Tax Forms at the library

Did you know that in order to reduce costs the IRS will no longer be mailing tax forms and instructions to individuals? This change comes as an increasing number of taxpayers are filing their returns electronically. The Northfield Library has ordered basic forms and instructions from the IRS and the State of Minnesota. Those should be available in early January 2011. For special forms people can download at home (http://www.irs.gov/ or http://www.taxes.state.mn.us/) , use library internet computers (with their library card) or ask for assistance at the reference desk. The library charges 15 cents per page for printing.
The library is also developing a list of local tax assistance, free and paid.
Questions? Call the library at 645-6606

Bringing Jon Home: The Wilderness Search for Jon Francis"

The Northfield Public Library will host David Francis, author of "Bringing Jon Home: the Wilderness Search for Jon Francis" on Thursday Oct. 21 at 7 P.M. in the library meeting room. Mr. Francis, formerly of Northfield, will speak about his family's search for their son Jon in the Idaho mountains in July 2006. The forward to the book was written by Patty Wetterling and she writes "This is an amazing story of love and commitment honoring the promise that we make to our children. I'll always be here for you. They did it. They brought Jon home." Mr. Francis will sign copies of his book after the talk. For more information or to make disability arrangements please call the library at 507-645-6606. For more information about the book and the Jon Francis Foundation go to:

http://www.bringingjonhome.com/index.php

http://jonfrancis.org/

Book Club in a Bag Kits are now available!

Good news! The Minnesota Book Award Book Club in A Bag Kits are available for checkout! Each kit includes 10 copies of a book, reader guides, and bookmarks in a handy canvas bag. Titles include winning books from the 2009 Minnesota Book Awards. Titles currently available include:

The Latehomecomer
The Plague of Doves
Hard Work and a Good Deal
The Compassionate Carnivore
National Monuments
Twelve Long Months
Stalking Susan

This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

To book a bag please see the librarian at the reference desk. For more information call the library at 645-6606.

Hard Times Resources

The Reference Dept. at the Northfield Library has come up with a good list of local resources for people facing hard times due to the recession. The list is for resources in Northfield and Faribault and includes places to go if you are eating on a reduced or fixed income. Local food shelves are listed as well as places to go for a hot meal. Information on housing and health care is also in the list. We have added as much information as we can including hours and phone numbers. We will post this on our website as well as in the library. We will also distribute to many of the organizations listed in the guide. The Library has been a busy place in this recession. People use our resources every day because of unemployment or a reduced income. We hope this information will be useful. If you know someone who could use this information please share. Click here for the full guide

http://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/library/resources/helpforhardtimes

Vintage Bands are Coming to the library!

The Northfield Library will host 2 of the Vintage Band Concerts this week.
On Thursday come hear the WindWorks Quintet at 2 P.M. This group will focus on woodwind quintet music as well as instrumental chamber music. The group hails from Northfield and the Twin Cities. On Saturday the Kentucky Baroque Trumpets will perform at 1:30 P.M. This group was founded in 2005 and in 2007 won the National Trumpet Competition in the Historic Ensemble Division. Along with the Baroque-era instruments, the ensemble also plays modern instruments, including all pitch trumpets and the corno da caccia.
Both concerts will be held upstairs at the library. For more information call the library at 507-645-6606 or visit the Vintage Band Festival website at http://www.vintagebandfestival.org

Meet the Author!
Gayla Marty, author of Memory of Trees: a Daughter's Story of a Family Farm will be at the Northfield Public Library on Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room.
Memory of Tress is a muligenerational story of Gayla Marty's family farm near Rush City,
Minnesota. Cleared from woodlands by her great-grandfather Jacob in the 1880's, the farm passed to her father, Gordon, and his brother, Gaylon. Hewing to a conservative Swedish Baptist faith, the two brothers worked the farm, raising their families in side-by-side houses.
University of Minnesota Press.
St. Olaf Bookstore will be selling copies of the book.