http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:43:02 -0700 http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/newsdetail.php?nID=995 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700
The Valentine Heart Pin craft will be in conjunction with the Rock Springs Library's 4th annual Anti-Valentine's Day Pizza Party. The Anti-Valentine's Day Pizza Party is celebrated during the regularly scheduled Guitar Hero/Wii event from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Youth Services Librarians will have drawings for Anti-Valentine t-shirts and sweet surprises. The festivities will take place in the Johnson and Ferrero rooms.

Children visiting the Youth Services Department at the Rock Springs Library can also participate in a "Love Your Library" conversation heart extravaganza during the month of February. A Giant Gummy Bear will be the grand prize for this "Battle of the Hearts".

To learn more about these programs and other library sponsored programs and services visit any Sweetwater County Library System location or visit the Library System on-line at www.sweetwaterlibraries.com or at Facebook at facebook.com/sweetlibraries.
]]> Anne Parady http://www.ajaxray.com http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/newsdetail.php?nID=994 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700
Aroma touch massage was developed several years ago by Dr. David Hill, licensed Chiropractic Physician and Chief Medical Advisor to one of the nation's leading essential oil companies. It is a gentle massage technique that combines aromatherapy and massage to provide an experience that promotes physical, mental and emotional wellness. Increasing in popularity in health and wellness centers across the country, come learn more about aroma touch massage and its many benefits from the Rock Springs Holistic Health Group.

Rock Springs residents Kelsie Jimenez and Heidi Harvey organized the Rock Springs Holistic Health Group in 2011 to address the lack of homeopathic resources and information in the community. The group regularly offers free public education classes on a variety of alternative health and home remedies.

In addition to this program, the library also offers several homeopathic and alternative medicine resources including AltHealth Watch, an online resource that provides access to more than 160 complementary, alternative and holistic health care publications. AltHealth Watch is available at the library or from home with a library card. For more information speak with a librarian.

To learn more about this program and other library sponsored programs and services visit any Sweetwater County Library System location or visit the Library System on-line at www.sweetwaterlibraries.com or at Facebook at facebook.com/sweetlibraries.
]]> Jason Grubb http://www.ajaxray.com http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/newsdetail.php?nID=993 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 ]]> Jon Harwood http://www.ajaxray.com http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/newsdetail.php?nID=992 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700
Meet at the Rock Springs Library Monday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. to learn about the databases that are paid for by the Sweetwater County Library System that can assist students in their educational pursuit. These databases are all free with a library card. Using these library resources will make children better students and help increase their grades. These are skills that children can take to the next level.

The Rock Springs Library is offering a tour of the resources that open the world and increase student's searching and academic skill level. The library has digital resources that are peer-reviewed and authorized sources that can complement student's learning, enhance their education, and take them to a higher level of learning.

The library offers databases for every level of student: from elementary to college level and beyond. The library also has general reference databases that include online encyclopedias to extremely large offerings that cover nearly every subject, science based databases, literature based databases, issues based resources, global information resources, agriculture information, medical and health information, social problems, government information, history information, biographical information, databases to allow students to practice their testing skills, and some to increase their writing skills.

At the Rock Springs Library on Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. the librarians will have a tour of resources that will help you, your students, interested teachers, and anyone in our community to find information that is current, consistent with standards of research, and can be cited for any level of student endeavor. Bring questions and interest.

To learn more about this program and other library sponsored programs and services visit any Sweetwater County Library System location or visit the Library System on-line at www.sweetwaterlibraries.com or at Facebook at facebook.com/sweetlibraries.
]]> Cindy Moore http://www.ajaxray.com http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/newsdetail.php?nID=988 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700
In his show, "Eating Baba Yaga" Brian says he, "will invite the listener to that wild, gentle and fierce place that is known when confronting our Wyrd - our own unique and personal life path - and see how, through compassion, cunning and grace, we can engage those parts of our lives that may seem to want to destroy us, but in fact want us to become the person we were always meant to be."

Baba Yaga, a familiar figure in Russian Fairy Tales, can be a threatening character with her desire to eat children and cut off the head of the hero. Looking closer, she represents the agent of change. She is the fear that holds our purpose.

Brian Rohr is a poet, storyteller and healing arts practitioner who resides in the Pacific Northwest. In 2007, Brian left his home-town of Chicago and moved to Port Townsend, WA to study with Mythologist and Master Storyteller Daniel Deardorff. Since that time, he has found his gift and his home. Brian is an active Board Member of the Mythsinger Foundation and has shared myth and stories from different cultures to national and international audiences. He fully believes that the old stories are alive, vital, and can inform others on how to live their lives as authentic human beings.

To learn more about this program and other library sponsored programs and services visit any Sweetwater County Library System location or visit the Library System on-line at www.sweetwaterlibraries.com or at Facebook at facebook.com/sweetlibraries.
]]> Jason Grubb http://www.ajaxray.com http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/newsdetail.php?nID=991 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Cindy Moore http://www.ajaxray.com http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/newsdetail.php?nID=985 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700
Experts agree it takes time and money to start a business. The resources at the library can save people both. Just ask Jennifer Pyne of Harrisburg, North Carolina. In the spring of 2006, Jennifer had an idea: a meal preparation business that helps people make a week's worth of meals in only a couple of hours. What she didn't have was the knowledge of how to start a business. She visited her local library and by the fall of 2006 her business was launched. Over five years later she is still going strong thanks to the information found at her library.

The Sweetwater County Libraries can help people start a business just as Jennifer's public library helped her. In addition to books on starting a business, marketing, and being a leader, there are several online resources that are available free at the library or from home with a library card. Learn how to access and use these resources during Tuesday's program. These resources include services that allow individuals to view and download over 500 sample business plans, connect with dozens of regional business newspapers and magazines, learn another language, and take free business classes.

This free program will last about an hour and will feature a wide variety of resources that can be used immediately to help start a business.

To learn more about this program and other library sponsored programs and services visit any Sweetwater County Library System location or visit the Library System on-line at www.sweetwaterlibraries.com or at Facebook at facebook.com/sweetlibraries.
]]> Jason Grubb http://www.ajaxray.com http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/newsdetail.php?nID=987 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700
The Poetry Jam is an event that is composed of open-mic music and open-mic poetry. The atmosphere is laid-back and welcoming. Ellie Eaton, Youth Services Assistant at the Sweetwater County Library says, "Each Jam has a different feel and I am so grateful for it. We have a loose format that we follow with room to shift around. Of course you don't have to be a musician or a poet to attend because we do need an audience after all. I will set up and provide the refreshments and you all will provide the entertainment and the good company."

Any poets and/or musicians are welcome to perform at the Poetry Jam. Each poet has the opportunity to perform or read up to three poems they wrote or poems written by someone else as long as they give credit to the person who wrote it. Props, costumes and embellishments are welcome and encouraged. Eaton is also looking for musicians to perform during the jam. She says musicians should show up with their acoustic instruments or their voice. She says the library has a piano, but "if you really want to plug in, just call me at the library ext. 1300 and we will negotiate."

The Poetry Jam is not censored so the event is geared for people high school age and older. There are a few reasons Poetry Jams are not censored. One reason is in support of the First Amendment, which of course promotes the freedom of speech and the freedom of expression among other things. Another reason is to create an atmosphere of comfort for the poets and musicians and the audience so that people feel like they can be themselves. According to Eaton, "in some past Poetry Jams it has not been unusual for poets and musicians to range in age from 15 to 85, therefore, rest assured adults are welcome as well".

The Poetry Jam is sponsored by the Sweetwater County Library System. For more information about Library System sponsored events, resources, and services, stop into your local library, or go to www.sweetwaterlibraries.com or www.facebook.com/sweetlibraries. ]]> Brittany Wells http://www.ajaxray.com http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/newsdetail.php?nID=982 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700
Wind River Brewing Company from Pinedale, Wyoming will be providing samples of their finely hand-crafted beer. Wind River Brewing Company is located at the base of the Wind River Mountains in downtown Pinedale, Wyoming. Attendees of "Books, Blues, and Brews" will have a chance to sample their award winning beers which they create in-house using only the finest ingredients and pure glacier water.

Everyone will also have an opportunity to meet and greet Wyoming author C.M. Wendelboe. C.M. Wendelboe was a lawman for 38 years before he wrote his first Berkley Prime Crime novel. Due to his years of service, he specializes in writing western crime novels. C.M. Wendelboe will be discussing his latest book "Death Where the Bad Rocks Live" and his first novel "Death Along the Spirit Road". A book signing will follow and his novels will be available for purchase.

An additional bonus for those attending "Books, Blues, and Brews" is the opportunity to win great prizes by bidding on the silent auction items. Visit our Facebook page at Facebook.com/sweetlibraries.com to see the silent auction items.

Those who contributed to the silent auction include Sweetwater Trophies and Framing, Pamida, the Krazy Moose, OCI of Wyoming, Pizza Hut, Owlfies, Angie Bennett, Amy House, Merlin Kendall, Micki Gilmore, Carla Hardy, Cody Gray, Erin and Scott Kinney. Other sponsors of "Books, Blues, and Brews" include the Rock Springs Liquor Depot, Wind River Brewing Company, Commerce Bank, the Dittman Brothers, and Coca-Cola.

Attend "Books, Blues, and Brews" and help the Library Foundation reach their fundraising goal. Remember every dollar raised is match by the state as part of the Endowment Challenge up to $556,522.

This event is an adult program intended for those who are 21 years and older. For more information contact Brittany Wells, Public Relations Specialist 872-3200 ext. 5300.s

"Books, Blues, and Brews" is sponsored by the Sweetwater County Library Foundation. To learn more about the other library sponsored programs and services visit any Sweetwater County Library System location, visit the Library System on-line at www.sweetwaterlibraries.com or Facebook at facebook.com/sweetlibraries.
]]> Brittany Wells http://www.ajaxray.com http://www.sweetwaterlibraries.com/news/newsdetail.php?nID=983 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700
The key to avoiding fraud and scams is to be an educated citizen. A few of the different ways people try to deceive others is by building relationships with potential victims, faking an emergency, and offering winnings or inheritance from another country. Detective Moczulski will discuss tips and tricks to help people avoid falling for scams.

Do not be a victim. Detective Moczulski will teach people how to know and understand the signs of scams Wednesday, Jan. 18 at the Sweetwater County Library at 6:30 p.m.

Detective Moczulski's class is sponsored by the Sweetwater County Library Foundation. To learn more about the other library sponsored programs and services visit any Sweetwater County Library System location, visit the Library System on-line at www.sweetwaterlibraries.com or Facebook at facebook.com/sweetlibraries.

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