V-Girls Bookclub

Sacred Shield Visits Teen Scene

Closed January 1 for New Year's Day

Merry Christmas!

The Enchanted Entertainers show their versatility

Our Christmas story time was exceptional this year. We had a total of 160 moms, dads, and children in two days. They made footprint reindeer, frosted Christmas trees, and put together a beautiful ornament. The highlight of the morning was a performance by our own Enchanted Entertainers. Amanda Murrell narrated, "Rafunzel", an adaptation of the story, "Rapunzel". Kathryn Wood, Kelly Anderson, and Natalie Fowler portrayed the characters from the story. It was a wonderful treat and a great way to end our 2010 story time year. See you in 2011.

25 Year Pin

Gloria Brodle the manager of the Riverton Branch Library received her 25 year pin from the library board on Wednesday December 1, 2010. Katy Jost, the children's manager, was on hand to give a speech.

The entire staff of the Riverton library want to congratulate Gloria and to let her know she is a great boss and an inspiration to each of us.

Thanks Gloria for making our library a great place to work.

Closed for Thanksgiving

Deadline for Photo Contest Tues, Nov. 9

The deadline for the photo contest is next Tuesday, November 9th. Get your entries in for your chance to win and see your picture displayed! For more info on entering, call the library at 856-3556. Good luck to you all!

Enchanted Entertainment!

The Enchanted Entertainers spent three days amusing 1,430 adults and children as they performed their plays at the Riverton Branch Library. They also had a small group of players go to the schools who were unable to attend at the Library.


Two of the three plays were adaptations to the books, "Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini", and "Rabbit and Skunk by Carla Stevens". Christal DeVries and Melinda McLaughlin also wrote an original play, "Spiney the Spineless Skeleton".


The Entertainers had some new faces join their original group and they were a wonderful addition to an already perfect cast.

We look forward to their next performances which will be in spring 2011.

In the heart of Wyoming sprawls the ancient homeland of the Eastern Shoshone Indians, who were forced by the U.S. government to share a reservation in the Wind River basin and flanking mountain ranges with their historical enemy, the Northern Arapahoes. Both tribes lost their sovereign, nomadic lifestyles and economic dependence on decimated buffalo. Tribal members subsisted on increasingly depleted numbers of other big game- deer, elk, moose, pronghorn, and bighorn sheep. In 1978, the tribal councils petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help them recover their wildlife heritage. Bruce Smith became the first wildlife biologist to work on the reservation. Wildlife on the Wind recounts how he helped the Native Americans change the course of conservation for some of America's most charismatic wildlife.

Come to the Riverton Branch Library to hear Bruce talk about this captivating book. He will also be selling and signing books for the public. Hope to see you there!

Riverton teens will be rocking out to win some cool prizes. Everyone seems super excited for the contest including some of the moms. Because of the buzz from the adults we are thinking of doing something similar for them. If you are an adult interested in a fun karaoke contest, please let us know!

The Enchanted Entertainers

present

PIGGIE PIE

by Margie Palatini adapted by Karen Murdock & Christal DeVries

RABBIT & SKUNK AND THE SCARY ROCK

by Carla Stevens adapted by Christal DeVries

AND

SPINEY THE SPINELESS SKELETON

by Christal DeVries and Melinda McLaughlin

Join us Wednesday October 27, 2010 at 10:30 AM or Thursday October 28, 2010 at 10:30 AM & 7:00 PM at the Riverton Library for three wonderful performances by the Enchanted Entertainers. If you have any questions please contact the children's department at 307 856-3556 ext. 214.

Friends of the Library Book Project is today and is in full swing. They will be having cookies and refreshments starting at noon for their fall open house. If you bought a raffle ticket, they will be drawing the winners at 2 pm. Good luck!

On Tuesday, October 19, we want to collect stories, photos, videos and patron numbers for Wyoming Library Snapshot Day to show the tremendous impact that the state's libraries have on Wyoming residents every single day.

So make sure you stop in at Riverton Branch Library that day and let yourself be counted!!

Brown Bag Movie Night

Humanities Council Book Group Hosts Brown Bag Movie Night

Riverton Branch Library and the Wyoming Humanities Council Book Discussion Group are hosting a Brown Bag Movie Night. We will be having a screening of the movie All the King's Men on Monday, September 20 at 4:30 pm in the library Community Room. Bring a brown bag dinner and the library will provide refreshments and cookies. All the King's Men is the 2006 release based on the book by Robert Penn Warren. This film is rated PG-13 for an intense sequence of violence, sexual content and partial nudity. Everyone is welcome; parents use your discretion. For more information, please call the library at 856-3556.

Tween Center

Last year we added a tween center to the children's department.

We have ping pong available and a Wii for kids with library cards. There are also board games and fun puzzles to be solved.

The tween center is for ages 10-12. Our tween center is open from 3:00 to 5:00 PM Monday through Thursday.

Tweener's Lego Club

Our Lego builders are back full of ideas for a new season. The club is for tweens ages 4 - 6. We meet from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Tuesdays in our children's theater. Each week we use a different theme chosen by the children.

The kids build for two hours then a picture of their creation is taken and put on the Legolympics board. The staff judge their work at the end of the month and we have a first and second place prize.

Last year we started the club and we averaged 14 tweens per week. We hope for the same or more this year.

A Busy Week

The lovely library ladies are back in business with story time.

Wednesday September 8th we had 73 attending; Thursday September 9th was a little slower with 30.

Our first program was about manners. We read the mom manners again this year for our new families. Last year we composed these to help us with parents who tend to visit during our presentations. We also talked about please and thank you, what to do when you sneeze, and never never pick your nose.

ONE County One BOOK

We have 19 copies of Lifting the Sky left. Come grab one today and have fun with One County One Book.

Storytime has begun again! The squeals of the children are echoing throughout the library!!

ONE County One BOOK

Libraries, reservation and CWC present 'One County One Book'

Central Wyoming College, the Wind River Reservation and Fremont County libraries kick off "One County One Book" September 7 to get everyone in the county reading the same book.

Every library in Fremont County has copies of "Lifting the Sky," a young adult novel by Crowheart artist and author Mackie d' Arge. Librarians at CWC, Dubois, Riverton and Lander branch libraries officially start the event by checking out the books from 4- 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 7.

The literacy event not only celebrates reading and community, but also fosters dialogue, said CWC Librarian Coraline Daly.

Readers are asked to attend one of 10 book discussions scheduled throughtout the county during September and October. Middle and high school students will also be reading and discussing the book at their respective schools.

One County One Book concludes with a final celebration with the author scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 21 at the Lander Valley High School Auditorium.

"Lifting the Sky" is the first novel by D'Arge, who lives on the Wind River Reservation near Crowheart. The book is about Blue, a young girl who finds a home when she and her mother move to a tumbledown ranch near Crowheart.

CWC is also planning a hike to see Dinwoody Petroglyphs, which figure prominently in the book.

For details on the hike, discussion dates, places and times, contact CWC Library at 855-2141 or go to www.fremontcountyreads.blogspot.com.

New Hours

In response to the recent budget cuts, the Fremont County Library System made the unfortunate decision to reduce out hours. Our goal is and always has been to provide excellect customer service. We continue to strive for the goal. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and are determined to increase out hours as soon as the financial situation improves

Summer Reading Program 2010

Our Summer Reading Program 2010, Make a Splash at your Library, was a great success. The Riverton children's department had 300 children register this year.

We had a movie for our first fun day with fresh popcorn for all.


Andy Mason came for our second program, and he had the kids and parents dancing and singing to his original music.
















For program three our own Tetiana Hutchison spoke to the kids about water safety. She was followed by Jennifer Conner, from the Lander Children's Museum, Jennifer displayed water magic that mystified young and old alike.


Our Enchanted Entertainers put on an original skit and were wonderful as always. The children's staff surprised everyone with an unexpected trip on stage during the show. This was our fourth program.










Our fifth program was a crazy craft day. There were four rotations for the kids to explore and make crafts that had to do with water. Then for the grand finale we sent them off smiling with delicious root beer floats. Thank you for all who participated this summer. See you in February for our Winter Reading Program.