Board of Directors

Earl Hyers Marie Black Imogene Mixson Marian Jenkins Beverly Raley

Library Staff Full Time Staff Director Sandra J. Holmes Part Time Staff Genealogy/Reference Librarian Jocelyn Rayford Head Circulation Clerk Holly Burns Admin. Assist/ILL Librarian Elaine Land Processor Karen Speck Circulation Clerk Darnell Johnson Children’s Librarian Ruth Rosentrater Cataloger Lou Harry Bookkeeper Donna Snell IT/WebMaster Michael Walden IT Jeff Devine Custodian Victoria Spellman

Statistics for June 2016

Circulation 7,756

Attendance 11,270

New Materials 154

Site Visits 217,136

Borrowers on Roll 9,301 Employment Searches 1,074

Internet Users 2,570

Genealogy Users 491

E-Books 742

416 James Street Ozark, Alabama 36360

Phone (334) 774-5480 E-mail: olibrary@troycable.net

http://www.odcpl.com Facebook.com/ozarklibrary

LIBRARY HOURS Tuesday through Thursday 10:00 a.m.— 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday

10:00 a.m.— 5:00 p.m.

Closed on Sunday & Monday

ODCPL Information The Library...where all you need is imagination and a Library card to enter a world of information.

August 2016 Volume 18 Issue 08

Quote of the Month

Just the knowledge that a good book is

awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that

day happier.

---Kathleen Norris

Dale County Genealogical/ Historical Society

The Society will meet Monday, August 1st in the Alice

Doughtie Wing of the Library at 6:00. Everyone is invited

to attend.

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FROM THE DIRECTOR

It’s back to school in Dale County on August

5th. To get ready for school, many students have already

begun to get a head start on their required reading

assignments. The Library has those books if the teacher

has notified us. The books are in and ready to be checked

out, except for Jackaroo, which is on back order. Please

call to confirm that we do have the materials in stock.

This month we received a huge donation from the

estate of the late Judge Val McGee. It was given by his

son, John, and we will be forever grateful that we have

been entrusted with Judge McGee’s valuable research and

many great books. We are still in the process of

cataloging the materials.

Plan to come on Saturday, August 6 from 9 a.m. to 12

noon for the Friends of the Library Book Sale. It will be

a Buy One/ Get One Free event. Please join us for some

great buys. Our Friends will also host a special program

on “Medical Equipment Covered by MEDICARE for the

Disabled and the Elderly” on Tuesday, August 16 from

noon until 1:30. A light lunch will be served.

In September we will begin our first Dialogues on the

Experience of War series. This event is made possible by

a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

and Auburn University. Our two facilitators will be

retired Colonel Earl Hyers, who will lead us into a

discussion of World War I, and retired Major General

Lou Hennies who will lead our discussion on Vietnam in

January. We will focus our attention on veterans, and we

are now looking for volunteers who are willing to

participate in our series. If this is for you, please call the

Library at (334) 774-5480. It is a great opportunity for

our city and our Library to bring you this informative

series. We are especially proud that we were one of six

libraries in the State chosen.

Do We Still Need Libraries? (Continued)

computer messages to parents. Some employers send

business information to their employees’ computers at

home, expecting to receive information back from their

employees’ computers. This saves the employer time and

money for the business.

For some employers, computers are now the primary

way they provide and accept job applications. Home or

library computers are becoming a necessity for workers

as well as employers. Public as well as private computers

now keep the wheels of progress running smoothly in

small towns as well as large towns, in small businesses as

well as large businesses. So, when businesses look for a

“home”, they want to know if there is a library located

nearby. According to Infotoday.com, “Businesses have

rated libraries higher than other public services in

professionally conducted polls. “

Businesses know that “Only a tiny fraction of the

world’s information is available for free on the internet.

But all of it is available through libraries,” according to

Why Are Libraries Essential? That is why so many

essential services are listed on the Library Information

sheets being handed out at the Ozark-Dale County Public

Library.

This is a list of free services to residents of Dale

County; they benefit local schools and businesses as well

as patrons. Some of these free services are: Career

Information, College Information, Exams Proctored,

Smart Phone classes, Interlibrary Loans, Notary Services,

Resume Help, High Speed Internet access, Test Prep,

Children’s Programs, Alabama Virtual Library,

Pokémon, and Meeting Rooms for Civic organizations.

Because many families cannot afford to watch Cable

TV shows that are watched at home by many such as

Election Information, educational programs such as

Discovery Channel, or the History Channel can be

watched at the library on computers. Thus, this brings

those of differing economic groups together. They can

share the same knowledge and the same experiences. In

essence, they can share the same culture---the well-to-do

at home, and the less well-to-do at the library are able

to learn and enjoy the same programs, and the same

culture.

Without your library, what will happen to your

town? to your school and your business? What would

happen to your culture?

Today, “We are one”, thanks to public libraries and

Benjamin Franklin.

Do We Still Need Libraries?

By Jocelyn Horlacher Ross-Rayford

Some taxpayers believe libraries are a bridge

“between the haves and haves-nots.”. Perhaps that is

why it is often claimed that libraries help improve the

literacy and computer skills of those who have limited

access. We all need access to the information libraries

provide, but Senior Citizens, those who are poor, and

those newly arrived to our country, especially need

access to this information to meet the requirements of

life in the Twenty-First Century.

Teachers now give assignments to students via

NEW MATERIALS

BEST SELLER--FICTION Cross Kill by James Patterson

Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King

End of Watch by Stephen King

Good Killing by Allison Leotta

Likely Story by Jenn McKinlay

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King

Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson

Rubv by Cyntha Bond

Third Target by Joel C. Rosenberg

Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman

BESTSELLER NONFICTION

German War (BS 940.54 STA)

BEST SELLER—LARGE PRINT

Dandelion Moon by Hannah Alexander

Daughter’s Dream by Shelley Shepard Gray

Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni

Her Outlaw Heart by Samantha Harte

Island House by Nancy Thayer

Kill Devil by Mike Dellosso

Lawyer for the Cat by Lee Robinson

Mint Juleps and Justice by Nancy Naigle

Murder Comes by Mail by A.H. Gabhart

Prayers the Devil Answers by Sharyn McCrumb

Rejected Writers’ Book Club by Suzanne Kelman

Revolving Door of Life by Alexander McCall Smith

Sea Rose Lane by Irene Hannon

Someone like You by Victoria Bylin

NONFICTION

As She Lay Sleeping (364.15 PRY)

Brothers Bulger (364.1 CAR)

Burglary (363.25 MED)

Catechism of the Catholic Church (238.2 CAT)

Cheese Course (641.37 FLE)

Complete Book of Baking (641.81 BET)

Deadly Vows (364.15 WRI)

Enemy Within (355.34 CRO)

Genius of Robert E. Lee (973.73 KAL)

Ghosts of Cape May (398.2 MCM)

Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (133.43

LID)

Grace of Monaco (944.94 ROB)

Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global

Order, 1916-1931 (940.31 TOO)

In the Kitchen with Kris (641.59 JEN)

Jodi Arias Story: Picture Perfect (364.16 HOG)

Kabbalah: the Way of the Jewish Mystic (296.16 BES)

Last Lion (973.92 CAN)

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Do Not Call List Are you tired of those annoying

telemarketing calls? You can do something

about it by going to http://www.donotcall.gov

and registering your phone number.

Read Off Your Fines

Read Off Your Fines is a program for any patron

who wishes to remove his/her Library fines without

paying for them. Just read in the Library!

Call 774-5480 for more information.

Memorials

The Ozark-Dale County Public Library gratefully accepts

donations for memorials. You may bring in your book or

you may give us a suggested subject and we’ll make the

selection. Your donation is tax deductible and a tax letter

is mailed to each donor, along with a memorial card to the

families of the designated person. Bookplates are placed in

all books to commemorate your gift.

MEMORIAL/HONORARIUM GIFTS

In Memory of Donor Whigham Mixson Imogene Mixson

In Honor of Donor

Col. Earl & Roberta Hyers Dr. Robert Crosby Donors Wiregrass United Way Jack Cumbie Friends of the Library George Wright Ozark Literary Club Mrs. Young Chuck Auman Bill Brooks Sue Switzer Elizabeth Arnold April Moore Marjorie Reagan S.E. Allred Charles Holman Autism Society of Alabama Valerie Biggers Barbara L. Bradley Peni Andrews Mary E. Garrett Donations for Building Improvement Fund

Imogene Mixson Bette Byrd

Joan Dickey

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

10—Book Work Day

Noon—AA

6—Gen/His Society

2 3

Noon—AA

4—Color Therapy

4

10:30—Story Time

4:30—Story Time

5 Noon—AA

2—Smart Phone

Class 6:30—NAR-ANON

6

9-10—Computer Class 9-noon — Book Sale

10—Art Class—children 1—Pokémon

7

8 10—Book Work Day

Noon—AA 6—Friends of Ozark

9

10

10:30—FOL Board

Noon—AA 4—Color Therapy

11 10:30—Story Time

2—Writers Forum 4:30—Story Time

12 Noon—AA

2—Smart Phone

Class 6:30—NAR-ANON

13 9-10—Computer Class

12:45—Pop/Movie

1—Pokémon

14

15

10—Book Work Day

Noon—AA 6—Concerned Citizens

16 Noon — FOL Program

(Medicare)

17

9—Library Board

Noon—AA 4—Color Therapy

18

10:30—Story Time

4:30—Story Time 6 — Master Gardeners

19 Noon—AA

2—Smart Phone

Class 6:30—NAR-ANON

20 9-10—Computer Class

10—Art Class—children 1—Pokémon

21

22 10—Book Work Day

Noon—AA 6—Concerned Citizens

23

24

Noon—AA

4—Color Therapy

25

10:30—Story Time

2—Writers Forum 4:30—Story Time

26 Noon—AA

2—Smart Phone Class

6:30—NAR-ANON

27 9-10—Computer Class

12:45—Pop/Movie

1—Pokémon

28

29

10—Book Work Day

Noon—AA

30

31

Noon—AA

4—Color Therapy

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AUGUST 2016

From the Friends of the Library

by Chris Wisham

August brings about two very highly anticipated events to the library. The first event occurs August

6th from 9 am till 12 noon and it is our FOL book sale. This is a BOGO book sale, which will allow you to get

double the books at half of the cost. Some of the members of the Friends of the Library will have book sale

signs in their yards as they drive around town this week. Take advantage of this book sale as the school year is

just starting.

The second big event, that is open to the public, with a light lunch offering is a presentation by Bob Harry

on “Medical Equipment Covered by MEDICARE for the Disabled and the Elderly.” The Friends of the Library

provide a complete light lunch for all those who attend. Have you wondered about where to go or what to look

for when shopping for medical equipment? Will it be covered by my insurance and/or MEDICARE? Bob

Harry has provided medical equipment in Ozark for the last 20 years and can give you reliable information that

you can depend upon. Make plans to attend our community event that will be held on Tuesday, August 16th at 12

noon.

The next meeting of the FOL will be held on Wednesday, August 10th at 10:30 am in the small meeting

room at the library. We invite our members and all others to come join us at our meeting and we hope that our

visitors will decide to join the FOL. As a service organization for the good of the Ozark Dale County Public

library we accept our youth as junior members for a membership fee of just $7, while an individual adult can

join for $10 and a family for just $15. Each membership receives an FOL shirt. We have high levels of

membership beyond these entry level membership fees.