuss the book The Liar by Nora Roberts. Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safedeposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn t just dead. He never really existed. Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she has yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning If you are interested in joining or for more information, please call the Berwick Branch Library at 985-385-2943. YOUNG ADULT BOOK CLUB HEY. HEY YOU. YEAH, YOU! Love Reading? Want to meet new friends? CHECK IT OUT! The Centerville Branch Library has a new book club for teens only! Our first official meeting will be on Tuesday, October 18th at 6:00 p.m. to discuss the book One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. This book club is open to grades 6th - 12th. If you didn't make it to the kick-off meeting in September, please stop by the branch to pick up of copy of the book. Carley uses humor and street smarts to keep her emotional walls high and thick. But the day she becomes a foster child, and moves in with the Murphys, she s blindsided. This loving, bustling family shows Carley the stable family life she never thought existed, and she feels like an alien in their cookie-cutterperfect household. Despite her resistance, the Murphys eventually show her what it feels like to belong, until her mother wants her back and Carley has to decide where and how to live. She s not really a Murphy, but the gifts they ve given her have opened up a new future. If you are interested in joining or for more information, please call the Centerville Branch Library at 337-836-1717. If you are interested in joining or for more information, please call the Centerville Branch Library at 337-836-1717. Page 4 Lagniappe October 2016
BOOK CLUBS FRANKLIN BRANCH ADULT BOOK CLUB The Franklin Branch Library will meet on Thursday, October 13th at 4:15 p.m. to discuss the book Dead Witch in the River by Roger Emile Stouff. Roger will be our guess speaker at this program. Mountain sheriff and city cop pursue a killer Wilda Proud Horse was Cherokee, but many in Long Valley called her a witch. She was rumored to cure sickness, cheat fate and sow love. When two boys find Wilda s body beneath a sheet of ice in the river, Sheriff Gordon Bredenbury takes on his final case before he retires. But he has never investigated a murder; Long Valley has always been tranquil and free of violent crime. Gordon turns to a hardboiled, jaded city detective for help, but indigenous spirits may stand between them and the killer. We are sorry to announce that our club is at full capacity. WEST END ADULT BOOK CLUB The West End Branch Library Book Club for Adults will meet on Tuesday, October 18th at 5:00 p.m. to discuss the book The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young. When New York journalist and recently bereaved mother Charlotte Charlie Cates begins to experience vivid dreams about children in danger, she s sure that she s lost her mind. Yet these are not the nightmares of a grieving parent. They are warnings that will help Charlie and the children she sees, if only she can make sense of them. PATTERSON BRANCH ADULT BOOK CLUB The Patterson Branch Library Book Club will meet on Thursday, October 20th at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the book Dixie City Jam by James Lee Burke. It s out there, under the salt of the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast a buried Nazi submarine. Detective Dave Robicheaux of the New Iberia Sheriff s office has known if its existence since childhood, when he was terrified by nightmares of the evil Nazi sailors just offshore. Then, as a teenager, he stumbled upon the sunken sub while scuba diving but for years he kept the secret of its watery grave....and now he must face the terrible reality. But decades later, when a powerful Jewish activist wants the sub raised. A neo-nazi psychopath named Will Buchalter, who insists that the Holocaust was a hoax, wants to find the submarine first and he ll stop at nothing to get Robicheaux to talk. James Lee Burke looks long and hard into the human heart of darkness in this most electrifying novel yet, a story of terror and courage in a Southern Louisiana where the horrific and the beautiful rise from the same fertile soil. We are sorry to announce that we are now at our capacity for our Adult Book Club. After a little boy in a boat appears in Charlie s dreams, asking for her help, she finds herself entangled in a world-famous thirty-year-old missing-child case that has never ceased to haunt Louisiana s prestigious Deveau family. Armed with an invitation to Evangeline, the family s sprawling estate, Charlie heads south, where new friendships and an unlikely romance with the estate s landscape architect, the warm and handsome Noah Palmer, bring much needed healing. But as she uncovers long buried secrets of love, money, betrayal, and murder, the facts begin to implicate those she most wants to trust and her visions reveal an evil closer than she could have imagined. If you are interested in joining or for more information, please call the West End Branch at 337-923-6205. Page 5
ADULT PROGRAMS BAYOU VISTA BRANCH ADULT COLORING Grab some friends and come join us as we get some much needed relaxation all while enjoying soft music and light lunch on October 27th at 10:00 a.m. Coloring pages from books designed especially for adults as well as colored pencils and crayons will be provided. For more information please call 985-399- 9866. BERWICK BRANCH Essential Oils 101 Come join us on Saturday, October 22nd at 10:00 am for a presentation by Cindy Darce. She is a trained authority and will be here to help us to understand the science behind nature s oils and how they work. For more information please call 985-385-2943 Adult Coloring KEEP CALM AND COLOR ON! Haven t you heard? Coloring isn t just for kids anymore! It s a relaxing, stress-relieving and fun way to spend an hour or two. Join us on Wednesday, October 12th at 10:30 a.m. to de-stress. All materials will be provided or bring your own if you prefer. For more information please call 337-836-1717 FRANKLIN BRANCH Zen Doodlers Come de-stress and relax while getting creative with coloring. Art meditation is a form of creative therapy to help you unwind and tap into your inner creativity while having fun. The Zen Doodlers group will meet the last Wednesday of each month. This month s date is October 26th at 10:00 a.m. If you are interested in joining us please call 337-828-5364 or come by the branch. INTRODUCTION TO ESSENTIAL OILS Our presenter will be Cindy Darce, a phenomenal speaker and trained authority in essential oils. Learn about the remarkable benefits these oils can bring to you and your family. Come join on Saturday, October 8th form 10-12 p.m. WEST END BRANCH TRAILS OF ST. MARY Please join us as West End Branch presents Trails of St. Mary a presentation by Donovan Garcia, a local nature, history and kayak expert, as he shares the trails, waterways and history of St. Mary Parish. This special program is on Thursday, October 20th at 6:00 p.m. COOKBOOK CLUB Double Double Boil and Bubble your way to steamy bowls of soup at the PREMIER meeting of the West End/ Franklin Branch s new Cookbook Club!!! Come and sign up to join this exciting joint venture that will be held on October 25th at 6:00 p.m. Page 6 For more information on any of these programs please call the West End Branch Library at 337-923-6205. Lagniappe October 2016
FAMILY PROGRAMS WEST END BRANCH Coloring Come color with your kids on Tuesday, October 4th at 4:00 p.m. Come, relax and enjoy some adult coloring time, complete with soothing music and light refreshments while your children create their own art in the children s area. For more information please call 337-923-6205 Fire Prevention Week October is Fire Prevention Month. The Centerville Volunteer Fire Department will be joining us on Friday, October 14th at 12:00 p.m. Stop by to learn about fire safety, equipment and gear, and tour the fire truck. This event is open to the public. For more information please call 337-836-1717. Memorials & Donations In Memory Of: Aubrey N. Boudreaux Local Heroes: Portraits of American Volunteer Firefighters Everette :EJ: Clausen Small Engines and Outdoor Power Equipment: A Care & Repair For: Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers & Small Gas- Powered Imple Marguerite Guillotte What s Wrong With My Fruit Garden? Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Johnson, Sr. Conrad Pat Lobdell Atchafalaya Autumn II Hardie Kent Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling Audrey Ann Cortez Lewis Regina, Christal, Bridget, Florina, Denise & Carol Harry Potter and The Cursed Child Parts One & Two Dolores Mello Keeping House: Hints and Tips for A Clean, Tidy and Well Organized Home Judy Morales Soprano Todd & Tonya Hebert My Heart Will Triumph Laura Belle LB Trahan Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots Marilyn Wiese Bookkeeper s Boot Camp: Get A Grip on Accounting Basic (101) For Small Business Donations Books Katherine Barris Page 7
do something @ St. Mary Parish Library 206 Iberia Street Franklin, LA 70538 Library Closing On Friday, October 21st, all St. Mary Parish Libraries will be closed for Staff Training Day. We will resume our regular schedule hours on Saturday, October 22nd. Page 8 Lagniappe October 2016