“Librarian’s Shelf” by Robert Trautwein   It must be inherent within our species to stalk, hunt, and kill, whether it is for self-preservation or for food, or just for the fun of it. When I was growing up, I relished the excitement of playing cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers, and hide and seek. The late afternoons, when the shadows were long and it wasn’t quite dark yet, were especially good times to play because you could hide easier and also, you could more easily sneak up on your “enemy”. From my observations, children don’t play those types of games so much anymore. Our sons, who grew up in the mid-nineties, played simple computer-generated games like “Nintendo”, Playstation”, and “Pacman” that had an element of cops and robbers and hide and seek in them. Computer-generated games have become big business with each new edition or new game outdoing the earlier games. The animations and sound effects have improved to the point that the figures and the action are practically real life! Many children and young people love the blood and carnage of these virtual reality games A more adult-type of “game”---and I do use that word loosely---is “paintball”. This game is played by people wielding gas-powered guns that shoot colored gel-encased, water soluble goo. Paintball is a survival game where staying in the game is staying alive. While it’s hard for me to imagine why an adult would want to play such a realistic war-like game, I’m not surprised that many people—particularly men—love to dress in battle fatigues and shoot colored goo at one another. Recently, I explored various paintball websites just in Nebraska. I learned that there are paintball “fields” in Sprague, Bellevue, Plattsmouth, Louisville, Bennet, Orleans, Kearney and Genoa. Most of the “fields” host weekend tournaments where groups or teams hunt each other down for the “kill”.   While the Library does not advocate this new “sport”, there are several books in our collection on the topic for both the armchair adventurer as well as the “action man” who wants to become a player. A recent new book is “The Complete Guide to Paintball” by Jerry Braun. This book, now in its 3rd edition describes the history of the sport, lists the equipment available, gives the rules for the various games, and lists fields by states as well as by country. Other books on the topic include “Paintball Digest” by Rick Sapp and “The Ultimate Guide to Paintball” by John Little. Donations to the Columbus Library Foundation include those in memory of Donald Beckenhauer from Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fremarek, Mr. and Mrs. Caroll Krumland and Mr. and Mrs. John Rohde. Memorials presented in memory of Jane Ann Liss were received from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mead and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schupbach. Valetta Kluever was remembered by donations from Mr. and Mrs. John McPhail and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trautwein. Jolaine Nielsen submitted a memorial in memory of Donna Cejka. Visit the Library’s new website at “columbuslibrary.info” to search the catalog, check the bookmobile schedule or read previous issues of the “Librarian’s Shelf”.