The mission of the Dixie Regional Library System is to provide library resources and services to meet the evolving informational, recreational, and cultural needs of the citizens of Pontotoc, Calhoun, and Chickasaw Counties, thus enhancing individual and community life.
Parents if you need to do some grocery shopping for Thanksgiving, drop your children off at the library, Tuesday, November 24th at 2 o’clock. The Friends of the Library will be hosting a movie matinee the feature movie is UP. The movie will be shown on the big screen in the meeting room. Don’t forget to bring a pillow or blanket to sit back and relax! Wednesday, November 25th at 10 o’clock Pocahontas will be shown to give you one last chance for those last minute errands. Snacks will be served both days.
Sunday, November 22nd the Library will be taking part in the Open House Festivities of Pontotoc. Santa Claus will be visiting the library from 1:00 – 3:30. Everyone is invited to stop by and visit with Santa, don’t forget to bring your list. We will make pictures or you are welcome to bring your own camera. Also, out of the Mississippi Alluvial plain come a true Delta Daughter and Son with a whimsical sense of wonder and southern heritage to share their first children’s storybook, Charlie the Peanut. Charlie the Peanut features all fields and types of crops in the Mississippi Delta. The authors’ Great Dane Charlie, who is six years old, is the inspiration for the name of their character. The book is a combination of Alyssa’s experience working with children for 6 years and a dream Keath had in the middle of peanut planting season. The story is their lives together. They both agree that it is so important to focus on the positive and simple things in life, to live and grow in the moment, and to not focus on the past or worry about the future. A close family friend commented about the couple saying, “One tills the soil and one tends to souls. I wish their life a beautiful garden”.
Keath and Alyssa live in Horseshoe, MS. They are married and live on a plantation. Keath grew up on a farm and has been a delta planter all his adult life. He raises cotton, soybeans, rice, peanuts, wheat, cotton and sunflowers.
Alyssa is a mental health therapist and has seen first hand how children, at times, feel that if they were somewhere else with someone else that they would be happier.
The idea for this children's book is a mixture of Alyssa's experience working as a counselor with children and from a dream that Keath had in the middle of peanut planting season.
Charlie is the Killebrew's Great Dane whom the character of the book is named after.
The Killebrew’s will be signing copies of their book. Open house @ your library is being sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Leyda Spicer, Deborah Palmer, Debbie Anderson, Ronnie Blansett, and Julie Austin made a donation to the library.
Jo Adams made a donation to the library in memory of her Dad, Sput Dillard.
Hasbro donated 3 new card games to our library and to every public library in the United States. These games include MONOPOLY DEAL, SCRABBLE SLAM and PICTUREKA! Hasbro says that games and our public libraries provide great value for America’s families. Both games and libraries bring people together, help us to learn and grow; educate us and make us laugh. To enjoy these new games come to the library on the second Tuesday of the month from 4:00 – 6:00 for “Friendly Competition”. This is a great Family Game Afternoon/Night.
The library will be closing Wednesday, November 25th at Noon and will be closed through November 28th. The library will reopen Monday, November 30th.
It should be no surprise to you that the economic downturn is having a significant impact on the Library's budget. So far, we are managing with cuts in the area of books, materials, and supplies. We ask for your understanding if we cannot supply the new best seller that you want.
We will continue to provide the best service that we can afford.
Upcoming Events:
Open House: November 22nd 1:00 – 3:30 Santa will be @ the library
Movie Matinee: November 24th 2:00 – 3:30 Movie – UP
Movie Matinee: November 25th 10:00 – 11:30 Movie – Pocahontas
The topic is the true crime story of the sheriff from the book, "The Stateline Mob," and the movie "Walking Tall" and the corruption that took place in the Corinth, MS-Adams County, TN area in the mid-twentieth century.
Join us at Bruce Library on Saturday, November 14 from 11 – 1 for National Gaming Day!! Bring your favorite board or card game. We’ll have games on hand including a Nintendo Wii game!
We’ll also have snacks and door prizes!!
All ages are invited.
Children 8 and under must have a parent or guardian over 21 with them to attend.
Here is just a sampling of the items up for bid...
Sponsored by the Friends of the Bruce Library
Within the last year, Friends of the Bruce Library has: ~ made possible the addition of $1450 worth of books through a matching grant from the Libri Foundation
~ Sponsored two Summer Reading storytimes with Mississippi storyteller, Dr. Rebecca Jernigan
~ Sponsored speaker Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, author of Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On for a Brown Bag Luncheon
FormerState Representative, newspaper editor-publisher and political consultant Bill Miles will be discussing his recently published memoir, Scribe Among Pharisees at Lunching with Books Tuesday, November 10th at the Pontotoc County Library, beginning at noon, which is sponsored by the Pontotoc Woman’s Club. Before the program, Mr. Gerald Waldrop from the Pontotoc Music Study Club will be playing the piano for everyone's enjoyment.
The book is a collection of first-hand stories and memories of by-gone days. Miles chronicles more than a half century of Mississippi politics and southern life. Scribe Among Pharisees documents the good and the bad about Mississippi as seen through this newspaperman-educator-public relations/advertising executive turned politician.
Former Mississippi Governor William F. Winter who wrote the Foreword said: “Writing out of his own personal knowledge, Bill Miles is able to frame events in a way that makes us feel a part of the story - as we identify with various unforgettable characters this book brings to life. Reading this book is like unlocking a vault where heretofore unknown tales are stored.”
Bobby Harrison, Capitol Bureau Chief for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, said: “As a journalist-private businessman and politician, Bill Miles has seen history made in Mississippi and in some instances helped make it. He compellingly puts his journalistic instincts to work in Scribe Among Pharisees whether talking about farm life and a three-legged cat in ItawambaCounty, covering crime in Northeast Mississippi and the integration of the University of Mississippi, consulting for some of the state’s most powerful politicians or serving in the Mississippi Legislature. Bill has an easy, enjoyable writing style that makes his recollections even the more memorable.”
Bill Miles grew up on a farm in ItawambaCounty as the youngest of five children. He attended ItawambaJunior College (now ItawambaCommunity College) and received his B.A. with a major in journalism from the University of Mississippi. He has worked for various newspapers including The Birmingham, AL News, the Memphis Commercial Appeal, the Memphis Press Scimitar and the Daily News (Jackson, MS). Later, he formed the magazine Mid-South Publications, Inc. and was instrumental in creating Bristow-Miles Associates, Inc., the region’s first advertising and public relations firm. In 1996, Miles was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives for District 21 where he served for the next twelve years.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Young donated a book to the library in memory of Mrs. Ruby Austin.
The Library will be closed November 11th in observance of Veterans Day.
The Library has specified use of 7 computers to enhance our community: 4 are for adults pursuing their education, 2 are for job research and resumes, and 1 is for e-government.
Terry Swindol, officer and longtime member of the NEMSH&G Society, will present a seminar on "The Stateline Mob" in the Lagniappe @ your library: History series at Pontotoc County Library on November 17th at 7 o’clock.
The topic is the true crime story of the sheriff from the book, "The Stateline Mob," and the movie "Walking Tall" and the corruption that took place in the Corinth, MS-Adams County, TN area in the mid-twentieth century.
A videographer and film historian, Swindol has recorded about 50 oral history videos for the Society.
Swindol is a lifelong resident of north Mississippi. He earned degrees in music education from MississippiStateUniversity in 1970 and 1984. He was a band director between 1970 to 1995; teaching first at LawhonJunior High School and later at ShannonHigh School. Although retired, he continues to teach music part time at ShannonHigh School and substitute teaches at TupeloChristianPreparatory School.
He belongs to Toastmasters International, the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Memphis Film Festival. He is a film historian and collector of vintage films; has worked in two movies; has interviewed several movie actors; and has worked in video production. Terry enjoys public speaking and presents programs on his historical research.
Upcoming Events:
Storytime Enrichment – Every Wednesday @ 10:00
Lunching With Books – November 10th @ Noon with Bill Miles
Lagniappe @ Your Library – November 17th @ 7:00 with Terry Swindol
History Series
Join us at Bruce Library on Saturday, November 14 from 11 – 1 for National Gaming Day!! Bring your favorite board or card game. We’ll have games on hand including a Nintendo Wii game! 
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