Thankgiving Holiday Library Closings

Hope all of you will have a great Turkey Day. Don't eat too much!!

The Library will close on Thursday, November 25th, Friday,
November 26th and Saturday, November 27th.

ABC Storytime Week of November 15th

Children's Librarian Ingvild chose the ABC's as her theme this week. The children enjoyed reading books about the ABC's. Ingvild also arranged the craft of stamping the abc's on paper.

Additional picture of all the storytimes this week can be found at :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/?saved=1

Wednesday's Guest Reader Melisa Ferris did an outstanding job with the stories and had the children excited shouting out words to the abc's.

Chrsitine Rosholt Quintet

Christine Rosholt Quintet performed for 59 people at Prairie Meadows Senior Living on Sunday,November 14th. The performance was thoroughly enjoyed by all and a walk down memory lane of great songs of the 40's and 50's. Kasson Library Director Bonnie Adams and Prairie Meadows' Vicki Heitman worked together to bring this great performance to the residents of the KM area.

Christine and her group performed flawlessly
(Don-Saxophone, Graydon-bass, Chris-piano and
Jay-drums). Christine has a very distinctive voice and puts her own personality into every song she sings. During her 90 minute performance she asked for requests from the group and sang Tangerine, When Sunny Get Blue, Stormy Weather just to mention a few. Christine's quintet developed an avid fan from the audience in resident Dorothy S. who enjoyed the music so much she asked if Christine and her group could stay longer and sing them to sleep.

This performance was made possible through a Minnesota Legacy Grant Clean Water Act of 2008 that provide cultural experiences through local partnerships. This is the third partnership (Rose Ensemble in June and Patrick Dewane-Accidental Hero in October) between the Kasson Library, Prairie Meadows Senior Living and Minnesota Historical Society Greatest Generation. The Kasson Library hopes to form other partnerships to provide cultural experiences for KM and surrounding areas.

Kasson Public Library next Minnesota Legacy Grant partnership involves the Rochester Civic Theater. Prairie Meadows and Salem Meadow residents will be bussed to Rochester to enjoy the play White Christmas on Sunday, December 5 at 2pm.

Saving Animals at Local Pet Shelters

Pet adoption = an instant friend for life: Ask anybody who has adopted a pet, and they'll swear their bond with their rescued pal is as deep as they come. CUTE!! Pepsi 2 Paws and Claws adoption dog. http://www.pawsandclaws.org/pets/available-dogs.php

When you open your heart and your home to a pet who needs help, they really do show their appreciation for the rest of their life! Dogs or cats who have been uprooted from their homes, or have had difficult beginnings are likely to bond completely and deeply with their new human caretakers, whom they regard as heroes. Pups and kitties who find themselves in the shelter or at a rescue because of a death or other tragedy in their former human family usually go through a mourning period. Once they are adopted, however, they usually want nothing more than to please their new hero---YOU! No matter what circumstances brought them to the rescue, most cats and dogs for adoption are exceptionally affectionate and attentive, and make extremely loyal companions.


Got an email from my sister entitled A Sad Day. Gosh I hate to read those type of emails as they usually make me cry. Yesterday my sister had to put her dog of 10 years down due to aggressive cancer. She adopted BJ a lab mix from a local animal shelter about 10 years ago. BJ had some issues (barking and chewing on things )when she first arrived and through the years worked through most of them. She was a loving companion and loved to sleep on the bed, run around their yard and go for rides. I told my sister she gave her a better life than she had at first and made sure she had shots, food and a warm place to sleep and lots of love. Remember the good times she is better off now than in pain with cancer.


It got me thinking about my past and current pets and how they came to live with my family. We live in the country for the past 23 years and most of our pets have been pets thrown out to fend for themselves. We have taken most of them in or found homes for others. It would be much better as Betty White has said, Please spayed or neutered your animals." Wise Words!!

Library Closed for Veteran's Day

Library will be closed for Veteran's Day.
I have a daughter serving in the U.S. Army as a nurse and her husband just retired from the U.S. Army after 20 years of service. I would like all you to do me a favor-say "Thank You for Your Service" when you see anyone in uniform because they are all that stand on front lines defending our country and its ways of life.

It's Veteran's Day, the day we reflect on the sacrifice and service of our men and women in uniform.

We are now 90 years plus one since the guns stopped firing on the morning that ended World War I, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. It was dubbed by many as the war to end all wars. Of course, it wasn't.Veterans Day celebrates survivors of all the nation's 20th and 21st century wars --all veterans of all wars and their families.

Veteran's Day Storytime

Regular Storytime 11/9/10
This week's theme is Salute to all of the Veterans. Stories about flags and veterans were read to the children. The children colored poppies from a poem called Flanders Field. Additional photos can be found at;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

KM Nursery Group 11/9/10

Library Happenings

3 Things To Help You Make The Most Of Every Day

Sherri Kruger wrote this blog the other day and it resonated with me especially the MIT's. Hopefully this blog will make your day as it did mine.

Most days I'm a machine. I can get through a rather large number of tasks, vacuuming, laundry, playing with the kids, baking, prepping dinner, and a number of other business related things. Then there are other days when after the kids are in bed and the house is relatively quiet I look around and ask myself "what the heck did I do today?

"I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in this. I also understand that there's a natural ebb and flow of productivity and we can't expect to be on top of things all the time. That said, there are a few things I notice, that when missing, I'm not nearly as productive as I could be.

Here are some ideas to help you make the most of your day.

Have a plan, even if it's vague. I find jotting down a few things I want to do, should do, or could do, works best for me. Second to that is just giving the day some thought. Mentally preparing yourself can make a huge difference. What are you going to do as soon as you wake up? Make the bed, pour a cup of coffee, exercise, meditate, read or write? In general how is your day going to play out? Will you putter around the house or spend the day on the go running errands or grocery shopping. When you plan your day you have a road map, something to fall back on, to keep you going and to prevent you from getting stuck thinking "well now what?"

Choose your 3 MITs. I first heard of this concept quite some time ago from Leo of Zen Habits. Your most important tasks (MITs) are what you need to get done or want to get done today, above everything else. Your MITs don't have to be huge or earth shattering but they should be things you really want to get done. You should focus on getting your three MITs done first, before you do anything else that might pop up. By doing these things first you get them out of the way while you're fresh, you get a sense of accomplishment early in the day which can further motivate you to get even more done. When it comes to choosing your MITs think about tying one or more of them each day to your short or long term goals. This way you're productive and you're making progress towards realizing much larger goals.

Use momentum. Set the tone for your day by starting early and get moving. Imagine waking up, lounging around, moving slowly and dreading the day. It doesn't paint a picture of energy and getting things done, does it? As soon as you start to procrastinate there's little chance of turning that around. On the other hand if you woke up, immediately got out of bed and were eager to start your day, well that enthusiasm snowballs. Feel that momentum and keep it going. Work on things that excite you and avoid distractions. Using that momentum can really help carry you through the day and allow you to accomplish a lot more than you may initially had set out to do.

These ideas may seem simple and indeed they are. The trick is to take a bit of time to focus on each one and see how you can introduce them into your daily routine.

What do you do to make the most of your day?

Written on 10/18/2010 by Sherri Kruger. Sherri writes at Zen Family Habits, a blog celebrating all things family. Sherri also writes on personal development at Serene Journey, a blog dedicated to sharing simple tips to enjoy life

Cookie Storytime 11/2-11/4

Children's Librarian Ingvild chose cookies as her theme for this week. The children enjoyed the stories but the highlight was helping make, stir, and cut out a shape from the no bake cookie dough. The consensus from the children-the cookies were YUMMY!
Additional pictures:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

Just Like Home 11/4/10

Wednesday, November 3

KM Nursery Group


11/2/10

Tuesday, November 2 Regular Storytime

Bedtime Storytime 11/1

New Books For November

Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell 11/30
Port Mortuary,is literally a port for the dead. In this fast-paced story, a treacherous path from Scarpetta's past merges with the high tech highway she now finds herself on. We travel back to the beginning of her professional career, when she enlisted in the Air Force to pay off her medical school debt and found herself ensnared in a gruesome case of what seemed to be vicious, racially motivated hate crimes against two Americans in South Africa. Now, more than twenty years and many career successes later, her secret military ties have drawn her to Dover Air Force Base, where she has been immersed in a training fellowship to master the art of CT-assisted virtual autopsy--a procedure the White House has mandated that she introduce in the private sector.



Hell's Corner by David Baldacci 11/9
The night after the U.S. president persuades former assassin Oliver Stone (aka John Carr) to re-enter government employment to tackle the growing threat of Russian drug gangs, Stone finds himself in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, when gunfire breaks out and a bomb explodes. Apparently, the intended target was the visiting British prime minister, who was scheduled to walk across the park before an ankle injury modified his plans. Taken off his original mission, Stone seeks to identify the forces behind the assassination attempt. Stone's old Camel Club allies involve themselves in his search, which includes the de rigueur mole hunt and the McGuffin of choice these days, a lead on Osama bin Laden's whereabouts.

Cresent Dawn by Clive Cussler 11/16
Evildoers Ozden Aktan Celik and Ozden's sister, Maria, who are bent on Muslim domination of the Middle East, plot to blow up sacred Muslim sites like Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock and pin the blame on the CIA in particular and the West in general. Dirk, the director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, and the Celiks are both searching for lost religious artifacts related to Jesus, artifacts whose rediscovery could embarrass certain powerful members of the British establishment.


Edge by Jeffrey Deaver 11/2
Behind the well-known U.S. security organizations-- the FBI and CIA among them--lies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a highly specialized brand of citizen protection. Shock waves of alarm ripple through the clandestine agency when Washington, D.C., police detective Ryan Kessler inexplicably becomes the target of Henry Loving, a seasoned, ruthless "lifter" hired to obtain information using whatever means necessary. While Loving is deft at torture, his expertise lies in getting an "edge" on his victim--leverage--usually by kidnapping or threatening family until the "primary" caves under pressure. The job of keeping the Kessler family alive falls to a man named Corte, a senior federal protection officer known as a "shepherd." Uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a passionate board game aficionado, he applies brilliant gaming strategy to his work. For Corte, the reappearance of Loving--the man who, six years earlier, had tortured and killed someone close to him--is also an opportunity to avenge his friend's death. The assignment soon escalates into a fast-paced duel between Corte and Loving, a dangerous volley of wits and calculated risks. As he shepherds the Kesslers to a concealed safe house, Corte must anticipate Loving's every step as the lifter moves in on his prey, and with the help of razor-sharp investigator Claire DuBois and his longtime ally, FBI agent Paul Frede.



A Dead Man's Tale by James Doss 11/9
Charlie Moon and his best friend, Scott Parris, the chief of police of upscale Granite City, Colo., face a doozy of a case even by their standards solving the murder of megabucks investor Samuel Reed before it occurs. Though the two lawmen initially scoff at the prospective victim's proffered wager that he won't survive his young wife's upcoming birthday, they have second thoughts after Mrs. Reed's 911 report of a phantom break-in as well as more serious concerns once Moon's self-appointed deputies--his reprobate Aunt Daisy, an elderly shaman with supernatural sources, and teenage orphan Sarah Frank--tail the lady in question to a rendezvous with her lover.

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King 11/9
Eerie twists of fate drive the four longish stories in King's first collection since Just After Sunset (2008). In "1922," a farmer murders his wife to retain the family land she hopes to sell, then watches his life unravel hideously as the consequences of the killing suggest a near-supernatural revenge. "Big Driver" tells of an otherwise ordinary woman who discovers her extraordinary capacity for retribution after she is raped and left for dead. "A Good Marriage" explores the aftermath of a wife's discovery of her milquetoast husband's sinister secret life, while "Fair Extension," the book's most disturbing story, follows the relationship between a man and the best friend on whom he preternaturally shifts all his bad luck and misfortune


Cross Fire by James Patterson 11/15
Wedding bells ring
Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s most corrupt: a dirty congressmen and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories--is the marksman a hero or a vigilante?

A murderer returns
The case explodes, and the FBI assigns agent Max Siegel to the investigation. As Alex and Siegel battle over jurisdiction, the murders continue. It becomes clear that they are the work of a professional who has detailed knowledge of his victims' movements--information that only a Washington insider could possess.

Caught in a lethal cross fire
As Alex contends with the sniper, Siegel, and the wedding, he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good. With a supercharged blend of action, deception, and suspense, Cross Fire is James Patterson's most visceral and exciting Alex Cross novel ever.

Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb 11/2
NYPD lieutenant Eve Dallas might have been on holiday, but as she knows all too well, murder never takes a vacation. No sooner does Eve return from Ireland with her husband, Roarke, than she is back on the job looking into the death of a limousine driver who has been shot with a crossbow. The very next day, a high-priced licensed companion is stabbed to death in an amusement park horror house. The only connection between the two killings is the choice of weapons: the second involved an antique bayonet. As Eve and her team scramble to find more clues, Eve begins to think she is on the track of a thrill killer.