What's New at PPLD!

Saturday, April 5, 2008,
12 noon to 12 midnight

Location: Armstrong Quad, (outdoors) just north of Armstrong Hall at 14. E. Cache La Poudre St.
Rain or snow location: El Pomar Sports Center, 44 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Free and open to the public

The Native American Student Union and the Colorado College presents the Colorado College Unity Contest Powwow. The 12-hour event will include food vendors and a Native American arts and crafts fair. In the Native American community, a powwow is a social gathering, a time when dance and music honor the resilient cultural history of Native American people and tradition. A powwow encompasses a variety of educational experiences including history and performance art. Respected performers and powwow leaders from all over the southwest and midwest will be participating in this special event..

This event is drug and alcohol-free. Bring your friends, your family, your appetite, your sense of adventure, and your favorite dancing shoes.

Sponsored by the Native American Student Union, Cultural Attractions Fund, Venture Grant Committee, art department, office of the president, Navajo Nation and office of minority student life.

For a map of campus to locate Armstrong Quad and adjacent parking areas, please click here.

For more information, visit www.ColoradoCollege.edu

What do you know about the ducks and geese that live on the pond behind the Monument Branch? Find out all about them on Duck Day! We’ll begin with a nature walk to the pond led by “Duck Gal Julie” to learn about our feathered friends. Then local artist and instructor, Janet Sellers, will teach young and old how to draw ducks. There will be treats and honks, crafts and quacks, too!

• When: Saturday, April 12 @ 1:30
• Where: Monument Branch

Speaking Date: April 2, 2008 Location: Broadmoor West – Rocky Mountain Ballroom Time: 11:30 A.M. Speaker: James “Randy” Udall Topic: “Energy Security”

Energy Security is a major concern for United States National Security and climbing oil prices are a direct result of increased demand in India and China. Weaning ourselves from oil becomes especially critical in a predicted future where world demand will continue to rise, while peak oil production will likely occur in the 2011-2012 timeframe. After that time we could see a future of resource wars unless we do something about it now.

James “Randy” Udall, a Colorado native and energy expert, will address solutions to our oil dependency problem. He was the former director of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) and is one of the nation’s leading activists in promoting energy sustainability. CORE’s partnerships with individuals, governments, and utilities have led to remarkable accomplishments, including Colorado’s first solar energy incentive program, the world’s first Renewable Energy Mitigation Program, and some of the most progressive green power purchasing programs in the country. Udall is also co-founder of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil-USA, and speaks widely on why “energy is an IQ test Americans tend to fail.”

Alongside his energy expertise, Udall addresses the impact of oil, coal and other carbon producers upon the environment, and wrote his first article on climate change in 1987. Leading by example, he completed a solar retrofit of his home in Carbondale, Colorado which will keep 300,000 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere during the next 20 years. Udall has also served on Governor Bill Ritter’s Climate Action Panel.

Please, look for rebroadcasts of the World Affairs Luncheons on the Library Channel. For Colorado Springs residents, this is Comcast channel 17.

Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Get high on the sky! Windy weather and colorful kites are just part of the family fun you’ll experience at southern Colorado’s Kite & Wind Festival at Fountain Creek Nature Center, Saturday, April 26!

Feel the wind in your face as you fly a kite that you bring, make or purchase at the nature center. No child should be left inside when the sky is the limit for activities including windy crafts, face painting, a Japanese kite exhibit, balloon animals, a wind generator creating electricity, and a “live” wire safety demo by Colorado Springs Utilities. Participate in “The Science Behind the Wind” and “Wind Fun-damentals” presentations by wind and weather experts from FOX 21 and Colorado State University Wind Application Center.

All-day admission is $4 per person. Children 3 and under are free. Proceeds support El Paso County Parks Nature Centers.

Fountain Creek Nature Center is located 15 minutes south of downtown Colorado Springs just east of Exit 132 off I-25. For more information call 520-6745.

YOU ARE INVITED! Please join us for the fifth annual State of the Rockies Conference, to be held on the Colorado College campus from April 6-8, 2008. The conference will include the annual release of the State of the Rockies Report Card, barbecue, workshops, movies and music embodying the spirit of the Rocky Mountain West, and a special keynote address by recent U.S. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton on Monday night, April 7, at 7:30pm.

The conference is free, with registration available at events. The 2008 State of the Rockies Report Card will be available at the conference or from the CC Bookstore (www.coloradocollegebooks.com, phone 800-854-3930). Special-edition posters featuring the amazing Rocky landscape photography of CC faculty member Steve Weaver will also be available online, at the conference and at the CC bookstore. For more information on Colorado College’s State of the Rockies project, please visit www.stateoftherockies.com

Members of the public may call (719) 389-6607 for disability accommodation, additional information or directions.

Our Bookmobile Branch has changed its name to Mobile Library Services. We’ve also updated our website to include new photos of the Mobile Library “Lobby Stop” Van as well as a Lobby Stop schedule.

Check out the Mobile Library Services (formerly Bookmobiles) website

This fascinating 39-page cookbook, written in 1866, was recently discovered by a Michigan book collector and is now believed to the first cookbook written by an African American. Presentation will address the times and conditions that inspired this wonderful discovery. Presented by Leigh Cravin, local attorney, writer, and board member of the Colorado Historical Society and the Colorado Springs New Deal Preservation Board.

Date: April 5, 2008
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM
Library: Penrose Library – 20 North Cascade
Location: Penrose Carnegie Reading Room

Wondering how to get started doing genealogy research? This class highlights the 4000+ records of genealogical data in Ancestry, a database available only at Library facilities. Start here to fill in the gaps in your family tree! Registration is suggested.

Where: Monument Branch When: Friday, March 21, 10:30 – 12:00 Registration: 531-6333, ext. 2253 or click here to register online