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So much to explore at the Winfield library
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Do you like to read, listen, watch and/or learn new things? Then the Winfield Public library is the place for you. There you can find all the above in the little brick building attached to the fire station.
Books, DVDs, audio books, computers, archives of old Beacons, magazines, newspapers and more, all at your disposal when you step into the library. Librarian Jacque Lake or one of her assistants, Brad Wood or Jay Nelson, will be happy to help you find what you need.
Authors, magicians, conservationists, hands-on craft demonstrations, and lectures are programs that have been presented at the library, all open to the public. Be sure to check with the library staff and put the next event on your calendar. You are also invited to join our growing and active book club that meets once a month. Jacque also works with both the school and with Barb P helps and the other volunteers who provide activities on Mondays when there is no school.
“Four Winds” by Kristen Hannah is one of the newest books at the library. The author has taken historical facts about the Dust Bowl and woven them into a compelling novel about the hardships of families who lived through it. After her husband left the dying farm to follow his dreams, Elsa was left with their two young children to raise. She remained on the farm with her husband’s parents who had excepted Elsa and her children in the family.
Conditions on the farm rapidly deteriorated. Dust storms and drought made raising a crop impossible and with little food and no income. Elsa decided to take her children to California, which was advertised as the “land of milk and honey,” so her children would have a better life. In a truck that barely ran and little money for food, they headed West only to find conditions were even worse than the ones they had left behind.
Follow Elsa as she struggles to protect and provide for her children in a land that resents their arrival. You will find it both entertaining and informative as you gain an insight into what life was like for people who lived through the Dust Bowl.
The Winfield library has so much to offer. Come in and see what inspires you. A book, a DVD, or maybe just a quiet place to relax and read the papers.
