27 August 2014

27 August 2014-------This year Labor Day is the earliest it can be, 1 September. This means that school will start on Tuesday, 2 September. Less than a week away and with the school year will be the start of the children's programmming. It all begins on September 8, Miss Kristy is getting everything organized and will be ready to go.-------The Library is looking for someone to work as a part-time custodian. The work is one or two days a week in the morning. The starting time is 8:00 a.m. and it starts at minimum wage. For more details please come into the library as we have a detailed job description and application form on the circulation counter.-------On September 13, the Library will be hosting a program for adults and families called the Game of Life. This program addresses the decisions and problems people encounter while working for financial stability by using the board game, Game of Life. The program is presented in cooperation with New York Life Co. This is not a solicitation for business by New York Life. We at the Library do ask you to register for the program so that we can know how many people plan to attend. The information will not be shared with the New York Life representative. The program will be on September 13, at 10:30 a.m. and will last about one hour.-------The Brown Bag Classics Club returns on Monday, September 22, at noon. This month we are reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I personally prefer this novel to his Grapes of Wrath. For October we will be reading Dracula by Bram Stoker, to help celebrate Halloween.-------Did you know that our meeting room downstairs is available to rent? The Library meeting room is used for most of the Library programs yet it is made available for public use. We have had baby-showers held there, every March we have Tax Preparers come in and use it to help seniors make out their taxes and the local Girl Scout troops use it for their meetings. Ask at the circulation desk for the terms and conditions for reserving the meeting room. There may be a charge for the use of the room. Charitable organizations are allowed to use the room for free. Library programs do have priority over any other program.-------The circulation times for library materials is as follows: Adult, teen and children's books and audiobooks circulate for 28 days, Magazine, music cd's and new adult books circulate for 14 days, Video games circulate for 7 days and DVD's (Movies) circulate for 3 days. If you return what you check out after the due date is $1.00 per day for video games and for DVD's (Movies) and all other materials is $0.10 per day. When fines or fees exceed $5.00 then borrowing privilages are suspended until the fines and fees are paid down.-------Thank you all again for being patient with us as we transition to the new circulaton system. Unfortunately for us, we changed over just as a new version was being released so we are not only learning a new system but have to wait for patches to be applied to the bugs in the new system. Bottom line, we taking longer to learn the new system than we anticipated when we did the change over. ----- Until next week, keep reading. John