Welcome to the Camp Wood Public Library
Welcome to the Camp Wood Public Library, located in Camp Wood Texas. We do hope that you find this website very resourceful, and we are always open to suggestions. Thanks for viewing! Scrolling below are the most recent additions to the library. Click on your cover choice to go directly to the library catalog for that item.
October artist of the month
Stephanie Gager
My husband, Karl Gager, and I have 3 children, 21 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren. We are grateful to have lived in Uvalde for 48 of our 58 years of marriage. Karl is very talented and has made beautiful tables and sold easily 50 charcuterie boards. He is also a painter, and his Father was a very good sketch artist.
My Mother sold her work as early as the 1950’s into the 1990’s and I absorbed an appreciation of beauty, and an eye for color and design. However, I didn’t think I could paint, nor did I try. Logically, if we think we can’t do something, it is a foregone conclusion we will not make the effort, hence the term “self-fulfilling prophecy.” I knew I had talent, and the thought came to me to ask God (because by golly, He would know!) to reveal to me the talent he gave me. Lo and behold!
I was 54 when I first picked up a paint brush and no one could be more shocked than me. I praise God to this day! I took lessons from very good artists, devoured books and magazines about art, and painted. I studied and accumulated information and to my amazement, my right hand could execute the information I learned. Apart from any talent, I believe with all my heart from personal experience, anyone can learn to paint. If I could, anyone could.
One day, my oldest granddaughter suggested I paint teacups and saucers for the granddaughters and mugs for the boys. So fun! And Christmas ornaments for everyone! Then further to my amazement, people wanted to buy my artwork. One customer has ordered 25 Christmas ornaments each year for 6 years. That is 150 Christmas ornaments! That same dear granddaughter suggested I teach art to children. What joy this has brought me through the years.
I recently embarked on a complimentary pursuit… clay. Clay! I have made platters, bowls, and a pitcher and my new kiln is firing as I type this. I made a nice platter for a friend and impressed the lace from her wedding dress into the clay. I have used my grandmother’s antique doilies and made dishes and platters for my grandchildren. That would be a gift from their great-great-grandmother! Now that is great!
Think about painting. Use your talent. And go by the Camp Wood Public Library during library hours Tuesday through Friday 11 to 5!
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Art work displayed is by the Schwab children. Magdalena, 9 yrs old, is in 3rd grade and loves to read and garden. Geronimo and Emiliano are 5 yr old twins in kindergarten who both love to ride horses. Geronimo also loves to color and Emiliano loves to build with Lincoln logs. Kristina, 6 mos old, loves to crawl and eat food. Ask the volunteers about the cute story "behind" Kristina's pumpkin picture.
Come enjoy their impressive art display at the library during library hours Tuesday through Friday 11 to 5.
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AUTHOR PRESENTATION
Charlie Baird's book presentation
September 16th at 6:00 pm
That'll Work
Wi-Fi NOTICE
The Camp Wood Public Library's NEW WiFi address:
Library_Guests
Password:
NCLibrary
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Camp Wood Public Library
PO Box 138
Camp Wood, TX 78833
On behalf of the volunteers at the Camp Wood Public Library, I thank you for your continuing financial support of our community library.
With your backing, we are able to offer free WiFi access 24/7 and computers for public use during the library’s open hours. We offer office equipment to copy documents, send and receive faxes, and print materials via computer. We maintain a selection of movies on DVD, audio books, and the latest fiction and nonfiction books for people of all ages to enjoy. All this, and we also offer your favorite books, audio books, and movies digitally through Overdrive, a free service which allows you to borrow these items anytime, anywhere – you don’t even have to leave home! By simply using your library membership number and telephone number to sign into Overdrive or the Libby app, you can borrow these items for your tablet or cell phone.
You may be aware that our library receives an annual contribution from Real County, as required by the Texas Administrative Code. However, 75% of our operating funds come from donations and fundraisers. The Camp Wood Public Library is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization, which means your contributions are 100% tax deductible. And because we are an all-volunteer organization, all the funds received can be used for maintaining the library and providing services to our community. We invite you to view our annual reports at tsl.texas.gov/ldn/statistics or at the library.
It is thanks to your donations that we are able to meet the costs of operating the library and to offer continuing services to our residents and visitors in the Canyon. We hope you will come visit us at the library! We would love to get acquainted and show you how your contributions are put to work.
Sincerely,
Karla Helton
Library Director
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A HELPFUL FEATURE OF THE CAMP WOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY CATALOG
In the bottom left hand corner of the Camp Wood Public Library General Catalog, you will see three menu icons: Visit Us, Contact Us, and Kids’ Catalog. Select and left click on the Kids’ Catalog icon. You will be redirected to a page that looks like the Kids’ Catalog page below. You will see over sixty-eight subject icons. These subject icons search for books that are Stories (Fiction) and books that are Facts (Nonfiction). You will see these two icons in the bottom left hand corner of the Kid’s Catalog page. When the catalog is first opened, the icons default automatically to books that are Stories (Fiction.) You can select to switch back and forth to Stories and Facts. Try the two icons on the bottom right hand corner to view those page results. In the top right hand corner, you will notice an icon for General Catalog. You can alternate back and forth to the General Catalog and the Kids’ Catalog. No kids’ books have been removed from the General Catalog to create the Kids’ Catalog. All library items can be searched for and viewed on the General Catalog.
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News from Camp Wood Public Library
Your library now has OVERDRIVE access. You can download eBooks, audiobooks, and videos. All for Free. Go to www.campwoodlibrary.org and click on CATALOG. Click on the icon for OverDrive under Electronic Resources to start enjoying your new OverDrive with thousands of available titles. Sign in with your library card number and phone number. Don’t know your card account number or what phone number you used with your card? Visit us at the library for a free update. See you soon and often at the library with free Wi-Fi access 24/7. Find us and Like us on Facebook. Need help with OverDrive? View their excellent support service and information for all your devices at this link: Getting Started with OverDrive.