QUILT SHOW
The Pigeon District Library Quilt Show had a total of 249 registered visitors who came to view the 45 quilts and quilted items on display. Visitors came from many parts of Michigan, and from the states of Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

THANK YOU
Thank you “Quilt Show Greeters and Friends of the Library Volunteers” for helping make this year’s Quilt Show and Used Book Sale a success. Quilt Show Greeters were
Gwynne Barry, Mary Dast, Muriel Dutcher, Peggy Hartman, Sue Herford, Sue Kohl, Carole Mead, Diane Misczak, and Virginia Thiel. The Friends of the Pigeon District Library and Book Sale Volunteers were Gwynne Barry, Jordan Bonke, Mary Dast, Aaron Eichler, Rachel Eichler, Thomas Eichler, Connie Gaeth, Colleen Forman, Nancy Heck, Sue Herford, Duane Keller, Doug Kent, Kathy Kent, Barb Main, Marilyn Maust, Diane Misczak, Tracy Potter, Janet Reiher, Carol Suttkus and daughter Tammy. Thank you for making this year’s Quilt Show and Used Book Sale a success.

The Pigeon District Library would like to thank the following people who registered quilted items for the quilt display: Carol Bain, Caseville Library Club, Gail Brown, Gloria Busch, Donna Deming, Dorothy Henne, Virginia Kohr, Isabel Leipprandt, Emily Lotter, Erma Maust, Michigan Avenue Mennonite Church, Alrun Milligan, Lorna Perkett, Pigeon River Mennonite Church, Marilee Rinke, Avril Roundtree, Nonie Shetler, Alice Sosnowski, Lola Stein, Zita Sturm, June and Phil Tinsey.

ANNUAL USED BOOK SALE
The Friends of the Pigeon District Library are very grateful for the patrons who supported
the library through donations of used books which were placed in the Annual Book Sale during the Farmers’ Festival. The proceeds from the book sale will benefit the library through the friends group.

USED BOOK SALE
There will be no Used Book Sale on Saturday, August 7, 2010. The Friends of the Pigeon District Library will be having a Used Book Sale in September. Also, don’t forget the On-Going Used Book Sale. Selected hardcover and paperback books are always on the bookshelves near the circulation counter.

STORY HOUR
“The Sun” will be the theme for Tuesday, August 3, 2010. One half-hour session is held for Lap-Sit Story Time each Tuesday at 10:00 AM with parent and child attending the Story Time and Pre-School Story Hour is held each Tuesday at 10:30 AM. In both sessions, children listen to stories and participate in finger plays, songs and crafts. There is no cost for this service and new families are always welcome. For more information, please call the library at 453-2341 and ask for Jane Himmel.

NEW LIBRARY MATERIALS
Fiction:
As Husbands Go by Susan Isaacs
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner
Overton Window by Glen Beck
Search by Nora Roberts
Whisper by Carla Neggers
5 Days Apart by Chris Binchy

NonFiction:
Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
Denial: A Memoir of Terror by Jessica Stern
Freedom Summer by Bruce Watson
The Inside Story of the Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick
Scoundrels in Law by Cait Murphy
Woodwork: A Step by Step Photographic Guide by DK
400 Knitting Stitches: A Complete Dictionary by Potter Craft

CIRCULATION
Circulation for the month of June 2010 was 5,449 items including:
3,729 Books,
14 Cameras and Toys,
2 Discovery Packs,
264 DVD Rentals,
125 Audio and CDs,
78 Magazines,
309 Internet Users,
9 Puzzles, 43 NF Videos and NF DVDs,
225 Video Rentals, and
651 New Materials.

Interlibrary loan included
302 items borrowed and
439 items loaned to other libraries.

Three Story Hours were held with 47 in attendance.
Forty-seven registrations for the month included:
Caseville 12,
Chandler 3,
Fairhaven 4,
McKinley 5,
Oliver 7,
Winsor 14 and
2 from other townships.