Books, books, and more books. I hope everyone is giving books and will be getting books this holiday season. That is my Christmas wish for everyone.
Monday, Dec. 22, at 1 p.m., we are pleased to host Henna: Art and History presented by Kristy Johnson of Duluth. Learn about the dyes, the process and add a simple design to yourself.
There are great titles for readers of all ages to enjoy and share on best books of 2014 lists beginning to be released. Let us know some of your favorite titles from the last year that you’ve read. You can tell us when you stop by and check out new books to read or like the “International Falls Library” page on Facebook and tell us what you read that you’ve really enjoyed.
Here are a few of my favorite books from this past year for kids. But don’t ask me to pick a favorite book, my favorites vary depending on to whom I’m talking and what I’ve read that they might like. I guess I’m a librarian through and through. I want to share what will make you love reading as much as I do.
“Ninja!” By Arree Chung is a wonderful title to share with the kid who loves to imagine destruction is waiting just around the corner and they are the only one capable of defeating the challenge or obstacle.
A wonderful story about two friends and their dog is “Sam and Dave Dig a Hole” by Mac Barnett. This is a delightful tale of two boys out to discover treasure, but it always seems just out of reach or in a different direction.
Did you ever play the game telephone as a kid? The picture book “Telephone,” also by Mac Barnett, plays with that game as mama bird tells another bird to tell her son to come home for dinner, and of course hilarity ensues.
“Mr. Pants: It’s Go Time!”, with words by Scott McCormick and pictures by R.H. Lazzell, is a graphic novel for young readers about a cat on the last day of summer who has big plans about what to do, regardless of what his sisters have planned.
While a poetry book for young children, “Winter Bees & other Poems of the Cold,” by Minnesota author Joyce Sidman and illustrator Rick Allen, would be wonderful for anyone on your gift list. This stunning book of poems, prints and facts is riveting and mesmerizing and gorgeous.
The library will close at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24, and remain closed until Friday, Dec. 26, at 10 a.m. Enjoy the holiday with family and friends. New Years’ Eve the library will close at 5 p.m., be closed Thursday, Jan. 1, and re-open on Friday, Jan. 2, at 10 a.m.
Merry Christmas. This will be my last column of the year. I am going to take some time to enjoy family and friends the next couple of weeks. May your holidays be bright and filled with lots of books.
Dan and Angie Bokovoy, Bemidji, announce the arrival of their daughter, Clara Marie Bokovoy, 8 pounds, 11 ounces, 22 inches long, born at 6:11 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, Bemidji.
Clara was welcomed home by her sisters, Abby and Emma.
Paternal grandparents are LaMont and JoAnn Bokovoy, International Falls.
Paternal great-grandparents are Russell and Ethel Plesuk, Butte, N.D.
Maternal grandparents are Mike and Jill Katrin, International Falls.
Maternal great-grandparents are George and Carol Smith and Leone Katrin, International Falls.
The following birth has been reported from La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
Born to:
Jeremy and Cynthia Neuenschwander (nee Martin), Stratton, Ontario, a daughter, Jenica Shanae Neuenschwander, 7 pounds, 15 ounces, Nov. 28, 2014.
25 YEARS AGO
International Falls students named to the Moorhead State University’s dean’s list were: Lisa Angela Bahr, Stacey Lynne Burns, Robert Lee Fischer, Christopher G. Germain and Dawn M. Schindeldecker.
Ninety-eight-year-old Olive Sherett, a resident of Falls Care Center, recently received a Christmas card from the front office of the Minnesota Twins. She’s been a fan of the Twins ever since the team moved from Washington, D.C. in 1961.
40 YEARS AGO
Jerry Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Jensen, 2601 Second Ave. E., is presently spending a 30-day leave at his parental home and will report at Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Dec. 21 prior to his transfer duty at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Lee Kuluvar, a long-time Falls area businessman, has left the Falls area to become manager of a new 116-room Cricket Inn scheduled to open Jan. 15, 1975, at Roseville.
50 YEARS AGO
Dear Santa — Will you please bring me a baby pattaburp. I am 5 years old and I have been a good girl. — Love, Rita Sather.
Carter Pierce, 604 10th St., son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Pierce, left by bus this morning for Tacoma, Wash., where he will spend his Christmas vacation with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ziska, and with his aunt, Mrs. Ida Hoflund.
60 YEARS AGO
A 14-year-old St. Thomas student, who unexpectedly “discovered” three years ago he could paint, has created a nativity scene which has won him the praise of all who have viewed it. The artist is Jack Havluck, an eighth grader in the parochial school.
Miss Barbara Arney, who is attending the Art Institute of Chicago, arrived home Sunday morning to spend the Christmas holidays with her mother, Mrs. Clifford Hill, 13230 Seventh Ave.
Leon Lessard and his uncle, James Lessard, escaped a cold dunking in Rainy River just below the lift bridge when their truck broke through the ice and settled to the bottom. They had been clearing the surface of snow to make a skating rink.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Crandall entertained Cub Scouts of Den 7 at a sleigh ride party. The Riverview Riding Stable furnished the sleigh. Mrs. Jack Franzen Jr. is den mother.
70 YEARS AGO
Peter Hoglund, 342 1/2 Third St., underwent a tonsillectomy at the La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances Thursday.
Pvt. Wilson Krohn, who has been given an honorable discharge from the Army, arrived this morning from Camp Swift, Texas. For the time being he will make his home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Krohn, 324 Seventh St.
Cpl. Willy Ho, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hong Ho, 228 Third St., now wears an oak leaf cluster on the Distinguished Unit badge, awarded to members of his outfit by reason of important combat accomplishments.
A daughter was born today to Mr. and Mrs. Anton Eckman, Papermakers Colony, at the Littlefork Hospital.
Pet of the Week
Hi, my biography hasn’t been completed yet because I am a work in progress. Each chapter of my life has been so different, going from having a family to no home at all and then moving in to the shelter. I am the kind of cat who is very flexible, not only physically, but with changes in my life. The next chapter in my life will be one of happiness and laughter, one that will include my forever home. I don’t know who the lucky person will be who will be by my side, but I can’t wait to meet him or her. Until that time comes, I will be patiently waiting for my next chapter to be written. — Sincerely, Erica
For more information, visit the website at www.borderlandhumanesociety.org or call 218-324-2313 or 283-9276.
Chosen by the Chamber of Commerce as the International Falls Citizen of the Year, Cynthia Warren was the guest of Rotarian Stephanie Heinle at a recent meeting of the International Falls Rotary Club.
Barb Fischer was the guest of Rotarian David McKee. Fischer is the foundation director for Rainy River Community College.
