"Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR). The Animotion Disk (AD) on the right was made a year ago out of a 40-inch square sheet of Coroplast and 1,650 orange and purple LEDs. The AD is a visual audiometer that depicts the basic rhythm and intensity of the music. The "singing" Jack-O-Lantern (JOL) on the left was recently made out of a 4-foot square of Coroplast and only 558 orange, purple, green, gold, warm white, and pure white LEDs. This JOL is our largest, non-rope-light, "Roof-Top Singer!!" We call him "JF" for John Fogerty -- who was the main songwriter, singer, and lead guitarist for CCR -- our favorite rock group from the late 1960s and early 1970s. "Creedence" was popular worldwide for their Southern country/"swamp"-rock musical style! It required two days of creative play to construct the JOL set piece and at least 7 hours to "lip-sync" or synchronize the four mouth positions/shapes with the vocal track of "Bad Moon Rising." Our speech mimicry is far from perfect, but we hope to greatly improve with time, experience, and redesign of our "lead singers" oral features. You can easily revisit our YouTube Channel again by Googling: kimball ne meyers halloween or just: kimball halloween

Audiobooks for children at the library

 The library has a good collection of juvenile audio books.  Audiobooks might provide a way to have a quiet time at home or in the car.  A few of the titles are “A Christmas Dream” by Louisa May Alcott;  “Adventure According to Humphrey” by Betty Birney;  “Blubber” by Judy Blume;  3 of “Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls” by Meg Cabot; “Woods Runner” by Gary Paulson;  and “Down the Yukon” by Will Hobbs.  There are others by good children’s authors — Andrew Clements, Ann Martin, and Sharon Creech.

Newest library staff

 Next week, we will be starting fresh with our new library clerk, Leta Liesch.  She will be busy for a while getting acquainted with the library and the computers.  Stop in a say hi to her.  The library is looking forward to having Leta in the children’s section and planning reading programs for the community.

Farmers’ Day plans at the library

 The Friends of the Kimball Public Library are making their plans for Farmer’s Day on September 24.  There will be the annual big book sale beginning at approximately 11:00 right after the parade.  And on display in the Cultural Room will be wood carving crafters.  There is still room for more crafters, so if you are a wood crafter and want to join in displaying your work, please sign up at the library.

Monies received from Lillian Dringman

 

Library Board receives Dringman donation.

The Kimball Public Library Board gratefully accepted a check from the Lillian Dringman estate a couple of weeks ago.  Carolyn Berg, Kenneth Mars, and Jan Sears met with Darrell Huenergardt at the City Council meeting on August 17^th to receive the monies.  Thanks Darrell for all your hard work.

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson This video is a close-up of our computer screen showing some of the lights-to-music synchronization that we are planning for a Halloween Musical Light Show that should be finalized into reality by October 10th. This particular Light-O-Rama animation-simulation screen virtually depicts some of the LED props that we are planning, designing, and constructing. Our main action star-face ("MJ" -- Michael Jackson) will be made from ½ inch diameter cool/pure white LED rope light that will be zip-tied to a 4' x 6', wood-framed sheet of one-inch mesh hardware cloth. "MJ" will definitely be the largest and most impressive of the "Roof-Top Singers." Our Halloween Light Show will use 8 LOR controllers, 128 channels or circuits, and over 15,000 orange, purple, green, and white LEDs -- and at least a mile of extension cords! In addition to reprogramming the computer-synchronized/animated light show, we will be expanding and "horrifying" the "monstrous" graveyard foreground. You can easily revisit our YouTube Channel again by googling: kimball ne meyers halloween or kimbnebritelites

A Few of the New Adult Books at the library

 New adult fiction:  “No Rest For the Dead” by Jeff Abbott;  “The King’s Speech” by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi;  “Junkyard Dogs” by Craig Johnson;  “The Winds of Change” by Martha Grimes;  “Cut, Crop, and Die: a Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-n-craft Mystery” bya Joanna Campbell-Slan; and a western “Deadwood Gulch” by William W. Johnstone.

                New large print fiction:  “His Other Wife”  by Deborah Bedford;  “Sing You Home” by Jodi Picoult;  “Who Is My Shelter?” by Neta Jackson;  “Miles to Go” (sequel to “the Walk” by Richard Paul Evans; “The Goodbye Quilt” by Susan Wiggs; “Against the Wind” by Bodie & Brock Thoene;  “Tea for Two” by Trish Perry;  “Night Road” by Kristin Hannah and a few more.

New Youth Books at the library

 

NEW YOUTH FICTION
AUGUST 2011
The Absolutely True	Sherman Alexis	General
Diary of a Part-time Indian
Now Is the Time for Running	Michael Williams	Sports
Level Up	Gene Luen yang	Graphic Novel
Zero Gravity	Dave Roman	Graphic Novel
Feynman	Jim Ottaviani	Sci Fi
Akata Witch	Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu	Supernatural
Relic Master Series	Catherine Fisher	Fantasy
The Dark City   #1
The Lost Heiress   #2
The Hidden Coronet  #3
Forgiven	Janet Fox	General
Always A Witch	Carolyn MacCullough	Time-travel
The Darlings Are Forever	Melissa Kanto	Friendships
A Templar’s Gifts	Kat Black	Adventure
Stupid Fast	Geoff Herbach	Sports
Theodore Boone: the abduction	John Grisham	Mystery
Fly Trap	Frances Hardinge	Fantasy
Chasing AllieCat	Rebecca Fjelland Davis	Relationships
Unfriended	Katie Finn	Friendships
Life On Mars	Short Stories	Sci Fi
Chime	Franny Billingsley	Supernatural

Third DVD Rotation at the library

 The Kimball Public Library has received the third rotation of 25 DVD movies available through the Panhandle Library System.  Some of the titles are Apollo 13;  Cranford;  Gran Trino;  Grilled;  Sixth Sense;  Taffin;  World’s Fastest Indian;  Ghost and Mrs. Muir;  I Love Lucy, Season One;  Unforgiven;  Alvin and the Chipmunks;  Cheaper by the Dozen;  The Spiderwich Chronicles and for the children – Baby Beethovan, Gurious George Goes Green, and Veggietales.  The rules are one movie from this collection per family for 3 days.

Mozart's Serenade # 10 "Gran Partita" This mobile, video Garden Tour depicts our streetside garden's appearance two weeks after the previous one (#5) was videographed and published. Perennial daylilies are almost done blooming, but the bloom of Russian Sage, Purple Cone Flowers, Gloriosa Daisies, Garden Phlox, Foxgloves and Mums will continue to intensify! In shadier garden areas, the main "stars" are "Dazzler" Impatiens, "Big" Begonias, and Hostas. The "flower power" in the sunny regions is mainly due to many different kinds of trailing petunias from the following series: Wave, Easy Wave, Tidal Wave, Avalanche, Opera Supreme, Limbo, Ramblin, and the outstanding Supertunias (Citrus; Royal Velvet, Raspberry Blast, Bordeaux, Vista Silverberry, Vista Fuchsia, and Vista Bubblegum -- the very best spreading petunia!! Zinnias that are really starting to put on a "show" for us include: Uproar Rose, Zowie Yellow Flame, Coral Magellan, and the new Zahara Series (Coral Rose, Starlight Rose, Double Cherry and Double Fire.) Visit our YouTube site again by googling: kimball ne meyers gardens Thanx 4 watching our videos!