Fort Collins Regional Library District
201 Peterson Street
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
(970) 221-6740
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NEW BRANCH LIBRARY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The new branch library on 2733 Council Tree Avenue in southeast Fort Collins is under construction! The branch will be a family-oriented facility and will emphasize the most popular materials and services the Library District offers. Watch it grow!
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11TH ANNUAL ANNIE WALK AND PET FEST
  A Community Celebration in honor of Annie the Railroad Dog will take place on Saturday, August 23. "Annie" was a stray collie mix who was adopted by railroad workers in 1934. She spent her life as an unofficial ambassador to Fort Collins, greeting passengers at the train depot and bringing a bright, welcoming presence during the bleak years of the 1930's and 1940's. According to Phil Walker's Visions Along the Poudre Valley, everyone loved her. Newcomers were often amazed to see local people get off the train and run to greet the little dog before greeting their families. Today she is a cherished local legend and the bronze statue commemorating her memory welcomes visitors to the Main Library at 201 Peterson. Local artist Dawn Weimer created the 29" bronze statue which portrays a dog with a paw raised in greeting. Annie's gravesite, located on Mason Street, near the intersection of Laporte Avenue, is a historical landmark. Check out the book Annie, the railroad dog: "a true story" by Arlene Ahlbrandt and learn more about Annie.
Pick up a brochure with registration form at Main or Harmony Libraries.
Registration
- Registration is 7:30 -8:30 am on the day of the event and is $17 for adults, $13 for the first child, and $10 for each additional child. Cash, Check, or VISA, MasterCard taken.
- Registration includes a T-shirt, entry into the pet fest, door prize drawings and contests. Shirts come in adult sizes S-M-L-XL and child sizes S-M-L. (some sizes may not be available the day-of if you're not pre-registered.)
Contests
- This year's contests include an Oldest Annie T-shirt contest, Annie look-alike contest and Owner Pet look-alike contests!
Pet Fest
- Pet Fest goes until Noon. Walk is a 1.5 mile walk for community members and their canine companions to Annie's grave on Mason Street, followed by a pancake breakfast by the Lion's Club and dog games, booths and activities in Library Park. Proceeds from the pancake breakfast and Annie Walk go towards the purchase of Library materials.
See the registration brochure for more event details.
For more information all the Main Library at 970-221-6526.
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SUMMER READING PROGRAM
The Summer Reading Program for Adults, Teens and Kids continues until Sunday August 31. It's not to late to sign up for great prizes!
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A NOTE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Best Back to School Supply
With students returning to classes now is the time to make sure that a Fort Collins Regional Library District library card is part of your panoply of back to school resources. I attended a country school in the San Joaquin Valley and my favorite school principal recognized the importance of a free public library in my education. Perhaps he realized the positive impact that access to a public library would have, not only in my life but for every child who had this experience. more...
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TEENS: JOIN THE IRS TEEN ADVISORY GROUP AT THE LIBRARY!
The Interesting Reader Society is a special group of young adults in grades 7-12 who meet monthly to talk mainly about books, and also about movies, music, and other topics of interest to teens.
Check it out at http://fcgov.com/library/irs.php.
For more information, call either of the Teen Librarians: Sue-Ellen Jones at 221-6380 or Diane Tuccillo at 204-8206; or come to the next IRS meeting.
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READ ON FORT COLLINS
For six years Read On Fort Collins has encouraged people within our community to read a book, to discuss it with friends, to participate in community activities related to the book, and to hear the author speak.
This year Read On Fort Collins has selected Julie Otsuka's novel When the Emperor Was Divine. Ms. Otsuka's family was interned during WWII. Her grandfather was arrested by the FBI the day after Pearl Harbor and her mother, then 11 years old, and her uncle and grandmother were sent to Topaz, Utah for the duration of the war. Otsuka says that rather than using family stories for material, she did a lot of research because her mother doesn't have clear memories of camp. Otsuka says of her novel: "I wanted to write a novel about real people... their experience is universal not only for Japanese Americans, but for people of any ethnic group. The predicament of the family in my novel ... is that of ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary."
Julie Otsuka will speak in Fort Collins on Sunday, October 26, 2008. Related activities and discussions will be scheduled during the year. The Friends of the Library is one of the sponsors of Read On Fort Collins. Go to www.readonfc.org for more information.
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TAKE READING TO THE NEXT LEVEL: JOIN THE LIBRARY'S BOOK CLUB
If you've ever wished there were more pages in a favorite novel or regaled your friends with the delights of a particular author, consider joining up with the Library's Book Club.
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