What's New at PPLD!

Paula Miller
	National Library Week will be observed April 2 – 8 in 2006. Stop in for refreshments as we celebrate public libraries and greet Paula Miller, the new executive director of Pikes Peak Library District. Everyone is welcome!

Monday, April 3 from 3 – 5 p.m.
East Library Lobby
5550 N. Union Blvd.

Tuesday, April 4 from 4 – 6 p.m.
Sand Creek Branch
1821 S. Academy Blvd.

Wednesday, April 5 from 4 – 6 p.m.
Monument Branch
1706 Lake Woodmoor Drive
Monument

Thursday, April 6 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Penrose Library Window Bay
20 N. Cascade Ave.

National Library Week at PPLD

Congratulations to the 2006 Betty Field Memorial Youth Writing Contest winners!

The Betty Field Memorial Youth Writing Contest is an annual mystery short story competition open to students in grades 6-12 in the Pikes Peak region.

The first place winners are as follows:

6th Grade – Ellie Hinkle, “The Lovebird Murders”
7th Grade – Sam Hinkle, “Hero Without a Horse”
8th Grade – Iris McComb, “A Surprise for Brunnhilda”
9th-10th Grade – Brenna Watry, “The Missing Prophetess–Scratch That–The Missing Cobra Prophetess”
11th-12th Grade – Jace J. Perrodin, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Frying”

Full Betty Field Memorial Youth Writing Contest Winners

Honoree Ann Zwinger

The Friends of Pikes Peak Library District invite you to join us for our Annual Awards Banquet. This year’s honorees are Frank Waters Award winner Ann Zwinger and Golden Quill winners Kathleen and Michael Hague. The Awards Banquet is Saturday April 8, at 11:30 a.m. at the Antlers Hotel, 4 S. Cascade Ave.

The Friends Annual Awards Banquet

Pikes Peak Library District is offering two new health databases called Health and Wellness Resource Center and Academic Health Reference Center. The Library was able to purchase these databases through a grant from the Susan G. Komen Foundation Colorado Springs Affiliate as support for our Community Breast Cancer Resource Center.

The Health and Wellness Resource Center features:

• Over 900 health and medical journals, newsletters and hundreds of pamphlets (more than 75% of which appear in full text)
• Health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications
• A broad collection of Thomson Galeâ„¢ reference titles, including The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, The Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence, The Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, and The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
• Reputable sources including Medical and Health Information Directory, PDR Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs and PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs
• This database also includes an Alternative Health module

The Academic Health Reference Center database features:

• Nursing, medical and consumer periodicals (approximately 788 fully indexed with over 600 providing full text), health newsletters, reference books, referral information, topical overviews, pamphlets
• 2,500+ Clinical Reference Systems reports

Health and Wellness Resource Center and Academic Health Reference Center are located in the Health section of Electronic Reference and in the Electronic Reference Databases page of the Community Breast Cancer Resource Center website. They are available only to PPLD patrons with a valid library card number and PIN. Colorado Library Card numbers are not valid for this service.

The 1905 Carnegie Library Public Garden is ready for spring planting!

If you have a green thumb, your talents are needed this spring to plant more trees, shrubs, and flowers in the 1905 Carnegie Library Public Garden.

Located at 20 W. Kiowa St., the garden will include artwork, a demonstration garden, a shaded space for children’s storytimes, and a stage for public performances.

We wish to thank the more than 225 donors and volunteers who have helped amend the soil, install stonework, irrigation, and a fence, purchased and laid sod, and donated benches and an arbor.

The 1905 Carnegie Garden Comittee has commissioned local artist Judi Elias-Ochs to create a recognition sculpture in the form of a tree. The leaves will be inscribed with the names of donors who contribute $100 or more toward the endowment or who contribute unrestricted gifts.

Stone pavers are still available for inscription with a donation of $150 for a 6″ x 12″ and $230 for a 12″ x 12″ paver.

For more information, please call the Pikes Peak Library District Foundation at 531-6333, x2205, or email the Foundation.

1905 Carnegie Library Public Garden

Don’t forget, this week (March 27 – 31) is spring break and Pikes Peak Library District is offering a smorgasbord of programs for kids!

Come watch Funky Fairytales, where PPLD staff put their own spin on “fractured” fairytales! Their show, called “Once Upon Some Real Cool Stuff,” is happening on Wednesday at the East Library at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., Briargate Branch at 1:30 p.m., and Monument Branch at 4 p.m.

See you there!

Spring Break Programs @ Your Library ®

Come celebrate Arbor Day and welcome Fountain’s new branch library! Arbor Day is nationally celebrated to encourage tree planting and tree care. Come help plant 40 trees on the new Fountain Branch grounds. No strenuous digging required – all you need to bring is your energy, work gloves, and a shovel. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided. Contest prizes will be awarded.

Saturday, April 22 from 9:30 a.m. – noon
230 S. Main St., across from Aragon Elementary School

April is National Poetry Month, so “hunt down� your volumes of Robert Frost, e.e. cummings, or Shel Silverstein and share your favorite poems with the Monument Branch! Every poet will receive a prize for reading or reciting a poem to Monument staff. Adults are encouraged to participate as well as children. Original poetry is also welcome. One prize per poet per day will be awarded throughout the month of April.

Call (719) 488-2370 or contact the Monument Branch if you have questions.

Pikes Peak Library District now has several language conversation and instruction groups to help you master new skills in French, Spanish, or German.
All groups are free and open to the public.

Talk French
This is an advanced conversation group that meets at Penrose Library. At least two native-speaking instructors lead the group.
Fridays @ 1 p.m.

Basic French
This class meets on Fridays, immediately after Talk French, until 3 p.m. in the Children’s Meeting Room at Penrose Library.
For more information, call 389-8968.

Talk Spanish
This is one of the most popular adult programs at Pikes Peak Library District. Included are beginning, intermediate, and advanced classes. Instructor Jerima King, a native speaker from Panama, provides handouts, magazines, and books to supplement what the students learn. Classes are held at East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd.
For more information and class times, call 531-6333, x1030.

Talk German
This is PPLD’s newest foreign-language program. Patrons can practice speaking conversational German in a group led by an instructor. The group meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. No registration is required. Some German-language skills are recommended.
For more information, call 531-6333, x1301.

Mark your calendars for the Friends of Pikes Peak Library District’s Better Book Sale on Saturday, April 22 at the Old Colorado City Branch.

You can find books in great condition for as low $3 for most hardbacks, $2 for most paperbacks, and $1 for children’s books. Items of interest, collectibles, and audio/visual materials will be specially priced.

To top it all off, Friends of PPLD members will receive a 20 percent discount, so sign up today and support your Library!

Where: Old Colorado City Branch
When: Saturday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Friends of PPLD Better Book Sale