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Column: Author visit, bedtime math new at Nekoosa library

11:08 AM, Feb. 26, 2013  |  Comments
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The Charles & JoAnn Lester Library is excited to share with our readers a few interesting things that are coming up.

2013 marks our 100th anniversary of serving the residents of the greater Nekoosa area. We share this anniversary with the Nekoosa-Port Edwards State Bank. Make sure to stop into either location and see a number of historic pictures of old Nekoosa.

In addition, John Gethers has been hard at work updating the city of Nekoosa and library webpages at www.cityofnekoosa.org. If you scroll down, click on the picture for Nekoosa history. When you click on this picture, you will be taken to the online digital version of our "Big Red Binder," which is full of pictures of historic Nekoosa. Lori Brost and the staff members at the South Wood County Historical Society were kind enough to scan them all to disc, and we now are able to share them with everyone online.

We are also promoting a new idea here in Nekoosa. It is called "One Community, One Book." The idea is to distribute multiple copies of the same book, have the entire Nekoosa area read it, and then share the book with a friend.

I have been busy distributing books to local gathering spots, such as Terry's BP, the Nekoosa Laundromat and McDonald's. We also have multiple copies available at the library, as well as audiobook copies.

I would like everyone to read the book "Population 485; Meeting Your Neighbor One Siren at a Time" by Michael Perry. This is one of my personal favorite books to read, because Perry completely understands the joy and frustration of living in a small town. If you were born in a small town, you immediately will be able to identify with Perry's life in New Auburn, Wis., or as they pronounce it there "Nobbern."

The real reason I would like people to read this book - besides it being funny - is because Perry will be in Nekoosa at 7 p.m. April 11 at the Nekoosa Community Center. I want a really good turnout. People - I mean it! This is a famous author, from Wisconsin, but even more importantly, he was born and spent the first few years of his life in Nekoosa. His dad worked in the paper mill. I believe his family lived on Highway G.

Not only that, but he is a terrific public speaker. He's a guy's guy from small town Wisconsin. In his latest blog entry, he was talking about getting ready for an appearance in Luck. He forgot his "good" logging boots, so he had to wear his camouflage ones instead.

So, please, be sure to get a copy of the book (around town or at the library) and mark your calendars. If you won't take my word for how entertaining Michael Perry is, ask Rusty O'Donnell.

Finally, I happened to catch an article about the Bedtime Math program. This program was developed by Laura Bilodeau Overdeck, and the idea is to give your kids a neat math problem every night before bed.

Something you should know about me: I hated math, I mean really detested it. The only time I was any good at it was when math could be tied into something practical, like who got more pieces of candy.

Now having two little ones myself, I am very aware that we are very much a "word and book" household.

Bedtime math encourages kids to do math problems that are fun and practical. They get a star chart to track their progress, and there is a really neat website. So, parents, I would like to do this at the Nekoosa library, but I need your help.

There are two levels we can get supplies for, but I want to make sure we have kids and parents attend. So, should I aim for the 3- to 6-year-old group, or the 6- to 9-year-old group? I can have problems available for both age groups, but I can only get the goodie bags for one age group. Please call me at 715-886-7878 and let me know what age group I should focus on.

In addition, Bedtime Math also offers a summer math component that I think would be a wonderful addition to our summer reading program. So parents, this is your heads up, we will be working on reading AND math during this year's summer reading program.

Darla Allen is the library director at the Charles and JoAnn Lester Library in Nekoosa.

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