Noon Hour Getaway

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Friday, February 12, 2010 - 12:00pm

If you'd like to get your mind off the cold this winter, please join us at the Ripon Public Library on Friday, February 12th for a Noon Hour Getaway. 

Caroline Dauck, an exchange student at Ripon High School, will talk about her life in Norway from noon until 1:00pm in the Nash Room. 

Bring your own brown bag lunch.  Refreshments will be provided. 

This program is free and open to the public.  Registration is not required.

It's Not Too Late to Register for the Adult Winter Reading Program

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Escape the Wisconsin Winter ... With a Good Book!

Registration began Monday, January 18th for the second annual Adult Winter Reading Program, but it's not too late to sign up!

If you're interested in escaping the Wisconsin winter with a few good books and the chance to win fun prizes, sign up at the circulation desk.  Read or listen to any books you choose.  For each title completed, fill out a reading ticket and submit it at the library for a chance to win weekly prizes.   

Registration begins Monday, January 18th, with the program continuing for six weeks, until Sunday, February 28th.  The Adult Winter Reading Program is free and open to ages 18 and up. 

If you have any questions about this program, please contact the library at 748-6160 or Madeleine Diemer at diemer@riponlibrary.org. 

Lighten Your Load Display -- Available for Check Out!

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2010 Lighten Your Load Challenge & Focus on Wellness Program

Get Fit ... at the Ripon Public Library!

This winter the library is teaming up with the Ripon Medical Center to help Riponites get healthy.

As its contribution to the Lighten Your Load Challenge and Focus on Wellness Program, the library is featuring books and DVDs that focus on health, wellness, fitness, and diet. 

The display is located in the Nonfiction Room, and items will be available for check out during the entire program (Saturday, January 16, 2010 - Saturday, April 17, 2010). 

Please come in and check it out!

Storytime

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Current Storytime Sessions

 
Bouncing Babies!
Birth to age 2
Wednesdays @ 9:15 a.m.
January 13 - February 17
No Registration
Enjoy 15 to 20 minutes of rhymes, lap bounces, songs, and simple stories to promote language learning in the very earliest stages of life. 
 
Peppy Preschoolers!
Ages 2 & up
Wednesdays @ 10:00 a.m.
January 13 - February 17
No Registration
Through books, songs and other activities, storytime is designed to develop children's pre-literacy skills, as well as a love of language.
 

Photos from Kiani's Hawaiian Christmas Party

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Check out all the fun you missed at our Hawaiian Christmas Party with Kiani the Reading Therapy Dog!

 

 

If you attended the program and would like a photo as a souvenir, please contact sprague [at] riponlibrary [dot] org (subject: Kiani's%20Christmas%20Photos) (Ben Sprague).  You can also order prints through flickr by clicking on an image in the slideshow and then clicking on "Open photo in new window."

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