Dimmitt is in the midst of the Ogallala Quilt Festival 2024, whose theme is “Optical Art: Dimension, Deception, Perception.” Here at Rhoads Memorial Library, we are hosting some of the quilting classes in our meeting room and have a display from quilting member Jill Craig.
The event is from April 5-6. A few brochures detailing the annual event can be found on our front counter. Ruth Ann Berry of Fife Lake, Michigan, is the featured teacher.
Safety glasses for viewing the April 8 solar eclipse are still available here at our library, first come, first served. While the most complete viewing (100% totality) will span a path from Mexico into Texas and continue into Maine, our zipcode will experience about 84.90% coverage.
For us, the start time will be 12:19 p.m., ending at 2:54 p.m. Maximum eclipse is expected to be about 1:36 p.m., according to a helpful website, www. eclipsesoundscapes.org. There you can type in your zip code for such information. Now we just need some clear skies!
The Dimmitt Book Club meeting set for Wednesday, April 10, will start at 2 p.m. in our meeting room. Open to the public, the event’s featured speaker will be Natalie (Cline) Bright, author and Dimmitt native.
Newly released books that have arrived and are ready for checkout include: -”The #1 Lawyer” (a legal thriller) by James Patterson and Nancy Allen; -”A Love Discovered” (a Christian romance) by Tracie Peterson; -”Kill Me Tomorrow” (a Western) by William A. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone; -”The Truth About the Devlins” (a suspense thriller) by Lisa Scottoline.
“The Women” by Kristin Hannah is another new release we offer for checkout that is gathering wide acclaim and is headed to the big screen. Warner Brothers Motion Picture Group acquired the rights to this novel with plans to make it into a movie.
The book follows an idealistic 20-year-old nursing student who, in 1965, joins the Army Nurse Corps to serve in Vietnam. According to “Kirkus Reviews”, this work of historical fiction is “a dramatic, vividly detailed reconstruction of a little-known aspect of the Vietnam War.”
Until next week, Happy Reading!