Posted by: florencepubliclibrary | February 17, 2012

First program of 2012 Spring Lectures

Last evening we had a well packed house for Dr. Clark Wernecke’s discussion on the history of man in North America, Clovis technology , and the Gault research site located 5 miles outside of town. Clark’s overwhelming enthusiasm and knowledge of his subjects kept our 30+ visitors entertained for well over an hour and a half. The powerpoint slide show was a great mix of facts and conjectures that gave you a real sense of what life was like as long as 15,000 years ago right here at home. After a great question and answer session, we were all treated to a buffet layout that had everything from fruit and veggie trays to sandwiches and all topped off with another those fabulous Geloise cheesecakes.Everyone left full of information, good food and with smiles on their faces.
We are going to do it all again next Thursday evening at 7pm with a talk by Barbara Wright on the effect of this wretched drought on our trees and landscapes. Barbara always brings a wealth of great local gardening knowledge and some plants for sale from her nursery.So try to come next week and be informed, well fed and see how your hometown library really works for you. Until then… jake

ps… if you have not yet taken a tour of the Gault site you really should put it on your short list for this year. Information is available at our library, online or through the Bell and Willaimson county historical societies.

Posted by: florencepubliclibrary | January 30, 2012

2012 Spring Lecture Series

Here are the dates and times for our Spring Lecture Series 2012.

Thursday Feb 16 7:00 pm
Dr. D. Clark Wernecke
Executive Director Gault Site.
Recent Discoveries at the Gault Site

Thursday Feb 23 7:00 pm
Barbara Wright From Wright’s Nursery.
Drought Tolerant Plants and
Caring for Trees during A Drought

Thursday March 1 7:00 pm
Dr Pamela Owen
Paleontologist, Texas Natural Science Center, Texas Memorial Museum
Prehistoric Williamson County.
The Cretaceous Period and the Pleistocene Epoch
Prehistoric Creatures that have lived in Williamson County
Dinosaurs, Sea Reptiles, Saber-Toothed Cats, Ground Sloths, and Others)

Thursday March 8 7:00 pm
Diana Rendon, MA
Sr High Spanish Teacher FISD
Family History in South Texas
Before and After Statehood

We changed our night of the week for this years lectures to Thursdays in hopes that more folks can attend at least some of the programs,if not all of them. As always we will have plenty of refreshments to go along with a lot of very entertaining information. Try to join us.See you there. jn

Posted by: florencepubliclibrary | October 6, 2011

Friendship 5K – sign up now !

Come join us at the Vineyard on Saturday, November 5th for the 2nd annual Friendship 5K ! This year’s race is sponsored by Union State Bank and RunTex, and benefits the Eula Hunt Beck Florence Public Library. The festivities will begin at 7:45 AM with a 1K Fun Run for kids 10 and under (free), followed by the 5K Fun Run / Walk at 8:00AM. Food and drink will be available after the race.

or download a registration form here:
5K Registration form

Registration forms may be mailed in prior to October 29, or dropped off at one of the following locations:

- Florence Public Library
- Florence City Hall
- The Vineyard at Florence

Packet pickup will be Friday, Nov. 4th at Union Insurance Agency (across the street from the Library).

This promises to be a fun event for everyone involved – what a great way to start a Saturday, and support your local Library !

Posted by: florencepubliclibrary | July 14, 2011

Top Summer Reader’s 2011

TOP TEEN’S SUMMER READERS 2011

1st AUSTIN KLEEN (11th grade) – READ 121 BOOKS

2nd XOCHITL LICEA (6th grade) – READ 80 BOOKS

3rd HANNAH PARKER (7th grade) – READ 23 BOOKS

4th OLIVIA COMBS (7th grade) – READ 20 BOOKS

4th SARAH COMBS (9th grade) – READ 20 BOOKS

5th ANNA COMBS (12th grade) – READ 17 BOOKS

6th DANIEL DAVIDSON – READ 13 BOOKS

 

TOP CHILDREN’S SUMMER READERS 2011

1st MEGAN COMBS (5th grade) – READ 93 BOOKS                

2nd QUETZAL LICEA (2nd grade) – READ 80 BOOKS                

2nd CITLALLI LICEA (2nd grade) – READ 80 BOOKS                       

3rd KARSYN HAMMONS (2nd grade) – READ 67 BOOKS     

4th KYLE HAMMONS (3rd grade)– READ 65 BOOKS                

5th KYNDAL HAMMONS (K grade)– READ 50 BOOKS          

6th TREVOR GRIMM – READ 36 BOOKS

Posted by: florencepubliclibrary | July 13, 2011

Friendship Days 2011

IT’S THAT TIME, COME JOIN US FOR

THE FLORENCE ANNUAL FRIENDSHIP DAYS PARADE

COME SHOW OFF AND ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS

OR TALENT

RIDE YOUR HORSE, BICYCLE, MOTORCYCLE, UNICYCLE

OR JUST WALK ALONG

SHOW HOW FRIENDLY FLORENCE CAN BE!

OCTOBER 15TH

Parade Begins at 11:00 am.  

Line-up Begins at 9:30 am.

 Judging starts at 10 am.

Please fax form to 254-793-2102, mail to Florence Public Library, PO Box 430, Florence, TX 76527, drop off at Florence Public Library, 207 E. Main Street in Florence, or email to ShawnLRizzo@gmail.com.

Questions call Shawn 512-560-8806 or Charlotte 254-793-2672

No fee to enter the parade! 

Trophies awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place entries!

 

Posted by: florencepubliclibrary | June 23, 2011

Summer Reading 2011

Wow, what a wonderful time this year. Our theme this year was “Dig up a Good Book” and I believe we did just that. We started on June 1st with Vic Morsbach reading and we got to make dog puppets. Then on June 8th Pat Smith came to read and we made Bone necklaces. On June 15th we had Heather Batten reading and we made Dinosaur puppets. And on our final day we had Patty Rodgers reading from her new book, “Abigail & Rumpus the Green Dinosaur” and we made Treasure Rocks. We had so much fun this year. In the end we had 126 children all month and 27 teens all month with 50 children signed up and 31 teens signed up.

Our winners this year are as follows:

1st place – Megan Combs reading 93 books

2nd place – Quetzal Licea reading 80 books

2nd place – Citlalli Licea reading 80 books

3rd place – Karsyn Hammons reading 67 books

But I want to thank ALL the children who participated in our Summer Reading Program, you are ALL winners for reading!

Posted by: florencepubliclibrary | June 1, 2011

Celebrate the Stars

SUMMER READING 2011

FLORENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY

GRADUATION CEREMONY & RAFFLE

“CELEBRATE THE STARS”

JUNE 24TH FROM 6:00Ppm TO 9:00pm

THE FLORENCE CITY POOL

SWIM FREE FROM 6 to 9

BBQ SANDWICH PLATES $5.00 each

FOR THE SUMMER READING KIDS -

AWARDS & PRIZES GIVEN AT 8:00pm

RAFFLE FOR THE IPAD2 TO FOLLOW

COME CELEBRATE

AND

HELP OUR LIBRARY STAY OPEN

Posted by: florencepubliclibrary | March 31, 2011

Raffle Time

The Florence Public Library wish to annouce that it’s time for our Annual Raffle. We have tickets on sale at the Library and the Board Members all have tickets to sell for $5.00 each. We are raffling off an I PAD 2. Come on by and get your chance to win it.

Posted by: florencepubliclibrary | March 22, 2011

New Books

We are fortunate to receive a great selection of books from Dr. Wernecke and the Gault School of Archaeological Research. All the books are to help with this years Summer Reading theme, “Digging up a Good Book”.  Title’s include “Archaeology for Kids” by Richard Panchyk, “Practical Archaeology” by Christopher Catling, “Clovis Technology” by Bruce A. Bradley, Michael B. Collins, & Andrew Hemmings, “The World Encyclopedia of Archaeology”, Eyewitness Book “Archeology”, “What Makes a Van Gogh A Van Gogh?” , “Gone Extinct”, “Mammoth Bones and Broken Stones” by David L. Harrison, “Lone Star Stalag” by Michael R. Waters, and “Digging up Texas” by Robert Marcom, plus others. Also donated were more copies of the DVD from the Gault School and the area. Come on by check out the great selection of books!

Posted by: florencepubliclibrary | March 2, 2011

Spring Lecture Series 2011

Last night we completed this years lecture series with a talk by Barbara Wright, owner of Wright’s Nursery in Briggs. As always, Barbara brought a store house of knowledge to share with the audience and fielded numerous questions pertaining to each individuals needs. Despite the rather small crowd, we discussed many various areas from vegetables to lawns and trees. Barbara is very good at giving us localized information she has gleaned from numerous sources and years of hands on, practical experience with plants of all types. She brought along several books and flats of plants to sell at extremely reasonable prices. I highly recommend getting to know her as a source for ALL your planting needs. Her website wrightsnursey.net is a great place to start. Her primary business is the wholesale market but she seems always willing to deal with individuals who stop by.
After wards everyone stayed to visit with her and their friends and were treated to a great variety of refreshments from pot stickers to homemade cheesecake. It was a great way to end this years series and next years lectures should be on everyone’s calendar. The board is considering a few minor tweaks for next year and we will get that information out as soon as they do. Until then ,come enjoy all the other aspects of our wonderful small town library and GET INVOLVED !

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