Geo-Caching @ Your Library

Geo-Caching Club
Wednesday, October 24
6 PM

Open to all ages!

This first meeting will be held to assess interest in our community for this type of club.

Geocaching is a real-world treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.

At its simplest level, geocaching requires these 8 steps:

1. Register for a free Basic Membership.
2. Visit the “Hide & Seek a Cache” page.
3. Enter your postal code and click “search.”
4. Choose any geocache from the list and click on its name.
5. Enter the coordinates of the geocache into your GPS Device.
6. Use your GPS device to assist you in finding the hidden geocache.
7. Sign the logbook and return the geocache to its original location.
8. Share your geocaching stories and photos online.

Visit www.GeoCaching.com to learn more about this fun activity.

Between the Covers…

We saw the Mashable photo contest and looked at not only our laptop bag but our book bag as well…more than the laptop and books!  So we wondered–What’s Between the Covers of your laptop or book bag?  Feel like sharing? Upload a photo of the contents of your bag to our facebook page.  All entrants will be entered in a drawing -the winner will receive a Friends of the Library Tote Bag worth $10.    (Contest begins Saturday August 5th ends August 26th. Contest open to all RLPL facebook fans. Drawing August 27th)

$10 Value

 

 

Library Running Club

Runners are Readers too! The Rice Lake Public Library kicked off a new club that you might be interested in. The Library Running Club meets weekly each Saturday at 9 am. Everyone is welcomed regardless of experience or fitness level.

Please sign a waiver before participating. As with all exercise, please consult with your doctor before beginning, if needed. 

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There are a number of great books about the sport of running, and tons of music you can borrow from the library to motivate you to move faster. Check out some of these great titles!

The Beginning Runner’s Handbook
Ian Macneill
This easy-to-use, practical guide helps runners safely build strength and endurance, get motivated and set realistic goals, choose the proper footwear and clothing, eat right, and avoid injury. A revised RunWalk program gives runners a choice between running 10K or covering the distance by running and walking. Combining advice from the experts, training tips and testimonials from runners of all ages, The Beginning Runner’s Handbook is a step-by-step road map for achieving running success.

Run Your Butt Off!
Sarah Lorge Butler
Shed unwanted pounds and keep them off ONCE AND FOR ALL with Run YourButt Off!, a back-to-basics, test panel–approved weight-loss plan and beginners’ running program that yields sustainable, healthy results. The Run Your Butt Off! program is founded on the simple concept that in order to lose weight, calories burned must exceed calories consumed. No gimmicks, no shortcuts, no silver bullets can circumvent that reality. With this program, you’ll learn to burn fat from both sides of the weight-loss equation—the calories in and the calories out—at the same time. Run Your Butt Off! will make you fitter, stronger , and leaner .

Barefoot Running Step by Step
Ken Bob Saxton
Barefoot running involves more than simply taking off your shoes and hitting the track and Barefoot Running Step by Step teaches runners how to train their feet and body to run barefoot properly and in a way that will dramatically reduce injuries. Barefoot Running Step by Step separates the facts from the hype covering the latest research and running techniques behind this key trend. Written by noted barefoot runner and instructor Ken Bob Saxton and running journalist Roy Wallack this guide outlines proper techniques for running barefoot properly and incorporating the practice into their running regimen for a better stride, longer endurance, and fewer injuries.

The following music recommendations were borrowed from the article “Crank it Up” by Susan Rinkunas from the February 2009 edition of Runner’s World.

Warmup
64 BPM		“We Are the Champions” Queen
96 BPM		“Faith” George Michael
Start
116 BPM		“Gonna Make You Sweat” C + C Music Factory
120 BPM		“Pump It” Black Eyed Peas
Halfway Point
127 BPM		“You Shook Me All Night Long” AC/DC
130 BPM		“Where Are We Runnin’?” Lenny Kravitz
Final Stretch
166 BPM		“Let’s See How Far We’ve Come” Matchbox 20
209 BPM		“Are You Gonna Be My Girl” Jet

Money Smart Week

Value of a Dollar:

Teaching Your Kids About Money

Saturday, April 28
2 pm

The Rice Lake Public Library and RCU in Rice Lake want to give parents and grandparents the tools to teach K-8 children important money skills – for life.  “Value of a Dollar: Teaching Your Kids About Money” will be presented from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, in the Friendship Room on the library’s lower level.   The event is co-sponsored by RCU and is open to the public.

At this program, participants will learn:

• why K-8 children need to learn about money;
• what motivates them to learn about money management;
• how they learn about money;
• how to use goal-setting, budgeting, saving, working and investing as teaching tools; and
• how to use an allowance as a teaching tool.

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This event is one of hundreds of free classes, seminars and activities promoting financial education that will take place during Money Smart Week Wisconsin, April 21-28. Money Smart Week is a public awareness campaign designed to help consumers better manage their personal finances. This is achieved through the collaboration and coordinated effort of hundreds of organizations across the country including businesses, financial institutions, schools, libraries, not-for-profits, government agencies and the media. These groups come together once a year to stress the importance of financial literacy, inform consumers about where they can get help and provide free educational seminars and activities throughout the week.

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For further information about the library event, stop at Information & Reference on your next visit to the library, call 715-234-4861, or e-mail the library at comments@rlpl.org.  To learn more about library programs, check our library events calendar at www.rlpl.org.

If you have a need for a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations, please notify the Rice Lake Public Library (715-234-4861) at least 48 hours before the program.

Sticks and Stones

Imagine a community where bullying is obsolete. Together we can make it happen!

The Rice Lake Public Library and the Barron County Restorative Justice Programs are sponsoring the month-long series about Bullying called “Sticks and Stones.” Two sessions have already passed, but there’s still time to join in! Each event features a movie and time for discussion. These events are appropriate for high school students and older.

Tuesday, March 6 – 6:30 pm

Mean Creek (R)
When Sam Merrick is beaten up by local bully George Tooney, Sam’s older brother Rocky and his friends Clyde and Marty plan to pretend it’s Sam’s birthday to “invite” George on a boat trip in which they would dare him to strip naked, jump in the lake, and run home naked. But when Sam, his girlfriend Millie, Rocky, and Clyde see George as not much of a bad guy, they want to call off the plan, but Marty refuses. Will the plan go ahead as planned?

Tuesday, March 13 – 6:30 pm

Speaker Chad Harnisch, the Rice Lake High School Principal, will tell his story about bullying and being bullied, followed by a Q & A session.

Oscars 2012

 

 

Who do you think will win the Oscar?

 

 

 

 

After you’ve voted join us on Feb. 26th at 6:30 pm for our Annual Oscar Party. We’ll be serving hors d’oeuvres with games, trivia, and a red carpet. This year we’ll be showing it on the big screen with our new sound system.

Try Before You Buy @ Your Library

The Rice Lake Public Library offers a wide range of technology for users to experience and create new ideas. Tonight, at 4 pm, there will be a special Try It Before You It! program for users to use and feel e-readers, ipads, and other devices. Of course, you don’t have to be in the market for any of these things to  come to this event. Maybe you’re curious, or maybe you are buying or receiving a device for Christmas. Whatever your reason, come on in!

The following technology will be available to borrow with a library card in January 2012. It can be viewed tonight as a sneak preview!

E-Readers
An e-reader is a mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and periodicals. Readers can make the text bigger, choose the font they like, and even read in portrait or landscape.

Kindle Touch

The Kindle Touch is an e-reader produced by Amazon.com. Because Kindle Touch’s electronic display uses E Ink, it looks and reads like real paper. Kindle Touch’s screen reflects light like ordinary paper and uses no backlighting, so you can read as easily in bright sunlight as in your living room. Kindle Touch features a full touchscreen display that puts page turns, navigation and note-taking at your fingertips.

Kindle Keyboard/3 Generation

The Kindle Keyboard / 3 Generation is an e-reader produced by Amazon.com. The Kindle Keyboard / 3 Generation uses E Ink, so it looks like ordinary paper and uses no backlighting, so you can read as easily in bright sunlight as in your living room. It’ screen is 6” diagonally. It can hold 3500 books. There is a physical keyboard for easy note taking.

Nook Simple Touch

The Nook Simple Touch is an e-reader produced by Barnes & Noble. It features breakthrough E Ink® display for the best just-like-paper reading—even in bright sun. Its screen is 6” diagonally. It can hold up to 1000 books. You can read for over 2 months on just one charge. Simply touch, and NOOK takes care of the rest. Open your book, make the type bigger, look up words, organize your library, lend a book or shop for new titles – it’s all so easy.

E-Readers with Tablet Abilities

The following e-readers are more like computers. They play movies and have games. You can also easily go online.

Nook Color

The Nook Color is an e-reader produced by Barnes & Noble. Ultra-responsive 7-inch multi-touch screen displays 16 million colors ultra-bright. Specially designed for remarkable clarity and minimal glare so you can enjoy the ultimate reading and entertainment experience. Enjoy your favorite reading in your favorite way.

Kindle Fire

The Kindle Fire is an e-reader with the power of a tablet computer produced by Amazon.com. Movies, magazines and children’s books come alive on a 7″ vibrant color touchscreen that delivers 16 million colors in high resolution.  The device has 8 GB of memory; that’s enough for 80 apps, plus 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books.

Computers

iPad 2

The iPad display is 9.7 inches of high-resolution color photos, movies, web pages, books, and more. With the iPad touch screen, you use your fingers to do everything. When your fingers touch the display, it senses them using electrical fields. Then it instantly transforms your taps, swipes, pinches, and flicks into lifelike actions. The iPad has a 10-hour battery life. There are two cameras on the iPad; one on the front and one on the back. There are more than 140,000 amazing iPad apps have been created to take advantage of the large Multi-Touch screen. The Rice Lake Public Library iPad comes pre-loaded with Apps. An agreement form must be signed prior to check out.

Netbooks (Toshiba)

The netbooks offered at the library are small, but powerful, machines. The netbooks have the full Microsoft Office suite available, and are capable of surfing the internet. Users may print from these netbooks.

Flip Video

The Flip Video is a simple shoot and share video camera. There are only a few clearly labeled buttons. A small view screen allows users to see the images being recorded. An attached USB port easily plugs into most computers. The Flip Video comes loaded with video editing software.

Travelling with Sid Konell

Travel Presentation by Sid Konell

Thursday, October 13
6:30 pm

Sid Konell, Associate Professor of Accounting, Economics, and Personal Finance at UW-BC, shares his personal experiences from his travels to Ukraine as part of the Fulbright Scholar Exchange Program.

National Library Card Sign Up Month

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month!Library Card Sign-up Month is a time when the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all.

Here are 10 Things You Can Do with Your Library Card:

1. Take the kids to see a free movie.
2. Download an e-book.
3. Update your Facebook page.
4. Learn about job seeking resources.
5. Ask for a recommended reading list for your kids.
6. Learn about local candidates for office.
7. Pick up voter registration information.
8. Check out your favorite graphic novel.
9. Pick up a DVD.
10. Get free wireless access.

The Rice Lake Public Library has some fun events for adults coming up in September to celebrate.

• PageTurners Book Club meets September 8 at 6 pm. We will discuss “The Sandalwood Tree” by Elle Newmark.
• Volunteer Day of Service on September 10 at 10 am. Help us beautify the empty lot next to the library for everyone’s enjoyment!
• Saturday Cinema on September 17 at 7 pm; we’ll be watching “The Conspirator”.
• Emmys Award Viewing Party on September 18 at 6 pm. Come join us for quizes, prizes,and  refreshments. Formal wear is encouraged.
• Grown Up Games on September 29 at 6:15 pm. Poker will be played, and prizes awarded!

All library events are free and open to the public.

During the whole month of September, library card replacements are free.

Adults are invited to pay food for their fines during the week of September 18 – 24. Children can “read off” their fines throughout the month. (Some restrictions apply; see staff for more details.)

Author Visit : Brian Freeman

Author Visit : Brian Freeman
Saturday, May 21 @ 2 pm
Friendship Room, RLPL

Edgar Award nominated author Brian Freeman is coming to Rice Lake, WI. Come to the Rice Lake Public Library on Saturday, May 21, at 2 pm. And if you’d like to spend extra time with the author, there is a lunch fundraiser at noon on the same day at the Adventures Restaurant & Pub in Rice Lake. Tickets to attend are $5, and all proceeds go to the Friends of the Library.

Freeman has written seven books, five of which are part of a series. The books take place in Wisconsin, mostly the Superior/Duluth area. His newest book, The Burying Place, is set in Door County. Freeman writes in a style he calls “psychological suspense.” He describes his style :

The drama isn’t about how the crime was committed … or even really about how the crime is solved … Instead, the focus is really on why a crime took place to begin with. What was it about the backgrounds of the characters that drew them across a terrible line? The result is that, chapter by chapter, the story peels back the emotions, secrets, and sexuality of the characters … The suspense and drama are driven by their actions and motives. As a result, the ending should not only be shocking and unexpected; it also should feel like the last piece in the emotional puzzle and the right psychological resolution.

This event promises to be fun. Come learn about a new-to-you author, or reaquaint yourself with an old favorite. The author presentation at the library is free.