Skinny On Fat

Skinny On Fat - Program

Thursday June 6, 2013 @ 6:30-7:30 pm

FREE event!

Fat has been labeled as a food bandit since the 1980s and 90s. Now there are words in the media like trans fat, mono and poly-unsaturates to describe fats, not to mention other fats like omega 3s. Discover the meaning of this cryptic language and which fats are best to take in and how to incorporate for a healthy lifestyle. Everyone is invited to come and listen to our speaker & Dietitian, Sarah Teele.

Sarah Teele was always drawn to how food affects the human body.  She earned her Bachelor's degree at UW-Platteville (Biology-2005) and later her Master's degree at UW-Stout (Human Nutritional Sciences-2009).  Using what she had learned in a formal learning settings and some extra curricular studies in holistic natural medicine, Sarah worked as a Clinincal Dietitian @ Lakeview Medical Center in Rice Lake.  For three years, she has taught people how to better care for themselves via a holistic healthy diet and lifestyle practices in both inpatient and outpatient settings as it related to existing diagnosis and preventitive maintenance specific to each individual need.  Now, a mother of two, she works from home as she balances family and staying current in the world of nutrition!

National Library Week

Remember to visit the Colfax Public Library and help celebrate National Library Week. Pssst.....we have treats!!!

Do You Woo?

We offered a great morning seminar today in our newly refurbished municipal auditorium.  Shelly Cedarblade, Woo! Social Media Marketing owner, presented a seminar on using all forms of social media to enhance your small business, or in our case, to reach out to our library customers.  We covered topics such as using free services like Hootsuite to schedule Facebook posts.....a real time saver, to using video clips, tweets and emails to give your customers the information that they want.  So many good suggestions and tips today from Shelly, that the 1 1/2 program just blew by so fast!

Watch for another seminar in the future about using Facebook specifically....how to set it up, how to handle maintenance and how to reach your customers.  Again, this seminar would be excellent for small businesses, and non-profit groups.  

One of My Favorite Books; The Complete Tightwad Gazette

I wanted to share one of my favorite books of all time, Amy Dacyczyn's The Complete Tightwad Gazette. I love this book. This book is full of ideas to save money. There are ideas I'm sure you have thought of but also many you probably haven't. The book was published in the 1990's but many of the ideas are still good today. This book is more timely than ever given the state of our economy. Pinching pennies is becoming downright popular. Check out this book and become the next tightwad! ~Lynne 

Meet Jolene!

She's one of the hardest working people I know!  Jolene was hired last year as our library sub and fills in when we need her.  I admire Jolene and in one year's time, she has continued to work on her computer skills in order to learn the Circ Desk position.  Keep up the good work Jolene and thanks for all your dedication to our little library!

Lisa

FoodShare Wisconsin

FoodShare Wisconsin

Thursday September 13th 1:30 pm

Monday September 24th @ 1-3 pm

Ann Kohanek, a Food Share Representative, is scheduled to be at the Colfax Public during the month of September.  The Food Share program helps families purchase nutritious food.  For more information about the Food Share program, call Ann @ 715-514-9719.  No appointments necessary.  Walk-ins are encouraged to stop by the library. 

Dunn Energy Grant

Lisa L. Ludwig, Library Director

The Colfax Public Library recently was awarded a $1,000 Dunn Energy grant through Operation Round Up.  Lisa Ludwig, Library Director, applied for the grant in order to purchase an iPad, apps (computer application) and educational games to help children with special needs.  Ludwig especially wanted to help local families of children with autism spectrum.  After speaking with the coordinator of a parent’s group through the local school district, Ludwig realized that many families do not have access to new technologies that can help their children learn language and communication skills, along with social or behavioral skills. 

Since the Colfax Public Library began offering eBook classes this year, the desire of library patrons to learn about eReaders, eBooks and how to use iPads has been phenomenal said Ludwig. One year ago, Ludwig made a promise to her Library Board that she was committed to helping her local community learn new technologies and to embrace it, rather than be fearful of e-content.  By receiving the Dunn Energy grant, Ludwig can now proceed with helping special needs families to improve their child’s learning skills.  Since the development of devices such as the iPhone, iPod and iPad, children with autism now have access to alternative communication apps, which can give families a new learning tool.  These tools can dramatically change a child’s life!  “Personally, Ludwig indicated, I find this very exciting, and this is what sparked my interest in applying for a grant to help children with special needs. 

The iPad should be ready for check-out in September or October.  For more information about the iPad and the checkout guidelines, please call (715-962-4334) the Colfax Public Library during open hours or visit their webpage (www.colfaxpubliclibrary.org).