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.

Register Now!

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 !

TOP TEEN’S SUMMER READERS 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

6^th DANIEL DAVIDSON – READ 13 BOOKS

 

TOP CHILDREN’S SUMMER READERS 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

6^th TREVOR GRIMM – READ 36 BOOKS

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 15^TH

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 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place entries!

 

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!

SUMMER READING 2011

FLORENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY

GRADUATION CEREMONY & RAFFLE

“CELEBRATE THE STARS”

JUNE 24^TH 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

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.

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!

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 !

Tuesday evening Feb.22nd found a large crowd at the library to enjoy a talk by author Joan Upton Hall. She’s a retired English teacher who turned to writing and has several books to her credit. Tuesdays talk was about her book ”Just Visitin’: Old Texas Jails”. It deals primarily with ghost stories and hauntings that are told about the old lockups around the state.The book is nicely illustrated and tells tales from over 40 jails of yesteryear. During her lecture Ms Hall related several personal experiences from her search and fielded questions from the audience. Everyone really enjoyed her talk and the refreshments and conversation that followed. This and her other books are printed by State House Press. They all looked like very ”fun reads”, so look for them at local book stores or better yet, come check one out at the library.
Next Tuesday at 6:30 we will conclude this years series with a garden talk and plant sale by Barbara Wright from the nursery in Briggs. She is always presents a good talk and usually brings quite a few various plants to sell. Come join us.

The 2011 lecture series begins very soon. They will all be on Tuesday nights from 6:30m to 8:30 at the library. We will start on the 8th with ”Preserving Local History” presented by the Williamson County Museum.
Next, on the 15th, we will hear all about the ”Life of the Paleo Indian in the Florence Area” by archaeologists from the Gault Foundation. The Gault Site is fast becoming a local treasure.
On the 22nd, we will be entertained and informed by author Joan Hall with a presentation titled ”Ghosts Behind Bars : A History of Texas Haunted Jails”.
The final in the series will be ” Spring Gardening: Produce a Beautiful and Bountiful Garden” with Barbara Wright from Wright’s Nursery. She is always a great source of knowledge and usually brings wonderful plants to sell.
So please try to join us for this years lectures. As always there will be plenty of refreshments and conversation after each one.