Lebanon-Laclede County Library

Remember that your tutor reports are due each month on the 15^th.  If we do not received them, Charlotte will be calling you!    

LLC BOARD

The following people will serve the LLC board until our May annual meeting.  If you have questions concerning policies, procedures or actions, please contact one of the following:

Matt Antony, President
Sandi Klobe, Vice President
Linda Andersen, Treasurer
Mary Anthony
Christine Hutson
Rosalie Klein
Kim Light
Jon Morris
Mary Frances Reis
Gail Slye
Cricket Staggs
Loretta Young

Sandy Musice, Executive Director

NEXT ROUNDTABLE

Our next tutor roundtable will be given in the Spring by DR. GAIL SLYE.  We will hold it at Shoney's from 11 am – 2 pm on Monday, April 16, 2012. Shoney's has a great food bar at reasonable prices.If you plan to attend, please call the office at 532-6697. Roundtables allow us a chance to discuss (and re-discuss) any tutoring problems that we have encountered with our students. Gail always gives us good ideas that make tutoring much easier

LESLI AND DAVID REID continue to teach the  ACT class.  It is expanding and providing a service that was not provided by LLC in the past.  The new ACT books are here and have been put into action.  If you would like to help with ACT students please call David or Lesli at 417-532-2264.  Or, if you find a student who needs help with improving his/her scores, please call the office at 417-532-6697.

ADOPT A BOOK

The Lebanon-Laclede Library has a new way for patrons to help.  It is called the “Adopt a Book” program.  Donations are to be made in $10 increments.  Options to choose are: Children, Young Adult, and Adult books.  You may choose the category or use option 2 and let the librarian choose the book and category.  If you have questions concerning this program, please call the library at 532-2148.  They will fill you in on this fund raising activity.

CORNED BEEF CABBAGE DINNER

MARY ANTHONY will be cooking up her famous corned beef cabbage and beans at the First Christian Church, 500 S. Madison St., on Sat., March 17^th (St Pat's Day).  Mary's corned beef plus lots of special desserts, great drinks, and cornbread will make it the perfect place to celebrate St Patrick's Day, because Mary's corned beef practically melts in your mouth.  SR MARY FRANCES REIS has generously donated a quilt to be raffled, and LLC will start selling the tickets at our St Pat's Day dinner and award it to the winner of a drawing at the Celebrity Waiter Dinner on 9/13/12.  Price of the dinner is     $6 for Adult tickets and $3 for a child's ticket (10 and under)  Meals will be served from 3 – 7 pm.  If you can help set up, cut pies and cakes, or serve, please call the office.  Thanks in advance.

CELEBRITY WAITER DINNER

Our CWD will be held 9/13/12 at the St. Francis De Sales Family Center.  We will need 40 celebrity waiters for the evening.  Our fun night will be based on  “An evening in Hawaii” theme.  Food and entertainment will be a real treat.  The council has made arrangements to have a Hawaiian dancer and menu.  (No poi)  Get your name in early if you plan to buy a table of 8 for $140.  The price has not been increased in the past 3 years. The evening will definitely be worth-while and a lot of fun.  If you would like to serve on MARY ANTHONY'S fund raising committee, please contact her at 532-6697 on Fridays, or 417-286-4763 any other time.

NEWSLETTER PAPER COPIES

If you are getting a paper copy of this newsletter  mailed to you and would prefer an e-mailed copy,   please  call  the office  with  your  current e-mail address.  It will save a lot of money on paper and stamps if you can use the information in an e-mail form.

LLC CURRENT COUNT

Active tutors = 39  (72 on the list)
Active Students = 198
(142 at the library, 5 at jail, 6 at Richland, 7 ACT class, 32 at Conway, and 6 at Hillcrest)
We have 12 unassigned students.  Tutors: Can you take another student?

Corned Beef Cabbage Dinner Tickets and fliers now available at the office . Designed by Matt Anthony.

ST VALENTINE'S DAY

Did you know that there were 14  Saints who were named Saint Valentine?  The name “Valentine” , derived from valens (worthy, strong and powerful) was popular in Late Antiquity.  Of the Saint Valentine whose feast is on February 14, nothing is known except his name and that he was buried at the Via Flaminia north of Rome on Feb. 14, he was born on April 16.  He was a Bishop and a Martyr.  Here are some facts about this Saint:

Died:   traditionally ca.269
Honored: Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion and Lutheranism
Feast: February 14 (Roman Catholic Church)
July 30 (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Attributes:  birds: roses, bishop with a child who is crippled or a child with epilepsy
Patronage: affianced couples, against fainting, bee keepers, happy marriages, love, plague, epilepsy.

              HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY FROM SANDY AND CHARLOTTE

RECIPE BOOKS
Don't forget to stop by the office and pick up your copies of our latest cookbook.  There are over 350 recipes in the book.  (It is much better than our last cookbook).  Thank SANDI KLOBE if you see her for doing such a great job on the typing and proofing of recipes.  It would really make an excellent gift for valentine's day.