Fun at Doodle Class

Catherine Alred. Passionate about her art & willing to share all her secrets 

of the craft.

23 people attended the Sunday afternoon class

Catherine made the class fun with door prizes of doodle bookmarks & doodle cards, a guessing game to win candy with Pentel pens (the better to doodle with) and an original mounted doodle.

Ruidoso News article shares library history

Historical Potpourri: Feed an appetite for history at the library

Polly E. Chavez, Guest columnist 8:21 a.m. MT March 8, 2017 Ruidoso News

(Photo: Courtesy/Polly E. Chavez)

Weather kept me away from Marlene Siepel’s program at Capitan Public Library (CPL). Siepel spoke of an idea that grew into a five-year display of historical quilts and into an actual book. I later traveled to Capitan to visit CPL and checked out her book, “Ladies of the Boot Heel – Their Stories with Their Quilts.”
The Hildalgo County Heritage Quilt Show Committee produced the book.
Seipel, now from Alto, was the library director at Lordsburg Hildalgo Library in 2007. She thought that the idea for a quilt show in a library would show women’s contribution to the settling and homesteading of Hildalgo County.

From a few books on a residential porch to a full-service public library today... that is the history of Capitan Public Library.
A dedicated group of volunteers keep this non-profit library active. It has become a vital, growing resource, serving not only Capitan but also many areas of Lincoln County.
In 1996 Judy Newman and a group of people began a mini library on Newman’s front porch at her residence on 2nd Street. In 1998 a building on Lincoln Avenue was turned into a regular library.
CPL acquired the present building in 2000. Built in 1924, it originally served as a Nazarene Church. Prior to CPL use it was a private residence.
Pat Garrett, library director, joined in the library effort in 1998, beginning as a four-hour volunteer and later also serving on the board.
The library is governed by a seven-member board of directors and is staffed entirely by volunteers, who number between 25 and 30 people. The board consists of Bill Jeffery (president), Kris Shearer (secretary), Sadie Mann (treasurer), Ronnie Sanchez, Gene Chewning, Sue Burke and Debbie Myers, who also serves as assistant director.
Stop at the library sometime to register and to get a card. They provide physical or digital access to material. Adult and children readers will enjoy browsing through the large areas of books, magazines, audiobooks and more. They have a discount book area. There are public computers with free Internet, as well as free Wifi. They have a book club, First Friday Lecture Series, an after school program and a summer reading program.
If you are in Capitan after library hours, a book drop for books checked out and due, is located in front of the library. While you are in Capitan visit the Not 2 Shabby Shop, the library’s resale shop across the street from the library, where you will find economic shopping.

Don't forget to take the NM FamilyPass on your next road trip

New Mexico FamilyPass

The New Mexico State Library, in partnership with local public libraries in New Mexico and the museums and historic sites of the Department of Cultural Affairs is excited to offer the New Mexico FamilyPass to library card holders throughout the state.
The FamilyPass provides free admission for up to six people to any of the Department of Cultural Affairs museums and historic sites.  Patrons borrow the pass, which circulates like other library materials. The sites are:

• 7 New Mexico Historic Sites, Statewide
• New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe
• New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe
• Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe
• Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe
• New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque
• National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque
• New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces

How to get and use the FamilyPass

• Passes are available at any of the 120+ public libraries and their branches in New Mexico.   
• The FamilyPass will circulate to library cardholders in good standing with the library.
• Each pass will admit up to six people.
• Passes may be used by community groups such as senior centers, after school clubs, summer camps, arts councils, and more!

People came to learn about the Orphan Train and were enlightened & entertained!

Class for Ruidoso Library FREE eBook & eAudiobook borrowing

Overdrive 101 for all your eBook & eAudiobook borrowing

                                 Come to the Ruidoso Public Library on Friday March 31st at 1:30 pm for Overdrive 101!  Bring your e-readers and learn to navigate the Overdrive "New Mexico Library to Go" Website!

 ANYONE can go to Ruidoso Library, to request a library card and then be able to check out eBooks & eAudiobooks. Just be sure you take the necessary items to get a card. Visit the Ruidoso Public Library and have with you a photo ID and a piece of information that contains your physical address (insurance bill/card, utility bill, vehicle registration, etc).  You will receive a patron card from the Ruidoso Public Library, and, when you give them a pin number, you will be able to download your book selections online – no need to physically visit the library anytime thereafter.

Riders of the Orphan Train - reminder

SIGN up to attend the Doodle class

Oodles of Doodles by Catherine Alred is the artwork currently on display at CPL

On Sunday, March 12th, at 2 pm Catherine Alred will teach a doodle class at the Capitan Public Library.  She's bringing the supplies, so you need to sign up at CPL.  Up to 25 people accepted - so call 575-354-3035 to sign up today.  COME doodle around with us.  Refreshments  afterwards!


(look below the January 30th blog to see more of Catherine's work.)

ACT NOW!

Protect the future of the National Endowment for the 

Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council 

The Trump Administration's Office of Management and Budget has recommended elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  The combined savings from these drastic measures would be 0.02% of federal spending (read more). NMHC receives core funding from the NEH and is essential in enabling us to provide a broad spectrum of outstanding public humanities programming throughout the state. These programs are tailored to local and regional interests and reach geographical areas and groups that would otherwise not have access to such programs.

A preliminary federal budget is expected to be released in March. It is critical that you voice your support for the preservation of the NEH and associated state humanities councils today.

TAKE ACTION!

• CALL your congressional delegation. Phone calls have the greatest impact. Here are some tips:
  • Contact representatives for your district only and both senators
  • Tell them what community you are in
  • Keep it short and to the point
  • Tell a personal story about the impact of NMHC programming
  • Include a thank you to those who have demonstrated support for NEH (Senator Udall recently signed a  letter of support).
• WRITE to your representatives. Again, tell a story about how an NMHC program has enriched a person, an organization or a community and what would be lost without access to it.
• SHARE this effort with friends, on social media and with us. We want to know about the action you're taking.
• DONATE to the NMHC. Your financial support enables us to continue to provide programming that enriches individual lives and strengthen community.

Contact information for your New Mexico congressional delegation

Letter campaign

Donate

Your support not only influences outcomes in New Mexico but for all 56 state humanities councils benefiting 5,300 communities and 43 million people nation-wide. Thank you for standing with us.

The arts and sciences essential to the prosperity of the state and to the ornament and happiness of human life have a primary claim to the encouragement of every lover of his country and mankind.

George Washington (1732-1799), First United States President

Spring back to Spring/Summer library hours

Library closes at 6 pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays again starting on Tuesday, Feb. 28th.

old literature for sale

The library has the following for sale - $1 each.

5- 1930 Literary Digest Magazines

Approximately 100 - 1913-1929 National Geographic Magazines SOLD! as of 2/27

don't forget!   

THIS SATURDAY-March4th: $5 for a bag of BOOKS!

Orphan Train rides into town - First Friday - March 3 at 7pm

Riders on the Orphan Train - Child Emigrants to New Mexico

 is coming to the Capitan Public Library for the First Friday Program on 

March 3 at 7 pm.   Funded by the New Mexico Humanities Council, this program

 is the official touring outreach program from The National Orphan Train Complex

 Museum and Research Center in Concordia, Kansas.  

The subject of the Orphan Trains is an eleventh hour situation as the last few survivors

 of the 250,000 orphans and unwanted children that were “placed out” are now reaching

 the end of their lives. Of particular interest to the New Mexico audience will be the 

discovery of the part this state played in the “placing out” movement. In 1904, several 

children came to Clayton and Des Moines from the New York Foundling Hospital and

 additional placements occurred in San Jon soon after. We are hoping to discover new

 stories of Riders who came to New Mexico and want to especially invite any 

descendants to the presentation to share family stories.

This historical presentation is designed to inform, entertain, and move audiences of all origins and ages. It combines storytelling, music, video with archival photographs and contemporary interviews of survivors, and informal discussion with a question and answer period to bring awareness about this little-known chapter of the largest child 

migration in history. 

In 1853, Methodist minister Charles Loring Brace was shocked at the number 

of homeless children he found in the streets of New York. He founded The Children’s

 Aid Society that  year and between 1854 and 1929 sent out over 250,000 orphans 

and “surrendered” children  of single parents. These children found homes in every

 state  in the continental United States.

Beginning in 1863, the Sisters of Charity of the New York Foundling Hospital 

also sent out children, specifically to Catholic families that requested them

 through their local priest.  Until a PBS documentary in 1995, this subject was 

largely unknown and is still not included in history books. 

This presentation was originally created by novelist/humanities scholar Alison Moore

 and musician/ producer Phil Lancaster as an outreach program for the Orphan 

Train Heritage Society of America, Inc. The two are now based in Austin, TX,

 and have been  touring the U.S. since 1998; this is their fourth tour

 New Mexico for presentations in museums and libraries.

Alison Moore's historical novel, Riders on the Orphan Train , written with

 a fellowship from The National Endowments for the Arts will be 

available for purchase at the March 3 presentation. 

 In 2012, Moore and Lancaster were awarded the Charles Loring

 Brace Award for their contributions to raising awareness

 about the Orphan Train movement.

See more information go to  www.ridersontheorphantrain.org 

After the program, refreshments will be provided.

Snowy Sunday quilt day at the library

Wanda Polhemus's quilt that she made.  She still hand stitches all her quilts.

Pat Garrett's pink quilt and George Shaffer's star quilt

Lynn Jeffery - quilt made for her after all of her quilts burned in a house fire.

Mary English's butterfly applique quilt

Molly Masen's quilt.  Wanda helping by holding.

Many quilts came out on Feb 12 program with Marlene Siepel

Donna Clarke shows her mother's quilt

Donna's mother - Diane examines other quilts

Nature scenes embroidery on quilt

Learned that you should always bring a picture of the quilt maker.

George Shaffers's heritage quilt.

Marlene Siepel, shows an "ugly" utility quilt that she saved from dirt & mildew by washing with Woolite in a tub using her feet to squish out the dirt, then dried by spreading it out on a sheet in the yard (but not too long in the sun!)  Never machine wash or dry clean a heritage quilt because the harsh treatment could break the threads. Assisting in holding up quilts is tall Paul Durham.

Pat Durham won the door prize quilt hand pieced by former residents of the Sunny Quilters at Sunshine Haven nursing home in Lordsburg, NM, and machine quilted by volunteers.

Creative Aging

Chief Hooker of the Ruidoso Police is our speaker for Creative Aging Monthly Meeting on

 Friday February17, at 10:00am ENMU #115. All are welcome.

Chief Hooker will address scams and other fraudulent behaviors that appear to specifically target older adults.  There will be time for questions on any subjects related to safety and our police presence.   A second guest who is new to our area from Aging and Long Term Services will also be present and will answer questions concerning different health insurance plans. Elizabeth Sanchez, headquartered in Roswell, is the Regional \ State Health Insurance Program Coordinator.  Clara Farah, 575.973.7835. clrfarah@gmail.com

Program Schedule for rest of 2017

First Fridays 7pm:                                                             Social Sundays 2pm:

Mar 4th	Orphan Train						Mar-12	Doodling with Catherine Alred -  doodle class
April 7	Underground ranger Douglas Thompson						April 23	Attracting Mason Bees to your garden  w/ Imelda Horne
May 6th	Plant Sale on a Saturday 8 am							Hands on - make a beehive
Jun-02	Chautauqua:Billie Holiday (to be confirmed)
July 4th	HOT DOG SALE						Summer-TBA	David Higgins History of Money 90 min presentation
Jul-07	Open date
Aug4	Chautauqua: Dale Evans - Kay Kuhlmann
Sept 1	Open date
Oct-06	Donna Birchell - Wicked Women of NM
Nov 03	Hopefuls-music
Dec 2	HOLIDAY BAZAAR on a Saturday 8am

on Sunday -Feb 12 @ 3pm. Join us - bring grandma's quilt

BookTalkers - Feb 12 @ 3pm

Join us at the library 

for our second Sunday 

afternoon BookTalkers 

program. Refreshments 

afterwards.

 

On Sunday, Feb 12,at 3 pm,  

Marlene Siepel, will tell us

 of  the  inception of an idea

 that  grew into a 5-year 

display of historical quilts and 

then into an actual book.

Marlene Siepel

Marlene Siepel was the library director at the Lordsburg Hidalgo Library in 2007

when the idea that a quilt show would be an excellent way to show pioneer women's contribution to the settling and homesteading of Hidalgo County.. 

Volunteers worked on the getting people to show their quilts and interviewed the 

quilt owners,  or if possible, the quilt maker.  The original requirement was that the

quilter had a family member connection to a resident of Hidalgo County.  

Hand-sewn quilts of original homesteaders to Hidalgo County came out of cedar chests. 

Siepel explains in a Hidalgo County Herald article,  

"Many of the women led homesteader lives in the unsettled territory or 

early statehood days of Southwest New Mexico.  A number of women

continued quilting through the Great Depression and WorldWar II.  Their biographical histories give a picturesque description of the lives 

they led and offers genealogical information for their families. Some

women were able to give their own first account information for the biographies.  All information is authentic and an important part

of New Mexico History."

 

The 2-day quilt show continued to happen for five years, 

2007 to 2012, with a total of 350 quilts & hand-work pieces displayed over the years.  Biographies of each quilter was shown with the display.  The quilts became a genealogical journey for Hidalgo County.

Ladies of the "Boot Heel" - Their Stories with Quilts highlights 107 quilts pictures with 

biographies of their makers. Books will be for sale with proceeds going to the Friends

 of the Lordsburg Hidalgo Library.

The Heritage Quilt show and the followup book came about through a cooperative

effort of many individual volunteers, the community & organizations, including:

• The Lordsburg Hidalgo Library, 
• Lordsburg Hidalgo Chamber of Commerce,
• Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum, 
• Lordsburg County Herald, 
• NMSU Hidalgo County Extensive Service,
• City of Lordsburg, Hidalgo County,
• and Hidalgo County Tourism.

This small spark of an idea to give women pioneers a place in at annual community

event  grew because community groups and individuals were able to join hands and

make it happen.  Yet the best outcome of the effort was important

oral history was documented and saved for  eternity. 

Siepel was the library director at Lordsburg Hidalgo Library for 27 years. 

Her husband, Charlie, is Professor Emeritus for the N M Cooperative

Extension Service at NMSU.   He retired  as the Southwest District

Director  for the NM Cooperative  Extension Service when they moved

Lincoln County in 2014. Siepel  currently teaches line dance at the

Capitan Senior Center &  Canaan Trail  Baptist Church.  

If you have a heritage hand-sewn quilt, bring it to Capitan Public Library Booktalkers program on Sunday, Feb 12, at 3pm.  The audience will have their own brief journey through quilts to pay tribute to our mothers, grandmothers, aunts and sisters who passed down family quilts to us! The quilt tells the story.
(Shown quilts were made by Sharon Stewart's maternal grandmother from Fairy/Cransfil Gap, TX)

 

Spiri program of most interest on Feb 3

Jim Spiri kept Capitan Public Library audience spellbound with his story of following his life goal to be an on-the-ground  war photojournalist.  Spiri continues his journalistic endeavors by publishing a new local newspaper, Lincoln County Leader.  jimspiri@gmail.com

Captive audience at Spri program last Friday.
They really do look like captives between bookshelves on either side!

Don't forget First Friday event this Friday