Applegater Winter 2016
— Applegate Library —
Saying hello to winter is easy—it’s
a time to relax after several months of
growing and harvesting. A warm drink
and a good book make a lazy afternoon
slip away until the first cries for dinner.
Applegate Library has books on
everything that takes place in winter.
When was the last time you read a
Christmas classic? How about a book on
Christmas crafts or homemade gifts? We
have audio books (that way you can listen
while you burn, whoops, bake cookies).
No need to rent a movie—we have tons
of movies you can check out for free.
Speaking of movies, we
are showing family-friendly films on
Saturdays starting at noon and classics
on Fridays starting at 5 pm. We have a
great lineup of all your holiday favorites.
The Friends of Applegate Library
(FOAL) has books for sale in the library
— Ruch Library —
Shorter days and longer nights offer
a great time to read!
Ruch Library has a dazzling
collection of enticing holiday books:
merry mysteries, mouth-watering holiday
cookbooks, handcrafted gift ideas, and so
much more! Drop in and curl up with
a good book!
Our upcoming events:
• To the South Pole with Scott and
Amundsen. Saturday, December 3,
at 2 pm. Join Dave Baker as he follows
the footsteps of the Norwegian, Roald
Amundsen, and the Englishman, Captain
Robert F. Scott, as they undertake one
of the great challenges of the Age of
Exploration: who would be first to the
South Pole. The story of Amundsen and
Scott is a story of politics, personality,
intrigue, ego, leadership, and experience.
Dave will examine the differences that
resulted from these factors and the
ultimate difference: success in one case
and death in the other.
If you were lucky enough to join
us for one of Dave’s presentations
on Antarctica, then you know this
program will be a spectacular treat, filled
with stories, photos, and videos of the
southernmost part of the earth.
• Holiday Book Sale. Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday, December 6,
8, and 10, during library open hours:
Tuesday 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday 1 - 7
pm, Saturday 11 am - 4 pm. At the
Ruch Library Community Room and
the A-Frame Bookstore. A great place to
find gift-quality books! We always put
out the best. All proceeds benefit the
Ruch Library.
• Decorate a gingerbread person.
Saturday, December 17, noon - 3 pm.
Drop-in in the Community Room. All
ages welcome!
• Tales from West Africa. Saturday,
January 21, 2 - 3:30 pm. Celebrating
— Williams Branch Library —
Meet the new Williams branch
manager, Evelyn Roether
Evelyn Roether has lived in Williams
for 30 years and has worn many hats in
the community. She spent ten years as
the coordinator of the Williams Creek
Watershed Council and served over
15 years as an elected member of the
Williams Town Council. Evelyn has an
MS in environmental education and
brings with her a particular passion
for the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion
and the wild places that remain here.
Following in the footsteps of her mother
and grandmother, both of whom were
librarians, Evelyn is pleased to share her
love for books and literacy by serving as
the Williams branch manager. Stop by
to meet her!
Weekly storytime
Bring the whole family to children’s
storytime at 3:30 pm every Wednesday
at the Williams branch. For more
information, contact branch manager
Evelyn Roether at 541-856-7020 or
50 years of the Peace Corps, three eroether@josephinelibrary.org.
authors share their humorous, scary, Push the envelope
Join neighbors and community
and sometimes-success stories about
living and working in third-world members as everyone comes together to
countries while in the Peace Corps. support libraries in Josephine County.
Curtis Mekemson of the Applegate The Yellow Envelope Drive aims to raise
Valley, Asifa Kenji of Ashland, and David $175,000 in donations by December 31
Drury of Ashland will tell stories from to help keep our libraries open.
Yellow donation envelopes are
their respective books: The Bush Devil
Ate Sam, Three Hundred Cups of Tea, and available at the four library branches in
Grants Pass, Illinois Valley, Williams, and
The Toughest Job.
• Behind the Scenes of the Wolf Creek, and at any business with a
Movies You Love. Saturday, February Yellow Envelope sign in the window.
As you may know, a 2014 ballot
18, 2 - 3:30 pm. Presenters Paula Block
and Terry Erdmann worked inside the measure to form a library district for
Hollywood film studios for decades, Josephine County lost. Now the library
participating in production, publicity, is asking community members to donate
and product development (toys and what they would have paid in additional
books) with dozens of major motion taxes if the library district had passed.
pictures and television shows. The couple Visit josephinelibrary.org to calculate
moved to the Rogue Valley several years that amount. Every dollar counts!
On any given day, 10,000 items
ago, but they didn’t leave their work
behind. Today they write books about are checked out of Josephine County
the movie business—most recently libraries and circulated through the
Star Trek Costumes: Fifty Years of homes of county residents. More than
Fa s h i o n f ro m t h e Fi n a l Fro n t i e r 6,000 children attended programs
and Labyrinth: The Ultimate Visual last year, and Internet computer usage
History. They will talk about writing, increases annually.
The Yellow Envelope Drive is
movies, and writing about movies. Paula
sponsored by Cauble, Cauble & Selvig;
and Terry have stories to tell.
Clouser Drilling; Edward Jones; and
Join us at Ruch Library for:
• Babies and Wobblers, active story Hart Insurance Agency. Other support
time for children—from newborns to for this drive comes from the Grants
three-year-olds—with Janis Mohr- Pass Daily Courier, KAJO/KLDR, and
Logan Design.
Tipton on Tuesdays at 10:15 am.
For more information, visit
• Preschool Story Time, Tuesdays at
josephinelibrary.org, email info@
11:30 am, followed by a craft.
• Legos, every Saturday from 12 - 4 pm. josephinelibrary.org, or call 541-476-
Ruch Library is open Tuesdays 0571 ext. 114.
from 10 am to 5 pm, Thursdays from ‘Stone Soup’ Conversation Project
The community is invited to
1 to 7 pm, and Saturdays from 11 am
to 4 pm. The library is located at 7919 join writer and independent scholar
Jennifer Roberts from 10 to 11:30 am
Highway 238.
For more information, contact on Saturday, December 3, at the Grants
branch manager Thalia Truesdell at 541- Pass branch of Josephine Community
Libraries as she introduces historical and
899-7438 or ttruesdell@jcls.org.
foyer every day the library is open. Books
are a great gift-giving idea!
Diana Coogle considers hiking the
100-mile Alta Via 2 of the Dolomites
mountain range in northern Italy last
September one of the achievements of her
life. Come to a slide-show presentation
on Saturday, December 10, at 2 pm to
find out why. Her hiking partner, Mike
Kohn, will be there, too, to keep Diana
from telling tall tales.
Be safe, everybody, and enjoy
your holidays.
Applegate Library is located at
18485 North Applegate Road and is
open Tuesdays and Fridays from 2 to 6
pm and Wednesdays and Saturdays from
10 am to 2 pm.
For more information, contact
branch manager Lisa Martin at 541-846-
7346 or lmartin@jcls.org.
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Evelyn Roether is the new manager of the
Williams Branch Library in Williams.
current recipes and asks: How do recipes
work? Why do we collect them? Who do
we write them for?
By sharing their own assumptions
and memories, participants of this
Oregon Humanities Conversation
Project will examine how recipes can help
connect and create communities across
time, distance, and culture. Participants
are encouraged to bring any treasured
recipes they would like to share with
the group. These recipes may end up
in a story-based collection compiled
throughout this Conversation Project
program.
Jennifer Roberts, who lives in
Josephine County, received her PhD in
English literature from the University
of Minnesota, where she discovered her
fascination with the history of science
and medicine. Studying alchemy and
early pharmacology sparked her interest
in recipes of all kinds.
She is currently working on a novel
set in the seventeenth century that
involves witchcraft, alchemy, and, of
course, recipes.
For more information and to
register, visit josephinelibrary.org, email
info@josephinelibrary.org, or call 541-
476-0571.
Did you know?
Did you know that books can be
placed on hold through the library website
and will be ready to pick up at your
nearest branch of Josephine Community
Libraries? To check availability of a
book, search the library catalog online at
josephinelibrary.org and click the “search
book catalog” link located on the right
side of the page. To place a hold, click
the “Place Request” button, then enter
your library card number or username
and password.
Williams Branch Library is located
at 20695 Williams Highway, Williams,
and is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
Saturdays from 1 to 5 pm.
For more information about
Josephine Community Libraries, contact
Brandace Rojo, library assistant, at 541-
476-0571 ext. 112.
Happy Holidays to everyone from the Applegater team.
May 2017 bring peace, joy, and prosperity!
