shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com New At The Library Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week: Adult Books • Eleanor by Jason Gurley; Fiction • Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin; Fiction • The Italian Wife by Kate Furnivall; Fiction • No Good Deed by Allison Brennan; Fiction • C.R.A.F.T. by Jamie Dorobek; Nonfiction • Homefront 911 by Stacy Bannerman; Nonfiction • In a Different Key by Donvan & Zucker; Nonfiction • Little Victories by Jason Gay; Nonfiction • Married and Still Loving It by Chapman & Myra; Nonfiction • The Power to Get Things Done by Levinson & Cooper; Nonfiction • Situation Momedy by Jenna Von Oy; Nonfiction • The Traumatized Brain by Rao & Vaishnavi; Nonfiction • War of Two by John Sedgwick; Nonfiction Adult Audio Books • The Survivor by Vince Flynn; Fiction Junior books • Bad Kitty Goes to the Vet by Nick Bruel; Fiction • Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman; Fiction • The Door by the Staircase by Katherine Marsh; Fiction • Escape from Baxter’s Barn by Rebecca Bond; Fiction • The Girl Who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst; Fiction • Going Where It’s Dark by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor; Fiction • A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic by Lisa Papademetriou; Fiction Young Adult Books • Passenger by Alexandra Bracken; Fiction • The Trouble with Destiny by Lauren Morrill; Fiction ——— Did you know that you can reserve an item from home? Staff will then notify you as soon as the item is available. ‘Blind Date With A Book’ At The VPL The Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library will begin its “Blind Date with a Book” campaign on Monday, Feb. 1. The campaign is a joint effort of the Public Library and the Friends of the Vermillion Public Library organization. All of the books have been recommended by a member of the Library staff. If interested, you can visit the Library display in the west lobby to choose a book from the selection of gift-wrapped books. You won’t know the identity of your book until you get it home. In exchange for the free “Blind Date” book, patrons are encouraged to visit the Edie’s Book Shop. Located in the Library’s basement, Edie’s is open Fridays & Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the following dates: Feb. 5-6, March 4-5, April 1-2, and May 6-7. For more information call the Library at 605-677-7060. WSC To Host Honor Choir Festival Feb. 5 WAYNE, Neb. — The Wayne State College Department of Music will host its annual Honor Choir Festival on Friday, Feb. 5, in the Peterson Fine Arts Building. Two hundred high school students will rehearse and collaborate with the WSC Concert Choir all day starting at 9 a.m. The festival will conclude with a performance at 4 p.m. in Ramsey Theatre, featuring works by Moses Hogan, Laura Farnell, Dan Forrest, Susan Brumfield and Byron Smith. Schools represented at the Honor Choir Festival include Aquinas, Arcadia, Battle Creek, Central Valley, ClearwaterOrchard, David City, DC West, Emerson-Hubbard, Hartington, Homer Community, Howells-Dodge, Lyons-Decatur Northeast, Niobrara, North Bend Central, Palmer, Pender, Randolph, Stanton Community, Stuart Public, West Holt Public, West PointBeemer and Yutan. The concert is free and open to the public. Faculty, students, community members and parents are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Director of Choral Activities, Maggie Owens, at maowens1@wsc.edu, or (402) 375-7358. Tippin To Perform At Veterans Concert SIOUX FALLS --- Aaron Tippin, country music star, will perform at the Valentines for Veterans concert Feb. 6 at the Washington Pavilion at 301 S. Main Avenue in Sioux Falls. Showtime is 3 p.m. The Feb. 6 show is the fourth Valentines for Veterans concert the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System has hosted during National Salute to Veterans Month. Thanks to donated funding, VA is able to provide area veterans up to two complimentary concert tickets with reserved seating, while they last. Blue Star families will also receive special recognition during the concert. Veterans may call 605-333-6806 or 333-6851 to request free tickets. VA and Veterans Service Organizations will also be available from 1-3 p.m. to share information about VA health care and other Veterans’ services. Shakespeare Festival Auditions Set VERMILLION --- The South Dakota Shakespeare Festival (SDSF) seeks non-Equity performers for its fourth outdoor season of free Shakespeare in Vermillion’s Prentis Park, featuring Shakespeare’s Romance “The Winter’s Tale.” The Festival seeks professional actors, actor/musicians, and teaching artists from the Great Plains region and nationally to form an ensemble-based Shakespeare company for a four-week contract in Vermillion. All positions are paid. Actors coming from out of town will be eligible for local housing and a travel stipend. The SDSF is also seeking children from the local community for unpaid apprenticeship positions in the acting company. Local auditions will be held Sunday, Feb. 7, from noon-3 p.m. at Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts on the University of South Dakota campus, in Vermillion. Callbacks will take place that evening from 6-10 p.m. Rehearsals for “The Winter’s Tale” run from May 16-June 8. The production is set for June 9-12 at Prentis Park in Vermillion. To sign up for an audition appointment on the callboard at USD Theatre, call (605) 622Call 665-5884 to place 0423 or e-mail Walker.Iversen@ PRAYER TO THE coyotes.usd.edu to schedule an BLESSED VIRGIN (Never known to fail) appointment. Prepare one or Oh Most Beautiful Flower of Mt. two contrasting Shakespeare Call 665-5884 to Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of monologues, and bring a photo Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son place your ad here. and resume. of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me Interested in this spot? February 2, 2016 • Page 13 The Bookworm ... For Kids ‘This Is Where It Ends’ A Compelling Book For All Ages “This is Where It Ends” by Marieke Nijkamp; © 2016, Sourcebooks Fire; 288 pages ——— BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER In every class, there are always a few kids you try to avoid. The know-it-all kid, for instance: Who has time for that? Or the kid who can’t stop yammering or who can’t control his temper: Why invite drama? Why shouldn’t you avoid the school bully or, as in the new book “This is Where It Ends” by Marieke Nijkamp, the kid who simmers just beneath his skin... When it’s still cold outside, nobody wants to run laps but Claire forced herself into extra practice: This was the last track season her team would have together and she wanted to make it memorable. They’d all scatter after graduation, and while she’d miss the other runners, she’d miss her best friend, Chris, most of all. Inside Opportunity High School, Principal Trenton had just finished her comments at daily assembly. They were familiar words and Tomás and Fareed would’ve mocked her, had they been there. Instead, because rumor had it that a boy named Tyler was returning to school and because Ty had been bullying Tomás’s sister, Sylvia, Tomás decided that a little break-in to the school office was warranted. In the auditorium, the chair between Sylvia and Autumn was empty; Autumn Yankton Library Chase The Winter Blues Away At YCL BY KATHY WIBBELS Yankton Community Library Are you traveling and need information on vacation destinations? Do you need “beach reads” or materials for the plane or car? Or, are you sitting home by the fire and in need of reading, listening or viewing materials? Look no further than the Yankton Community Library. We have just what you need to chase away those winter blues! Perhaps you are already looking forward to warmer days when you can begin planting your garden. If so, register as a member of the Yankton Seed Library and attend our first class taught by Missouri Valley Master Gardeners on Tuesday, Feb. 2, from 1-2 p.m. or 6:30-7:30 p.m., here at the library. The first class, entitled “Soil & Garden Preparation,” covers garden types, watering needs and soil varieties. After the class, you can get packets of seeds free of charge from the Seed Library cabinet. The 2016 seed offerings are cucumber, green pepper, green bean, tomato, kale and pumpkin. Flower seed offerings are zinnia, four o’clock, holly hock and bachelor button. The library can also assist you with landscaping needs by providing books about plants that are best suited to our climate and soil and what will look best in a particular area of your yard. The library is a great source for all of your gardening and landscaping needs. Winter story and toddler times are under way. Story time meets on Mondays at 6:30 p.m., and Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:15 a.m., Call 665-5884 to place your ad here. with sensory play time following the Wednesday and Thursday sessions. Toddler time meets Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m. followed by sensory play time and 5:30 p.m. Programs for elementary students take place every Thursday beginning at 3:45 p.m. Feb. 4 features craft day. Feb. 11 is LEGO Club for all ages. Science Club is Feb. 18, and the movie “Shaun the Sheep” begins at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 25. The Wii is set up every Friday with games from 3:30-4:30 p.m. On Saturday, Feb. 13, from 2-4 p.m., teens and ‘tweens are decorating book themed cakes. All supplies are provided by the library. We are offering “Blind Date with a Book” the entire month of February. Fill out our “matchmaker survey” on our Facebook page or get a form at the circulation desk and we’ll match you with a book. If that seems too complicated, simply select a book from our display. Unplug, Unwind, Craft features an Easter centerpiece under glass on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. We charge a small fee for this class to cover supplies which must be paid when you register. Teen Tech Tutors are back on Saturday, Feb. 13 and 27, from 1-3 p.m. Registration is now open. This service is free of charge. Anyone needing assistance must register ahead of time by calling the library, giving us your contact information, and telling us what help you are seeking. Oscar Weekend is Feb. 27-28, and the library has a license to show the following nominations: “Steve Jobs,” “Spotlight,” “The Martian,” Custom Hay Grinding Call: 605-481-1549 INTERESTED IN THIS SPOT? your ad here. www.missourivalleyshopper.com Interested in this spot? had saved it for her brother, Tyler, and his absence made her nervous. Sylvia understood why: after the accident that took Autumn’s mother’s life, Autumn’s father started drinking; over time, he’d used his fists on both Tyler and Autumn. Sylvia knew Autumn couldn’t wait to leave Opportunity. That broke her heart; she loved Autumn. She couldn’t make her stay — but she couldn’t bear to let her go, either. in my necessity. Oh Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my Mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in my necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3 times). Say this prayer for 3 consecutive days. You must publish it and it will be granted to you. Grateful Thanks. The bell rang, which meant that students had three minutes to dash from auditorium to classroom. Tomás knew they’d mill around for a bit and that class wouldn’t start until the teachers arrived; their noise would give him and Fareed a chance to escape from the office. But there was no noise. In the auditorium, students were confused. They tried to leave, but the doors seemed to be locked. Or stuck. Or ... And then someone began shooting … Usually when I read, I’m a book-snacker: dip, taste, walk away, return, nibble, nibble, like a literary bag of chips. But this book — this one had me immobile for hours. All I could muster was a turn of page. And yet, it absolutely wouldn’t be fair to say that “This is Where It Ends” is ripped from the headlines. It’s timely, but it’s not sensational like that. There are more than just headlines here: Author Marieke Nijkamp also gives readers a story, told over the course of a mere 54 minutes. In that time, we get to know the kids at Opportunity High, their crushes, dreams, their fears and their morality. That familiarity — as if these kids are your neighbors — will make you shudder. Meant for readers ages 14 to 17, this is absolutely an adult book, too. If you can handle a novel that feels like yesterday afternoon’s news, then “This is Where It Ends” is one you truly shouldn’t avoid. www.missourivalleyshopper.com www.missourivalleyshopper.com www.missourivalleyshopper.com Visit our Web site at www.missourivalleyshopper.com “Brooklyn” and “Bridge of Spies.” Look for movie days and times later this month. The library is participating in Get Up and Play by offering Wii sports on Friday, Feb. 12, from 2-4 p.m. People of all ages are invited to participate in Wii as well as check out books and DVDs on exercise, healthy eating and healthy lifestyles. Readers Anonymous will discuss Sue Monk Kidd’s “The Invention of Wings” Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. This club, which is open to new members, meets the second Tuesday of each month. Between the Lines book club will discuss “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 5:30 p.m. This book club, which meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month, is open to new members as well. In January, we collected 82 cans of fruit for Food for Fines. We are collecting soaps of all kinds Feb. 1-10, with donations going to the Contact Center. The LifeServe Blood Center is here for a donation drive on Friday, Feb. 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. You can schedule an appointment online at www. lifeservebloodcenter.org or call 800-287-4903. The library is closed on Monday, Feb. 15, in honor of President’s Day. The Yankton Community Library Foundation, Inc. held its annual meeting in January. Officers for 2016 are David Koerner, president; Connie Gunderson, vice president; Lori Rust, secretary; and Blaine Meier, treasurer. The foundation is set up to take tax-deductible donations. For more information, contact Library Director Kathy Wibbels. Friends of the Library is holding their monthly book sale on Saturday, Feb. 6, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friends is always happy to accept gently used books for their sales which take place the first Saturday of every month. Did you know that in 2015, patrons checked out 73,554 adult fiction and nonfiction books! You can contact the library at 605-668-5275 or e-mail kwibbels@cityofyankton.org. View us online at http://library. cityofyankton.org, visit us on Facebook by searching Yankton Community Library, or follow us on Twitter @ YanktonLibrary. 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