February A Busy Month At The Library

The Winston County Library has a lot of activities planned for February. The overall theme is “Love Your Library Month.” People are encouraged to come to the library and fill out a heart-shaped card, letting us know why you LOVE your library.

February is also Family History Month. Anyone who fills out their “Love Your Library” card and wishes to can have their name entered into a drawing at the end of the month for one of three free 23andME saliva ancestry kits! That’s a $99 kit for free!

We will be celebrating Black History Month with many displays and a reception later in the month. Keep an eye out on our Facebook page or contact us for more information.

A much-needed mobile blood drive will be held on February 8 from 11 am- 2:30 pm. Call 662-773- 3212 to register!

Pokemon World Day will be celebrated February 28 - March 4 with plush Pokemon character giveaways (while supplies last), coloring sheets, and other fun activities.

Finally, we will encourage patrons to sign up for the Cozy Mystery Program. For every ten cozy mysteries patrons read, they will receive a free advance copy of an upcoming release.

 

Tax Forms Available at Library

Free State and Federal Tax forms are now available at the Winston County Library.

Blood Drive at Library - Feb. 8

 

Check It Out At The Winston County Library!

JANUARY 2022

The following FICTION books are now available for checkout at the library:

• Danielle Steel – Flying Angels
• Patricia Cornwell – Autopsy
• Debbie Macomber – Dear Santa
• Kat Martin – The Perfect Murder
• Brenda Novak – When I Found You
• David Baldacci – Mercy
• Rhys Bowen – The Venice Sketchbook
• Lisa Wingate – A Thousand Voices
• Nora Roberts – The Becoming
• Jeffrey Deaver – The Midnight Lock
• Nancy Mehl – Dead Fall
• Kiki Swinson – Playing With Fire
• Thomas Perry – The Left-Handed Twin
• Diana Gabaldon – Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone
• Cindy Madsen – Sailing At Sunset
• Catherine Anderson – Maple Leaf Harvest
• Tom Clancy – Chain of Command
• Jessica Fletcher – Murder She Wrote: Debonair In Death
• Alice Feeney – Rock Paper Scissors
• Bernard Cornwell – Sharpe’s Assassin
• Helen Hardt – Freed
• Sarah Jio – Morning Glory
• K. M. Jackson – How To Marry Keanu Reeves In 90 Days
• Bella Andre – When You Kiss Me
• Gena Showalter – The Warlord
• James Patterson – The Paris Detective
• Catherine Bybee – An Unexpected Distraction
• Lynette Eason – Life Flight
• Helen Hardt – Flame

The following NON-FICTION BOOKS are now available for checkout at the library:

• Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash – Michael Stewart Foley
• Dear William: A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love and Loss – David Magee
• Led Zeppelin: The Biography – Bob Spitz
• You Were Made For This Moment – Max Lucado
• Act Like you Got Some Sense – Jamie Foxx
• Sis, Don’t Settle – Faith Jenkins
• The Real Anthony Fauci – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
• The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III – Andrew Roberts
• Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution – H. W. Brands
• The 1619 Project – Nicole Hannah Jones
• The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Fact of American History – Ilise S. Carter
• A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through It’s Flags – Kevin Keim
• Southern Grit: 100+ Down-Home Recipes for the Modern Cook – Kelsey Barnard Clark
• Southern Living 2021 Annual Recipes
• Legends of the Natchez City Cemetery: The Most Interesting Cemetery In The South – Don Estes

Cozy Up to a Good Mystery with the Winston County Library

Do you love reading cozy mysteries? Then come to the library and join the Kensington Cozy Card program, where your love of the cozy mystery genre results in prizes!

It’s free to participate! All you have to do is:
1. Ask library staff for a punch card.
2. Each time you check out a cozy mystery (book, eBook, or audiobook), make sure to have the staff member stamp one of the ten purple circles on the punch card.
3. When you have ten stamps, mail in your Cozy Card with your name and address. You will be provided the address to mail your punch card.

Once your Cozy Card is received, you will receive a cozy mystery or advance copy of a cozy mystery for every completed Cozy Card received, along with a new Cozy Card for you to start again!

What is a cozy mystery? Cozy mysteries are comedic murder mysteries that show you what happens when you put a baker, a quilter, a candy shop owner, a pet sitter, or some other unqualified sleuth on the case to solve a crime. More precisely, cozies are lighthearted, with plenty of humor, no graphic violence or adult situations, and include an amateur sleuth (or sleuthing team) living in a close-knit community, solving a crime while juggling a day job, hobby, or other responsibilities.

Sound like fun? Be sure to stop by the library, get your first Cozy Mystery Punch Card, and start reading!

January is Beyond Books Month at the Library

The Winston County Library is promoting “Beyond Books” month during January. “We have over 65,800 books in our collection”, says Librarian Beth Edwards. “But, these days, a library is so much more than a book collection. We offer many other services to our patrons that have become very popular!”

Our additional services include free apps such as Hoopla and cloudLibrary, which offer e-books, audiobooks, TV shows, movies, comics, and music; wireless printing and free scanning/e-mailing. There are also over 2,000 free DVDs available for checkout and audio CDs.

For children, there are digital learning devices such as educational tablets called Launchpads and Wonderbooks, which are print books with pre-loaded audio content bound into the cover so children can hear their favorite stories while reading along!

Other services have been around for a long time and are always popular – newspapers, magazines, fax, laminating, and copy services.

A new service is now being offered to the public for free – Notary Services. “We are very excited to have this available to the public,” commented Librarian Beth Edwards. “We continue to strive to find new ways to serve our community.”

The Winston County Library is a part of the Mid-Mississippi Regional Library System, headquartered in Kosciusko, MS.

Register for Children's Etiquette Workshop

 

Check It Out At The Winston County Library!

                                                  DECEMBER 2021

The following FICTION books are now available for checkout at the library:

• Robert B. Parker’s Stone’s Throw – Mike Lupica
• Richard Paul Evans – The Christmas Promise
• Michael Connelly – The Dark House
• David Baldacci – Mercy
• Lee Child – Better Off Dead
• Mitch Albom – The Stranger In The Life Boat
• Debbie Macomber – A Country Affair
• Kat Martin – The Last Goodnight
• Christine Feehan – Dark Tarot
• Eric Jerome Dickey – Walking With Enemies
• M. C. Beaton – Down The Hatch
• Amor Towles – The Lincoln Highway
• Janet Evanovich – Game On: Tempting 28
• Beverly Lewis – The Beginning
• J. R. Ward – The Wolf
• Tae Anne Thayne Sleigh Bells Ring
• Hank Phillipi Ryan – Her Perfect Life
• Kat Rosenfield – No One Will Miss Her
• Maisey Yates – Rodeo Christmas At Evergreen Ranch
• As The Wicked Watch – Tamron Hall
• Mark Billingham – Rabbit Hole – Brenda Jackson – Follow Your Heart
• Elizabeth Strout – Oh,William
• Joe R. Landsdale – Moon Lake
• Nicci French – The Unheard
• Jeffrey Archer – Over My Dead Bldy
• John Le Carré – Silverview

The following NON-FICTION BOOKS are now available for checkout at the library:

• E. R. Nurses – James Patterson
• SEC Ole Miss and Mississippi State 1959 – 1966 – James Ro Crockett
• Cravings All Together: Recipes To Love – Chrissy Teigen
• Wanda E. Brunstetter’s Amish Friends Baking Cookbook
• The First 21: How I Became Nikki Six
• Peril – Boob Woodward and Robert Costa
• Going There – Katie Couric
• Unbound – Tarana Burke
• King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B. B. King
• Travels With George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy – Nathaniel Philbrick
• Unrequited Infatuations – Stevie Van Zandt
• The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People – Rick Bragg
• Cutting the Cord: The Cell Phone Has Transformed Humanity – Martin Cooper “Father of the Cell Phone”
• Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of am American Dynasty – Anderson Cooper
• Cruelly, Elvira -o Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark – Cassandra Peterson
• Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City – Andrew Lawler
• I’ll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House – Stephanie Grisham
• Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds and Legumes --Abra Berens
• Will – Will Smith
• The I Love My Air Fryer: Affordable Meals Recipe Book – Aileen Clarke
• Getting Something To Eat In Jackson – Race, Class and Food In The American South – Joseph C. Edwoodzie, Jr.
• Ya’ll Come Over – Rebecca Lang

Goodie Bags at the Library

 

Library Closing For Meeting

The Winston County Library will close this coming Friday, December 3rd, from 8am – 1pm, for a virtual Regional Staff Meeting. We will reopen at 1pm until 5pm.

Family Tennis Festival- Dec 11

 

December Fun Kits For Kids

Christmas is almost here! And the Winston County Library is ready! Kids of all ages can come by the library, starting December 1st, and pick up a fun “goody Christmas” bag” filled with a book, a craft, candy, stickers and a toy!

Also, on Saturday, December 18th from 10AM-12PM, Santa Claus will be at the library for story time and children can have their picture taken with Santa!

Don’t miss out on the Christmas fun at the Winston County Library!

East Louisville Baptist Church Presents "A Cricket County Christmas Carol" - Dec. 18 & 19

 

Friends of the Park - Christmas Party Dec 4

The Friends of the Park Christmas Party and Tree Decorating is scheduled for December 4th at 5:30 pm at the Lodge at Legion State Park. Please join us!!!

Check It Out At The Winston County Library!

   NOVEMBER 2021

The following FICTION books are now available for checkout at the library:

• John Grisham – The Judge’s List
• Danielle Steel – The Butler
• James Patterson – 2 Sisters Detective Agency
• Laura Childs – Twisted Tea Christmas
• Debbie Macomber – Dear Santa
• Karen Kingsbury – Forgiving Paris
• Rita Mae Brown – Claws For Alarm
• Alice Hoffman – The Book Of Magic
• Sophie Kinsella – The Party Crasher
• Lisa Unger – Last Girl Ghosted
• Hillary Clinton & Louise Penny – State of Terror
• Vince Flynn – Enemy At The Gates
• James Patterson – The Jailhouse Lawyer
• Wilbur Smith – The New Kingdom
• Jude Deveraux – An Impossible Promise
• Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman – The Burning
• Colson Whitehead – Harlem Shuffle
• Nicholas Sparks – The Wish
• Heather Graham – The Unknown
• Sally Goldenbaum – Patterns In The Sand
• Susan Witting Albert – Hemlock
• Fern Michaels – Santa Cruise
• Mary Kay Andrews -o The Santa Suit
• Carl Weber – The Education of Nevada Duncan
• Mary Monroe – Once In A Lifetime
• Beverly Lewis – The Beginning
• Iris Johansen – High Stakes
• Liane Moriarty – Apples Never Fall
• J. D. Robb -o Forgotten In Death
• Anne Perry – A Darker Reality
• Sally Goldenbaum – How To Knit A Murder
• Laura Griffin – Last Seen Alone

The following NON-FICTION BOOKS are now available for checkout at the library:

• Taste of Home Kitchen Hacks and Recipes That Go With Them
• Just Diagnosed Breast Cancer: What To Expect, What To Know, What To Do Next – Arlene M. Karole
• Old West Showdown:; Two Authors Wrangle Over The Truth About The
• Mythic Old West – Bill Markley and Kellers Cutsforth
• Authentically, Uniquely You – Joyce Meyer
• Willie Nelson’s Letters to America – Willis Nelson
• Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman (of the Mississippi Delta) – Mary Mann Hamilton
• Eartha Kitt: A Daughter’s Love Story In Black and White – Kitt Shapiro
• Hybrid Teacher: Using Technology to Teach in Person and On-line Emma Pass
• Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small House – Tony Oppedisano
• The Bidens: Inside The First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise To Power – Ben Schreckinger
• How I Saved The World – Jesse Watters
• Dave Grohl: The Storyteller
• Joshua Weissman: An Unapologetic Cookbook
• Trisha’s Kitchen – Trisha Yearwood
• The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family – Ron Howard & Clint Howard
• Where Do We Go From Here? How Tomorrow’s Prophecies Foreshadow
• Today’s Problems -o David Jeremiah

Angels Yet To Be Adopted

There are still 54 angels yet to be adopted from the Junior Auxiliary Angel Tree. Stop by the Winston County Library and adopted an angel TODAY!!!

East Louisville Baptist Church Men's Basketball

Men’s Basketball for teens and adults
Sunday, November 28
Sunday, December 26
5:00-7:00

No cost, all men are welcome

DAR October Meeting

The Nanih Waiya Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held their October meeting at Lake Tiak-O'Khata. 

They are happy to present their newest member, Kathy Sones. She is pictured here with Theresa Bridges, DAR Regent, and Deanie Graves DAR Chaplain. 

The program was presented by Ana Royston, State Chairman of American Indians. She presented the group with information about different Indian tribes of the United States.

As a community service, DAR members will be filling backpacks at the First Methodist Church at 11:30 AM on November 30.

Covid-19 Vaccines Boosters/Flu Shots- Nov 4

 

REPM Meeting - Nov. 4

Retired Education Personnel will meet Thursday, November 4, 2021, at 1PM, at Louisville City Hall. For Further information call 662-803-9437.