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Our Business Book Club meets at noon the first Thursday of each month at the Tattered Cover Book Store in Highlands Ranch Town Center. For more information email: dhargrove@dclibraries.org.

Google is conducting a nationwide search for a test community for an ultra-high speed broadband network. This network would provide Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what Americans have access to today.

Highlands Ranch Residents, agencies, schools, organizations and businesses are needed to nominate our community! Let's work together to make the Google Fiber Initiative possible for Highlands Ranch, and become the nation's technology hot spot.

Join us to see how you can participate! Visit www.hrcaonline.org/googlicious to learn more.

St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching, and with it a great opportunity to celebrate with books! All book lovers are invited to participate. Librarians will talk about the newest great reads and ask attendees for their favorites.

Complete with door prizes, the event will be a great one for book clubs and all readers.

At the beginning of the new year, you were determined to start working on your family history. Now it’s almost spring and you’ve yet to open that box in the basement. You know the one: it’s where you’ve stashed the photos, census records and notes your mom left you about your great-grandfather and his journey to America.

The expiration date on all your excuses is finally here. Highlands Ranch Library will help you get your records and story straight in four Saturdays beginning March 20.

Financial Advisor Rey Cinnoco of Edward Jones Investments may help you find the answer. Join Rey for an educational seminar and learn the differences between traditional and Roth IRAs. He'll also explain features of recently changed tax laws and help you understand the benefits of converting your IRA.

Ted Spring, owner of Ted Spring Photography in Castle Rock, will present two sessions on digital photography. Participants will learn about digital cameras, including digital cards vs. film and the parts and functions of digital cameras. In this popular two-part class, Ted will also address how to improve your photos. He'll touch on composition and lighting, and discuss wildlife and landscape photography.

This class is bound to fill up, and space is limited! Sign up today!

Join current Denver Deputy Mayor Guillermo Vincente "Bill" Vidal as he speaks of overcoming his humble beginnings in a Colorado orphanage to become a proud and successful Cuban-American businessman. He'll discuss his first novel-memoir, Boxing for Cuba, "in which young boys become men in the shadow of revolution and turmoil."

Hundreds of years before Douglas County had a name and a county seat, it was home to untold peoples and their land and communities. The public is invited to join archaeologist Erik Gantt and the Douglas County History Research Center for a Douglas County Libraries presentation of “What Lies Underground: Our Hidden Past.”

Recommended for people over the age of 12, the program will explore the rich archaeological history of Douglas County via a virtual tour of County locations including the recently excavated Reuter-Hess site near Parker. Gantt, project supervisor for Centennial Archaeology, will link finds there with other evidence of early people throughout the county.

Every artist knows the anxiety of facing a blank canvas. Fear no more! Conversations in Art is proud to present local artist Kris Iltis, who will lead a discussion illustrating her creative process and influences. In "Facing the Blank Canvas," Kris will discuss the painting techniques of the early Dutch painters, the tools of the Impressionists, and present-day approaches. She will demonstrate how an understanding of painting techniques and influences helps both artist and observer.

Through March 25, visit the Roxborough Library to enjoy the fine art talent of Maryann Leake Baisley, local illustrator and watercolorist. Her current work explores four areas of interest: flowers, koi, rock formations and nests.

Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm. Light refreshments are provided.

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME.

Please call the Lone Tree Library for more information 303-791-READ.

Meets the 4th Monday of every month at 6:30pm.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Our selections for the next few months are:

Meets monthly, 2nd Thursday from 7 to 8:30pm. Call (303) 791-READ (7323) for details.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Our selections for the next few months are:

Meets monthly, the 4th Wednesday at 9:30am. Call the Parker Library at 303-791-READ for details.
Currently, the club is full but please call to have your name placed on the waiting list.

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Calling all booklovers, local business owners and those who simply love a lively discussion!

The Castle Pines Business Book Club will meet at the Chamber of Commerce (562 Castle Pines Parkway, C-1) from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month. Between meetings, be sure to visit our blog!

Book Choice for April: Grown Up Digital: how the net generation is changing your world, by Don Tapscott.

Explore out-of-this-world science fiction and fantasy books with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club. Meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7pm.

Join Jeremy Cunningham, and his wife, Suzanne Gutierrez, long time Sci-Fi/Fantasy aficionados, for spirited book discussions on classic titles in the genre each month. Enthusiasts of all ages, from teen to adult, are invited. Registration recommended. To register, call 303-791-7323.

Lone Tree Library brings Douglas County residents a new opportunity to explore great literature in 2010.

A new Great Books Discussion Group is seeking new members and will meet at Lone Tree Library on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7:00 p.m. The group is a chapter of the Great Books Foundation, which promotes reading, thinking, and the thoughtful sharing of ideas for people of all ages. Let great literature inspire and thrill you!

Douglas County Libraries, in partnership with AARP, is offering a two-day driver’s safety class aimed at adults aged 50 and over. Registration is required for both sessions, April 8 and 9, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day. The class will be held at Highlands Ranch Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., in Highlands Ranch.

According to AARP, participation in the class will help seniors review and update their driving skills, and may result in savings on auto insurance, depending on individual policies. A nominal fee of $14 ($12 for AARP members) will be due to the instructor at the first class.

Douglas County Libraries is offering a new series of business programs to complement its BizInfo suite of services. DCL will offer at least three programs each month targeting entrepreneurs and small business owners. Click on Read More below for topics, dates and locations.

The Castle Pines Business Book Club will meet at the Castle Pines Chamber of Commerce at 11:30 a.m. the first Thursday of each month. The Highlands Ranch Business Book Club meets the same day at noon at Tattered Cover Book Store in the Highlands Ranch Town Center.

Let Douglas County Libraries be your source for eBooks!

In addition to the thousands of books and other materials available at Douglas County Libraries, patrons can now get downloadable eBooks from the library. Once downloaded, digital eBooks may be read on a personal computer, eReader, PDA, or other compatible portable device.